Polihood RED: Alabama

Les Phillip health care town hall

Flashpoint 8.13.09 2:15 AM | More than 200 people attended a standing-room-only Health Care Town Hall with AL05 GOP Congressional candidate Les Phillip. Phillip was joined on stage by Ed Henry (candidate for State House...
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Paglia unleashes on Dems helath reform efforts

Flashpoint 8.12.09 7:06 AM | Wow. You need to read this for yourself. Here's a taste. There is plenty of blame to go around. Obama's aggressive endorsement of a healthcare plan that does not even exist yet, except in five...
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Paglia unleashes on Dems health reform efforts

Flashpoint 8.12.09 7:06 AM | Wow. You need to read this for yourself. Here's a taste. There is plenty of blame to go around. Obama's aggressive endorsement of a healthcare plan that does not even exist yet, except in five...
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GOP 5th District Meeting - 11 AUG 2009

Flashpoint 8.11.09 11:34 PM | I attended the 5th Congressional District Republican Committee meeting tonight, held at the 'new' Greenbrier (Berzett's). I saw commenters StatsMan and Professor Tom, and just for StatsMan's...
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Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks

Flashpoint 8.11.09 11:29 AM | I grew up in Jefferson County about a mile from the Birmingham line so I have a personal interest in the goings-on down there - and there's no shortage of "goings-on" in Birmingham and Jefferson...
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Sen. Jeff Sessions to host health care town hall

Flashpoint 8.11.09 6:34 AM | [ August 13, 2009; 9:00 am to 10:00 am. ] Get your riot gear out... Sen. Jeff Sessions will host a health care town hall meeting in Huntsville on Thursday morning at 9:00 am. The event will be...
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Parker Griffith: Simply guilty of the original sin?

Flashpoint 8.10.09 10:03 PM | A couple of years ago after hearing numerous conservatives bash then-Congressman Bud Cramer without citing too much in the way of specifics I asked readers to justify their opposition to him. ...
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Lenin still killing people

Flashpoint 8.10.09 3:22 PM | "Belarusian officials says that a massive statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin collapsed on a man who was hanging from it, killing him on the spot."
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Good job Randy

Flashpoint 8.10.09 11:47 AM | State Representative Randy Hinshaw (D - 21) plans to introduce a Constitutional Amendment "to prohibit the imposition of an occupational tax in Madison County". WVNN's Dale Jackson wrote about...
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Sneaky, hypocritical politicians

Flashpoint 8.10.09 6:58 AM | Sometimes a single story can accurately summarize why people distrust the politicians in DC and why voters are more than a bit hesitant to entrust our august leaders with more power. Just months...
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JeffCo Occupational Tax Special Session

Flashpoint 8.10.09 1:19 AM | I'm still trying to sort this out - but I already know I don't like it. Governor Bob Riley called the Alabama legislature into Special Session this week - it starts Monday August 10. The special...
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Sales tax holiday - JeffCo

Flashpoint 8.9.09 11:41 PM | The Alabama sales tax holiday cuts the 4% State sales tax on back-to-school items, and many counties choose to cut their sales taxes for the same period. This program has been a great success, and...
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Les Phillip Health Care Town Hall

Flashpoint 8.9.09 10:55 PM | [ August 12, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] From the Les Phillip for Congress campaign: Republican Les Phillip, candidate for Congress will hold a Town Hall meeting on healthcare this Wednesday night...
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Concert in the Park: Mike Ball & the Madison Mountaintop Band

Flashpoint 8.7.09 9:52 PM | [ August 10, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Music aficionados in the Huntsville area should make an effort to go listen to state representative, and occasional Flashpoint contributor, Mike Ball and...
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Look for the union label

Flashpoint 8.7.09 3:17 PM | In response to the beating of a Tea Party protestor by union thugs at a health care town hall meeting, the St. Louis Tea Party will "hold a press conference and peaceable protest at SEIU...
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Free the Hops Oktoberfest Birmingham

Flashpoint 8.7.09 11:03 AM | Free the Hops is hosting Oktoberfest in Birmingham on September 19 and 20 (Saturday 12pm to 4pm, Sunday 6pm to 10pm): Located in downtown Birmingham on historic Morris Avenue between 21st and 22nd...
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Parker Griffith holds health care press conference

Flashpoint 8.5.09 10:13 PM | Congressman Parker Griffith held a lightly publicized press conference today to discuss health care "reform" legislation. The Huntsville Times and WAAY both covered the event and have online...
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Cash for Clunkers proves that free money is still popular

Flashpoint 8.5.09 9:46 PM | Here's a pretty good column about the federal government's Cash for Clunkers program from a Denver Post writer: Here's an idea: Let's give $50,000 to anyone looking to upgrade to a...
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The Norks spin on releasing journalists

Flashpoint 8.5.09 9:20 PM | I always get a kick out of the North Korean official news outlet's striking propaganda. Their report on Bill Clinton's visit that resulted in the DPRK freeing two journalists was subdued by their...
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HUCK PAC pays daughter $29k

Flashpoint 8.4.09 6:33 AM | Interesting article from Politico: Last night, Mike Huckabee’s aptly named Huck PAC released its $300,000 fundraising total for the first half of the year, but this afternoon it filed its official...
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