I’m not surprised…
A study has found that college students at the University of Texas drink more during football games involving their institution than they do during New Year’s Eve or the last day of classes.
But it does confirm that law enforcement, and the general public, need to be more vigilant on gamedays and especially on big gamedays.
Brian at Flashpoint thinks Jeffrey Toobin is an idiot for mocking Mike Huckabee’s stance on the elimination of the Internal Revenue Service. Believers in the Flat Tax think that it will eliminate all of the bureaucracy. Unfortunately, in this day and age, no matter what the tax structure is, you are still going to need people to monitor and enforce the law and that is what the IRS is. No matter what tax structure you favor, there will still be a need for the IRS.
Flashpoint � Blog Archive � Jeffrey Toobin is an uninformed idiot
I think it is good that a court may finally decide whether or not the Governor has the authority to appoint replacement county commissioners, because it does seem to fly in the face of the Voting Rights Act provisions that have been in place for decades.
U.S. court asked to remove Jeffco commissioner appointed by Gov. Riley, let election proceed- al.com
Rep. Artur Davis continues to indicate strongly that he would like to run for governor in 2010, if the situation is right. I thought his words yesterday were quite interesting.
“Polling suggests that the race is winnable, but the keys will be whether I can raise the money for a successful campaign and whether I believe the state is ready for the type of race I would run,” he said.
Davis said the latter didn’t concern whether he thought Alabama was ready for a black governor, but whether they were ready for the types of issues he would want to pursue.
These issues include campaign finance reform and more transparent government, finding a way to help convert the state’s economic reform to social reform, and looking at a new state constitution so that communities with pressing local needs could try to solve them without having to come to Montgomery to fix a problem that Montgomery doesn’t know anything about.
I strongly support a Davis run for governor and these issues are exactly the ones on which he should be campaigning. Whether Alabamians are ready or not, I hope he runs.
montgomeryadvertiser.com�::� Davis keeps options open in bid for governorship
There is no doubt the Alabama Medicaid system is in crisis and I applaud their efforts to bring attention to that issue by involving legislators. Rep. Artur Davis was the only congressman to take up the baton, but I think it’s an issue where he can make a difference and gain some additional exposure on a statewide basis.
“As you shop at the mall, a lot of the people waiting on you will be on Medicaid,” he said. “When you go through the drive-through on your way home, the people serving you may be on Medicaid.”
A large number of those needing Medicaid assistance are “the working poor,” children and elderly residents, he said.
“This wasn’t caused by a governor or by a legislature,” said Davis. “It was caused by a generation of governors and legislatures. Pointing fingers and trying to blame this on someone is unproductive. The individuals who need our help don’t care whether it is a Democrat or a Republican who solves this problem, just that it is solved.”
Like most of our problems…and a solutions-oriented person is what this state desperately needs.
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