Made ya look! Of course the Washington Post didn’t do that.

Anyway, check out RedState’s discussion of the onesided coverage of the House ethics issues.

We’ve got another Stacey Campfield update. (Original Myopic Zeal coverage here and here).

Jon Fish, who is an editorial writer for the Daily Beacon (U of T), has taken on Rep. Campfield.

You have to read this email correspondence. Assuming it’s not a fabrication (which, given what I’ve read of Mr. Campfield’s previous dialogues and posts, I have little doubt about), it is a terrible reflection on Mr. Campfield. Regardless of whether or not you agree with his politics, his views on the issues, or his party affiliation, you have to cringe when you read these.

Tragic that with all your education you still cant read once again I ask you to read the bill it defends itself next I offer you proof that the bill is needed with examples from…

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It is tragic when a young mind is turned to mush from excessive drugs next time just say no!

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if you want I could show to work Google it could save you a trip to Hodges [the largest library in Nashville] and who knows you might even have time left over to get a life

We’ve already discussed the fact that he has difficulty with spelling and grammar, and there’s no point in beating a dead horse on that one (thought it’s quite funny to see him ripping on Mr. Fish for not being able to read), but the personal attacks (you druggie, get a life) on a constituent, particularly one who identifies himself as a member of the media, is simply dumb. It doesn’t take experience to exercise common sense, but he apparently has neither.

I am going to predict now that the citizens of his district in Tennessee will give him a pink slip come next election. As a midwest conservative, I sure hope the good people of Tennessee can find better representation for conservative values than Mr. Campfield.

As an aside: the one struggle I have in posting something like this is that I always try to remember that there is a human being at the other end of such criticism. I look at Mr. Campfield as a person and wish him well. I think he has good intentions and a good heart, I believe he has a “Mr. Smith goes to Washington” mindset, but sadly, he is not qualified to represent the people in state government. If I lived in Tennessee District 18, I would be highly tempted to campaign against him in the primaries.

UPDATE: I noticed this somewhat related post today.

Try this haircut (Via Ann Bartow)

CNN Guerrillas in the Midst: A Viral Marketing Campaign Exposed:

Last week, CNN attempted an unusual marketing campaign in the blogosphere. The campaign combined blackhat search engine optimization techniques, viral marketing tactics, and guerrilla comment spam. Unlike the majority of comment spam, this spam appears to only target blogs that have discussed CNN in the past 3 months. So far, 13 separate instances of the spam have been found. Most alarmingly, CNN may have also left malicious keywords at least 3 out of 13 with the intent of using google’s keyword stuffing detectors to censor them. As of now CNN has not returned my request for a confirmation or denial.

This is a very extensive post. Check it out.

UPDATE: Others are commenting:

Say Uncle
Infinite Angst
Careless Thought
Scared Monkeys
Ad Rag

I have just one question about this.

Why would you want such a thing? Our culture’s obsession with these “stars” is just nuts.

I got a good chuckle at this article:

More than 700 people joined religious leaders and Democratic politicians at two rallies yesterday to denounce Christian conservatives’ use of a Louisville church as a platform to advocate prohibiting filibusters against judicial nominees.

Speakers called both the assault on filibusters and the injection of religion into politics “un-American” threats to religious freedom and to constitutional checks and balances.

The larger of the two rallies, designed to counter a telecast from Highview Baptist Church last night, took place at Central Presbyterian Church near downtown Louisville.

Hah!

“It is un-American to inject religion into politics by using a Louisville church as a platform to broadcast your views.”

Unless, of course, you are standing another Louisville church making this statement.

WaPo has a story titled Filibuster Rule Change Opposed. It includes this:

But by a 2 to 1 ratio, the public rejected easing Senate rules in a way that would make it harder for Democratic senators to prevent final action on Bush’s nominees.

While the sentence is true, the headline is decidedly deceptive. The questions in the poll do not even mention the filibuster at all, nor do the describe it. (See questions 34 and 36). The relevant question is really #36.

Would you support or oppose changing Senate rules to make it easier for the Republicans to confirm Bush’s judicial nominees?

The results indicate 26% support, and 66% oppose, but to pull the headline “Filibuster Rule Change Opposed” out of this is at best a stretch.

Jay Tea has a fun thread started discussing “what would you love to do if you had a chance to attend a Bill Clinton book signing.”

Go contribute your thoughts!

Interesting link about Dawa (via LGF)

Dawa through the school newspaper

The school newspaper is another effective way of doing Dawa. Muslim students are highly encouraged to become writers and editors of their school papers. Inform the writing staff to consult you before publishing articles on Islam and Muslims. Being a writer will give you ample opportunity to provide Islamically oriented articles which will Insha Allah open the hearts and minds of readers.

As a group, the Muslim students should try to contribute an article on Islam in each issue of its paper. The school may not allow you to preach in the school paper, but Alhamdu lillah, there are ways to circumvent this problem.

When your Islamic group holds any Islamic event like lectures, religious/ cultural events etc, submit an article about this event as a “news” article. This way, you are still presenting an aspect of Islam without coming across as a preacher.

The second way to circumvent the problem is to write articles about Islamic holidays, the two Eids and again submit them as “news” articles. It also helps to have a good rapport with the editor and the writing staff of the paper. Invite them to your Iftar parties, gatherings, lectures etc.