Happenings

• New Alabama Governor Robert Bentley makes George Wallace look statesmanly.

  Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley told a church crowd just moments into his new administration that those who have not accepted Jesus as their savior are not his brothers and sisters, shocking some critics who questioned Tuesday whether he can be fair to non-Christians.

• Budget cuts will affect real people in Missouri.

  In reality, when the state budget director says that the state is going to find savings by downsizing mental health care facilities, he’s speaking about facilities that allow people with the mental health issues to remain in the community and receive treatment…people who were once warehoused in institutions or on the streets…people who have families desperately trying to find a decent placement for them.

• Budget cuts will affect real people in South Carolina.

  Koller promises to cut more services.
  
  Which services are those? I wasn't aware we had any social services left, but I'm sure they'll find something to take away from us.

• The Southern Sudan Referendum (official news next month, but the landslide choice was independence) and other news links of interest.
• And one small chuckle (via Noli Irritare Leones).