Alabama Titles

I've been reading a book about Alabama history and culture and have come across a lot of titles written about the state that I did not know. Here are those titles, in case anyone needs a to brush up on their AL history.

• Leaving Birmingham - Paul Hemphill
• Carry Me Home - Diane McWhorter
• Murder Ballads and a Murmuration of Starlings - Jake Adam York
• The Death of Donna Mae Dean - Joey Manley
• "Half a Mile of Road in North Alabama" - Rodney Jones
• Inside Alabama: A Personal History of My State - Harvey Jackson
• Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer - Warren St. John
• The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr
• Heartbreak Hotel - Anne Rivers Siddons
• Gathering Home - Vicky Covington
• But Now I See - Fred Hobson
• Memoir of a Race Traitor - Mab Segrest
• Rebellion Essays 1980-1991 - Minne Bruce Pratt
• I am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang (movie made in 1932)

Down With Anything

I found a pretty interesting quote: "Down with anything which would tend to make us like our persecutors," - Patrick Henry

It has nothing to do with the picture above, at least from my standpoint, but it does make sense from Colonial America's - they shunned tea since it was considered such a "British" drink at the time, and they opted for coffee instead. It's why Americans drink more coffee than tea; the trend just stuck. It's only been in recent decades that tea has increased in popularity and everyone forgot about it being fairly treasonous to drink tea.


- coming atcha fromz the ether.

Psst!

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

Psst!

A great interview with Rachel Maddow.

It's the Day!

Rachel Maddow Watch: Vogue

So I've talked about my news-politico-crush on Rachel Maddow. So here she is, in Vogue:




Story here.

Rachel Maddow on Conan

Rachel Maddow, ladies and gents.

New King + Elvis + Bhutan = ?

Bhutan crowned a new king. He's 28, single, and they claim he looks like Elvis.

See amazing pictures here, on the Boston.com website.

But seriously - it would be amazing if Barak Obama wore colors like this to be inaugurated. Forget the black suit! Don the coat of many colors!

Barak Unplugged

Nice - Behind the scenes photos of election night, released by his campaign.

Baraked the Vote

(Photo: Riccardo Gangale/Associated Press)







It seems the whole world is happy about the election results, save for the McCain camp. The NY Times tells about world-wide reactions to the news.

Every time I come across stories about people's reactions or if I see pictures of celebrations, I cannot stop the tears from welling up. I am so proud of this country, for uniting together and making history. I am so, so happy to have been a part of it. My husband's 85 -year-old grandmother sent us an email today saying we should all realize that one day we're going to be telling our grandkids about voting in the most important election of our lives. And to borrow a paraphrased line from The Nation, you want to be on the right side of history when it comes down to it. And I feel like I was.

Thanks everyone - thanks for this renewed sense of hope. Thanks for my tears of joy.

Election Newspaper Front Pages

From Gawker - Election Day!

Who Voted? This Girl!

Election Day Live Blogs on Huffington Post.

Gawker says Barak will help with the "baggy pants crisis" of youth.

SF Jukebox with Election Day tunes!

I voted this morning at my local polling place, an elementary school in a racially mixed neighborhood, and I have to admit, it was powerful. Judge and I stood in line for about 30 minutes at 7am and I couldn't stop grinning while I cast my vote. I kept looking around at all the African-American people near me and wondered what it was like to finally get to vote for a black man. I bet it was exciting. I bet it made them feel like today was a holiday. I bet that, even in all the awe and wonder I had at voting, that they felt it more, that finally they were seeing history in action, and that makes me want to cry. Just sitting here at my desk, I feel like crying. I feel like the world might change, for the better, after tonight. I feel like people turning out in droves and refusing to submit to fear, or lies, or media nonsense - it will change us, and it is inspiring.

My candidate didn't even make it to the general, but he's still out there making a difference with his sweet demeanor and love of the constitution, and that's all I can ask of the Doctor. But today - today I voted for a different candidate, one that I'm willing to put trust in and hope he pulls us out of this hole, that he gives us a better image across the world and high self-esteem in ourselves as a country.

My prayer for the day:

Please, I know that all elections have votes tampered with, stolen, not counted, etc., but please let this election be one without all that drama. Please let us get our results without pain and suffering, with a decisive ending and without violence. Please let today go well, and may we all wake up in the morning to a new beginning, and a good one at that.

Amen.

Civilis Ratio

I love, love, love Rachel Maddow.

She makes me laugh AND she gives me my news. I listened to her on Air America and saw her on Countdown, and then - she got her own show on MSNBC, which I subscribe to via podcast.

Sigh.

Thanks, Rach. (And thanks for being an 'A' Rachel and not an 'AE' Rachel. Since I'm one, I like Rachels that spell their name right.)

An article from the Baltimore Sun about her.

Andy Griffith, Ron Howard & Henry Winkler

See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die

Holy crap! I love this!

Racists for Obama

From Gawker, this is pretty crazy.

And yes, that is a house with both a confederate flag, and an Obama sign.

Good Stuff

East Nashville Campaign Style

Good Stuff

East Nashville Campaign Style

Loves It

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I Think Sarah Silverman is Funny

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