20 responses so far ↓

• 1 3choBoomer // Apr 22, 2008 at 9:12 pm

  It’s not like it’s going to hurt….

• 2 BitterOldPunk // Apr 23, 2008 at 8:04 am

  “…that pails in comparison to the city of Nineveh”.

  Oh noes, they be stealin’ Larry’s bukkit!

• 3 pretty helmet // Apr 23, 2008 at 10:19 am

  i can haz religun?

• 4 pretty helmet // Apr 23, 2008 at 10:26 am

  all kidding aside, forcing your religious beliefs on people, especially in a government position is unconstitutional. prayer is not going to help. getting the city out of debt and squashing pie-in-the-sky dome plans will.

• 5 BitterOldPunk // Apr 23, 2008 at 10:44 am

  Still, there’s something strangely appealing about the idea of Larry Langford girded in sackcloth, rolled in ashes, lamenting and howling on the steps of City Hall.

• 6 Andre // Apr 23, 2008 at 11:07 am

  It moved me to write an editorial today -

  Click here to check it out…

• 7 pretty helmet // Apr 23, 2008 at 12:03 pm

  i welcome mr. langford to come to avondale and listen to the gunfire at all hours of the night.

• 8 Downtown Darlin // Apr 25, 2008 at 9:02 am

  What ever happened to separation of church and state?

• 9 Shadowhelm // Apr 25, 2008 at 10:06 am

  A backwards city continues to do backwards things. Why is anyone surprised?

• 10 pretty helmet // Apr 25, 2008 at 10:56 am

  is anyone going to this debacle? if you are let me know!

• 11 Dystopos // Apr 25, 2008 at 11:05 am

  I’m torn between attending this historic event myself or just searching eBay for “Birmingham burlap sacks” on Monday.

• 12 pretty helmet // Apr 25, 2008 at 11:13 am

  dystopsos, i’ll meet you there. look for the angry, agnostic whitey.

• 13 Chadi // Apr 25, 2008 at 5:01 pm

  ShadowHelm hits the nail on the head.

• 14 mossgard // Apr 30, 2008 at 10:18 pm

  Gee… I dunno. Having a Day of Prayer sounds like a great idea but who has time to pray all day? Not me. I wouldn’t mind a Minute of Prayer… I could spare a minute, I guess.

  And what would we pray about all day? I could do maybe a few minutes of “help me win the lottery” but after asking about that a few times, what else is there to pray about for so long?

  I like the mayor’s idea but I think wiser heads should prevail and we cut it back a mite to ” A Few Minutes of Prayer” and let that be it.

  Otherwise, good work Mayor Larry… not counting the SEC charges… keep up the pretty good work.

  mossgard

• 15 Bill // May 2, 2008 at 8:06 am

  Sinclair Lewis said that if fascism ever comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and will be carrying a cross. But, it the Republicans can use the Christian Coalition for political gain, why not Leaping Larry?

• 16 jef // May 3, 2008 at 3:45 pm

  you people are mightly religious down there!! guess that is why you treat the gays and blacks so equally—what a bunch of morons—-a day of prayer? you people need to pray—pray that you can become less narrow-minded, accept everyone for who they are, and sometime in the next 500 years, understand that your personal views are not to be forced upon everyone else—you cancel Ellen because it is adult material, but allow strip clubs for straight fat white red-faced baptists—typical—get ur teeth fixed, go the gym and mind your own damn business—religious? as long as it fits your idea of religion—yeah, the same morons who let scrushy off—suck it birmingham, you are and always will be a loser to everyone everywhere. sorry but its the truth.

• 17 pretty helmet // May 3, 2008 at 6:52 pm

  jef- way to go on perpetuating the stereotype that all alabamians are backward, sister fucking, religious, rednecks. the next time your mom needs her AIDS medication just remember that the University of Alabama at Birmingham is the leading HIV/AIDS researchers in the nation.
  “you people”? congratulations on being a bigoted, asshat. i’d rather live in birmingham, than in the delusional state you live in.

• 18 jef // May 5, 2008 at 8:50 am

  i am from bham you dumbass—i know full well how backwards it is—so dont tell me about it—get out and see the world and maybe you will realize that it is truly the most backward area of the US except maybe ms and wv—OUT MAGAZINE and Progressive Today named bham the most conservative city in the US–bar none—typical that you would defend such a conservative place—does your city have sexual orientation in their list of non-discrimination –hell no, and they never will—i do actally defend bham quite a lot—i try to excuse it–but i have never had anyone say anything nice about it —i know it to be liberal and progressive, but i am not going to smooth it over on here and not discuss the many shortcomings of the city—get real, bham is very very behind—if you dont know that you will never move forward—and as a physician i have worked at UAB—it was very repressed as well–several of the docs used the N word—-i was SHOCKED and saddened—-to change the city you are going to have to first admit the problems–then find a solution—on here i can vent, but i really do like bham—i just want it to be far better than it is—i guess on second thought it is good that you defend it—hopefully you are progressive and open minded—but the sister fucking words are yours not mine—i stand by the fat red-faced straight male white baptists—they do run your -dont think they dont—and my state by the way is washington—it is not without its problems but it is far more progressive and open to everyone than alabama

• 19 Andre // May 5, 2008 at 9:00 am

  We’re going to stop the derogatory comments right now. The conversation is going to stay civil or I will shut down the comments in this thread. I would ask that visitors please review our terms of use.

• 20 Felicitas est a somnium // May 22, 2008 at 10:16 am

  Fisrt: Kudos, Andre!

  Second: Guys, It seems that people forget that civil liberties should extend to every individual–not just to the specific defense of a marginalized group. It’s hard, really hard, to imagine that Alabama might change in midst of conversations like this; ones that amplify disagreement and indignant name-calling instead of building a working conversation.

  That said, I think a call to prayer is a major step backward for Alabama. I was speaking to a few out-of-state friends of mine and they literally laughed (as did I) when I told them about the Burlap Sack Crusade. I think one problem might lie in the fact that we as Alabamians not recognize moves like these as political ones. Does no one seem to care that a public figure so shrouded in controversy and allegations is so fervent about this? If I were going to let another person impose (0r inflict) their personal views on me, I’d make really sure that they weren’t out-right lying. I think the conservative constituency here lacks a certain objectivism needed to discern morality from moral white-washing.

  In my opinion, the dismal state of our state has much less to do with our (un)religious affiliations than it does with the fact that our economy can’t support people with “honest” wages.

  The going gets tough–the tough start acting like Mr. Langford.

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