The World Around You

According to news reports, the Aryan Nations’ P.O. Box has moved from Idaho to Lincoln, Alabama. The organization was bankrupted by a lawsuit pursued by the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, so there is a certain irony to them re-establishing themselves only 80 miles away from the SPLC. I love irony.

Alabama may be as much in the Bush column as any state in the country, but it still serves an important purpose in the Bush campaign,

I’m not sure what the point of this short piece in the Birmingham News is, but the quote used is illustrative,

The war in Iraq may be dragging on, terrorism’s poster boy may still be on the loose, and free-trade policies may have dented the job market. But Etowah County voters still love their president.

“Bush follows God. I follow Bush,” said Tammy Sarmiento, a 31-year-old Gadsden mother.

So who does Kerry follow, may I ask? The Devil? The Pillsbury Doughboy? The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man? I’m just trying to understand your position.