April 2005

In Atlanta

by La Shawn on 04.29.05

in General

I’m checking in from Atlanta. (Why is La Shawn in Atlanta?) I was on my wireless PDA earlier this morning and deleted several comments caught in the spam filter by mistake. Sorry, kids. If you don’t see your comment, feel free to resubmit.

The hotel where I’m staying is supposed to have wireless access, but as soon as I get into town, it crashes! So I’m sitting outside a nearby coffee shop hitching a ride on their free wireless. The temperature is just right. It’s about 70 degrees and breezy. Feels good to get out of DC for a couple of days. The guest speakers are meeting for dinner tonight, and I’m looking forward to it. If I get a chance tonight, I’ll tell you who I met.

My speech is tomorrow afternoon. They’re making me wait all day. ;) Oh, well. I’ve been up since 4:00 a.m., so I’m going to take a nap. Thanks for stopping by.

Live-Commenting Bush’s Speech?

by La Shawn on 04.28.05

in General

Why live-commenting instead of live-blogging? Too much work!

As usual, I won’t watch the president’s speech. I may listen to it on the radio. If you’re watching it and/or would like to provide running commentary, I will open this thread around 8:20 p.m. EST, 10 minutes before the speech begins…wait a second. Will his speech pre-empt “CSI”? Man!

Previous live-commenting posts:

Update (8:20 p.m.): Live-comment the speech, if you dare.

James at Outside the Beltway is live-blogging.

New Blogs, Carnivals and Other Things

by La Shawn on 04.28.05

in Bloggers

So much is happening in the blogosphere, I can’t keep up. New blogs are created every day and veteran bloggers are writing about interesting topics. I have time to keep up with only a few Christian and political blogs, and that’s not even the tip of the iceberg.

This is a group of new blogs I’ve discovered via e-mail, my referrers log or links left in the comment section: Matthew Sheffield (whom I met at a DC blogger meet-up) of Ratherbiased.com has started a personal blog, Virtual Scratchpad; others are Capitalism’s Truths, Calebs Giants, Texas Republicans Against Bush, Lexical Light, Sepia’s Sanctuary, The Night Writer, Euphoric Reality, .357 Mangum, Grab the Glory (Robert asked me to tell you he’s a “fallen-away” blogger) and Homeschool Mom Tips.

Have I missed anybody? If you’re a new blogger, trackback to this post and let us know who you are.

Here’s something else new (to me), BloggersMarket.com. Interesting concept. Also visit this self-published writer at thathero.com. If you have some time to spare, check out the Carnival of the Vanities, Carnival of Education and Christian Carnival.

Jimmie Bise (whom I met at a DC bloggers meet-up) has a post I can relate to. He blogs about a phenomenon I’ve also noticed but haven’t blogged about lately.

Update: How could I have forgotten Miss O’Hara?

Update II: BLOGNASHVILLE! There’s still time (and space) to sign up.

More new bloggers: The View From My Chair, Point Five, Sarah’s Scribblings, Marathon Pundit, A Clear Voice

And more: Three Bad Fingers, The Unalienable Right, LightFrog Blog, Random Ruminations

Update III: This BlogNashville conference is getting interesting. Each session leader will “host” dinner at a local restaurant, and Bob Cox is asking folks to sign up with the restaurant and leader of your choice. It looks like my crew and I will dine at the Midtown Cafe.

And even more bloggers: reelcobra, Quotidian Grace , The Marshian Chronicles, Redeem America, Don Singleton

This one sounds different: A Republic, Madam, If You Can Keep It

Alicia Hardin, Exposed

by La Shawn on 04.28.05

in Justice

April 15, 2006: Welcome to my blog! You’ve landed on this page through a Google search on “Alicia Hardin.” I’ve provided a brief update of the case in this post.

Update II: Alicia Hardin is going to have a hard time in life if she doesn’t learn to accept responsibility for her actions. She now claims she didn’t send the letters, and the cops “forced” her to say she did.

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By now most of you’ve heard about the black student at Trinity International University whose fake-hating caused the evacuation of minority students to a local hotel. We finally have a name to go with this treachery. Alicia Hardin has been charged with a hate crime for mailing “racist” threats to fellow students at the school. Why? Because she wanted to go home. She figure this stunt would convince her mother that the Christian college was “dangerous.”

The letters, filled with threats and racial slurs, were sent to two black students and a Hispanic student over the past three weeks. The third letter contained a threat to use a weapon against a black female student.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who met with students and parents after the letters were made public, said last week, “It was painful to talk with the students. They feel there are targets on their back because they are black, because they are involved in interracial dating relationships.”

However, the president of the university, Gregory Waybright, said Friday that there was no mention of interracial dating in the letters. (Source)

Whatever, Jesse.

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BlogNashville: Faith-Based Blogging

April 27, 2005

Update: December 6, 2005: Many of you are landing here from searches on “Faith Shawn.” Who is Faith Shawn? Oh, well. While you’re here, check out this blog and a new one I just started called Fantasy Fiction for Christians. —————————————————————————————————– I am an evangelical Christian who’ll lead a discussion on “faith-based blogging” at BlogNashville [...]

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Childish Things

April 26, 2005

I usually take a hard line on retribution and punishment for wrongdoing, and I rarely make excuses for people. But arresting and handcuffing a five-year-old child is beyond belief. I tried to avoid this story, but it’s popping up everywhere now. I’m angry about it and hate what happened to this girl. I’ll admit my [...]

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It’s a Hate Crime After All

April 26, 2005

A couple of weeks ago I told you about a hideous crime that occurred in Brooklyn. A large group of black, future penitentiary inmates beat up a small group of white girls while shouting “black power” and “white crackers.” For insane reasons, I’m sure, the cops decided not to charge the thugs-in-training with a “bias” [...]

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On Fellowships and Freelancing

April 26, 2005

Last month I applied for a Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellowship. I was fed up with the 9-5, so I figured I’d take a chance and compete with professionals for a career-making fellowship that would support me while I wrote a book and added credibility to my role as a blogger aspiring to be a full [...]

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Professor Rine Made It Up

April 25, 2005

Remember the Berkeley professor who warned his laptop thief about classifed data and federal agents? Well, he made it up, as many of you suspected. It sounded good, though. For background, see Berkeley Laptop Thief. (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin) Update: Joshua says you’re all wrong about Professor Rine’s “the facts just aren’t that important” remark.

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Web of Hypocrisy

April 25, 2005

Click on the graphic to view the Web of Hypocrisy at GOP Bloggers. Matt Margolis writes: The Democrats’ smear campaign against Tom DeLay shows no signs of stopping. The Democrats, unable to win elections on ideas, have resorted to partisan attacks in order to oust Republican Party Leadership. It’s not going to work. They are [...]

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10 Years of the Drudge Report

April 25, 2005

The Drudge Report has been around for 10 years, but it was relatively obscure until Matt Drudge broke the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal in 1998. Howard Kurtz wrote about it today in the Washington Post: Starting with an e-mailed newsletter in 1995, when he lived in a one-bedroom Hollywood apartment, Drudge rode his Monica-induced fame to a [...]

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Voter ID Requirement Reminiscent of 1954, Says Black Politician

April 25, 2005

From time to time I write about my embarrassment of black liberal politicians. Whether we like it or not, race is a sore subject that we can’t get away from, and what blacks do bothers me more than what others do because I’m black. Take Chris Rock’s performance at the Oscars. I was angry about [...]

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Psalm 33

April 24, 2005

Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful [...]

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Elian Gonzalez

April 23, 2005

Who could forget the picture of little Elian Gonzalez, that gun pointed in his direction, and the fear on his face? It’s ugly. I remember the day federal agents stormed the house of Elian’s relatives in Miami. April 22 was the fifth anniversary. I was a brand new conservative at that time, but I parted [...]

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Jessica’s Law

April 23, 2005

Yesterday my last-day-on-the-job giddiness was dampened by some disturbing news. The pervert who raped and murdered nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford buried her alive. This apparently isn’t news. I don’t know how I missed it all this time. I had the most un-Christian thoughts, and praying for this animal was the furthest thing from my mind. I [...]

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