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The Reasonable Southerner

Does Alabama Lock People Up To Be Raped And Brutalized?

Season 1, Ep. 42

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.

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  • 44. Back In 1913, A Lawyer Who Later Sat On The U.S. Supreme Court Called Sunlight The Best Disinfectant.

    08:31
    The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement departments don't have to obey sunshine laws when it comes to bodycam footage. It falls only to bystanders with cell phones. Body camera footage is not subject to freedom of information act requests.
  • 43. Golly!!! Thanks!! You Didn't Shut The Government Down!

    07:49
    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.
  • 42. Flood Insurance? Why Should I Pay To Insure Your Waterfront Property?

    10:41
    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.
  • 41. Is God Angry Enough With You To Give You COVID?

    11:01
    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.
  • 40. Women Can Have It All! Can't They?

    11:23
    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?
  • 39. The Cost Of Stupidity: $17.19 Per American.

    11:47
    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.
  • 38. Kids, I Am Too Buttoned Up -- I Didn't Talk To You About Sex.

    10:03
    I'm not talking about the simple "here is where babies come from" talk. What about abuse, date rape, false accusations, and "me too"? I didn't talk to my children as I should have. Learn from my mistake
  • 37. Just Call Me Big Mama? Nothing Doing!

    09:45
    The name your grandchildren call you ought to be something that they pick out -- with some limits set by you. For once, leave off the contrived nonsense and let a child have a name for you - a very special person in that child's life.