tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post5424228207756133709..comments2023-05-20T06:45:28.421-07:00Comments on ALABAMA CONFIDENTIAL: In the Company of ScoundrelsMax Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13462265300417588171noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-8508829255007395932011-11-10T08:21:45.321-08:002011-11-10T08:21:45.321-08:00Freedom lovers and individualists, a la Tea Party,...Freedom lovers and individualists, a la Tea Party, are too ignorant to understand that all they are doing is favoring the takeover of gov't by big corporations. Individuals may make up corporations but they are not the mindset of big business, which is to always turn a profit even if that means laying off workers and gobbling up federal and state tax incentives, a la corporate welfare, at thekharrimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-27060057739249629162011-11-10T05:44:20.071-08:002011-11-10T05:44:20.071-08:00If Riley is ever going to have to answer for polit...If Riley is ever going to have to answer for political crimes while in office someone better get on the stick and file something before SOL runs out.<br />The delaying tactics to keep him off the stand are as transparent as clear glass. Executive privilege does not exclude breaking the law Mr. Strange.watchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-61392029630074659632011-11-09T16:10:09.291-08:002011-11-09T16:10:09.291-08:00Bingo Bobby knows he's in the deep water if he...Bingo Bobby knows he's in the deep water if he has to testify, he's going to call in all his markers for favors to keep from doing it.<br />Let's flip this and pretend he's a democrat. How loud would the cries of what do you have to hide be about now?<br />I'd say deafening.Skyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-55793395928270781632011-11-09T16:01:10.128-08:002011-11-09T16:01:10.128-08:00Flag on the field. Time the heck out here.
Any l...Flag on the field. Time the heck out here.<br /><br /> Any legislator that signed that pledge needs to explain why GN's pledge came before their oath of office. <br /><br /> Furthermore, any Alabama politician who belongs to ALEC should explain to all of us why they are aligning themselves with an agency of secrets.<br /><br />Transparency for the people damn it.Hackettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-21708261059912318472011-11-09T15:29:20.615-08:002011-11-09T15:29:20.615-08:00I cannot wait for the spin on this. It should be b...I cannot wait for the spin on this. It should be better than Maytag. <br /><i>That money may have come from sin but once we laid our anointed hands on it and used for our good works it was forgiven.</i>Rianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-29970231047552223832011-11-09T15:00:21.361-08:002011-11-09T15:00:21.361-08:00Not one day goes by that we don't hear a story...Not one day goes by that we don't hear a story of corruption on the right. It makes me sick to my soul to hear so many lies by the rignt-wing Christians!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-54865257403683326492011-11-09T14:45:47.453-08:002011-11-09T14:45:47.453-08:00Bob Riley best not breathe easy just yet. It ain&#...Bob Riley best not breathe easy just yet. It ain't over till it's over. We'll see come November 17th.Spurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-12374385109928285392011-11-09T14:38:30.008-08:002011-11-09T14:38:30.008-08:00This reads like the lobbyists have declared war on...This reads like the lobbyists have declared war on us. And I think they have. And the anti-gambling people do not need to know the money they accepted came from gambling, according to the lobbyists.<br /><br />Are christian and co-religionists related by something other than they both will take the money, no questions, no thinking.Big Moenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-70626061369472155652011-11-09T14:29:14.862-08:002011-11-09T14:29:14.862-08:00"I have never been, nor will I ever be, behol...<i>"I have never been, nor will I ever be, beholden to lobbyists or special interests. I also support banning all political action committees, in order to maximize the transparency of money in politics. There should not be one set of rules for those with power, money, or influence, and another set for everyone else. The people of Alabama deserve a Governor who is responsive to the needs of theskinnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-26674024909293213842011-11-09T13:54:24.913-08:002011-11-09T13:54:24.913-08:00"Wolves in sheep's clothing here's yo..."Wolves in sheep's clothing here's your willing lambs," said the men of false religious virtue.BarTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-46422219108953587772011-11-09T12:50:52.407-08:002011-11-09T12:50:52.407-08:00It would seem to me, these political types use the...It would seem to me, these political types use the lobby money from whatever source it may come and in order to use the so-called christians to further their agenda, the so-called christians must first take the money. Looks like the so-called christians don't care where it comes from. <br /><br />In the process, the so-called christians are used to further the interests of some, polarizing A Sisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-56842211027491533132011-11-09T12:20:19.033-08:002011-11-09T12:20:19.033-08:00For the so-called Christians, the Special Interest...For the so-called Christians, the Special Interests Groups (who think they are so important and mighty and have to pay to play) and the government that works it, this pledge is out of order. No room for this sort of thing. <br /><br />Down with the pledge. Run them out of the state.Mona Coronanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-80152468084092199642011-11-09T12:04:54.310-08:002011-11-09T12:04:54.310-08:00The 'special interest' should be the elect...The 'special interest' should be the elected officials doing what is best for the people. We should be treated special and the legislature and Congress should want us to be the ones treated as 'special' and they should gladly serve we the people, in the most special of ways.<br /><br />After that change, lobbyists would all disappear overnight and re-create themselves as hard Annette in Alabamanoreply@blogger.com