Texas is Obama Country
Posted: February 28, 2008 Filed under: Amerie, Campaign 2008, Obama, Videos 1 Comment »17K in Austin in March 2007
18K in Houston in Feburary 2008
15K in Dallas in the middle of the day in February 2008
Thousands in San Antonio in February 2008
12 or 20K (depending on who you ask) outside in Austin in February 2008
12K in San Marcos, TX in February 2008
2K in Duncanville, TX (population, 36,000) in February 2008
Next up, Fort Worth.
Music provided by the Poor man’s multiethnic Beyonce – Amerie. Too bad her daddy don’t push her as hard as Matthew Pushes Beyonce.
In a more just world, her and her dancers woulda put some clothes on and simulated jobs that women actually do. *issues FAIL for the vision of the video*
Sometimes I wish my middle name was Hussein instead of what it is
Posted: February 28, 2008 Filed under: Campaign 2008, Hussein, Obama 8 Comments »Oh, You think I’m Playin?
I’m not.
My Middle Name is Wayne.
Yes. Wayne.
No big deal, huh?
The Classic Middle Name
It only occurred to me in the early 1990s that “Wayne” was a popular middle name among a few of the most heinous murderers of our time, e.g., the clown John Wayne Gacy (who killed almost three dozen boys and young men in the late 1970s and buried most of them beneath the floorboards of his Des Plaines, Ill., home) and Elmer Wayne Henley (sentenced to six consecutive life terms in 1974 in Houston for his role, with ringleader Dean Allen Corll, in the murders of 27 young men). I began to publish periodic lists in 1996, and soon readers made sure I never missed a one that made the news.
This is a mighty impressive (so to speak) group, and below is an alpha listing.
But first, several disclaimers: (1) I have been too unmotivated to completely update the list. Most notably, there should be more names on the list (i.e., some have been withheld because they were mere “suspects,” but many of those were subsequently arrested, not to mention convicted), and there should be more, well, dead people on the list, if you get my drift. (I have only designated the executions that I know about.) Any help on those matters would be appreciated. (2) My list is only of murderers (or those charged with murder) with the middle name of Wayne. Manslaughter is not enough. Other violent crimes are not enough. It’s only of middle-name Waynes who have been in the news; I have not pored over penitentiary rosters to get the old- timer Waynes. (3) Before anyone asks me, I will answer: No, I have no idea whether the number of middle- named Wayne murderers is statistically significant. I suspect that aggressive-personality fathers during the 1950s and 1960s did in fact hopefully and disproportionately name their boys after that era’s icon of ruggedness, John Wayne. Beyond that, I dare not venture.
Herewith is the list, as of News of the Weird 883, January 9, 2005 (* deceased):
[This list of names is (as with everything else on NewsoftheWeird.com) copyrighted by Chuck Shepherd, with All Rights Reserved]
Timothy Wayne Adams (Texas)
Shannon Wayne Agofsky (Texas)
Thomas Wayne Akers (North Carolina)
Stephen Wayne Anderson (California)*
Joshua Wayne Andrews (Virginia)
David Wayne Arisman (California)
Timothy Wayne Barnett (Alabama)
Gerald Wayne Bivins (Indiana)
Scott Wayne Blystone (Pennsylvania)
Elvis Wayne Botley (California)
Steven Wayne Bowman (South Carolina)
Ricky Wayne Brown (Florida)
Michael Wayne Brown (Oklahoma)
Dennis Wayne Bryant (Virginia)
Edward Wayne Bryant (Oklahoma)
Estell Wayne Buck (Ohio)
Bradley Wayne Cagle (Texas)
Seth Wayne Campbell (Texas)
Darren Wayne Campbell (Oregon)
Mark Wayne Campmire (Connecticut)
Michael Wayne Carter (Indiana)
Rodger Wayne Chastain (California)*
Ronald Wayne Clark, Jr. (Florida)
Douglas Wayne Clark (Texas)
Darryl Wayne Claughton (Alberta)
Kevin Wayne Coffey (Texas)
Michael Wayne Cole (North Carolina)
Joseph Wayne Cook (North Carolina)
Billy Wayne Cope (South Carolina)
Alvin Wayne Crane (Texas)*
David Wayne Crews (Tennessee)
Donald Wayne Darling II (Alabama)
Christopher Wayne Davis (Louisiana)
Gary Wayne Davis (Kentucky)
Jerry Wayne Dean (Kentucky)
Aryan Wayne Duntley (California)
John Wayne Duvall (Oklahoma)*
Dennis Wayne Eaton (Virginia)*
Dale Wayne Eaton (Colorado)
Michael Wayne Eggers (Alabama)
Gary Wayne Etheridge (Texas)
Michael Wayne Farmer (Maryland)
Ellis Wayne Felker (Georgia)*
Matthew Wayne Ferman (Ohio)
Michael Wayne Fisher (Pennsylvania)
Terry Wayne Freeman (Illinois)
Percy Wayne Froman (Alabama)
Ronald Wayne Frye (North Carolina)*
Morris Wayne Givens (Alabama)
Richard Wayne Godwin (Oregon)
Arthur Wayne Goodman, Jr. (Texas)
Richard Wayne Gorrie (New Zealand)
Jeffrey Wayne Gorton (Michigan)
Keith Wayne Graham (California)
Coleman Wayne Gray (Virginia)*
Charles Wayne Green (Arkansas)
Christopher Wayne Gregory (Texas)
Kenneth Wayne Gregory (Florida)
Ralph Wayne Grimes (Kentucky)
Anthony Wayne Grimm (Illinois)
Randall Wayne Hafdahl (Texas)*
Conan Wayne Hale (Oregon)
Kenneth Wayne Hall Sr. (South Carolina)
Michael Wayne Hall (Texas)
Steven Wayne Hall (Alabama)
Jerald Wayne Harjo (Oklahoma)*
Robert Wayne Harris (Texas)
Jerald Wayne Harvel II (Oklahoma)
Mark Wayne Hauseur (California)
Carl Wayne Heath (Maine)
Brandon Wayne Hedrick (Virginia)
Michael Wayne Henry (Texas)
Rodney Wayne Henry (Kansas)
Donald Wayne Holt (Maryland)
Bryant Wayne Howard (Oregon)
Kenneth Wayne Jackson (Texas)
Allen Wayne Jenecka (Texas)*
Mark Wayne Jennings (Virginia)
Robert Wayne Jiles (New York)
Jason Wayne Johnson (Texas)
Terry Wayne Johnson (Florida)
Timothy Wayne Johnson (North Carolina)
Mark Wayne Jones (Ohio)
Bruce Wayne Koenig (Maryland)
Derrick Wayne Kualapai, Sr. (California)
Dudley Wayne Kyzer (Alabama)
Monty Wayne Lamb (Texas)
Robert Wayne Lambert (Oklahoma)
Jonathan Wayne Larrabee (South Dakota)
Jeffrey Wayne Leaf (Oklahoma)
Christopher Wayne Lippard (North Carolina)
Kenny Wayne Lockwood (Texas)*
Mark Wayne Lomax (Texas)
Shelly Wayne Martin (Maryland)
Donald Wayne Martin (Texas)*
Steven Wayne McBride (Minnesota)
George Wayne McBroom (Arizona)
David Wayne McCall (Texas)
Rocky Wayne McGowan (Kentucky)
Robert Wayne McMillion (Florida)
Jason Wayne McVean (Colorado)
David Wayne Mears (Michigan)
Wesley Wayne Miller (Texas)
Jimmy Wayne Miller (Texas)
John Wayne Moore, Jr. (Missouri)
John Wayne Moses (North Carolina)
Jack Wayne Napier (Kentucky)
Danny Wayne Owens (Alabama)
Bryan Wayne Padd (Arizona)
David Wayne Pallister (England)
Jeffrey Wayne Paschall (Utah)
Michael Wayne Perry (Tennessee)
Jason Wayne Petershagen (Texas)
Curtis Wayne Pope (Texas)
Donald Wayne Rainey (Mexico)
Randy Wayne Richards (Canada)
Barry Wayne Riley (British Columbia)
Robert Wayne Rotramel (Oklahoma)
David Wayne Satterfield (Texas)
Christopher Wayne Scarber (Kentucky)
Michael Wayne Sears (Virginia)
Kenith Wayne Sherrill (Washington)
Dallas Wayne Shults (Tennessee)
Mark Wayne Silvers (South Carolina)
David Wayne Smith (Virginia)
Daryl Wayne Smith (West Virginia)
Richard Wayne Smith (Texas)*
Richard Wayne Snell (Arkansas)*
Richard Wayne Spicknall (Alabama)
Randall Wayne Stevens (Illinois)
John Wayne Stockdall (Missouri)
Michael Wayne Summers (Missouri)
Gary Wayne Sutton (Tennessee)
Bobby Wayne Swisher (Virginia)*
Michael Wayne Thompson (Indiana)
Andrew Wayne Toler (Texas)
Robert Wayne Vickers (Arizona)*
Billy Wayne Waldrop (Alabama)*
Anthony Wayne Walker (Ohio)
Jerry Wayne Walker (Kentucky)
Jessie Wayne Walker (North Carolina)
Chadwick Wayne Wallace (Illinois)
Daniel Wayne Warfield (Virginia)
John Wayne Warrener (Colorado)
Alexander Wayne Watson Jr. (Maryland)
Louis Wayne Watters, Jr. (Texas)
Coy Wayne Wesbrook (Texas)
Larry Wayne White (Texas)*
Michael Wayne Williams (Virginia)
Richard Wayne Willoughby (Maryland)
Kenneth Wayne Woodfin (Virginia)
Bobby Wayne Woods (Texas)
Darrell Wayne Wright (Texas)
Jerry Wayne Wright (Tennessee)
William Wayne Wright (Texas)
[Copyright, Chuck Shepherd. All Rights Reserved.]
So, if I can handle it, So can Obama.
Letter Rip, folks.
Funkytown, STAND UP FOR CHANGE!
Posted: February 28, 2008 Filed under: Campaign 2008, Fort Worth, Obama 2 Comments »Oh, you thought that if Barack Obama showed up in Tarrant County, TX I wouldn’t be in the house?
Don’t be FOOLISH!
I will be rolling solo, but I will be in the house.
Wouldn’t miss it for the World.
Stand for Change Rally with Barack Obama
Fort Worth Convention Center
1201 Houston Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Gates Open: 6:00 p.m.
Program Begins: 8:00 p.m.
What Part of the Game is THIS?
Posted: February 27, 2008 Filed under: Bobby Cutts, news 1 Comment »Just what are the circumstances that are involved in having wall to wall coverage of the sentencing phase of the Bobby Cutts, Jr. trial in the middle of the day?
Such that we have televising of the family of the victims testifying in regards to the punishment phase?
hmmm…
Nothing else going on today?
Does this happen a lot?
I mean, Don’t get me wrong.
If they arranged to inject Officer BabyMama & Baby Killer in between mediocre American Idol acts, I would be fairly indifferent, but my Spidey Sense is tingling. Something isn’t adding up.
Lanny Davis, Lemme Holla @ you for a minute.
Posted: February 27, 2008 Filed under: Campaign 2008, Clinton, Lanny Davis, Race Leave a comment »Wahh, Wahh.
It is such a pity that the Clinton Campaign can’t just run around saying whatever the hell they want. Especially when they are just as quick to play the coded language dog-whistle game.
Lanny, Isn’t it more likely that your campaign wasn’t very proficient at criticizing Obama without lubricating it in racially charged language?
RIP Myron Cope G.O.A.T.
Posted: February 27, 2008 Filed under: Football, Myron Cope, NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers, Terrible Towel 1 Comment »A legend is gone.
No individual local sportscaster represented his hometown team like Myron Cope. You can name all the names you want…you aint touchin’ Mr. Cope.
I met Mr. Cope once downtown (dahntahn for you Yinzers). They don’t really come much nicer than him.
Even if his voice annoyed you to no end(and it did) Myron Cope is a legend to anyone who is from Pittsburgh or reps the Steelers.
Younger Steelers fans and Fans not from Pittsburgh don’t really understand the Love/Nails on the Chalkboard relationship that most Black Pittsburghers have with Myron Cope.
We thought it was much ado about not a whole lot, but such is the nature of growing up Black in Pittsburgh. Sometimes he seemed Bigger than the players to Pittsburgh, and that annoyed us, but in the same way, Billy Conn is bigger than Joe Louis, depending on who you ask. It was just the way it was. We didn’t complain, we just gave him his space and loved him from afar.
My mother banned his sports talk show from the house, because his voice was just THAT annoying.
But even she had to shed a lil tear today.
We all did.
And then we dried our tears with the Terrible Towel, cause he would have wanted it that way.
Rest In Peace, Mr. Cope.
Hated On Mostly
Posted: February 26, 2008 Filed under: Campaign 2008, Clinton, Obama 1 Comment »The more I listen/watch the incessant blather about the campaign, the more I realize that most of what i see in terms of negative comments from the press and the media on Obama amounts to hate.
Not the kind that leads to burning crosses or nooses.
The kind of hate that mostly leads to tapping fingers and flapping lips.
“He is an empty suit”
“He lacks susbtance”
“He is Inexperienced”
“He is a Plagiarist”
“He is an unpatriotic down-low Muslim”
“His wife is a (insert pretty much everything you heard about Hillary circa 1992)”
I am saving my personal argument for Barack Obama for my Sunday Endorsement Essay, but I will say this: More than anything else, being president IS actually about what you say. The presidency is a bully pulpit more than anything else. It involves having a vision and placing the right people in the right places. Being president is about character and putting what is good for America above everything else in the long term, not just during the time you are in power.
We aren’t really having a conversation on the issues when you ignore what it is in a man’s history just because it suits your purposes.
Hell, there is more MISINFORMATION being spread about Obama’s past than ACTUAL history.
And let’s not even get started on the characterizations of those of us who support Obama.
Nothing but hate.
Come on, people!(Cosby & Poussaint, 2007)
The man has a law degree from Harvard where he chaired the Harvard Law Review, followed by several years in the Illinois State Senate and then a few years in the United States Senate. It defies logic that someone with 6 years in the US Senate and a career as a corporate lawyer who dispatched Joe Biden, who was elected in 1972 (there is your THIRTY FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE), Christopher Dodd, who was elected in 1980, and Bill Richardson, who has a resume with more bullets than Sean Bell caught would dare trot out the experience argument.
Unless, of course, we are talking about SOMEONE ELSE’S EXPERIENCE .
Think about that when you start hearing about being ready on Day one tonight in Cleveland.
Please welcome in their InkogNegro Debut – BriteThorn
Posted: February 26, 2008 Filed under: Britethorn, Campaign 2008, Clinton, Star Trek, Videos Leave a comment »Ready on Day One?
What Would Kirk Do?
Ms. First Female Front Runner Presidential Candidate
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Johnny Gill, Lemme Holla @ You for a minute…
Posted: February 26, 2008 Filed under: Doug Banks, down-low, Eddie Murphy, Johnny Gill, Lemme Holla, New Edition 5 Comments »Hey, Johnny.
I know you and me aren’t exactly close. Considering I wasn’t really an enthusiastic fan of yours, I would understand if you wouldn’t exactly take kindly to my advice.
The reality is I was always a fan of yours. I told anyone who would listen that you single handedly saved New Edition, giving them a gravitas that Bobby Brown never could.
No, dancing wasn’t your forte’, but still, musically, you did the damn thing.
I don’t know who else was feeling it, But I dug your last single
Frightening how much more substantial your voice was than all the other cats were.
Anyway, enough nostalgia.
This is about YOU, bro.
Clearly word has gotten back to you about the way your name is hot in the e-streets. You need to understand, JG, that this ain’t the late 80′s. Back then the rumors were scattershot and usually a bunch of he said she said.
Getting your misogynist won’t save you, it will only hasten the day that you end up starring on Front street.Yeah Yeah, I get that people won’t understand and your career will be over (um…well, actually…) so what you are doing is not exactly unprecedented or unexpected.
But what it IS…is tacky beyond measure. Not to mention that it does more harm than good to all involved. “Keeping a stable” does not automatically exclude you from seeking alternative means of pleasure. Then of course, there is this
So, um…yeah. And this ain’t even about WHAT you are doing, cause you are older than me. This is about HOW you are doing it. It is damaging to you, those that you associate with and the community at large.
This is what you call clearing things up?
You got babies, fam.
And to be honest…We don’t believe you you need more People(Carter, S. and Saga)
At the end of the day, I don’t a bit more know what you do than the man in the moon. But to be honest, this is NOT helping your case.
At ALL.
Stoppit, fam.
Seriously.
Hey, NBC. Barack Obama is on TV everyday for a year and this is the BEST YOU CAN DO?
Posted: February 26, 2008 Filed under: Fred Armisen, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Tina Fey Leave a comment »So, in the midst of the Biggest Presidential Primary season ever and the most compelling Presidential Candidate since Robert Kennedy…NBC offers THIS as a parody?
So, a Black man is on the verge of history, and THIS is the best you can do???
YMBFKM.
I mean, the AP is dropping stories about Obama’s Patriotism? the ASSOCIATED PRESS??? Yeah….talk about a free pass.
I reckon that I should let y’all slide for being on strike and stuff. But this was just plain lazy. Time is running out, Folks, Pretty soon it will be Summer, and you will be back in reruns.
Perhaps now is a good time to play Rent a negro or something. Obama ain’t going nowhere, Fred Armisen ain’t gonna get it done. Not.Even.Close.
And don’t even get me started on THIS SHIT HERE…
Yanno, Tina, you’re cute in a plain white girl with a neat sense of humor kind of way.
But Bitch is not the new black. Bitch isn’t even the new pink. Bitch is the once and future Female dog.
Once upon a time, you couldn’t say Bitch in public.
I still don’t.
Suddenly now you think you can rehabilitate and positive up Bitch, like Black folk (some) did the word Nigger.
Um, sorry, Tina.
Black Women Tried that. Then they realized that just because YOU make it a positive word, Men will still use it as a pejorative and beat you upside the metaphorical head with it.
One day, Black men will realize the same thing about the word Nigger(-a,-az,-uh) but that is another subject for another time.
Anyhoo…good luck with that tacit endorsement. Too bad you’re about two weeks late.
