Comments on: Langford sports sackcloth, ashes, Rolex

By: Our mayor is arrested « \'e0 la Rob

Our mayor is arrested « \'e0 la Rob — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:50:27 +0000

[...] Back in February I tried to set out my complicated view of Mayor Langford in a comment at The Terminal. His charismatic faith and his urgent energy helped him beat a crowded field of candidates in the first round of balloting. I think that\’92s because the majority of voters placed an almost desperate faith in him. Faced now with his arrest, many of them will be skeptical about trusting the state more than they trust this \’93man of God\’94 who is unafraid to humble himself before the Lord in sackcloth and ashes. [...]

By: Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » News Flash: The Mayor Is a Litterbug

Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » News Flash: The Mayor Is a Litterbug — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:02:41 +0000

[...] themselves (as they should) while he tosses his cigarette butts in the gutter. Sort of like his sackcloth and Rolex ensemble. Way to lead by example, [...]

By: Free rides to nowhere « Silent Speaking

Free rides to nowhere « Silent Speaking — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:29:21 +0000

[...] calling for a day of prayer and turning back to God to end crime in the city. Not only was this and the corresponding prayer rally absurd; the proclamation itself, with its egregious grammatical errors, looked as though it might [...]

By: UF

UF — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:23:15 +0000

Why did people vote him in to office? What was wrong with Cooper that Birmingham could not vote for the more intelligent of the two.
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Birmingham will never prosper so long as they continue to vote in people that have done no good for the city or state.

By: MA

MA — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:41:36 +0000

Speechless that such idiocy and delusion gets to appear in public. Somebody please shut down this zombie death cult.

By: centripetal

centripetal — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:16:15 +0000

I live in a little redneck villa just outside Birmingham called Leeds, and I am an atheist, but I’m not alone, not even here. My input is simply that people like Langford are the one’s who give the south a bad rep. We’renot all loony toons down here. Personally I strongly disdain anybody of faith (though it should be known I’m not a big fan of Richard Dawkins either, he seems far to supercilious and pompous for my taste). Langrford was not voted for, yet simply the other guy was voted against, that and his promise to build what has been dubbed the “The Larry Dome.” He’s not the worst, but what makes this so apalling is that he is playing the cards dealt by the hand of religion and faith in an attempt to solve my city’s crime problem. I don’t believe him to be a charlatan thogh, I’ve met met before and he seems to enjoy taking pride in his obnoxiousness of credulity, as well as his stern sense of stupidty. He’s a very loud person, and forcefuly offers you your own acceptence. And he hasn’t, from as far as I could tell, a sred of intelligence, though I highly doubt any of you are oblivious to that fact.

By: The One With Aldacron : Moron of the Week #9

The One With Aldacron : Moron of the Week #9 — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:33:58 +0000

[...] Moron of the Week #9 is a man so moronic, he brings down the intelligence of everyone around him. He demonstrates a brand of logic that is indisputably illogical. His understanding of the United States Constitution, something he should be expected to know a bit about given that he’s a public official, might be called ‘willful misinterpretation’. He’s a firm believer that America is a Christian nation. So as mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, Larry Langford’s solution to the city’s crime problem is to have the people don sackcloths and pray. [...]

By: Larry Langford: Sackcloth & Ashes Highlights | Mixed Media

Larry Langford: Sackcloth & Ashes Highlights | Mixed Media — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:56:46 +0000

[...] Here are highlights from Mayor Larry Langford’s prayer rally. Click here for story and more videos. [...]

By: frankisacriminal

frankisacriminal — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:34:29 +0000

You dont really expect him to take off his ROLEX do you ?
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There are some things even a pretend christian will not do.

By: dg

dg — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:17:05 +0000

what nonsense. i just hope the crime rate starts decreasing before they start sacrificing goats to appease their master in the sky.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:13:58 +0000

What do you call a thousand insane people gathered in one location?
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A church.

By: xenubarb

xenubarb — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:39:34 +0000

Out in California, we use burlap sacks to hold our catch on the sportfishing boats.
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But then, we’re kind of edging into the 21st century here. Egad…burlap, ashes and a Rolex??? That mayor made a complete ash of himself! Come up to present time, you second-century idiots! You think Gangsta Flash and his crew is gonna stop committing crimes because you douse your head in ashes and wear fish sacks?
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Amazing…simply amazing!

By: arensb

arensb — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:54:32 +0000

First the governor of Georgia asks his citizens to perform a rain dance, now the mayor of Birmingham has people dress up in cheap Halloween costumes to fight crime. Please tell me not all southerners are superstitious fools; that some of you realize that magic doesn’t work.
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Or does Langford think that criminals will be too busy laughing at him to commit crimes?

By: franz dibbler

franz dibbler — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:40:58 +0000

Hard to believe we live in the 21st century. What an idiot!

By: MS

MS — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:32:25 +0000

What a complete muppet! Only in the United States of Jesus…

By: The Ramble: What I learned from sackcloths and ashes (even after not going)

The Ramble: What I learned from sackcloths and ashes (even after not going) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:49:33 +0000

[...] ended up making a very bland post, at least compared to The Birmingham News and the Birmingham Weekly. I hadn’t attended the event so I felt all we could do was say it happened. People had [...]

By: Larry Langford: Sackcloth and Ashes Part Two | Mixed Media

Larry Langford: Sackcloth and Ashes Part Two | Mixed Media — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:44:09 +0000

[...] Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford loses the suit, keeps the Rolex. Find the story and more video here. [...]

By: Langford: Sackcloth & Ashes Part One | Mixed Media

Langford: Sackcloth & Ashes Part One | Mixed Media — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:18:49 +0000

[...] T.L. Lewis all but beatifies Mayor Larry Langford. Read the story and find more videos here. [...]