A return to blogging (sort of)
(WARNING: This is going to sound a lot more like a LiveJournal entry than my usual posts, but you should read anyways).
It has been MONTHS since I’ve posted on AverageJoeLE. I will admit, like most of my projects, I had very high hopes for what this site could be. I envisioned it being a haven for distinctly “young conservatives” who were recent college grads, caught somewhere between students and professionals.
So what went wrong? The biggest part of it was the lack of content, obviously. Even with a number of writers on staff, people get busy, and you know the drill.
Second, I was creating a niche for a market that didn’t exist. Although we did have one big scoop (the Obama gear at the NBC Store) it wasn’t enough to pull us over the top without a steady stream of news.
Finally, I should have been more realistic and been able to recognize that I couldn’t run a full-fledged News and Opinion website while in my second year of law school. I bought the lie that second year was supposed to be easier. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT NOT TRUE. Toughest year of school at any level ever.
For the upcoming year, I hoped that maybe I could revive the idea, but the inherent problems still exist. On top of that, add on the fact that I am Editor in Chief for the Circuit Review at Seton Hall, will likely be volunteering for a campaign this summer and fall, need to earn some sort of income, traveling back and forth to DC to visit the lovely Ms. Yasenchak, searching for a permanent job, prepping for the bar exam, and O YEH, I’m getting married in a year.
Where does this leave AverageJoeLE? Well, for starters, it’s staying around for a little while longer, at least. It’s going to be slightly more “personal” but not in that creepy online diary way. It will be more like extended Facebook and Twitter posts, more like casual commentary on politics and news as the feeling strikes me. Some things will be more ranty, others will be more eloquent. Depends on my mood, really.
Although I’m not banning any old writers from the site (if you guys still have your passwords, feel free to contribute anytime!) I don’t expect them to write that much on here again. In fact, I’d be surprised if even half of them even read this post (but go ahead and surprise me in the comments, Tim Ryder et al.) I haven’t decided exactly what to do with the old content, but I’ll likely just leave it up for now.
Bottom Line: Please check back when you can to see what this Average Joe L-E, all on his own, thinks about the world. Hopefully, You’ll find it interesting.
Sincerely,
Joe
Racial Profiling or Racial Whining?
The media sensationalism caused by police responding to a 911 call over a break-in has caused the media to go into a turning-criminal- into-victims frenzy.
National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” aired this piece by King Anyi Howell who whines that he is often pulled over and has his car searched by police because he is guilty of “driving while black”. However, buried in Mr. Howell’s tirade is an admission that he is often guilty of violating noise requirements, briefly admitting that after the cops leave he “[turns his] music back up”. Continue Reading »
NJ history of corruption stands alone
After a bit of time away from the site, I figured it would only be appropriate to comment on my home state of New Jersey and what went down only a stone’s throw away from my law school in Newark.
Last Thursday, the FBI nabbed 44 people in a massive corruption-money laundering-organ trafficking scandal. Yes, that’s what I said.
And when I went to William and Mary, they told me about the concept of “good ole’ boys” as if I was going to be surprised by it. I had no reason to suspect otherwise; In My Cousin Vinny, Billy Gambini reminds us of “Old South” values: “We think they’re trying to set us up as patsies, Ma. You know how corrupt it is down here. They all know each other.”
But as if by providence, my return to New Jersey could not have come at a better time to remind me that southern state public officials could learn a thing or two about being corrupt from our state leaders. Continue Reading »
The Amish are watching you
I came across this interesting article in the Philadelphia Inquirer today.
The article states the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, home of 55,000 people in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, has installed 165 surveillance cameras around town to watch its citizens in case they commit any crimes. Continue Reading »
The Dems target tobacco - where does that leave liberal smokers?
You know, liberals’ nanny-state antics often come back to bite them in the ass.
When Obama signed the recent tobacco legislation into law, the liberal tobacco users I know were crying over their sore hineys. When Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia signed a ban on smoking tobacco in restaurants and bars, my liberal pals were nursing their tooshies. Continue Reading »
A big day in the law
The Supreme Court today has some major, important cases that popped up today. It’s rare I can look at what the court did any one day and actually be happy with most of the results.
First, Justice Ginsburg got one right. (But yes, I had to put up a terrible photo of her anyway). She stayed the sale of Chrysler to Fiat in order for SCOTUS to hear the case. Imagine that– the Supreme Court might be worried about the Obama administration deciding, on a whim, to throw out contract law!
Welcome back!
Welcome back to… me? And any of you that have stumbled across this humble little site. I’m a tad upset that I haven’t gotten more done here, but law review got in my way. So just to give a small preview of what is coming up next: Continue Reading »
I must be going nuts
Law review write-on competition might be the death of me. I feel like something is really missing in the competition assignment, so I am going a little stir-crazy. I came into Seton Hall today thinking that would somehow help me, but I have no idea if that will work. I would really like to (officially) launch this blog come Tuesday, but I have no idea if I will even have a single word written down by the time Tuesday rolls around.
Ironically, when I used picapp to find a photo that might fit with this story, I typed in “law review” and this photo is the one that came up. How fitting.
