LOUISIANA JUDGE DENIES MARRIAGE LICENSE TO INTERRACIAL COUPLE

Not Good for Children?

Breaking news from AP that is unrelated to kids in flying balloons:

A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.

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Bardwell told the Daily Star of Hammond that he was not a racist.

"I do ceremonies for black couples right here in my house," Bardwell said. "My main concern is for the children."

Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.

Well, that was fun seeing what Louisiana was like in the 1950's. I'd like to go back to the 21st century now.

Anybody seen my time machine?


(Thanks to Mama Shih)

--Junichi

THE ULTIMATE EMAIL JUXTAPOSITION

This is what the top of my inbox currently looks like.

The first email is a link to an article about how our government is failing to protect us from bad food.

The second email is from Quiznos promoting its new Double Cheese Cheesesteak.

--Junichi

THE DEATH OF THE FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST

Missy does not approve

I realize the American Music Awards are only slightly more relevant than the Golden Space Needle Awards and the Little People's Choice Awards.

But today's list of AMA nominations reveals a startling fact.

In the categories of POP/ROCK, there are nominees for both Favorite Male Artist and Favorite Female Artist.

Same goes for the categories of COUNTRY MUSIC and SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES.

But for RAP/HIP-HOP MUSIC, there is no Best Female Artist category this year. They only have three nominees for Best Male Artist. (They have had a Best Female Artist category in this genre before.)

Are you getting that? There were so few female hip hop artists worth recognizing this year that the American Music Awards -- whose standards are so low that Michael Jackson is a leading nominee this year -- didn't even bother to list three nominees.

Perhaps the problem is not an actual dearth of female hip hop artists, but the failure to recognize them. Or the failure of radio, magazines, tv, and other outlets to play and promote female hip hop artists.

No matter what, this is a pathetic development.

--Junichi

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--Junichi