http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060731/windfall.shtml – Windfall expected for Alabama if Congress approves offshore drilling measure.

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/opinion/editorials/060731a.shtml – Editorial calls for Congress to raise minimum wage before considering action on estate tax.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060731/NEWS/607310313/1007/NEWS02 – Sales tax holiday begins Friday, 210 counties and municipalities to participate.

http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1154337428196180.xml&coll=2 – Editorial calls for dedicated funding source for Birmingham regional transit program, calls current funding method “insane”.

http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1154337521196190.xml&coll=3 – “The Political Skinny,” The Mobile Press-Register’s weekly political column from Mobile, Montgomery and Washington.

http://www.al.com/opinion/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1154337583196190.xml&coll=3 – Editorial blasts Secretary of State Nancy Worley, calls for court to proceed with proposal to appoint Governor as special master to insure compliance with HAVA.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1154337715196180.xml&coll=2&thispage=2 – Sen. Hank Sanders to publish 1,000^th weekly column.

FROM TODAY’S ANNISTON STAR:

Editorials

Columnist Moore

In our opinion

07-31-2006

Rejected by voters, defeated politicians often find comfort in political niche commentary, where they can preach to a choir of fellow believers, rail against the forces that brought them low and call on the faithful to keep true to convictions they already hold self-evident.

So it comes as no surprise that former chief justice and former gubernatorial candidate Roy Moore has now become a columnist for WorldNetDaily, which describes itself as “a fiercely independent news site committed to hard-hitting investigative reporting of government waste, fraud and abuse.” On closer inspection, however, the site (www.WorldNetDaily.com) comes across as a place to promote causes and sell books and peddle t-shirts that most folks don’t support or read or wear.

WorldNetDaily has been following Moore’s career for some time now. The site chronicled his Ten Commandments fight, covered his removal from office and now is willing to give him a forum to explain why he was justified in disobeying a federal court order. They are happy to have on staff, as they put it, “a man of principle who’s not afraid to acknowledge God and defend the Constitution while refusing to buckle under the pressure of politically correct elitists.”

Which, of course, is what Moore writes about in his first column – “Will America chose to acknowledge God?”

For those who have charted Moore’s political career, this is the natural outcome of things. Refusing to acknowledge that his historical interpretation is flawed and his legal position is untenable, Moore has found a place where he can say his piece and bemoan what he describes as “the indifference of ordinary citizens” who don’t see things the way he see them.

We assume that those are the same “ordinary citizens” who did not vote for him.

Nevertheless, we wish Moore well. This writing gig will give him something to do and help him sell a few books. Plus, we hope, it will keep him out of the limelight that he loves so much.