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Alabama politics

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:58 pm
by Skjellyfetti
:rofl: :suspicious:

Governor Robert Bentley could be facing impeachment for misuse of state funds, etc. stemming from an affair with a staffer.

But.......

The impeachment proceedings would have to be overseen by House Speaker Mike Hubbard.... who has been indicted and is awaiting trial on 23 felony corruption charges.
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2014/1 ... icted.html

And, the trial would be presided over by the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court.... Roy Moore... who has previously been removed from office for refusing to follow a judge's order.

:?

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 1:53 am
by Baldy
*yawn*

Sounds like a G-rated version of Illinois. :coffee:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:59 am
by kalm
Gotta love the God fearing, law abiding bible belt!

:rofl:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:47 am
by andy7171
I still get confused with the "God fearing" and "Bible belt" comments. Life where I live just isn't like this, I guess.

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:53 am
by Ibanez
andy7171 wrote:I still get confused with the "God fearing" and "Bible belt" comments. Life where I live just isn't like this, I guess.
Yeah, there are certainly parts of South Carolina that are more "religious" than others. Charleston is much more religious than Myrtle Beach, but I don't think the "Bible Belt" states are indicative of some great moral authority. Maybe 100 years ago, but not anymore. That term is better used to describe the SE states of a bygone era.

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:57 am
by andy7171
I walk away from people talking about religion. To each his own. Except snake handlers, bandle and those inbred fuckers can SMD.

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:00 am
by Ibanez
andy7171 wrote:I walk away from people talking about religion. To each his own. Except snake handlers, bandle and those inbred fuckers can SMD.
:lol: I went to one of those churches once. The guy preaching apparently wasn't a good man because he got bit within minutes of getting into the pit. :lol: :lol:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:04 am
by Grizalltheway
andy7171 wrote:I walk away from people talking about religion. To each his own. Except snake handlers, bandle and those inbred fuckers can SMD.
If only everyone felt that way (yes, Muslins included).

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:04 am
by andy7171
Grizalltheway wrote:
andy7171 wrote:I walk away from people talking about religion. To each his own. Except snake handlers, bandle and those inbred fuckers can SMD.
If only everyone felt that way (yes, Muslins included).
Not sure if you're being serious. But yes, I agree.

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:08 am
by kalm
Ibanez wrote:
andy7171 wrote:I still get confused with the "God fearing" and "Bible belt" comments. Life where I live just isn't like this, I guess.
Yeah, there are certainly parts of South Carolina that are more "religious" than others. Charleston is much more religious than Myrtle Beach, but I don't think the "Bible Belt" states are indicative of some great moral authority. Maybe 100 years ago, but not anymore. That term is better used to describe the SE states of a bygone era.
Hey, there's good peeps everywhere and I think it's safe to assume that the South is progressing in this regard. And it's not as if we don't have our share of wing nuts here too. But look to the elected officials and the Roy Black's of the world. Maybe it's anecdotal but they still seem to be more prevalent in the South.

Just take the Texas School Board as one example... :)

Own yer shit! :kisswink:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:13 am
by Grizalltheway
andy7171 wrote:
Grizalltheway wrote:
If only everyone felt that way (yes, Muslins included).
Not sure if you're being serious. But yes, I agree.
I am. I don't really give a shit what people do on Sunday mornings, just don't try to push it on others or blow people up over it.

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:23 am
by 89Hen
kalm wrote:Maybe it's anecdotal but they still seem to be more prevalent in the South.
:suspicious:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:25 am
by Ibanez
kalm wrote:
Ibanez wrote: Yeah, there are certainly parts of South Carolina that are more "religious" than others. Charleston is much more religious than Myrtle Beach, but I don't think the "Bible Belt" states are indicative of some great moral authority. Maybe 100 years ago, but not anymore. That term is better used to describe the SE states of a bygone era.
Hey, there's good peeps everywhere and I think it's safe to assume that the South is progressing in this regard. And it's not as if we don't have our share of wing nuts here too. But look to the elected officials and the Roy Black's of the world. Maybe it's anecdotal but they still seem to be more prevalent in the South.

Just take the Texas School Board as one example... :)

Own yer shit! :kisswink:
Oh, I do. Let's take South Carolina. Sure, we have some crazy f'n people in this state. But, let's take a look at a few events to show, that progress is being made in my state.

Baltimore and Ferguson had riots and looting after police kill a black man.

Charleston has nothing but love after a redneck murdered 9 blacks in a church. In fact, the Black Panthers were RAN out of town by the black community after they refuse to get violent.

North Carolina passed that stupid bathroom bill and there are 7 states looking to do the same.
Spoiler: show
Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Notice that 4 aren't in the South.
A Senator in SC has put a similar bill into committee however, nobody is signing off on it and the Governor has said it's not necessary. It'll likely die in committee.


No state is perfect and SC is far from it. But, there's some progress going on here.



And let's not forget that South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is first black Republican elected to the United States Senate since the 1979. He won the runoff election in 2014, beating a black democrat, with 61% of the vote.

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:33 am
by andy7171
Grizalltheway wrote:
andy7171 wrote: Not sure if you're being serious. But yes, I agree.
I am. I don't really give a shit what people do on Sunday mornings, just don't try to push it on others or blow people up over it.
This.

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:37 am
by kalm
Ibanez wrote:
kalm wrote:
Hey, there's good peeps everywhere and I think it's safe to assume that the South is progressing in this regard. And it's not as if we don't have our share of wing nuts here too. But look to the elected officials and the Roy Black's of the world. Maybe it's anecdotal but they still seem to be more prevalent in the South.

Just take the Texas School Board as one example... :)

Own yer shit! :kisswink:
Oh, I do. Let's take South Carolina. Sure, we have some crazy f'n people in this state. But, let's take a look at a few events to show, that progress is being made in my state.

Baltimore and Ferguson had riots and looting after police kill a black man.

Charleston has nothing but love after a redneck murdered 9 blacks in a church. In fact, the Black Panthers were RAN out of town by the black community after they refuse to get violent.

North Carolina passed that stupid bathroom bill and there are 7 states looking to do the same.
Spoiler: show
Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Notice that 4 aren't in the South.
A Senator in SC has put a similar bill into committee however, nobody is signing off on it and the Governor has said it's not necessary. It'll likely die in committee.


No state is perfect and SC is far from it. But, there's some progress going on here.



And let's not forget that South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is first black Republican elected to the United States Senate since the 1979. He won the runoff election in 2014, beating a black democrat, with 61% of the vote.
:thumb:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:38 am
by kalm
89Hen wrote:
kalm wrote:Maybe it's anecdotal but they still seem to be more prevalent in the South.
:suspicious:
:suspicious:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:38 am
by andy7171
As far as the Baltimore/Freddie Gray case, it's looking more and more like he did this to himself to avoid going to jail. Even the kid who was in the van next to him said he was throwing himself around and then went silent. The police are being railroaded(my opinion) and nothing else will do without a conviction.

The States Attorney, Mosby, is hot as fuck though. Her husband would make a good mayor(he was on the streets during the riots trying to maintain peace, but this is Sheila Dixon's race to win.

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:05 am
by Ibanez
andy7171 wrote:As far as the Baltimore/Freddie Gray case, it's looking more and more like he did this to himself to avoid going to jail. Even the kid who was in the van next to him said he was throwing himself around and then went silent. The police are being railroaded(my opinion) and nothing else will do without a conviction.

The States Attorney, Mosby, is hot as fuck though. Her husband would make a good mayor(he was on the streets during the riots trying to maintain peace, but this is Sheila Dixon's race to win.
I said it when it happened that he was fine going into the van. You can see him moving his legs. Then what happens...a few weeks later people are saying the same thing. :roll:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:55 am
by Baldy
Ibanez wrote: Baltimore and Ferguson had riots and looting after police kill a black man.

Charleston has nothing but love after a redneck murdered 9 blacks in a church. In fact, the Black Panthers were RAN out of town by the black community after they refuse to get violent.

And let's not forget that South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is first black Republican elected to the United States Senate since the 1979. He won the runoff election in 2014, beating a black democrat, with 61% of the vote.
Race relations in the South have progressed much further than in most areas of the country. Yes, even much further than those so-called "progressive" states. :nod:

Pfffft Tim Scott is just an Uncle Tom Scott...:tothehand:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:19 am
by Ivytalk
Baldy wrote:
Ibanez wrote: Baltimore and Ferguson had riots and looting after police kill a black man.

Charleston has nothing but love after a redneck murdered 9 blacks in a church. In fact, the Black Panthers were RAN out of town by the black community after they refuse to get violent.

And let's not forget that South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is first black Republican elected to the United States Senate since the 1979. He won the runoff election in 2014, beating a black democrat, with 61% of the vote.
Race relations in the South have progressed much further than in most areas of the country. Yes, even much further than those so-called "progressive" states. :nod:

Pfffft Tim Scott is just an Uncle Tom Scott...:tothehand:
Reminds me of the old joke about the difference between Northern and Southern racial attitudes.

In the South, white folks hate blacks as a race but love them as individuals.

In the North, it's the other way around! :lol:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:41 am
by Ibanez
Ivytalk wrote:
Baldy wrote:
Race relations in the South have progressed much further than in most areas of the country. Yes, even much further than those so-called "progressive" states. :nod:

Pfffft Tim Scott is just an Uncle Tom Scott...:tothehand:
Reminds me of the old joke about the difference between Northern and Southern racial attitudes.

In the South, white folks hate blacks as a race but love them as individuals.

In the North, it's the other way around! :lol:
It's amazing how true that is.

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:44 am
by Grizalltheway
Ibanez wrote:
Ivytalk wrote:
Reminds me of the old joke about the difference between Northern and Southern racial attitudes.

In the South, white folks hate blacks as a race but love them as individuals.

In the North, it's the other way around! :lol:
It's amazing how true that is.
Does either way really make any sense? :coffee:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:46 am
by Grizalltheway
Baldy wrote:
Ibanez wrote: Baltimore and Ferguson had riots and looting after police kill a black man.

Charleston has nothing but love after a redneck murdered 9 blacks in a church. In fact, the Black Panthers were RAN out of town by the black community after they refuse to get violent.

And let's not forget that South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is first black Republican elected to the United States Senate since the 1979. He won the runoff election in 2014, beating a black democrat, with 61% of the vote.
Race relations in the South have progressed much further than in most areas of the country. Yes, even much further than those so-called "progressive" states. :nod:

Pfffft Tim Scott is just an Uncle Tom Scott...:tothehand:
The South had a lot fuckin' farther to go... :coffee:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:49 am
by dbackjon
Ibanez wrote:
Ivytalk wrote:
Reminds me of the old joke about the difference between Northern and Southern racial attitudes.

In the South, white folks hate blacks as a race but love them as individuals.

In the North, it's the other way around! :lol:
It's amazing how true that is.

:roll: :roll:

Re: Alabama politics

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:51 am
by Ibanez
dbackjon wrote:
Ibanez wrote: It's amazing how true that is.

:roll: :roll:
Yeah let's hear your rebuttal. I can't wait to hear how great and accepting the North was and is.