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Larry Langford fights crime with prayer

From BhamWeekly:

At Tuesday’s Birmingham City Council meeting, Mayor Larry Langford proclaimed Friday, April 25, a “day of prayer in sackcloth and ashes” in Birmingham.

Birmingham Weekly reported two weeks ago that the mayor purchased 2,000 burlap sacks for ministers and other community leaders to wear at a Plan 10/30 summit.
To many Christians, sackcloth and ashes symbolize humility and repentance, but the mayor’s decree came dressed with the usual accoutrements - printed on fine, invitation-stock paper and wrapped in a bright silver folder, adorned by the magic hat logo Langford commissioned for the city last year.

In the decree, Langford said that Birmingham’s crime problem “pails” (sic) in comparison to the biblical City of Nineveh.

You must be kidding me. Ok Larry, if you think that will work. Good luck with that burlap sack.

“All I need is this burlap sack and that’s all I need. I just need this burlap sack, prayer, some laptops, and a domed stadium and that’s all I need.” - The Jerk

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  1. Scott, you’re not saying you don’t believe Larry, are you? Bet you don’t believe he’ll get his $45,000 raise, either!

    Tsk, tsk!

    lindas last blog post..Hillary and Obama Smack Down

    1. linda on April 24th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

  2. Linda,

    Are you calling me cynical??  Me???  :)  How can I question Larry?  He was obviously elected by a very astute and well informed electorate. Who am I to second guess his credibility and qualifications?

     

     

     

    2. Scott Allan on April 25th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

  3. Wow.  Wouldn’t it be more effective to…oh I don’t know…maybe talk to mayors of Los Angeles and New York and find out how they’ve successfully reduced homicides?  He was elected???  Wow, the south shall rise again!

    3. John on April 25th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

  4. If you only knew John.   It’s just the tip of the iceberg.  I just figure out how such a conservative state like Alabama can continue to elect these liberal boneheads.   Maybe we can just love everybody into being good too while we’re at it. 

    Sorry it took so long to get your comment up.  I saw it in the inbox earlier but didn’t realize I needed to approve it.  You should be all set for next time.

    4. Scott Allan on April 25th, 2008 at 9:03 pm

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