Alabama - Where the Heck Is It?

There has been a lot of talk lately about Hurricane Dorian and Alabama and Sharpie pens and weather maps and, well, a whole bunch of things.

Some people think that the current occupant is obsessing about Alabama because he had the weather forecast wrong. I don't think so.

I think he doesn't know where Alabama is on a map of the good old United States. That's why he can't let it go. He doesn't want people to realize that he doesn't even know where Alabama is.

On my TV machine recently, I heard him say a bunch of words including these:

"The original path that most people thought it was going to be taking as you know was right through Florida where on the right would have been Georgia, Alabama, etc."

And then he was asked about the Sharpie extension drawn on the map and said:

"I don't know. I don't know. I don't know." On a side note, seems to me he should be saying that every day about, well you name it, he can say "I don't know" and he would be correct about that statement.

But, back to Alabama. Look at that first quote. He said ... right through Florida where on the right would have been Georgia, Alabama, etc.

Is he thinking that Alabama is on the right side of Florida just like Georgia is? That's what it sounds like to me. It sounds like he doesn't know where Alabama is. He thinks it is on the East Coast.

Someone hand him a blank map of the 50 states and his famous Sharpie and make him write in the names of all the states. Do you think he could do it? Do you think he could spell the states correctly? Would he get Iowa and Ohio mixed up? Would he accidentally on purpose leave off Hawaii?

So many questions and no way to find out. Unless it is at tomorrow's press conference. Ha. Joking. There's not going to be a press conference.

But hey, while I have your attention, why not head on over to the Red Cross website and donate some money for hurricane relief. Or go to one of the other worthy groups that are helping.

I Told You So

Stephen talked about immigration last night. It seems that Alabama is now tough on immigration. And it seems that the produce in Alabama is rotting in the fields because there's no one to pick it. And those two things are related. Who would have thought?

Well, Stephen, that's who. He was himself a farm worker for one day. Anyone can sign up to do the work.

So what is needed to keep those fruits and vegetables coming to a grocery store near you? Here's what Representative Jeremy Oden (R-AL) (not to be confused with a bald Dwight Schrute) has to say about the problem (NPR October 24, 2011):

"Look, we need a federal program, a migrant program that we can apply in our state and get these skilled laborers to stay and help these people out."

So, Alabama has a tough law on immigrants and all the skilled laborers have left Alabama, but they want a way for skilled laborers to stay there and work. Sounds like they have a bit of a problem.

Stephen did testify to Congress about this. "Most soil is at ground level."

On last night's show, we also learned about Jesus-Ween, where people are supposed to dress in white and hand out Bibles instead of candy on Halloween. The interview guest was Taylor Branch who has a new book out, "The Cartel," which is actually about NCAA.

Stephen also used his time on the show to urge us to (not) buy these two books by staff members:

Sad Monsters by Frank Lesser
Bad for the Jews by Scott Sherman

You have a choice of books you can buy, or you could just as easily buy all three.