Today's Finebaum Show

Glynn Wilson, editor of the Locust Fork News Journal, was a guest on the Paul Finebaum show yesterday and I thought the visit was worth a mention. Recently, I haven't listened to Finebaum as much as I have in the past simply because I haven't had the time or the opportunity, but I was very pleased to catch the last hour or so of the show on Friday. Wilson was on the show to discuss these nagging Troy King rumors. He also fielded calls and several of those were quite interesting to say the least.

If you missed the show, I encourage you to listen to the clips below. No matter where you stand in the political arena, I think you will enjoy the discussion.

Hour 2

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La La is at it again.....

I obviously didn't get to see my Selig moment last night during the all-star game and I am definitely paying for my decision to stay up and watch all 15 innings last night, but it was worth it.

Now, on to more important matters such as more initiatives proposed by the mayor of our fair city, Larry Langford. I no longer am surprised by anything I hear come out of city hall, seriously, so why should I be surprised when I hear this morning that La La is "looking into" the possibility of a high speed train that would run between Birmingham and Atlanta and Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. Yes, you read it correctly - a freaking monorail from Tuscaloosa to Atlanta is the newest brainchild of La La.

I must give credit where credit is due and it looks like one of La La's initiatives will actually become reality - Birmingham International Airport will be renamed in honor of civil rights leader, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. This is a wonderful idea and I'm happy to see this is one of Langford's initiatives that can be crossed off the list as completed, HOWEVER, this check mark has unfortunately come along with another addition to the uncompleted list - the monorail.

As I have said about the numerous prior initiatives proposed by Langford, this idea alone may not be a bad idea, but it is not alone. It is placed on an ever-growing list of initiatives/ideas that are themselves ever-growing in their scope and grandiosity. Where will this end? Could Birmingham possibly host the Iditarod one day? What about the next G8 Summit? Has the United Nations seen what Birmingham has to offer over New York??

I guess it is totally logical for a city that can't even afford to follow through with their promise of free rides on city buses to now consider building a monorail from Tuscaloosa to Atlanta. I am really beginning to get frustrated and embarrassed over this spectacle La La is making of Birmingham. These ideas may come from a good place, but when you are the mayor of a struggling city you can't afford to offer crazy/unattainable proposals and there should be no need for these. We have more than enough problems in Birmingham currently to keep Langford busy creating initiatives for the next 20 years, but instead of trying to build our city up from the inside out he has chosen to tear it apart from the inside out.

Someone needs to inform Langford that the natives are becoming very restless and this increases with each of these ridiculous proposals. I have no idea what the solution is or how the La La-era will ultimately turn out, but I feel like this city is being cheated of its potential by this nonsense. Birmingham is/was a city that I felt was ready to make a huge push forward in every sense - socially, financially, culturally. Instead, it appears we have chosen to ignore this wonderful opportunity in pursuit of ideas that are not even feasible. I only hope the city will still be ready once La La is done with it.......

I have updated my Squidoo lens on La La to reflect the new initiatives and I've also added some pretty funny videos. Check it out HERE Sphere: Related Content

Another MLB All-Star Game Tie??

As I type, the game is tied up at 3 in the top of the 15th inning. I can't wait to see Bud Selig squirm if this continues. Will he ruin a 2nd All-Star game? We shall see..... Sphere: Related Content

Josh Hamilton

Wow!!! What more can you say? He set a new HR Derby record in the first round with 28 bombs. I hope he has something left in the tank for the 3rd round..... Sphere: Related Content

MLB All-Star Game & HR Derby

I am actually excited about watching the HR Derby tonight and the MLB All-Star game tomorrow night for the first time in many years, probably since I was a kid. I am a child of the 80's (not born in the 80's, but 3 years shy, do the math). I grew up playing tee-ball, later softball, and one of my favorite hobbies was collecting baseball cards. I LOVED baseball cards, actually still do, and I loved the game as well. I guess you can lump me into the group of fans who was totally turned off to baseball for many years because of the steroid era. To me, it was a total disregard to the game that was once considered "America's Game." I know that sounds totally cheesy and I can't really offer a great explanation for what I mean by this, but I think most people who grew up competing in team sports understand what I mean. Maybe my age had some affect on my feelings, but it was just a feeling of general disappointment in all things baseball. I will also admit that I can see how steroids spread like wildfire in baseball and the reason so many players who were/are otherwise "clean-cut" chose to use. That doesn't mean that I condone what they did, only that I understand and recognize the many pressures from all directions that led to many players deciding to use. No matter what, I stayed away from the game in a true fan sense for many years until last season and it feels good to be back!!!

It feels good to be back watching a game that is played by guys who look like baseball players, not WWE wrestlers. It feels good to watch a game that is played by guys who all appear to be on a relatively level physical playing field. It feels good to watch a game that I can be happy for the kids I see getting player autographs, instead of having a weird feeling that someday the kids may throw the autograph away.

It also feels good to watch a game with a great story like Josh Hamilton's. It feels so good I made a Squidoo lens on Hamilton.....check it out HERE Sphere: Related Content