We have another Alabama candidate making insane campaign commercials. This one is Rick Barber, the Tea Party favorite in a looming congressional runoff, and he's trying to convince several exhumed Founding Fathers to revolt against the United States of America!

[A sign in Gulf Shores, Alabama warns beachgoers to stay out of the water unless they want to come out wearing the byproducts of the BP oil spill off the coast. Image via AP]

Four candidates in Tuesday's primary elections in Alabama created campaign ads that "went viral" on the internet, including the "Most American Thing Ever" guy, Dale Peterson. So, does it help your electoral chances to have blogs laugh at your ads?

This is Les Phillip, a "Christian conservative" candidate for congress in—where else?—Alabama. What's his plan? "I'm going to Washington to stop [Obama] from destroying our nation—and they're not going to call me a racist." Because he's black.

Alabama preacher Anthony Hopkins murdered his wife in 2004, then stored her body in a basement freezer until police arrested him in 2008. He was sentenced today to life in prison plus 51 years. [AL.com]

An Alabama high school geometry teacher is in trouble for, while teaching the kids about parallel lines and such, using the example of the angle a sniper would want when trying to kill Hussein Obama, our Muslim tsar. [AL.com]

Roy Moore, candidate for governor of Alabama, wants you to know something about his opponent Bradley Byrne: He once said that "evolution... best explains the origins of life." Not only that, he thinks the Bible might not be 100% true.

Republican Tim James is running for governor of Alabama, and he hates foreign languages. In this ad, he sneeringly announces, "This is Alabama. We speak English. If you want to live here, learn it." What a jerk.

Now here's a scandal we sink our teeth into: Herman Thomas, a judge from Alabama, will stand trial for allegedly spanking inmates with paddles and, also, having sex with them. The putrid tale's a collection of sensational twists. Or devices.

Two feuding families in Alabama sparked a riot of 150 people. Four people were injured.