By Debbie Schlussel
More evidence that today’s military isn’t what it once was. It’s far more lax. Robin Moroney, in today’s Wall Street Journal “Informed Reader” summarizes an article in the January issue of Details Magazine:

Since the start of the Iraq war, hundreds of U.S. soldiers have fled to Canada, retracing their boomer forebears’ steps in Vietnam. They needn’t have bothered, writes Melba Newsome in men’s lifestyle magazine Details. The military isn’t avidly pursuing many deserters, nor does it seem to be harshly punishing those who turn themselves in.
The government says some 20,000 soldiers have deserted since the start of the Iraq war. About 3,300 deserted in 2006, while this year’s tally is on track to be about double what it was last year, says Ms. Newsome.

Despite appearing on a national criminal databases, some deserters have been able to lead fairly open lives in the U.S. Chris Capps-Schubert, who went AWOL earlier this year, has been able to get his passport, get married, and work with Iraq Veterans Against the War. James Circello, who also went AWOL earlier this year, openly attends major peace demonstrations.
An Army spokesman explains it would be a waste of resources to actively track down deserters. Lawrence Hildes, an attorney who has represented about two dozen deserters since the start of the war, says few of his clients have received punishments much worse than an “other-than-honorable” discharge, which denies them military benefits and government employment.

In other words, it pays to be a deserter. There are few consequences and even less embarrassment. Not that these disloyal cretins care about embarassment.
Well, it’s like I’ve been saying about American citizens who engage in marriage fraud with illegal aliens:
Why stop doing it, if you know you won’t pay any price?
Looks like Wassef Ali Hassoun can stop worrying.

By Debbie Schlussel
Over the summer, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director of Investigations, Marcy Forman-Friedman went on a world tour, the purpose of which was to talk about me and this site and try to convince agents not to believe what they read here. Oh, and also to try to set up Politburo-style block captains who will rat on my sources within the agency.
I asked ICE agents to send me summaries of what was said, and many did. It was all pretty much the same: I don’t know why Debbie Schlussel doesn’t like me; I don’t know why she calls me “Peppermint Patty”; blah, blah blah.
Why was I the topic of a tax-funded world tour of ICE? Am I the biggest problem facing immigration enforcement? With 20 million illegals in our midst, you’d think there would be a better use for Forman’s and the agents’ time and your tax money . . . like, say, actually investigating document-fraud and immigrant-smuggling rings. But you would be wrong.

Black Ass World Tour Inspired by Black Sabbath World Tour
(ICE Backstage Pass by David Lunde)
Well, just before Thanksgiving, I learned that the Peppermint Patty anti-Schlussel World Tour, which I like to call “The Black Ass Tour”, continues. Here’s what an agent in Miami told me:

Marcy Forman must adore you. When she came to Miami last week, during her town hall meeting she mentioned you several times. She also stated out of nowhere, that she is not a racist. She also backed up Julie Myers, and stated she is not a racist also. Perhaps a guilty conscience.

Hmmm . . . a top ICE official–whom, a court found, called an agent “Black Ass”–is vouching for the non-racism of THE top ICE official, who gave an award to an employee wearing a Blackface costume. Is this the “takes one to know one” show? And they’re wasting your tax dollars meant for investigating and apprehending illegal aliens on a world tour while doing so.
So, what happened to those 20 million illegal aliens? And why aren’t they the agenda, instead of me?
Just curious.
Believe me, even my ego does not believe I am that important. I am not. They–Marcy Forman and her boss, Spoiled McSpoiled-evich, Julie L. Myers–just want other things to focus on, instead of the real hard work of actually doing their jobs.
But while ICE is bragging that it doubled the number of aliens arrested to more than 30,400 illegal aliens nationwide in the 12 months leading to Oct. 2007 (and kudos to the hard-working agents who caught these fugitives), that is a drop in the bucket compared to the 20 million still in our midst.
So long as ICE leaders waste time and money on such erroneous priorities as a witch-hunt and lecture series focusing on me and this site, a drop in the bucket is all we will ever achieve in immigration enforcement. And that’s apparently the point.
In a way, I’m like Israel–the name Arab and Muslim countries use to incite their people against the focus of their leaders’ incompetence. Except that in the case of ICE agents–who are vastly brighter–it doesn’t work.

By Debbie Schlussel
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It’s official: AIDS is now “martyrdom,” according to a top Egyptian Islamic official.
Well, as we all know, there’s nothing “martyr-esque”–especially under Sharia–about sleeping around, having gay sex, and sharing needles. But since the Arab world has the second-highest HIV infection rate, Muslims need a convenient way of explaining away this very strong evidence that Allah is not on their side.
You see, when we infidels in the West have a major catastrophe, like Hurricane Katrina, Muslims preach to their followers that Allah is against us. But now, it appears Allah is against them. After all, he’s giving a lot of them HIV. And, as we know, the virus is spread largely through that very unIslamic behavior they like to say is the Infidel way of life. Muslims need a way to explain this away and keep questioning Muslims in the fold. Thus, this new definition of martyrdom.

That’s the fatwa of Sheikh Ahmed Abu-Youssef, head of the Religious Guidance Department at Egypt’s Ministry of Religious Endowments.
Don’t expect this to end the oodles of beheadings of gays in Egypt (and elsewhere in Greater Islamia). The fatwa was issued to keep Muslims in the hypocritical fold, not for any humanitarian or humane purpose.
**** UPDATE: Reader Sean writes:

As for AIDS causing martyrdom, I’m truly shocked. Do you mean to tell me they haven’t pinned this on some Zionist conspiracy? Do we have an over/under bet on how long that takes? Or did they already trot that one out while I wasn’t paying attention? If the article is accurate that there were 2,000 reported HIV cases in Egypt since ’86 and that it’s only 1/10th of the total, that means there are only 20,000 cases there. Somehow, I doubt it’s only 20,000.

Probably right.

By Debbie Schlussel
Yesterday, Bob Mccarty wrote about phony documentary-maker Morgan Spurlock’s claim that he’s found Bin Laden.
Having had my own personal experience with Morgan Spurlock and his fraud-purveying production team, I don’t believe for a second that he’s found Osama Bin Laden, as he’s claiming in hype to promote his new fake-umentary. And we also know how Spurlock lied about McDonald’s in “Supersize Me.” So, it’s hard to believe that this conceited uber-leftist is telling any truths here.

The Company He Keeps: Morgan Spurlock Gets Award From CAIR
The movie debuts at the Sundance Film Festival in January, along with other Islamist fraud like “Slingshot Hip Hop.” Don’t forget that Spurlock received an award from HAMAS front-group CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) for his F/X “Thirty Days” episode depicting his dumb friend, David Stacy, living as a Muslim for 30 days (and getting paid $30,000) to do it. I was asked by Spurlock’s crew to participate in the show, but when I saw what a sham it was, I refused to sign a release for them to use my footage. The show attempted to legitimize so many extremist Muslims in Detroit, my head was spinning. I wrote about it in the Wall Street Journal.
There was so much fraud involved, I can’t believe that there is anything more going on here. As incompetent as our own CIA and other clandestine and spy agencies are, Morgan Spurlock isn’t any more competent or better at spying. He’s just better at marketing. And better at being a left-winger who gets his fellow ideologues in Hollywood to eat out of his hand. Oprah promoted Spurlock’s Muslim episode of “Thirty Days.”
If Spurlock ever were to find Bin Laden, though, he’d probably be welcomed to have some falafel and Turkish coffee. After all, Spurlock is purveying far more effective pan-Islamist propaganda on behalf of Islamic extremists than his shorter, pudgier American cohort Azzam Al-Amriki a/k/a Adam Gadahn is putting out there.
I expect that “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?“–Spurlock’s latest docufakery–will be more pan-Islamist propaganda about why we legitimately deserve to be hated by Islam, how Muslims are “the real victims” of this and that, and probably some anti-Israel junk stunk in for good measure. That’s how Spurlock makes salami. And the liberal movie critics will gobble it up like hungry dogs.
Again, you need to read my Wall Street Journal article on my experience with Spurlock to understand what I mean. Here’s an excerpt:

While Mr. Spurlock is often referred to as a journalist, and touts “30 Days” as a “documentary,” the outcome of the show was decided before production began. A show summary sent to me before taping said: “This process aims to deconstruct common misconceptions and stereotypes. . . . Our character will learn firsthand about Islam and the daily issues that . . . Muslims in America face today. The viewers will witness our character emerge from the immersion situation with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the Muslim-American experience. . . . The potential is great for this program to enlighten a national television audience about the Muslim American experience and increase their compassion, understanding and support.”

Remember, as I wrote in the Journal piece, Spurlock’s top production people all worked for Michael Moore. Do you really think they found Bin Laden?
The only reason he’d meet with them is to thank them for being his satellite office of As-Sahab. And he respects infidel traitors even less than we do.
By the way, Spurlock’s next production is entitled, “The Republican War on Science” (based on the book of the same title), which comes with this summary:

A look at the U.S. government and the right-wing approach to scientific topics such as stem-cell research, global warming and and sex education.

Any questions?
**** UPDATE: Reader Sean writes:

Has anyone told Morgan that his handlebar mustache makes him looks like a cross between the biker guy from the Village People and a ’70s porn star? I actually hope he keeps that cheesy ‘stache because it makes him look like the tool he really is. Why does this guy keep getting work?

Good question. Answer: It’s all about ideology–left wing ideology–babe.

By Debbie Schlussel
Remember Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban 7-year-old who was seized by armed INS agents in 2000 and sent back to a life in Cuba? His mother fled Cuba in a makeshift boat so that she and her son could be free. Sadly, our governmnet made sure that didn’t happen. Thanks, Janet Reno.
Unfortunately, instead of recognizing that this was a case of a life of freedom versus a life under tyranny, many father’s rights groups–with whom I usually agree–painted this as a father’s rights case. It was anything but.
Now, a similar case has been resolved in favor of the Cuban father . . . yet again. But, this time, there isn’t the fanfare that there was with Elian, and yet again, a young Cuban child–this time a girl–will be returned to Communist tyranny, despite the wishes of her mother.

Elian Gonzalez, the Sequel
In 2005, a Cuban mother and her son and five-year-old daughter emigrated to the United States. After that, the mother became suicidal, and the children were cared for by former sports agent, Joe Cubas and his wife Maria. They adopted the boy, but were unsuccessful in adopting his half-sister, the girl at issue in this case. That’s because her father, Cuban farmer Rafael Izquierdo, came here and fought for her custody, with the Castro government paying the tab.
Sound familiar? It’s the same old story, with a similar ending. On Tuesday. The Cubas’ were forced to settle with Izquierdo, who will get sole custody of her and return her to repressive Communist CastroLand.
The only improvement upon the Elian Gonzalez case is that Izquierdo and his daughter must remain in the U.S. until 2010, when she will be seven. Hopefully, by then, they will have acquired a taste for freedom and will not return.

By Debbie Schlussel

All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

That’s what George Orwell wrote in his 1945 novella, “Animal Farm.”
And so it goes in 2007 at Target.
The retail giant employs Muslims and Christians (and those of many other religions). But the former is far more equal than the latter at the home of Isaac Mizrahi cheap chic and Archer Farms foods.

Earlier this year, when Muslim cashiers decided to refuse to ring up pork and pepperoni pizza at the checkout lane, Target allowed this to go on. The retailer insisted that it respect and accommodate the extreme religious beliefs of its Muslim employees despite the cost and hassle to the customer and the retailer. The practice held up lines and required double teams of cashiers to keep up with the Muslims do-and-don’t lists of scanning and ringing up items. And the practice is ongoing.
But that was then (for Muslims). This is now (for Christians). And now, Brian Bundy of Swartz Creek, Michigan, is gone from his job at Target. He was fired because, unlike its Muslim employees, Target would not accommodate his Christian religious beliefs. That’s even though–unlike the Muslim cashiers–Bundy informed Target of his beliefs before he was hired by Target Corporation. And Target assured him they would accommodate him.
Bundy is a pharmacist. It is against his religious beliefs to fill prescriptions for the “morning after” pill a/k/a “Plan B,” which is used to terminate pregnancy in the 72 hours after unprotected sex. When he was hired by Target, the retailer told him that he could refer those who wanted the drug to another pharmacy.
But since then, Target changed its tune. At the time, the drug was not available over the counter. Now, it is, and Bundy did not want to dispense it. Target insisted he provide it to over-the-counter customers. He balked. Instead of accommodating Bundy’s religious beliefs like it did with Muslims who won’t ring up pig products, Target fired him. Target’s rationale: It’s bad for business. Customers won’t put up with it, and Target will lose money.
I am not saying I agree with Bundy’s beliefs. But whether or not you agree with Bundy’s beliefs–and many Christians do not–is not the issue. Many Muslims claim they do not agree with the mostly-Somali Muslim cashiers who would not ring up pork and other pig products. In fact, in Muslim-owned gas stations all over Detroit, Muslims sell pig products–even though profiting from that is against Islamic law–to make a buck. The issue is that Target is saying “We will accommodate Muslims and their demands, but we will not do the same for Christians.”
If Target fired Bundy–and it did–it must also fire its Muslims cashiers. Or it must rehire Bundy and give him back pay. But at Target there is no equality of religious faiths. One is “more equal” than all others. And it’s Islam.
And therein lies the problem. How many customers stopped shopping at Target over the Islamic cashiers and their Sharia checkout lanes? How many continue to express their anger to Target over the Muslim indignance once it’s time to ring up? Not enough, because instead of patronizing its customers, Target kowtowed to its strident Muslim employee population and still does. Target probably lost very little in its bottom line as a result of making you wait while another cashier is found to ring up your bacon. When Muslim customers (and moreso fake “customers” generated by militant groups like CAIR) are angry, businesses never hear the end of it.
Now, Bundy is suing Target. He was hired in April 2006 and fired seven months later for his religious beliefs. Target responds that,while it values the “diversity” of its pharmacists and their religious beliefs,

We have an obligation to meet the needs of the guests we serve . . . particularly when it comes to their health care needs.

But what about the needs of the guests Target serves after they’ve been waiting in a long line, and they suddenly discover they must wait again, while an employee is found to ring up their dinner?
Is meeting a Target customer’s immediate hunger needs less important than making sure they kill all life after a night of unprotected sex?
Who’s to say? Different Target customer’s have different needs. And Target is saying one set of religious beliefs–the ones of the 19 hijackers who murdered over 3,000 Americans . . . and their fellow co-religionists who’ve murdered so very many more–are more important than another set of religious beliefs.
That’s nothing short of religious discrimination, and it violates the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964, by failing to make reasonable accommodations for Bundy’s religious beliefs. Why accomodate the Muslims’ religious beliefs and not his? Why are they more important to Target?
This isn’t the first time Target’s picking on Christians while pandering to Muslims. In 2005, it forbade the use of “Merry Christmas” by cashiers. That policy changed because customers got angry and it was covered in mainstream media outlets, like the Wall Street Journal, giving Target a black eye. But Target also banned the Salvation Army (a Christian charity) from raising money for the poor outside its stores during the holiday season. That policy remains unchanged, though Target is now selling a gift package few will buy, the proceeds of which will go to the Salvation Army.
The bottom line is that Target will accomodate Muslim beliefs no matter how extreme, but not Christian ones.
George Orwell’s prescient pronouncement lives on 62 years later in the checkout lane at Target. And Islam is the “most equal” and revered animal of them all, all because they attacked us and we must bend over to make up for . . . them attacking us?!
The more you shop at Target and keep your disapproval to yourself, the more it will go on. And get worse.
The Salvation Army and Brian Bundy, first. You, sometime soon.
Think about that when you decide where to drop your holiday–and everyday–spending cash.

By Debbie Schlussel
On this first day of Chanukah, my friend, the great patriot Ruth S. King, wrote an excellent piece on Chanukah and what our world leaders don’t get (but should) at Family Security Matters. An excerpt:

[O]n this Chanukah of 2007, there is a terrible irony. While we sing and celebrate in freedom in America, throughout the Islamic world the holiday is forbidden. And in Israel where this epic victory was won, the Jewish people again abandon their patrimony and faith in search of a delusional accommodation with enemies bent on erasing Israel. Even the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is being claimed by the same Moslem forces that ransacked and destroyed all non Moslem holy sites in Jerusalem from 1948 until 1967.

Jewish towns and cities in the Judean hills where the Maccabeans fought and won are being evacuated to make room for Jihadists whose intentions have been made very clear by the events in Gaza where synagogues and churches were burned and razed within days of the Israeli withdrawal. In the West Bank, in Nablus, in October 2002, under the indifferent eyes of the highly touted Palestinian Authority, Joseph’s Tomb mentioned in the book of Joshua, was looted by a Moslem mob that systematically destroyed and burned every remnant of the shrine and adjacent religious school into a heap of rubble, painted the remains green and declared it a “holy Moslem shrine.”
More recently in September 2007, the Waqf, the Muslim religious authorities who control the Temple Mount area, engaged in wanton destruction of Jewish antiquities on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Hebron, the cradle of the Jewish faith, is being turned over to the Moslems who fouled the holiest shrine, the Tombs of the Patriarchs.

Read the whole thing.
Esser Agaroth writes:

You asked where today’s Maccabbees are. Well, Chanukah is an extremely politically incorrect the holiday. . . . Bottom line? We won the battle because we were willing to fight Jewish Hellenists (read: assimilationists, leftists) as well.

As I’ve repeatedly written, today, the Jewish Hellenists are the uber-liberals who deign to speak for me and others–the ones who bend over backwards to reach out to Islamists on our soil here in America and in Israel.
He sends this article from Machon Shilo, which–while more appropriate for those knowledgeable of the Jewish religion–says it all in these excerpts:

For the hard-core [Jewish] Hellenists . . . Envisioning a New Middle East, they petitioned the king to adopt a program calculated to undermine Jewish life and culture. If their Jewish brethren did not recognize the ‘beauty’ of Greek ‘progress’ and insisted on remaining true to their G-d and His Torah – even at the price of being out of step with the rest of the Empire – they would simply have to help them to see the light.
[Greek King] Antiokhus was only too ready to comply and the new government policy was proclaimed. Circumcision, Shabbath observance and Torah study were outlawed. Women whose babies were discovered to be circumcised were put to death together with their sons. An idol of the Greek god Zeus was erected in the Miqdash (Temple); Torah scrolls were sought out and torched. . . .
This is the essential story of Hannukah: the successful revolt of God-fearing Jews, dedicated to the Torah of their forefathers, against those ‘Jews’ and non-Jews determined to eradicate their way of life.
The revolt succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Not only did they restore the primacy of Torah culture and practice in the State of Yehudah; for the first time in centuries, the Jewish nation was once again sovereign and able to determine its own destiny. The historic significance of this victory cannot be overstressed: it is quite likely that without the successful armed revolt led by Matithyahu and his sons, we would have disappeared as a people more than 2000 years ago.

And that is the other story of Chanukah: When it seems darkest, when all the odds are against us–as they are with 1.6 billion who hate and want to destroy us Jews, Christians, Hindus, Ba’hais, atheists, and others–things can always turn our way, if we only believe and fight for the just and right.
That is the message of Chanukah. And why I love the holiday.
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What Chanukah is NOT About: Aging Jewish hippies kowtowing at absurd “interfaith” Jewish-Muslim Rodney-King-Can’t-We-All-Get-Along “Hanukah” Fests like this crap session:

This guy is an example of what the Jewish Hellenists of yesteryear were like. The Maccabees would have done made swift work of him. Too much hashish in his potato pancakes and too much disconnect in his mind.

By Debbie Schlussel
If ever there was a story that told us immigration enforcement under Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chieftess Julie L. Myers a/k/a The ICE Princess is a disaster, it’s this one:
Cancer care for the poor at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston is in jeopardy and is being drained by illegal aliens, endangering it for the Americans.
The UTMB set aside about $12 million to treat all impoverished cancer patients, which isn’t enough because of the illegal aliens using it. The hospital does not keep track of which cancer patients it treats are “undocumented.” 21% of the uninsured in Texas are illegal aliens, according to the Center for Immigration Studies.

Cancer & Illegal Aliens: 2 Probs Metastasizing Under The ICE Princess
(Julie Myers Diet Coke by David Lunde/Lundesigns)
The hospital is considering denying medical care to illegal aliens to stop this funding shortfall and not jeopardize the health of poor American citizens there. And to that, I say, “good luck.”
The fact is that illegal aliens–as we all know–use fake documents, fake social security numbers, etc. The hospital will now have to do the job that ICE–under Julie Myers–is not doing. And unless hospital administrators and doctors want a second profession in document fraud, one wonders how they will be able to successfully detect and turn away illegal aliens. That’s not to mention the many doctors and administrators who generally know these people are not here legally but look the other way. Good luck getting them to change. And good luck with the resulting lawsuits.
I’m all for hospitals denying these illegals care. That should have happened long ago. And a federal law–requiring Medicaid and Medicare recipients to sign documents and provide proof that they are U.S. citizens–is unfortunately on hold due to illegal alien rights groups’ lawsuit against it.
But, six-plus years after 9/11, this problem should have been eradicated. It’s only getting worse.
Meanwhile, The ICE Princess is singing the same old tune–blaming her incompetence and failure on a lack of “comprehensive immigration reform” a/k/a illegal alien amnesty.
Check this out from her letter, yesterday, to the Dallas Morning News, which justifiably dissed ICE (that means her) for curtailing a successful Texas program to catch illegal aliens (because she isn’t ready?!) and put the lie to her claim that “Catch & Release” has ended (it hasn’t):

[A]bsent comprehensive immigration reform, ICE must prioritize efforts and make the best use of limited resources in the face of a seemingly limitless problem.

Um, if the problem is “limitless” and unfixable, who told you to take the helm at this agency? Oh, yeah–you picked yourself.
Essentially, she’s saying she can’t stop crime, so why enforce it.
Yes, and instead of “let them eat cake,” Myers says Let Them Die of Cancer. (Or dress up in Blackface.)
Julie, Yer Doin’ a Heckuva Job.

By Debbie Schlussel
The viral, web-inspired, parody-laden rumors about Chuck Norris are one thing. As is the onscreen version.
But the real-life Chuck Norris is entirely another. He’s not the saint everyone thinks he is. In fact, he’s very much “in it” for himself.
As you probably know, Norris endorsed Republican Mike Huckabee in the 2008 Presidential contest. Not that I believe too many people are going to follow the endorsement of an on-screen action star. But it’s important to know what’s behind the endorsement.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Chuck Norris has “gotten something” in return for his previous Republican Presidential endorsements:

Chuck Norris is So Strong . . . He Takes Tax-Funded Hand Outs

Two decades ago, Mr. Norris says, Republican operative Lee Atwater approached him “when that wimp thing was going around,” suggesting that George H. W. Bush also wasn’t tough enough to be president. “Next thing I know, I’m on the campaign trail,” he said. The former president later helped Mr. Norris get his karate program into some Houston public schools, Mr. Norris added.

Now, Norris is on the campaign trail in Iowa for Huckabee. So what kind of government-subsidized largesse did this Republican candidate promise? And how much will it cost American taxpayers?
You can bet–with Norris traipsing all over Iowa for Huckabee–it’s something on a larger scale than Papa Bush’s tax-funded hand-out in Houston.
This is the real Chuck Norris. Not the fantasy.
So, here’s my attempt at Chuck Norris fantasy:
Chuck Norris can single-handedly get millions from taxpayers without lifting a finger.

By Debbie Schlussel
It’s hardly a secret that many low-life pop stars and rappers who push sexually explicit tripe on your young kids won’t have the stuff get anywhere near their precious children. Yes, as we know, they are hypocrites. (One example I’ve already written about: Eminem and his niece.)
The latest is former real-life pimp and drug dealer Snoop Dogg a/k/a Calvin Broadus who continues to pimp that lifestyle on your kids. Yesterday on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (Does anyone really watch that show?), Mr. Dogg told Ellen that he is very strict with his 8-year-old daughter, Cori:

Tell Ellen how old you have to be before you can have a boyfriend.

The daughter answered:

Seventy-seven.

(Video here.)

Appropriate Roles for Your Daughters, But Not For Snoop Dogg’s
Hmmm . . . I guess his daughter is the only female in America that isn’t a bitch and a ho. As for your daughters, well . . . he doesn’t give a whit about them as he tries to transform them into that “profession.”
Do as Daddy Says, Not as He Raps.
Then, there’s the latest in hip-hop natural selection. Also yesterday, rapper “Pimp C” a/k/a Chad Butler was found dead at age 33 in his gazillion-dollar hotel room at L.A.’s swanky Mondrian Hotel.
Pimp C made it big with a camoe in rapper Jay-Z’s hit “Big Pimpin'” and also hit the big-time with his 2006 solo album “Pimpalation,” wich reached the top threein the Billboard 200. And then, there’s his hit single with his rap group, UGK, “Intl’ Players Anthem.” Here’s more about Pimp C’s and UGK’s contribution to America:

Over laid-back beats, they laid out incisive details that remain Southern rap mainstays: descriptions of sex and conspicuous consumption, wood-grain steering wheels and triple-beam scales used to weigh drugs.
Butler led off Three 6 Mafia’s 2000 ode to drinking cough syrup to get high, “Sippin’ on Syrup,” with the lines: “I’m trill working the wheel. A pimp, not a simp. Keep the dope fiends higher than the Goodyear blimp. We eat so many shrimp I got iodine poisoning.”
Butler was jailed for three years in 2002; he had plead no contest to aggravated assault for brandishing a gun during an argument with a woman at a mall, then fell behind on required community service. UGK’s rise was derailed, but the “Free Pimp C” slogan caught on and an unauthorized album of Pimp C’s freestyle rhymes was released while he was in prison.

Gee, whatta loss. American Pimp and Playa “culture” will never be the same without this poet laureate.
Who says it’s not conservative to believe in natural selection? Sometimes, what comes around really does go around.