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During a townhall meeting in Athens Alabama, Dianna Hornsby introduced Re. Parker Griffith to the Constitution. The bible says you'll be judged by the light you're given. Parker Griffith has just been handed THE LIGHT for this country.

Who are the real Blue Dogs? The question irks leaders of the fiscally conservative coalition of House Democrats, which made solid gains in 2008 and now includes 49 members. Every one of them is sincerely committed to reducing the federal deficit, they say. Of the 49, however, only six of them voted against President Obama’s $789 billion economic stimulus package despite their stated, laser-like focus on balancing the budget. Obama’s plan, by his own acknowledgement, will increase the deficit in the short term by roughly $200 billion. (Another five Blue Dogs who had opposed Obama’s original plan switched to “yes”...

More on this later, but wanted to get the name of the 7 dems who voted "no" on the embarrassing porkulus bill in the House. D's No! Bright (AL) Griffith (AL) Peterson (MN) Shuler (NC) DeFazio (OR) Minnick (ID) Taylor (MS) Present: Lipinski (IL) Flood the phones to Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins' offices!!!!

Just minutes before 2:30 p.d.t. a fire broke out above Travel Town the train location of the park. Located half way up the mountain, the fire continues to grow as of this writing. It appears to have spread to several acres at this point, but I am unable to see it up close. Photos and video to follow...

Beloved TV star Andy Griffith is reportedly fighting for his life after breaking his hip in a fall. The 80-year-old actor had hip surgery on September 5 and has been in hospital in Los Angeles ever since, where he's being monitored for heart problems, according to reports that have not been confirmed by his publicist. Griffith is a high-risk patient because he has suffered from heart problems and underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery in 2000. A source tells the Globe, "He's in a lot of pain right now, but he's just trying to tough it out so he can get...

When I was 5 years old, all of my friends watched the television show "the Dukes of Hazzard." I wanted to watch it, too, but we weren't allowed to do that in my house because of the Confederate flag that was painted on the car in the show. At 5, I learned that the Confederate flag represented white domination of Black people. I learned that the KKK, the Aryan Nation, the skinheads, the American Nazi Party and 500 other extremist groups use this as their emblem. I learned to see the Confederate flag as the symbol of hate that it...