Be careful what you wish for…
I’m here at home on a “snow day” in DC catching up on personal work. I check my blog to see if commenters are behaving themselves, and I followed Political Teen’s trackback link. He writes:
On today’s Connected: Coast to Coast, they mentioned a few bloggers and one of their posts. One of them was La Shawn Barber’s Chris Rock complaint (and boy is she right).
I play the video he links to, and I hear Buzz Machine’s Jeff Jarvis mention my name and see a screen shot of my blog.
It dawns on me to turn my telephone on and check the messages. (I turn off the phone when I’m working. Bad move!) I’ve got a message from a producer at MSNBC inviting me to appear on Wednesday’s show. They’re doing a segment on women bloggers. The show is Connected Coast to Coast with Monica Crowley, one of my favorite conservatives. Oh, Ron Reagan’s hosting, too.
Finally, women bloggers other than Wonkette are being invited to do talking head shows. I left the producer a message, and I hope it’s not too late. Although the thought of being on TV is frightening, I think I’m ready. Maybe.
By the way, I said “Yes!”
Addition: While I was at CPAC the other week, the same producer e-mailed and asked me to appear on a show to talk about Karl Rove’s speech, which I didn’t hear, so I couldn’t do it. I asked her to contact me again if the right opportunity came up. I’ll let you know date and time tomorrow if confirmed.
Update (3/1): A slightly modified version of the post God and Man at CPAC is posted at Townhall.com.
Update II: According to Hugh Hewitt, the God blogging conference is still on:
GodBlogCon I is now on for October 13-15, 2005, on the campus of Biola University in La Mirada, California, under the guidance of Dr. John Mark Reynolds. Very good news indeed. I’ll post more info as it becomes available, but save the dates.
I will blog about the conference and what led up to it later. Smart Christian has more information.
by La Shawn on February 28, 2005
in Lunacy
Comment Policy Update (3/1): For those of you (especially on discussion boards) wondering why I closed comments on this post, here’s my answer. It gives me the right to blog. It doesn’t give you the right to comment. The government may not prohibit your right to express yourself, but I can. On my blog. If you have something to say about this post, say it on your own blog. If I’m in a good mood, I’ll even let you trackback. If you don’t have a blog, I suggest you start one. The only free speech protected at this domain is MINE. Got it?
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What happened to class and civility?
Chris Rock said, “Sit your a**** down!” And people laughed? This passes for comedy these days. Rock is his own man and what he says or does is no reflection on me. But I’m embarrassed by his behavior, his very persona, nonetheless. His antics are the sort that should make a mother bow her head in shame that she’d raised such a fool.
Ignorant and vulgar men are considered funny in some circles. Not mine.
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by La Shawn on February 27, 2005
in General
I love living in a city that can’t handle a few inches of snow. 
From the Washington Post (reg. req):
A heavy snow warning is up for the Washington area with the National Weather Service forecasting the possibility of six to ten inches of snow between tonight and Monday night. In response, local authorities have started preparations for a major accumulation.
Update (2/28): Unfortunately, the District is not shutting down, but many have the option of “unscheduled leave.” I’ll take it.
by La Shawn on February 25, 2005
in Schiavo
Update (3/18/05): If you’ve landed here through an Internet search, please see the latest post on Terri Schiavo.
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On March 18, barring a court order to the contrary, Michael Schiavo’s wish will come true. The judge said he’s no longer “comfortable” trying to keep Terri alive. He washes his hands of the whole mess:
The judge wrote that he was no longer comfortable granting delays in the family feud, which has been going on for nearly seven years and has been waged in every level of Florida’s court system. He said the case must end….”The court is no longer comfortable granting stays simply upon the filings of new motions,” Greer wrote. “There will always be ‘new’ issues.” (Source)
Judge Greer’s got better things to do. March Madness must be on the horizon.
See the Schiavo category for links and background information.
Bloggers for Terri: Digital Brown-Pajamas, Blogs for Terri (and the saga of the censored/rejected ad that was subsequently accepted) Pro-Life Blogs, PoliPundit, Anchor Rising…
Terrisfight.org got so many hits, the site was knocked offline.
Read all about the pledge drive.
Update (10:17 p.m.): Michael Savage is going off. Liberals will hold vigils for murderous thugs on death row, thugs who are receiving the due penalty of their errors, but when an INNOCENT brain-damaged woman whose husband has two kids with another woman and may have put her in this state is facing death by starvation, they’ve got nothing to say. The greatest cause is protecting INNOCENT human life. Where are the feminists? Where are the Mumia Abu-Jamal clowns? (Visit the site of slain Officer Daniel Faulkner to clear the stench.)
What freaks they are, the whole lot of them.
Jody is more hopeful (and calmer) than I am. Please visit her site.
Update II (2/26):
Dr. William Burke, a neurologist in St. Louis describes the process: “A conscious person would feel it [dehydration] just as you and I would. They will go into seizures. Their skin cracks, their tongue cracks, their lips crack. They may have nosebleeds because of the drying of the mucous membranes, and heaving and vomiting might ensue because of the drying out of the stomach lining . . . death by dehydration takes 10 to 14 days. It is an extremely agonizing death.”
Dignified? If you did that to your pet dog, you’d be locked up for animal cruelty. (Source)
Myron Magnet often writes about America’s underclass and failure of the 1960s-era War on Poverty. The underclass is loosely defined as the permanently poor in urban areas marked by such pathologies as generational underemployment, crime, drug use, out-of-wedlock pregnancies, grandmothers, mothers and daughters on welfare, etc. (Also see War on Poverty Revisited, by Thomas Sowell.) Where they live is referred to as “the Ghetto.”
As Magnet describes in the Opinion Journal:
[T]he sense of victimization and of entitlement to government support that the War on Poverty fostered created a corrosive self-pity and resentment among the children of its beneficiaries, and their children’s children. The self-pity led to drink and drugs; the resentment to crime and violence; and both together to a perpetuation of irresponsibility, dysfunction, and failure over the generations.
In the so-called War on Poverty, blacks have fared far worse than the rest. Because of existing institutionalized racism at the time, government handouts became a way for whites to relieve guilt. As a consequence, government-dependent blacks developed a sense of entitlement, which continues in 2005.
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by La Shawn on February 25, 2005
in Lunacy
…is always a bad idea. Dismissing from public view an offending object won’t change people’s hearts. Goverment’s job is to deter and punish behavior, not police thoughts. I guess the Euros finally realized that.
The European Union’s justice and interior ministers on Thursday shelved proposals to ban the use of Nazi symbols after failing to agree it could help fight racism and anti-Semitism.
Britain, Denmark, Hungary and Italy voiced concerns that a ban of symbols like the swastika could curb freedom of expression.
On the table was a proposal by Luxembourg Justice Minister Luc Frieden that rules to combat racism should include a ban “on displaying symbols inciting hatred and violence.”
“The rules must not hinder the freedom of expression,” Italian Justice Minister Roberto Castelli told reporters, but he added there could be room for a ban on racist symbols in soccer stadiums. (Source)
What a mess they’ve gotten themselves into. A gaggle of disparate countries forming a “one-world” government?
Good luck with all that.
Related post: George Orwell, Eat Your Heart Out.
by La Shawn on February 25, 2005
in Schiavo
Update (3/18/05): If you’ve landed here through an Internet search, please see the latest post on Terri Schiavo.
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Unless a judge intervenes, Michael Schiavo will be allowed to remove his wife’s feeding tube, which will begin the starvation process. I haven’t followed the case over the years, so I have no idea if starvation is the normal method of killing brain-damaged patients. As I wrote in a previous post, I know why the doctors won’t simply shoot her up with a lethal dose of something. That would be an unmistakable murder. Think about “partial birth abortion,” and you’ll see the connection. Where is Jack “The Ripper” Kevorkian when you need him?
Terri Schiavo is scheduled to begin a most inhumane route to death today at 5:00 p.m. today. But she may yet live another week or two after abuse allegations may finally be investigated.
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by La Shawn on February 24, 2005
in Lunacy
…don’t punch him in the nose. Show him this AP photo (See update below. This is only a mock stoning scene.). I can’t tell exactly what’s going on in the photo, but an Iranian girl was beaten for crying rape :
“The girl was sentenced to 100 lashes because her accusations of rape and kidnap could have landed her partners a death penalty, the Tehran judge said….Sex outside marriage is illegal in Iran and capital punishment can be imposed….
Under Iranian law, girls over the age of nine and boys over 16 face the death penalty for crimes such as rape and murder, while capital punishment can be imposed in certain cases of illegal sexual relationships.” (Source)
Good grief. Look how draconian and imbalanced these laws are! You can be subject to execution for murder and fornication?
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by La Shawn on February 23, 2005
in Justice
(AFP Photo) What is that about? I guess it doesn’t matter. No one really cares…right? It’s odd. Just like the pasty-face Michael Jackson. According to the AFP:
“The 12-member panel ranged in age from a 20-year-old man to a 79-year-old widow….There were no African Americans. The jury was described as being formed by eight non-Hispanic whites, three Hispanics and one Asian.”
Ha! This is the jury O.J. Simpson should’ve had. Instead of playing golf and searching for the “real killer,” he’d be pushing up daisies right now.
By the way, did I tell you that I detest the term “African American?”
Who’s talking about Michael Jackson: Wizbang, who links to Jackson’s secret Grand Jury testimony…
by La Shawn on February 23, 2005
in Schiavo
Kim at Musing Minds just e-mailed me: “Fox News just reported that the Judge has extended the stay for Terri until Friday, February 25th at 5 p.m.”
I hope my life never hinges on a judge’s whim.
Developing…
Update (5:33 p.m.): Tom McMahon has a personal story, “When Will They Be Coming For Ryan?”
Matt Margolis has some advice on living wills.
At the recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Christians weren’t the only conservatives in attendance. Contrary to what liberals think, not all conservatives are Christians, either. That should go without saying, but sometimes you have to be explicit.
In that same vein, not all bloggers at Bloggers Corner were Christians. In fact, I noticed a high libertarian quotient. After the conference, when all was calm, I realized why. Bloggers Corner was sponsored by Tech Central Station (TCS), a right-of-center, free market (read: libertarian) publication. I’m not implying they were playing favorites, but the presence of several libertarians among bloggers at a conservative conference is worth mentioning.
Ryan Sager, a libertarian and fellow CPAC blogger, wrote a piece for TCS about what he calls the “arrogance” of the Republican Party in general and CPAC in particular, titled The Right’s Right. The arrogance we social conservatives show toward liberals isn’t the problem, he says. It’s the arrogance we show toward libertarians like himself that will be our downfall. He mocks:
[T]he arrogance that will prove problematic, ultimately, was that directed at the libertarian-leaning conservatives by the social conservatives. The message in that regard was clear: We Christians can do this alone, y’all who ain’t down with J.C. best be running along.
I believe “J.C.” stands for Jesus Christ. Arrogance isn’t limited to conservatives, I see.
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by La Shawn on February 23, 2005
in Rants
Now what was all that about personal responsibility?
I am disappointed with Bill Cosby and his penchant for cheating on his wife. My disappointment is deepened by the fact that liberals and other naysayers are using his proclivities to have sex with women other than the woman he married to dismiss his entire message.
As you may recall, Cosby criticized a certain set of the black community, particularly the segment that pays $500 for a pair of sneakers, doesn’t speak proper English at anytime (we all slip into slang once in a while) and blames the “white man” for their troubles. Many segments overlap, but blacks knew exactly which one Cosby was referring to. Many conservatives praised Cosby, while black liberals castigated him for airing dirty laundry. You can guess which camp I was in.
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by La Shawn on February 22, 2005
in Schiavo
Update (3/18/05): If you’ve landed here through an Internet search, please see the latest post on Terri Schiavo.
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Update II: I wondered why the source link suddenly didn’t work. CNSNews retracted the story because there is no stay. It seems that M. Schiavo is free to have his wife killed. See Blogs for Terri.
Update III (5:35 p.m.): Sorry for the late update on this. Long meeting. As you can tell, I’m not the go-to person, but here’s the latest from the Miami Herald:
The fate of a severely brain-damaged woman remained locked in a flurry of legal gamesmanship Tuesday, as a state appeals court cleared the way for her husband to have a feeding tube removed but a local judge then blocked the removal, at least for another day.
The 2nd District Court of Appeal offered no specific instructions in a one-page mandate allowing Michael Schiavo, husband of Terri Schiavo, to order his wife’s tube be removed.
But an hour later, Circuit Court Judge George Greer issued an emergency stay blocking the tube’s removal until 5 p.m. EST Wednesday as both sides prepared for more arguments in his courtroom earlier that day.
More from Musing Minds, Blogs for Terri, Wizbang, Wittenberg Gate…
Update IV (8:48 p.m.): Hugh Hewitt is talking to a very frustrating neurologist who believes Schiavo should be killed. In case you’re wondering, Hugh falls squarely on the side of LIFE!
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The husband of Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman on feeding tubes, will have to wait another day for her to die. Curses! Foiled again.
A Florida circuit court ruled Monday afternoon that Michael Schiavo could take no action until after a previously scheduled hearing on Wednesday.
Terri’s parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, filed an emergency motion seeking the temporary protection for their daughter after losing an earlier court battle Monday morning. In that action, the Florida Second District Court of Appeals indicated that it would issue a mandate on schedule Tuesday that would clear the way for the lower court to set the date on which Terri’s feeding tube could be removed.
Schiavo’s attorney, “right-to-die” advocate George Felos, had signaled Schiavo’s intention to stop his wife’s nutrition and hydration “immediately” after the issuance of that mandate. The Monday afternoon ruling by Pinellas-Pasco County, Fla., Circuit Judge George Greer prevents that, until at least Wednesday. (Source)
Who’s blogging for Terri? The Anchoress, Allthings2all (offers a great round-up), Terri’s Fight, Pro-Life Blogs, Hyscience (with video)…
Also see Blogging for Terri Schiavo.
Very Important Update: I’m confused about what’s going on. Michael Schiavo is pulling the plug anyway? And I think I’m 24 hours behind the news cycle. The order expired today at 1:00 p.m.? Somebody want to help me out here?
An American citizen and idiot from Falls Church, Virginia, has been indicted on charges that he plotted to kill George Bush. He also worked in conjunction with Muslims terrorists. Allegedly.
Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, 23, a U.S. citizen, made an initial appearance Tuesday in U.S. District Court but did not enter a plea. He contended that he was tortured while detained in Saudi Arabia since June of 2003 and offered through his lawyer to show the judge his scars.
The federal indictment said that in 2002 and 2003 Abu Ali and an unidentified co-conspirator discussed plans for Abu Ali to assassinate Bush. They discussed two scenarios, the indictment said, one in which Abu Ali “would get close enough to the president to shoot him on the street” and, alternatively, “an operation in which Abu Ali would detonate a car bomb.”(Source)
If this isn’t a capital case (death), perhaps they’ll find a cozy place for him under the jail. By the way, he claims he was tortured. Boo hoo. He’s still living so he apparently wasn’t tortured enough.
Lorie Byrd asks: “I wonder how many more of these are never known to the public.”
What others are saying about the idiot: Wizbang…
Rusty Shackleford has the latest on the Saudi connection.
When will they ever learn? You may be able to force people to associate with different races and “cultures” in the workplace, especially government workplaces, but you can’t force people to play PC games with their children.
Reasonable parents in Lexington, Nebraska, are snatching their kids out of government schools there and enrolling them in schools farther away. Why? Because poor and poor English-speaking students are driving down academic standards. The article isn’t explicit, but it doesn’t take a Ph.D. to figure it out. Liberal superintendent Dick Eisenhauer is wringing his hands over such non-politically correct (rational) behavior:
Dick Eisenhauer is tired of watching white families take their children out of the schools in his Nebraska district and enroll them in smaller, outlying ones where there are virtually no poor or Hispanic students.
Like many of Nebraska’s school systems, the Lexington district where Eisenhauer is superintendent has seen an influx of Hispanics, largely because of jobs at the meatpacking plants, and an accompanying exodus of white students to public elementary schools just outside town.
And there is nothing Eisenhauer can do about it. Nebraska law allows students to switch schools without giving a reason. (Source)
So what does our government do in order to coerce its citizens into doing what they don’t want to do? Create another law, of course!
[T]he state Legislature, which is considering a bill to thwart what some say amounts to legal segregation in the schools.
The proposal would force the outlying elementary-only schools to merge with larger kindergarten-through-12th-grade districts. That could mean the closing of the smaller schools. (Emphasis added)
This is why I strongly encourage people who care more about their children’s education and less about charges of “racism” and what others think to take their kids out of government schools now.
Do what you have to do. Sacrifice whatever it takes to send your kids to private schools or homeschool them yourself. You cannot win in this scenario. Government has been exercising and abusing its raw power since forced integration was codified into law 40 years ago.
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