May 2005

Man Bless America!

by La Shawn on 05.31.05

in Lunacy

Stacy at MediaSoul reports that her car was vandalized not once but twice by a new category of hate crime thug: the hetero-hater! She writes:

A few months back I wrote about how my Marriage equals one man plus one woman bumpersticker was vandalized. In that incident the perp had used a pen to make the figures the same sex.

In tonight’s incident, the heterosexual hater had taken off one bumpersticker that said protect marriage, and found my previously vandalized sticker underneath it. So they placed a rainbow sticker over the figures of the man and woman.

And they also took my God Bless America magnet that was on my car and cut through the word God.

Do we need to create new categories of protected classes? If you assault a heterosexual or God-of-the-Bible worshipper because he/she is a heterosexual or God-of-the-Bible worshipper, have you committed a hate crime?

Only in America could someone come up with a concept called “hate crime.” But it’s not just any hate, you see. It’s a certain kind of hate. If you’re black and you kill a white person for whatever reason and call them “cracker” while you’re doing it, in addition to murder you’ve committed a hate crime. Maybe. Whites may or may not be protected under the statutues, but you get the idea. If you kill someone for sleeping with your husband and call her a whore while you’re doing it, you’ve committed murder but no hate crime. As of this writing, “whore” is not a protected class. Sorry.

Now, about that “God” bumper sticker, if you strike out God in “God Bless America” because you hate God or don’t believe in him, who or what are you appealing to for this blessing? (Why not just strike out the whole phrase while you’re at it?) Where is it supposed to come from? The sun, moon and stars? The universe? Trees and rocks? Perhaps man himself?

“Man bless America!” That’s rich. It’s also sexist. How about “Humankind bless America!”

“Humanity bless America!”

“Humans bless yourselves!”

Doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, does it?

Important Note: I do not want this thread to become a discussion on homosexual “marriage.” I will likely delete such comments. You’ve been warned.

For people reading this blog for the first time or who think I support so-called hate crime law, read this.

Last week Jennifer Wilbanks was indicted on one felony count of making false statements to the police and one misdemeanor count of making a false report about being kidnapped. She’s agreed to pay the city of Duluth $13,250, a portion of what it actually cost:

In accepting the agreement, the city will have to write off about $30,000 in other costs searching for the bride-to-be, who disappeared April 26, four days before her planned wedding.

“We’re very appreciative they were willing to give us the $13,000. We would have certainly welcomed the entire amount that covered all of our employees but we are ready to get this behind us,” [Mayor Shirley] Lasseter said. (Source)

More sources: Joint Statement by Duluth and Wilbanks, USA Today, FOX News

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Former FBI Man Is Deep Throat

by La Shawn on 05.31.05

in General

W. Mark Felt (who?) admits that he’s “Deep Throat,” a government official who supposedly fed former Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward inside information that brought down President Richard Nixon during Watergate. I hope this means A&E or one of the movie channels will reshuffle the line-up to run “All the President’s Men” this week.

From MSNBC:

Felt said he was “only doing his duty” and did not seek to bring down Nixon over the cover-up of a break-in at Democratic Party offices in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.

Carl Bernstein, who with Bob Woodward broke the story as Washington Post reporters, issued a statement neither denying nor confirming Felt’s claim. Bernstein stated he and Woodward would be keeping their pledge to reveal the source only once that person dies.

NBC News commentator Chris Matthews, who wrote a book about Watergate, said he wasn’t surprised, adding that Felt “has always been the leading suspect.”

After watching actor Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat in the movie, knowing the identity of the real guy is kind of anti-climatic, isn’t it? I always thought Deep Throat was Alexander Haig, Nixon’s Chief of Staff during Watergate and President Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of State for about 5 minutes.

I’ll have more to say later. Maybe. Let’s go to the videotape!

Related post: Watergate: Mother Of All Scandals (So Far)

Sources: Deep Throat: Uncovered (Journalism students at the University of Illinois conducted a four-year study on this. They guessed wrong, but I highly recommend it, although the site seems to be loaded down with heavy traffic at the moment.), Revisiting Watergate, Watergate Revisited, FOX News, Washington Post

In praise of W. Mark Felt?

Osama’s Friends…

by La Shawn on 05.31.05

in War - Islamofascism

…come in all shapes, sizes, nationalities and colors.

A Politician By Any Other Name

May 31, 2005

Here’s some “news” from the Associated Press: Scrutiny of Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s travel has led to the belated disclosure of at least 198 previously unreported special interest trips by House members and their aides, including eight years of travel by the second-ranking Democrat, an Associated Press review has found. At least 43 House members [...]

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Memorial Day

May 30, 2005

The enemies of freedom and civility will never stop envying and hating this country, nor will they cease trying to destroy it. But as long as we’re willing to protect ourselves against whatever threatens our freedom and sovereignty, the deaths of the fallen will not have been in vain. Threats against our country don’t just [...]

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Newsweek is Hiring!

May 27, 2005

Are you an out-of-work publicist embittered with eeking out a “living” off the backs of stingy taxpayers who won’t vote for an increase in your unemployment benefits? Does your present trying-to-revive-a-dead-tree PR job pale in comparison to the challenges and excitement of promoting the world’s preeminent news magazine? Perhaps you’re simply frustrated by the “objective [...]

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Al Qaeda Training Manual

May 26, 2005

The Smoking Gun has posted a non-PDF copy of the Al Qaeda training manual. Read “Lesson Eighteen” on prisons and detention centers. Also see lessons on kidnaping and assassinations and beating and killing hostages. The Department of Justice has the training manual in PDF on its web site. More later. Extremely Interesting Update: Guantanamo Bay [...]

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Celebrity Trivia

May 26, 2005

Hollywood has a smattering of non-liberal actors, believe it or not. Here are a few celebrity Republicans and/or conservatives: Clint Eastwood, Dean Cain (!), Robert Duvall, Patricia Heaton (also a Christian), Tony Danza, Kurt Russell, Tom Selleck, Angie Harmon (the best ADA Law & Order ever had), Lynn Swann, Scott Baio, Heather Locklear, and James [...]

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FBI Report Repeats Same Koran-Flushing Claim as Newsweek

May 26, 2005

Note: In the blogosphere, you have to be clear about everything. This post is not a rant against the FBI. I don’t believe the agent was biased or sought to aid and comfort the enemy with the report. I’m merely pointing out that he recorded a detainee’s Koran flushing claim; the agent himself wasn’t a [...]

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Here’s A Man With The Courage…

May 25, 2005

…to show vulnerability. Update: If your comment doesn’t appear after you hit “Post it,” it’s caught in the moderation cue. You may rephrase (spam word?) and resubmit. If not, I will approve comments in the morning.

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NYPD’s Ten Most Wanted

May 25, 2005

I see a pattern. Do you see it, too? Update: These criminals have several factors in common, as many have noticed. Besides the obvious similarities, these future prisoners committed most of these crimes during the summer, as noted by one commenter.

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Media Slander

May 25, 2005

In the spirit of Easongate.com comes a new blog called Media Slander. Media scandals are happening at a rate that justifies a site dedicated to exposing them. This site will address media bias against the military in general, as well as remarks made by individual journals, including Linda Foley, who has yet to substantiate her [...]

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National Border Patrol Strategy – None

May 25, 2005

Reader Bob V. sent the following e-mail: I went to the Department of Homeland “Security” page from your link. From there I clicked on the Border Management link. On that page I scrolled down to the National Border Patrol Strategy link and found we don’t have one! 404 – Requested Page Not Found on Site [...]

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Sowell on ‘Liberals, race, and history’

May 25, 2005

The Democrats’ dependence on blacks for votes means that they must keep blacks dependent on them….Black self-reliance would be almost as bad as blacks becoming Republicans, as far as liberal Democrats are concerned. All black progress in the past must be depicted as the result of liberal government programs and all hope of future progress [...]

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