DISCLAIMERS
* The Countenance Blog is the personal blog of yours truly, who was once upon a time the Webmaster for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC) presences. This URL was used for the St. Louis CofCC Blog from its inception until June 2007, at which time I realized I was mixing personal and business interests, at which point I created another URL for the official St. Louis CofCC Blog. (Just in case you’re wondering, that itself has a new URL under a new webmaster, as your ever-loving blogmeister lived in Carbondale, Illinois for most of 2009). I must stipulate This is not an official organ of the Council of Conservative Citizens, or any of its chapters. Opinions expressed therein are those of this blogmeister and guest contributors, and probably don’t reflect official policy of the Council of Conservative Citizens, or any of its chapters.
* Many stories and some of the content covered here do not align with the mission of the Council of Conservative Citizens. They are interesting to this blogmeister, but not indicative of the interests of the CofCC. This is still true, but now that you realize that this medium doesn’t speak for any organization, it’s a moot point.
* Before you get offended by something you might read here, you might want to consider the fact that this blogmeister often uses subtle sarcasm, biting cynicism and verbal irony. For instance, my use of the words “twelve unenlightened dufuses” in reference to the Twelve Disciples of Christ, or “That Place Is Replete With Crazy Homophobic Christian Fundamentalists” in regards to Mississippi, Alabama or Wyoming, does not literally mean that I think those things literally about the Disciples or those states, respectively. One should read these words in context, realizing the sarcasm involved.
* If that doesn’t keep you from being offended, then chew me out. And while you’re upset, re-read the text above in bold, so you don’t think you can complain to anybody but this blogmeister.
* It is my personal policy not to publish names of sitting or retired-but-still-living magistrates or judges, save members of the U.S. or Missouri Supreme Courts, whose identities are just too famous and ubiquitous to conceal. In many circumstances, this blogmeister will not provide a link back to the source material, if there is any, if it has the name(s) of sitting or retired judge(s).
Usually, stories that involve sitting or retired judges are covered on this blog because the judge has done something that is (in my/our opinion) very agreeable, or very abhorrent. Therefore, that judge could be a target for physical violence and retribution either by extremists on our side of the spectrum (if it’s one we disagree with), or by anarchist nuts (if it’s a judge we agree with).
This logic applies to magistrates but is non sequitur to elected politicians, because most judges have veritable or virtual lifetime appointments; politicians can get defeated at the ballot box.
FAQs
Q: What do you mean by the verb “murtha?”
A: Surrender.
Q: You seem to use the word “integrity” as a substitute for that four-letter word that begins with “S.” What is up with that?
A: See this.
Q: What does “PTB” mean?
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Q: Do you use the word “baby” or “babies” in definitions other than the commonly accepted?
A: Both questions share the same answer. Radio talk show hostess Lizz Brown, the morning drive personality on WGNU-AM-920 St. Louis, started to use the word “baby” several years ago to refer to young black people who were arrested on criminal suspicion, to draw sympathy for them. It got so ridiculous on her part that she used it to refer to a 37-year old woman in north St. Louis County that was picked up on drug charges.
In reaction, “White Eagle,” who was a regular caller to some of the better shows on that station, back in the days when that station had good shows, formulated the “Predatory Thug Baby of the Week Award,” to lampoon Miss Brown. PTB means Predatory Thug Baby.
Q: What do you mean by “that radio station whose mascot is a wildebeest?”
A: Another name for a wildebeest is a gnu. WGNU-AM-920 in St. Louis uses a gnu/wildebeest as its mascot. That phrase is merely a sarcastic circumlocution for saying WGNU.
Q: Who is “Mrs. Antolinez?”:
A: You know her better as (at the time of this writing) Missouri Secretary of State and likely Democrat nominee for the U.S. Senate race in 2010, Robin Carnahan. In the summer of 2007 or 2008, she married a Latin American diplomat named Juan Antolinez. Other than a Jo Mannies blurb in the Post-Dispatch, there wasn’t a peep about the marriage. She certainly didn’t jettison her politically advantageous maiden name. Calling her Mrs. Antolinez is my sarcastic way to razz her. There is a theory that the marriage is a cover-up for a certain lifestyle choice on her part.
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