As of 2005, the US population was estimated to be 80.2% white. However, our Little League World Series (LLWS) this year, according to my visual estimate, was 97.9% white. Of the 97 players shown in the team photos, 95 appeared to be caucasian. You too can play along, just click on the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Current Events'
LLWS - Largely Lily White Suburbanites
August 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: Current Events · Observations · Sports
“We either walk out of here free or we die.”
June 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
A quote from Ed Brown, who is holed up in his 110 acre compound in Plainfield, New Hampshire, unwilling to surrender and be charged for tax evasion. Is it just me, or is that just a little TOO similar to the New Hampshire state motto? (”Live Free or Die”)
If and when he hops his state’s eastern border, perhaps […]
Tags: Current Events · Humor
No more free, please…
April 5th, 2007 · No Comments
Today a promotion by a local radio station to allow kids in free to Six Flags Over Georgia theme park between 6 and 9 am went awry. The typical fee for entry is $30, so a parent of three could save $90, and get rid of their kids for a day, and judging from […]
Tags: Current Events · Rants
The South is still fighting the Civil War
November 8th, 2006 · No Comments
Evidence:
With Harold Ford Jr. losing the Tennessee US Senate race, we (as Americans) have not elected a black senator from the former Confederacy since Reconstruction. This map (pages 4 and 6) shows race by county from the 2000 Census, and it seems we (the South) have had the best opportunity of all of the states.
Georgia […]
Tags: Current Events · Politics · Observations
Military "Tribunals" illegal, but Military "Commissions" legal?
October 18th, 2006 · 4 Comments
I can’t believe the President was able to circumvent the Supreme Court’s decision that military tribunals were unconstitutional, getting his fear-mongering Senate cronies to pass SB 3930, which establishes Military “Commissions.”
From my understanding, three important rights established under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Geneva Conventions do NOT apply to those who are […]
Tags: Government · Current Events · Rants
Watch yo’ Mouf!
October 17th, 2006 · No Comments
Big ‘Ole Sports Media has a problem. They still think they have to uphold some standards that nobody else cares about, the same standards that might be writing their epitaph. If they keep getting rid of each commentator for enlivening the broadcast with some of their personality, we’ll all be tuning out the audio portion […]
Tags: Current Events · Media · Sports · Rants
Josh Wolf
September 21st, 2006 · No Comments
I am seriously surprised how big media is unwilling to cover, let alone support, Josh Wolf. Josh is an independent journalist/videoblogger who has been to prison once, and is required to report in a couple of days again, as he is unwilling to comply with the court’s order to turn over his personal video […]
Tags: Current Events · Blogging
JonBenet confession reeks…
August 17th, 2006 · No Comments
Since I highly doubt I’ll be selected for the jury pool, let me just go on record, since everybody else is. This John Karr (already in Wikipedia) dude is sick, but his demeanor and statements up to this point make me believe this is a call for help more than a murder confession. I hope […]
Tags: Current Events
There’s Gold in Them Thar Hills
March 7th, 2006 · No Comments
For as much as people want to dog on the South, I have a little bit of data regarding southern things. In the last two months or so, several Atlanta-based businesses have been purchased (or it’s been announced) by other companies, and so far all of them have wanted to keep the brand name as […]
Tags: Current Events · Observations
Do you know this man?
January 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Take a good look, because it may be the last you ever see of him.
If you haven’t kept up with the James Frey scoop lately, it’s okay, and I’ll apologize up front for chiming in on such an overblogged topic. I only recommend listening to an eleven-plus minute interview available at Barnes & Noble’s […]
Tags: Current Events