All these years, liberals were right about one thing: George Bush is an idiot. Video here.
What a disappointment. 
Addendum: The backlash begins. (Thanks, Renee!)
Update (6/1): President George W. Bush will go down in history as the man who ushered in a dramatic demographic shift that turned the United States into a Third World country, with a disappearing middle class, another poorly educated and poor underclass (this one much larger than the other and Spanish-speaking), and a wealthy, insulated, gated-community elite.
And I voted for him. Twice. I voted for Clinton twice, too, but I’m more ashamed of voting for Bush.
Peggy Noonan writes: “What conservatives and Republicans must recognize is that the White House has broken with them. What President Bush is doing, and has been doing for some time, is sundering a great political coalition. This is sad, and it holds implications not only for one political party but for the American future.”
Check out this exchange between a Republican donor and the RNC.
I’m a revolter! At times like this, I’m glad I don’t belong to the Republican party. No annoying phone calls (or junk mail) from the RNC. 
To escape politics for a while, visit Fantasy Fiction for Christians.
Update II: Loyal reader Renee just told me Rush Limbaugh read part of an article I wrote on his show today. Excellent. 
Saturday, June 2: This post is closed to comments, but I still want to hear your stories. E-mail me at barbersview [at] yahoo [dot] com.
Scroll down for updates — readers respond — I forgot to point you to Just Another “Immigration Rant”
Please take time to read the comments. The stories are blood pressure-raising but important.
A commenter reminded me that the Social Security Administration can’t inform an employer that an employee may be unauthorized to work in the U.S. because of disclosure laws. I blogged about it here last year. Our bloated, taxpayer-supported agencies are not working together for America’s security.
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Now that conservatives see how serious King George is about passing an amnesty-for-illegal-aliens bill instead of deporting people in the country illegally, they’re becoming bolder and beginning to talk about the cultural impact of millions of illegal, non-assimilating, non-English-speaking, foreigners who drink, drive, and kill people because of their “culture,” loiter outside stores, urinate in public, live 20 to a single-family house, park cars in front yards, litter, and…
Well, this conservative is talking about it. And so is Ann Coulter. Once upon a time, only “racists” and “nativists” talked about the importance of culture to a nation. And national unity. And shared language. And common values. And identity. Now it’s gone mainstream. It’s about time.
I won’t editorialize the point. I’ve done so here:
I wrote about Carol Swain, a liberal who has a few words for the Congressional Black Caucus, here:
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by La Shawn on May 30, 2007
in Justice
Check out the new Web 2.0 Blogs4God, which host Dean describes as a “Christian version” of the popular Digg.com.
Sort of Related Update (2:35 p.m.): Georgia Christian Laura Mallory, wanna-be Harry Potter book banner, is foiled again. For the time being, the HP books will remain on government school library shelves in Gwinnett County.
Also see Laura Mallory and the Misguided Crusade.
by La Shawn on May 29, 2007
in Justice
Update: I like this idea from a commenter (emphasis in original):
“In the 18th Century, England could send its ne’er-do-wells to Australia. It was a viable option to the death penalty. My variation on that is simple: send them to Antarctica. Send them there with a parka, a tent, a sleeping bag, and a week’s worth of MRE’s [meal, ready to eat]. They can kill each other for food for all I care, and their life (or death) is up to them and their own survival skills…Couldn’t happen soon enough in my opinion.”
By the way, don’t twist my words or my meaning. I didn’t say I’d gleefully throw things at child rapists.
I’d do it somberly.
I just happen to think some criminals should be subjected to modern-day stonings. Is that so wrong?
Commenter Gabe, a Christian, has a reasonable response (unlike mine, apparently) to the questions. Check it out.
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by La Shawn on May 25, 2007
in General
Tuesday, May 29: Welcome, Conservative Grapevine readers. This post is closed to commenting, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on Death to Pedophiles.
Sunday, May 27: Evia responds in the comment section:
“I’m Evia, and I’m opinionated, LOL! – so here goes.
“First, let me point out that I have NEVER had a bad relationship with a black man and no one can ever truthfully say that I have. My first husband was a black man and we had such a loving relationship (though different goals) until I definitely wanted to remarry. I’ve NEVER had a bad relationship with any man, for that matter. My ex-husband is actually one of my best friends and I’ve remained friends with my ex-boyfriends. So I’m not an angry, mean black woman, though some black men in cyberspace have tried to portray me as MRS. HITLER because of my efforts to remove the shackles from the brains of so many black women. LOL! This is because apparently these men see the message of my blog as a threat to them and they therefore try to discredit the blog’s message by defaming me.”
Read the rest.
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According to our U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), asking minority job applicants of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) to display minimal reading comprehension and reasoning skills is racist.
Because non-whites keep flunking an already watered down written employment examination, DOJ has filed suit against FDNY for discriminatory practices.
An excerpt:
In a 14-page complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn, attorneys for the Department of Justice alleged that discriminatory hiring practices were rooted in two written tests given to applicants in 1999 and 2002 that, while not purposely or obviously racist, were littered with SAT-like questions that do not test an applicant’s ability to fight fires. The suit seeks an injunction and possible damages.
The two “pass/fail” tests resulted in passing rates for black and Hispanic applicants that were lower than those of white applicants in a statistically significant way, the complaint charges.
We’ve been down this road before.
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I will be in the audience at “The Duke Lacrosse Case: A Rush To Judgment and Journalism’s Future” at the National Press Club this morning. Participants are Stuart Taylor, columnist and co-author (along with KC Johnson) of Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case; Joseph Neff, reporter for The Raleigh News & Observer; and Rem Reider, editor of The American Journalism Review.
Writer John Leo mentions the Duke case and the Christian-Newsom murders in his article about selective news coverage. (Hat tip: MM)
Although this post is closed, Notes on “The Rap on Culture” is open for discussion. The 16-page study I linked to is a must-read.
Report later…
Update (5/23 @ 7:00 a.m.): The National Press Club flyer reads:
“Spurious rape charges against members of the Duke University lacrosse team triggered a year’s worth of emotional news stories, blogs, and 24/7 media specials. Many allegations were flung and many reputations ruined, but in the end all charges were dropped. Now, the original prosecutor himself faces potential charges, and journalists must work through the wreckage to find lessons for the future.”
In the beginning…
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Update III (5/23): I am SHOCKED that this piece made it into a newspaper. It’s the ugly, barely-reported truth.
Update II: I forgot to mention a study that showed black students from intact “religious” families perform better in school than their counterparts.
Also, choice is key. Libertarian Andrew Coulson notes that “the school system itself affects parents’ and students’ attitudes towards education. The current system gives parents no power, no control, no responsibilities. When parents can choose their kids’ schools – better yet, when they HAVE to choose their kids’ schools – they become more savvy and more involved.”
See his post at Cato-at-liberty on poor and marginally educated parents choosing schools for their kids. I reviewed a book of essays about the late libertarian Milton Friedman. One essay discussed private schools in Third World countries. I wrote:
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I’ll have much more to say about the amnesty-for-illegal aliens bill and the puny-minded politicians who passed it. I’m so glad pro-enforcement Republican and conservative bloggers are revolting and making a ruckus over this putrid bill.
NZ Bear at The Truth Laid Bear created an easy-to-browse version. Check it out.
Hugh Hewitt and others are encouraging Republican-voting people not to support any Republican who voted for the bill. See his eight-part series.
Of course, the indefatigable Michelle Malkin is all over it here, here, and here.
George W. Bush’s amnesty wish has been in the making for a long time. I bemoaned it back in 2003, unable to understand why it was OK to choose which laws to obey. In the end, it doesn’t matter what I say or do. The people in power want amnesty for illegals, and if the man with the veto power wants it, that’s it. What does he care? He’s not running again.
To read more news and opinion on the bill, see Google News. More later…
Update (12:29 p.m.): Yesterday I mentioned seeing pro-amnesty DHS secretary Michael Chertoff yesterday in the Green Room at CNN. I don’t know why he was there, but he was interviewed last week about the amnesty-for-illegal-aliens bill on “Situation Room.” See the video at Hot Air. More on Chertoff from Debbie Schlussel. MM will discuss the amnesty bill tonight on “The O’Reilly Factor.”
Later…Check out the “blogburst” at the Washington Times blog.
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by La Shawn on May 20, 2007
in General
I was on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” today. Topics were the Department of Defense’s clampdown on milblogging and blocking access to sites like YouTube and MySpace on military computers, and users manipulating “most popular” and “most viewed” ratings on Digg and other sites.
I was too nervous to tell anyone (except my mother, sister, and “friend”) beforehand. Somebody somewhere captured the clip, I’m sure. And how was your Sunday morning?
Update (11:56 a.m.): Short, short segment. Didn’t get to talk about Digg. I want to do more “talking head” shows because the exposure is great. I was told my name comes up when “Reliable Sources” producers are looking for bloggers, but I don’t get the call because I don’t follow hot-off-the-presses, timely political stories as much as I used to (and somebody’s been reading this). Dilemma.
Homeland (In)Security chief Michael Chertoff was in the Green Room briefly. I was this close to asking him how non-enforcement of immigration law secures the homeland. One of the security guys (bodyguard?) was giving me the eye. I guess the anger showed on my face.
Later…Clip below:
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by La Shawn on May 20, 2007
in Faith
The Eternal Word
…and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
John’s Witness: The True Light
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Word Becomes Flesh
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’â€
And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
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I was going to develop the piece below as a column, but since it’s gotten somewhat stale, I’ll post it here instead. Hey, that’s what blogs are for!
Is sending students to a “white privilege†conference with government funds intended to be used to close the academic achievement gap an appropriate use of those funds?
That’s what Seattle Public Schools (SPS) will soon find out. The U.S. Department of Education is investigating the race-obsessed school system to determine whether its use of a Smaller Learning Communities Program grant to send students to the annual White Privilege Conference was improper under the terms of the grant. (Source)
The grants are to be used “to support the development of small, safe, and successful learning environments in large high schools as a component of comprehensive high school improvement plans.†How a white privilege conference fulfills this purpose is a mystery.
According to the conference web site, its mission is to offer “a means to develop and sustain ongoing work to dismantle this system of white privilege, white supremacy, and oppression.†Although the conference is “not about beating up on white folks,†why else would people gather to discuss such ideas as “white man’s pornography,†“transforming whiteness in the classroom,†“multiple systems of oppression,†homosexual “oppression,†and to denigrate that whitest of white traits, individualism?
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Great article in The Politico yesterday about the Fairness Doctrine. The writer notes that liberals, unsuccessful on the radio talk show circuit, are trying to use the government to stifle opposing viewpoints, which the First Amendment was created to prevent. Envy is very unattractive.
For my take on the so-called Fairness Doctrine, see Democrats Seek to Resurrect Dead Fairness Doctrine.
Why do liberals hate free market talk radio, and more importantly, why are they trying to resurrect the Fairness Doctrine now? Derek Hunter writes in The Politico:
This conservative ascendancy did not sit well with liberals. And so the idea of restoring the Fairness Doctrine is one that’s been kicked around Washington for some time. With a Republican Congress, the prospects were slim, at best. But now the Democrats are in charge and bills to restore the Fairness Doctrine have been introduced in both chambers. Led by Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio), free speech, allegedly revered by the left, is under assault.
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The much-heralded launch of Air America was supposed to be the balance liberals sought. But despite free publicity from every media outlet and several influxes of cash (including from a charity), Air America’s management made Enron look like a successful business model. The market has spoken, and they’re failing. Left-wing radio doesn’t work (unless it is subsidized by taxpayers, in the case of NPR).
What would be the practical effect of the return of the Fairness Doctrine? Simple — the end of talk radio as we know it. No station could afford to carry a successful conservative show if it had to balance it with a liberal show. Stations would lose their identity and autonomy, and we would return to what radio was like before 1987, when there were about 100 talk shows, not the thousands that exist now.
You can guess what I think of Air America, but just in case…see Air America Fails to Re-Pay Money Stolen From Poor Black Kids in New York – To File for Bankruptcy?
It’s funny how liberals manage to find a “right to privacy” to slaughter unborn babies and a “civil right” for two men to marry each other in the Constitution but ignore the explicit right to free speech, no matter how unpopular or “intolerant” the speech.
by La Shawn on May 15, 2007
in Faith
Regenerated Magazine, a Christian publication run by homeschoolers, is holding a summer essay contest for homeschoolers, government schoolers, and private schoolers between the ages of 12 through 18.
Write about “How to live a regenerated life” for a chance to win an iPod Nano. The contest closes on June 1, so send your essay (not to exceed 900 words) or questions to essaycontest [at] regenerateourculture [dot] com. For submission instructions, see this post.
Somewhat Related Update: Rev. Jerry Falwell died today. He was 73.
