We support Jeff Sessions on his illegal immigration stance. Why? Let’s look at these scenarios.
A local homeless shelter closes suddenly; 30 men are unexpectedly thrown out on the street. They have no food and are huddling in a small park nearby the closed shelter…
A. Joe walks by and wants to help. He has only 3.00 cash in his pocket, so he runs into a nearby store, gets change, and hands each man a dime.
B. Jim similarly walks by with only 3.00 cash. He picks out one man and takes him to the local burger in a box and buys him the meal combo, while the remaining 29 men go hungry.
C. John walks by in the third scenario. He feels so strongly for these men that he takes his debit card and buys each of the 30 a meal combo. Then later in the week he realizes that the 90.00 he spent had been allotted to purchase his child needed textbooks. Now John’s son will fall behind in school.
That pretty much sums up our immigration problem. There are no easy answers, but the “B” scenario is best for our country. Jeff Sessions will ensure that’s how illegal immigration is handled, and we should be grateful to him.
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Do you support the sexual abuse of children? Apparently some do. Some months ago, we published a blog from a Killen woman who had been “accused” of writing for us. Until a friend told her of the Facebook post and she contacted us, we had not heard of her, nor she of us. Why was she accused and by whom?
Apparently she was accused by a friend of a Killen man with a long rap sheet who has appeared in our blog frequently. It seems that now M.P., another young friend of the perp, has picked up this story, basically aiding and abetting a man who sexually abused an 11 year-old girl. We understand the need to support one’s friends, but when you accomplish that by lying, by supporting a sexual abuser in the process, you might want to rethink your position.
Jeff Sessions has recently gotten a lot of bad publicity, some of which he deserves. His remarks on sexual assault were seemingly uncalled for; however, giving him the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he meant the act of groping someone can’t compare to rape?
We’re linking an article on Sessions written by someone who knows him well. It contains some interesting information on his Senate rejection some years ago. Ted Kennedy even criticized Sessions’ name? Such an action should be unbelievable, but coming from a man who in all likelihood committed premeditated murder, we’re not surprised.
No, criticize Sessions, or anyone else, for his actions, not his name, be it Jeff Sessions, Wilberforce Jackanapes, or Howell Heflin who voted against Sessions’ confirmation to a federal judgeship. Speaking of Heflin, he got off pretty easy when he commented on the size of Fawn Hall's breasts, didn’t he? Is that kind of “locker room talk” that much different from what Trump has been accused of?
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A few weeks ago, Florence-Lauderdale Tourism’s Georgia Carter announced she was leaving to accept a director’s post in another city. We’re sure money was a factor, but we also have to ask if working conditions played a role as well?
Virginia native Roger H. Bedford Jr. has announced his plans to run for governor of the State of Alabama. Bedford, dubbed the "Prince of Pork" by the Tuscaloosa News, currently serves as Democratic State Senator for the 6th Congressional District consisting of parts of Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, and Winston Counties. The 2000 U.S. Census found that 18% of this district is functionally illiterate.
Bedford himself is hardly uneducated. An undergraduate of the University of Alabama, he received his juris doctorate from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. Bedford is married to heiress Maudie Darby, daughter of the late Southern Sash founder Elton H. Darby Sr., a man Sports Illustrated called a "multi-zillionaire."
Among his affiliations, Bedford lists the Baptist Church, National Rifle Association, and Ducks Unlimited. He has also been closely linked to former Gov. Don Siegelman and Marion County industrialist Dennis "Blue" Harbor.
Having lost to Jeff Sessions in his 1996 bid for the U.S. Senate, it remains to be seen if Bedford has the name recognition to win the 2010 Democratic Party nomination. Perhaps more to the point, does Roger Bedford have the right kind of name recognition?
Tomorrow: The lawsuits.
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