The John Edwards Thing

Democrats, Ethics, Media, Morality, Politics

Edwards had been carrying on with a younger, less classy, washed-out version of Camilla Parker-Bowles. Check Rielle Hunter out.

What have I gleaned from this unremarkable affair?

Nothing new. The man’s ambulance-chasing legal career already established him as a primo sleaze bag. Oddly enough, his public confession or statement reveals much more about his lack of character than the affair, which is a transgression many good people have committed. Edwards mischaracterized his 100 percent deceitfulness as being “99 percent honest.”

What else, other than that many men like simple, slag-like women?

That the National Inquirer is still the unsung newspaper of record in America, a reputation it established during the O.J. trial.

And that there is a reason Ann Coulter’s shallow fare is more popular than, dare I say, more substantial stuff.

Multiculturalist Malaise—From South Africa To The Pacific Northwest

Ilana Mercer, IMMIGRATION, Multiculturalism, South-Africa

I can’t tell you how pleased I am to have joined the daring writers of VDARE.Com, and the “class act” who runs it all, Peter Brimelow.

My new, monthly VDARE.COM column, “Multiculturalists Malaise—From South Africa To The Pacific Northwest,” is up. Here’s an excerpt:

“I call them English niceties. They are those mannerisms the English-speaking people share—idiosyncrasies that make life so very pleasant. You notice them not at all when they pervade the culture, and pine for them when they’re gone.
And they are slowly disappearing in America, by and large due to the twin evils of multiculturalism and mass immigration.
Ordinary Americans outside the halls of power will appreciate the fellow-feelings that are stirred in me by my miraculously preserved, distinctly American neighborhood here in the Pacific Northwest.
It’s a place where people still greet one another in English and engage in distinct chit-chat: ‘Lovely day, isn’t it? Oh, it sure is fabulous.’ Or, ‘You go girl,’ when I’m jogging up the mountain.
It’s a haven where certain conventions of civility and decorum are observed; and where the same decorations go up around Halloween and Christmas time.
As an immigrant many times over—from South Africa to Israel back to South Africa to Canada to the US—I’ve become excruciatingly aware of what may seem petty, but is far from it…”

Read the complete column, “Multiculturalist Malaise—From South Africa To The Pacific Northwest,” on VDARE.COM, the foremost authority on immigration.

‘José Medellín’s Dead; Cue The Mariachi Band’

Crime, IMMIGRATION, Individual Rights, Left-Liberalism And Progressivisim, Natural Law

As I write in “José Medellín’s Dead; Cue The Mariachi Band,” my new WND column, “local, international, and loco “liberati” fought ferociously for José Medellín’s life.”

“After raping Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña in every which way possible, Medellín proceeded to strangle, slash, and stomp the young girls to death.” He was executed on August 5, 2008, by the (dashing) governor of Texas, Rick Perry.

“But the case … roiled liberals, for they had uncovered—or, rather, minted—new rights: ‘consular rights.’”

But, as I contend, “a procedural default such as the failure to apprise a defendant of his consular contacts is never a violation of a natural right. ‘Consular rights’ are of a piece with Miranda rights and the Exclusionary Rule—technicalities tarted up as real rights.”

For details of how Bush wrestled a crocodile for Medellín, read the complete column, “José Medellín’s Dead; Cue The Mariachi Band,” on WorldNetDaily.com.

Will ‘Racial Bean Counter’ Be The First Black Attorney General?

Affirmative Action, Barack Obama, Elections 2008, Race, Racism

You had better hope not.

About the “racial bean counter” that may inherit the earth if Obama does, VDARE.COM’s Matthew Richer writes the following:

“What was most strikingly unique about Assistant Attorney General Deval Patrick’s leadership was the degree to which he used the power of his office to intimidate American citizens into conforming with his vision of civil rights. Patrick knew well that most cities, towns and small businesses cannot afford to defend themselves against a Justice Department lawsuit. All it often took was for Patrick to initiate a Justice Department “probe” of some civil organization, and then he could bend it to his vision of justice.

During his confirmation hearings, of course, Deval Patrick claimed that he did not believe in racial quotas. But once confirmed, Patrick arrogantly began to impose racial preferences in the guise of law enforcement. He was especially opposed to cognitive examinations for prospective police officers and firemen alleging that they result in an unjustly high failure rate for black applicants. Patrick then tried to force municipalities to adopt a Justice…”

The complete column is “Governor Deval Patrick: ‘Together We Can”…Have Racial Preferences.’” Read it!