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There are 1100 Volunteer Fire Departments in the State of Alabama. And with the number of volunteer firefighters nationwide reaching a low in 2020, many local Volunteer Fire Departments are actively seeking volunteers. While the number of volunteer firefighters has slumped, the call volume nationwide has more than tripled in the last thirty-five years. The County Sheriff's Office is responsible for providing the dispatch services for the Volunteer Fire Departments. With many communities having...
Keeping the moral minimums includes not drone striking, not taking lives via a September 11th style attack and otherwise refusing methods of death to deal with death. But then again - is there not also that nagging theory of "just war". And in the end - how do we make our lives even count. Are we just another organic being forgotten or otherwise yet to be consumed by the earth, irrelevant to the web and forgotten by a generation. So yes - it was exciting. And what an honor to have two talented...
Separation of Church and State and ending religious "superstition" form the basis of State Senator Kane's campaign for U.S. Congress in "God's Not Dead In God We Trust", the fifth installment in the "God Is Not Dead" movie series. Superbly portrayed by Ray Wise, an American actor originally from Ohio, State Senator Kane receives good news for his campaign when six weeks before the election, his sole opponent passes away. This news is not well received by Senator Smith, portrayed by a former...
(September 16, 2024) Another day, another Trump assassination attempt. Are you surprised? If you are, why? Because many of us certainly weren’t surprised to hear about what happened Sunday afternoon. President Trump posted “0-2” on his Truth Social account shortly after reassuring us he was okay—and they wonder why we love him! The former (and future) President then posted the following: “FEAR NOT! I am safe and well, and no one was hurt. Thank God! But, there are people in this world who would...
Once again, we see the devastating consequences of the reckless and irresponsible rhetoric perpetuated by our mainstream media. For years, they've painted conservatives, Republicans, and especially President Trump, as existential threats to democracy. Is it any wonder, then, that radicalized individuals are taking matters into their own hands and resorting to violence? These repeated attempts on President Trump's life aren't happening in a vacuum. They're fueled by a media apparatus that...
Since the pandemic, the Alabama economy has had its ups and downs. However, the good news is that the business climate in Alabama has outperformed other states. One sector of the Alabama business community that has really increased is the construction industry. A recent study by the Associated Builders and Contractors of Alabama showed that between 2015 to 2021 there was a 97 percent increase in commercial construction output to the tune of $9.4 billion. When you look at the direct impacts on al...
(September 17, 2024) Today, I intended to write about the fallout one week out from the Trump/Harris debate, but things didn’t work out that way. I’m not going to write about how the backlash against ABC and the Harris campaign has completely overwhelmed any advantage Kamala may have gotten for her debate performance. I’m not going to mention the polls that showed a clear debate advantage to Trump, including a 2:1 advantage among independents. I’m not going to mention Kamala’s many flip flop...
To Alabama's students and families: welcome back to school! September rings in a new school year for our state's over 821,000 school-age population. Families are back into their routines-setting early alarms, packing lunches, riding the bus, waiting in the car line, attending pep rallies and after-school sports, and so much more. The majority of my professional career was spent in the education sphere where I saw first-hand the impact schools have on students. I told my students then what I stil...
(September 18, 2024) Chris Cuomo allegedly called President Trump after the second attempted assassination to apologize for…something or other. He talked about it on his show, maybe Monday? It didn’t really pop up on any one’s radar until Wednesday, when it became a hot topic on social media. This is understandable because, really, who watches Cuomo anyway? Certainly not me. I’ve got much better things to do, like braiding my nose hairs. At any rate, I put a link to the video and a transcr...
(September 19, 2024) Vaxxed III: Authorized To Kill is a powerful movie that you need to see. TL;DR—it’s about what was done to us during the pandemic. It’s shocking and hard to watch at times, but watch it anyway. Vaxxed III is a film that cuts across all lines. It deals directly and honestly with what may be THE issue of our times: the COVID pandemic and how this country dealt with it. Those who have seen Vaxxed and Vaxxed II will recognize the format of Vaxxed III immediately. And, like Vaxxe...
So the IRS hires “armed” agents. The Municipal Police are funded with Federal Funds to hire officers. Good moves, perhaps. Certanly well intended. And yet we have backlogs of willing, skilled workers - how and where? In the Immigration Departments - a literal Admin level of incompetence which is glaring. Consider reality - A good friend of mine owns a tire shop. My back left wheel has been out of alignment a while and yet upon his shop’s advice - it was just the tie rod. I knew better or suspe...
A delightfully entertaining and laugh out loud funny show, "Sean of the South LIVE", played to a full house at the historic Bama Theatre in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Saturday, September 21st,2024. Similar in style to Lewis Grizzard, Jeff Foxworthy, and Rick Bragg; Sean of the South is the stage name of the columnist, novelist, and country musician, Sean Paul Dietrich - a Southern writer who was born in Missouri during the third quarter of Coach Paul Bear Bryant's farewell Liberty Bowl. Describing...
September 21, 2024 - COALING - Nine teams participated in The Fourth Annual Defend the Orphans Kickball Tournament hosted and organized by Coaling Baptist Church on Saturday. Originally k own as "Kicking Baseball", kickball was for many decades considered a children's elementary school game, however, it began growing in popularity in the 1990s among young professionals and adults. So much so that in 1998 the World Adult Kickball Association was founded. With several cities creating kickball...
(September 23, 2024) Why is not letting non-citizens vote even an issue? Not a citizen? You don’t get a say in how the country’s run. Want to vote? Either become a citizen, or go home. And yet, for Democrats and a few alleged Republicans, it’s not only an issue, it’s something they regard as absolutely essential. That’s why they recently voted to kill a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government funded for the next six months at current spending levels, because the CR included the SAVE...
You can’t hide from the truth forever, Kamala. The Border Czar, or should I say the “Absent Border Czar,” Kamala has done nothing but dodge, deflect, and deceive the American public about the chaos she and the Biden administration have unleashed at the border. This isn’t just mismanagement; this is a coverup of epic proportions. Testimony after testimony reveals the shocking scale of what Harris and her team have been hiding—terror-linked migrants pouring across our borders and a nearly 30...
Numerous new election laws have been passed across the nation since the 2020 presidential election. Advocates have had close to four years to push for reforms to make elections safer, more transparent, and more secure. Now, with less than two months until the general election, it's essential that we work together to build confidence in our election systems rather than perpetuating unrest, disharmony, and potential failure by continuing to make changes to the election process. Election security...
(September 23, 2025) It’s been over a week since Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested, and the Elites on both coasts are still in full-blown panic mode. Diddy has been one of THE major players in the music industry for decades, a multimillionaire (possibly a billionaire), an entrepreneur and influencer who hobnobbed with A-listers on a regular basis. Now he’s facing a minimum of 15 years to life for sex trafficking and RICO charges, and everyone who ever attended one of his infamous parties is terr...
The eight-day election prayer guide written by the granddaughter of the highly regarded Billy Graham, Cissie Graham Lynch, is now available for free from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Known for her "Fearless" series in which Cissie Graham Lynch tackles important modern day social issues from an evangelical Biblical perspective head on, the prayer guide implores readers to research the candidates, to pray fervently, and exercise their privilege to vote. Opening with a verse from 1 Ti...
Anybody Running This Country? America is in chaos. Our economy is faltering. Our borders are in shambles, and the world is laughing at us. You know it, I know it, and yet the people in power act like everything is fine. But let’s face it, we don’t even know who’s running the country anymore. Joe Biden is barely coherent, and Kamala Harris is nowhere to be found. This is a crisis—one that demands action and fast. If we don't put Donald Trump back in the White House, we might not have a country...
September 27, 2024 – Tuscaloosa - For our final class of the Citizens Academy, the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff gave us the grand tour of what they call "Tuscaloosa's finest gated community" - the County Jail. All of us participants in the Citizens Academy looked forward to the occasion with both trepidation and anticipation. And as we stood outside of the entrance to the jail waiting for class to begin, more than one of us made a list of who we'd call to bail us out, should we be detained for a...
Three companies (Black Rock, State Street, and Vanguard) currently own controlling interest in 95% of the publicly traded companies in the United States and on track, within the next five years, to own 60% of all our single family homes. The three companies are really one company as they own each other's stock however. How is it possible for one firm to basically own the richest country in history? One theory makes sense. In 1913 Congress ceded its constitutional authority to "coin money" to a...
The No. 2 Debate October 2, 2024–I expected the Vice Presidential debate to be a big, stinking pile of No. 2. I was only mildly disappointed. I can say two good things about it: it's over, and we won’t have to endure another one. Okay, three things: it wasn’t as badly biased as the Trump/Harris debate. Tiny props to CBS for that. It was amusing to watch J.D. Vance fact check the fact checkers on the CBP One app. That made me giggle. Then, I dozed off halfway through because BORING, until right...
Tuesday night, we witnessed an absolute thrashing on the debate stage. J.D. Vance came out laser focused and didn’t stop until Tim Walz was left in shambles. You couldn’t ask for a more clear-cut example of why Vance is presidential material, while Walz? Well, let’s just say I wouldn’t trust him to coach a mediocre high school football team. Vance was everything you’d want in a leader—confident, calm, sharp, and completely unshakable. His rise from a tough upbringing in Appalachia to becoming...
For the last two months, the mainstream media has attempted to plant a false image in the minds of voters. Like an oasis in the desert, the Democratic faithful looked at Vice President Harris as if they thirsted for water. Although the aggregate numbers show the race as tied in the battlegrounds, a pattern has emerged in a few key states. The outcome is far from certain, but this is a troubling sign for the Harris supporters. In Georgia, Trump leads Harris by 1.4% in the aggregate poll average,...
The Biden administration has issued 535 executive orders on immigration since taking office, leading to a significant increase in the influx of Haitian immigrants into the United States. As of September 24, 2024, an estimated 852,000 Haitians reside in the country, with this number continuing to rise each month due to various immigration programs. One significant program is the Humanity Parole Program for Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians, and Venezuelans, announced by the President in January...
