Regions-AmSouth marriage: Keep it down home cuz

For those who don't follow the business pages, the pending merger of two of Birmingham's banking heavyweights (Regions and AmSouth) is causing plenty of fingernail biting and restless nights around town. Because the banks have nearly identical service areas, the only way it will make much sense is by closing duplicate branches and laying off reams of front office types.

There's been lots of critical commentary about the deal, along with an intriguing brief in today's Birmingham News about a blog called Ramsouth.com, which was supposed to offer commentary and analysis, along with links to other goodies surrounding the deal.

Trouble is, the site has been wiped clean as of Saturday afternoon. The anonymous author claims he/she wasn't asked to do so, but there is a suspiciously saccharine mea culpa that sounds just like what you'd expect someone to write with a plantiff's attorney standing over your shoulder.

Apparently Big Brother's getting hep to the Web a lot faster these days.