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Annapolis Immortality

Posted on | April 26, 2012 | 2 Comments

by Smitty

If you can’t be the first American Nobel laureate, then putting a lip lock on Katy Perry is another way to do it:

I myself was almost nearly kind of a little bit famous for making the upper three-quarters of my class at Sing Sing on the Severn possible.

via Breitbart

Category: Celebrities

People Wonder Why I Call Obama ‘#OccupyResoluteDesk’

Posted on | April 26, 2012 | 13 Comments

by Smitty

Via the Tatler, we have the head #Occupier in Rolling Stone:

OBAMA: You know, I think that Occupy Wall Street was just one vivid expression of a broader anxiety that has been around in the United States for at least a decade or more. People have a sense the game is rigged, so just a few people can do well, and everybody else is left to scramble to get by.

Is there any doubt that the #Occupy movement is, to leadership, what BHO’s other big accomplishment, ObamaCare, is to legislation? Praising a dead-end breakdown of civilization itself, cynically. The faux sympathy display must be the sweetest nectar to him.

Arguably the most well-known fly ever.
I explored the Obama-Occupy-Resolute-Desk-Hayes connection here.
Rutherford is the man

As I was telling designated Lefty troll Anamika in the comments the other day, #OccupyResoluteDesk is going to be blog traffic gold after Occupy Unmasked gets released, connecting Commie Obama and #Occupy very clearly for everyone. That the Resolute Desk which Obama #Occupies was delivered originally to Rutherford B. Hayes is just ointment on the fly.

Aside: what’s this “Senator Chuck (You) Schumer” thing? People need to counsel The Lonely Conservative about subliminal profanity. Also, Doug Ross.

Category: #Occupy, Barack Obama

‘Some Right-Wing Gloating About It’

Posted on | April 26, 2012 | 38 Comments

Blame Instapundit for this one: He linked a Daily Beast item about Linda Lovelace and the 40th anniversary of Deep Throat, and while at the site, I saw a sidebar article with this headline:

Melissa Etheridge’s Hideous Breakup

What? I’d missed this news: Evidently, the rock guitarist’s lesbian divorce turned nasty and Daily Beast columnist Tricia Romano decided to write about it in the context of “what does it mean for the gay rights movement?”

This is retarded: When Charlie Sheen got divorced, did anyone write about that in the context of “what does this mean for the cocaine-and-hookers lifestyle movement”? I think not. For some reason, when two lesbians break up, that’s about political rights, whereas when Charlie Sheen breaks up with somebody . . . . Well, if he accuses the hooker of stealing his watch, nobody really views Charlie as a victim of discrimination or anything, you see.

A celebrity lesbian divorce, however, afforded this Daily Beast columnist an excuse to get political, and she interviewed Lorri Jean, CEO of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center:

“I think it just illustrates that our relationships are pretty much the same as straight relationships. A lot of them make it and a lot of them don’t.”
And, Jean said, the public’s reaction is a sign of the changing times. “I think that they’re not reacting nearly as bad as they reacted to the Kardashian breakup. There’s been some right-wing gloating about it, but I don’t think it’s been all that huge a topic of conversation. Which I think is probably more a reflection of ‘Well, yeah, just like anybody else, gay people get divorced.’”

“Right-wing gloating about it”?

Could you cite an example, please? Because I’m out here in the right wing every day, and I wouldn’t have even known about all this if it hadn’t been for the Daily Beast columnist writing about it. Where’s the “gloating” and who’s doing it? Never mind: Just another liberal cheap shot, I guess.

Now that you bring it up, however, how about we look at the real emotional pain suffered by the ex-Mrs. Etheridge, huh?

Tammy Lynn Michaels was a promising young actress, having starred in the TV series Popular, when she met and soon married — what? was gay marriage already a legal thing in 2003? — Melissa Etheridge.

Etheridge was 42, and had already split with former longtime partner Julie Cypher (ex-wife of actor Lou Diamond Phillips). During her relationship with Etheridge, Cypher gave birth to two children conceived via artificial insemination supplied by folk-rock singer David Crosby. (Cypher eventually decided she wasn’t lesbian anymore and married a guy in 2004.)

At age 28 when the couple wed, Tammy Lynn was 14 years younger than Etheridge and subsequently stayed home as “stepmom” to the two Etheridge-Cypher children, then in 2006 gave birth to twin sperm-donor babies, a boy and a girl. During their union, Etheridge was stricken with breast cancer in 2004 and recovered. The couple split in 2010.

Kind of complicated, really. Anyway, Tammy suspected Melissa of cheating, there was some legal wrangling, and eventually Melissa agreed to pay $23,000 a month. When Tammy complained this wasn’t enough, it blew up in the gossip blogs a couple weeks ago.

Guess what? Tammy’s got a blog. Kind of annoyingly poetic and emotionally moody, but a blog nonetheless. In one of her posts, Tammy pointed out that she actually had a pretty hot career as an actress, making good money, before she met Melissa Etheridge. In another post, Tammy seemed to reference being “smeared” as a “gold-digger” by a “publicity machine.”

You see how this game is played, right? Melissa’s got the money, and Tammy is dependent on those payments. And if Tammy complains at all, the “publicity machine” goes into motion to make Tammy look like a pathetic whiner. Is that fair? 

Tammy gave up what might otherwise have been the prime years of her career as a young actress to become “Mrs. Etheridge,” and now she seems to have been discarded by the woman with whom she shared nine years, two kids and a cancer scare.

Tammy might have been better off if she’d gotten married to an abusive cokehead misogynistic a–hole like Charlie Sheen, because if Charlie treated her like crap after their divorce, Tammy would get all the sympathy and Charlie would get none.

By contrast, Melissa Etheridge is an icon of “gay rights,” so that if Tammy complains, not only is she smeared by the “publicity machine,” but she’s also viewed as damaging the image of the “community,” to the possible detriment of their political rights.

Is this “right-wing gloating”? No.

Just some human sympathy for a single mother who was once a sort of “trophy wife,” but now has been abandoned, and is apparently being pushed around and publicly humiliated by her ex, with the cheerful assistance of the usual Hollywood hypocrites.

Tammy: You’ve got a potentially powerful story. Just sayin’ . . .

UPDATE: Linked by Lisa Graas, Bob Belvedere and Daily Pundit — thanks!

Category: Celebrities, Gays, Hollywood, Marriage

The Girl With the Ephesians Tattoo

Posted on | April 25, 2012 | 34 Comments

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
— Ephesians 6:12-13 (KJV)

When Ali Akbar and I were in Tampa for the CNN Tea Party debate in September, there was a bit of embarrassing “hubba-hubba” in the comments when I mentioned that we would be having lunch with Dana Loesch. She’s a nice-looking lady, but also a married mom. And then I scored a brief video interview with Dana:

The comments on that post? Polite and appropriate. Once she brandished that Bible-verse tattoo, even our usually rowdy commenters were like: “Oh, she’s a Christian.” And they piped down.

Kind of an interesting effect to observe.

So anyway, the other day, a blogger pointed out that Charles Johnson had described Catholic nuns as “uppity” — a word which, according to CJ, was raaaaacist when used by Rush Limbaugh. This caused Jazzy McBikeshorts to get all sniffy about context:

Sure enough, dozens of wingnuts are busily retweeting it today, after it was picked up by Breitbart.com blogger Dan Riehl and then retweeted by CNN contributor Dana Loesch . . .
I know wingnuts aren’t big on the whole context thing, especially when they’re getting their smear on . . .
I’ve never been able to tell if people like Dan Riehl and Dana Loesch are really this dense, or if they’re cynically manipulating those who are.

Meanwhile, on Twitter, CJ decided to get in Dana’s face about it: Big mistake, resulting in an epic beatdown captured by Diary of Daedalus, worth reading for amusement. Comic denouement? LGFers have now announced they’ll boycott CNN because of that mean ol’ Dana Loesch — who is, of course, wearing “the whole armour of God.”

They can’t touch her. And it drives ’em nuts.

Category: Charles Johnson, Dana Loesch

It Turns Out, There Are Two Americas

Posted on | April 25, 2012 | 7 Comments

In one of those Americas, people used to take John Edwards seriously.

In the Other America, we always knew he was a phony.

In the America that once nominated Edwards for vice-president of the United States, the cross-examination of a former Edwards aide is seen as good news for the accused.

In the Other America, we’re laughing our asses off at Ace’s fisking.

In one of those Americas, Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan were considered great “progressive” bloggers to work for the 2008 Edwards presidential campaign.

In the Other America, we’re kinda noticing a telltale silence from Marcotte and McEwan — zero, zilch, nada — about the ongoing trial of Edwards, for whom they once briefly worked.

Category: Corruption, Democrats, Scandal, Sex

First Arrest in Alleged ‘Justice for Trayvon’ Mob Attack in Mobile, Alabama

Posted on | April 25, 2012 | 12 Comments

The case of Matthew Owens, a white man who suffered critical injuries after being beaten by a black mob — some of whom allegedly shouted “that’s justice for Trayvon” — has produced its first arrest: Terry Rawls, 44, who “has an extensive criminal history . . . including assault, burglary, theft and cocaine possession.”

Meanwhile, however, it appears that the victim in this incident was not exactly a model citizen himself:

Records from the Mobile County Metro Jail show that Owens had been arrested multiple times in the past, including multiple violent confrontations including charges of domestic violence, assault and sex abuse over the past 12 years.

Some witnesses say Owens brandished knives at the black kids playing basketball in the street — the incident that allegedly prompted the beating — and Owens may have shouted racial slurs.

Thus, as with the Trayvon Martin case itself, the beating of Owens does not appear appropriate for simple narratives of victimhood.

Quin Hillyer lives in Mobile and wrote in his American Spectator column that there is “almost no doubt that racial animus played the major role in the vicious beating.” Quin attended a press conference at Mobile police HQ today and was not convinced by the official assertion that there was “absolutely no reason to believe” the beating was racially motivated.

Maybe there is ultimately no way to know the motives. Maybe, rather than engaging in a snipe-hunt for “social justice,” people will have to be content with whatever outcome the law-enforcement system produces. Maybe everybody just needs to calm down, mind their own business, stay out of trouble and stop demagoguing every damned thing.

UPDATE: Well, what have we here? A “more nuanced portrait of Zimmerman has emerged,” according to Reuters, including this:

Though civil rights demonstrators have argued Zimmerman should not have prejudged Martin, one black neighbor of the Zimmermans said recent history should be taken into account.
“Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. I’m black, OK?” the woman said, declining to be identified because she anticipated backlash due to her race. She leaned in to look a reporter directly in the eyes. “There were black boys robbing houses in this neighborhood,” she said. “That’s why George was suspicious of Trayvon Martin.”

Read the whole thing. And calm the hell down, everybody.

Category: Alabama, Crime, Florida, Racism

Late Night Talk Show Clown Not Too Funny, Despite Help From Fallon

Posted on | April 25, 2012 | 17 Comments

by Smitty

This is truly terrible. The Office of the President should not be cheapened (a) by the appearance on such shows, and (b) by the shameless pandering for votes.
One could appreciate the egalitarian approach of the President having town hall meetings with actual (not selected, or paying) citizens. As if that would happen in this propaganda-driven administration.

Via Brietbart.

Update: Legal Insurrection brings this:

Update II: Now Breitbart.com wants to go all legal-beagle:

The equal time rule states that if a licensee permits a person “who is a legally qualified candidate for any public office to use a broadcasting station, he shall afford equal opportunities to all other such candidates for that office in the use of such broadcasting station.”
There are exceptions to the rule: appearances on (1) a bona fide newscast, (2) a bona fide news interview, (3) a bona fide news documentary, or (4) on-the-spot coverage of bona fide news events.
Only the second provision could be construed as saving NBC from giving Mitt Romney equal time. But this was not a bona fide news interview. In fact, it wasn’t an interview at all – no questions were asked, no answers were given. It was literally Obama reading a campaign speech over a guitar, a horn, a keyboard, and some drums.

Note to Breitbart: this is OPRA: Only Problematic in Republican Administrations.

Category: Barack Obama

So True, It’s Almost Scary

Posted on | April 25, 2012 | 16 Comments

“It is regrettable that I do not know who I have to bribe to get a spot on Instapundit’s blogroll. Maybe if I clicked on his Amazon links enough?”
— Gerard Vander Leun, “27 Daily Affirmations for Bloggers”

Category: Blogging
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