As far as Alabama being one of the poorest states, that may be, and probably is true, but a) most people are not bad off at all and b) if they are it is more than likely their fault. It gets me how much other states, especially up north, think that we are all back water inbred, nascar watching, tobacco chewing retards and to some extent that is true, but thanks to a program called COPS we get to see that these same socio-economically challenged individuals live all over the country.... even up north. Believe it or not we have paved roads, malls (with Starbucks), horseless carriages, "dem new fangled" computers, and also, probably the most important invention of all, Scotch..... From Scotland! I'm proud to be from the south. My southern heretage has taught me simple things like being courteous to women and why it is not good to throw babies in dumpsters. As far as the whole racial thing, for the most part blacks and whites get along pretty well down here, in fact I have met black people, when I was getting book lern'in at coledge, from up north and said that they noticed that white people down here were much less racist than the ones from up north in places like Illinois and Ohio. Of coarse, if I'm not mistaken, the anti-black/anti-jew headquarters for the American Nazis is in Ohio. As for us being stoopid, I assure you we have just as many smarmy self absorbed pseudo-intellectual liberal numb nuts as anywhere else in the country...... well, except for maybe San Fransico. Any how, sorry for the rant, but that stereotype really burns my grits. By the way grits ARE pretty good, you should try them.

Anyhow as far as our state leaders are concerned, Bob Riley had done a pretty good job for the state and he has announced his plan called 2010 to take us to the future, whatever the hell that means..... I guess we'll finally get those phone lines I've been hearing about. I haven't read what all it is supposed to include, but I'm pretty sure it is the usual bringing in automobile plants so we will have 200 more assembly line jobs. Woo Hoo!!!!! Any how, I'm pretty sure Riley is an ass hat but may be the best we can do for a while... Even though he said on camera, "when you have government handing out billions of dollars in no-bid contracts, it is either the most corrupt government or the most inefficient government" in 2002, and then, once elected gave out billions of dollars in no-bid contracts.....go figure.

As far as the NAACP and ACLU. I don't have a problem with the NAACP, I find it odd how now-a-days with our so called racial equality, a race of people would have cause for an organization like the NAACP. While I find it a little self-fellating, I'm way too busy to care. And as far as the ACLU...... GO NAMBLA!!!!!! What a joke. They were relevant at one time.... now they just pull stuff out of their ass to stay in bu$ine$$. Hmmmmm, kind of like Al Sharpton.


Again, sorry about the rant.

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Neither am I the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds. I am not a sacrifice on their altars. ... I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask no one to live for me, nor do I live for others. I covet no mans soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet.

Ayn Rand, Anthem.