Bill Clinton Interrupted at Netroots Nation
Lane Hudson felt justified in interupting former President Bill Clinton's remarks at Netroots Nation to scream questions about Don't Ask, Don't Tell and Defense of Marriage Act on the grounds that there was no Q&A session scheduled and he was therefore "being held as a captive audience." Julian Sanchez, also in attendance and quite sympathetic to Hudson's views on both ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 14, 2009 11:47
Racist Toddlers
A bizarre story in the London Telegraph, "Toddlers who dislike spicy food 'racist,'" is getting some play, thus far only from conservative blogs. The National Children's Bureau, which receives £12 million a year, mainly from Government funded organisations, has issued guidance to play leaders and nursery teachers advising them to be alert for racist incidents ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 7, 2008 15:20
Sweetie-gate
Barack Obama has a "bad habit" of addressing "all kinds of people" as "Sweetie" in casual conversation, although he's trying to quit. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has apologized to WXYZ reporter Peggy Agar for calling her "sweetie" during a campaign stop Wednesday in Sterling Heights. Obama apologized in a voicemail he left on Agar's cell phone at 3:16 p.m: "Hi Peggy. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 15, 2008 08:04
David Horowitz at CPAC
CPAC presented the Blogger of the Year Award to Ace of Spades and the Journalist of the Year Award to Mark Tapcott, editorial page director of the Washington Examiner and proprietor of Tapscott's Copy Desk. Both are quite deserving. I got there early and was "treated" to a 20 minute rant by David Horowitz on the evils of ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 8, 2008 14:09
Blacks Turning on Clintons?
Several prominent black leaders are assailing Bill and Hillary Clinton for their use of racially insensitive language in their campaign against Barack Obama, Ben Smith reports for The Politico. A series of comments from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband and her supporters are spurring a racial backlash and adding a divisive edge to the presidential primary as ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 12, 2008 08:36
Ron Paul, Racist?
There has long been a buzz about the fact that Ron Paul's vast network of supporters includes white supremacists and anti-Semites. Paul has disassociated himself from them and he's shrugged it off as the nature of a bottom-up organization. While I'm by no means a Paul booster, that has struck me as quite reasonable. Today, though, TNR (the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 8, 2008 18:38
GET OSAMA Tag Banned in New York
New York has retroactively decided that a man's GET OSAMA vanity tags are offensive and can not be displayed on his vehicle. The federal government may have a $25 million reward for fugitive terrorist Osama bin Laden, but a retired city cop says the Department of Motor Vehicles has banned his "GETOSAMA" vanity license plates as offensive. Arno Herwerth, 42, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 20, 2007 09:16
Horowitz Calls Ahmadinejad ‘Persian Hitler’
Several days after the story of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Columbia University visit inflamed the blogosphere, professional outrage monger David Horowitz has weighed in. Robert Stacy McCain has the story on the front page of today's Washington Times. Columbia University's invitation to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak at the Ivy League school's New York City campus tomorrow is ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 23, 2007 07:47
Policemen Outlawed in Washington State
Firemen too. Horrible sexist terms, not gender-neutral. It’s almost official: There soon will be no more firemen or policemen in Washington. And they’re vanishing with barely a whimper. The state Senate voted 41-1 on Friday to get rid of all references to “fireman” and “policeman” in a state law about public employee pensions and replace them with gender-neutral words: firefighter ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 17, 2007 23:56
Professor Bainbridge Magazine Now Blog Again
Steve Bainbridge has announced that his experiment with a multi-blog magazine format is ending and he is re-consolidating has activities at his old domain, ProfessorBainbridge.com®. The consolidated blog will focus on law, business, and economics, serving as an on-line adjunct to my scholarship and teaching (indeed, I'm posting links to both the PowerPoint slides from my Business Associations class ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 25, 2007 13:58
Anti-Anti-Semitism and Political Correctness
Matt Yglesias uses a recent mini-controversy surrounding Wes Clark to discuss the bizarre state of "anti-anti-Semitism" in American political discourse. Essentially, the fact there is a well-heeled Israeli lobby that has a powerful influence on American foreign policy and is currently pressing for war in Iran can be acknowledged to thunderous applaud by those advocating one set of public ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 24, 2007 06:30
Professor Bainbridge Relaunch
Steve Bainbridge has made his return to the blogosphere with a new design and three blogs instead of two: Professor Bainbridge's Business Associations Blog This is my professional blog, which serves as an extension of my academic scholarship. The subjects about which I post here - law, business, and economics - will be of interest to lawyers, judges, law students, and legal ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 26, 2006 08:14
NFL’s Lily White Halftime Shows
Jim Henley is shocked that the NFL is following up its all-white Super Bowl halftime show in Motown with an all-white halftime show for the Saints' return to the Super Dome. Back in the early 1990s I could scowl “political correctness” with the best of them. But when it comes to the world of business, a lot of “political correctness” is ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 19, 2006 11:58
The Problem with Profiling
With the recent U.K. terror plot to blow up airliners with liquid bombs, there has been lots of discussion on the radio talk shows (at least the ones I've listened too) that make a big deal about profiling and how it would be an effective screen against terrorists. There is only two problems with this and those problems were ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 18, 2006 15:30
House Extends Outdated Voting Rights Act Provisions
The House yesterday voted to extend the Voting Rights Act for 25 years, despite objections from Southern Members. The House yesterday easily approved an extension of key provisions of the landmark Voting Rights Act, after GOP leaders quelled a rebellion within the party's Southern ranks that threatened to become a political embarrassment. Before the 390 to 33 vote to extend the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 14, 2006 07:12
