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Looks like the South is the new battleground for civil rights . . . civil rights for White voters and citizens who’ve been discriminated against. Over a year ago, a top Black prosecutor in New Orleans was found to have discriminated against Whites in hiring and promotions.
Now, it’s White voters in Mississippi who’ve been disenfranchised in the quest to elect Black public officials. So, will there be “We Shall Overcome” marches, protests, and the like. Don’t count on it.
But one thing you can count on is that the Noxubee County Democratic Executive Committee Ike Brown (who is Black) and the Committee will stay out of politics . . . at least if they abide by the order of Federal Judge Tom Lee:

Ike Brown: Democratic Official Disenfranchised White Voters

A federal judge has given broad power to an administrator to run Democratic elections in Noxubee County and banned Ike Brown and his associates from having a role in running elections.
U.S. District Judge Tom Lee issued his remedies Monday to satisfy his June 29 opinion that black political leaders in Noxubee County violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act by discriminating against white voters. . . .
The U.S. Department of Justice brought the federal lawsuit, the first of its kind in the country, accusing black political leaders of discriminating against white voters in the majority black county. . . .
Lee appointed former state Supreme Court Justice Reuben Anderson, the first black to serve on the court, as superintendent of elections for all Democratic primaries and runoffs through Nov. 20, 2011. Both the Justice Department and attorneys for Brown and the county Democratic Executive Committee had earlier agreed on Anderson’s appointment. . . .
Lee also said Brown cannot be present in the circuit clerk’s office two weeks before any primary election except for matters pertaining solely to him or his immediate family. Brown also was ordered not to be present in polling places unless he is voting, has been appointed as a poll watcher for a candidate, or Anderson has appointed him as a poll official.
In his June 29 opinion, Lee said Brown violated federal voting laws by discriminating on the basis of race, by issuing directions to count the absentee ballots of white voters differently than the absentee ballots of black voters.
Brown said Monday he has no regrets for his part in overthrowing Noxubee County “apartheid.” He said the county had been run by a white minority for decades.

Now, it’s time for the Justice Department to examine Muslim disenfranchisement of non-Muslim voters in Dearbornistan, Dearbornistan Heights, and Hamtramckstan, Michigan.

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If and when Michael “” Chertoff becomes the first Attorney General of the United States who , then here’s who CNN believes will be the next Secretary of Homeland Security (and it’s not good–ZERO law enforcement experience):
Clay Johnson III. Who the heck is he? Most DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE-DHS’ largest agency) agents have never heard of him, another bad sign. From what we do know of his background, it has nothing–absolutely nothing–do with law enforcement experience, and everything–absolutely everything–to do with being a Bush crony. Julie Myers in pants running Homeland Security. Oy:

Lame Duck Bush DHS Going From Bad to Worse?: Him for Him?

Clay Johnson, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget, would replace Chertoff, the senior administration officials said.
Johnson, a longtime friend of Bush, served as the president’s chief of staff and appointments secretary when Bush was governor of Texas. He was executive director of the Bush-Cheney transition team.

G-d help us save this nation. And please G-d, fast forward the Bush Administration to its conclusion.
We simply can’t take much more of this:

Clay Johnson is the Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget. The Deputy Director for Management provides government-wide leadership to Executive Branch agencies to improve agency and program performance. Prior to this he was the Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel, responsible for the organization that identifies and recruits approximately 4000 senior officials, middle management personnel and part-time board and commission members.
From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Johnson worked with Governor George W. Bush in Austin, first as his Appointments Director, then as his Chief of Staff, and then as the Executive Director of the Bush-Cheney Transition.
Mr. Johnson has been the Chief Operating Officer for the Dallas Museum of Art and the President of the Horchow and Neiman Marcus Mail Order companies. [DS: And this has WHAT to do with Homeland Security?!] He also has worked for Citicorp, Wilson Sporting Goods and Frito Lay.
He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and a Masters degree from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. In Austin, he helped create the Texas State History Museum, and was also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas Graduate School of Business. In Dallas, he served as President of the Board of Trustees for St. Marks School of Texas, and as a Board Member of Equitable Bankshares, Goodwill Industries of Dallas, and the Dallas Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization.

Thanks to David Lunde/Lundesigns for Technical Assistance w/this image
More from Think Progress (hate to quote the lefties, but they’re right on this one):

He is one of Bush’s oldest friends, having attended both prep school and college with the President.

Well that does it. Of course, he’s the best one to run DHS. He went to PA at Exeter.
But, hey, he did run a museum, which is kinda what DHS is–a museum of exhibits, and very little of substance.
Hmmm . . . he ran Nieman Marcus’ mail order division. My mom shops at Nieman Marcus. Therefore, I, too, must be qualified to run that agency.
I’ll say it ahead of time for the President:

Johnson, You’re Doin’ a Heckuva Job.

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Uh-oh. A football player in a major college program has openly declared that he only wants to “date” (euphemism) white chicks. NBC – NO Black Chicks.
So, where is the NAACP? Where is the National Association of “No You Di’n’t”? Where are all the Black women? Where’s Oprah?

Chris Rainey: No Sistahs for This Bruthah
Well, they’re nowhere to be found. And here’s why: The player who uttered it is Black. If he were White–like John Rocker–he’d be in big trouble. But he isn’t. Instead, he’s Chris Rainey, Running Back for the University of Florida Gators. And he’s said something most of us already know from O.J. Simpson, Charles Barkley, and assorted other big-name professional Black athletes: They’re racist against Black women (Mike Tyson is a noted exception among some others). Or they think White women are a) easy, b) a status symbol, or c) all of the above.
Here’s what Rainey had to say about his No-Blacks-Allowed “dating” harem, er . . . pool:

Every time you see a fine girl (in Gainesville), you see another fine girl better than her. (Some people) like different color girls and stuff like that. I’m a white girl man.

So, will the group that defended Michael Vick–the NAACP–denounce Rainey’s comments? Or will they say, the White Man made him do it?
I’m sure, it’s the latter. We’ll be told that society has lifted a blonde, white chick as its ideal trophy woman. And therefore, the society that enslaved the Black man is now teaching him to reject the Black woman in favor of the “White ho.”
Thanks to my friends, Drew & Mike and their producers Marc & Mike, for the tip.

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This one comes from the Marketplace Section of today’s Wall Street Journal:

Marketing Middle East to Gay Tourists

Sounds a lot like:

Marketing Concentration Camps to Jewish Tourists

But, yes, even though it’s against the law to be gay or practice homosexuality in all Muslim nations–in fact, many gays and accused gays have been executed.

Girlie Men: It’s What’s For Breakfast in Hezbollah
(Artwork by David Lunde, Jedi Master of PhotoShopping)
But:

“It can be done,” says Bertho Makso, a 26-year-old Lebanese archaeology student and perhaps the Arab world’s best-known gay travel-services advertiser. “You just have to be creative, and sometimes discreet.”
Homosexuality is against the law in every Muslim country in the Middle East. In countries such as Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, gays and lesbians are often persecuted, imprisoned or deported.

So the gay community is marketing Lebanon to gays as a vacation destination. Bombed-out Beirut could be your next gay-cation destination. Don’t forget to pack the bullet-proof vest. But, hey, I hear some of them are into sado-masochism, so a trip to the Mid-East for torture might be just what the libido ordered.
Gay Arabs claim that Lebanon is the most tolerant Arab/Muslim country in the region. Really? Try being openly gay in the growing, expanding Hezbollah-controlled areas.
Believe this: Even though Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah is a girlie-man, he won’t allow gays in the areas he controls. BTW, wait ’til he finds out that Makso takes gays on tours of the Roman ruins at Baalbek–smack-dab in the middle of Hezbo Hills. Since a lot of Hezbos from Lebanon, including Nasrallah’s gang, read this site, I’m sure those trips will soon be fraught with danger.
Israel is a different story. It’s really the only country that tolerates gays. In fact, it goes beyond tolerating them and was the first in the world to give domestic partnership benefits and other gay-oriented accomodations.

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He’s only 28 years old. He has a five-year NFL contract worth $25 million, including $12 million in guaranteed bonuses. And yet, he doesn’t have enough money to support his kids. Why?
Well, it might have something to do with the fact that Denver Broncos Running Back Travis Henry fathered at least NINE children with NINE different women. I nominate him for “BabyDaddy of the Year.” Or perhaps, Sperm Donor of the Year.

Travis Henry: Cast Thy Seed Upon the Waters
Henry has child support orders against him in four different states for at least seven of the kids. And yet, he can’t afford to pay and has no money. Why? Well, when you drop $100,000 on a car and $146,000 on jewelry on a whim, it’s not exactly conducive to saving . . . even when you’re a multi-millionaire.
Henry previously had to borrow $9,800 from the Tennessee Titans to pay one of his child support bills.
But Henry says we are not in a position to judge him. He told The Denver Post:
People can judge me all they want. But only God can judge me. . . . The important thing is I want to take care of my kids really and truly. It’s all good.
Um, not sure about it being “all good” or him wanting to take care of his kids (unless by kids, he means his bling), but he’s definitely right about following G-d’s commandment: Be fruitful and multiply.
More from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Travis Henry just got tackled by a $3,000-a-month child support judgment.
Sure, the Denver Broncos running back has a $25 million contract and a base monthly salary approaching $50,000, but that kind of bill can still crimp your style when you’re accustomed to expensive cars and fancy jewelry – and lots of other child support payments.
Henry, 28, has fathered nine children by nine women in at least four Southern states and has been ordered by various judges to provide child support for seven of them, according to court records involving one child living in DeKalb County.
DeKalb Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger this week ordered Henry to provide $3,000 a month for the Lithonia boy he fathered out of wedlock three years ago with Jameshia Beacham, now 29.
Henry isn’t the most thrifty guy, according to court records, so the judge wants to ensure payment by establishing an unusual $250,000 trust that Henry must fund by next spring.
Seeliger wrote that the football player displayed “bad judgment in his spending habits,” dropping $100,000 for a car and $146,000 for jewelry. Meanwhile, Henry fell behind on support payments for his child with Beacham that were mandated by a previous order. Threatened with jail, he borrowed $9,800 from his former team, the Tennessee Titans, to pay the bill, according to court records.
The trust ensures Beacham will get timely payment if the pro player falls behind on his installments again. Yet the trust could be a sticking point for Henry, who could appeal. . . .
Henry rarely made the payments mandated by an earlier order, though they were $800 less a month. . . . There was testimony establishing that Henry received a $1 million bonus earlier this year but quickly spent most of it, buying, among other things, a Mercedes and gold jewelry. . . .
Records show that Henry’s children are scattered across both the American and National Football Conferences – including Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. . . . Henry talked about gathering them together to watch him at training camp. Indeed, part of the custody arrangement Henry reached with Beacham requires two weekend visits when he is playing pro ball.
Edlin said Henry wants to be a good parent. “I know these are a lot of kids, and there might be some questions about it,” he said, “but he’s a really committed father.”

The National Football League . . . Role Models for America’s Kids. “I Love This Game.”

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Over the weekend, a number of readers sent me posts from lots of blogs and this U.S. News & World Report claim that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales would resign and that Michael “Serpenthead” Chertoff would replace him. Well, the first part of the rumor came to pass almost immediately (), so will this?:

Maybe Trading Up Soon at Justice
The buzz among top Bushies is that beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales finally plans to depart and will be replaced by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Why Chertoff? Officials say he’s got fans on Capitol Hill, is untouched by the Justice prosecutor scandal, and has more experience than Gonzales did, having served as a federal judge and assistant attorney general.

Bad To Worse: Him for Him?
I beg to differ. If the Bush Administration is smart (and I’ve never accused them of that), they would avoid nominating a man (Chertoff), who–now we all know– because they were made by his cronies (and a former law partner) at Chiquita Banana. , doing nothing about it and reporting it to no-one.
If the Democrats were truly the “loyal opposition”–and on the important issues, they’ve been, frankly, timid–the banana terrorist payments would have been a major issue and Chertoff would have been the one resigning, today. And on trial for obstruction of justice and public corruption charges over this (not to mention having his law license revoked).
So, who knows if they will have the guts to use it against him in any confirmation hearings. I doubt it. They may not be chicken-hawks. But they definitely are chickens.
One other thing: Notice the USN&WR headline calls Chertoff going to Justice, “trading up.” That should tell you something about how he’s run his agency . . . into Filene’s Bargain Basement.
Upside: If Chertoff goes to Justice, maybe he’ll take “” with him. That would be a GREAT thing.

Coming Soon to “Justice”?
(Julie Myers Diet Coke by David Lunde)

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Okay, here goes for the Dumb Debbie Question of the Day:
Is it just me . . . or is there a palpable problem with FOX having the three stars of depraved, disgusting raunch-fest “Superbad” as presenters at the “Teen Choice Awards” (tonight on FOX)? (Yes, that includes “McLovin.”)

After all, the movie is rated “R,” which means that the bulk of the teen audience to whom the awards show is aimed (sorry, but normal kids over 14 don’t watch the lame show). Every other word in “” is bleep-mandatory, and , this perverted movie makes “Porky’s” sound like a G-rated Disney movie. It’s more like “Playboy Forum.” Most teens can’t go to this movie without a parent. And the parents who allow their children to go–or, more bizarre, accompany them to it–are warped.
To make my point, here are a couple of things you see in “Superbad”:
* The main character dances with a woman at a party who is not wearing underwear. He gets a giant stain of menstrual blood on his jeans near his crotch.
* The main character has an obsession with drawing pictures of penises and testicles. They show you the many, many, many, many warped photos.
Yup, just the kinda stuff 13-year-olds need to be exposed to.

The “Superbad” Three
So, why is Rupert Murdoch’s FOX promoting this movie and its three uber-nerdy stars on a show aimed at early teens and pre-teens?
Don’t expect Bill O’Reilly to grill his boss on that. Who’s looking out for you . . . and your kids?
Not FOX or Murdoch.
What’s next–the cast of “Deep Throat Returns” hosting the show? I hear Hillary-fans Heidi Fleiss and newly-retired Jenna Jameson are available, too.
Boy do I miss “Revenge of the Nerds.”
**** UPDATE: Unfunny “comedian” Dane Cook just won an award and cursed a storm. He used the S-word and some other words, all of which were bleeped out. Way to go, Dane.
**** UPDATE #2: Multiple-arrestee, drug dealer and user, and “former” pimp Snoop Dogg makes an appearance. Ditto for equally execrable rapper Ludacris. Thanks again, Rupert. Just what the average 11-year-old needs to be exposed to. And um, Mr. Murdoch, it makes the multiple anti-drug PSAs you’re running during the show a bit hypocritical.

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Well, since Marla Maples is , maybe it should be “Hookers AND Sluts for Hillary.” And Porn Stars, too. You knew something like this was coming. With Hillary, it’s all about crashing the Glass–and in this case, Silicone–ceiling:

I’m a big fan of Hillary’s. Any woman who’s smart, how can you not be?” Democrat Heidi Fleiss, 41, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal earlier this week.
“Even if you’re a Republican, if you’re a woman and you’re smart, you have to respect her,” she said.

Fleiss & Jameson: Disease Incubators for Hillary

Powerful stuff from a woman who did hard time for routing glamazon sheet surfers to Left Coast power players, and who owns a yuppie laundromat and plans a Vegas-area brothel with a cunningly feminist twist – female customers, male employees. . . .
Porn star Jenna Jameson, who announced her retirement from adult films, recently set the public record straight that she is also solidly in the Clinton camp.

Boy, isn’t all this grrlpower (to take your clothes off and have sex with hundreds of strangers) grand?
More Hillary Family Values–like these–to come. Thanks to reader A.M. for the tip.

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Lots of new releases at the box office this weekend, and that includes one of this year’s best films:
* “Resurrecting the Champ“: One of My Top Ten Films of the Year, this movie is so good on so many levels. On the surface, it’s about a sportswriter in Denver who desperately wants to move up in the journalism world. But it’s really about a separated father’s love for his son and how–despite his faults–he works so hard to do right by him and set a good example.
Josh Hartnett (not normally a great actor, but phenomenal in this film) plays the sportswriter who finds a homeless man getting beaten by some thuggish college students and soon discovers the man (Samuel L. Jackson) is a famous former professional boxer down and out on his luck. He aims to write the piece of his life that will put him on the map. But he’s also a loving father who sometimes exaggerates to impress his son. It’s a true story based on an L.A. Times Magazine piedce by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer J.R. Moehringer.

There is an interesting twist in this movie that changes everything. It’s not just about sports and journalism and a father and his son. It’s about honor and integrity and doing right. And it’s got everything: sports scenes, boxing, a good male parent, and an exciting fast-paced story with twists and turns and a good moral message.
And you can take your whole family to see this. Can’t recommend it enough. Simply a great movie. Go see it.
* “The Nanny Diaries“: While entertaining, this is above all a copy of last year’s hit, “.” And “Prada” was far superior. This one employs cutesy devices like imaginary museum exhibits, magical umbrellas, and fake names like “Mr. and Mrs. X,” all of which take away–not enhance–the story and the movie overall. But it is very mildly funny and entertaining enough, if completely average and overly predictable.
The plot: A college student (played by Scarlett Johansson, in her most unglamorous), unsure of her life’s ambition, becomes a Manhattan nanny to figure it all out. Her boss (Laura Linney) is the typical one-dimensional, spoiled, rich snob that you see in the movies. She’d rather shop and lunch out than take care about her son, for whom she’s planned a truckload of high-brow uber-cultural activities. She farms those tasks out–and the raising of her son, “Grayer”–to the nanny, whom she overworks and verbally abuses. The kid sees the nanny as his real mom. The nanny finally gets her comeuppance and a rich guy in the building as a boyfriend, too. The end.
It’s basically a chick flick without the edge and crispness that “Prada’s” Meryl Streep brought to that film. Same story, same city, same ethos and snobbery, different job. Far more hokey.

* “Dedication“: A weird, emotionally-challenged children’s book writer (Billy Crudup) gets assigned a new illustrator (Mandy Moore), but he can’t handle that he’s finally met the love of his life. So he blows his successful book deal and his relationship, only to get the girl back. The end. The typical chick-flick story, told as a guy-flick in an arthouse way. Not for kids. Lots of obscenity. And you don’t exactly get joy out of seeing childrens’ book authors and illustrators going to porn flicks for inspiration.
* “September Dawn“: I a couple months ago, because it was scheduled to be released earlier. But it’s such a dog, they saved it for the dog days of August. Here’s what I wrote:

Although I dislike and extremely distrust flip-flop-flipper Mitt Romney, it has nothing to do with his membership in the Mormon Church. I think most Mormons are good people and loyal Americans of the best kind, though I’ve written extensively about how .
But you have to question the timing of this movie about the Mountain Meadow Massacre–the massacre perpetrated by Mormons on non-Mormon Christians in America on September 11, 1857. It was documented as a brutal murder of many Christians, except their kids who were too young to remember or become witnesses. Angelina Jolie’s pop, Jon Voight plays the Mormon leader who fomented the massacre, and the movie seems very one-sided, anti-Mormon, and unfairly designed to turn us against Mormons, today. The marketing of it, pushing the auspicious date, September 11th, is disgusting. Mormons are not terrorists. They’re generally good people who love America. Why aren’t there movies like this about Muslims? Hollywood would never dare.
And the long movie plays out like a Lifetime Movie of the Week, starring Mormons. Lots of melodrama, crying, and screaming throughout a Romeo and Juliet-style romance. Skip it.

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Democratic operative James “Serpenthead” Carville (not to be confused with fake Republican ) has announced a contest for the best bumper sticker slogan for Democrats in the ’08 Election. Bakersfield Radio Host Jaz McKay (on whose show I appear every Thursday at 4:05 Eastern/1:05 Pacific) talked about this on his show, yesterday.
Since I desperately wanted to enter this all-important competition, I asked David Lunde to create this bumper sticker (thanks to the Elton John song for inspiration), and I humbly say, I think it’s the BEST! Your car and bodice can soon sport this design. Look for David and me to sell it very soon (stay tuned for details):

Copyright 2007
Bumper Sticker Concept by , Artwork by David Lunde

FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR ’08 BUMPER STICKER IDEAS!