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Remembering Oklahoma City 18 Years Later
April 19, 2013 - 11:40am
What happened in Oklahoma City 18 years ago on the morning of April 19, 1995 is important. Many of us may have said at one time or another "I would do anything to achieve" some cause near and dear to our hearts, but the vast majority of us wouldn't really do anything. That is the difference between normal people and fanatics.
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Madison County Teenage Democrats To Hold First Meeting Tomorrow
December 14, 2012 - 2:03pm
Do you know a Madison County teen who is interested in politics? Help them get to Saturday's first-ever Democratic Teens meeting, 10 am to 12 noon at Democratic Headquarters, 2835 N. Parkway in Huntsville.The rebuilt Alabama Democratic Party is going to grow out of the state's population centers, one of which is Madison County. Across the nation, young voters have been the key to Democratic suc...
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Pelosi Challenges GOP to Work More Than Two Days Per Week
December 7, 2012 - 2:30pm
Congress could vote Friday to preserve tax cuts for income of $250,000 or less, except for two little snags: Republican leadership won't let the bill come up for a vote and John Boehner's Congress only works two days per week and they've already put in their time this week.
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Are The Millions We Give Away In Subsidies Worth It?
December 6, 2012 - 2:03pm
Are public subsidies to corporations a smart way to encourage development (and jobs) or just taxpayer-funded corporate welfare? Louise Story has addressed this question in an excellent three part series for the New York Times, "The United States of Subs...
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Who Is Your Representative Representing?
December 5, 2012 - 4:03pm
Congressional Republicans are refusing to even consider a plan that would extend tax cuts for everyone but the wealthiest Americans immediately. Instead, they are holding middle class tax cuts hostage in an attempt to lock in historically low rates for top 2%. Here in Alabama, 6 of our 7 "representatives" are siding with the wealthiest Americans, no matter how harmful it will be to the vast majority of their constituents an...
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Bipartisanship
December 5, 2012 - 9:03am
Republican leader John Boehner refused to pose for a holiday pic with President Obama because ... WAAHHHHH. No standing in front of the Christmas tree for a we'...
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Bo Knows ... Christmas!!
December 1, 2012 - 9:03am
Watch the Belgian water dog inspect the (Muslim!!!!) White House Christmas decorations. ...
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Jeff Sessions Kills Sportsman's Act Because ... Grover!
Jeff Sessions still ♥ Grover Norquist -- hunters, fishermen and other outdoorsmen, not so much. Even as his GOP colleagues are declaring their independence from Grover Norquist and his
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Constitutional Revision Commission to Hold Public Hearing On Dec. 3rd
After the Amendment 4 debacle, it's important for the constitutional reform movement to get back on track as soon as possible. The Constitutional Revision Commission will be tackling the Education Article of the 1901 Alabama Constitution next spring and is working on the Legislative Article now. They will hold a public hearing on this article beginning at 10 am on December 3rd in room 617 of the Alabama State House in Montgomery. I want a new and improved constitution as much as anyone, but just could not hold my nose and vote for Amendment 4 (which...
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Shop Small Saturday
Whether or not you braved the malls yesterday for Black Friday, please remember to remember your local businesses today on Small Business Saturday. The jobs, taxes and profits generated by local stores stay in our communities and, while they can't afford to offer the insane bargains of the big box stores (you know they only had one of the giant TVs for $24.99, anyway) these businesses have a lot to offer in terms of selection and personal service. Many small businesses are offering special deals today, so there's an extra incentive to skip the mall and go small. If y...
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Alabama GOP Fighting Civil War -- Within Their Own Party
Gotta' love it. Republicans in disarray. For years there have been rumblings about large amounts of AL-GOP money being funneled to businesses owned by current House Speaker -- and former party chair -- Mike Hubbard. The new Republican party chairman, Bill Armistead, was concerned enough about how party funds had been spent to order a review/audit of the party's 2010 expenditures. And what that financial review found was damaging enough that the GOP State Exec...
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Talking Turkey
No, this is not about how to cook your Thanksgiving bird -- check the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line for that. Today I want to draw your attention to Working America's Turkey Talk, intended to help you leaven those holiday political conversations with a healthy dose of facts.Picture this: You’re home for the holidays, about to dive i...
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Secessionists Have Strange Bedfellows
The secessionist elements of the Old Confederacy are acquiring a strange cheering section ... including Pravda which projects as many as 15 million Americans support breaking up the Union.
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Linking Up Progressives
Several recent arrivals to LiA have expressed appreciation for our sidebar links to other progressive sites. Unfortunately, I suspect the sidebar links are somewhat out of date and far from comprehensive. Daddycat has offered to do some link maintenance for us in the next few weeks, so this would be a good time to add some more progressive connections. Do you know of other progressive sites in Alabama that ought to be on our list? If so, please let us know by leaving a comment or emailing Mooncat. ...
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Petitions For The Rest Of Us ...
If you're a patriotic American, proud to be part of the best country in the world and disgusted by all the secession BS, here's a petition is for you:Keep the United States United. Times have been tough for all of us; some states are frustrated to the point of petitioning for secession, but now is not the time to be divided.Their actions can only harm our country. The best way to help the American people is not through bipartisan bickering,...
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Alabama Secession Petition Hits 25,000 Signatures
As of 7 am this morning, well over 26,000 people had signed on to the petition asking the Obama administration...
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Does Political Ideology Trump Friends? Family?
Can you spot the Democrats and Republicans in this photo? I can make an informed guess, because they're my family ... but I also don't give a rat's eyelash, because they're my family!It's been nearly a week since President Obama was re-elected -- leaving a "shellshocked" Mitt Romney trying to explain his billi...
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John Boehner (Briefly) Says "ObamaCare Is the Law of the Land"
After countless campaign promises, endless angry diatribes, $50 million and thirty-something dead-on-arrival, time-wasting bills last session, it sounded like Republicans were finally calling off th...
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Are the Skies Looking More Blue Today?
The post-election statement issued by Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Mark Kennedy is attached below the fold.It's now Election Day plus two. How do you feel about the future? Are the skies looking bluer? In particular, do you think Alabama Democrats are moving in the right direction or heading down the wrong track?
Yesterday, Americans embraced building a bright future for all, instead of for just a few, and rejected the ugly politics of division. It is a great victory not just for Democrats but for us all.
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Oh, Happy Day!
Seriously. Maybe this didn't actually exceed my wildest expectations, but it sure fulfilled my fondest hopes. Obama is going to wind up with 332 electoral votes and a majority of the popular vote -- why the heck are some pundits saying he doesn't have a mandate? That's more than And the closest Mitt Romney could come to a concession is a promise to "earnestly pray for" P...
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