I didn’t hype my pending blogiversary because I didn’t know whether I’d be celebrating it and George Bush’s re-election or commiserating with you over John Kerry’s victory. Now I can celebrate!
One year ago today, I started blogging on Blogger (Blog*Spot). This was my first post.
By the time I’d heard of something called a “blog”, I’d been writing a bi-weekly column for one year (Find late 2002 stuff here. I can’t add. I wrote “two years” earlier instead of “one year.”). A blog sounded like an online journal, and because I’ve kept hard copy “journals of life” since I was 16 (20 years ago!), it sounded easy. I decided my new blog would be a semi-personal online journal serving mostly as a rant forum between columns. It’s become much more than that.
I signed up on Blogger one night in early November 2003, and for three days I almost tore out all my hair working with CSS and HTML code trying to get the look I wanted. Here’s a cached copy of my beloved old blog spot. The memories return! This was my first post on this blog on July 22, 2004.
There’s a whole lot I can say about the past year, but I’ll save it for another time. This weekend I plan to do more reading and less blogging. I’m also working on a piece about the moral divide in this country. I’ll have to take some of the edge off my writing style so I can submit the op-ed to major newspapers. A little compromise is sometimes necessary. 
More links to follow. I hope you all have a restful yet festive George-Bush-won weekend!
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Dean reveals the secret Republican plan.
David Limbaugh on traditional America (Update: I just got a shout-out trackback from him! Visit his column archives.)
Thomas Sowell: “The oldest fraud is the belief that the political left is the party of the poor and the downtrodden.”
Read Power Line’s Democratic Spin, Part I and Part II.
A must-see idiotic article over at Slate. This sort of thinking is why Democrats were soundly defeated. Roger Simon responds.
Glenn “Instapundit” Reynolds on Elections and the New Media.
Liberals and states’ rights? Check out Evangelical Outpost.
I recommend everything at Discriminations, but this recent post is related to the election.
Casey Lartigue on “divided country.”
JollyBlogger is my favorite theologian-blogger.
Sheila “Red” O’Malley on movie quotes.
I’ll bet Southern Appeal has gotten crazy traffic now that the “Confederacy” is on the rise again!
The Anchoress on moral values.
If I ever decide to add liberals to my regular blog-reading list, I’d start with Mark Cooper.
Blogs For Bush, having completed its mission of re-electing the president, will become GOPBloggers.org. Will Kerry Haters and Crush Kerry follow suit?
Democratic Underground asks (via Blogs For Bush): “What is more depressing…9/11/01 or 11/3/04?” I predict it will become the new catchphrase for liberals.
Power Line on the gift that keeps on giving.
Politburo Diktat says Bush is closing in on 60 million votes.
Houston Voice: “Bush wins quarter of gay vote”
Oft-quoted University of Maryland professor Ron Walters: “He [George Bush] won’t have any reason to do anything for Black people. There was a massive Black vote against him. However, second terms are interesting because they (incumbents) don’t face any competition. He doesn’t really have to play games in order to get re-elected, so it’s conceivable that he might, although I don’t expect that we would, go as far as trying to make any common cause with any centrist parts of the Black community.”
Will hard-core depressed liberals leave America for Canada? Safe travels!
Read about Jason’s adventures in poll watching as a “Lawyer for Bush.”
Finally! From Reuters:
U.S. Urges Civilians to Flee Targeted FallujaU.S. air and artillery strikes shook rebel-held Falluja late on Friday after troops, using leaflets and loudspeakers, urged Iraqi civilians to leave.
This is how war is fought. Warn civilians to get out, then go in and clean the “rebels” out! Has Mr. Bush been emboldened by his re-election?
Duane has a funny post about a site I don’t like.
“Reality-based community” is destined to become another catchphrase for leftists in their post-election nightware (sweet dreams!). Eric has an interesting post on this.
Update (10/6): Flashback — Pessimistic Me on election night: “Will Republicans pick up seats in the Senate? Too much to hope for.”
Flashback — In April 2003, I dedicated a column to Tom Daschle, Against All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic.
Disgruntled anonymous acquaintance (paraphrase): “I can see it now. It’ll be just like all that mess with Ronald Reagan. They’re going to end up re-naming D.C. ‘Bushland’.”
USA Today apparently is reporting bush a picked up net gain in the last few days to 4,660,412 votes. that’s a 1% increase … bringing the popular vote tally to:Bush: 52%
Kerry: 47%cspan has similar (though even w i d e r ) figures
(Hat tip: Hube’s Cube)
Dean: “In case you hadn’t heard, Bush did in fact win New Mexico and Iowa, two states Gore won in 2000. The only state Kerry won that Bush won in 2000 was tiny New Hampshire. That makes the final electoral vote total 286 to 252, with a popular vote final margin of 59 to 56 million.”
Very link-worthy post by Avery Tooley
The polling director at ABC News strenuously tries to deny the power of moral values among the electorate in this op-ed for the NYT (reg. req.). If I weren’t a God-fearing Christian who believes in moral absolutes, I’d probably be persuaded by his analysis. But since I am, I’m not. Interesting reading, though. Here’s a better piece by David Brooks.
Democrat Bruce Reed (WashPost reg. req.): “For the first time in memory, Republicans are now the majority party from the top of the ballot to the bottom. The South, which helped elect every Democratic president in history, hasn’t given us a single electoral vote in the 21st century. Bush won majorities not just of white men and evangelicals, but of white women, married people, couples with children, people over 30, voters who make above $50,000, high school and college graduates, and regular churchgoers.”
Excellent article by David Broder (WashPost reg. req.) on the Dems’ “teachable moment” — “For a thoroughly chastised and seemingly clueless party, that is the only good news to be found. And there is one clear lesson the Democrats could learn from examining what helped them recover from those other two-term Republican presidents.”
From a Brit: “I guess those woolly-minded, gutless, godless, liberal Europeans had it coming…America had told us, quite clearly, where we could shove our opinions.”
Something to think about: Democrats have lost five of the past seven presidential elections — Reagan, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Clinton, Bush II, Bush II. Interesting.
This woman (reg. req.) should probably see a shrink. She’s living on a planet with a breathable atmosphere but not much else in common with the one we inhabit. I understand it’s part of her schtick, but still…
Said Iago to Othello: “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” (Othello, W. Shakespeare)
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Happy Blogiversary! Mine will be coming up in May, and I’m still on BlogSpot.
You’ve sure got talent, and a lot of great views. As a journalism grad about your age (33) I applaud your efforts!
Viva Bush!
Congratulations to our TCB blogsista on your one-year anniversary! May you have many more, and don’t let liberal critics get you down. Keep up the hard-hitting commentary.
Happy Blogiversary indeed! And I wish you many more.
And the peasants rejoiced!
Congrats, LaShawn
Congratulations, La Shawn! I’m glad you’re here.
Wow Time flies,
I have also passed my 1st Blogiversary
I had totally not even thought about it. Wow time flies.
Congrats
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
http://fullhalf.blogspot.com/2003_10_05_fullhalf_archive.html#106555947696291637
“Life has never been better in history. But you would never know it. 40 million Americans don’t have health insurance but average life span is in the 70’s. And 230 million Americans do have life insurance. 6.1% of Americans are unemployed but 93.1% of Americans are employed.
Trained as an engineer I always want thing to be better. But first we must be able to accurately observer the world around us. Then we should think, then we should act, then we should evaluate whether our actions achieved
the goals we desired.
This idea of bring the engineering method into everyday life is what I hope this blog will be about.
More Later
Scott Wickham 10/7/2003″
Glad you are here, and I hope you continue your great work for a long time to come!
Reading the Slate tripe, I was struck by the fact that they claimed to have “consulted wise liberals” for their opinions. Where, pray tell, did they find these mythical creatures?
I love your blog – visit it just about everyday. Congratulations on your anniversary. Please read this and I would like your insight on it.
http://64.151.83.138/news/temp.html
Congratulations. You produce a quality product.
Yeah……3 cheers for Lady Barber:
Hip-Hip HOORAY!
Hip-Hip HOORAY!
Hip-Hip HOORAY!
And, Lashawn, my dear, who knew? Who knew that you, the Conservative Brotherhood, right along with all the other bloggers on the RIGHT side of this country’s agenda would have such an influence on what just happened this week? I guess I should also thank the lefties for waking up this slumbering giant named MORALITY MATTERS.
Seriously, I’ve always talked up the wisdom of the voter – 1994 Republican takEover after Clinton raised taxes, alot, in his ONLY 2 years with Democrat majority, for instance – yet I wasn’t quite sure where the country stood culturally.
Kinda like your “Whew!!!” headliner, and quite frankly, I don’t believe any of us quite knew……..we were expecting to worst, yet hoping for the best.
So on behalf of all of the Bloggies, thanks for your contributions, Lashawn, and for allowing us to contribute also. We love you, girl!!
Happy anniversary!
Also happy Bush won weekend.. should be a national holiday….
I am very glad to have found you!
mel
P.S. Wait…props & linkage from David Limbaugh??? Oh mmman, she’s in the big time now. I already knew.
wooo hoooo!!!
Congrats La Shawn. I am glad I found your blog, it is my daily stop. I come here before going anywhere else.
I used to stop at IMAO.us first. lol
Thanks for your “mad skills”
God bless and have a wonderful day!!
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Happy happy, LB! Keep up the GREAT blogging!
Happy Blogiversary, and happy days besides! Yep, Kerry Haters is pretty much headed for extinction. I’ll be blogging at Brainster’s, Kitty will be blogging at Kitty Litter, and Aaron will be at Something to Cry About. Thanks for your support and thanks for being a wonderful, inspirational blogger!
Happy Blogiversary, LaShawn! Looking forward to another year of great commentary!
Have a great Blogiversary, La Shawn, the first of many more, we hope.
Happy Blogiversary! You’re my favorite blogger and truly one of the Blogisphere’s shining lights!
Victory!
Congrats on reaching a year. I know it’s a good feeling. I’ve been blogging for a lot longer than a year, but I look forward to a year with my blog in its current incarnation. Thanks for doing a quality job.
Congratulations, La Shawn! May you have many more happy blogiversaries!!!
Can’t wait for your 10th year celebration.
Congrats LB, great blog and I’m sure more to come. Thank God President Bush WON!!! nothing like a heavy feeling in your stomach for 4 years. Dems are hurting. If they had someone like you and your blog, they could overcome their pain. Thanks for being on the right side at the right time. LIFE is so good with a blogster like you. HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY.
Congratulations! Thanks for all you do and all the flack you take for it.
Wow LaShawn – I keep forgetting what a new phenomenon blogging is. If someone asked me how long LaShawn had been blogging I would have said “she must have been blogging for years,” because you blog like an old pro and are so popular. Then again, with blogging still being such a new phenomenon, one bloggie year is the equivalent of what, ten years, fifteen years. That would be a good question to ask people about blogging – how long do you have to have been blogging to be considered an old pro? Whatever it is, you are there. Congrats and keep up the good work, and thanks for the kind words.
Congrats on your blogiversary, LaShawn! Keep on with the excellent work! The rest of us are merely trying to keep up!
(Love those quotes, too)
Adding my congrats to the multitude! Happy Blogiversary!
Congrats! This is a good reminder that my own one year blogiversary is coming up soon. I got started in December of last year. You were the first black conservative that I found online. I still remember how excited I was to discover that I was not the only black conservative in the world.
Happy Bloggiversary to the Barber of Civility.
THANKS, EVERYONE!
Now if the blogosphere would only settle on a name for this thing. I’ve seen “blogiversary”, “bloggiversary”, blogoversary”, “bloggoversary, “blogaversary” and “bloggaversary.”
Making up words is fun!
Ditto what Samantha said. You were the first I found. Well, you and Michael King. And now I have a friend in DC. My blogiversary is coming up in January. Time flies when you’re having fun…sorta.
Anyway, congrats, may this blog be only the beginning of a solid writing career ahead!
La Shawn! Congrats my sister! Hey I hope my blog looks as good as yours in a year! You totally rock and roll and speak the truth. I’m so glad I found you – keep on keepin’ on!
Stacy
I believe I can make a case for “none of the above” but rather “anniblogary” but in any case, many happy returns of the day.
Congratulations, La Shawn. You aimed high and have remained true.
That holy dream–that holy dream,
While all the world were chiding,
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam
A lonely spirit guiding.
~ Edgar Allan Poe
Congratulations and happy blogiversary to she who blew all our doors off. And many more!
M
Well done La Shawn and happy anniversary! Good luck with the new article…
Heh that was cool being able to see your first work. Thank you for sharing and may you be here for many more anniversaries.
Congratulations, La Shawn!!!
Cobb is officially off my list of blogs.
I found out he supports partial birth abortion!!
Humanity begins at zygote stage…period!!!
Happy Blogiversary!
It’s been a great year. Looking forward to many more.
Happy first anniversary of blogging, La Shawn! Glad we can all celebrate!
Yes, it is distressing, Joshua. I didn’t know that before today.
Thank you, Shayne, J.D. and everyone.
Congratulations on your blogiversary. You’re an inspiration to all of us (especially the novice blogger like myself). Keep up the great work!
A very happy blogiversary to you, La Shawn! Time flies when you’re having fun, and I can’t believe it’s been a year.
Yours is a much needed voice. Keep up the great work!
Happy Anniversary La Shawn
It is a great one, two punch week for you
I am having fun reading all the articles coming out of the leftist media. I am getting a little “po’d” about being called “stupid” for voting for Bush, but then I go to foxnews.com and watch the president’s acceptance speech and I think “keep it up so you can keep losing”
Hi Lashawn..
I was impressed to see one of my favorite people (David Limbaugh) post his congratulations.
I was fascinated by your trip down memory lane and your recollections of the path that got you here. I feel very fortunate to have stumbled upon your site. You are an exceptional human being. God bless you. Ray..
Congrats, LaShawn! You’ve become a daily read for me and more importantly I have found myself turning to the Word to confirm your take on what it says. (If I ever think you’ve come to the wrong conclusion, rest assured, my sister in Christ, I’ll let you know.) Thanks for sharing your journal with us. May the peace that passes all understanding always be with you, MyssiAnn
Excellent, MyssiAnn! That is what we all should do. Even if you’re familiar with the Bible, test everything. When I blog about a passage and interpret it, don’t take my word for it. Read it yourselves. This is why I always link to Scripture I cite so you can see the context.
Hi Ray and Everybody!
Here are some great resources to ponder on the topic of abortion:
http://www.str.org/free/commentaries/abortion/index.htm >Commentaries on Abortion
This one is particularly moving:
http://www.str.org/free/commentaries/abortion/babyskin.htm >Baby-Skin Lamp Shades
Oh, and this one might hit home a little too:
http://www.str.org/free/commentaries/abortion/slave.htm >Slavery, Abortion & Inalienable Rights
LaShawn,
Congratulations! As you might not be aware, I never really heard of blogging until about July (even though I spend hours on the net). I so happen to be looking on Google for essays on black conservativism and came across “Black Republican” which led me to “Mulatto” which for some reason I clicked on your link (I think it was because I read a trackback) for your blog. From there I was simply blown away by your style and forceful writing. I can’t say that I agree with your post more. Simply great writing.
You have also inspired me to start a blog of my own. After doing that, I am even more blown away by you. I now have a first hand experience of what it takes to sit down and consistently hammer out good work. Let’s just say I am not there yet. So with that, I would like to thank God for your talent, zeal, wisdom and voice on the blogosphere. I see you as being a voice that can only grow stronger and louder over the near future. Keep on keepin’ on!
PS Doesn’t hurt that you’re also cute
Happy anniversary, and good luck in the future.
Renee, lots of folks can say we are stupid, it just gives us the opportunity to sneak in and surprise them!
Well well, Ms La Shawn!
I posted in Dean’s World where he brought our attention to this important anniversary.
You are a breath of fresh air, you are good for the enviorment…
You lead us through to the green pastures
You bring forth a river of love and truth.
Good for you. Keep doing this as you see fit and let nobody steer you away from this course you are taking.
There is so much bitterness and hate so you remember someone in Texas sure sends a prayer for you.
Congratulations Ms. Barber on your anniversary, this is for you:
Psalm 1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
Prosperity and good health to you in the coming years!
LB,
Thanks for the link to the Smart Canadian. I think he understands this election better than ABCCBSNBCCNNMSNBC… How long will the liberal crowd continue to insult a large number of americans and wonder why they’re candidates aren’t winning?
God Bless you from a ‘45 year old white boy from MS’ Congrats !The Dems do their best to divide us, and your Blog shows me the world is not as crazy as it seems!
Luv you,
Paul
Goodness! Here it is Saturday night and I have yet to add my congratulations. La Shawn, you are a blessing to the blogosphere and a joy in the world. Have you considered running for president in 2016, perhaps on a joint ticket with Michele Malkin. I could heartily support that ticket.
Here’s to many happy, blessed years to come.
Thank you, readers!
Absolutely no politics for me ever. I’d rather write about politics and criticize politicians. And I don’t like to compromise, which is necessary in the political game.
LaShawn,
Its interesting that you commented on the question of you ever running for elected office. I graduated from East Carolina University here in NC with a Political Science degree. One of the first things that I learned when I joined the PS dept, was that the word politics stems from some Greek word that suggest,”to compromise”. I am also one who hates to compromise on things that I believe. I would say that for me I think that to be a winning politician in this country, you have to pick and choose your battles and on some issues be willing to give in a bit. Bill Clinton was an excellent example of such a person. Slick as they come.
Congratulations!!
Happy Blogiversary!
Congratulations…keep on blogging!
Happy Blogiversary!
Happy anniversary, Ms. Barber. May we be privileged to read your insightful, entertaining, and erudite work syndicated in every newspaper and magazine in the land, including The New York Times, The Nation, Mother Goose, Field & Stream, and GQ. Hopefully President Guiliani and Vice President Rice will pass legislation requiring every registered Democrat remaining in America (both of them) to read one of your posts before casting there ballots in the 2012 elections. That should set them on the straight and narrow.
Congratulations.
President Guiliani and Vice President Rice
That’s an interesting ticket. And I hope you’re reading my work in those publications one day, too!
Thanks, everybody.
I’m always late with my greetings…I’m the reason Hallmark makes belated cards. Happy Blogiversary or Annibloggary or Anniversiblog or…it is fun making up words, isn’t it?
Congratulations, LaShawn! I celebrated my first “bloggiversary” a couple of weeks ago, and it’s amazing how much more of a mark on the blogosphere YOU have made it one year. It couldn’t happen to a better person, though, in my opinion. This is a wonderful and very necessary blog. Blog on, and God be with you!
Belated congrats. Everyone has said what I’d like to, so I’m left with may God bless and keep you.
Congratulations!! Many more to come I hope…
Saw the anniversary announcement at Carnival of the Vanities! Congratulations and thanks for all the great reads!
Happy belated blogiversary!
I was out of town and I missed the party. You have been one of my favorites from the first time I dropped in, way back before you became a phenom.
Much success and happiness in the coming year, LaShawn.
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