CARNIVAL OF THE VANITIES #48
ARE YOU READY
FOR SOME FOOTBALL?
THE FRONT OFFICE
Business and administration
“Tom Paine” of Silent Running discusses silly questions on citizenship exams.
Northstar at The People’s Republic of Seabrook thinks random drug testing of high school athletes is a bad idea.
Joanie Da Goddess muses on having Jimmy Buffet advising Arnold Schwarzenegger on economic policy.
Justene Adamec of calblog explains why a tax hike is not what California needs.
Steven Taylor at PoliBlog has an, er, naked solution to power blackouts.
Sean Hackbarth at The American Mind explains the impulse for protectionism.
Alex Frantz of Public Nuisance drafts a Constitutional Amendment: Marriage According to the Bible.
THE COACHES
Ranting, raving, and motivating.
Drew at Never Trust a Monkey has a rant about monkeys and tree huggers.
Ilkya Damon wants us to all just get along. (Part I and Part II)
Andrew at REDUX extols the virtues of Little League baseball.
Lummox JR at Pyrojection rants against web-based piracy.
Little Miss Attilla is tired of hearing about how hard it is to avoid obesity.
QUARTERBACKS
Getting all the glory.
Dean Esmay of Dean’s World presents an
Laurence Simon of Amish Tech Support imagines the pre-flight speech on Palestinian Airlines.
Frank J at IMAO takes us into his world with Ride of the Warmongerers.
Dean Esmay of Dean’s World writes an ode to his shotgun.
Acidman at Gut Rumbles thinks the French are wusses for not being able to take the heat.
RUNNING BACKS
Carrying the load.
Aimless9 at Aimless Forest explains why he
Kinayda at Kin’s Couch puts things into perspective.
Andrew Cline of Rhetorica has some thoughts on media objectivity.
Adam, A Single Guy In The South, weighs in on the issue of marriage.
StumpJumper and Zombyboy ResurrectionSong have an exchange on the marriage issue, too.
Andres Gentry at water reflects on what China can tell us about citizenship.
John at Discriminations posts on desegregation cases dying of old age.
Greyhawk at Mudville Gazette talks about the influence of American culture on three Asian countries with whom we’ve fought wars.
RECEIVERS
Quick bursts of speed.
Eric, the Capitol Hillblogger, writes about why it’s not nice to
Scarlet of unfknblvbl offers some thoughts on the capture of SE Asia’s most wanted man.
Wind Rider of Silent Running offers his take on spam, spam, spam from Howard Dean.
Dave of IsraellyCool has a making fun of a girl who has been murdered satirizing an anti-Semitic writer.
bussorah at Wicked Thoughts recounts a somewhat explicit old joke.
Ravenwood at Ravenwood’s Universe has a plan for eliminating road rage.
Eric Lindholm, the Viking Pundit, thinks someone is playing a trick on the Democrats.
Harvey Olson of Bad Money describes a day in the life of a French “superhero”.
The host of Jay Solo’s Verbosity wants to know what movie reality you’d like to live out.
LINEMEN
The faceless ones doing the dirty work in the trenches.
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Brian Arner at Resonance campaigns for The Workplace Religious Freedom Act.
Jim at Snooze Button Dreams thinks we could learn a thing or two from the Europeans on teen drinking.
Rick DeMent at The Rant has some thoughts on U.S. immigration policy.
Nathan at Brain Fertilizer says morality isn’t what you think it is.
The Talking Dog gives a pooch’s eye view of the big blackout.
Lisa Thompson at Field Notes talks about women and their shoes.
Christopher Genovese at Signal + Noise has a suggestion to help improve journalists’ reporting on scientific experiments.
LINEBACKERS
Mean S.O.B.’s that love to hit somebody.
LittleA of A little Aardvark never hurt anyone responds to an editorial that compares conservatives to nazis, terrorists, rednecks, racists, McCarthyites and simpletons.
Doug at Rightward Reasonings sets his sites on Nick Kristoff
Jon Ray of PC Watch takes on
Jim DiBenedetto at Eleven Day Empire says consistency is the hobgoblin of large newspapers.
C.D. Harris at Ipse Dixit thinks Wesley Clark is a lying weasel.
Greg at Begging to Differ wonders why the SF Chronicle can’t tell fact from fiction on the topic of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
SAFETIES
Versatile and often-overlooked.
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Pieter Dorsman at Peaktalk explains why he thinks Arnold Schwarzenegger is such an attractive candidate.
Pietro at The SmarterCop doesn’t think we need the schools teaching kids patriotism.
The eponymous author of Trish Wilson’s Blog has the scoop on another pervert running for governor of California.
Chaz at Dustbury has some thoughts on women and divorce.
One Fine Jay talks about eating weird food.
James Griffith of Griffany Online thinks the commentariat is missing the boat on the UN bombing.
Madeleine Begun Kane at Notables Weblog has a Fair & Balanced Song Parody
Joe at Attaboy would have bet on the right horse. But he didn’t.
CORNERBACKS
Ball hawks.
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Alex of Hypocrisy & Hypotheses writes about his
John Moore at Useful Fools thinks Baghdad blogger Salam Pax is a
Brian at Argues with Signposts trashes Dave Winer and the
Kiril Kundurazieff, the proprietor of SneakEasy’s Joint has some thoughts on Blog Wars.
Kevin Aylward of WizBang! calls on everyone to choose a side: Frank or Glenn.
KICKERS
Weird little guys–but essential to the game.
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Cerona at CyberEcology has a story about
Phil the Speculist provides the Time Traveler’s Toolkit, Part 2.
Andrew Ian Dodge of Dodgeblogium writes an Idiot’s Guide to Cthulhu.
Rothy of Back to the 80s fondly recalls the music of. . . the 1980s.
The author of Solonor’s Ink Well likes music and lists some here, here, and here.
The ruler of Life in Queen Medb’s Castle apparently likes rain.
PRACTICE SQUAD
They’ve got skills but can’t make it to the game on time.
Gunther of the Gunther Concept compares the websites of the Texas Democrats and Texas Republicans.
Tiger of Rantin’ and Ravin’ looks back fondly on his youth as a poet.
BTW: Next week’s Carny is at Creative Slips.
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About James Joyner
What? I’m not the Waterboy?
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Heh. Well, on the Cowboys, quarterback might be a step below waterboy these days. :)
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Here, I’ll be a cheerleader:
Well done James!
Okay, so I’m not so good at cheerleading. But I am sincere.
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Thanks. Just don’t show up in little short shorts and a halter top!
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I don’t “do” football, but it’s a cool and well done theme regardless! Nice idea.
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Fabulous job James!
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Just to clarify…my poem is meant to be taken as satire. It is also a stab at Amiri Baraka, whose own poem, amongst other things, accused Jews of being behind 9-11. You missed the point if you read it as my own trivialization of the girl’s murder.
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No pics from the Ice Bowl I see. Selected Cowboys history I suspect.
But seriously, nice touch.
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Good job, though a Redskins motif would have been far better.
You could have at least thrown in some cheerleader pictures to compliment your selection of this second-rate team. 8^)
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Last time I played football, without a flag, in elementary school, I caught a pass, scored a touchdown, and ran into the goal post.
All on the same play…
And didn’t stop running until, crying, I reached the nurses office with a soon to be black eye. :-)
Great job!
Enough reading here to entertain me during the down time during festivities surrounding my sisters wedding this week. :-)
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Great job on the Carnival. Love the football theme.
On a side note, I can’t wait for Thanksgiving. My Dolphins are gonna crush those guys from Dallas.
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Thanks for all the wonderful memories of America’s Team, and a very well done Carnival. It makes me doubly sad I did not get anything submitted. Let us hope the Big Tuna can make the star shine again.
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Val,
I dunno–we don’t have Leon Lett around anymore to hand you guys the game! (Of course, we don’t have Troy and Emmitt anymore, either…)
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Good Job, James. Thought the football theme was right on…
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Ahh, I remember the Leon Lett game very well. It won me a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label froma very distraught Cowboys fan. The onlything that worries me about your team this year, froma Dolfan point of view, is that you now have the Tuna. Whats your QB situation now anyway?
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Val,
Don’t know right now. It’s either Carter or Hutchinson. Neither looks to be ready, but there aren’t any good options.
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Great job, James. I’ll refrain from saying anything bad about the Cowboys (in that they beat the snot out of the Texans recently in pre-season)…. but as for the QB controversy, is Steve Pelleur available?
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Great Job James! Thank you!
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BTW, could you please tell us where the CoV is being hosted next week ??
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Yes, great job.
Hmmm…no Instalink yet? Should we all assault the Prof. at once, or let James do the honors?
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Jeannie, CotV will be hosted at my site next week. Click on the name for further info.
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Dave, love the poem. Trust me, as a contributor to Christian Peacemaker Teams (loosely affiliated with International Solidarity), I am far more sympathetic to the Palestinian cause… but Baraka’s poem about 9/11 was ugly and offensive beyond words, and yours was darkly humorous in response. It is a hard time…
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Ahh…Instalink. That’s better.
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Val and James,
Everyone’s confused about the QB situation, and Parcells isn’t letting on if he knows. The local sports guys are split between Hutch and Q-Car. The safe bet seems to be on Hutchison. One theory, which I happen to buy into, is that Parcells is testing Hutchison to see if he can handle adversity by making him uncertain about who has the job. Neither one of them is a pro-bowler, but I’d be surprised to see the job go back to Carter.
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Greg,
That’s my impression as well. Check out my co-blog with Steven Taylor at Dallas Cowboys Football. It’s mainly just links and commentaries on the stuff that’s availble elsewhere, but a good clearinghouse.
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You’ve set the bar high.
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I can’t even get tickets to the God damn game.
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CoV 48
It’s up….
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Carnival!
Edition #48, entitled Are You Ready for Some Football? is up. Yes, I am ready. So so ready. If you are a new blog and are looking for traffic, contributing to the Carnival each week is a fine way to…
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Carnival number 48 is up over at Outside the Beltway. James has themed this week’s edition and turned it into a football fest. The Carnival gets bigger every week and judging from my trackbacks James was testing it as early
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Carnival #48: with more Bill Parcells action!
James at OTB lets it rip, with some extra-special goodness for fans of America’s Team.
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James Joyner at Outside The Beltway asks, “Are You Ready For Some Football?” in this weeks football themed Carnival of the Vanities. Two words: Hell Yes! Two more: Great Job!…
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Traditional Marriage
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE….Via James Joyner, I see that Alex Frantz has some advice for the Presidential Prayer Team on the correct wording of a constitutional amendment on marriage. Here’s my analysis of Alex’s four-part proposal as it relates to my own…
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First Down on Our Own 48
The 48th edition of the Carnival of the Vanities is hosted by Outside The Beltway this week. Upcoming Carnival stops include; August 27th Creative Slips September 3rd The Brazos De Dios Cantina September 10th Solport September 17th Silflay Hraka -…
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He…Could..GO…ALL…THE…WAYYYYY!
That’s right, it’s time for the Carnival, today hosted at Outside the Beltway. Even better, James has given it a…
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GRIDIRON CARNIVAL
Outside the Beltway has posted this week’s Carnival of the Vanities with an NFL theme–Dallas Cowboys, to be precise. Begging to Differ (with a post by yours truly) makes it’s Carnival debut. Apparently, we (I) rated “Linebacker – Mean S.O.B.’s…
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Carnival of the Vanities #48…
Go see the latest edition of Carnival of the Vanities at Outside the Beltway. I’m participating for the first time. I…
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Carnival
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Carnival of the Vanities
With a great football theme, go check out OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY: CARNIVAL OF THE VANITIES #48. I even submitted an entry this time (what is the world coming to?) Thanks for a great job James!…
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No-one Who’s Seen Me Would Mistake Me For A Linebacker
James Joyner brings us the football edition of the Carnival of the Vanities. Too bad all the pictures are of…
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Carnival of the Vanities #48
James at Outside The Beltway has put together over 70 entries in his fabulous Carnival post entitled Are You …
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“How About Them Carnivals?”
Other than forcing us to view Dallas Cowboys history (Dallas’ 5 Super Bowl victories aren’t even close to Green Bay’s
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Late Night Reading
Not quite sure what to make of this list of Texas last meal requests. Via Ampersand. The football themed Carnival of the Vanities #48 is up at Outside the Beltway. On the other side of the tracks Wizbang has the Bonfire of the Vanities #7. Good Night!…
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HEY KIDS! CARNIVAL!
Carnival of the Vanities #48 is up! And, according to James, has over 76 entires! Go check it out….
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COTV #48
Carival of the Vanities Pre-Seasons Outside the Beltway. Exciting, but no match for Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium, October 20, 1980. There were 79 points scored – nearly 800 yards in total offense, plus another 258 yards on returns. Five…
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COTV #48
Carival of the Vanities Pre-Seasons Outside the Beltway. Exciting, but no match for Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium, October 20, 1980. There were 79 points scored – nearly 800 yards in total offense, plus another 258 yards on returns. Five…
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Carnival of the Vanities is up
And you’rs truly leads it off!…
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Are You Ready For Some Carnival?
Bonfire of the Vanities #7 has been inflicted upon the world. Go take a look at the many reasons that bloggers should all stay humble.
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Carnival XLVIII
Carnival 48 is running over at Outside the Beltway
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Tuesday, August 19, 2003 08:55 PM
Are you ready for some football? Nah, I’m not ready yet, either. But the 48th Carnival of the Vanities has a football theme
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Grab the chips, and head on over. . .
James has the game on his big screen tv and we’re all invited!! Uh, I mean, the Carnival of the Vanities is being hosted by Outside the Beltway this week, so go on over and take a look. I’m listed…
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Cowboy Carnival
James Joyner shows his bias in this week’s Carnival of the Vanities. I’m a cornerback, btw….
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Ye Olde Carnie is Here
And James of OTB has it! (And can you tell what season he is eagerly awaiting?)…
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Carni-Bowl XLVIII
Outside the Beltway is this week’s host for the Carnival of the Vanities (Gridiron Edition)…
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Take note
I’ve updated my highlighted links on the sidebar, so take a few minutes to check them out. James at Outside…
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Carnival Time!
Yes, it’s that time again – time for the new edition of the Carnival of the Vanities. It’s hosted this
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Mittwoch meandering
You know how two events can come together to give birth to some inane thought, don’t ya? I just had such occur. It seems the radio was playing Charlie Daniels’ The Devil Went Down to Georgia while I was perusing…
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Carnival!
Yep, folks, it’s Wednesday morning, which means The Carnival of the Vanities is now available for your reading pleasure. This week’s edition is hosted at Outside the Beltway, and James has put together a football-themed delight that could very well…
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El Carnaval
This weeks Carnival of the Vanities is at Outside the Beltway and there’s some pretty good tailgating going on over there….
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Blogosphere
It’s Wednesday morning…have you checked your Vanities yet? And because I already have, I found new blogs with great posts. *SNIFF!* I love the smell of New Media in the morning. A Little Aardvark has an older post that piqued…
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Carnival #48 Kicks Off
…over at Outside the Beltway. Don’t miss it!…
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Carnival of the Vanities: Next Week
This week’s edition of the Carnival of the Vanities is being hosted by James Joyner at Outside the Beltway. (“Are
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Welcome
Carnival of the Vanities visitors! Have fun browsing around. If you came to read about morality, there are several posts about the concept recently. Enjoy!…
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it’s a trick play
The host did not fumble the ball, either. Go check the 48th edition of the Carnival of the Vanities where
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Carnival 48
The Carnival of the Vanities volume 48 is now up at Outside the Beltway. It’s a gridiron classic in the making.
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Oui, la France suce toujours…
Is anybody else tired of hearing the French bitch about the heat wave? We shouldn’t even be calling it a heat wave to begin with. It has been in the 90′s and topped 100 a few times. Oh, the horror….
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Parade of Trolls
First, there was the Carvnival (current edition here, next edition here). Then, there was the Bonfire (current edition here). And now, the Parade is Coming–the Parade of Trolls. We extol ourselves with the CoV, we make fun ourselves with the…
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Carnival of the Vanities 48
Do You Know Where Your Family Football Fanatic Is? Most likely he or she is over at OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY digging into CARNIVAL OF THE VANITIES #48: Are You Ready For Some Football?. :-) Hey, for a football fan,…
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Carnival of the Vanities 48
Do You Know Where Your Family Football Fanatic Is? Most likely he or she is over at OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY digging into CARNIVAL OF THE VANITIES #48: Are You Ready For Some Football?. :-) Hey, for a football fan, even…
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Are You Ready For Some Carnival?
Carnival of the Vanities #48 is up at Outside the Beltway. James did an awesome job with the presentation this week….
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Carnival of the Vanities 48
Do You Know Where Your Family Football Fanatic Is? Most likely he or she is over at OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY digging into CARNIVAL OF THE VANITIES #48: Are You Ready For Some Football?. :-) Hey, for a football fan, even…
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Grab the chips, and head on over. . .
James has the game on his big screen tv and we’re all invited!! Uh, I mean, the Carnival of the Vanities is being hosted by Outside the Beltway this week, so go on over and take a look. I’m listed…
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