Rex Wiltshire Knows Your Mom

I'm driving back up to New York today, so I'm not gonna have much for you. Although I will leave you with a commercial for a tattoo parlor that's been getting some play here in Richmond recently. Keep an eye out for Rex Wiltshire's opinion on tramp stamps and the double-shrug he gives at the end while making a joke about your mom. These are definitely the kind of guys I want permanently altering the appearance of my body.



Coming this afternoon: a guest post!

A Night With The Flying Squirrels

A few days ago, I mentioned that I was taking a long Amtrak ride. For those of you wondering, I’m in Richmond, VA for the week. Yes, the town where I grew up. It’s a wonderful place to live if you enjoy Civil War memorials. If you don’t, then you’re pretty much going to have to make your own fun. I’m here because I have a bachelor party to go to this weekend, but I thought I’d spend a few days back home around the festivities.

Tonight, I’m heading down to The Diamond to see our brand-new minor-league baseball team, the Richmond Flying Squirrels, who are the Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. Yes, it’ll be fun, but this will also be a major challenge for me.

Dale Peterson is Better Than That

First, we introduced you to Tim James, who, if elected governor of Alabama, wouldn't let people take their drivers license exams in foreign languages. To quote the candidate himself, "This is Alabama. We speak English." Yeah, it's probably a fairer point than most people give it credit for, but saying stuff like that would only fly publicly in about three states.

Then, the ante was upped by a public interest group that mocked Alabama gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne. They specifically went after how he believes that "evolution best explains the origins of life." Outlandish stuff, I know, but I hear the jury's still out on science.

Well, now we have someone else. Someone who's willing to out-'Bama the makers of both previous ads combined. Someone who knows that a campaign ad isn't really a campaign ad unless you're carrying a giant shotgun. Someone....like Dale Peterson:



So when you go to the polls, vote for Dale Peterson. He's a Republican. He's better than that.

Your Daily Dose of Southern Ignorance

A few weeks ago, we linked to Alabama governor candidate Tim James' campaign video. You remember -- the "speak English or get the hell out, all in the name of good business" one. Well now, some sort of Bible-thumping public interest group has decided to one-up Tim James and go the "spit in the face of science" route in their new smear campaign aimed at candidate Bradley Byrne:

"Alright class, please open up your textbooks to page 45. Now at the end of our last class, we were reading about how God created the dinosaurs. Remember? What did he do? That's right, he snapped his fingers and they just appeared out of nowhere. But the dinosaurs eventually all died. And why did God kill the dinosaurs? That's right, class -- because one of them decided to become a homosexual."

Have a fantastic night. Enjoy Game 7.