Candace Owens (Photo: Zach Gibson/Getty Images) I tend to think of myself as an American, not a Republican, Democrat, or Independent. I don't give either political party anything except my vote, and even then I never vote for the political party. I have always voted for the candidate and his or her platform, not the donkey or the elephant. That was then; this is now. The cesspool known as Washington, D. C. has become so putrid that the stench permeates all the way down here to the outskirts of Atlanta. Smells just like a septic tank. So without further ado, here are my top seven reasons why I won't be voting for any candidate in 2020 with a "D" behind their name, not even for garbage collector: Number 7: Representative Rashida Tlaib was reported as saying that thinking about the Holocaust gave her a “calming feeling.” Just think about that. Six million men, women, and children were murdered only because they were Jews. Rather than apologizing for any confusion her words might have caused, Tlaib accused her critics of being anti-Muslim and claimed her words had been taken out of context. Tlaib is also famous for shouting “We’re going to impeach the mother******!” in reference to President Trump at a public event held in her honor. Frankly, she's an embarrassment to Congress, or she would be if Democrats ever experienced any emotions resembling pride or shame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlkOLEQqo7Y Number 6: Jerry Nadler demonstrates remarkably poor table manners while accusing Attorney General William Barr of committing perjury in his … [Read more...]
A eulogy for John McCain (with apologies to William Shakespeare)
[Author's note: This piece was originally submitted to American Thinker but they rejected it because McCain died last August. Normally, I spike articles that were rejected, but McCain IS back in the news, and people seem to have forgotten his full history. I haven't, and I thought this piece deserved to see the light of day. On the other hand, maybe I'm not as clever as I think. If you like this article, please share it with your friends. If not (if you think Shakespeare is rolling over in his grave right now), please leave a comment advising me not to write this sort of blog post ever again.] Senator John McCain (official portrait) Friends, Republicans, fellow Americans: lend me your ears. I come here to bury John McCain, not to praise him. Quite frankly, he doesn’t deserve praise. His Senate colleagues have decreed that we cannot speak ill of the dead, and John McCain is dead. Senator Johnny Isakson (for whom I voted) proclaimed the late senator a hero and said, “Anyone who tarnishes the reputation of John McCain deserves a whipping.” Senator Mitt Romney (for whom I once voted) described John McCain as “heroic, courageous, patriotic, honorable, self-effacing, self-sacrificing, empathetic, and driven by duty to family, country, and God.” However, the evil that men do lives after them, and Senator McCain was an ambitious man. He wasn’t merely content to be a senator from Arizona and one of the most powerful people in the United States; McCain wanted to be the most powerful, the President of the United States. He ran for that office … [Read more...]
Internet censorship
I just finished conducting a simple experiment that produced some pretty interesting results, in my opinion. I typed the name of my website (southern prose) into the Google search engine and checked the results. As expected, three of the first four search results were "me" -- either a link to an article, the website homepage, or the author bio page. Enclosing the search criteria in quotation marks didn't appear to have any impact on the results. No smile for the mug shot, Jussie? Then I began repeating the experiment, while doing my best to apply the scientific method. I added the name of my friend and guest contributor Frank Boccia to the search criteria, noting that the results only changed slightly when quotation marks were used around "southern prose". Instead of the top three results matching my website, Google now found four unique articles. A slight improvement. Over a number of iterations, the search results were fairly consistent...as I'd think of another subject or guest contributor at www.southernprose.com and modify the search criteria, at least one article from my website matching the criteria would inevitably show in the search results, as my queries correctly matched and located articles about Rose Kopp, P. Z. Myers and Hector Avalos and consistently listed them in the top two matches. When I substituted the name of the world's most hysterical climate alarmist, Google even found an old article about hate crimes that wasn't even about Al Gore, but merely made a brief reference to him. And when I added famed atheist Richard Dawkins to the search … [Read more...]
Jussie Smollett’s hate crime
I'm not a big fan of the term "hate crime" because the definition of one is vague and nebulous at best, obfuscating and confusing at worst. The term "hate crime" suggests that certain crimes should be judged and punished more harshly depending on the motive of the perpetrator. Jussie Smollett Theoretically, the criminal act is considered worse if racism, homophobia, or some other prejudice is the primary motive. But is that really true? Even if it is true, why should it matter? Let's say person "A" murders person "B" in some heinous manner, let's say by nailing them to a tree--is the crime really worse if the perpetrator and victim are of different races or have different sexual preferences? Personally, I wouldn't really care too much one way or the other even if the perpetrator and victim were different species. I'd care that a living creature had been nailed to a tree for no justifiable reason. In my opinion, there is something seriously wrong with a human being who would torture an animal or a person and take pleasure from watching them suffer. Someone that evil shouldn't be allowed to live. Jussie Smollett hates President Donald Trump so much that he paid two black men $3,500 (unfortunately for him paid by check, leaving a paper trail) to "attack" him with bleach, claiming they were Trump supporters shouting "Make America Great Again" and racist, homophobic slurs. His t-shirt says it all, doesn't it? Smollett caused the city of Chicago to waste hundreds of thousands of dollars paying the police to waste hundreds of man-hours investigating a … [Read more...]
Iran’s influence on a global scale
I don't normally provide opportunities for other writers to post material at my blog for a number of reasons. There is the quality control issue--the guest writer must have a talent for writing as well as something to say worth reading. Not to mention (except I am) it takes a bit of effort on my part to screen, edit, format, and publish the work of someone else and I'm a bit lazy by nature. Also, I would be spending time that could be devoted to my own writing or editing, versus to the work of a total stranger, so I don't normally invite or encourage guest bloggers to submit articles for review. On the other hand, when I make an exception and post a guest blog such as this one, I'm giving that writer's effort my endorsement by publishing their work and strongly recommending you read it. About the Author: Avi Kumar grew up in Sri Lanka. As a member of the Tamil minority, he has a unique perspective when it comes to growing up in a war zone. From an early age in order to survive, he learned to remain silent about controversial issues when it wasn't safe to speak about them. Avi has lived in five different countries and speaks ten different languages. Fortunately, one of his ten languages is English, or I wouldn't have had the slightest idea what I was reading. Avi loves wildlife photography and writing about religious and political issues with his unique conservative perspective. Iran’s global influence and threat level keep growing, While Iran may not be an economic powerhouse like Saudi Arabia, Israel or the … [Read more...]
