martin luther king day

We recently celebrated Earth Day 2008, which it wouldn't surprise me if the Democrats tried to turn into a federal holiday.

Heather MacDonald has an excellent piece on race and crime over at the City Journal, especially in light of some of the statements made by the Reverend Wright.  Please, read the entire piece.  

Here’s the kick-off:

HEATHER MAC DONALD

white pride: Someone finally said it.

How many are actually paying attention to this?

There are African Americans,

Mexican Americans,

Asian Americans,

Arab Americans,

Native Americans, etc.

...And then there are just -

Americans.

You pass me on the street

and sneer in my direction.

You Call me "White boy,"

"Cracker," "Honkey,"

"Whitey," "Caveman,"

...And that's OK.

white pride: Someone finally said it.

How many are actually paying attention to this?

There are African Americans,

Mexican Americans,

Asian Americans,

Arab Americans,

Native Americans, etc.

...And then there are just -

Americans.

You pass me on the street

and sneer in my direction.

You Call me "White boy,"

"Cracker," "Honkey,"

"Whitey," "Caveman,"

...And that's OK.

Sean Braisted on a spike in early voting results:

Tennessee Democrats will be crucial in this early voting state as former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson’s White House aspirations were muted by a poor showing in the South Carolina primary last Saturday and as Tennessee Republican Party spokesperson Bill Hobbs admitted, “Definitely, Tennessee is in play now.” While Mr

Interesting poll numbers from CNN:

A new poll just out from CNN/Opinion Research tied to Martin Luther King Day today finds blacks and whites optimistic and pretty much in agreement — 84% whites, 78% blacks — that a lot or moderate progress has been made toward the civil rights leader’s dream of equality in American society.

Monday was Martin Luther King Day - a great man worthy of a holiday.

So rush hour traffic was a non factor; banks were closed; emissions testing was unavailable... the only thing I could get done on my half day off was have the DirecTV guy come out and install HD. I'm loving high definition TV so far... the NFL and Discovery Channel rocks!

Today in The Tennessean, former Metro Council member Kwame Leo Lillard pens an op-ed column in which he writes one of the following statements:

a) “I propose we reinvigorate the disgraced field of eugenics and research why certain groups of white people display patently inferior attitudes and mindsets, including an inexplicable fondness for Kate

Today in The Tennessean, Kwame Leo Lillard pens an op-ed column in which he writes one of the following statements:

a) “I propose we reinvigorate the disgraced field of eugenics and research why certain groups of white people display patently inferior attitudes and mindsets, including an inexplicable fondness for Kate Hudson movies.”