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September 20, 2005

Wind Creek State Park update

Red Cross from Tallassee was finally allowed in; double super-secret password and handshake was approved, or the full moon ended, or something. Common sense made an appearance. Supplies that evacuees requested were simple: basic housekeeping stuff, since the buildings they're being housed in are bare of sheets, pillows, cleansers, etc.

It's not like they asked for guns, for FSM's sake. Or a shopping list of crystal meth ingredients.

Anyway, kudos and accolades to Gov. Bob Riley -- yes, he's a Republican -- and his staff. Well done with Operation Golden Rule, sir.

By the way, I think Roy Moore's day is done and gone already, though he does have his base of support. But your leadership on Katrina relief puts you in the driver's seat for Election '06.

How NOT to get my vote #1:

OZARK - More than 200 people filled the green pews of the Glory to Him Church to hear Roy Moore preach about God and government on a humid Thursday night.

"We will always be one nation under God. No federal court, no federal government, no state government can deny it," Moore thundered.

"Amen" the crowd answered back.

How NOT to get my vote #2:

WASHINGTON - Sen. Jeff Sessions, responding to a magazine article accusing him of "legislative ambulance chasing," said Monday that his plan to use the death of a Gulf Coast business owner to argue for the repeal of the estate tax was a reaction to a liberal agenda.

"It was just a push back to the group that was trying to use Katrina as a basis to block permanently or indefinitely the death tax (repeal)," Sessions said.

Sessions, according to an article published Saturday on Time's Web site, called a Birmingham estate tax expert and asked him to find someone whose death would help them make their case for repeal. The request kicked off a search of Gulf Coast obituaries.

Posted by Jeff at September 20, 2005 06:09 AM