January 27, 2006

I was born a poor black child: The Rusty Shackleford Autobiography

An excerpt from my soon te be released autobiography:

My life as the son of a sharecropper was no picnic. In town there was always the worry that Boss Hogg and the powers that be would take some offense and confiscate what little we had to themselves under the perversity that was Jim Crow.

And home was no better. Emasculated by a system that drained by father of all that was manly dignity, he found his only solace was the bottle. And when my father drank, he was mean. Real mean.

Is it true? Does it really matter? It sounds true.

And if Timothy P. Barrus, a white guy from Lansing, Michigan, can win awards for writing about growing up on the Navajo Reservation, why can't I shoot for the same? He's pretty much my new hero, anyhow. Except for the gay porn thing. Can't say that I know enough about that to make up a true sounding story.

Hat tip to Confederate Yankee for the e-mail.

Posted by: Rusty at 02:47 PM | Comments (13) | Add Comment
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1 I understand your hard upbringing Rusty. I am the offspring of a secretive relationship between Aquaman and my mother, who at the time was the cafeteria lady at the Justice League HQ.

Posted by: Graeme at January 27, 2006 03:02 PM (HwEEo)

2 I'm going to blog about this Indian-cum-gay-pron-author story when I get home tonight, and want a good title, so I figured I'd appropriate Rusty's comments via Kelo. So here's the question: can anyone come up with a better post title on this subject other than, "Prances with Wolves?" I have faith in you. :-)

Posted by: Confederate Yankee at January 27, 2006 03:24 PM (g5Nba)

3 Rusty, are you the brother of Namon, Steve Martin's character in "The Jerk"? But he ended up rich, so heh!

Posted by: jesusland joe at January 27, 2006 03:42 PM (rUyw4)

4 There's a great comprehensive story in the LA Weekly: http://www.laweekly.com/index.php?option=com_lawcontent&task=view&id=12468&Itemid=47 CY: I give you a lame one -- One Little Idiot

Posted by: Dusty at January 27, 2006 03:56 PM (8RfU1)

5 It's so refreshing to hear that someone else had it tough. I'm currently putting the finishing touches on my own memoir. It's about the struggles my brother and I had growing up as incestuous lesbians trapped in men's bodies. Are you listening Oprah?

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at January 27, 2006 04:06 PM (RHG+K)

6 Ward Churchill by any other name! Most people have no idea how common this is - and how it pisses of Native Americans so much - along with their inability to stop it. I met the artist (I believe he called himself Whitecloud) in the early 80s in Colorado Springs, who made a fortune selling his "Native American" paintings + to the liberal chic crowd. He helped (ha ha) trigger that federal law designed to stop this - 'cept it doesn't cover literary works for some reason - go figure! Rusty! You gotta know about the Asa Carter thing! Now that was a hoot - and a HUGH embarrassment for the lib/left multi-cultural crowd!

Posted by: hondo at January 27, 2006 04:14 PM (3aakz)

7 I was raised by a pack of feral chihuahuas.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at January 27, 2006 10:44 PM (0yYS2)

8 Your supposed to make something up Maxie!

Posted by: hondo at January 27, 2006 11:02 PM (3aakz)

9 Confederate Yankee, I have a title for ya: Sitting Bullsh*t

Posted by: Oyster at January 28, 2006 04:54 AM (YudAC)

10 Oh, okay. They were gay feral chihuahuas.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at January 28, 2006 09:46 AM (0yYS2)

11 The galleys have come back from the publisher for MY memoir, which should be hitting the bookstores in a couple of weeks. It's about how I grew up as the poor son of a former USAAF officer, worked as a farmer to put myself through college, then went to war as a medal-winning (three Purple Hearts) SWIFT boat commander in Vietnam. I discuss in great detail my secret Christmas '68 trip to smuggle arms into Cambodia, made at the personal behest of President Nixon, which is seared - SEARED - into my memory. I also tell the truth about my heroic rescue of a drowning Green Beret officer while my boat was taking fire from hundreds of angry VC guerrillas, as well as my courageous efforts to fight for the rights and dignity of Vietnam vets when I came home. The last page and a half of my book is about my long career in the Senate and all the foreign leaders I confer with in the restaurants of NYC, DC, Boston, and Aspen. Reserve your copy today!

Posted by: docjim505 at January 29, 2006 06:52 PM (sntNU)

12 Should be more interesting the BILL CLINTONS boring book MY LIES

Posted by: sandpiper at January 30, 2006 09:44 AM (A2P9P)

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Posted by: Hugh at February 27, 2006 07:27 PM (EnPc/)

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