The Reasonable Southerner

Shutting the government down as a part of political chest thumping is disgusting. Families who live paycheck to paycheck suffer for these political stunts. I've know about paycheck to paycheck living. Thankfully for me, politicians back in the day had not sunk as low as they have today. Disgusting.

Alabama has a long and unhappy past concerning prisons. We've had the federal government take over our prison system in the past. Are we past that? Ask Governor Kay Ivey.

Federal flood insurance is a program designed to keep whole communities from being destroyed beyond rebuilding by spreading the risk among all Americans. Now, those who get the benefit may have to bear more of the cost. It won't make them happy, but paying for what you get is just fair.

The notion that God is angry with us and is punishing us with COVID-19, hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes and war is just plain wrong. People take revenge on those with whom they are displeased. God does not.

Back in the day, the women's lib day, women were going to have it all. We have -- as they said -- come a long way. But the foolish mantra that you can do everything is an expectation that will crush you if you let it. Be the woman who makes her own choices. Isn't that really having it all, anyway?

Caring for those who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID costs lives and money. The people who refuse the vaccine are being aggressively stupid in a way that kills them, spreads the disease, and wastes a lot of money. I am as mad as hell about this.