January 2006

Update (9:55 p.m.): Welcome to the blog, first-timers. If you’re as bored as I am with politics, check out my hobby blog, Fantasy Fiction for Christians.
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I used to invite blog-less readers (although bloggers were free to participate) to “live-comment” events. The first such post (first presidential debate) generated 166 comments. The third debate post generated 544 comments. I couldn’t believe my eyes as I watched the thread grow. But the Election Day post holds the record with 623 comments. Those were heady times.

Unless he says something particularly inspiring, the only portion of Bush’s speech I’ll live-blog tonight is illegal immigration. I’ve heard rumors that he won’t even mention it, so this post may not be updated. :?

If you plan to watch the State of the Union address tonight at 9:00 p.m. EST and want to comment on it, the thread will be open. I prefer listening to these things on the radio. I’m usually not in the mood to watch Big Teddy and Maxine Waters scowl and politicians preen.

Related: Blacks, Illegal Aliens, and the Preening President

Live-bloggers: Blogs for Bush, Captain Ed, MM, Sister Toldjah (live-commenting but no live-blogging), Arch Radish, California Conservative

Unrelated Addendum: I made The Nation. I’m “honored.” This pro-life blogger is here to stay, baby!

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Alito Confirmed For Supreme Court

by La Shawn on 01.31.06

in Judiciary

In a 58-42 vote, Samuel Alito was confirmed to be the new U.S. Supreme Court justice. Adios, Sandra Dee. From the AP:

All but one of the Senate’s majority Republicans voted for his confirmation, while all but four of the Democrats voted against Alito.

Alito That is the smallest number of senators in the party opposing a president to support a Supreme Court justice in modern history. Chief Justice John Roberts got 22 Democratic votes last year, and Justice Clarence Thomas — who was confirmed in 1991 on a 52-48 vote — got 11 Democratic votes.

Alito watched the final vote from the White House’s Roosevelt Room with his family. He was to be sworn in by Roberts at the Supreme Court in a private ceremony later in the day, in plenty of time for him to appear with President Bush at the State of the Union speech Tuesday evening.

I have no strong feelings about Alito’s confirmation one way or another. But I’m curious about what he allegedly told Senator Diane Feinstein back in November about his “the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion” statement made in 1985:

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On the Air

by La Shawn on 01.31.06

in Interviews

I will appear on KFQD in Anchorage, Alaska, to talk about the recent March for Life rally, Planned Parenthood, etc., tomorrow at 7:15 p.m. EST. (See Marching for life and against the “Negro Project”)

On Sunday I’ll appear on KRLA around (?) with blogger and new talk show host Lores Rizkalla of Just A Woman. It will be her first broadcast. [Update: Wait a second...the show is on at midnight Pacific time, so that means I'd appear at 3:00 a.m. Uh...I'll get back to you.]

By the way, I plan to do a big round-up post this week. I haven’t done one of those in awhile. E-mail a link to something interesting, and I may include it in the round-up.

Coretta Scott King, 1927-2006

by La Shawn on 01.31.06

in General

Coretta KingMartin Luther King’s legacy has taken on mythic status. Both Democrats and Republicans claim him as their own, trying to “out-King” each other every year on his birthday.

Then there are the detractors who insist that King’s legacy has been whitewashed, that he was a Communist agitator, plagiarist, and adulterer. Add to that the issue of civil disobedience, and whether it is biblical for Christians to defy government authorities.

Most recently, King’s children got into a spat over what to do with the Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta after their mother became incapacitated.

Lost in all this was their mother, King’s widow, Coretta Scott King. Regardless of his legacy and politics, Coretta seemed to be the ultimate long-suffering widow and mother, raising four children alone after her husband was slain by James Earl Ray or whoever conspiracy theorists think did it. I’m sure she’s had to deal with hucksters of all sorts through the years: people trying to attach themselves to her, using her and King’s name for their own gain.

Coretta died this morning at age 78.

Bloggers: Perspectives in Motion, Sister Toldjah, Cindy Swanson, D.C. Thornton (sporting a brand new template!), The American Mind, Independent Conservative, Independent Christian Voice

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Disgruntled and Begrudging Bloggers

January 30, 2006

1) Do you or someone you know spend 50 percent or more of your blogging time writing (negatively) about other bloggers? 2) Do you or someone you know begrudge another blogger’s “success”? 3) Are you or someone you know angry, perplexed, stumped — or the adjective of your choice — because certain bloggers seem to [...]

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Dell Hires More Indians

January 30, 2006

Hopefully Dell will either hire people with easy-to-understand accents or train them to speak with “American” accents for their customer service centers. (Source) Have you seen the Dell commercial with a white and obviously American customer service guy? False advertising. I heard that Dell business customers (as opposed to us regular “home” customers) get to [...]

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Blacks, Illegal Aliens, and the Preening President

January 30, 2006

No wonder some blacks think we’re the most put-upon group on the planet. First blacks had to deal with legal race discrimination during Jim Crow. Then we had to take on disparate impact “discrimination.” Now some are running to the EEOC because employers are passing them over for…illegal aliens. As blacks continue losing jobs to [...]

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Frivolous Friday Fours

January 27, 2006

Update (5:27 p.m.): More trivia. Which Hogwarts house? ——————————————————————————————————————————- It’s Friday, so let’s have some blog fun. I found this meme at ChristWeb and figured it would be fabulous to give you some trivia about myself in fours: Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life: Cashier at Burger King (fired for not smiling enough) Flight [...]

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Oprah Eats Crow

January 26, 2006

Update II (1/27 @ 3:48 p.m.): The bloggers and radio show hosts known as Pundit Review will interview The Smoking Gun’s managing editor Andrew Goldberg this Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. EST on WRKO in Boston. Check it out. By the way, the bloggers finally posted a photo of themselves. ———————————————————————————— Admitting when you’re wrong [...]

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Hattie McDaniel Honored With Stamp

January 26, 2006

Despite cringe-worthy depictions of obsequious slaves, a boisterous and protective mammy, and a “simple-minded darky,” Gone with the Wind (1939) is one of my favorite movies. No matter how exaggerated and biased, the film is a masterpiece and the story is compelling. Years ago I encouraged a friend of mine to watch the movie because [...]

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Border Wars: First, Fire Michael Chertoff…

January 25, 2006

…the homeland insecurity chief. Second, send heavily armed troops to the southern border now! This is outrageous. Outrageous! I am ill-suited to be “in power” because if I had the arsenal and the might to keep foreigners — so-called hard workers, bums, whatever — from entering this country illegally and Mexican thugs (including Vicente Fox) [...]

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Chris Penn, 1965-2006

January 25, 2006

I wasn’t a fan of actor Chris Penn, brother of Sean Penn, but when I read that he died, I immediately thought of the movie I most identified him with: Footloose. Some of you thirty- and fortysomethings may have gone to see it in 1984. I was in high school, and my best friend and [...]

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Farewell, WB; Kanye West Next?

January 24, 2006

Update (1/26): Alan Henderson: “Kanye West is a coward, and his defenders are hypocrites.” —————————————————————————————– The bottom-feeding WB and UPN networks (scraping the bottom of an already debauched network TV line-up) are shutting down. (Source) What a big loss to the culture that will be. Don’t have a collective cow, coach potatoes. The rich men [...]

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Why Anglos Lead

January 24, 2006

You know me. I don’t care how nasty America’s history is. I keep the America-bashing to a bare minimum. In fact, I can’t recall the last time I trashed the country. The people who run it, however, are fair game. I found a discussion-worthy article called Why Anglos Lead. (The artice is long, but it’s [...]

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Blogs4Life/March for Life II

January 23, 2006

Monday, January 22, 2007: Read about March for Life 2007. ———————————————————— Update II (1/24): It was amazing to be surrounded by so many pro-life people! As expected, I didn’t see many black people in the crowd. But no matter. I care more about their pro-life stance than whether they were represented at a rally. I’ve [...]

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