Thomason Tracts

Ah, so that’s what this is about

July 16, 2008 · No Comments

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford proposes paying the Alabama Sports Festival up to $250,000 to implement plan for 2020 Summer Olympics- al.com

It’s funnelling money to someone with the ASF. Either that, or BMLL is completely and utterly insane. No, that’s not true. It could be both!

Councilwoman Valerie Abbott said it did not sound like a good use of public money.

“We have so many things that need to be done in this city that a quarter of a million dollars could be better spent on,” she said.

BLASPHEMER!

Categories: Alabama · Crazy Larry's House of Wacky Schemes · Money

Oooooooo, marijuana!

July 16, 2008 · 1 Comment

Authorities eradicate 18,751 pot plants in Alabama this year in ongoing drug search- al.com

Talk about a waste of time. Look, even if you think that marijuana eradication is a worthwhile pursuit (I don’t — full disclosure, I don’t smoke pot and never have) this is a colossal waste of time. That’s not one tenth of one percent of the marijuana grown in this state. It’s nothing. That stuff grows wild around here.

Categories: Alabama · Crime, Justice, & Injustice · Substances

This has all the marks of a run on the bank

July 16, 2008 · 4 Comments

Wachovia Faces Shallow Reserves but Says It Is Raising More Capital - washingtonpost.com

I know that if I was a Wachovia depositor (as many people in this area who were with SouthTrust before the most recent outbreak of mergeritis are) I’d surely be thinking about pulling my money. This, of course, is why banks fail…

Categories: Money