Some Call Me the Space Cowboy

James Joyner · Friday, March 12, 2004 · 2 Comments

One would think that a post that begins,

George Will once wrote, “Nowadays no diplomatic farce is complete without a cameo appearance by Jesse Jackson.” Truer words have never been spoken.

would send a message to all but the least intellectually endowed among us that I am, indeed, not Jesse Jackson. Nonetheless, it has now drawn five letters to my alter ego, Rev. Jackson, beseeching me for help on various problems. The latest by a California high school teacher, no less.

Let me reiterate:

I am not Britney Spears.
I am not “Dear Prudie.”
I am not Rev. Jesse Jackson.
I am not even the Sultan of Brunei. That would be Steven Taylor.

Update: Mark Hasty is not Lisa. Nor did he let the dogs out.

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About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.

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mark says:

Friday, March 12, 2004 at 15:07

What is sad, the name of the high school teacher, La Verne J. Baptiste, sounds like it could be the name of a potential deposed Haitian dictator. Defintely in Jesse Jackson’s arena.

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The Bemusement Park says:

Friday, March 12, 2004 at 18:37

JOYNER’S COROLLARY
Over at OTB, James is suffering from the mother of all multiple-mistaken-identity problems. Based on this, I’m going to declare Joyner’s Corollary to Hasty’s First Axiom of Blogging: There are also certain names which a blogger is better off not…

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