Nominations Open
Kevin has opened the nominations for the 2003 Weblog Awards. I have no shame, I’ve already nominated my humble blog in several categories. Please toss in your two cents on the nomination process. It should be fun.
Entries for December 1st, 2003
Peyton: “Next Week is Huge”
You want your team to move on after a heartbreaking loss, especially with the division lead on the line next week and Peyton Manning was in that frame of mind yesterday,
This is over,” quarterback Peyton Manning stated flatly. “As disappointing as it is, it’s over. The Titans game next week is absolutely huge.”That it is. Tennessee (9-2) leads the Colts (9-3) by a half game in the AFC South, pending the outcome of the Titans’ game tonight with the New York Jets at Giants Stadium. With the Colts and Titans meeting on Sunday in Nashville, a loss would leave the Colts facing the prospect of a wild-card playoff visit to the winner of the AFC North. A victory would put the Colts in position to take the AFC South and play at home at least during the opening round.
Bus Boycott Anniversary
Today is the 48th anniversary of Ms. Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus to a white man right here in Montgomery. We are fortunate today to have a museum on the campus of Troy State University-Montgomery that honors Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement.
If we forget our history, we are doomed to repeat it.
Plans B, C, D, and E
The Mobile Register Editorial Page praises the Governor of Alabama this morning for not only working on a plan B, but additional plans that will allow for a selection between many options.
New State Parole Panel Will Hear 40 Cases Today
At least one thing is working in this broken state, we’re letting our prisoners out on parole,
A second panel of the state parole board will begin hearing cases today, part of Gov. Bob Riley’s plan to increase paroles to save money and ease prison crowding.The new panel is scheduled to hear 40 cases its first day and meet four days a week, said Cynthia Dillard, assistant executive director of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Because there was no space available in downtown Montgomery, the board will be meeting temporarily in an industrial park area on West Gunter Park Drive.