Comments on: I’m A Little Bored…

By: Evon

Evon — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:39:08 +0000

The rally today in DC with testimonials to fallen sons, husbands, brothers, etc. has been a great inspiration to me. Can anyone explain the difference in voice quality between today’s speakers and yesterday’s? I think hate often does something unpleasant to one’s voice and sometimes to one’s writing.

By: Enrique Cardova

Enrique Cardova — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:03:16 +0000

Another good link is that to English diarist Melanie Phillips.com at http://www.melaniephillips.com.

Her powerful columns on conservatism, “multiculturalism”, moral decline and ineffectual “conservatives” in the British context, are an eerie parallel to much of what LaShawn is saying. Just a short excerpt from her latest is shown below (shades of LaShawn’s digust with Republican “leadership”). Substitute Tory for Republican or Democrat for Labor and you get the idea. The “British Disease” may be coming to the US soon, if not already here. Check this hard-hitting woman out

What they missed entirely was that, unlike most politicians, Mr Blair had understood the great shift that had occurred and was in the forefront of the new politics. He thus presided over a cultural revolution — tearing up the British constitution; progressively undermining and then nationalising the family; reversing a centuryâ€™s efforts against vice by liberalising drug law, drinking and gambling; changing the whole identity of the country through a covert policy of mass immigration and ruthlessly promoting multiculturalism; and weakening the nation and its founding values even more fundamentally by ceding more and more power to supra-national power-brokers such as the EU or human rights lawyers.

One would have thought that such a revolutionary programme which has left millions of British citizens aghast would provide a golden opportunity for an opposition party to draw up the clearest possible battle-lines and provide voters with a very clear choice between fundamentally conflicting political principles.

But because the Tories failed to grasp what had happened, and wallowed instead in the outrage of being deprived of their supposedly natural role as the party of government, and because these issues do bitterly divide the population, they became unsayable.

The issues that mattered most were therefore the ones about which no-one spoke. There was silence or only muted protest because they were considered too difficult or too risky, or because opposition politicians were competing to be Blair wannabes.

So there has been silence over the drift towards disaster of the economy; silence over the massive pensions scandal; silence over Europe; silence over immigration; silence over the disintegrating family. Instead we are subjected to a series of stage-managed seaside farces which will tell us little except who is up and who is down.

Is it surprising therefore that voters are so deeply disillusioned with politics and have turned off in droves?

What we are suffering from is a dearth of political leadership. There is no-one with a deeply held vision and the charisma to put it across that can galvanise the country. That is because the best and brightest no longer go into politics; and that is because this is no longer where the power is. Influence now lies elsewhere — because politicians have made the big issues off limits and because power has drained away to bodies such as the EU.

Both the assault on the countryâ€™s values and the consequent decline in political leadership are rooted in a profound loss of confidence in Britain as a nation. Only if politicians have the courage and vision to acknowledge this collapse and vigorously address it will political leadership return and politics will become interesting once again — and there will be at least a chance of halting our lethal democratic malaise.

brief excerpt: September 24, 2005
http://www.melaniephillips.com/articles/
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By: Bryan Alexander

Bryan Alexander — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:59:09 +0000

I want to invite everyone to browse my blog Right Thinking. It’s conservative thought and commentary from the viewpoint of a conservative Christian.

By: Zelda

Zelda — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:23:50 +0000

Hi LaShawn,

Great blog you have here. Speaking of moral poverty in New Orleans, I have been writing extensively about the corruption in New Orleans and LA. It’s just amazing that they have the nerve to blame the federal government and President Bush.

Anyway, keep up the good work.

By: Mwalimu Daud

Mwalimu Daud — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 00:09:33 +0000

I have an idea, La Shawn – let’s help out the Far Left out by suggesting new and exciting conspiracy theories!

Here’s one for starters: VP Cheney (assisted by Karl Rove and Richard Nixon) was controlling Rita from the secret Halliburton headquarters in Area 51 of Gitmo by using the Patriot Act and soggy Korans in an effort to exterminate all African-Americans, women, Latinos, union members, senior citizens, gays, environmentalists and peace moms in New Orleans. Or something to that effect.

(Hey, we live in Texas and I can joke about Rita now since my family and I made it through all right. Talk about relief! Thank God!)

By: salt1907

salt1907 — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 22:29:12 +0000

Click on my name for a discussion of why yesterday’s broken levee in New Orleans is a good thing.

By: Aidan Maconachy

Aidan Maconachy — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:02:23 +0000

La Shawn’s a chick? Indigo Insights says she is cute too. La Shawn how about a photo album we can all browse through? Blogs are about sharing … ain’t they?

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:10:47 +0000

Whoever said “Beggars can’t be choosy” hasn’t meet a ‘welfare queen’. Only bling from Neiman Marcus will do… with OPM.

La Shawn, great stuff as usual.

Ciao

By: Deborah Grilli

Deborah Grilli — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:30:24 +0000

I just wanted to introduce myself with this very short, but relevant post. As a Christian, I am praying every day for Americans to turn back to God.

By: Virgil

Virgil — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 07:19:20 +0000

I’m impressed that the workshop you are attending is addressing data analysis and statistics. As an engineer with a good math education, I have been screaming for years about graphs and charts presented in the media that are so highly skewed as to be meaningless if not just plain intentionally wrong.

My blogging often covers media errors and inadequacies relative to the use of numbers and data.

As the old saying goes” “liars figure and figures lie…”

Keep up the great blogging

By: Area417

Area417 — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:01:33 +0000

Blog Browse

Eugene Volokh ponders the NYCLU’s campaign against military recruiting tactics. H/T Instapundit La Shawn Barber sounds as if she, like a lot of others, is suffering from political burnout. Please stop by and encourage her! (The Anchoress isn’t burnt-…

By: Political Satire Fake News - The Nose On Your Face

Political Satire Fake News - The Nose On Your Face — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 03:35:32 +0000

Bush Family Disasters Throughout History

As with any Republican President, George W. Bush has come under attack for a myriad of issues that may or may not be within his control: a weak economy ; high unemployment; stealing the last two elections; making me miss

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 03:22:57 +0000

I have commented on Louis Farrakhan’s most recent stupifying comments, and his traitorous activities in North Africa.

By: P. Campbell

P. Campbell — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 02:02:27 +0000

Please don’t burn out on us, La Shawn! Yours is a valuable voice.

Here is an article by Robert Dunn concerning liberal universities, endowments, and the redistribution of wealth that your readers might find interesting: http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.18722/article_detail.asp

By: The Anchoress

The Anchoress — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 01:56:06 +0000

LaShawn Barber says she’s getting a little bored with it too.