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tornado in Madison County (4.00 / 1)

YOW!  Just went right over the farm.

Mooncat was in town at a Democratic Party planning meeting and sent this from her Blackberry:

Tornado passed 2 houses away. Trees all over. We sat in the front room until the fence flew by.

You picked a good meeting to miss. 

Fingers crossed that everyone is ok who was in the path of the storm.  Looks like it stayed on the ground for quite a while.

I'm not short.  I'm fun size!!

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by: countrycat @ Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 18:01:29 PM CST

Luck was with the Madison County Dems (4.00 / 1)

But in future we really need to move the meeting to a safe place as soon as we hear the sirens, not after we've turned on the TV and checked the local radar -- 'cause by then trees and fences may be airborn. 

I hope there were no serious injuries or fatalities in the wake of this storm.  Obviously, there was considerable property damage.

Work harder and work smarter!

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by: mooncat @ Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 19:09:11 PM CST

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Made a purchase... (4.00 / 2)

Wish I had been aware of it when I bought a digital cam package a few weeks ago.

Money may be the Mother's milk of politics, but it is the arsenic of Democracy.

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by: Dardango @ Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 19:33:33 PM CST

we'll add a dollar anyway (4.00 / 1)

in your honor!

It's amazing how quickly it adds up.  Mooncat bought us a new digital video camera (that we used at our "stalking Parker Griffith" debut), and it made over $10 for the blog.

A dollar here and a dollar there and we're soon talking about real money for Haiti and for LIA!

I'm not short.  I'm fun size!!

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by: countrycat @ Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 19:39:24 PM CST

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I did make a purchase tonight (4.00 / 2)

through the LIA link. 

 

Money may be the Mother's milk of politics, but it is the arsenic of Democracy.

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by: Dardango @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 01:41:10 AM CST

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I'm thinking of picking up some books (4.00 / 2)

(And seeing if my parents want me to get anything while I'm at it so we can buy them all at once.)

Anyone have any good recs for books about Southern or Alabama politics?

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by: mediagadfly @ Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 19:51:02 PM CST

check out the LIA list (4.00 / 1)

some good Wayne Flint ones on there. I haven't read them but on my to do list for sure.

But you absolutely gotta read the George Wallace biography by Marshall Frady. Any of Frady's bio's are good really but Wallace is a have to.

Kingfish by Richard White about Huey Long is a must read.

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by: gradyw @ Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 20:29:16 PM CST

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I just saw that (4.00 / 2)

It wasn't turning up when I loaded the front page for some reason, so I felt kind of nerdy for having asked once I spot it, lol.

I wish I had more money. :p A trip to the library will be in order. 

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by: mediagadfly @ Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 22:17:29 PM CST

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I have already made my donation to Haiti through the Red Cross. (4.00 / 2)

I will make sure to buy anything needed on Amazon through LiA.

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by: Sundog @ Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 22:42:01 PM CST

Get medical help to Haiti (0.00 / 0)

It's great to donate to Haitian relief for Amazon purchases, but I'd like to call your attention to the "Send a nurse to Haiti" ad over at the far right.  Liberal blogs across the country are running this ad for free.  In the first week liberal blog readers have contributed an amazing amount of money -- enough to send dozens of nurses to Haiti for 10 day shifts.  We'll be running the ad for at least another week.

No pressure, but even if you don't need anything from Amazon, you can help send a nurse to Haiti.  And btw, these are union nurses.

Work harder and work smarter!

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by: mooncat @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 20:29:40 PM CST