What's in a name?

Hmmm...let me try to understand the following: Grammy-winning pop singer Mariah Carey is trying to block porn star-turned politician Mary Carey from trademarking her similar-sounding stage name, saying that fans could get the two performers confused.

Yes, Mariah, you do share the same last name as Mary Carey, but Mariah sounds nothing like Mary.  In fact,  the only reason why people may confuse the two of you is the fact that sometimes....you kinda dress like a porn star.   I'm not saying that's bad, but it is what it is.

 

 

Defeating The Purpose

Memo to dog enthusiast: if you dress your dog in a fur coat, you are a loser.   That's like putting a fat suit on a fat person because they're already fat.   Losers:

A Yorkshire Terrier presents a creation during a fashion show featuring the winter collection for dogs in Moscow December 1, 2006

 

 

What's the smell?!?!

I have never been on a plane and encountered a passenger who "lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence"; in fact, that's probably the one and only place where something like this should not happen.   The flight was diverted, passengers screened, reboared, with the exception of the one who delt it.  "The woman, who was not identified, was not charged in the incident."  I don't think it's against the law to pass gas, but doing it on a plane is not a very good idea. 

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Flatulence on plane sparks emergency landing

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- It is considered polite to light a match after passing gas. Not while on a plane.

An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said.

The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported smelling burning sulfur from the matches, said Lynne Lowrance, spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority. All 99 passengers and five crew members were taken off and screened while the plane was searched and luggage was screened.

The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal a "body odor," Lowrance said. She had an unspecified medical condition, authorities said.

"It's humorous in a way but you feel sorry for the individual, as well," she said. "It's unusual that someone would go to those measures to cover it up."

The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane. The woman, who was not identified, was not charged in the incident.

 

Toy for Tots rejects talking Jesus Dolls

I'm not really all that concerned that "A talking Jesus doll has been turned down by the Marine Reserves' Toys for Tots program," but I am a little worried that this doll looks more like Johnny Damon than Jesus.   Judge for yourself:

Toys for Tots rejects talking Jesus dolls

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A talking Jesus doll has been turned down by the Marine Reserves' Toys for Tots program.

A Los Angeles company offered to donate 4,000 of the 1-foot-tall dolls, which quote Bible verses, for distribution to needy children this holiday season.

The battery-powered Jesus is one of several dolls manufactured by one2believe, a division of the Valencia-based Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Co., based on biblical figures. (Watch to see and hear the Bible-quoting dolls -- 1:52)

But the charity balked because of the dolls' religious nature.

Toys are donated to kids based on financial need and "we don't know anything about their background, their religious affiliations," said Bill Grein, vice president of Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, in Quantico, Virginia.

As a government entity, Marines "don't profess one religion over another," Grein said Tuesday. "We can't take a chance on sending a talking Jesus doll to a Jewish family or a Muslim family."

Michael La Roe, director of business development for both companies, said the charity's decision left him "surprised and disappointed."

"The idea was for them to be three-dimensional teaching tools for kids," La Roe said. "I believe as a churchgoing person, anyone can benefit from hearing the words of the Bible."

According to the company's Web site, the button-activated, bearded Jesus, dressed in hand-sewn cloth outfits and sandals, recites Scripture such as "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again" and "Love your neighbor as yourself." It has a $20 retail value.

Grein questioned whether children would welcome a gift designed for religious instruction.

"Kids want a gift for the holiday season that is fun," he said.

The program distributed 18 million stuffed animals, games, toy trucks and other gifts to children in 2005.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/14/toy.jesus.ap/index.html

Error with the counter

I'm not sure why, but the counter on this page has been reset yet again.  Currently is shows 3 views, should be closer to 1,000.   All, well.  At least I know there are a few people checking out this journal.

Magic: The Best Defense Against Robbers!!!

Apparently, magic isn't just entertainment; and it can also be a crime deterrent.  Last April, magician David Copperfield "and two female assistants were walking from the Kravis Center (in South Florida) to their tour bus when they were approached by the teens."   The teens robbed Copperfiled's assistants, however, "the illusionist turned his pockets inside out to reveal nothing, although he was carrying his passport, wallet and cell phone."

Dude, you used your "powers" to save yourself, but didn't help your assistants?  Couldn't you make a lion appear out of thin air to chase off the crooks?  Nope, you made your belongings disappear, saving yourself from being robbed, while your assistants were left to fend for themselves.   Punk!

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Thief tricked by David Copperfield pleads guilty

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- One of three teenagers charged with attempting to rob illusionist David Copperfield as he left a performance has pleaded guilty.

Terrance Riley, 17, was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for three counts of robbery with a weapon and one count of attempted robbery. He will be housed with other inmates under the age of 21.

Circuit Judge Edward Garrison also ordered Riley to testify against his two co-defendants, his brother Dwayne Riley, 18, and Markeith Jones, 17.

Copperfield, 50, and two female assistants were walking from the Kravis Center to their tour bus when they were approached by the teens April 23. The assistants handed over money and a cellphone, but the illusionist turned his pockets inside out to reveal nothing, although he was carrying his passport, wallet and cell phone.

"He said in depositions that he had things on him, but it wasn't difficult to make it seem like there was nothing there," prosecutor Sherri Collins said.

"Terrance was remorseful for what occurred, has told the truth about his involvement and would like everything to disappear," said his attorney, Franklin Prince. Prince said Riley hopes to finish high school behind bars.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/10/copperfield.robbed.ap/index.html

The "All-Knowing" Rush

Raise your hand if you think the following is just simply stupid?  Political commentator Rush Limbaugh suggested that Michael J. Fox's appearance in a Missouri senatorial campaign ad was "either off his medication or acting" when he appeared to be trembling.   Ah, yes. Rush would know a little something about "meds", wouldn't he?  News flash, simpleton; MJ Fox has Parkinson's.  There's a very good chance that his tremors in the ad might have had a something to do with that.   I'm not a doctor, but I'll go out on a limb and suggest that no matter how many meds one takes for Parkinson's, the chance of completely being in control of your muscles are very small.    But of course, you probably knew that already, since you're all-knowing, just like you knew what was best for the NFL.  What a schmuck.

Anyone out there?

Is there anyone reading my blog? 

An Act of Kindness

With so much awful news in the world right now, it was very refreshing to see this storry about a homeless man rewarded for a good deed.   It's nice to see there's still some humanity in the world.

 

 

You need a Mastercard to get out of the warzone.

Isn't just like the government to pay $1,000 for a toilet seat, spend millions on dollars on military equipment (i.e.. Sgt. York Tank), spend money on bridges to nowhere (in Alaska), pretty much act like a spaz with Katrina hit last year, and now this:  with thousand of Americans now in harms way of the conflict between Israel and Lebanon, the US is asking all American evacuees to promise to pay the government back for getting them out of there.

 

Just a short time ago it was announced that " the Bush administration is waiving the requirement that Americans had to pay or reimburse the government for being evacuated from Lebanon."  Wow!  It didn't take an act of Congress to waive this fee?  I'd like to say this was a great move, however, that fact that it was even news that the government was going to charge these people to get out of this combat zone is pitiful. 

The Naked Mechanic

I've gone to a few mechanics in my time.  While most of them showed a little butt-crack (no, i wasn't trying to look, but, damm!  it's like watching a car-wreck.  can't they get better fitting clothes, or a wear a belt?), I never came across one that had to face "charges of public nudity and indecent exposure after neighbors put a stop to some unusual car repairs."  It seems this guy like to repair cars in his birthday suit!   One of his neighbors is quoted as saying ""He goes outside in his yard and just walks around naked as a jay bird", while another said "I'm seven months pregnant and I wouldn't want my daughter coming outside and seeing an old man naked working in the yard, you know?"  

Heck, I'm a 35 year old non-preggers man, and I don't wan to see that!  Nasty! Nasty!

Axl Just Being Axl

Nothing says "I'm a rock star" more that being accused of "biting a security guard in the leg".  Speaking of which, who would pay money to see Axl Rose perform?  It's not 1989, and last time I checked, Guns N Roses was pretty much broken up.   In any case it's nice to see Axl in the news.

The Tale of Two 911 Calls

I'm convinced that the world is just so backwards sometimes.   Can someone explain how a dog can call 911 and save his owner's life, yet, a 5 year old boy tried to do the same thing for his mother, only to have the 911 operators accuse him of making prank calls???  That little kid had to watch his mother die while the 911 operators reacted to his second attempt to call for help "by sending police out to discipline the child and inform the parent that the youngster was dialing 911", yet, this dog was able to call for help, and his owner survived?  People suck sometimes......

The Immigration Debate

This is too funny!  A must see!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhEl6HdfqWM

She Can Walk, er, Run! It's A Mircale!!!

Who said there aren't miracles in the world?  This story proves that mircales can, and do, happen.  Of course, the mircale in this case is the woman not being arrested before her moment of self-actualization took place.  It's funny how something simple as being aressted by cops can bring about a mircale.  I hope this woman makes good use of her legs in the future, such as "walking" to a job.  Of couse, she'll get plenty of time to work them out in the prison gym.

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Woman ditches wheelchair, flees police

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A wheelchair-bound Los Angeles woman, who has repeatedly filed lawsuits over access for the disabled, got up and ran after police arrested her for fraud, authorities said Thursday.

Laura Lee Medley, 35, had sued in at least four California cities over injuries she claimed she sustained while trying to navigate her wheelchair before she was suspected of fraud.

Medley, who claimed to be paralyzed from a drunk driving accident, was tracked to Las Vegas where police there took her into custody and then, when she complained of medical issues, to a local hospital, Long Beach prosecutor Belinda Mayes said.

"She gets to the hospital and while she's waiting for an examination, she gets up from the chair and runs," Mayes said. "Somebody remarked, 'That's where the great miracle occurred.' "

Medley sprinted through the hospital corridors but was quickly apprehended by police and booked pending extradition to San Bernardino, California, where she is facing charges of filing false documents, attempted grand theft and insurance fraud.

Medley has sued the cities of Long Beach and South Pasadena and counties of San Bernardino and Riverside over various injuries she claimed she sustained in her wheelchair. She was also being sought on arrest warrants by the states of Oregon and Washington, Mayes said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/11/wheelchair.runner.reut/index.html

The Dumbest Lawsuit EVER!!!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't it seem like, over the years, that Americans have become so....so stupid, that we feel that we have to sue for almost anything?  And when I say "we", I should actually say "morons", because the guy in this story is just that.  

As noted on ESPN.com, " A man who was denied a red nylon tote bag during a Mother's Day promotion at an Angels baseball game has filed a sex and age discrimination lawsuit against the team."   OK, where to start; "he's" suing because he was denied permission to receive one of these "purses" because it was meant to be given to "women" on "Mother's Day". 

Exactly what point are you trying to make with this lawsuit?????  Honestly, what is your point?  According to this moron "thousands of males and fans under age 18 are entitled to $4,000 in damages each because they were treated unequally at last May's promotion", yet, "Angel officials said Cohn was the only person who complained about the giveaway." 

To make this whole silly lawsuit worse, he's a psychologist.  Sounds like you're the one that needs a shrink.  Really...you're the only person that complained about not getting your woman bag at this give away, yet, you feel compelled to drag the rest of us men into this mess by believing that we support you.

To placate this loser, the Angles sent "him four tote bags and a letter stating the team ran out of the item that day and had to order more."  It's not like he didn't get a bag.  Heck, the team went out their way to send him four.  In response, his lawyer, who I feel might have earned his degree on the planet Simpleton, said "They claimed they didn't have any more bags, but my client said there was a mountain of bags stacked so high a show dog couldn't have jumped over them." 

A SHOW DOG??? Ok, that it!   Here's the scoop, idoits!  The freakin' giveaway was for WOMEN on MOTHER'S DAY, not for LOONEY PSYCHOLOGIST WITH "ISSUES".    Please do the rest of us normal people a HUGE, HUGE favor and continue with the law suit.  In fact, take it to Judge Joe Brown or Judy Judy.  I'd love to see either one of them grill you on nation tv.  Losers!

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Thursday, May 11, 2006
Man denied bag says Angels discriminated

Associated Press

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A man who was denied a red nylon tote bag during a Mother's Day promotion at an Angels baseball game has filed a sex and age discrimination lawsuit against the team.

The class action claim filed by Michael Cohn, a Los Angeles psychologist, alleges that thousands of males and fans under age 18 are entitled to $4,000 in damages each because they were treated unequally at last May's promotion. Women over 18 received the gifts.

Angel officials said Cohn was the only person who complained about the giveaway and that the team is proud of its promotions.

"Historically, we have tried to appeal on those special days that might be nationally noted holidays or special occasions," team spokesman Tim Mead said, adding he could not comment directly on the suit because he hadn't seen it. "We have tailored programs or giveaways accordingly."

The team responded to a complaint letter that Cohn wrote last June by sending him four tote bags and a letter stating the team "ran out of the item that day and had to order more."

"They claimed they didn't have any more bags, but my client said there was a mountain of bags stacked so high a show dog couldn't have jumped over them," said Alfred Rava, Cohn's San Diego-based attorney.

Cohn could not be reached for comment.

This weekend's Mother's Day promotion will offer tote bags to the first 25,000 fans over age 18, rather than cater specifically to women. Mead would not say whether the change was in response to Cohn's complaint.

Rava said the altered promotion still violates the civil rights of fans under age 18.

Cohn's suit names as defendants the Angels and the Corinthian Colleges, which sponsored the event through an affiliate.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2440983<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Pip! Pip!

I'm just now getting around to doing something on here that I meant to do before.  That is, to put some picutres on here that will make you go "huh?'.

I came across this picture a few months ago.  During a time out in a heated Cricket match, the waterboy serves up some Gatorade.   How can Cricket be called a sport when the waterboy is a butler and the players are wearing sweaters?   The waterboy is even wearing white gloves!  And to think that people outside of the US laugh at our sports.....

 

He wonts a youngin!

Ah, nothing says "I'm a pedophile" like this story, while at the same time, you can hear "Battle of The Banjos" playing in the background.    Very distrubing....

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From NewsChannel 8:
Oklahoma Man Offers $1,000 For Young Virgin Bride
Location: Bray
Posted: April 20, 2006 7:42 AM EST
URL: http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0406/320857.html

Bray (AP) - A man is causing an uproar in the rural Stephens County town of Bray by advertising that he'd like to pay for a young virgin to be his bride.

A sign that 45-year-old Michael Thelemann posted in his yard Sunday said he'll pay a $1,000 reward for a virgin bride between the ages of 12 and 24.

One of his neighbors says she feels like she's living near a pedophile and another says she fears for the safety of her three daughters.

Thelemann says he can't understand the uproar, especially since his grandmother married an older man when she was 14. He says he's getting up in years and wants a young wife who can bear him children.

Thelemann says his original sign was stolen but he's since erected a new one that doesn't include the minor ages. It does note, however, that he's not interested in a, quote, "pig-worshipping, heathen, white-supremacist wife," unquote.

Stephens County District Attorney Gene Christian says it's likely Thelemann is acting legally. But noting the recent killings of 10-year-old girls in Tulsa and Purcell, Christian says that Thelemann's timing isn't good.

 

http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0406/320857.html

Quote Of The Week

"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind."

-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr

This was bright.....

How many of us have ever gone on Spring Break?  I'm 34, 35 in a about a week, and I recall having fun during Spring Break; going to the beach, hanging out with the fellas. Apparently, this college student's idea of a fun Spring Break is to spend is to "spend a week in a Wal-Mart as a test of endurance."  What's more, "his college adviser liked the idea."

This is so wrong on many levels.  First of all, there's nothing exciting or interesting, at least to me, about living in a Wal-Mart.   I know that is some places, homeless people do seek shelter in Wal-Mart, if only to stay out of the elements, and for safety reasons.  For this moron to stay so long at this store that reach "the point of hallucinating" is just plain stupid. 

Second, you have to give it up to the security at this store.  Dude was there for 41 hours straight before "a shift manager approached him and asked him if he was finding everything he needed" and "some store greeters began to take notice -- pointing at him and whispering." Very nice. 

Third: why didn't this dip go somewhere for Spring Break?  No friends? No girlfriends?  Really...you spent your Spring Break living in Wal-Mart, and his professor "intuitively thought this is brilliant." No, it's not.  Finding the cure for polio, landing a man on the moon, inventing the automobile: all brilliant.  Living in a Wal-Mart SuperCenter: dumb:

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College student lives in Wal-Mart for 41 hours He ate at in-store restaurant, napped in restroom or on lawn chairs

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- For spring break, some college students set out for sun-drenched beaches or cheap European cities. Skyler Bartels headed for the local Wal-Mart.

Bartels, 20, an aspiring writer and Drake University sophomore, thought he'd spend a week in a Wal-Mart as a test of endurance, using it as the premise for a magazine article. His college adviser liked the idea.

"I just intuitively thought, 'This is brilliant!"' said Carol Spaulding-Kruse, an associate professor of English. "I wasn't quite sure why, but it just sounded like a really good idea."

For 41 hours, Bartels wandered the aisles of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Windsor Heightsthat's open 24 hours a day. He checked out shoppers, read magazines, watched movies on the DVD display and played video games.

He bought meals at the in-store Subway sandwich shop, but was able to catch only brief naps in a restroom stall or on lawn chairs in the garden department.

Other shoppers and employees didn't pay much attention until the end of his stay, he said, when it appeared some store greeters began to take notice -- pointing at him and whispering.

A shift manager approached him and asked him if he was finding everything he needed.

"He said, 'Didn't I see you over by the magazines, like, five hours ago?' I told him, 'Maybe,"' Bartels said.

Tiring to the point of hallucinating, Bartels said he decided to go home before he was thrown out.

He considered the project a failure.

Then, The Des Moines Register, which had been contacted by Spaulding-Kruse, called to ask him about the experience. Once the story ran, TV networks began calling.

He also talked with a book agent, has been contacted by New Line Cinema about a movie concept and did a radio interview with National Public Radio.

Bartels told The Associated Press he has decided the stunt wasn't such a failure after all.

"I'm incredibly happy with the press coverage," he said. "It would be kind of silly not to accept it with open arms."

Wal-Mart spokesman Kevin Thornton said Bartels neither violated store policy nor broke the law.

"We were unaware of his presence and if we were aware of it we certainly wouldn't have condoned it," Thornton said. "We're a retailer, not a hotel."

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/29/walmat.spring.break.ap/index.html

Something to make you think

"No matter what we want of life we have to give up something in order to get it."

-- Raymond Holliwel

Dead In The Mud

One of my favorite TV shows of all-time is "Cops". Why? Because it makes me realize that no matter how crappy my life can be, there's some moron out there that has it worse than me, as evident by the dips that always seem to appear on "Cops".   So, when I read this story about "A man running from a routine traffic stop early Tuesday sank waist-deep in mud and apparently died of exhaustion and cold while authorities tried to pull him out", it made me understand just how dangerous it can be to resist being arrested.  Sadly, though, this gentleman was running from the cops because he thought he was wanted for something, however, "he wasn't wanted for anything, except his driver's license was expired".  Ouch!!!

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Man dies stuck in mud after running from deputies Exhaustion, exposure thought to blame; toxicology tests pending

DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- A man running from a routine traffic stop early Tuesday sank waist-deep in mud and apparently died of exhaustion and cold while authorities tried to pull him out.

Deputies stopped Shawn E. Leflore, 33, for having an outdated registration sticker, sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Don Peritz said.

"He thought he was wanted. That is why he ran," Peritz said. "But it turns out he wasn't wanted for anything, except his driver's license was expired."

Leflore ran about 700 yards off the road, where he got stuck in the mud, Peritz said. The weather was windy, and temperatures were in the upper 30s in the dark field, which had been saturated by heavy rain. (Watch exhausted rescuers slog out of the sludge -- :52)

Deputies searched about an hour before finding him. They called for help and tried for another hour to pull him out, but Leflore died, Peritz said.

Peritz said officials believe Leflore suffered from exhaustion and exposure. Toxicology results were pending.

A passenger in Leflore's vehicle was not injured.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/21/mud.death.ap/index.html

Another Dumbass Dad

I can't picture any self-repspecing father doing this.   And, of course, it happened here in Tulsa.  This rocket scientist decided that he needed to get his fill of dancing snaks, so he took his little boy to the club with him, and left him alone in the car.   Keep in mind that this club isn't exactly in the best of neighborhoods, this moron left the car doors open and told his son that if he got out of the car that the "monsters would eat him".  The club manager called the cops on this weirdo when the little boy came inside the club to look for his dad.

This is the kind of case that a defense attorney would run away from.  I mean, what the defense? "You're honor, my client was horny, so he had to do something about it"????  This dip should have his parental rights stripped. 

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From NewsChannel 8:
Father Arrested After Leaving Son In Cold Car Outside Strip Club
Location: Tulsa
Posted: March 21, 2006 5:50 PM EST
URL: http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0306/312372.html

Tulsa - A Kansas man was arrested over the weekend at a Tulsa strip club after leaving his young son alone in a cold car.

It happened at the Showplace Club on Admiral near Memorial. The club's manager called police after the pre-schooler came into the club looking for his father.

According to police, the father allegedly told his son to stay in the car and that if he left, monsters would eat him.

At the time, it was raining and 45 degrees. The car was unlocked and parked near a busy street.

Damm!

I'm sure that all of us, at one time, have had "that neighbor"; the one who is so obsessive with his lawn that it becomes a worse addiction than gambling or drinking.  However, I doubt any of us has had a neighbor that was "charged with murder" for shooting someone for walking across his lawn.   If you read this story, you get the feeling that dude's obsession with his green thumb caused him to shoot this poor kid.   Me, I think he's just nuts.  No one in their right mind would do something as horrid as this.   A life is not worth keeping your yard pristine. I know you were taking matters into your own hands since you previously "told police he had several times had problems with neighbors walking" into your yard....why not build a fence???? Fence: good.  Shooting someone: bad.

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'I just killed a kid' Neighbor charged with shooting teen who walked on his grass

BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) -- A man who neighbors say was devoted to his meticulously kept lawn was charged with murder in the shooting of a 15-year-old boy who apparently walked across his yard.

Charles Martin called 911 on Sunday afternoon, saying calmly: "I just killed a kid."

Police, who released the call's contents, said Martin also told the dispatcher: "I've been harassed by him and his parents for five years. Today just blew it up." (Watch for the 911 call from the accused shooter -- 1:46)

Larry Mugrage, whose family lived next door, was shot in the chest with a shotgun. The high school freshman was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Martin, 66, allegedly told police he had several times had problems with neighbors walking on his lawn. He remained jailed without bond Monday. His jailers said no attorney was listed for him.

Neighbors said Martin lived alone quietly, often sitting in front of his one-story home with its neat lawn, well-trimmed shrubbery and flag pole with U.S. and Navy flags flying.

Joanne Ritchie, 46, said Mugrage was known as "a good kid." She said she always also considered Martin to be friendly.

Union Township is near Batavia,about 20 miles east of Cincinnati, Ohio.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/20/boy.shot.ap/index.html

CNN.com does it again/The blue pill for horses!

Once again, CNN.com has turned to tabloid journalism to fill space on it's webpage.  I'm not buying that a "court ordered Viagra to be given to a stallion" is something that should be on their website.  While I'm at it:

Memo to all guys:

          Stop taking these pills.  Your not getting it up is nature's way of saying you shouldn't reproduce.  Also, if you're going blad, just shave your hair off.  You can use the money saved from hairplugs and rugs for a downpayment on a fly sports car:

Court's prescription for ailing horse: Viagra

BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- A German court ordered Viagra to be given to a stallion after his new owner claimed he was impotent and refused to pay the full asking price.

The buyer of the horse called Vedor paid just a tenth of the price of over 4,000 euros ($4,900), claiming it had only one testicle and failed to get frisky with a female pony.

A vet found the testicle after an examination, said Egbert Simons, a spokesman for the court in the eastern town of Neuruppin.

And when the stallion was given the potency drug, it emerged he was fully functional, he added.

The court ordered the buyer to pay the full price.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/20/viagra.stallion.reut/index.html

The Diaries of A Dog and Cat

A friend of mine sent this to me yesterday.  I'm not sure who the original author is, but this is one of the funniest things I have ever read.   Enjoy!

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 EXCERPTS FROM A DOG'S DAILY DIARY:

8:00 a.m. Oh, boy!  Dog food!  My favorite!

9:30 a.m. Wow! A car ride!  This is a blast!

9:40 a.m. A walk in the park! Ate some crap...Delicious!

10:30 a.m. Getting rubbed and petted!  I'm in love!

12:00 p.m. Lunch!  Yummy!

1:00 p.m. Playing in the yard!  I just love it!

3:00 p.m. Staring adoringly at my masters...they're the best!  I'll wag my tail in joy.
 
4:00 p.m. Hooray!  The kids are home!  I'm bouncing off the walls!

5:00 p.m. Milkbones!  Great!

7:00 p.m. Get to play ball!  This is too good to be true!

8:00 p.m. Wow! Watching TV with my master!  Heavenly!

11:00 p.m. Sleeping at the bottom of my master's bed!  Life is soooooooo great!


EXCERPTS FROM A CAT'S DAILY DIARY:

Day 683 of My Captivity:

My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.

They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomited on the floor.

Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a ''good little hunter'' I am. The audacity!! There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to my power of "allergies." I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow-- but at the top of the stairs.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches.  The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released--and he seems more than willing to return! He is obviously retarded. The bird has got to be an informant-- I observe him communicating with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. The captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe........ for now.

Mother Of The Year....NOT

As father of a son who has special needs, this story hits me like a kick in the groin.   This Ohio couple built "cage-like beds fitted with alarms" because, as wife Sharen Gravelle explains, her special needs foster childen "had asked for the structures to be built".  Oh, they did?  I believe you.  Why, just yesterday, my son asked my why I hadn't begun to bulid him that 4x4 cage he wants so desperatly to live in.   But, my spidy senses told me that I shouldn't do that because kids really need to have a room with toys in it, a bed, lots of books (that's only if you want to make you kid smart), and lots of clothes. 

While I'm at it, where was the child protection agency on this?  It wasn't like this couple was caring for one kid.  They have 15 kids living in cages like animals.   Nice going, State of Ohio.

Finally, I'd like to wish the Gravelle's a fun time in prison.  Hey, at least your jail cells will be bigger than the cages you built for your kids.  Have a happy time!

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Ohio Woman Says Kids Requested Caged Beds

By CONNIE MABIN, Associated Press WriterThu Mar 2, 11:13 AM ET

Some of the special-needs children who slept in cage-like beds fitted with alarms had asked for the structures to be built, their adoptive mother testified at a custody hearing.

Sharen Gravelle testified Wednesday that she and her husband Michael built bunk beds and attached a wooden playhouse the family called a clubhouse for some of the children's toys. The other children then requested and got them.

The couple eventually added wire enclosures and alarms to help corral what the mother described as uncontrollable wandering at night. The couple felt the cage-like, brightly painted enclosures helped keep the children from getting dangerous kitchen utensils and into other trouble, the mother testified Wednesday in a custody hearing.

The couple have pleaded not guilty to several charges, including child endangerment, in a separate criminal case.

Sharen Gravelle was the last witness in the custody hearing, and the judge has set a March 13 deadline for closing arguments. Once those are received the judge was likely to rule within a week, court administrator Christopher Mushett said Thursday.

Prosecutors accuse the couple of locking some of their 11 adopted children in cages to discipline them, and want Huron County to take permanent custody them. The children have been in foster care since the enclosed beds were discovered last fall.

The Gravelles are fighting to regain custody. They deny abusing their adopted children, ages 1 to 15, and say the beds were necessary to protect the youngsters, who suffered from psychological and behavioral problems.

Under questioning by her attorney, Ken Myers, Sharen Gravelle said that when the children became older they acted up more, including escaping from their regular beds in the middle of the night to fetch knives from the kitchen or punch each other.

"They just didn't seem normal to me, I mean the behavior didn't and I didn't know what to do," she said.

The mother said she sought help from county social workers and received none. Research on the Internet led her to Elaine Thompson, an independent licensed social worker who is also charged in the case.

Gravelle said Thompson approved the beds and that at least one inspection for another adoption was done at the home in rural Wakeman about 60 miles west of Cleveland after the enclosures were built.

Prosecutor Jennifer DeLand said the Gravelles have refused a court order to undergo psychological testing. She presented documents from the Gravelles' first adoption home study that she said proved the couple had lied about previous abuse allegations and investigations by a child protective agency in Lorain County, where they used to live.

Sharen Gravelle denied lying and said she had not seen the documents, although she acknowledged her and her husband's signatures were on the papers below a sworn statement that the information was true.

Sharen Gravelle said she met her husband in 1986 at a dinner for a child sex abuse support group. She said she was attending because a relative had been molested. Michael Gravelle was there because he was accused of inappropriate touching, a charge he denies. The couple married two months later.

The Gravelles are charged with child endangering, falsifying adoption applications and lying under oath when becoming qualified for adoption funding. If convicted, they would face one to five years in prison and a maximum $10,000 fine for each of 16 counts of felony child endangerment.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060302/ap_on_re_us/caged_children

Freak!

To all women that think your husbands are overbearing, things could be worse.  Just check this freak out.  Make sure you go to the webpage to see the attached document.  This guy has some issues. Straight from The Smoking Gun:

Sicko "Marriage Contract" One For The Ages Repulsive "Wifely Expectations" pact emerges in Iowa kidnap case

FEBRUARY 17--This country, as you know, is filled with the deranged. And then there's Travis Frey, a 33-year-old Iowa man who is facing charges that he tried to kidnap his own wife (not to mention a separate child pornography rap). Frey, prosecutors contend, apparently is a rather demanding guy. In fact, he actually drew up a bizarre four-page marriage document--a "Contract of Wifely Expectations"--that sought to establish guidelines for his spouse in terms of hygiene, clothing, and sexual activities. In return for fulfilling certain requirements, Frey (pictured right) offered "Good Behavior Days," or GBDs. Each GBD, Frey wrote, could be redeemed by his wife to "get out of doing the things" he requested daily. A copy of the proposed contract, which Frey's wife never signed and later provided to cops, can be found below. While we normally point out the highlights of most documents, there are so many in this demented, and very graphic, contract, we really can't do it justice. So set aside ten minutes--and prepare to be repulsed. (4 pages)

 

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0217062contract1.html

Did Hell Just Freeze Over?

This is a sure sign that the apocalypse is at hand.  How in the world did Barry Manilow score the #1 album on Billboard this week?  Did we get suck into a time vacuum, and sent back to 1977?  Freakin' unbelievable.....

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Who has the No. 1 album? Barry Manilow 'Greatest Songs of the Fifties' his first chart-topper since 1977

NEW YORK (Billboard) -- Barry Manilow topped the U.S. pop charts for the first time in nearly 29 years Wednesday with an album of pop evergreens released in time for Valentine's Day.

"The Greatest Songs of the Fifties" (Arista), featuring versions of such tunes as "Unchained Melody" and "Love is a Many Splendored Thing," sold 156,000 copies in the week ended February 5, according to Nielsen SoundScan data.

His lone prior chart-topper came in July 1977 with the double LP "Live." His last album, "Scores: Songs From Copacabana and Harmony," released on the Concord jazz label, peaked at No. 47 in 2004.

"It's not only a genuine thrill to see the album enter the charts at Number One, but it's truly an historic occasion for both of us," said a statement from Arista Records founder Clive Davis, who first worked with Manilow in 1974 on the Grammy-nominated "Mandy."

Added Manilow, "I've had some pretty amazing experiences in my career, but this one tops them all ... I swear, if you live long enough, anything is possible!"

Last week's champion, pop-opera quartet Il Divo's "Ancora," fell five places to No. 6 with 93,000 copies.

Mary J. Blige's "The Breakthrough" jumped two places to No. 2 with 123,000 copies. The album has for weeks been dueling for No. 1 honors with Jamie Foxx's "Unpredictable," which slipped one place to No. 4 with 95,000 units.

Earning his highest Billboard 200 chart position ever, Italian singer Andrea Bocelli took the No. 3 slot with "Amore," which sold 113,000 copies. The album features duets with Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera.

Heather Headley's "In My Mind" debuted at No. 5 to become the Tony Award-winning performer's first top 10 album on The Billboard 200. The album sold a couple hundred fewer copies than Foxx's "Unpredictable" at 95,000, but unseated that set from the No. 1 slot on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart due to stronger sales in the stores that make up that chart's contributing panel. Headley's previous release, "This Is Who I Am," peaked at No. 38 on The Billboard 200 in 2002.

The Eminem retrospective "Curtain Call: The Hits" rose one to No. 7 with 78,000 copies, switching places with Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts," which sold 74,000 copies.

English balladeer James Blunt's "Back to Bedlam" rebounded two places to its previous peak position of No. 9, selling 71,000 copies in its 18th week on the chart.

Train's "For Me, It's You" bowed at No. 10 with 62,000 copies, considerably lower than the 87,000 sold by "My Private Nation," when it opened at No. 6 in 2003.

Other debuts included the compilation "Monster Ballads: Platinum Edition" (No. 18), the collection "WOW Gospel 2006" (No. 20), She Want's Revenge's self-titled album (No. 38), the Temptations' "Reflections" (No. 80) and Jamey Johnson's "The Dollar" (No. 87).

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/09/music.sales.reut/index.html

 

Are you CNN or the National Enquirer?

Everday, I logon to CNN.com for my news fix.  Every once in a while, CNN will post a "silly" story.  I guess it's an attempt to post some light news. After all, most of the news we're bombared with everyday is grim.  However, this story....this story is more tabloid than real journalism.   Something about "mouth-to-beak resuscitation" doesn't quite say real news to me......

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Kiss of life makes Boo Boo the chicken better

ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas (AP) -- This chicken had lips, just not her own.

A retired nurse saved her brother's chicken, Boo Boo, by administering mouth-to-beak resuscitation last week after the fowl was found floating face down in the family's pond.

Marian Morris said she hadn't had any practice with CPR in years, but she was interested to see if she "still had it."

"I breathed into its beak, and its dadgum eyes popped open," Morris said. "I breathed into its beak again, and its eyes popped open again. I said, 'I think this chicken's alive now. Keep it warm."'

She said she did not know how to find a pulse on a chicken.

Boo Boo's owners, Jackie and Becky Calhoun, put her in a large cardboard box containing a grain feeder and water. They also placed a heater nearby.

The chicken is called Boo Boo because she is easily frightened. The Calhouns thought Boo Boo was startled and flopped into the pond.

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/08/chicken.ap/index.html

Ah, this is so wise!!!

"The best audience is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk."

-- Alben William Barkley

Cool quote

"If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing."

-- John le Carre

Ma-Ma-Ma-Mariah

The following is a comment I posted on "She Said WHAT?".  Normally I wouldn't self-gloss myself, but this was pretty funny.  The following is a response to Mariah Carey at the Golden Globes:

As a man, I must say (boobies) that Mariah Carey's dress is disgusting (boobies).  She looks like a hooker (boobies), and I wouldn't give her the time of day if she (boobies) begged (boobies) me.   She a wonderful actress (boobies), and I've heard she had read Thoreau and Plato (boobies).  What's not to like about a well-read boobie, er, woman?

http://journals.aol.com/artloner/SheSaidWhat/entries/675

Sundae, Bloody Sundae!!!!

Good, lord!  Here's another story from Moronville.  Apprently a woman in Delaware went to McDonald's and bought a hot fudge that she claims " was contaminated with human blood, but the owner of a fast-food franchise says the red substance was really just strawberry syrup."  So, of course, she's sueing Micky D's.   

Most of us, at some point, have venture to a fast food resturant and bought a sundae.  And I recall several times when I bought a hot fudge sundae there was some strawberry syrup in the sundae.  Did I think it was blood? No, because I know the difference between a blood and syrup.  I'm not saying this woman is an idoit or anything;  hell, you have to some intelligence to come up with a scam like this, right?  Right?

Wait, wait, wait.  She's not that bright after all.   Apprently, when commenting about the store manager's reaction to her claims (he told her it was strawberry syrup), she stated "What is he, a botanist? No, he's a 21-year-old assistant manager who saw her screaming in the lobby and said 'whatever you say lady."  Mmmm.....miss.....do you know what a bontanist is????   As defined by dictionary.com, a bontanist is "a biologist specializing in the study of plants".  

I can see him working here.  He knew that "blood" was really strawberry syrup, and starwberrys come from plants, therefore, the store manager must be a bontanist, since he obvioulsy knew what he was looking at was derived from a plant!!!!   Or, it could be (i'm going out on a limb here), that it was just strawberry sryup, and you're just a simpleton!

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Woman Claims Sundae Tainted With Blood Del. Woman Claims Her Son's Fast-Food Sundae Was Tainted With Human Blood The Associated Press

GEORGETOWN, Del. - A woman filed a lawsuit claiming that a hot fudge sundae she bought for her 12-year-old son was contaminated with human blood, but the owner of a fast-food franchise says the red substance was really just strawberry syrup.

A Superior Court judge was scheduled to hear arguments Friday in a lawsuit filed by Carmen Jara against AJM Enterprises, which operates a McDonald's restaurant in Georgetown.

According to court documents, Jara bought food, including four hot fudge sundaes, at the restaurant's drive-thru window on Dec. 30, 2004.

Her son, now 13, dug into his sundae and "recognized the taste of blood and, upon careful inspection, noted a red substance on the side of the sundae cup as well as mixed into his ice cream," the lawsuit claims.

Jara then went into the store and spoke to a swing manager, who confirmed that it was blood, according to the lawsuit. The manager, Joshua Ferrell, said the employee who prepared the sundae had an injured, bleeding finger, and told Jara that he had advised the employee to keep a bandage on his finger, according to the lawsuit.

Jara, who filed a report with Georgetown police, requested that the employee, who no longer works at the restaurant, undergo a blood test to rule out any diseases, but that her request was refused.

Michael Meoli, owner of the McDonald's franchise, said the claims are unfounded, and that strawberry syrup probably had clogged the sundae machine.

Ferrell, who no longer works at the restaurant, should not have said the substance was blood, Meoli said.

"What is he, a botanist? No, he's a 21-year-old assistant manager who saw her screaming in the lobby and said 'whatever you say lady.'"

Meoli, who ran unsuccessfully for a state House seat last year, said the allegations are meant to ruin his business.

"I hope she gets the same thing the Wendy's lady got," he said, referring to a woman recently sentenced to nine years in prison for planting a severed finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili to extort money from the fast-food chain.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1527221 

Mommy has to go see Jerry Springer!

Nothing screams "trash" more than this story can.   As a side note, I wasn't aware Jerry Springer was still on TV.  Didn't he get busted for staging his shows?  As if they were real in the first place.......

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Woman jailed for leaving kids to go see Springer 'I didn't think I'd be gone that long'

WHEATON, Illinois (AP) -- A woman got a 30-day jail sentence for leaving her three young children home alone for several hours, while she and her boyfriend attended a videotaping of "The Jerry Springer Show."

Shannon Cook, 25, pleaded guilty earlier this week to misdemeanor child endangerment. She also was placed on probation for a year.

"It was an appropriate sentence, given what she did," said DuPage County Assistant State's Attorney Joseph Ruggiero.

The two girls and one boy, all under the age of 4, have been placed in foster homes by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Police said Cook left the children alone at a suburban home October 19, while she and her boyfriend went to Chicago for the taping. About five hours later the two oldest knocked on the door of a neighbor, who called police.

Cook was arrested when she returned home after midnight. According to a police report, she said: "I didn't think I'd be gone that long."

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/21/springer.homealone.ap/index.html

Don't Smoke With Your New Face!!!

You might have heard the recent story about a French woman that had a face transplant.   Her face was disfigued "after being mauled by her dog last spring".   Now, I'm not a doctor, but, I think it's common sense that anytime you have surgery, espically when you have surgery to get a new face (I still can't believe we're at the point now when we can get face transplants), that you should not smoke.

The main point here is that doctors are afraid that her new lips will reject her body due to the toxians in the cigerettes.  Hell, I say let her smoke all she wants.   Let her new face just slide off her skull, and don't give her a new one.   Same goes to you liver transplant recepitants that decide to take up drinking again, only to kill off your new liver.   When one get the gift of a second chance at life, one should not return to being an ass-monkey and mock at what they've received.  Shame on you!

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Face Transplant Patient Smokes Again Face Transplant Patient Has Taken Up Smoking Again, Worrying Doctors By MARILYNN MARCHIONE The Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. - The world's first face transplant recipient is using her new lips to take up smoking again, which doctors fear could interfere with her healing and raise the risk of tissue rejection.

"It is a problem," Dr. Jean-Michel Dubernard, who led the team that performed the pioneering transplant in France on Nov. 27, acknowledged on Wednesday.

The woman's French surgeons made their first scientific presentation on the partial face transplant at a medical conference here this week.

The news about her smoking came even as American surgeons said that they were growing more comfortable with the French doctors' decision to try the operation and that they hoped to offer such transplants to more patients.

The 38-year-old Frenchwoman received a new nose, chin and lips from a brain-dead donor after being mauled by her dog last spring. The woman has been identified only as Isabelle because of French privacy laws.

The woman suffered a tissue-rejection episode last month but is now doing well, her doctors said. However, they said she has resumed smoking, which besides being bad in general for health is especially a problem after surgery because it impairs circulation to tissues and could raise the risk of rejection.

Some doctors have questioned the woman's psychological fitness for the operation because of reports that she had taken sleeping pills in a possible suicide attempt when the dog attack occurred an allegation Dubernard repeatedly has denied.

He said she received extensive psychiatric evaluation and counseling before the operation.

Some American doctors at the conference said it is time to stop debating whether the French operation was ethical or wise and focus now on making such transplants as safe and widely available as possible.

"Face transplants can be done and should be done," said Dr. Warren Breidenbach, the surgeon who did the first hand transplant in the United States, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, in 1999.

Another Louisville transplant expert, Dr. Suzanne Ildstad, said: "A number of us here are interested in making this a widespread procedure available to the public. It's the future, and could benefit millions of people."

Problems with other novel types of transplants surfaced at the medical conference.

Doctors have been encouraged that success rates were roughly 90 percent among the 24 hand transplants performed to date, but a Chinese surgeon surprised the conference by reporting that up to half of the nine or so patients in his country have since rejected the new organs because they couldn't afford immune-suppressing drugs.

One patient even asked to have the new hand amputated after the one-year period during which the hospital provided free medication ended, said Dr. Guoxian Pei, chief of orthopedics at Nanfang Hospital at Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, China.

Dr. Frederic Schuind, a surgeon at Erasme Hospital in Brussels, Belgium, revealed that a hand transplant recipient in his country had made "a mild suicide attempt." The patient had been deemed psychologically stable enough to undergo the operation even though he had attempted suicide as a teenager.

The incidents prompted several surgeons to say that no such transplants should be done unless surgeons first make sure patients are psychologically healthy and prepared to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.

"We need to alter the risk-benefit balance" before hand or face transplants are done more commonly, said Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, chief of plastic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=1519132

The Worst Father In The History Of The World!!!

There are some men that are meant to be fathers.   And there some men there aren't.  There are some men that shouldn't be, then there are those that should steralized like this moron.   Check this:  not only did he escape "from a work detail in 1979 while serving time for failing to pay support for two kids" (oh, yeah, he was in jail. how nice), he convinced a family member to "call Family Court to report he had died during a bar fight", so that he could avoid paying child support and continue to live "in Myrtle Beach and using his real name for about 20 years."

OK, let's me try to understand this: he had someone in his family tell the family court he died in a bar fight????  Didn't they follow up on this?  He escaped from prison, and just happen to die in a bar fight???? Did anyone bother to check for death certificate??? Hell, he didn't even try to hide his fake death, by conituing to live in the same state, using his real name!!!

He's a moron for just being an awful dad.  Sack up and pay your child support.   This whole scneario wreaks of stupidity; from him, the family for lying for him, and for the family court for not doing their job.

 

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Man Fakes Death To Avoid Paying Child Support
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A South Carolina sheriff is calling him "the ultimate deadbeat dad." Police say Johnny Martin faked his own death 25 years ago to avoid paying child support.

The 58-year-old man has now been recaptured and jailed, and he now owes more than 30-thousand dollars in child support.

Authorities say Martin escaped from a work detail in 1979 while serving time for failing to pay support for two kids. They say he had a relative call Family Court to report he had died during a bar fight.

Investigators say he'd been living in Myrtle Beach and using his real name for about 20 years, and had a third child. They reopened his case after one of his ex-wives tipped them off that he was still around.

 

http://www.wtkr.com/Global/story.asp?S=4381864&nav=ZolHbyvj

No Different From A Preacher In The Subway

When I was a kid growing up in NYC, I saw my share of freaky things; bums, hippies (it was the 70's, some of them were still hanging on), etc, but I always remember the "nuts" walking around with signs saying the world was ending, or that lord was going to come down and bitch-slap us all.

All of these memories came flashing back when I saw news of Pat Robertson's latest rant regarding Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.  Having suffered his second stroke in three weeks, Robertson was quoted as saying ""He was dividing God's land, and I would say, 'Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the [European Union], the United Nations or the United States of America,'", ecentally saying that "Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza"

First of all, the Prime Minist is old, and overweight.  The fact that he had a stroke should come as no surprise, because of his condition.  Second of all, Robertson is just off his rocker.  He's suppose to be a man of God, yet, he has again run verbal diherera out of his mouth that's more fitting for those street preachers I mentioned earlier.  Christians are suppose to show compassion; that's what I was taught, and continue to learn in school today. Yet, Sharon is on his deathbed and all that Robertson can do is push this garbage.  I think Mr. Robertson should just keep his yap shut.   As Ralph Neas was quoted saying, "Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance." No kidding.

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Robertson suggests God smote Sharon Evangelist links Israeli leader's stroke to 'dividing God's land'

(CNN) -- Television evangelist Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, which Robertson opposed.

"He was dividing God's land, and I would say, 'Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the [European Union], the United Nations or the United States of America,'" Robertson told viewers of his long-running television show, "The 700 Club."

"God says, 'This land belongs to me, and you'd better leave it alone,'" he said.

Robertson's show airs on the ABC Family cable network and claims about 1 million viewers daily.

Sharon, 77, clung to life in a Jerusalem hospital Thursday after surgery to treat a severe stroke, his doctors said.

The prime minister, who withdrew Israeli settlers and troops from Gaza and parts of the West Bank last summer over heated objections from his own Likud Party, was breathing with the aid of a ventilator after doctors operated to stop the bleeding in his brain.

In Washington, President Bush offered praise for Sharon in a speech on Thursday.

"We pray for his recovery," Bush said. "He's a good man, a strong man. A man who cared deeply about the security of the Israeli people, and a man who had a vision for peace. May God bless him."

Daniel Ayalon, Israel's ambassador to the United States, compared Robertson's remarks to the overheated rhetoric of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Full story)

He called the comments "outrageous" and said they were not something to expect "from any of our friends."

"He is a great friend of Israel and a great friend of Prime Minister Sharon himself, so I am very surprised," Ayalon told CNN.

Robertson, 75, founded the Christian Coalition and in 1988 failed in a bid for the Republican presidential nomination. He last stirred controversy in August, when he called for the assassination of Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez. (Full story)

Robertson later apologized, but still compared Chavez to Hitler and former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in the process.

The same month, the Anti-Defamation League criticized Robertson for warning that God would "bring judgment" against Israel for its withdrawal from Gaza, which it had occupied since the 1967 Mideast war.

Robertson said Thursday that Sharon was "a very likable person, and I am sad to see him in this condition."

He linked Sharon's health problems to the 1995 assassination of Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin, who signed the Oslo peace accords that granted limited self-rule to Palestinians.

"It was a terrible thing that happened, but nevertheless, now he's dead," Robertson said.

Rabin was gunned down by a religious student opposed to the Oslo accords. The killer, Yigal Amir, admitted to the crime and was sentenced to life in prison.

Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, criticized Robertson's comments Thursday, saying the televangelist "has a political agenda for the entire world."

"He seems to think God is ready to take out any world leader who stands in the way of that agenda," Lynn said in a written statement.

"A religious leader should not be making callous political points while a man is struggling for his life," he said. "I'm appalled."

Ralph Neas, president of liberal advocacy group People for the American Way, said "it is astonishing that Pat Robertson still wields substantial influence" in the Republican Party.

"Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance," Neas said in a written statement.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/05/robertson.sharon/index.html

According to The Associated Press, Robertson spokeswoman Angell Watts said of people who criticized the comments: "What they're basically saying is, 'How dare Pat Robertson quote the Bible?'"

"This is what the word of God says," Watts told the AP. "This is nothing new to the Christian community."

 

Barbie Accused of Being Part of the Transgender Movement

Dear Concerned Women for America,

         I want to thank you for making the public aware that Mattel, the makers of the Barbie doll, were part of the "transgender movement."  I had no ideal that trannies were bent on world domination.  We must be vilgant against all he-she's and she-he's that are out to create "bisexuality gender confusion", and cause the space-time contiumin to flux and spin the Earth off of it's axis.   Now that I've pretty much wasted valuable time already, can I ask you something?  Did it ever cross your mind that you're nuts?  I just saw that poll on Barbie's webpage, and thought it was a little silly, and not threatening to anyone except moral morons like yourselves.  That is to say, you're making something out of nothing.  Speaking of which, why were you on the Barbie website anyway?  Really, if the Concenred Women for America are to be concerned, you should be concentrating on important things like ethics in Congress, or saving the whales, or discuss the rise in Hurricanes; global warming or a typical 40-year pattern?  Just wait; I bet you'll come out with a warning that the Chuck E Cheese webpage has question pointed to confuse kids that their Smurfs, then you'll come out and say The Cheese is leading the Smurf revolt.  Losers.

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Barbie Accused of Being Part of the Transgender Movement By JAKE TAPPER

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 3, 2006 — - The Concerned Women for America were ... well, concerned. Outraged, even. Was Barbie becoming part of the transgender movement?

On Dec. 30, CWA, a leading Christian conservative group, noted on its Web site that on the Barbie Web site, www.Barbie.com, "there is a poll that asks children their age and sex."

You can see a screen grab of the poll here.

The age choices were 4 to 8 but children "are given three options for their choice of gender": I am a Boy, I am a Girl and I Don't Know.

Bob Knight, director of CWA's Culture and Family Institute, said Barbie manufacturer Mattel was being influenced by the "transgender movement."

To pose "this transgender question at little girls, they've really crossed the line," Knight said, who added that "bisexuality gender confusion" is the Web site's agenda, which is "very dangerous."

The concern comes after a conservative boycott of Mattel's American Girls dolls. The American Family Association and the Pro-Life Action League protested that some American Girls dolls were wearing "I Can" wristbands, which support Girls Inc. Girls Inc. is a national, nonprofit organization that promotes education and self-esteem programs, as well as sex education, and supports abortion rights and the acceptance of gays and lesbians. The Mattel-Girls Inc. partnership ended on Dec. 26.

But Mattel, which also manufactures Barbie, said the Barbie incident is much ado about nothing.

"This was just an innocent oversight," says Lauren Bruksch, a spokeswoman for Mattel. As a rule of thumb, Bruksch said, the questionnaires at barbie.com always try to have a neutral answer or nonresponse option. For gender, this third option should have been "I don't want to say," rather than "I don't know." The Web site has since been fixed.

Knight had said CWA would contact Mattel to investigate the matter, but Bruksch said Mattel first heard of the complaint when ABC News called for comment.

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