June 2005

Kablam! Nucleoid War!

by La Shawn on 06.30.05

Tonight at 8, the TV Land channel is showing the 1983 movie The Day After. Does anyone remember the movie? It was a somewhat cheesy account of the Cold War-turned-WW III. The Soviets may have “started” (by launching a nuclear missile). Can’t remember.

It was freaky. As people near ground zero were incinerated, for a split second they turned into skeletons. Those unfortunate enough to still be alive walked around in constantly falling ash, with radiation poisoning, no hair, and running sores on their faces. Gross.

Then there was the inevitable chaos and disorder. It was Thunderdome! Well, maybe not that bad. What made The Day After all the more eerie was the lack of commercials after the attack. A commercial-free second half. I was paranoid for weeks afterward. I think I’ll watch it again.

By the way, the post title comes from a line in another cheesy movie (which was a sequel to really good one). Can you name the movie?

Sources: Museum of Broadcast Communications and Wikipedia.

Unrelated Update: If you e-mailed me in the past week and I haven’t responded, I’m sorry. I implemented a new e-mail policy several months ago. I don’t have time to answer every e-mail, but I try to answer most.

Update II (7/1): Commenters reminded me of Red Dawn, a classic. I was a mere teen in 1984, so I could relate to the teen characters defending their country from Communists. I didn’t like Reagan at the time, but I didn’t like the idea of foreign invaders, either.

Side note: Some of you may have noticed my present position in the Ecosystem. I thought there was something strange about it, so I did some detective work. Under the Top Posts category I noticed my RSS feeds are being counted as links, so the #4 rank is false. I’ve already e-mailed the Bear about it and asked him to fix the bug. I want to acquire links the old-fashioned way: by earning them. Thanks for linking and reading.

Update III (7/2): I’m supposed to be on vacation. Just wanted to say that N.Z. Bear fixed the problem at TTLB, and my true rank is #14. Now I’m on vacation.

Mind and Media Book Review Picked Up By Local Paper

by La Shawn on 06.30.05

in Bloggers

When I first started writing for publication, I wanted to write op-eds and book reviews. Just a few short years ago, it was difficult to get a review copy from a publisher. They wanted only real reviewers, and you had to send a request on company letterhead (from a magazine or newspaper), the name of the publication where you were sending the review (if not the one on the letterhead), and clips of previous reviews.

One day I took a chance, as I often do. I wrote letters to a few publishing houses and said I was a freelance writer with a few op-ed clips requesting a review copy of so-and-so book, and that I planned to send the review to so-and-so publication, which probably wouldn’t publish it anyway. I never expected to receive a book. Despite my pessimism, at least three publishers added me to their reviewers mailing list, and I was getting books every week! Ironically, I asked to be removed from the lists so I could request one book at a time (read my favorite review).

It’s so much easier now to get free books to review. In fact, publishers send unsolicited review copies to bloggers all the time.

That was a long-winded prologue to the real subject of this post. Recently, a local publication picked up a Mind and Media book review. If you already review books or would like to, think about becoming a Mind and Media reviewer. Promotion guru Stacy Harp is gaining quite a reputation in the Christian market, and I predict her company is headed for bigger and better things.

Georgia: A Thug’s Paradise

by La Shawn on 06.30.05

in Lunacy

keystone Sheriffs in Georgia can’t seem to hold on to their thug prisoners.

After they let this thug kill three people, escape, and kill another, you’d think they learned from a mistake that caused grief for families burying loved ones struck down by a thug who should never again see the light of day, the same mistake that became a national embarrassment and highlighted Fulton County’s dangerous, politically correct hiring policies and general incompetence.

But they haven’t. Another thug escaped. Fortunately he didn’t kill anyone; he was almost killed. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (use BugMeNot to bypass the annoying registration):

The inmate apparently thought he had found refuge Wednesday at a Norcross apartment a former girlfriend had listed as her address, authorities said.

Instead, Richardson was stabbed and beaten by the apartment’s residents before running into nearby woods, Kelley said….The Sheriff’s Fugitive Unit coordinated the search for Richardson with Corrections Department personnel, she said….After the stabbing, Richardson went to another Norcross residence where he was “chased out of the house. He fled on foot,” Kelley said.

Someone then called 911 to report a “suspicious person” at Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Buford Highway, she said….The Gwinnett Police Department’s Canine Unit apprehended Richardson in that area about 7 p.m., Kelley said.

Richardson, who has been in and out of the Gwinnett jail seven times since 1998, was serving two years for probation violation, according to Sheriff’s Department records….Richardson disappeared about 2 p.m. Tuesday from a 32-man detail working at the Recycling Bank of Gwinnett at 4300 Satellite Blvd. in Duluth. Three officers were guarding the inmates at the time.

The Gwinnett County sheriff better thank his lucky stars that this thug criminal has the IQ of a walnut, as do most. After escaping, what do they do? Go directly to their girlfriend’s apartment, the first place cops know to look. Bunch of idiots, the whole lot of them.

Is This What Mexicans Think Of Blacks?

by La Shawn on 06.30.05

in General

dumb Yesterday a reader sent a link to a story about Mexico’s newly issued postal stamps, which for some inexplicable reason depict black caricatures reminiscent of a bygone era in the United States.

Dark-skinned people of African descent are subjected to this in Mexico? They have a big Negro problem down there, do they?

I wasn’t going to blog about this because it nauseates me, then I changed my mind. Michelle Malkin beat me to the punch anyway. Whenever I see racist caricatures of blacks from back in the day, I cringe. To think there was a time in the U.S. when whites openly mocked and ridiculed blacks with these exaggerated stereotypes, and blackface comedy was all the rage.

Ironically (and sadly), blacks also performed in blackface. To see it in 2005 coming from any country or anyone raises my blood pressure.

I don’t need more reasons to dislike Vicente Fox. The reasons I have are more than enough. His desire to dictate how we enforce our immigration laws, his disregard for the poorer, darker-skinned citizens of his own country (If you’re white, you’re alright!), and the self-interested, unethical, and open encouragement he gives them to invade our country (with George Bush’s complicity) fills me with so much disgust that I hope to meet him one day so I can tell him exactly what I think of him.

I don’t want illegal aliens removed from this land because Mexico is racist; I want them gone because they’re here illegally, have no regard for our laws and culture, seeking only America’s rich blessings and none of the responsibilities, and most of all, because they’re wreaking havoc on our health care and government school infrastructures, costing law-abiding American citizens millions.

But the people in power don’t care. They can afford private schools for their kids and doctors of their choice. Yet, some of these same people want socialized medicine, government doctors, so that we’ll have to wait six months for that life-saving surgery while they can afford the doctors of their choice. And I don’t say this often enough, so listen carefully: if you can’t afford private schools, homeschool your children! But I digress. From CNN:

The series of five stamps released for general use Wednesday depicts a child character from a comic book started in the 1940s that is still published in Mexico.

The boy, hapless but lovable, is drawn with exaggerated features, thick lips and wide-open eyes. His appearance, speech and mannerisms are the subject of kidding by white characters in the comic book….Activists said the stamp was offensive, though officials denied it.

“One would hope the Mexican government would be a little more careful and avoid continually opening wounds,” said Sergio Penalosa, an activist in Mexico’s small black community on the southern Pacific coast.

Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu writes: “After speaking with soldiers, sailors, and civilians who collectively staff Gitmo, I left convinced that abuse definitely exists at the detention facilities, and it typically fails to receive the press attention it deserves: itâ€™s the relentless, merciless attacks on American servicemen and women by these terrorist thugs. Many of the [...]

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Help My ‘Baby’ Sister

June 27, 2005

My youngest sister is headed to California to attend a Bible college, and she’s asking Christians to pray for her on this new journey and if inclined, to help financially. Please read this post.

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June 2005

Kablam! Nucleoid War!

Mind and Media Book Review Picked Up By Local Paper

Georgia: A Thug’s Paradise

Is This What Mexicans Think Of Blacks?

Two Iraqis Caught Near SOUTHERN Border

The Language Artist Blog

Pundit Review Review

Blogger Bible Challenge

Homeland Support For Our Injured Heroes

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for…

Kelo v. New London Amicus Briefs

Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

Celebrate Diversity!

The Real Torturers at Gitmo

Help My ‘Baby’ Sister

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