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Name:
blaquebaby
Comment: Mornin Peeps! Happy Birthday Busta! YAYA! Well folks da spurs won da showdown with da Hornets! Yea, always bigger and better in TX baby! Pushin real hard for the Spurs to take down da stanky Lakers! WNBA: Sacramento at Seattle espn2 going for da Seattle cause that team is jus stacked like crazy! Phoenix is at San Antonio that should be a good game, but I am pullin for Phoenix cause Cappie is off da chain!
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bigheadbull2
Comment: Morning all I am hanging in there but it is very hard. Why did my phone ring a 6:45 Sunday morning and it was GW hospital telling my brother to be ready by 7:20 a limo was coming to pick him up. He said why is that? They told him they had flown in Ted Kennedy and wanted him to do the MRI. It's good to be the best at what you do. Have a great day all
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CRENEEJ
Comment: And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, who will never leave you. John 14:16
Take comfort in the constant presence of the Holy Spirit.
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CRENEEJ
Comment: Those who wait for me will never be put to shame. Isaiah 49:23
As we grow in our new authority in Christ, it is some- times tempting to tell God what to do. Have you ever detected such an inner attitude? Resist it and wait on him!
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CRENEEJ
Comment: The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18
God created your emotions, and you can turn to him for healing. Why? Because God loves you intensely and cares deeply about how you feel.
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CRENEEJ
Comment: Don't you know that the LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth? . . . No one can measure the depths of his understanding. Isaiah 40:28
Do you sometimes doubt God? If so, don't be afraid to tell him. Then ask him for faith to believe him, and wait expectantly for his answer.
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CRENEEJ
Comment: morning guys!!!!! i'm back from the pokin holes (poconos), so i figured i'd post all the verses i didn't get to post before. hope you all had a great weekend.... go Boston!!!! oh and keith sweat was off the dam hook.
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HoneyMack
Comment: Morning fam. Just peeking in 2 make sure y'all being good. My bday is thursday, taking a 5 day vacation 2 Nawlins any suggestions on great down home resturants I don't want the touristy(is that a word) places. Staying @ a bed & breakfast on Bourbon, I want 2 experience the city. Yelley thank you for keeping me connected 2 the fam w/ur emails, the surgery center is so busy I don't have time to check on u guys or read emails til the evenings. HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY. OBAMA '08.
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HarrisThomas
Comment: g'morning, everybody
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Name:
HarrisThomas
Comment: bigheadbull2, thanks for the "doing good like that" note about your brother . . . . . CRENEEJ, welcome back and thanks for your Word of wisdome . . . . . HoneyMack, Happy Birthday to you!! . . . . . blaquebaby, may your favorite team win
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OSUN
Comment: Good Morning people.
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Name:
HarrisThomas
Comment: Ramsey fires four officers in beating . . . . .
By Barbara Boyer and Andrew Maykuth . . . . . In a remarkably quick action, Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey yesterday fired four police officers and disciplined four others for taking part in a dramatic videotaped beating of three shooting suspects that cast the department in an embarrassing light.
Two weeks after a Fox29 television news helicopter captured police officers apprehending the three suspects amid a flurry of kicks and punches, Ramsey and Mayor Nutter moved to impose discipline, and to send a message to the public and the Police Department that misconduct will not be tolerated.
"All of us, as law enforcement officers, have to understand that, unlike criminals on the street, we have rules that we have to abide by. We have policies. We have procedures," said Ramsey, who took over the department in January.
Nutter said the swift action by authorities was a departure from the past. . . . . .
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_left_story/200 80520_Ramsey_fires_four_officers_in_beating_video.html
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Name:
letmein
Comment: Morning family!!! Happy Bday Honeymack!! Good to "see" you!! !
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Name:
OSUN
Comment: **With Luke playing in the background** Go Tina its your birthday, go Anette its your birthday, go Honeymack its your birthday. go head.go go go go go go
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bigchassie
Comment: morning all. i had to go to the hospital yesterday. so i'm back now.
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Name:
CRENEEJ
Comment: bigchass, is everythink ok?
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arkansasgirl
Comment: Good morning. Blaque, the Hornets let me down! Even though I'm not a big fan of the Lakers, I hope they take the Spurs down. Bighead, who yo brotha? LOL Not mad at him for being the best. Go bighead's bro. Crenne, welcome back with your spoogetastic self. HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY, Honey Mack. Enjoy Nawlins!
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YLawdY
Comment: Good morning, family. bighead.....so glad you dropped by. You are in my prayers. Your brother is doing it like that. Go head. HoneyMack...wassup!!!!! How have you been? CREENEJ....You prolly need Jesus after your weekend! Obama '08. LOL bigchassie...are you o.k.
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YLawdY
Comment: Blaque...please do something and make them Spurs beat the Lakers!!! Hey, OSUN, HarrisThomas,arkansas.....letmein, my baby is home. When does school start again?
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Name:
OSUN
Comment: Morning Ylawd. August is a long way off. You can solve the problem by having PSF work two summer jobs.
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YLawdY
Comment: Sen. Byrd Endorses Obama
Sen. Robert Byrd has endorsed Barack Obama for president, calling him a “noble-hearted patriot and humble Christian” who “has my full faith and support.”
The West Virginia Democrat, a former Ku Klux Klan member who campaigned against civil rights legislation in the 1960s, is an outspoken critic of the Iraq war. He said in remarks reported by the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette:
“As people all across the nation know, I have been one of the most outspoken opponents of the Bush administration’s misguided war in Iraq and its saber rattling around the globe.”
He said on Monday that he formerly had “no intention of involving myself in the Democratic campaign for president,” but added that “the stakes this November could not be higher.”
As Ben Smith pointed out in Politico, Obama wrote in his book “The Audacity of Hope” about meeting Byrd for the first time as a U.S Senator:
“I pondered the fact that, according to his own autobiography, Senator Byrd had received his first taste of leadership in his early twenties, as a member of the Raleigh County Ku Klux Klan, an association that he had long disavowed, an error he attributed — no doubt correctly — to the time and place in which he'd been raised, but which continued to surface as an issue throughout his career.
“I thought about how he had joined other giants of the Senate, like J. William Fulbright of Arkansas and Richard Russell of Georgia, in Southern resistance to civil rights legislation. I wondered if this would matter to the liberals who now lionized Senator Byrd for his principled opposition to the Iraq War resolution…
“Senator Byrd's life — like most of ours — has been the struggle of warring impulses, a twining of darkness and light.”
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YLawdY
Comment: Scientists offered high-sugar, high-fat, banana-flavored pellets to female rhesus monkeys, and found that high-status monkeys were not impressed. But the low-status monkeys scarfed them around the clock because, researchers believe, they somehow mitigated the stress of being harassed all day by the top-tier monkeys. It's possible the treats enhanced the reward pathways in the brain, in a manner similar to cocaine. Reports the Times, "the experiment intrigues scientists studying human junk-food binges, which are hard to understand because there are so many confounding factors." Of course, in humans, the benefits of bingeing are offset by crippling guilt.
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OSUN
Comment: Did you know that it is possible to flush a mechanical pencil down the toilet? I learned that today.
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Name:
letmein
Comment: CTFU @ YLawdY!!! Girl, I know you ain't gotta tell me!! I have 94 days left......
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HarrisThomas
Comment: with a child's heart, OSUN, flush some more stuff
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Name:
asize12
Comment: Good morning kids! Happy Tuesday! So, what's shakin'? *scrolling up*
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Name:
CRENEEJ
Comment: Family files lawsuit in metal bat injury case
23 hours ago
WAYNE, N.J. (AP) — The family of a boy who suffered brain damage after he was struck by a line drive off an aluminum baseball bat sued the bat's maker and others on Monday, saying they should have known it was dangerous.
The family of Steven Domalewski, who was 12 when he was struck by the ball in 2006, filed the lawsuit in state Superior Court. It names Hillerich & Bradsby Co., maker of the 31-inch, 19-ounce Louisville Slugger TPX Platinum bat used when Steven was hit.
The lawsuit also names Little League Baseball and Sports Authority, which sold the bat. It claims the defendants knew, or should have known, that the bat was dangerous for children to use, according to the family's attorney, Ernest Fronzuto.
"People who have children in youth sports are excited about the lawsuit from a public policy standpoint because they hope it can make the sport safer," Fronzuto said after filing the suit Monday morning. "There are also those who are skeptical of the lawsuit and don't see the connection between Steven's injury and the aluminum bat."
Little League denies any wrongdoing, as does the bat manufacturer. Sports Authority has not responded to several telephone messages seeking comment.
Steven was pitching in a Police Athletic League game when he was hit just above the heart by a line drive. His heart stopped beating and his brain was deprived of oxygen for 15 to 20 minutes, according to his doctors.
Although he was not playing in a Little League game, the organization is being sued because it gave its seal of approval to the bat, certifying it as safe for use by children, Fronzuto said.
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OSUN
Comment: HarrisThomas I am kinda traumatized by this. This was my favorite mechanical pencil. Sparing you the gory details, I had the pen in my hair, I reached over to flush, the pencil fell into the whirpool. There was no way I was going after it even though my heart sank as I watched it unbelievably get sucked into the vortex.
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OSUN
Comment: Per the Robert Byrd post, I wonder if his endorsement will affect his constituency. I know I saw the video of the West Va. people undeniably stating they would not vote for a black man for any other reason that he was black. I wonder what is his ulterior motive in this endorsement.
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bigchassie
Comment: CREENJ>everything is fine...i hope. i went for my annual mammorgram.
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CRENEEJ
Comment: YLY, you'd be surprised, i really don't need all the verses today.... we had a nice quiet weekend, and i was so sick w/ a stuffy nose that i couldn't breathe.....
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bigchassie
Comment: OSUN>oh that is bad, loosing your favorite pencil. i don't like that either.
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CRENEEJ
Comment: though i'm breathin aiight today, so i'm gonna get my spooge on to make up for the spoogin i shoulda been doin this weekend....
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Name:
OSUN
Comment: Creneej you cant spooge while your are congested?
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Name:
asize12
Comment: <<cyberhug>> Hey Mackey! How you durin'? We miss you on the FFA! *waving hard* Hey Harris, good to cybersee you on the FFA. So, you flippin' back & forth from Obama's board today? I'm a bit burnt out on politics, just announce Obama as the nominee and lets move on, dammit! >blaque, I told y'all the Spurs was gon' win last night, remember, they're the champs! And I although I want them to beat the Lakers, I still would like to see a Lakers vs. Celtics finals! My Celtics gotta get a bit tougher if they want it all. They barely pulled out a win the other day. It's gonna be tough for them but I think they can do it. >momma chass, wassup? Why'd you have to go to the hospital yesterday, are you alright? We haven't seen you 'round here in a while. I hope everything is okay with you. >creneej, thanks for the quotes, again, they're right on time!
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Name:
ebonetyee
Comment: GOD IS BUSY!! If you don't know GOD, don't make stupid remarks!!!!!!! A United States
Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had
completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan .
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist and a member
of the ACLU. One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He
looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, 'God, if you are real, then I want
you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 min.' The
lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes went by
and the professor proclaimed, 'Here I am God. I'm still waiting.'
It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of his
chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him off the
platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to his seat and
sat there, silently. The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence. The professor eventually came to, noticeably
shaken, looked at the Marine and asked, 'What the heck is the matter with
you? Why did you do that?' The Marine calmly replied, 'God was too busy
today protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid stuff and act like an idiot. So, He sent me.'
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Name:
ebonetyee
Comment: Does anyone know the artist or title of this song? “You gave me, no roses, no walks, no talks, no feeling close to you. I wanna feel close to you.” That’s all I can remember. It came out in the 80s I believe. Help!
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CRENEEJ
Comment: osun, i couldn't. i could only breathe out of my mouth, and then i had dry mouth too.... ok there was some spoogin in the pool in the room which led to the sauna which led to the room, but i had plans to really get it in this weekend....
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Name:
OSUN
Comment: Creneej- You need to invest in an inhaler to prevent future travesties such as this.
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Name:
arkansasgirl
Comment: Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road...
BARACK OBAMA:The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE The chicken wanted CHANGE! /JOHN MCCAIN:My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road. /HILLARY CLINTON:When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure -- right from Day One! -- that every chicken in this country gets the chance it de serves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me....... /DR. PHIL:The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes after the problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his 'CURRENT' problems before adding 'NEW' problems. /OPRAH:Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
/GEORGE W. BUSH:We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
/COLIN POWELL:Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road... /ANDERSON COOPER - CNN:We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
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arkansasgirl
Comment: JOHN KERRY:Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it. /NANCY GRACE:That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks. /PAT BUCHANAN:To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
/DR SEUSS:Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.;
/ERNEST HEMINGWAY:To die in the rain. Alone. /JERRY FALWELL:Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth?' That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side. That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as simple as that. /GRANDPA:In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough. /BILL GATES:I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C% ......... reboot. /ALBERT EINSTEIN:Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken? /BILL CLINTON:I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken? /AL GORE:I invented the chicken! /COLONEL SANDERS:Did I miss one? /DICK CHENEY:Where's my gun? /AL SHARPTON:Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
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asize12
Comment: LOL, akg I posted that on the Obama board about 2 weeks ago.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >ebony, that's Champaign, "Maybe We Can Try Again".
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ebonetyee
Comment: Thanks asize12! I knew that I would find my answer here. You guys are always on point!
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ebonetyee
Comment: I been starin' at your photograph
Wondering where you're at today
And I've been hanging by the telephone
Hopin' that you'd call home and stay
You told me you needed
More walks, more talks
More feelin' close to me
I wanna be close to you
I didn't know you needed
Some roses, some romance
A little candlelight and slow dance
That's not how it's been
But maybe we can try again
Try, try, maybe we can try again
I remember all the days gone by
And I'm wonderin' why I couldn't see
I could search the whole world over
And never find what you were always giving me
I told you I needed
More time, more space, more freedom
(Free to do) free to do, girl
What you wanna do
I gave you no roses, no romance
No candlelight and no slow dance
But that's just how it's been
Maybe we can try again
Try, try, maybe we can try again
Try, try, maybe we can try again, yeah
[Instrumental Interlude]
Ooooooh, I remember when
You told me you needed
More walks, more talks
More feelin' close to me
I wanna be close to you, yeah
I'll give you some roses
Whole lot of romance
A little candlelight (slow dance)
Don't let this feeling end
Maybe we can try again
Try, try, maybe we can try again
Maybe we can try again
We can try again
Maybe we can try again
Maybe we can try again
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CRENEEJ
Comment: lol OSUN, i already told mr.creneej i need a do-over, but he didn't mind. sunday i almost ended up in the hospital b/c i really couldn't breathe.... til we found a wal-mart where i could get medicine, but there were a grand total of 5 black people in the walmart including us.
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Name:
ebonetyee
Comment: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HS2HcYZHPwk
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >ebony, that was the jam! I remember that video too. Me & my cousin are always 'remixing' songs and her remix for that was "Maybe we can fry chicken...fry...fry...maybe we can fry chicken" LOL
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Name:
Shortey71
Comment: Morning Yall... Jokey Joke of the Day..............Officer, this is how the fight started...
I rear-ended the car in front of me. I admit that. It was my fault.
So, we both pull over to the side of the road, and slowly the driver of
the car I hit got out of his car. . . And you know how you Just get so
stressed... And life...sometimes life seems like... Suddenly funny?
Well, the driver of the car I hit was a dwarf! He got out of his car and
I got out of my car.
He was frowning and scowling and he stormed over to me...right up close
to me.
He looked up in my face and said, 'I AM NOT HAPPY!'
And I don't know what possessed me, officer, but I looked down at him
and I said, 'Well, if you're not Happy -- which one are you?'
.... And that's when the fight started...
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Name:
MidwestMan1
Comment: SNORK! CRENEEJ if you're spoogeless and you know clap your hands! (clap, clap) hehehe, sorry your freaky plans didn't work out, you know what you must do for Mr. CRENEEJ asap!
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Name:
asize12
Comment: I just spoke w/ jfrom and she wanted me to send her love to everyone. She says she misses us! I'll have a pic of her new do for y'all to see later today or tomorrow...
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Name:
CaliRedbone
Comment: Good morning!
Here’s the thought for the day.
Press Through!
If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31 NIV)
To reach your God-ordained destiny you must do these seven things:
(1) Refuse to give in to wrong thoughts. Guard your mind. Make it a walled city that refuses to allow negative thoughts and harmful influences to penetrate.
(2) Resist any temptation toward introspection. Only the Holy Spirit has the right to search the hearts and minds of men. When the Lord is ready to reveal an area of your life that needs correction, He will.
(3) Fight, using God's Word. Let the Rhema Word, the God-breathed Word found in Scripture, be your strength in times of difficulty and testing. In the wilderness temptation, Jesus used Scripture to put Satan to flight. And the weapon of God's Word still works today.
(4) Listen to the still small voice of God within. God doesn't play hide-and-seek with His will. Discipline yourself to spend unhurried time with Him and you'll thrive.
(5) Shift to a higher level of faith. Before killing Goliath, David had to kill a lion and a bear. Today we are contending with issues that require us to move to a new level of faith.
(6) Get into proper alignment. God's aligning His people - putting together those who'll stand as one in the day of battle. It's imperative to know who you can go to war with. You only discover such people in times of testing. Treasure them - they're 'covenant relationships'.
(7) Ask God to give you understanding about the place you are in. Knowing you are in preparation for your destiny will keep you from pulling back, wavering or throwing in the sponge.
The word for you today is - press through and seize your God-given destiny! (~The Vine, Bob Gass)
Pressing through is a choice, so make it a great day!
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Name:
HarrisThomas
Comment: OSUN, sorry for the loss of your favorite mechanical pencil . . . . . I felt the same way when I broke the top on my dear departed Mom's cookie jar, I still have the broken top in the jar because I can't bear to trash it . . . . . someday, I might plant herbs in the bottom part
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Name:
NOTESINGER
Comment: Good afternoon, EUR family - Lurker Mama here. GO CELTICS!!! LOL HoneyMack>Have a wonderful, blessed HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Got to read ^^ to catch up ...
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Name:
CaliRedbone
Comment: Doctors: Ted Kennedy has brain tumor
Massachusetts senator's tumor is malignant, doctors say
Kennedy suffered seizure Saturday morning at family compound
Usual course of treatment includes radiation and chemotherapy
(CNN) -- U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, doctors treating him at Massachusetts General Hospital said Tuesday.
Kennedy was hospitalized Saturday morning after suffering a seizure at his family's compound at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
"Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe," according to a statement from the doctors treating the senator.
"The usual course of treatment includes combinations of various forms of radiation and chemotherapy," they said.
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: -- Doctors say Sen. Edward Kennedy has brain tumor; condition discovered after he had seizure.
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: Poll: Obama gaining support with key Clinton demographics
Posted: 01:40 PM ET
From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart
Sen. Clinton was introduced by her husband at a campaign event in Louisville, Kentucky Monday.
(CNN) – A day after Sen. Hillary Clinton declared that the Democratic nomination fight was “nowhere near over,” polling data released Tuesday suggest Clinton is losing ground with key demographic groups that have powered her campaign so far.
Sen. Barack Obama’s 16-point lead over Clinton in the latest Gallup daily tracking poll of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters comes from even higher support among groups that have been supporting him throughout the primary race, and from newfound support among several groups that have backed Clinton.
Obama leads or ties Clinton among women, Easterners, whites, adults with no college education, and Hispanics, with the New York senator’s support now below 50 percent in each group, according to Gallup. Both are backed by 47 percent of white voters surveyed, and Obama is essentially tied with Clinton – 47 percent to 46 percent – among Democrats whose education level is a high school diploma or less.
Clinton’s advantage among women overall seems to have evaporated, with Obama now holding a lead within the survey’s three point margin of error, 49 percent to 46 percent. Hispanics favor Obama over Clinton by 7 percentage points, 51 percent to 44 percent. And Obama now leads among voters in Eastern states by 9 percentage points over Clinton – 52 percent to 43 percent.
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YLawdY
Comment: SANTA BARBARA, California (CNN) -- Barbara Harvey climbs into the back of her small Honda sport utility vehicle and snuggles with her two golden retrievers, her head nestled on a pillow propped against the driver's seat.
A former loan processor, the 67-year-old mother of three grown children said she never thought she'd spend her golden years sleeping in her car in a parking lot.
"This is my bed, my dogs," she said. "This is my life in this car right now."
Harvey was forced into homelessness earlier this year after being laid off. She said that three-quarters of her income went to paying rent in Santa Barbara, where the median house in the scenic, oceanfront city costs more than $1 million. She lost her condo two months ago and had little savings as backup.
"It went to hell in a handbasket," she said. "I didn't think this would happen to me. It's just something that I don't think that people think is going to happen to them is what it amounts to. It happens very quickly, too."
Harvey now works part time for $8 an hour, and she draws Social Security to help make ends meet. But she still cannot afford an apartment, and so every night she pulls into a gated parking lot to sleep in her car,along with other women who find themselves in a similar predicament. Watch women who live in their cars »
There are 12 parking lots across Santa Barbara that have been set up to accommodate the growing middle-class homelessness. These lots are believed to be part of the first program of its kind in the United States, according to organizers.
The lots open at 7 p.m. and close at 7 a.m. and are run by New Beginnings Counseling Center, a homeless outreach organization.
It is illegal for people in California to sleep in their cars on streets. New Beginnings worked with the city to allow the parking lots as a safe place for the homeless to sleep in their vehicles without being harassed by people on the streets or ticketed by police.
Harvey stays at the city's only parking lot for women. "This is very safe, and that's why I feel very comfortable," she said.
Nancy Kapp, the New Beginnings parking lot coordinator, said the group began seeing a need for the lots in recent months as California's foreclosure crisis hit the city hard. She said a growing number of senior citizens, women and lower- and middle-class families live on the streets. See how foreclosure filings are up 75 percent »
"You look around today and there are so many," said Kapp, who was homeless with her young daughter two decades ago. "I see women sleeping on benches. It's heartbreaking."
She added, "The way the economy is going, it's just amazing the people that are becoming homeless. It's hit the middle class."
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YLawdY
Comment: LL Cool J is gearing up to release the first street mixtape of his career.
According to MTV's Mixtape Monday, LL is putting the finishing touches on "The Return of the G.O.A.T.", the first mixtape of his career. The mixtape is expected to feature guest appearances by LL Cool J, 50 Cent and more. DJ Kay Slay is working with LL on the tape.
"LL's got an album coming out," DJ Kay Slay tells MTV. "I think he's just aware that he has to have that street presence and make people aware he still is the G.O.A.T. and he can still spit. A lot of people are under the misconception that LL is making those grown-and-sexy records, that he ain't with the street vibe anymore. I think he wanted to step back and let people know he's still the G.O.A.T."
LL Cool J's new album "Exit 13" is expected to be released later this year.
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: MTV has released its list of the 10 hottest MC's in Hip-Hop.
1 Kanye West
2 Jay-Z
3 Lil' Wayne
4 Rick Ross
5 Snoop Dogg
6 50 Cent
7 Lupe Fiasco
8 Young Jeezy
9 Andre 3000
10 T.I
Kanye West's entry at #1 was co-signed by Snoop Dogg who told MTV the following:
"I think what makes you hot is your ability to hold a crowd, demand respect, be respected amongst your peers whenever you're in an environment where it is predominantly MCs. ... Kanye West belongs on the list, because his record was phenomenal. I love the way he came on his record. It's was dope. It was clever. It was genius. He kind of moved ahead of his boss if you ask me."
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OSUN
Comment: Rick Ross??? I guess I'm getting old.
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YLawdY
Comment: OSUN ....me too. I don't know who he is.
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asize12
Comment: Oh well...since nobody's posting today, I guess I'll go ahead & post the word of the day---The Word of the Day for May 20, 2008 is:
ramshackle • \RAM-shak-ul\ • adjective
*1 : appearing ready to collapse : rickety
2 : carelessly or loosely constructed
Example Sentence:
The properties were separated by a ramshackle wooden fence that was just barely held together with chicken wire.
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OSUN
Comment: Ylawdy I know who he is, he just sucks imo. He sings that song, Hustlin, everyday I am hustlin, hustlin, hustlin. According to him he was a big time coke dealer. He is horrendously fat with a crazy beard.
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asize12
Comment: I agree with everyone on the list EXCEPT Rick Ross. The only song that I 'think' he sings is "Biggest Boss" Lyrics: "I'm the biggest boss that you've heard thus far..." Everyone else on the list is on point.
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OSUN
Comment: Hillary Clinton's ramshackle campaign should be ending shortley.
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OSUN
Comment: I dont care for Young Jeezy, 50 cent musically or otherwise. I dont feel Lupe Fiasco but he could still grow on me.
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asize12
Comment: Aww damn! Now that I think about it, they need to remove Rick Ross & place Common in his spot! The nerve! In other news, I met jfrom on my lunch break. Her pics do her no justice, she's beautiful in person. I met her brother too, they look like twins. I'm waiting for baby sis to finish her hair so I can take a pic & send it to y'all.
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asize12
Comment: WTF??? I must've conveniently 'skipped over' Young Jeezy cuz I'on like that dude! Eww! How the hell did he make the list but Common didn't? They tripped...I demand a recount! >osun, good sentence! LOL
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OSUN
Comment: Asize, well the crazy in the cafeteria was jocking her nonstop.
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blackdiamondleo
Comment: Good to see some of my family still here and those I don't know>>>>I went on a trip this weekend to Massachusetts to check out a time share with my nephew. He had "won" one of those sweepstakes. I felt so good when I got back, but the feeling didn't last long. Throngs of police and news crews were across the street from my building. I was so hurt to find out a sweet little girl named Taylor was found dead by her sister (she was in the process of being adopted from ACS)Sunday afternoon. the baby had some neck pains and her "mother" Joanne gave her an adult patch of FENTANYL 75MG and supposedly TYLENOL Saturday night. TAYLOR slept from then thru Sunday and no one checked on her. Joanne was at work they say when the daughter (biological. She has 5 and 2 foster.)discovered the tradgedy. I can't believe this woman gave that baby a controlled patch. She's charged with neligent homicide.>>>>>And on a lighter note, did anyone see the season finale of CSI:MIAMI? Wow! I've never trusted "Mr.Wolf"!>>>>>MY HONEYMACK>>>>You enjoy yourself now. Ya Hear!!! I can't wait to get there to chow down on that good food.
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OSUN
Comment: After all that controvery Nas generated by naming his latest CD, N!gger, that N-word caved under pressure and decided to changed the name before it's release that was probably the plan all along. Nas told MTV, "It's important to me that this album gets to the fans. It's been a long time coming. I want my fans to know that creatively and lyrically, they can expect the same content and the same messages. It's that important. The streets have been waiting for this for a long time. The people will always know what the real title of this album is and what to call it." The CD will now be released untitled.
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asize12
Comment: *waving hard* Hey blackdia, how are you sweetie? >osun, I see why, she's adorable!
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YLawdY
Comment: OSUN...I kinda like Lupe Fiasco's last CD. blackdiamond...good to "see" you. That is a tragedy and I'm glad they're charging her with a crime.
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blackdiamondleo
Comment: My prayers went out for Senator Kennedy when the news came on tv Saturday. From stroke to seizure, I felt more relieved. Now with this brain tumor, it's scary.>>>>>Did y'all hear Senator Byrd, former KKK, endorsed OBAMA? Kennedy is the 2nd longest in senate but Byrd since 1959.
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asize12
Comment: >ylawd, Lupe's 1st cd "Food & Liquor" is in my cd changer as we speak. I still have to get his new one, I hope it's as good as the 1st...
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NOTESINGER
Comment: Here's a message from AMETHYST: Hello, family. My dear mother copied the board and emailed it to me. Rahway is trying to help me load some software that will enable me to read the EUR articles and post from my phone. You can't keep a good woman down! /crenee - The inspirationals filled my spirit so much. I've been feeling down and frustrated today. Talking to some friends and reading those messages uplifted me. /asize - I'm also making a career change: moving forward with growing my financial business and leaving the corporate world. Everyone, please pray for me as I walk in faith, following the lead of the Holy Spirit. /HoneyMack - Deanie's was a great seafood restaurant. I don't know if they have reopened. We Never Close (open 24 hours) was a local spot with good po boys. And since you will be in the Quarter, of course you must eat beignets at Cafe Du Monde. And drink hurricanes at Pat O'Brien's.
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blackdiamondleo
Comment: Wavin' back to 2 of my baby girls: YLAWDY,ASIZE.
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Name:
blackdiamondleo
Comment: ASIZE>>I'm still waiting for the conclusion of the HUMAN RIGHTS investigation.
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CaliRedbone
Comment: blackdiamondleo >> re: MrWolf' me neither... dang I missed it !! ***loggin on to CBS.com*** catch yall in a few....
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OSUN
Comment: Hey soror Amethyst. Like Tupac said Keep ya head up.
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blackdiamondleo
Comment: BIGHEAD< how did I miss you? I'm confused. Aren't you in D.C?
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blackdiamondleo
Comment: CRENEEJ>>>Re:Isaiah 49:23, it's the reason we're in the state we are. Because we want to do things our way and not his. I place things in his hands.
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CaliRedbone
Comment: ohhh dang csi is good!!! yep@blackdia' "little is much when we place it in the masters hands" ***doing the holy ghost COGIC dance back to cbs.com*** HALLELUJAH!!!!
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bigheadbull2
Comment: Black yes dear I am in DC they flew Ted in under cover of night. He is right at GW hospital as we speak.
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