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| Wednesday, July 4, 2007 |
| Indepence day and an Awards thing |
Happy 4th of July to all the Americans that read this (and to the friends of yours that don't).
 I'm involved in the Blogger's choice awards... yes I have no shot (they let the big boys play in these) but it would be nice to get some votes :) to vote for me click here (note: you must sign up to vote or nominate grr)
Labels: 4th, Awards, holiday |
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| Sunday, July 1, 2007 |
| Racism goes both ways? |
Federal judge rules in favor of Noxubee County white voters
File photo/The Clarion-Ledger
Noxubee County Democratic Executive Committee Chairman Ike Brown talks outside the Federal Courthouse in Jackson in this file photo. | The voting rights of white voters in majority black Noxubee County were violated, according to a ruling handed down today.
The Justice Department had alleged the Noxubee County Democratic Party, its chairman Ike Brown and the county Election Commission practiced racial discrimination against white voters and candidates.
The attorneys for Democratic Executive Committee and Brown have said the government failed to prove there exists a procedure or structure that denies equal opportunity to white Noxubee County voters . |
The Justice Department has called the situation in Noxubee County "the most extreme case of racial exclusion seen by the (department's) Voting Section in decades."
A two-week trial was held in January before Judge Tom Lee in U.S. District Court in Jackson. The trial centered primarily on voting during the 2003 Democratic party primary election and runoff.(link)
As most of you know, I am against ANY discrimination, yet most of the people to my left feel that there cannot be discrimination unless a minority is on the wrong end of the charge. Racism is the same way (in that it is bad either way and that hardly anyone thinks it can go both ways). It is wrong to purposefully discriminate ANYONE based on their race; just as it should be considered wrong to 'hate' them or talk bad about them just because of their race, NO MATTER which race they happen to be.
It is for this reason that I vehemently oppose Affirmative Action. How is it possible that people feel justified in discriminating against someone (anyone) to 'make-up' for past discrimination? This kind of thinking escapes me and for that I'm very glad.
Love me or hate me, disagree to your heart's content, but don't try to tell me that wrong is right because the wronged party is not a minority.
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Note: I got home in time this morning to make it to the SL Blogpower awards, but... it hasn't rained at my house in about a month, this morning, it stormed until past 11am (and I had to goto bed) and was again raining when i got up (although not much this evening). That means that with my satellite connection, I couldn't get online at all this morning, sorry guys/gals. Reactions to the ceremony here: ThunderDragon; Sicily Scene; Shades of Grey; Crushed By Ingsoc; those are the only ones with updates AFTER the ceremony so far.
Tags: racism, discrimination, Blogpower, LordNazh©Labels: affirmative action, Awards, Blogpower, discrimination, Racism |
| posted by Lord Nazh @ 19:31 | View blog reactions |
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| Blogpower Awards Ceremony |
Update: the date will change on this post to keep it on top until the awards; scroll down for new posts.
It has been remiss of me not to plug the upcoming Blogpower awards to be hosted by Tom Paine in SL (second life). Global warming got you burnt up? Can't stand the rain in London? Never fear, SL is here.
Follow the link to join us at the awards ceremony on July 1st, 2007 at 2pm (1400) London time (that's 9am New York) at Tom's fantastic location.
Feel free to enter early (to get acclimated if you're unfamiliar) and you can get a free account at the link above (if needed, you only have to pay if you want to own land).
Many thanks to Tom for doing this, we hope to see all the BP'ers out there (and anyone else who wants to stop by).
Labels: Awards, Blogpower, Second Life |
| posted by Lord Nazh @ 08:00 | View blog reactions |
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| Friday, June 15, 2007 |
| BlogPower Awards |
Round-up of winners from the 1st anual BlogPower awards:
Best brit-blog: An Englishman's Castle
Best NA blog: Jon Swift (thanks for the votes for me and I'm disappointed not more people voted for Ruthie, she should have beat me and Jon imo)
Best blog or column outside the UK or US: Sicily Scene
Best Fisker: Mr Eugenides
Best Ranter: Devil's Kitchen (make good soup too)
Best Political blog or column: Bel is thinking
Best BlogPower Blog: As a dodo (i didn't even get in)
Best Layout and Style: Honeysmack (nsfw, but a good site)
Best Blog Name: Shades of Grey
Best Little Blogger: Sicily Scene (under 100 visists daily) [repeat winner]
Most Articulate Wordsmith: Chipendale (for a small fee, he'll dance too)
Most Under-rated blog or column: The Last Ditch
Most Over-rated blog or column: Guido Fawkes (deserved award) heh
Most Politically Incorrect blog or column: Theo Spark (should have won best 'layout' :)
Most Sadly Missed blog/column: Cassilis/Liam Murray (missed them the first time...shouldn't they have had to run seperate?)
Most Consistently Entertaining blog or column: Bryan Appleyard
Prettiest or Tastiest (food) blog or column: Sicily Scene (hat-trick)
Award for Services to blogging: James Higham (still waiting on my check)
Best Post of All Time: Captain Smack Special Edition (should have been 'best post of last year')
Most Unintenional Humerous Post: UK News and Politics Immigrants (this category should have been scrapped, people voted for who they wanted to win, regardless of humor [intentional or not] of said post)
Tags: An Englishman's Castle, Jon Swift,Silicy Scene,Mr. Eugenides,Devils Kitchen,Bel is thinking,As a dodo,Honeysmack,Shades of Grey,Chipendale,The last ditch,Guido Fawkes,Theo Spark,Cassilis Liam Murray,Bryan Appleyard,James Higham,Captain Smack,UK News and Politics,BlogPower,LordNazhLabels: Awards, Blog Roundup |
| posted by Lord Nazh @ 10:07 | View blog reactions |
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| Thursday, June 7, 2007 |
| BlogPower Awards II |
You guys are taking me way to seriously when I said to vote for Ruthie :( (heh)
The last 2 categories are up (and I am in #20) so get over there and vote for those 2.
Amnesty Bill dieing... slowly, but it is dieing. Congrats to Arizona Women on their win in the CWS for softball... I was worried when Tennessee couldn't close out game 2 in the 5th/6th/7th/8th/9th innings (first time jitters?)
About to go home from work, just wanted to post ;)
Update: 1st post cut all my hyperlinks out o.O
Update 2: Thanks to TD for the banner on my sidebar for the awards.
Labels: amnesty, Awards, college sports, softball |
| posted by Lord Nazh @ 17:45 | View blog reactions |
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| Wednesday, June 6, 2007 |
| BlogPower Awards |
Voting is going on now....
Go here to see all the categories (vote for me in the ones I'm represented ^^)
1) here
2) here
If you don't vote for me in the 'best NA blog' then vote for Ruthie (Zaftig) since she's better than me anyway :)
Labels: Awards, blogosphere |
| posted by Lord Nazh @ 14:50 | View blog reactions |
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