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Name:
Tenacious
Comment: Mornin' Everybody! Happy Wednesday! Make it a GREAT day! FYI..for those of you who didn't tape the Legends Ball the other night...here is a link for the Sunday Brunch video that closed out this "blessed" weekend. I teared up watching it again...GOD IS SOOOOOO GOOD! My life is a testimony of his goodness....(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOLlFsj8ss o&search=Yolanda)
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sultry
Comment: good morning everbody. I guess I am the first to post today. I hope evryone have a great day today.
I have something that I want to discuss with the people who post on this board. I want to know if anyone saw Oprah on yesterday and if so did they see Gloria Vandernilt? Her face looked like pure hell. you can see that this lady has had so much cosmetic surgery and it looked just like a lnndslide in her face because it really looked like she had only one cheek bone and the other one had slid down. She looks so awful to me. She need to go and get her money back from whoever did her surgery. Man her face looed caved in. she definitely was butchered up. I feel so sorry for all these celebrities who get cosmetic surgery and it looks a hot mess. I cannot believe that she was on Oprah's show showing that face looking like that. I also did not know that Anderson Cooper from CNN was her son.
If anyone saw this please let me know what you thought about her face.
It is 3:26 a.m. in Georgia.
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sultry
Comment: Tenacious I thought that I was the first one to post but I see tht you are. Good Morning Tenacious. That is a great picture of Heavy D. I wonder what the overweight lover is doing these days.
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sultry
Comment: TENACIOUS PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO GET THE WEB SITE BECAUSE I TRIED AND IT SAID IT WASN'T AVAILABLE.
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ProsperityJoy
Comment: Good Morning all of you early guys!!Hope you are having sunshine wherever you are!..Take Care..Peace
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mznita
Comment: Good morning everyone! The link did not work for me either. Hey do anyone like The Isley Bro. new cd? It's prety good to me.
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mznita
Comment: oops! I meant pretty good.
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B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: Yo...I'm posting this on all the forums:A heckler found that out the hard way after shouting at the actor-comedian last week
during a forum at the University of the District of Columbia,
the latest of about 20 cities to host a free "Call Out with Bill Cosby" symposium
for black parents and community leaders.
The heckler, whom news reports called "a self-described community activist,"
started shouting from the audience. He derided Mr. Cosby's "watered-down dialogue"
and demanded answers to Michael Eric Dyson's highly publicized book, Is Bill Cosby Right?
Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
That's when Mr. Cosby lost his cool. The 68-year-old former college athlete jumped off the stage,
wireless microphone in hand, and raced up the aisle to loom over his somewhat astonished questioner.
"I'm sick of you and your Dyson," Mr. Cosby declared. "Dyson is not a truthful man."
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B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: ...I forgot to wish all of you a great morning...
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RyTay27
Comment: Good Morning Everyone!!!!
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mznita
Comment: Sultry, you described Gloria's face to the tee. It does look like she is missing a cheekbone! It was sad to hear the story about her son. He was so young.
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lovinlife
Comment: Good Morning Fine People!
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MDhornet
Comment: Morning all. For the link, take the parenthesis off at the beginning and end if you haven't tried that already. BOOT, did that really happen with Cosby?
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Name:
MDhornet
Comment: I got this from a friend. Does anyone know if it's true. If it is, it's outrageous.
The "Certificate of Completion or Attendance" that is being offered in
lieu of high school diplomas, is a part of Bush's "No Child Left Behind".
This is how it works:
It is for students who are unable to pass both the Language Arts and Math
portions of the 10th grade ISTEP. Students must take the same 10th grade
test over in the 11th and 12th grades until they pass both portions. If
they are unable to pass the 10th grade test by the 12th grade then they
have two options:
1. Drop out and go to a GED program or,
2. accept a "Certificate of Completion" - it is NOT a diploma. Once a
student accepts it, they cannot ever get a diploma or a GED. A
certificate of completion means that a student can never (as long as they
live):
1. go to the armed services
2. go to college
3. go to trade school
4. go to journeyman's school
5. go to beauty school
6. go to culinary arts school
7. get a federal loan in their lifetime
This is the portion of NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (2001) that Bush slipped in
during the 2004 revision of the NCLB bill. It has not been publicized. At
a high school in Indiana, in 2005, there were 87 seniors in the graduation
class. Five got diplomas and 82 got "Certificates of Completion".
This is being referred to as the "Paper Plantation". It is better for
students to drop out and get into a GED program so they may seek other
forms of education, later in life, if they desire to do so. All 50 states
have "Certificates of Completion or Attendance".
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bigheadbull2
Comment: Morning love biscuts. IJA I go to Tiggers big weekend every year but have not decided about this time. Thats when I met Gabby and we talked for a couple of hours. Nice lady. Going over to the board under this one to see what this lady is blasting Darryl James about and I'm sure there will be a response. Have a stunning Wednesday everyone.
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bigchassie
Comment: HEYY ERRBODY! well yall, who is gonna take it tonight on AI? i think it's gonna be Taylor. Katherine has no stage presence what so ever. LEGENDS BALL: if you want to see some beautiful pictures of the ball, luncheon, brunch and profiles of all the ladies, legends and younins go to Oprah.com and click on THE LEGENDS BALL LOGO.
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CianaDoll
Comment: Good morning. I'll go with Taylor for AI. I like him. But, I LOOOOOOOVE Dwayne Wade. My baby played last night.
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QueenCityBee
Comment: Mawnin...It's just me yall..AI is boring as hell this year. All those contestants & they end up with Kat & Taylor both so not worthy. Kat's a dead-head & Taylor's a clown. But, we know once you eliminant the color everything else is down hill.
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realuvbaby
Comment: Yes, MDHornet. I've heard of it and it's bulls****. I equate that certificate to being an eviction notice, with no chance for relocation. But the way around it is to keep your kids and in line and make them take their butts to school every day, pass them tests, write them papers, go to gym and cooking and get out of the school the same way generations did before them. People can will offer you anything, but you don't have to take it. We may not be able to systematically revoke it, but if we impress upon our children the importance of staying in school, then this certificate will only be worth the paper it's printed on. It's like an eviction notice, I swear, leaving you homeless forever. EDUCATION IS THE ONLY WAY OUT OF POVERTY OF THE MIND.
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realuvbaby
Comment: Yes, the certificate says you passed HOMEROOM, that is you showed up. Where do you go with a certificate for homeroom?
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GHank
Comment: I was going through my music tapes from waaaaay back in the day and found a song I haven't heard in a while. Does anyone remember the song, "Treat Em Like They Wanna Be Treated" by Father MC (backing vocals by Jodeci)? What ever happened to Father MC?)
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CianaDoll
Comment: GHank, I remember that video. I still have some of my 90s videos on tape and that's one of them. It's a plain room with sheer drapings hanging from the ceiling. And, Jodeci are all singing into 1 mic hanging from the ceiling.
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bigchassie
Comment: QUEENCITY>you are so right. they really let go of all the really good singers this year: Mandissa, Chris, Elliot, Paris. these two are mediocure. at least Taylor has some stage presence.
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bigchassie
Comment: HEY YALL...I ordered Brokeback Mountain from Netflix. is it really a good movie to watch? has anyone seen it? and can anyone give me some more good movies to rent.
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CianaDoll
Comment: bigchassie, what types of films are you interested in? I just joined NetFlix last week.
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bigchassie
Comment: CINADOL>umm...anything but western.
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RyTay27
Comment: >>CHASSIE, I purchased it and have not watched it at all yet!!! lol
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TommyStrong
Comment: good morning everybody....chassie dont sleep on westerns...Shane was a good movie! LOL...so was Magnificent Seven
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bigheadbull2
Comment: Happy birday Patricia Louise Edwards. Patti Patti
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bigchassie
Comment: TOMMYSTRONG>yeah i remember watching Shane and Mag seven was a good one too. but my faves are the old black and white film noir(*cagneystyle* "I'M GONNA RUB YA OUT, COPPER! YA NOT GONNA TAKE ME OVER DA WALL, SEE!! I'VE BEEN FRAMED! DA DAME FRAMED ME, SEE!!)
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asize12
Comment: Good Morning Kings & Queens! Happy Wednesday & Happy B-day to Heavy D! *singing* ~the overweight lover's in the house~;-)
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asize12
Comment: >bighead, Patti's real last name is Edwards? Dayum, that's my maiden name...I needs to see if that's my cousin! LOL
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asize12
Comment: >ghank, Father MC also had a song that Mary J sang the background for. I think it's called "If you Do for Me"
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CianaDoll
Comment: Ok, so bigchassie, I recommend Maria Full of Grace, Sideways, Something the Lord Made, A Perfect Murder, Road to Perdition, Traffic, Blow, Derailed, and Paper Soldiers (if you like silly movies like "Friday"). Oh, and The Goonies. I'm kidding... kinda! LOL!
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bigchassie
Comment: CINADOLL> and of course any movie with my sweetie in it and my gurl Bette Davis, and Joan Crawford. as far as today's movies, it depends on the movie itself. like, saw all of the Lord of the Rings and i liked it. Great movies! but i won't order any Harry Potter movies. i think Saw is on my list as well as The Village.i don't know, i guess it's what catches my fancy. but i do love a good black and white classic especailly if it has good senery with it. there is this movie that i ordered called "Trouble in Paradise" i love that movie because it has wonderful Art Deco senery in it. it's an old black and white classic.
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Priceless
Comment: Dayum it's awfully quiet up in here
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bigheadbull2
Comment: Not even by mistake could I be considered a Diana Ross fan but on that O site her hair is ova
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bigchassie
Comment: CINADOL>humm...good list. but the only movie that caught my fancy is Sideways. i think i'll order that. i did not like Fridays. what is Blow, and Derailed about? those movies sound familar. don't some Rappers play in those movies? Maria Full of Grace, isn't that about this chick that tries to smuggle some heroin in the country or sumpthing? i could not stand the Goonies.
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bigheadbull2
Comment: Hey a size12 her maiden name is Hoytt(sp) her married name is Edwards
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CianaDoll
Comment: Oh, well then I'm way off. I gave you more recent movies - within the last couple of years. But, they're all movies I enjoyed.
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bigheadbull2
Comment: Heavy is not heavy anymore he lost over a hundred pounds and is a very good actor
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bigchassie
Comment: RYTAY> well, i'm gonna watch it this memorial day weekend. i'll let you know if i liked it or not.
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CianaDoll
Comment: Blow is one of those movies centered around the 70s/80s cocaine boom. And, Derailed starred Jennifer Aniston. And, Exhibit (I can't figure out how to spell it INCORRECTLY) has a small part in it. It's not about rap though. It's has a twisted ending. And, yeah, you're right on the storyline behind Maria... But, it's good. And, The Goonies is my favorite movie of all time. :)
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lovinlife
Comment: Bigchassie, I thought Brokeback Mountain was really good. There were a couple of moments that I forgot I was watching a love story about two men and not just two people in love. I think Heath should have won an oscar cause he was dynamite.
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bigchassie
Comment: CINADOL>thank you sweetie for your help. i appreciate it. you know, there was a time when i used to be crazy about scary movies, but i can't really look at them because i find myself critiqing the special effects of the blood oozing out of brains and such then i got bored with them cause they really didn't scare me anymore. i remember back when i was a kid i was scared sheytless of scary movies. i was dragged to the movies to see Carrie and Holloween and i slept with my mother after seeing the Exorcist! lol!
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TommyStrong
Comment: chassie how can you not stand the goonies!! LMAO....and altho I hate overly silly movies Friday is funny as hel1....
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lovinlife
Comment: I'm done with stupid AI...Taylor and Katherine puhfreakinleeze!!!! Taylor can't sing, period. Katherine has vocal ability but only cares about preening in front of the camera. I watched and was so underwhelmed. Why in hades did they sing songs they already sang? WTF?! Oh well. House was good even though it was unnecessarily gross last night.
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lovinlife
Comment: bigheadbull2, what's your email I have a serious hair question for you?
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Name:
lovinlife
Comment: *raising hand slowly* I like the Goonies too.
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bigchassie
Comment: TOMMYSTRONG> i know! really! but my favorite comedy is the Airplane movies and they are the silliest of comedies *SURLY YOU DON'T MEAN...YES..AND DON'T CALL ME SHIRLEY!*
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bigchassie
Comment: LOVINLIFE> Really? humm...now you got my intrest pricked up. cant' wait to see this movie now. and i like Jake Gillenthayl too.
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CianaDoll
Comment: LOL! The Goonies was the sh*t growing up! And, I loved the Airplane movies too. I used to watch all of those things with my Father - silly movies, western movies, and scary movies. I was but a baby when he took me to see Aliens. I was scared out of my mind, but fascinated too.
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bigchassie
Comment: LOVINLIFE>yeah, i'm too with you on the same page with AI. this year it sucks!
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CianaDoll
Comment: That's it, I'm adding Brokeback to my Netflix list.
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thechocolate10
Comment: im over AI just waiting to get thru till Friday when vacation starts
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asize12
Comment: *waving hard* Hey momma chass!:-) Just wanted to let you know that Blow is REALLY good! I could watch that over & over again! If you're a big kid like me, then you should see Chronicles of Narnia, it's wonderful! It's a fantasy movie but it's so good!
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bigchassie
Comment: THECHOCOLATE>i know thats right! i feel ya on that one!ASIZE12> but what is Blow about? who was in it? Ooh! Chronicles of Narnia! i meant to put that on my list! oh excuse me! *waving back* HEY SWEETIE!!
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lovinlife
Comment: BigChas and Ciana > I was surprised at how well the story was told...the gay stuff was secondary to it being a love story about choices. You could easily have substituted heterosexuals in it. Jake G was good too, he actually looked quite comfortable in that role. Heath did a good job of portraying a man fighting feelings he didn't like or understand. It was really good. I'm going to buy the DVD this weekend to keep it in my collection.
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sigmascribe
Comment: Good morning people....AI...Taylor!!Because Katherine got Chris and Elliott voted off. She has NO emotion when she sings and all the training in the world can't out due emotion!
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PussnBoots
Comment: Holla! Sup peoples? does anyone else watch House? Dude is sick, sick, sick!
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sigmascribe
Comment: chassie}Blow had Johnny Depp.
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CianaDoll
Comment: Two more, Brokedown Palace and Boys Don't Cry. Those were great too. Blow stars Johnny Depp. It's based on a true story about a well-known drug dealer who supplied 85% of the US' coca*ne. I don't want to tell you anymore than that.
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sigmascribe
Comment: I missed House last night. Can someone tivo it for me?
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bigchassie
Comment: LOVINLIFE>Humm...okay. now you really got my interest in seeing it.
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bigchassie
Comment: LOVINLIFE/ASIZE12/CINADOLL/TOMMYSTRONG> i saw Memoirs of a Geisha. interesting movie. nice romantic ending. loved the scenery and the set. absoultly beautiful.
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bigheadbull2
Comment: lovinlife bigheadbull2@yahoo.com this server is wack
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TommyStrong
Comment: CianaDoll>Brokedown Palace - was that the one with Claire Danes?
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bigchassie
Comment: CINADOL/SIGMA> oh..Blow had Johnny Depp in it. what was the name of that scary movie he was in when he played an arthor trying to finish a book and he was living in this lake house and some strange character was haunting him?
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CianaDoll
Comment: My friend is a part of Netflix and has Memoirs of a Geisha now. She says she enjoyed it. But, it doesn't appear to be my cup of tea.
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bigheadbull2
Comment: Chassie the strange person was Robin Williams if I'm not mistaken but Icould be
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bigchassie
Comment: CINADOL/SIGMA>never mind. found it. it was called "Secret Window"
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CianaDoll
Comment: TommyStrong, yes Brokedown Palace stars Claire Danes. And, bigchassie, I think that one with Depp is Secret Window. I could be wrong.
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bigheadbull2
Comment: I think it was terruntino(sp)
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bigchassie
Comment: CIANADOL>yeah, the main reason why i got it was because i happen to love Asain Design. half of my home is designed in Asain mixed with African design.
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Name:
Priceless
Comment: Blow had an interesting cast overall .... Penelope Cruz, Pee Wee Herman, Benecio Del Toro .... it was action packed too ... I have watched it at least 3 times
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Jacque
Comment: Good Morning Everybody! Sigma, I watched House last night in its entirety but I tell you the best TIVO comes from the website: http://www.fox.com/house/episodes/
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CianaDoll
Comment: Yes, yes, yes, I forgot about Pee Wee Herman. To see him out of his element was different, but he did a great job.
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bigchassie
Comment: CINADOLL/TOMMY/BIGHEAD/LOVINLIFE>but you know, i ordered this one movie and i will never look at it again. and it had the best actors in it. GLENGARRY GLENROSS. i hate that movie!
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CianaDoll
Comment: What was wrong with the movie?
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bigchassie
Comment: CINADOLL>it was too much cursing and it was hard to hang with the plot and everybody was cursing out everybody else.
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CianaDoll
Comment: I just added Requiem for a Dream to my list. Lately, I've begun appreciating independent films more. The description is as follows: No middle ground here; you'll either love or hate Requiem for a Dream. Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans are best friends and amateur drug dealers looking for a big score. Trouble is, they're their own best customers. As they descend into the nightmarish hell of addiction, Leto's mother (Oscar-nominee Ellen Burstyn) also finds herself hooked on barbiturates. Not for the squeamish.
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TommyStrong
Comment: CianaDoll>Requiem for a Dream was really good...so was Brokedown Palace...if you liked that you might like Return to Paradise which I actually liked more than Brokedown
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bigchassie
Comment: BIGHEAD>Quinten Tarrintino? can't stand him. watched Pulp Fiction. hated that movie too. watched Deperado. hated that movie too. watched Dawn till Dusk hated that movie too. that is why i don't even want to watch Kill Bill. i just don't like Quinten Tarrentino.
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MDhornet
Comment: Under 100 posts. I can catch up. I second Ciana on A Perfect Murder. That is on my classic list. Loved it. Blow was fantastic too. If you're into foreign films, check out some of the Indian flicks from Mirabai Films. They're the same ones who did Missippi Masala (also a favorite of mine).
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CianaDoll
Comment: Wow Tommy, I just read the description. You got my preferred movie genre down. Do you know of any others like that? I've added it to my Netflix list. I'll move it to the top of the list so I can receive it after my son and little sister finish watching A Bug's Life.
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sigmascribe
Comment: Jacque}thanks for that site. I'm about to check it out! {Tommy/CianaDoll}I wasn't a fan of Requiem. My beau liked it though.
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sigmascribe
Comment: Tommy}did you see Final Cut with Robin Williams. It was a good one.
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thechocolate10
Comment: bigchassie> blow is a good movie. i can chill and watch that anytime
WHO HAD THE SEAFOOD SALAD RECEIPE? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT THIS WEEKEND FOR MY VEGETARIAN DATE??? THANX
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bigchassie
Comment: HAS ANYBODY SEEN..the devils rejects? how was that movie?
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: THECHOCLATE10>i think ARCHCOOKIES had that resipee. i think.
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bigchassie
Comment: TOMMYSTRONG>I also orderd Any Given Sunday so i'm going to watch that again.
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bigchassie
Comment: HAS ANYBODY SEEN Sent of a Woman? Al Pacino acted his arse off in that movie.
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sigmascribe
Comment: Chassie}If you are not a Quentin fan you probably will NOT like the Devil's Rejects.
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CianaDoll
Comment: I just read the description and it seems comparable to Kill Bill. Therefore, without seeing it, I wouldn't recommend it based on your feelings about Tarrantino. I happen to love his movies.
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Name:
SpecialK
Comment: bigchas: I know you pause the dvd on Any Given Sunday when that shower seen comes up. Have Mercy!! Has any of the female poster seen Boogie Nights? You get a special treat at the very end of the movie from Mark Walhberg. Let's just say he is very "gifted"!! LOL!!
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sigmascribe
Comment: Specialk}At the end of Boogie Nights that's NOT Mark's.
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CianaDoll
Comment: Hmph! LOL! I might want to add Boogie Nights and Any Given Sunday to my Netflix list. ;)
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Name:
MDhornet
Comment: Rape, brutality ignored to aid Congo peace By Jeff Koinange CNN Wednesday, May 24, 2006; Posted: 8:09 a.m. EDT (12:09 GMT)
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (CNN) -- At a makeshift
recreation center at a hospital
here in eastern Congo, about 500 women surround one of their own,
who's lying on the floor. She clutches a cane as she struggles to get up. The women begin
singing, slowly at first and
then the song picks up momentum. Before long the young woman lifts
herself, drops the cane and
begins to walk around the room as if in a trance, singing and
clapping. The other women clap
along with her as the singing gets louder and louder. The young woman's name is Tintsi and she's barely 20 years old. She
arrived at the hospital
three weeks ago on a stretcher carried by relatives who walked 100
miles to get here. Doctors
weren't sure Tintsi would ever walk again. Tintsi, like everyone else in this room, is a victim of the worst kind
of sexual violation
imaginable.
"Some of them have knives and other sharp objects inserted in them
after they've been raped,
while others have pistols shoved into their vaginas and the triggers
pulled back," said Dr.
Denis Mukwege Mukengere, the lone physician at the hospital. "It's a
kind of barbarity that only
savages are capable of." He added that "these perpetrators cannot be human beings."
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Name:
thechocolate10
Comment: LOL@specialK
ANYBODY SEEN ARCHCOOKIES?? Only a single woman trying to get a man would post 3 times trying to get a receipe to make a meal for a man. HELP???
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Name:
MDhornet
Comment: The alleged perpetrators are men in uniform, part of the Congolese
army. These troops are a
compilation of various militia groups that had been fighting each
other for years until a truce
was reached two years ago.
A recent report by the United Nations found that Congo's own soldiers
were responsible for the
nearly seven dozen complaints of crimes and human rights violations
over the past two months.
Among the crimes committed were extrajudicial executions,
disappearances, rapes and brutal
beatings, according to the U.N. report.
'I wish they'd killed me'
Tintsi turns to the other victims standing near her and says in a
soft, but defiant voice, "They
can take away my womanhood, but they'll never be able to break my
spirit."
Some women nod, others shake their heads. Some weep openly.
Also in the room is 28-year-old Henriette Nyota. Her spirit is all but
broken. Three years ago,
she said, she was gang raped as her husband and four children were
forced to watch. The men in
uniform then disemboweled her husband and continued raping her and her
two oldest daughters, 10
and 8. The %*$ault went on for three days. "I wish they'd killed me right there with my husband," she said, "What
use am I now? Why did
those animals leave me to suffer like this?"
Nineteen-year-old Nzigire bears the result of repeated sexual
violations -- her year-old
daughter, Ester. The teenager acknowledges she often contemplates
putting an end to what she
calls a death sentence.
"I sometimes feel like killing myself and my daughter," she said. "I
look at her and all I see
is them. I look at myself and all I see is misery."
'Only revenge can make me forget'
Misery permeates this tiny hospital in this huge country the size of
Western Europe. Last year
there were more than 4,000 reported rape cases in this province alone,
or about 12 a day,
officials say. And it's not just women who are being raped; so are some men with
equally devastating consequences. Fifteen-year-old Olivier was sitting down to dinner with his family
when the front door of their
house was smashed in. Olivier's father was the first to be killed
followed by his mother, right
in front of the children. They then raped Olivier's three sisters, and when he tried to fight
them they turned on him. One
at a time, more than a dozen in all, he said.
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Name:
MDhornet
Comment: "I will never forget what happened to me," he said. "How does one
forget something like this?
Only revenge can make me forget what happened to me." Mukengere takes us from ward to ward, where the beds are filled with
sexual abuse patients in
various stages of recovery. Colostomy bags hang off their cots and bed
pans are everywhere. Once
in a while, you hear a woman scream in pain as she's raised by the
team of tireless nurses to
have something to eat or drink.
Mukengere, who attends to an average of 10 new cases a day, explains
bed-by-bed the cruelty that
has become the Congo.
"Helene, over there, is 19 years old. She first came here five years
ago after having been
raped," he said. "We treated her and discharged her, and off she went
back to her home village.
Five years later, she's back after being attacked and sexually
violated over and over again.
This is pure madness."
Equally troubling is that aid money designated for victims of sexual
abuse here may run out at
the end of June despite the relative success of this program, the only
one of its kind in the region.
"It's so tragic that the world can afford to sit back and let these
atrocities continue like
this," said aid worker Marie Walterzon of the Swedish Pentecostal
Mission. "Possibly because it
involves poor, voiceless Africans," she said. Sadly though, many of the people responsible for these rapes -- what
is being described as the
new weapon of war in a time of peace -- have yet to be arrested, tried
or convicted. The peace
process is too delicate at this stage, officials say.
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Name:
Tenacious
Comment: Link to O's Gospel Brunch during Legends Weekend: go to www.youtube.com then enter bebe winans in search bar...the video is 2nd from last on 1st page entitled Gospel Finale.
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Name:
Twizted
Comment: Good Morning Y'all! Anyone ever been to Pandora.com? It is a cool music site where you type in the name of a artist or song you like and it plays some of thier music or music similiar to it! I love it. Mary J., Mariah and Ne-Yo make really cool listening stations. I just put Cherelle, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and Ready for the World in there and secretly, I am having WAY too much fun!!
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SpecialK
Comment: Sigmascribe: If it ain't Mark's or his brother Donny, then who is it? I brought the dvd a couple of weeks ago and finally watched then just as I was about to stop the dvd, there is was.
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bigchassie
Comment: SPECIALK>SHOWER SCENE??? WHAT SHOWER SCENE??? WHO WAS IN THE SHOWER? AND DAMMIT! I SAW THIS MOVIE ONLY ONCE AND I MISSED THE SHOWER SCENE??? now one thing i DO remember when Jamie went over to the coach's house for dinner (Pacino) and he had on this serious yellow muscle shirt showing all that lushious...umph! *fanning self* BUT HUNNY...TELL ME ABOUT THE SHOWER SCENE!!!
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sigmascribe
Comment: MDHornet}Good article. I am quite familiar with the nastiness of men during civil unrest from family memebers. This is one of the reasons why I just stare when the news hypes Angelina Jolie ,etc. going to aide in Africa. She ain't doin Sh!T!!!!!!
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CianaDoll
Comment: Twizted, I use the Yahoo! music station for the same thing. More importantly, MDhornet, there are no words to express the disgust, anger, anxiousness, etc. that I feel. Where do you start?
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bigchassie
Comment: CINADOL>yeah, i don't know why, i just can't get into Quentin Tarentino. have you seen Resivour Dogs? didn't like that either. i don't know, he is just too gory for me but you know Cina, i wouldn't mind seeing Hosetel. out of curiousity. weird, i know.
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sigmascribe
Comment: SpecialK}It's prosthetic.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: I'M gonna put Boogie Nights on my Netflix Quene too.
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Name:
CianaDoll
Comment: I've not seen that. But, I'd like to see Hostel too. My "other half" and I saw "Saw." But, HE (not I) was freaked out and we had to leave half-way through the movie. I'd like to see the rest of it, and Part 2.
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TommyStrong
Comment: MDhornet>I am a lost for words...its not the first time I have heard of things like this and I guess I try to erase it from my mind but that article is so vivid. Its a dayum shame
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Twizted
Comment: MDHornet - That hurts to read such things, my goodness!! I seen a lot of the stuff about men raping over there on this show Oprah had and it was awful. I will never forget a show where a black woman from the US had adopted this infant over there who was gang raped at 5 MONTHS because the men were told by a doctor that having sex with a virgin would cure them of AIDS. At the time my daughter was 7 months old, I looked at her and cried. I cried for days I think because I had no understanding. By Gods blessing the little baby survived, she will never have kids or anything, but they showed an updated picture of her and she was happy, smiling, and healthy! I was sooo glad to see her and the woman who saved her. I still have not watched Hotel Rwanda, although we own it, because I just can't handle watching stuff like that!!
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TommyStrong
Comment: CianaDoll>not aware of any other movies like Return to Paradise or Brokedown Palace...liked them both tho...sigma>never saw Final Cut - was it good?
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Name:
sigmascribe
Comment: The ravaging of the "weak" during times of conflict and war pre-date written history. And a horror-ible thing!!!! There is no way you are ever "right" in the head after that.
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Name:
sigmascribe
Comment: Tommy}I was quite impressed with Finall Cut. It was a suspense/drama. It was a quick hour and 15 minutes.
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Name:
CianaDoll
Comment: I'll add Final Cut to my queue. But, thought it isn't as intense, I loved Usual Suspects.
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Name:
Twizted
Comment: Anyone seen Asunder with Blair Underwood, the lady from Eves Bayou with the cute dimples and cheater dude from the Soul Food Movie? It is a Fatal Attraction type movie that is actually not too bad. My dad had it in his collection and I watched it and was pretty surprised. Blair Underwood was crazy as he*l in this one!!!
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Name:
sigmascribe
Comment: Twizted}I saw that one too. Blair "acts" crazy well;-)
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Name:
Twizted
Comment: I think he "acts" a little too well, especially when he had his hair blonde!! My goodness....
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Name:
sigmascribe
Comment: Going to lunch. Catch you in a few.
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Name:
coneyi
Comment: SpecialK...It was a fake one. They just added to his real thing, thing. They made such a huge deal about it when Boogie Nights came out.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: TWIZTED>Asunder? i've heard of that movie. so Blair Underwood played the crazy part? ok, i'm going into Netflix to put that on my Quene.
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Name:
Priceless
Comment: MDHornet, I have read many stories and seen many shows that told of the rapes in Africa but that article got so graphic that I had to stop reading it
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Name:
Twizted
Comment: Bigchassie - Yeah....he was a crazy one! I was actually surprised of the movie. You will trip how crazy he can get in this one!! Let me know how you like it
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: MDHORNET>that is the most sickening thing i have ever read. those monsters (cause they are not men) will die a thousand times over.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: TWIZTED> I sure will. i'm going back in to Netflix to put it in my Quene.
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oldsoul
Comment: REAL WORK AT-HOME JOBS AVAILABLE...Do you like to talk on the phone? Do you have the Internet at home? A LAN line? Windows 98, 2000 or XP? Can you work weekends? If you answered "YES" to all of the above, call 850-559-5559 and get started today!
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SpecialK
Comment: bigchassie: The scene I'm talking about is when they are in the locker room taking showers and one brotha had no problem letting us see his "total package". sigmascribe: How they gonna use a prostetic for that? It's just plain ol wrong. That thing sure did look real.
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oldsoul
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bigchassie
Comment: HEY YALL!!!! I GOT PICS OF OPRAH'S LEGENDS BALL YALL GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES SO I CAN FORWARD THEM TO YOU!
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Name:
oldsoul
Comment: DO YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEED HEALTH INSURANCE? Take advantage of a plan that covers your doctor, dentist, hospital stays, eye care, prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, durable medical equipment (wheelchairs, walkers, canes), Diabetic supplies, chiropractors, physical therapy, nursing homes and more. There are NO health restrictions, pre-existing conditions qualify and the network includes over 300,000 reputable doctors, dentists and hospitals. 3.5 million people are already taking advantage of this plan! To get your questions answered and get enrolled call 1-800-895-1344 and be sure to reference discount code #162103. Only $52/mo. + ONE-TIME Enrollment Fee of $97.00.
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bigchassie
Comment: SPECIALK>you know i think i remember that scene. yeah. very well endowed. ummhumm.
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bigchassie
Comment: HAS ANYONE SEEN: Trois? if you did, how was it? they showed Trois 2 on BET didn't see it cause i haven't seen the first one yet.
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MDhornet
Comment: I posted the article b/c I was talking with a friend yesterday about how apathetic so many of us are. I was so moved when I saw Hotel Rwanda, but now there are so many other crisises going on (Darfur and elsewhere) and I feel so helpless. I mean, what do you do? Money is needed to help the survivors, but more they also need help to stop the madness. I don't know what ordinary people can do to convince the UN to get involved, send in troops. If you don't have something the rich couuntries can benefit from then you're just forgotten.
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bigchassie
Comment: SIGMA/SPECIALK> aww lawd, i'm in trouble! seeing all these phoine necckid mens running around waving their "majic wands" and a sister aint been "tapped" in a while! chile, make me have the vapors! lol! I'M GOIN BACK TO INDIANNA!!
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Name:
SpecialK
Comment: bigchassie: I wanna see the pictures from the Legends Ball. Please send to: ItrustinGod2@hotmail.com
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: I NEED CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: SPECIALK>i just sent it. let me know you got it, ok?
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Name:
TommyStrong
Comment: chassie>didnt like Trois...Trois 2 has nothing to do w/the first one...neither does Trois 3
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: SPECIALK> IS THAT I TRUST IN GOD OR ONE TRUST IN GOD??
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: TOMMYSTRONG> What? dang! how many Trois is it? oh well, that's all right, i won't get it then and you know what, i heard it really wasn't all that good either. thanks bro.
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bigchassie
Comment: SPECIALK>tell you what. you send me an email and i will forward the pics to you. my email is chassiedot2002@yahoo.com
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Name:
Jacque
Comment: Chassie, in case you forgot - my email address is Jacque694@aol.com. Thank you very much!
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Name:
Jacque
Comment: (wondering out loud) Where is StormyMonday and YLawdY?
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Name:
sigmascribe
Comment: Trois was stupid to me.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: TOMMYSTRONG>just sent you the pics! let me know you recived them.
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Name:
Jacque
Comment: The new issue of US Weekly Magazine has a picture of Janet Jackson on the cover. Go here to see: http://www.usmagazine.com/blog/2006/05/24/us-exclusive -how-janet-jackson-lost-60-pounds-in-four-months/. (Remember to remove any spaces)
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bigchassie
Comment: JACQUE>send me an email so i can put you in my address book to forward to you.
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Name:
sigmascribe
Comment: Jacque}Janet is no joke when it comes to working out! Hell,I didn't know she had weight issues....I thought she was a typical woman..and kept it tight when she had to handle her business...and enjoyed food in the off season. I thought that was the American weigh;-)
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Pamalicious
Comment: I am just grateful for these United States of America. With all of its shortcomings, with all of its faults, the bad history of slavery and Jim Crow laws...the modern day slavery (Certificate of completion -in lieu of a genuine high school education and the drug trafficking) -- even with the Katrina fiasco. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. It is so sad. News like that hurts me so, anyone ever watched Tears in the Sun with Bruce Willis.... phenomenal movie. It depicts this type of brutal rape and crimes against the black women, Mother of the earth. Women are raped, the nipple of the breasts are removed so that babies that aren't killed cannot feed. White men in all they have done, the black men in the Congo, Africa, Haiti, and Liberia subject our women to far worse conditions. These men are not human. I mean even in Iraq with all of its suicide bombings, such crimes against women are few and far between...unheard of. The Arab nations have no AIDS or AIDS related deaths.
I read stories of such and I thank God for being ADAS (African by Descent, America by Slavery). Liberia is a small African country started by slaves that returned to Africa after obtaining freedom and there is no running water there. Yesterday morning, I was almost moved to tears, I thought of these stories as I removed my five year old from the tub and I just offered God a praise of thanksgiving. In lands where Kings and Queens of the Zulu tribe once reigned, now only orphans and AIDS victims (4 out of 10 are HIV positive) occupy the land. In Haiti, gangs rule the streets, Mothers have children by the dozen, but there isn't food to feed them. Men do not have descent nets by which to fish with.
I am divorced, with two children and I am not poor by any means. I do not take it lightly the fact that I can feed my children, educate my children and work my job.
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sigmascribe
Comment: Pamilicous}I hate to be the messenger, but Arab countries do have AIDS and AIDS related deaths. But since going to get tested implies immoral acts people do not go and definitely can not go for treatment.
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Name:
bigheadbull2
Comment: Now take those same soldiers that are wasting time over in Afganistan(sp) and send them over there where they can do some real good.
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Name:
sigmascribe
Comment: In many of the countries the problem is with the government. You can send all the troops you want but as long they keep the Devil as leader there will be that chaos. That's why sending money often times doesn't help. The government intercepts it and makes out like a fat rat.
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CianaDoll
Comment: Well, as I asked earlier: where do you start?! Something has to be done. I would say this is similar to all of the countries and people who sat by while our ancestors were enslaved here in America. These people's freedom to live are just being taken away from them and we're just.... here! I wish someone just knew where we could begin to help these people. I agree with MDhornet, if the gov't can't benefit from the country - they won't intervene.
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Name:
MDhornet
Comment: Governments can be forcibly removed from power. If the U.S. or Great Britain or any of the other nations sent troops, a change could be wrought. Even more if they left troops for a while as they've done in the oil-producing nations. Since the cold war ended, many of the big nations have no need to use these African nations as pawns anymore. They've milked them for all they're worth and now they've left them to rot. Many of those monsters in power were put there and financed by the Americans, the British, the French, the Dutch to name a few. They put people in place who could help them accomplish whatever their missions were at the time and then when they were pulled out they left the monsters in place. They ripped whole societies apart, put European systems in place that would benefit their purposed and when they were done, they left abruptly and left many of these countries with no infrastructure to speak of. What did they expect would happen?
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Name:
CianaDoll
Comment: MDhornet, Europeans did the same to South and Central American countries 'cuz of the fear of communism. But, I don't regularly hear such devastating stories about those places.
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Name:
Jacque
Comment: Bigchassie, I am still waiting on my pictures. Didn't they remove that red couch?
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Name:
SpecialK
Comment: bigchass: It's "I" and in me and not "1".
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Name:
Jacque
Comment: For all my Grey's Anatomy fans, Oprah will air Hanging Out with the Stars of Grey's Anatomy on Friday, May 26th with Ellen Pompeo (aka Dr. Meredith Grey) and Isaiah Washington (Dr. Burke). Plus information on Grey's Anatomy's big news! (And yes, I will repeat this announcement tomorrow and Friday so you won't miss it!)
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Name:
SpecialK
Comment: bigchass: I meant to say its "I" as in me and not "1".
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Name:
bigheadbull2
Comment: Janet is so fierce
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: JACQUE> *looking longinly where the big red couch used to be* i sent the pictures to you already. check and see if you gotten them.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: SPECIALK>you did not get them yet? send me an email. chassiedot2002@yahoo.com
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Name:
Jacque
Comment: Thanks, bigchasie. Fabulous, just fabulous!
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: JACQUE> WE LOOK BEAUTIFUL! AND CHECK OUT CISSELY TYSON'S HAT. HER AND OPRAH WERE TRYING TO OUT DO ONE ANOTHER LOL!
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Name:
sigmascribe
Comment: Chassie}you didn't send them to me.
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Name:
MDhornet
Comment: Well, I'm out for today. CianaDoll, I'm not an expert on the topic so I can't quote any stats, but I based on my reading, I wouldn't compare what was done to Central and South America to what was done in various countries in Africa. No other continent has been targeted, raped, pillaged and destroyed like Africa was. Have a good night all.
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Name:
lovinlife
Comment: MDhornet, oh my god that article has me in tears. I've never been an activist but I wanna do something to help.
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Name:
CianaDoll
Comment: MDhornet, very true! My comment was geared toward the conflicts during hte Cold War though. But, you're right in that Africa has a much longer and deeper history of horrific events due to the hands of Europeans. So, it isn't comparable. I appreciate being enlightened about my history and ancestors. So, hopefully we can continue this conversation tomorrow or another day. Have a good night everyone.
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Name:
sigmascribe
Comment: Peace...until tomorrow.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: WELL YALL...i'm out. i guess i'll check out AI tonight. let the wheat folks have their time. we had ours Monday. tootles yall!
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