November 2003

Rainbow/Push Rally Discontent

ArchPundit November 25, 2003 0 Comment

From a reader:

Update from a Rainbow/Push Rally

There was an incident at the Rainbow/Push rally with Barack Obama, Joyce Washington and Blair Hull in attendance (with other dignitaries – most notable Carol Mosely Braun, Bobby Rush, Danny Davis and Jesse Jackson).

In the middle of several speaches a group of angry folks started shouting
in a bull horn "when are you going to let us speak!"

They were allowed to go forward and spoke their piece. Basically they said that black leaders had sold out the black community for their own political power. They (settled down) for a while and then basically disrupted the event. When Danny Davis and Bobby Rush walked up the BOOED them standing on the stage in front of the TV cameras. Things finally got calmed down a bit (although they were still on the stage frequently booing people).

The police were getting very nervous.

Reminder

ArchPundit November 21, 2003 0 Comment

Remember, Fridays from 10-12 on WGNU Earl and Gordon Baum of the Council of Conservative Citizens host the Right at Night–a veritable hate fest. Streaming audio is available as is toll free call in for those outside the area:
314-454-0400 or
1-877-920-WGNU!

From the Inbox

ArchPundit November 20, 2003 0 Comment

When I’m Happy To Be Wrong

ArchPundit November 20, 2003 0 Comment

I’m befuddled how the Governor thinks this better protects officers, but that is a side issue—The State of Illinois, counter to my prediction, has passed a sweeping reform of the Death Penalty. Kudos (ed. props are for late night beer induced posts) to State Senators Barack Obama and John Cullerton who did much of the heavy lifting on the bill. While I’m adamantly opposed to the death penalty, this is a wonderful step forward.

How Likely Are More Posts Today?

ArchPundit November 20, 2003 0 Comment

I have a feeling the blog is going to be overloaded, it is, ummm..let’s say early, and I’m over the average daily hits already….

Props to Cruel Site of the Day

ArchPundit November 20, 2003 0 Comment

They pretty much shut down the site again today, Cruel Site fo the Day is a riot for those not familiar with it.

If nothing else, the caption for yesterday captured Earl:

If you call former St. Louis School Board member Earl Holt a white supremacist, he’ll set you straight: "I honestly pray to God that some nigger fucks, kills and eats you and everyone you claim to love!"

I’ll be posting again today assuming I can get access to the site.

Props To Blogstudio

ArchPundit November 20, 2003 0 Comment

Blogstudio.com has done a great job trying to handle the traffic over the last couple days. The reaction to Earl has been far greater than I thought, but Blogstudio has done a fantastic job keeping the site up given the difference between usual traffic and traffic over the last couple days.

If you are looking for a blogging service that is extremely easy to use or a hosting service think about them. They are inexpensive and do a fantastic job.

As many of you may know, I am moving to TypePad soon. It isn’t due to inadequate services as much as
1) white supremacists or other nutjobs who seem to swamp the service
2) I’m in the middle of service levels—I want both a lot of flexibility and easy use. Typepad provides that. However, Blogstudio provides easy use, hosting for the very advanced, inexpensive service, and a high tolerance for those who attract nutjobs. My problem comes in I don’t want to set up my own site, but I do want to control comments and other issues. For the vast majority of bloggers who don’t attract the Earl Holt’s of the world, Blogstudio would be great for you. And they are very price competitive.

Do I Dare

ArchPundit November 18, 2003 0 Comment

Unfortunately I read Eriz Zorn’s take on the Massachusett’s Supreme Court Decision declaring a ban on gay marriage unconstitutional so I have to site (ed. that’s cite to your moron) him yet again this week. I absolutely believe marriage is a religious decision and such any sort of prohibition on adults is a violation of the religious freedom. I’m not sure that such a bold step is the quickest way to get there.

Zorn makes the point here:

I was among those who fretted that former Gov. George Ryan’s mass commutation of death sentences would harden the hearts of legislators and set back the cause of capital justice reform in Illinois by years if not forever.

I do believe I outfretted him though, with this post at the Political State Report which could not have been more wrong.

So let’s hope we are both wrong again. BTW, what is the Governor doing about the nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation bill? Anyone?

Endorsement Watch: Da Speaker

ArchPundit November 18, 2003 0 Comment

In a dog bites man story, Illinois House Speaker and Chair of the Illinois Democratic Party endorses Dan Hynes. Coming from the South Side of Chicago with Dan’s father, Thomas, this is unsurprising.

In the category of organization is tough to beat, the tagline in the endorsement from the campaign says:

The Democratic Party of Illinois State Central Committee is not expected to endorse in the March primary. Madigan serves as the chair of the central committee. In addition to Speaker Madigan, Hynes has received the endorsement of 85 of the state?s 102 Democratic County Chairman and over 600 elected officials and party leaders at all levels of government.

Dan Hynes is in a tough fight, especially with the IFT endorsement of Obama which reverberates through the field, but organization means he’ll be in it to the end.

Oh My

ArchPundit November 18, 2003 0 Comment

We’ll be getting back to more normal stories, but Atrios keeps finding stuff that is amazing

The fiction which is interdependency has a prolocutor in the congregation of Moloch. His name is George Soros. No other single person represents the symbol and the substance of Globalism more than this Hungarian-born descendant of Shylock. He is the embodiment of the Merchant from Venice. His public reputation as an astute currency speculator is generous, while his skills as a manipulator and procurer of pain and suffering is shrouded in the footnotes of the financial journals. Claiming to be a philanthropist, his record is literally one of being a patron for indentured enslavement.

Updated: The GOPUSA took it down, it’s now available at this site