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Name: JFromMO
Comment: Good morning family.

Name: JFromMO
Comment: MILFORD, Conn. – Barack Obama's former pastor complained Thursday that the media used him as a "weapon of mass destruction" in an attempt to derail Obama's campaign for the presidency. Speaking at a forum about race and religion, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright accused the media of taking out of context videos that showed him cursing the government and accusing it of conspiring against blacks from the pulpit of the Chicago church where Obama had worshipped for 20 years. The videos, which included Wright thundering "God damn America!", dominated cable television for weeks. The public outrage that followed caused the president-elect to sever ties with his longtime spiritual leader. Wright told an audience of about 200 people at the forum that he was trying to convey the anger and desire for vengeance that people felt after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He said the media failed to mention that he was a proud Christian who was raised in a Christian home. "Their intention was to use me as a weapon of mass destruction, to tear down that man's integrity," said Wright, former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. In a question-and-answer session with the audience, Wright said he didn't believe Obama shared his opinions publicized on the videos. "Do you agree with everything your pastor says?" he asked. "Ninety percent of the people sitting in church don't agree with everything their pastor says. What I saw is not an index on what he did or does not believe." Wright's comments were a stumbling block for Obama's campaign. In an impassioned speech about faith and race, the Democrat at first expressed support for Wright, saying that "I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother." But six weeks later during a speech at the National Press Club, Wright offered eyebrow-raising opinions about the U.S. government, praised Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and hinted that Obama was distancing himself from the pastor for political expediency. The next day, Obama said he was outraged and denounced Wright's remarks.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: University of Texas lineman Buck Burnette has been thrown off the team after he posted a racist message to Barack Obama on his Facebook page. Brunette updated his Facebook profile status with the following comment: "all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse" Longhorns head coach Mack Brown immediately kicked Burnette off the team for "unspecified violations of team rules". Burnette subsequently wrote an apology. "Clearly I have made a mistake and apologized for it and will pay for it. I received it as a text message from an acquaintance and immaturely put it up on facebook in the light of the election. Im not racist and apologize for offending you. I grew up on a ranch in a small town where that was a real thing and I need to grow up. I sincerely am sorry for being ignorant in thinking that it would be ok to write that publicly and apologize to you in particular. I have to be more mature than to put the reputation of my team at stake and to spread that kind of hate which I dont even believe in. Once again, I sincerely apologize." A screencap of Burnette's page can be seen here. His profile states his political views as "Very Conservative" and his religious views as "I Love Jesus". The page has since been taken down entirely.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: Not everyone behaved themselves when celebrating U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's historic win Tuesday night. Some fired gunshots, a felon accused cops of arresting him "because a black man won for president" and a teenager standing with throngs of passionate revelers used the opportunity to slap a police officer, Cook County prosecutors said. "White %*$!(es. F--- McCain. You white police can't do nothing," 19-year-old Celita Hart taunted officers as she stood with a throng of Obama supporters in the 6900 block of South Western Avenue, Assistant State's Attorney Lorraine Scaduto said in a court Wednesday. At some point, authorities said, Hart left the crowd, which had been chanting "Obama, Obama," walked up to a squad car, and smacked a male officer in the face. Hart was one of a half-dozen charged in Election Night-related arrests. A slew of others facing weapon and reckless discharge violations appeared in central bond court. None of the incidents occurred in Grant Park, where Obama addressed a giddy crowd of 240,000 late Tuesday. West Sider Narada Thomas, 23, told police he shot a .22-caliber revolver in the air to "celebrate Obama becoming president," Scaduto said. And 37-year-old Andre Murph, of Aurora, shot a 9mm into the ground several times in the 700 block of West 60th Place to express his joy, Scaduto said. "It was an exciting night," Murph's attorney James E. Thompson shrugged before Judge Israel Desierto. While Kenneth Smith, a 24-year- old felon, never stated why he fired three rounds at his residence, in the 6700 block of South Ada Street, he complained that officers only arrested him "because a black man won for president," Scaduto said. Peer pressure seemed to get the better of 54-year-old Joseph Morgan, who allegedly was caught holding a .22-caliber gun in the air on his back porch in the 5700 block of South Lowe Avenue. His excuse, according to prosecutors? "Everybody else is shooting their guns, I figured, 'Why not?' "

Name: slenda
Comment: Good morning all.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: When Jessie McDonald, got back her money, allegedly stolen by a bank teller, she was finally able to fix her dilapidated house and throw a party in honor of her late husband. Now, McDonald is watching the legal system take action against the Chase Bank teller. » Click to enlarge image Chase Bank returned Jessie McDonald's savings in June and it has fired a teller who was indicted Thursday. (Brian Jackson/Sun-Times) On Thursday, a federal grand jury indicted Melindathee Hill, 42, of Bolingbrook, alleging that she forged McDonald's name on withdrawal slips and took out as much as $300,000. Hill also is charged with having McDonald, who is suffering from dementia, sign over money orders, including $650 to Harlem Furniture, $200 to Carson Pirie Scott and $400 to Rogers & Hollands, according to the five-count indictment. McDonald, who worked seven days a week on the presses at R.R. Donnelly, amassed about $400,000 in savings with her husband of 61 years, Jim "Mac'' McDonald, a Board of Education engineer and musician. McDonald, whose husband died in 2007, did her banking at Chase's main office at 10 S. Dearborn, where was befriended by Hill, who was a personal banker there. Hill is accused of scamming McDonald from 2003 to 2007. Chase Bank alerted federal authorities to the theft and had already fired Hill last June when the Sun-Times wrote about the plight of the 86-year-old widow and the money she had lost. Within a day, the bank agreed to return her money. With the money, McDonald began to make repairs on her South Side home, which had fallen into disrepair as she became ill, Cook County Public Guardian Robert Harris said. McDonald is determined to return home, but for now she's living Crestwood Care Centre. McDonald also took a little cash out to throw a celebration at Crestwood in honor of her late husband, Harris said. His former bandmates played jazz and blues. And McDonald wore a new, sequined dress. "She looked smashing,'' Harris said. "She's happy.''

Name: beyourself
Comment: Good morning, everyone. It is finally TGIF, and I am going to party like a "Rock Star". Hubbie and I are going out tonight, so many of our friends are throwing the "Obama 08 parties", that we just might hit all of them, and then we are going to hit the casinos on Sat. I hope I win. I'm so cheap, that I only play the penny machine.LOL

Name: beyourself
Comment: As a matter of fact, I have already started partying...Why Am I dancing to "I'm glad you're home Now did you really miss me I guess you did by the look in your eyes (look in your eyes, look in your eyes)Well lay back and relax while I put away the dishes (put away the dishes)Then you and me can rock-a-bye You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell The night is young and full of possibilities Well come on and let yourself be free. My love for you, so long than I've been savin'Tonight was made for me and you.You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell.You can ring my bell.

Name: Penelope
Comment: Hey everybody. Its good Friday morning. I need a rest aafter such an emotional week. I am so tired and ready for a break. Thankfully I have Monday and Tuesday off!!!!! I am just emotionally spent.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: morning fam...BREAK BREAD!

Name: beyourself
Comment: Penelope-make sure that you don't 'over sleep' on Sunday for TB @ 9:00p.m.!!! It is going to be interesting.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: beyours, what casinos do you play at?

Name: Lovely
Comment: Good morning fam. Pen, you're not the only one. I've told ya'll how I'm not an emotional person, right? I went out yesterday and had a good time but then last night I was literally FIGHTING tears while watching Grey's Anatomy. Then I opened an email with a bunch of the pics from election night - fighting tears then too... I've gotta get it under control. This is about to be a long weekend but I'm gonna follow in the footsteps of the Big Guy and rest on Sunday!

Name: Lovely
Comment: Be, how much do you win when you play the penny slots? My man lives by the philosophy that you have to bet big to win big. I love Vegas but I'm not a gambler. However, when I go, I go with a set amount to gamble with and a set amount to shop with. The lowest slot machines I'll play on are the quarter slots but we normally play the $1 machines (and he plays the tables but I'm not good at card games).

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: The No. 2 computer maker, which is near the end of a program of 8,900 job cuts, is also offering voluntary severance packages and has instituted a global hiring freeze. Chief Executive Michael Dell announced the moves in an email to employees on Monday. On Tuesday he said he expects further consolidation in the technology industry, and encouraged companies to ride out financial turbulence by focusing on hard returns, rethinking businesses and investing. "Being stunned into inaction is exactly the wrong thing to do right now," he told a conference in San Francisco, adding that the company is investing in so-called cloud computing to deliver services over the Web. At the same time, Dell aims to cut operating expenses in its fourth quarter, said company spokesman Jess Blackburn. "The intent is to better position Dell for long-term competitiveness," said Blackburn

Name: Penelope
Comment: Bey>>>I won't be able to watch TB until Tuesday or Wednesday. We are visiting family up in New York, and they do not have cable. I'll have to watch it On Demand when I get back in town. Then again, maybe not then either. I just remembered while typing this message that I have two speaking engagements next week and think I'll be out of town...Dang...

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: SNORK!

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: Reporting from Phoenix -- Sarah Palin left the national stage Wednesday, but the controversy over her role on the ticket flared as aides to John McCain disclosed new details about her expensive wardrobe purchases and revealed that a Republican Party lawyer would be dispatched to Alaska to inventory and retrieve the clothes still in her possession... For weeks, the McCain-Palin campaign has dealt with the fallout from the disclosure that the Republican National Committee was billed for $150,000 in wardrobe purchases for the Palin family -- a discovery that was widely ridiculed and undercut Palin's hockey mom appeal. Several McCain aides said they had recently discovered that Palin's traveling staff had used personal credit cards to spend as much as $20,000 to $30,000 on additional wardrobe items for Palin.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: *gliding in room looking FLY in my Obama outfit* Morning Fam!!! Lovely> OMG GA had me all sniffling last night too. Love that show. I can see how they are building to Hahn leaving. YAYYY!!! Saturday I think I will sleep for 10-12. I am turning my phones off and nobody better ring my doorbell. I need to recuperate from this emotional week. I'm gonna get it in good tonight though! :-)

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Happy Birthday to Jessica Rabbit...

Name: Penelope
Comment: Barack Obama's motorcade had an unexpected occurrence while ferrying the president-elect to a security briefing at Chicago FBI headquarters Thursday morning. As the motorcade pulled onto Van Buren, towards the Loop, a couple in a tan sedan tried to drive around the heavily-armed line of vehicles, wrote pool reporter P.J. Hufstutter of the Los Angeles Times: The SUV cut the car off immediately, and the security team aimed their weapons at the car. The driver and passenger in the sedan stopped, and looked stunned -- until the male driver appeared to understand what was happening (your pool reporter could see him mouth "Obama"). The motorcade continued on. The sedan remained stopped, near the side of the road. [...] Some of the drivers here in Chicago do not seem to understand that a) the Chicago police car at the end of the president-elect's motorcade is serious about having traffic pull over when the officers flash their lights and hit their sirens, and b) it's not a great idea to jump ahead of traffic by trying to cut around the black SUV filled with five heavily-armed secret service CAT members.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Dammit, I've teared up so much my tear ducts are inflamed! Letters students wrote to Obama after the election: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauren-rubinfeld/letters -to-president-obam_b_141788.html

Name: letmein
Comment: Morning fam. Sitting here getting ready for my 8:30 meeting where they will tell us that they are cutting back our raises by 1% in 2009. We currently only get 3%. And that in 2010 we will not get raises at all! I don't know what to do fam. I've been here damn near 17 years but I think it's time to bounce. I'm worried though because businesses are closing left and right. I would hate to jump ship only to get somewhere thats sinking. My boss told me yesterday that the only choices they had was to cut merit increases or cut 10% of the work staff. They really don't want to let anyone go. He said higher management has even proposed to take the pay cuts and allow us to still get at least the 2%. **sigh**

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: Giving Boo-Boo a jar of honey, it's gone be alright your swolen tear ducts look kinda cute.

Name: CRENEEJ
Comment: Good Morning All, I'd been struggling with wanting to share but being cautious about that sharing so here goes: 2 weeks ago on JuiceBox's birthday, i found out that i was pregnant. I was surprised and anxious, but felt happy nonetheless.... i started having pains, and went to the ER, where they did an ultrasound and said everything was ok, but i continued to bleed, and something just didn't feel right. Well last night when i went to the doctor, they confirmed, what God had revealed and that it was an ectopic pregnancy that has to be removed. I just want to tell you that GOD is so good because if i hadn't listened, i may have died. I'll be starting treatments today for this, and hopefully I won't have to have surgery. I just wanted to also tell you women especially, please listen to your bodies. if you feel something isn't right, don't just lean on the doctor's understanding. Trust in GOD to reveal it to you. I knew since Sunday that something wasn't right, and i was praying, but i really had a feeling about what this is, and I know that GOD revealed it. Now onto the regularly scheduled Friday convos...

Name: letmein
Comment: YLawdY...I love the letter from Rawi!! CTFU **still readying**

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: letmein, no raise an a job is better than a raise then unemployment, if they ain't cutting jobs, I wouldn't leave just yet, you might be jumping into the frying pan...... JMO.....

Name: Juicebox
Comment: Hey everyone. It is still quiet as a church mouse her in my office. Maybe they get together before I get here, get it all out, and then work in silence when I get here.

Name: Juicebox
Comment: I have been here for 8 minutes and I am ready to go home. I watched some of graffiti bridge last night. Little Tevin Campbell had such a sweet voice. I may go and illegally download some of his stuff this weekend. As a youth I really enjoyed Morris Day and Jerome's interaction. As I watched last night, I realized that they are flaming. Did anyone ever suspect these two of being fudgepackers?

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: JB/OSUN go here and tell me what this looks like to you.... http://concreteloop.com/2008/11/events-mtvs-europe-mus ic-awards/beyonce-performs-mtvs-08-emas-2/

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Hey family... I went to see Maxwell last night. He puts on a good show. He had about 12 panties on he stage (all sizes, mind you) from the numerous fans in the front who wanted to give him some loving. Had I not been in the balcony, I would have thrown my Fruit of the Loon cotton panties on the stage, too. *sigh*

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: LawdHvMrcy, you can throw them Fruit of da loons at me if it'll make ya feel better... *wink*

Name: letmein
Comment: CREENEJ....I'm sorry to hear that. It's a blessing to see that you're praising God even with the results. May God continue to be with you.

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: CREENEJ, ditto what letmein just said.....

Name: letmein
Comment: MWM...I'm truly leaning the same way and have been preaching at my hubby because he's having issues on his job and wants to run. I know I need to follow my own advice but it just hurts to know that its about to happen.

Name: Lovely
Comment: LHM, I saw him a couple weeks ago and was on the 16th row. Had I had on any panties, I would have thrown them at him!

Name: Juicebox
Comment: Creenj, check your email :>

Name: Juicebox
Comment: MWM, she looks like 7 of 9 to me in that outfit.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Creenej, sorry to hear that. Thanks for the PSA, women really do need to push their doctors when something isn't right.

Name: Juicebox
Comment: MWM, she also looks like a Romulan in that outfit.

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: JB reminded me of a Romulan Tal Shiar... Look at the ears again....

Name: Lovely
Comment: Yelleyw, last night was Hahn's last night. I'm not sure how they're going to explain her absence but I don't care, I'm glad to see her go. They're bringing in a new intern who's supposedly bi-sexual so I guess she and Callie may test the gay waters. Who knows. That old couple was killing me!!! It was so sad to watch him trying to give chest compressions even though he was about to pass out himself!!

Name: Lovely
Comment: I tried logging on to sephora.com twice last night before going to sleep and then again this morning and their website won't connect. I'll try again this weekend.

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: JB now we >< on that tip....

Name: Lovely
Comment: MWM/OJ - ya'll leave my girl B alone! :-) I'm her biggest Stan. She's being fashion forward with that outfit!! :-)

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Wow cree...I'm glad everything is going to be o.k. "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding." Proverbs 3:5

Name: Juicebox
Comment: Lovely, I really like Beyonce. I am a trekkie so this is not an insult. Her outfit maybe fashion forward but she does look like a Romulan and I think the designer would be out and recieve the auweidersing(sp)if this was submitted on Project Runway.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Hey Yogi...thanks for the honey. How they hangin'?

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: Boo-Boo the baby gone, and they hanging good now!!!!!

Name: leeneepoo
Comment: Creenej...take care; Gods' speed to you.

Name: Lovely
Comment: OJ, :-) OK, as long as you're a fan. I have a friend who hates on B constantly saying she's not all that and that she really can't sing all that well. This is coming from a person who thinks Ashanti walks on water. Ha!

Name: Juicebox
Comment: Sister 12, I know Nia Long is your hero, but her career is on life support. When you share hosting responsibilities with Chris Spenser on BETJ virtual awards show, that is not a good sign. I would like to see her in something new. Do you think she would consider returning to Soap Operas, since she got her start there? Maybe she should do the next Dancing with Stars.

Name: Juicebox
Comment: Happy Birthday Dorothy Dandridge!!!!!!!!

Name: Juicebox
Comment: lovely, your friends Ashanti worship reminds me of the Prince vs Michael Jackson debate in the mid 80s. It seemed like it never occured to people that you could like both.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Cre>> Wow I am just happy that you are safe and healthy. I'm sorry it had to happen that way though. You just reminded me that I need to make my yearly appt. Letmein>> I feel you on your frustrations and hope things work out for the best. I wanted to up and move not because I need a new job but just felt like I needed a change but its just too iffy to leave. I know we say to step out on faith but right now I think He's telling me to stay still for now. God bless you both

Name: Lovely
Comment: I absolutely love Nia Long. I wish she'd get involved in some real projects. Hell, the last thing I remember seeing her in was Boyz in the Hood.

Name: amethyst
Comment: crenee - Here's a bigggg cyber-hug for you. I will continue praying for your inner peace and joy, and for your health. You are absolutely right about listening to our bodies. /asize - One of my friends had made up some crazy name for one of her daughters. We have big debates in the hospital, 100% of e'erbody who came, including her parents, told her it was ugly and jacked up. Of course, she wasn't just listening to her husband. Thank God we prevailed. I'll pray that your sister will listen to all of you. Have you all mentioned to her husband that name is fa-di-cu-lous?

Name: Lovely
Comment: OJ, I agree on the Prince/MJ debate and I'll even agree on the NKOTB/New Edition debate. In my opinion though, Ashanti can't sing or perform. Her music/voice irritate the crap out of me. She's definitely a pretty girl but I don't think she has the talent God gave a gnat.

Name: amethyst
Comment: Misscharli - Please send coupons to missleo86@yahoo.com. Thanks. Cost Plus carries a champagne that I like. /Speaking of names, my mom knew a woman who everyone always called "Lil Sista". I have no idea what her real name is. My father may be "Dr." Amethyst to the rest of the world, but when he's around family he is "Bro" and "Uncle Bro". Since someone knows a girl named Christmas, I wonder if her cousin is Easter!

Name: beyourself
Comment: DJ-Hubbie and I try to go to Dover Downs slots, in Delware twice a year. You know they have those tax free outlets there too. So I plan on shopping tooo.

Name: amethyst
Comment: When must I take down my Obama yard sign? It's been up most of the year. I'm leaving the car magnet on there for eternity. Shoot, folks have bumper stickers from Bush 2000.

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Creenj-- I'm so sorry to read that. You are exactly right about listening to your bodies. My stepsister passed away at 21 due to an etopic pregnancy (which she told nobody about and went into toxic shock alone at her house). My sister had to have one of her tubes removed due to a rupture. Luckily she listened to her body, where what she initially thought was stifling indigestion, ended up being internal bleeding from rupture. Two very different outcomes stemming from the same diagnosis. Maybe that was TMI, but I wanted to join your PSA because I have personally experienced this in my immediate family... TWICE. God is good and I am so very glad that you are OK.

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Love>> Imma leave that 'no panties' comment alone ! lol BUT, would you not agree that Maxwell needs a Debbie Allen intervention? He can NOT dance. But he swexy (that's sexy swagger) is SO on point. MISSCHARLI>> I'm glad you will be able to join us on the 15th!!!!!!!! I'll send you an email with the details.

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: *passes granny panties to MWM*

Name: TAZBABY
Comment: Good Morning and Happy Friday!!! CreenJ God Bless you for listening to your body and God. I pray you won't have to have surgery.

Name: lilmocc
Comment: Good Morning Folks!! TGIF! Another Obama 08 party tonight, Saturday and Sunday brunch. I am gonna party until my day off on Tuesday. LOL Whats going on today? Has DJ instructed us to Break Bread yet? If so, pass that shat DJ, your girl is hungry this morning.

Name: Lovely
Comment: LHM, No, he can't dance but I love his effort. Between that smile, those lyrics and his charm, I can deal with the white-boy dance moves.

Name: TAZBABY
Comment: Be, play those penny slots! I won $378 in Vegas once and that was my first time playing the penny slots, I was surprised. I usually play the quarter and dollar slots and stay away from the tables because I can't play card games or sit still long with so much going on around me.

Name: lilmocc
Comment: YLawdY> Thanks for that. Yes, I too am crying AGAIN and I said I was done. Out of the mouths of babes is the saying. You can just read the hope those kids have for our new President Elect. A hope that things can really be better. But the "kid" things they are asking for are funny all the same. Very touching.

Name: lilmocc
Comment: CREENEEJ> Thank God you listened to your body and to God. My Mom had an ectopic pregnancy but did not know until it was almost too late. Prayers are going up for your safe recovery in mind, body and spirit.

Name: BluLuv
Comment: Good morning F4A fam!! Creej > sorry to here about wehat happened. Will pray for you to have speedy recovery. Lady Luv > Baby girl you throwing panties around already?? Don't start the "train" up again. LOL!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: .A syndicated satellite radio show host is creating quite a stir after his Nov. 6 comparison of slavery and welfare. On The War Room with Quinn & Rose, Jim Quinn said: “You know, if you were a slave in the old South, what did you get as a slave? You got free room and board; you got free money; and you got rewarded for having children because that was just, you know, tomorrow’s slave. … Can I ask a question? How’s that different from welfare? You get a free house, you get free food, and you get rewarded for having children. Oh, wait a minute, hold on a second. There is a difference: The slave had to work for it.”

Name: Juicebox
Comment: Ylawdy - OMG.

Name: Lovely
Comment: YLY, ummm, I don't know what to say.

Name: Lovely
Comment: BluBelle, Maxwell deserves every pair of panties that he gets!! :-)

Name: SpecialK
Comment: CREENEJ: Thank God you're okay. What a strong woman you are. It's a good thing you followed your instinct.

Name: Lovely
Comment: YLY, the other day you mentioned Jerry Springer. I didn't think that show was on anymore but it is. It was just on in our breakroom and the topic is "I'm a Gay Prostitute". YLY do gay men call each other "girl"? I don't get that.

Name: beyourself
Comment: Lovely-I just got out of a meeting, but when I play the 'penny slots', I usually win about $350-$500. Then I graduate up to the quarter machine.lol. I am so cheap. the most I have ever won was $4500.00 and that was on the dollar machine.

Name: Juicebox
Comment: Lovely I call my gay friend girl.

Name: Juicebox
Comment: Some Pearl Students Told Not To Say Obama's Name School Bus Driver, Coach Disciplined POSTED: 4:03 pm CST November 6, 2008 UPDATED: 8:10 am CST November 7, 2008 PEARL, Miss. -- The Pearl Schools superintendent said that a school bus driver and a coach were disciplined for allegedly telling students not to say President-elect Barack Obama’s name. Reporters with 16 WAPT News received several calls from upset parents that said a school bus driver told the children on a Pearl school bus that if they said Obama’s name, they would be written up and taken to the principal’s office for disciplinary reasons. Another parent said that a coach at Pearl Junior High School told students that if they speak Obama’s name, they would face expulsion. Parents said the incident is sad as America begins a new presidency. "They feel like they are afraid to say our president's name because they will get in trouble," mother Canishia Simpson said. "They shouldn't have to feel that way." Simpson's son Reginald was one of two students removed from a Pearl school bus Wednesday morning. Reginald Simpson said kids on the school bus were saying, "Obama is our president." That's when he said the bus driver told the kids not to say the president-elect's name because she didn't want to hear it. "Somebody said, 'This is history, woman,'" Reginald Simpson said. "She pulled over and kicked me and the kid off the bus." The two boys were left at Pearl High School. They were later taken to Pearl Junior High School, where they attend school. "We teach our kids not to be racist, and here it is going on," Canishia Simpson said. "I feel hurt by this." School officials looked at surveillance video from inside the bus. They told Canishia Simpson that the bus driver overreacted. In a separate incident, a girl's basketball coach at Pearl Junior High School told students they would be suspended for saying Obama's name.

Name: Juicebox
Comment: "I did have two incidents and the principals did review the bus driver tapes. It appears that some persons, out of disappointment and disillusionment with the election, may have been so frustrated that they said something inappropriate to students,” Pearl Schools Superintendent John Ladner said. “We have taken appropriate steps with the bus driver and the coach.” Ladner would not say what disciplinary action was taken. "This is what the whole election was about, to support someone," parent Venus Neagu said. "Now they are facing consequences for it." Neagu's son Devin was on the bus Wednesday. He did not get kicked off, but his mother said she plans to confront school officials about the incident. Both of the students kicked off the school bus were allowed to ride on Thursday. They won't face any disciplinary action from the school. “As adults and professionals we are not going to deprive anyone of their excitement over the current election of President-elect Obama, or any other candidate,” Ladner said. “The whole nation was excited, and in no way and at no time will children be disciplined for saying the name of the president-elect of the United States. Any employee who would attempt to do that would be corrected and disciplined. We expect professional behavior, respect and demeanor of staff and students. It is unfortunate that some employees mishandled this situation but they have been disciplined and I have spent the day clarifying our policies." Pearl's school superintendent said no child will be punished for saying Obama, Barack Obama or President Obama. Ladner said this is a part of our history now, and students will learn it.

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: Looking at LawdHvMrcy granny panties deciding what to do with them, pulls waist band, could use a sling shot, wait maybe a hammock for my kitten, maybe use as a flag on my car.......

Name: beyourself
Comment: TAZBABY-I don't mess around, that is the first stop I make is at the penny slots, everyone that drives up there with us, laughs up a storm at me, nick-naming me "cheap busta", but Ion care because when it is time to come back home, they have those 'hater, and sorryful looks' on their faces.(mainly cause they lost their money) and I on the other hand, is counting my money right there in their faces.hahahaha

Name: beyourself
Comment: Creenj-I am at lost for words, but I am glad that you listened to your body. Thank God that you are okay. Stay strong!!!

Name: beyourself
Comment: *SMH* @ MWM. You are a mess.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: In the middle of my post, it said access had been restricted by my job and I told OSUN so she could commiserate and I tried one more time and it let me in. I think it may be a sign of things to come.

Name: Lovely
Comment: OJ - I've slipped up and called gay men "girl" but I try not to. I don't want them to think they can actually be me (no matter how hard they try).

Name: BluLuv
Comment: **visioning pantie flag** MWM > u stoopid. LOL!!!

Name: Lovely
Comment: MWM, mine are cute, little and lace. What can you do with those?

Name: BluLuv
Comment: Lady Luv > NO ONE repeat NO ONE can be YOU!! LOL1

Name: TAZBABY
Comment: CU I know that's right BE! The most money I won was on the $1 Wheel of Fortune machine, the wheel spun around and landed on $5,000! I was so happy felt like I won the progressive pot.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Cuzzin' .....is Yogi trying to say you got big draws? LOL @ hammock for kitten.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: bey...where do you live to be going to Dover Downs?

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Two weeks to the day after her mother, brother, and son were brutally murdered, it's hard not to point out what Jennifer Hudson's sister Julia is saying with words and pictures on her MySpace page. Most bewildering is this: Under one picture Julia writes, "NOW THAT JASON'S GONE I'M THE PRETTIEST ONE," an apparent reference to brother Jason, whose body was found shot to death along with their mother's. Other photos show her partying with friends. Julia has taken down pictures of William Balfour, her estranged husband and still the only suspect in the case.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: R. Kelly's 15-year-old nephew was shot late last night -- and cops say he was trying to rob a barbershop. The nephew was shot twice by the store owner, according to police -- but the victim's father Carey Kelly (R.'s brother) says the kid may have just been an innocent victim of someone else who was robbing the store. The nephew is currently being treated at a Chicago area hospital for a chest wound. UPDATE: According to FOX 32, cops have the injured nephew's brother -- Brandon -- in custody for the alleged robbery.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Katt Williams kept his fans waiting at Carnegie Hall for more than half an hour last night in NYC -- because he was getting himself bailed out of the slammer. Williams was popped for weapons possession after cops noticed three guns inside his cars and spent most of Thursday in jail. He posted $25K bond at Manhattan Criminal Court just as he was meant to take the stage uptown at Carnegie Hall for a sold-out show. He actually played the Hall, and made reference to the arrest during the show.

Name: asize12
Comment: Good Morning and Happy President Obama Day! Yes, everyday is President Obama Day as far as I'm concerned:-) So, is err'body still on 'Cloud 9'? I know I am! It's like nothing can get me down and I find myself cheezin' everytime I hear just the name Obama. I can't help myself. Then last night I broke down again cuz they were playing "Wake Up Everybody" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and Obama was saying his speech in the background. I just lost it again! This is such an amazing time in America. I'm just so full of pride and so proud to be an American, yep, for the 1st time...Okay, so wassup kids? *scrolling up*

Name: beyourself
Comment: YLawdY-I live in Maryland.

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: Boo-Boo she could of tossed me some thongs, or bikini but nah had to be them big azz aunt flow granny panties, she knew I was gone clown.....

Name: YLawdY
Comment: bey....I have lots of family in Dover. The maternal side of my family is originally from the area. What part of Maryland? They also have slots at the Harrington Racetrack which is right across the state line on the Eastern Shore side, near Denton , Centreville area. Maybe we can meet the next time you come.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Would it be wrong of me to remind Jennifer's sister that Jennifer is still living and in a side-by-side "pretty" competition, I think Jennifer would get my vote (since she doesn't have the mustache and plastic chinese store hair).

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: Lovely, you mean after I played scratch and sniff with them, maybe use them as a pantie pirate eye patch, a hippie head band, I don't know just yet.....

Name: beyourself
Comment: YLY-Dover is only an hour and half drive. I love going there because, I can get the boys school clothes and summer clothes way cheaper than anywhere else. I can also get their shoes/boots there. Another reason I like going to Dover is that for a minute I have been scoping the area out for some land. I mean some real land. I would like to purchase about 15 acres. So a sista will be looking for that tom. The next time I go will probably be around Christmas, or New Years(that's when everybody, young and old) put all of their money in the machine. I'll let you know.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Julia STILL wouldn't be pretty if she was the only surviving member of that family. She is just an ugmo. I read her myspace and fell out. Just a hot mess.

Name: letmein
Comment: Perks that await my new 1st Lady, Michelle Obama.....http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,2023 8400_20537782,00.html

Name: MsFresno
Comment: Hey yall i was just thinking about if they made a movie about Barack's rise to the presidency. Who would play him and Michelle? I think of course Will Smith and for michelle I would say Regina King. What do you all think?

Name: Juicebox
Comment: MsFresno, I think Regina King would make a good choice, however I would like to see a lesser known black actor with smaller ears get the part. I personally like Will Smith but I need a break.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Yelleyw, HILARIOUS!

Name: beyourself
Comment: Ms. Fresno-That's a good question, and a good choice. I would say for Barack, Hill Harper, and for Michelle, Nia Long.*shrug shoulders*

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Mornin' all yall' Creene' u got mail!!!

Name: HersheysKiss
Comment: Good Day Good People!! Happy Friday!! SMOOCHES! * my 2cents...I'd vote for Tamara Tunie, Regina King, Gloria Reuben in role of M.Obama.* I need a break from Will, Terrence, Jada and the rest of the well known or neck rollin'. Give the lesser known a chance.*

Name: asize12
Comment: >letmein, hang in there girl. I know things don't look too good but think about it...it's better to have a job where you received a 1% decrease rather then be unemployed. But at the same time I do think it's not such a bad idea to update your resume and just see what's out there. Don't fret, everything is gonna be alright. >creneej, you have mail sweetie. LOL @ jb talkin' bout Morris Day & Jerome! You stoopid. Now we all know that Tevin is a fruit, but I'on know 'bout Morris & Jerome. And don't you dare talk about my Shero like that! Nia Long is FABULOUS! Shame on you! >lawdhv & lovely, I really wanted to go see Maxwell because I love him, but I saw him when he came last time so I just passed. So, did he sing some new stuff? >lovely, I like Beyonce, but I'm not a fan of Ashanti although I think that 'Good Good' song is cute. I only like 2 songs by her..."Only You" & "Good Good". >ame, we're all gonna work on tryna get her to change the name cuz it's just HIDEOUS! Everybody refuses to call him that. I told hubby that my nephew was gon' be confused cuz err'body gon' be calling him something other than his real name! Her husband doesn't care what she names him so that's one of the problems right there. >be, I haven't been on the boat in YEARS and when I did go, I'd only play $20 and I played the quarter slots, maybe the nickel slots but that's about it. You will NEVER catch me spending my car note or mortgage money on the boat! >ylawd, who's this bozo that made that dumb as.s comment? People like that give me a migraine.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: oh letmein, I wanted to say'.. at least your company was talking about raises... as I mentioned yesterday, this durn governor is proposing a 5% pay cut for all state workers and taking away 2 of our holiday, which I could live with the holiday thang' but 5% ??? come on dude!!! although I dont see it happening, the union is hot on him, but then in this day ya never know!!! shoot, love' give me Uncle B's cell # again!!! Ima need some help out here in Cali'!!! But I am grateful I am still employed.. Thank U Jesus!!!

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Ame' I belive you may leave the O8AMA sign on your lawn until it is no longer readable!!! LOL me and lil miss diva saw a HUGE mcpain and pale'n sign yesterday, I almost pulled over and knocked it down!! hmm, thats probably a crime of some sort huh?

Name: rayne
Comment: REENEJ- Glad u listened to your body. I had been prostrating about making an appointment to have a mammogram. My appointment is set for December. LETMIN- jobs are tough right now. (I know, I’ve been looking for something new for over 5 months).Since you’ve been there 17 years, I would say stay put. My company is on the verge of filing bankruptcy. We had a conference call this week; usually we get annual bonus & Christmas parties. Guess what? No bonuses next year or a Christmas. I know you are upset that you put in your hard work this year & they can’t give you a raise, but I’m sure that there are a lot of people who would trade places with you.

Name: Lovely
Comment: I just spent 40 minutes trying to convert an adobe file to something that could be used as my background wallpaper. Does anyone have a good Barack-n-Fam picture that stretches out on a computer screen? I can't get this ish to work and it's wrecking my nerves. I want a pic of the fam from Tuesday night but I can't find one that will work.

Name: amethyst
Comment: letmein - You are very fortunate to have an employer that possesses any compas-sion for employees. That's uncommon these days, let alone during this economic downturn. The fact that they even discussed how to keep employees on board is huge when many companies are laying off. You may be accustomed to getting raises every year, but no raise and steady employment beats unemployment any day. I would strongly suggest that you stay where you are, especially with a decent company like yours. Last week AMEX announced they will lay off 7,000; Circuit City will close stores; Wachovia got bought by Wells Fargo; Delta and Northwest Airlines just merged. I personally know one person who just got laid off and three more who will lose their jobs by January. The reality is these folks will have a very difficult time finding something else. You are really blessed.

Name: rayne
Comment: Today is my son's 24th birthday. Happy Birthday SON! I'm feeling all patriotic today. I have on red, white & blue. GO OBAMA!

Name: asize12
Comment: The Word of the Day for November 07, 2008 is: fastidious • \fas-TID-ee-us\ • adjective 1 : having high and often unpredictable standards *2 : showing a meticulous or demanding attitude Example Sentence: These designer handbags are beautiful and have clearly been made with fastidious attention to detail.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Today I Woke Up A Black Man Inspired By President Barack Obama Written By David E. Talbert Today I woke up to the reality that everything is possible Leaving nothing to chance, luck or speculation I have this new realization I'm a safe bet The cards are stacked in my favor Not a victim of some wicked plot, scheme, or attack plan Today I woke up A Black Man No longer enslaved by the images that once defined me I woke up with a light so bright it blinds me Today I woke up A Black Man My clothes no longer fit me My chest pokes out a bit further My arms reach a bit higher Even my hat fits snug My brain has increased its capacity Enlarged by my own audacity I can be more than a thug, a pimp, or the crack man Today I woke up A Black Man The generational curse has been broken My journey needs only this token This fee That I choose to believe in me That I set free the thoughts of pain, stress and strain That I accept the responsibility that greatness is my probability Today I woke up A Black Man Not shackled by how the world sees me What matters most is how I see me A seed snatched from the equator The most beautiful reflection of my creator Fear and failure are simply a distraction Today my future found traction Today I woke up A Black Man I have twenty twenty vision Courage, hope, and honor is my daily mission I'm no longer a gamble Leaving nothing to chance, luck, or speculation I have this new realization I'm a safe bet The cards are stacked in my favor If you dare suggest these words aren't fact man Today I woke up A Black Man © 2008 David E. Talbert

Name: amethyst
Comment: beyourself - I don't have gambling blood at all. The two times I played I brought $20 (1995) and $10 (2004). The first time I lost $15 and packed it up. The second time I won $12.50. I cashed in my $2.50 profit and got to stepping! I love Vegas, there is plenty to do and see besides gambling.

Name: BluLuv
Comment: Both Michelle & Barack thought Will Smith was a good choice because he has big ears too. Hersh > Gloria Rubin and Tamara Tunie are wonderful actresses and hollywood's preferred "shade" choice of leading ladies, but for Michelle, I'm sorry they have to go darker!

Name: letmein
Comment: Last week AMEX announced they will lay off 7,000; Circuit City will close stores; Wachovia got bought by Wells Fargo; Delta and Northwest Airlines just merged....THIS IS HOW THE MANAGER STARTED THE MEETING. I know I'm blessed it just kinda hit me. I'm better about it now. I found out yesterday before everyone else so I had a night to let it soak in. I only think about how our benefits premiums rise every year. Hell that soaks up the few pennies we get anyway. I'm done worrying and complaining about it because I still have a job. We've never gotten much anyway because we're a state funded hospital. So, when the state takes cut we do too. We had already adjusted our budget to cover last year's cuts but then they had another $10 million cut behind the scenes that we knew nothing about. We're taking a hit!

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Lovely>> I have a pic of the first family on my screen if you want to try that

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: yall wanna see a real black woman, here's Barack and Michelle leaving the parent-teacher conference....awww, they are sooo real!!!! http://www.chicagotribune.com/

Name: yelleyw
Comment: WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA NEEDS OUR PRAYERS......The election has concluded. While there will many with sore feelings, everyone who walks under the banner of Christ must come together and intercede for Barack Obama. We are specifically instructed to do so in the Word of God. During the Clinton Presidency, Christians spent more time criticizing and hating the man than lifting him before the Lord. While he made mistakes in his personal life and Presidency, we failed the man and faltered in our duty as believers. Why does Barack Obama need your prayers? #1. He will make decisions that influence countless people in signficant ways. #2. He faces incredibly difficult challenges in our economy, as well as two difficult wars in the Middle East. Barack Obama is an ordinary man who will require extraordinary wisdom and strength to deal with these serious issues. #3. He will be surrounded by many people who have their own agenda or simply want to be "yes" men to him. We must pray for wise counsel and truth to be presented to Barack Obama as he leads the nation. #4. No matter what I Timothy tells us to do as believers, plenty of saints and sinners will slander and attack Barack Obama because he was not their candidate of choice or he does not represent all the policies they hold for government. The Bible clearly states that "the heart of the King is like a river in the hands of the Lord, that He turns whichever way He wishes." Prayer changes things - hate and slander only fuels evil. #5. There will be many temptations that the new President will have to face. Power, wealth and compromise. Still others will wish him ill. We must pray that the Lord guards his heart, protects the President and his family and steers him on the path of truth and righteousness during his time in office. The Bible is full of examples of leaders who knew the blessings and guidance of God almighty and others who made the mistake of accepting bad counsel, falling to temptation or simply going their own way. Still others appeared to be ready to take nations on a path to destruction but found God's blessing, direction and favor. The next President of the United States is Barack Obama. The leadership he provides and decisions he makes are waiting to be affected by the prayers of the saints. What will you do to honor God's direction in I Timothy and help write the story of the next four years of American history?

Name: HersheysKiss
Comment: BluPlateSpecial. I agree on the shade darker. But I'm looking at an actress that offers strength and stature, similar to Michelle. Oh oh oh! How about the sistah that played Charles Ray's MOMMA in Ray? Now that could work. Blu...any thoughts on Ericka Alexander(Living Single)?

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: love' cant you just find a nice pic online and 'right click' it to your background?

Name: Lovely
Comment: Yelleyw, I'd appreciate it! If you send it to me this weekend some time I can try it Monday when I come back to this place.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Cali, I've been trying all morning but they keep turning fuzzy because they have to stretch too far. When I "tile" it, the pic is too small and it looks messy.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Lovely>> Give me your addy again. I have it on my work email so I can send it to you now.

Name: HersheysKiss
Comment: BLU..From broadway...how about LaChanze or perhaps Audra McDonald of Private Practice.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: so just center it' love'... this is an excerpt from a story about the new white house puppy'... cute "From all appearances, Sasha and Malia are, dare we say, a little more responsible. It turns out Malia has been diligently researching dogs for quite some time. The family is leaning toward a "goldendoodle," a hybrid that combines the affable enthusiasm of a golden retriever with the poodle's superior intellect and hypoallergenic coat. Even better, they've decided to obtain one through a rescue organization. Such groups find new homes for unwanted dogs, often specializing in a particular breed or type. If you'd like to rescue a goldendoodle (or any dog), you'll find plenty of options via Google, though if your heart is set on a puppy, you'll likely have to wait a little longer than you would if you happened to be the next president's darling daughters. But let's not hear a peep from anyone about that undemocratic perk. As their father says, they've earned it—just as they've earned the right to decide which bundle of fur is going to be digging up the White House lawn and gnawing on the taxpayers' furniture. We got to pick the president. Let Sasha and Malia pick the puppy."

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: on someone to play 'Michelle' what about the woman on Lincoln Heights, the momma' whats her name ???

Name: Lovely
Comment: ginas1994@yahoo.com thanks, i appreciate it!! i haven't been able to do jack all day because i'm trying to find a picture that fits the screen. *cali, i tried centering too but the pics come out too small. i want these white folks to see the First Fam clear as day when they walk by my computer.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Lovely>> Mail

Name: Lovely
Comment: Thank you Yelley! I just got it and it's perfect! I appreciate it!

Name: Lovely
Comment: Headed to lunch with the first family cheesing at all my co-workers. I'm not even gonna lock my computer today!

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Those saltines are gonna be even saltier cause its bright as hell! LOL

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Hey, Want a free Obama sticker to celebrate our victory? It's designed by Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the iconic HOPE poster. And MoveOn's giving them away totally free--even the shipping's free. I just got mine. Click this link to get your free Obama sticker: http://pol.moveon.org/shepstickers/?id=-9792949-ZS0qDA x&rc= Thanks!

Name: rayne
Comment: I think Regina King would play an excellent Michelle Obama. I’m still thinking on who could play Barack. I can’t stand Will Smith & besides he already played Muhammad Ali. I was watching the Rachel Maddow show last night on MSNBC & a reporter was trying to pet Ex- president Bushes dog & the dog bit the reporter…LOL. I guess the dog is upset that he has to pack his bags & move.

Name: BluLuv
Comment: Ugh!! Having computer problems today. Hersh > LaChanze YES!!

Name: shulamite
Comment: Family, we have a brother representing as the new interim director of the NIH! http://www.medicineatmichigan.org/magazine/2003/summer /classnotes/kington.asp

Name: Lovely
Comment: A school collapsed in Haiti. I wonder if Bush is going to offer any US aid/assistance. I'm not well versed on US relations with each and every country, can someone please tell me why the US sends aid to every other country but we turn Haitians away and ignore the problems that they have? (my first guess would be that they're black people but I'm hoping there is a better excuse/reason than that.)

Name: Lovely
Comment: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNN) -- A school building collapsed Friday near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, an official said. Children were in their classrooms at the time, and there could be many casualties, said Michaele Gédéon, president of Haiti's Red Cross. The school building is in Petionville. "The whole school collapsed on the kids," Gédéon said. She said it is not known how many children were in their classrooms, but on a given day it could be as many as 700 students. Gedeon wasn't on the scene, but she was on the telephone coordinating emergency efforts. She said she had heard the voices of distraught young people and rescuers trying to calm them down. "On the phone you can hear so many children, you know, crying, crying. And saying, 'This one is dead, that one is dead.' " She said rescuers raced to the scene and several children have been transported to hospitals and health centers.

Name: Lovely
Comment: WTH, did everyone go home? Am I here alone? If so, I'm stripping down to my birthday suit and running around playing musical instruments!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Happy Obama Friday family! How is everyone? Have just returned home from trolling about looking for the new Time and People Magazines with Brother President on the cover. Neither have yet to be delivered to my local Barnes & Noble or Borders. Fortunately, I have to go back out in a few hours. Gotta preserve history!

Name: khufu
Comment: ok ok...Randall Robinson should get some kind of appointment to Obama cabinet as should former Sen Bill Bradley

Name: Lovely
Comment: I'm taking musical requests!!

Name: Lovely
Comment: Oh shoot, I'm not alone *putting clothes back on and putting the musical instruments away*

Name: khufu
Comment: I had a dream last night......

Name: Lovely
Comment: MC, I'm so mad at sephora.com right now I don't know what to do. I tried to log on twice last night and then again this morning and couldn't get on. I'm going to try again whenever I get home tonight. I was all excited about the big discount and those busters couldn't support the site.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Lovely, saw your note. It's always like that on Sephora.com on the first day of Friends & Family Discount. Amethyst, you've got mail! Happy champagne shopping!

Name: Lovely
Comment: Khufu, did it involve little black boys and little white boys?

Name: Lovely
Comment: MC, oh, ok. I won't be mad then. I'm not planning to do anything at all on Sunday so I'll shop then.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Lovely, try now if you can. I just got on.

Name: Lovely
Comment: MC, we can't shop from these raggedy work computers. I'll do it from home so I don't have to hear anyone's mouth about shopping on company time.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: I understand, Lovely. Keep those 25/20s quiet. They're gonna be watching us with the evil eye for the next eight years (why stop at four?).

Name: BluLuv
Comment: **fell off chair as Lovely streaked through office**

Name: Lovely
Comment: MC, the ones in my office are bold. They don't talk to me directly but they talk loud enough for me to hear. They are NOT happy about having Barack as president. F em.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: My sis just sent me an email for Family and Friends Discount for 30% off at The Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and Piperlime. Its good Nov 13-16. If anyone wants it gimme your email addy.

Name: BluLuv
Comment: Khufu > you didn't catch Lovely running by. Where's MWM & DJ when you need them. **sequestering Lovely to boardroom** Keep you clothes on at all times young lady!!

Name: Lovely
Comment: BabyBlu, that's what happens when folks leave me alone! I laid all over the top of MWM's desk like it was a piano then I stood on DJ's desk and played my saxophone! I had a nice little naked concert!

Name: JFromMO
Comment: I just sent some of you a coupon for Linens 'N Things. They have a going out of business sale and a 20% coupon. If I did not send it to you, but you would like to have it, let me know.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Yelleyw, Banana is my spot, may i have it please? ginas1994@yahoo.com. Red wrap coat, here I come!!!! I just bought an orange clutch from there, I may return it and buy it back with the discount. This is amazing, look how we're helping the economy!!

Name: BluLuv
Comment: Lady Luv > youz a fool!!!! **now have cramp from laughing hard**

Name: Lovely
Comment: J, all the ones in my city went out of business a couple months ago. That's too bad too, I liked the little Nate Berkus collection they used to carry.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Blu, they can't catch me *but I did leave a butt print & foot print on both of their desks -- it's kinda like and autograph*

Name: Misscharli
Comment: A shopping note for all...if you are in an area where there is a Kohl's, this is a "Power Hours" weekend online and in store from 3pm to midnight today and 12am to 4pm Saturday online and 6am - 1pm in store.

Name: Lovely
Comment: an autograph, not and autograph

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Lovely>> Mail. I know I love Banana and The Gap. I'll take care of quite a few Christmas presents next week!

Name: Lovely
Comment: Thanks lady... I forgot this was the season to give and not receive. I started Christmas shopping a while back but I guess I can get some other folks some stuff :-( Actually, no. It's all about me for this stuff... I'm sticking with my list, this is how I always go over my Christmas budget. Last minute discounts make me buy extra gifts for extra people. We're in a recession, that's not necessary this year.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Yelley, may I please have the Gap discount? I may have it but can't find it. misscharli@comcast.net. I have the strange problem of having lost an extreme anmount of weight and having to replenish my wardrobe. NOTHING fits. :(

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Hey, y'all! Peep this: Fox News boss Roger Ailes doesn't want to spoil Barack Obama's political honeymoon, we hear. A source says Ailes has told prime-time hosts Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren to lay off the President-elect - at least for a while. "We're not going to have any personal attacks on Obama," a network insider says. "The public has spoken - we must treat him with respect."

Name: Lovely
Comment: MOTHER - I was wondering what was up last night... We flipped to Hannity & Colmes (sp?) and Hannity wasn't being half as hateful and idiotic as he normally is.

Name: JFromMO
Comment: Yelley - I sure cuda used that coupon the other day. I spend over...well, I just spent a lot of money with Old Navy. Send it to me anyway. therealqueen79@yahoo.com I'm sure I'll have to do more shopping for my next trip. Does anyone ever get coupons from Aldo?

Name: Lovely
Comment: MC, that's not a bad problem to have!!

Name: Lovely
Comment: J, I do. I can check my hotmail when I get home and I'll send them to you if I have any that haven't expired. They're always internet coupons but I don't use them because if I order in the store I don't have to pay for shipping. *recession tip #109 -- order in the store and they'll pay your shipping*

Name: BluLuv
Comment: yelleyw > don't forget me BluLuvB@gmail.com. Smooches!!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Lovely, I just started seeing it that way. I just hate it came about the way it did. I became really, really sick when I was for all intents and purposes forced out of my position and moved back home from Toronto. The only solace I found was in running. Let's just say that I ran far too much, ate way too little, and it seems to have stuck. But, I can hang some rags now! The best revenge is looking good!

Name: JFromMO
Comment: Hey...has anyone hear been to Africa?

Name: JFromMO
Comment: MC - I wish I had that problem!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Awww shat! 14 minutes until Brother President's first press conference! The podium and stage even looks good! American flags are in the background. There's a sign hung on the podium in the usual theme and color variant that he's been using throughout the campaign which says "The Office of the President Elect." My eyes are dry. I just know I'm going to tune up again. Where are my Puffs?

Name: Misscharli
Comment: J, I lived in South Africa for 3 months. One of the most amazing experiences of my life. I have also visited Zimbabwe.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: get ready yall, Uncle Barack's bout to come on!!!!

Name: Lovely
Comment: MC - I have a friend and a cousin like that. They both run like maniacs and neither of them eat -- determined to be as skinny as possible. I'm 5'10" and a size 10 and work out enough to stay comfortably in a 10. I'd love to be a 6 but I don't have the willpower to run like them (plus I drink too much and I love dessert). JFROMMO - my ex goes every few years with his dad's church but i suspect that won't help you.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Mail y'all! Oh trust I'm hooking myself up as well but I gotta get my godson and sisters stuff too.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Lovely, I wish it hadn't been like that. I wanted to eat - cooked huge homecooked meals and would invite family, friends and neighbors over to re-connect and by the time I sat down to break bread with them, just didn't have an appetite. I tell you, I have learned one thing in the midst of this - prayer, Bible reading and therapy are a powerful combination. I am still coming through this. The good thing is that my doctor says that my physical health is okay and that my BMI is excellent. I have the health of someone 15 years younger. But, I have cut back on the runninng. Instead of the 30 miles a week I was doing, I am down to 15. I don't want to waste away. No anorexic look for me!

Name: Lovely
Comment: considering my brother just borrowed $250 dollars from me and now won't answer his phone, he's not getting jack from me. He can count that as his Christmas, Birthday, Valentine's Easter and Anniversary gift!

Name: Lovely
Comment: MC, that sounds serious. At least you're in good health though.

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: Somebody help me! I'm in a boring azz conference.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Lovely, I have a powerful testimony that is still unfolding. God is so good to me. Too much to say in short posts.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Lovely, that's the reason.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Brother President running on CP time. Press conference is now 10 minutes late.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Ark, just daydream about Spoogefest 2009 -- your partner is Khufu

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: LOL@ misscharli' I just thinkin the same thing..

Name: Misscharli
Comment: So, so sorry Ark. We've all been there.

Name: duration88
Comment: Hey family...What a wonderful day it is... Life is looking so much brighter.. I swear we have a Cupid Shuffle in this place at 3 and 5 since Tuesday

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: AUBURN, Wash. -- Officials say rescue divers believe they have found a car that was swept down the Green River on Friday with two kids still inside. Capt. Kyle Ohashi says there's "not much hope" for two children, ages 2 and 14, who were in the car. The 16-year-old girl who was driving made it out of the car. Auburn police Sgt. Scott Near said the driver called 911 just before 9 a.m. and told dispatchers she lost control of her car and swerved into the river in the 29800 block of Green River Road. The girl told police that as water began to fill the car, she tried to free a 14 year old and 2-year-old child who were still in the vehicle, but she was not able to get them out. "She's pretty distraught and shaken up," Near said. The girl, who is the aunt of one of the boys, swam to shore where she flagged down help and called 911. She's currently being treated at Auburn Regional Medical Center. Police shut down area roads, and dive teams from several agencies rushed to the scene and spent hours searching the murky waters. Boats and helicopters were also called in to help, and the vehicle was located about 11 a.m. Divers are attaching a winch cable to the submerged car so it can be pulled out of the water, but because of poor visibility they have not been able to determine for sure whether the two kids are still in the vehicle.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: MC>> Wow thats a lot of running. Especially not eating. I'm glad your doctor gave you a clean bill of health! :-)

Name: Misscharli
Comment: LOL Cali! They're now saying 5 more minutes until Brother President, his trusty sidekick VPOTUS Biden and the Dream Team come out. But, that's alright! I bet that Boomquisha and them done hemmed them up in the hallway with their water bills and such considering that they're talking about the economy. Y'all go get your people...

Name: khufu
Comment: Nah I had a dream that A Black man had been elected President of the United Staes of America...imagine that sheet...

Name: khufu
Comment: LOVELY spooge my rod in 2009! :--) please

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Yelley, it was a miracle and a wake up call. I think subconsciously I was living on the endorphins, adrenaline and runner's high. Not a good thing.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: why does that lady have that bright kelly green??? ouch!!! isnt there a media class on what to wear on tv ???

Name: Lovely
Comment: khufu - Ark is your spooge partner. I'm just on the committee to oversee, regulate and advise the participants.

Name: khufu
Comment: Damn lovely...that's one of my fantasies...for a woman to watch another woman spooge my rod....we were meant to meet...

Name: JFromMO
Comment: Y'all nasty.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Y'all nasty folk need to get a room...or at least a sheet to cover yourselves. LMBAO

Name: Lovely
Comment: I'm not nasty! :-) I'm a normal, red-blooded American woman who appreciates the art. Khufu is the one who started it the other day when he was messing wiht Ark :-)

Name: Lovely
Comment: Oh, and Khufu & Osun have a little thing too. I'm actually the innocent one this time. I don't have any spooge wishes/aspirations with anyone other than my man.

Name: letmein
Comment: How long has uncle Barack been on? I'm tuning in now.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Oh, Lovely, I am probably just as bad (smile) - I just have to be called out of my corner! HA! Just keep living - I give as good as I get, so there's no telling what you'll hear me say!

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: dang... brian nichols is guilty on EVERY COUNT.... 30 something and countin... shesh!!!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Cali, my eyes STILL hurt from that gal in the kelly green - I was watching her tail in HD, so I have a headache. What the flik was her problem? I am NOT trying to go colorblind behind her butt.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: LOL... misscharli' maybe she didnt think she would be seen... yeah right!!!

Name: khufu
Comment: ok LOVELY baby, you caint evade destiny...think of me when you soppgin' wit yo man LOL

Name: Lovely
Comment: Hey ya'll, Brian Nichols (that guy who killed the folks in the courtroom then made the white chick cook him some pancakes) is guilty on all counts. Do they still have the electric chair in Georgia?

Name: Lovely
Comment: Khufu, give me a description of you.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: it is sooo amazing, Barack Obama is our president!!! (Elect) wow!!!

Name: JFromMO
Comment: Who are y'all talkin' 'bout?

Name: Lovely
Comment: The khufu i picture has on a dashiki, has an afro with one of those black fist picks sticking out, black combat boots and dark shades.... stands about 5'9", chocolate skin and mean-mugging everyone that walks past.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: uh love' it was bit more to that Brian Nichols story... SMH... wassup J'gurl!!!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Hmmm, That's weird. I'm just now getting back in my office and it looks like one of my co-workers decided to play a prank on my desk...I got footprints like somebody was walking on it. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? There's gonna be hell to pay when they come back Monday...

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Cali, can't say I am surprised on the Brian Nichols verdict. The City of Atlanta, Fulton County and the entire State of Georgia had it out for him. Not that I really blame them - that whole thing was uncalled for and innocent lives were robbed and families and loved ones will never be the same. What concerns me is this - prison is not a place of rehabilitation and redemption for 99.99999999% of inmates. It's a place where people go to rot. Will he really get the mental help he desperately needs?

Name: JFromMO
Comment: Why is Faux News the only one showing my President's conference? UGH!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Looks like a slow day in the room...what's the convo?

Name: Misscharli
Comment: My president is such a MAN. He's intelligent, funny, composed, thoughtful...are there enough positive adjectives to describe him? Do we as a country really deserve such a blessing in Barack Hussein Obama? In the words of En Vogue, "What a man, what a man, what a mighty mighty good man!" Fabulous press conference, and I am looking forward to the next four years!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: J, I believe Faux was carrying it on tape delay. CNN had it on live.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: J, cause FOX got it out for Obama. You may as well start calling them the 'Obama Watchdogs' from here on out. And they got the nerve to talk about themselves being fair and balanced. Did you get my email?

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Cali, how can I find out about the Brian Nichols story that we already haven't heard?

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Hi DJ. Sorry about the prank. Stay cool. Good news. I just got off the phone confirming my job interview for Monday at 1pm.

Name: JFromMO
Comment: MC - Eight years. And I wanna talk to you later about your time in Africa. I am planning on visiting next year hopefully.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Cali, my bad... forgot to add that he tried to get off by saying he thought he was a slave and he was revolting. I don't believe he's insane (unless there's some other part of the story that I don't know about).

Name: duration88
Comment: Hey DJ, what's going on? How are you?? Trying to step away from that load Khufu comment.. I am just going to put myself in a corner and wait to be called out...

Name: JFromMO
Comment: It said "LIVE" in the top corner. But MC, I'm in Iraq so we don't have a lot of options. Only what AFN puts on. Sometimes we get CNN, sometimes it's Headline News. They do try to vary it, but I just wish they'd do less Faux. /DJones - Yes, I did get your email. I'm pretty tired and am about to go to bed (it's past 2300). How 'bout I send it to you when I get in in the morning? Cool?

Name: Lovely
Comment: MC, he's not going to get any help, he's going to get the death penalty. If anything, he'll get a few pills every day to subdue him and break him down even further than he already is.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Completely understood, J. My cousin is over there as well, and he shares with me how the AFN broadcasts, so I get it. Please get some rest. I know you need it.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Lovely, if he makes it that far. Remember, he attacked one deputy and killed another. He could well be rubbed out before he makes it to the execution chamber.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: MC, Hallelujah! We'll keep you in prayers when you do your interview as well. That's great news! >Duration, how you doing? I'm a bit confused...and lazy. Is khufu on the loose again? Watch out there now! I'm good, this has been a historic week! I've been chatting it up about Obama all day around here. Earlier I got into a heated conversation with a 25/20 because he said that now that Obama is President we can get rid of the NAACP and any other racist organization. So you know I lost my cool...

Name: asize12
Comment: If I have your email addy, you all have mail...

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: 2300? Yeah, you definitely representing the military! J, that's fine...

Name: khufu
Comment: LOL TOUCHE LOVELY

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: 12, WHAT up? It's been awhile sinc ewe talked...like since yesterday! Got any other good music reviews to share? I do...

Name: duration88
Comment: DJ all is well here.. I love it when folks are so shook up that they don't know what to say.. that is the mood around here..

Name: khufu
Comment: That's "lewd comment" DURATIOn :--)

Name: JFromMO
Comment: G'night Family. Have a blessed weekend. Be safe. Smooches!

Name: khufu
Comment: why you even waste your time?........ Name: Disillusioned_Jones Comment: Earlier I got into a heated conversation with a 25/20 because he said that now that Obama is President we can get rid of the NAACP and any other racist organization. So you know I lost my cool..

Name: khufu
Comment: ways to fook with yt's...........walk around singing "Barack Obama...Barack Obama.."

Name: Lovely
Comment: MC - you make a very good point! He probably won't make it to Valentine's Day. They'll make it look like suicide.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Anybody know anyone who works for Circuit City's corporate offices in Richmond, Virginia? They just laid off about 650 people at their headquarters today. Got a text message from a friend a few minutes ago. Sad, sad, sad I tell you.

Name: khufu
Comment: #2....when you sneeze....do so LOUD and say the word: OBAMA!!!

Name: Juicebox
Comment: Check this out ladies: So, check out this website... It is legit. I just ordered lipstick and nail polish and blush all for $1.00 a piece. I got this email from a girlfriend who says the bottles are full size etc. I figured I would check it out. Would make great stocking stuffers! http://www.eyeslipsface.com/shop.asp

Name: Lovely
Comment: The paper reported that Katt Williams, 37, was arrested early Thursday morning after police found his Mercedes bus and red Cadillac Escalade parked on Broadway. Police noticed that the SUV was missing a license plate and that three guns were in plain sight inside the vehicles. When Williams emerged from a nearby building, he told the cops that the vehicles were his, and the officers handcuffed him. Eighteen hours after being arrested, the comedian posted $25,000 bond and was released right around the time he was supposed to hit the stage at Carnegie Hall. “Wearing baggy jeans and a satin shirt, [Williams] … spritzed himself with cologne and jumped into a black limo,” the paper reported. “Half an hour later, it screeched to a stop near the rear stage entrance on West 56th Street, and Williams, surrounded by bodyguards, jumped out and disappeared into the hall.”

Name: khufu
Comment: An interracial couple was brutally murdered in Califonia possibly due to race-based attacks. Sgt. Jan Pietrzak of Riverside, California and his wife Quianna Jenkins-Pietrzak were killed in their home by four Marine officers who worked under the young sergeant.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Tip for men: Don't EVA spray cologne on your overnight man-smell (especially if you've been in jail with other men). That's just damn nasty!

Name: asize12
Comment: Whattup dj;-) Whatcha got for me bro?

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Khufu>> We are having a ball messing with people here. Well I gotta admit most don't have a problem but a few do. So when we say anything we end it with Obama. My girl just left she was like "Ok have a good weekend everyoneobama." So in turn I respond "You too I'll call you this weekend, kiss the baby for meobama." It is too funny.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Lovely, that man's days are numbered, and you don't even have to look at his execution date.

Name: duration88
Comment: Khufu.. lewd or loaded,either way the comment gave a visual for the rest of the day... You know it's Friday anything is liable to jump off up in here

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: *lookin at screen sideways* Love' what the heck is 'overnight man-smell'????

Name: Lovely
Comment: Oh, I forgot it was freaky Friday... too bad I'm headed out the door in about 30 minutes.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Cali, I'm just saying, he hadn't showered in over 24 hours and he had been in jail -- he couldn't have been smelling fresh & clean. Then the negro sprayed cologne on top of that. That just sounds funky to me.

Name: amethyst
Comment: I just bought gas for $1.99, and watched my new President give his first press conference. What a great day!!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Katt is an idiot. Leaving your bidness in plain view in the Mercedes bus and Escalade? That's a car thief's dream! Can't you hear it? "Dayum! Gonna git me a Mercedes bus and and Escalade and that Glock I been wantin to git!" No plates is a tip off to any cop. Strolls out like it's nobody's business, owns up to it, goes to the little house downtown, bails out, then screeches to the stage door at Carnegie Hall and spritzes down with some Old Spice and runs on stage. Jesus, take the wheel.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Jesus take the wheel, the old spice and the pressing comb!

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: oohhhh, okay thanks love' Ame' yall gas is going down too?? I heard somewhere out here they have it for $1.99, last week I paid $2.23!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Lovely, we are >< on that whole tip. And spraying down his man funk with the Old Spice when he knows good and well that he hasn't had the opportunity to hit that arse with some hot water, Axe body wash, Speed Stick and clean clothes. My stomach is churning just imagining the odiferousness of the moment.

Name: Lovely
Comment: I paid $1.87 the other day. I keep topping my gas off every few days in anticipation of the day it doubles in price now that they realize the republicans lost the election.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: I went to see Katt last night. That Negro is off the chain. He came flyin' on the stage like superman. Told us he just came from jail. He had to see his fans because he already got paid! LMBAO! Katt is off the meatrack!! Had a ball with him too.

Name: Lovely
Comment: odiferousness -- i love it! i have to find a way to use that word again within the next 24 hours!

Name: yelleyw
Comment: LOL @ odiferousness! Yes nothing is better than a good smelling man and nothing is nastier than a funky one.

Name: duration88
Comment: Manfunk, old spice, Afro Sheen Pressing Oil under some hot behind lights.. so he was marinating on stage like a rotisierre chicken

Name: Lovely
Comment: Mothership, oh, don't get me wrong... i think he's a hilarious little munchkin. i saw some clips from his new show online a couple weeks ago. His voice and his hair make him so much funnier. My favorite line of his is "Don't be sorry hoe, be careful!" -- that was after the chick stepped on his foot in Friday After Next (or one of those movies). I say that all the time.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: duration, that whole concept of hot funky nasty high tech steroid super galactic odiferousness has made me just **dead**. Y'all woulda had to call 911, because that wave of stank would've most definitely wafted from the stage to the back door, and folks would've started falling like dominoes. And I won't even touch the concept of how rank his breath must have been with the two day old Hennessy layered with the fresh Hennessy that was awaiting him upon his release.

Name: Lovely
Comment: So basically, Katt smelled like an alley cat?

Name: Misscharli
Comment: But, I love Katt and will have to whip out a DVD or two tonight. Gonna have to pick up some popcorn while I am at the store later.

Name: duration88
Comment: and lets not forget the tanginess of the breath after a day of smoking with no listerine, lyesol or bleach to kill the smell... and silk/satin don't sleep well, that shirt must have looked like a cat's face with all those wrinkles

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Lovely, he had to check some YT broads who were on the third level of Carnegie Hall. Call themselves hecklin' hollerin' about they didn't come to hear about slavery and Obama. Katt said, "pay not attention to them, they just mad." Ignore the bytches! The crowd turned on them and you ain't hear a peep from them again.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Guess who was just told to skip happy hour because there's a surprise for me waiting at home and it's in my bedroom???!! hahaha! ! Bye ya'll... I'm leaving 10 minutes early to go get my 'surprise'! Have a good, safe weekend!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: duration, I know that if my neighbors are home, they think I have lost my ever loving mind, because I am hollering at the top of my lungs. Bleach! And the cat's face makes me think of my mother standing over me as I was ironing clothes fussing at me about "cat face wrinkles." You also know that when he was bailed out, his hat was cocked to the side - really askew - and his eyes had that slanty-evil look, like "get me the flik outta here...I gotta go get paid and make back this money and buy me a new Mercedes bus, Escalade and guns, because the police done took mine."

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Awww shat! Bedroom surprise! Go Lovely!

Name: amethyst
Comment: SpecialK - What happened regarding them saying someone had already cast a vote in your name? /YLawdY - Julia Hudson did not put that stuff on her website? (passing out like asize and yelley) /I, also, feel like an American for the first time. Obama's win shows that the "majority" of people in this country at least are trying to move beyond race, and that impresses me.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Mothership - Good for Katt! You know why? The revolution was televised! And the 25/20s that did not vote for Brother President (we are SO indebted to the ones who did) can't stand it!

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Lovely, naw, my homegirl is an usher at Carnegie, so we saw him bust in, change his clothes, he put on a little cologne and went to work. At the end of the show though, he gave away most of the clothes he was wearing. His belt, his shirt and shoes he gave to the fans. He wasn't givin' that diamond chain he had around his neck. He acted like he was going to throw it and errybody bust out laughin' cause they knew he wasn't about to throw that chain.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Duration and MC>>> Y'all are killin me! LOL I'm bout to bounce there is an Obama Victory party I can't miss. Lovely>> Get that suprise! Have a great weekend fam!

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: MissCharli, that's what Katt said. He said he applauded the ones who did vote for the brother, but you still got some that's tight....fucck 'em. He had a field day with them yesterday!! I took photos.

Name: amethyst
Comment: yelley - Can I have the screen saver, too? missleo86@yahoo.com

Name: duration88
Comment: Here's hoping that Katt at least had the family sized package of wet wipes or at least ran through some water...heck one of those fans that mist water would have been better than nothing... wonder if he could have put some soap in one of those little fans and made a bubble shower on the run. Sorry yall I just got an issue with funk... hot marinating funk under lights in a room mixed with high dollar and Hot Karate cologne makes the stomach do flips and eyes water

Name: Misscharli
Comment: duration, I am dying with the visual of him running through the porta bubble contraption! And he stepped to the Hot Karate from Old Spice? But I can see it!

Name: amethyst
Comment: My email accounts are so full, I need a week to go through all the Obama-related messages. /I'm not surprised Linens 'N Things went under, they were expensive. I wonder if Bed, Bath and Beyond is next. /charli - I'm glad you are on the path of spiritual, emotional and physical recovery and that you are healthy. But girlfriend, when I've gone through storms over-exercising has NEVER been a problem. LOL Over-indulging in other stuff, yes, but not the gym.

Name: amethyst
Comment: Lovely - Last year I decided to stop giving my brother Christmas presents. I don't hear from him at any time, and then he doesn't even call to thank me for the gift. It's not that I expect a gift in return (even though after decades it would be nice), it's the fact that he was raised better than that. My sister said that I wasn't wrong, so homeboy didn't get anything.

Name: amethyst
Comment: Uh, Lovely, you rode a cyber-train with three men who weren't your boyfriend. How quickly the spooge-a-holics forget.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: 12, you still here? I got sidetracked...

Name: amethyst
Comment: Lovely - Georgia still has the death penalty. I'm so glad they found Nichols guilty. Charli - IMO it's tool late to give Brian Nichols some mental help. He should be locked away for the rest of his life. Expend those mental health resources on someone who may possibly return to society one day. I live in ATL and am pizzed that this dragged on for 3 1/2 years.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Ame, she didn't forget...she's just in denial. And was there ever doubt about Nichols' innocence?

Name: lilmocc
Comment: Be careful with Linen N Things in the first weeks of this "closeout" as I have a friend who works there and she says the they have marked stuff waaaaayyyyy up, then hollerin bout they are offering 40% off. Wait about 3 to 4 weeks and try to buy. By then, they should be willing to get rid of that shat at all costs before they close.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: in nichols case, they shoulda just went old school wild wild west days and hung him!!! wasting all that time and money...

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: lil mocc, what's up? Which Linen N Things do you shop at up there? I thought I saw one on Jefferson...>Cali, if only it were that simple! And you sound like a Texan!

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: naw DJ'.. come on that was a huge waste!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: WOW! Cali, I didn't know that Nichols' was a Unix Systems Administrator! I used to do that! They said dude suffered from delusional compulsion...and couldn't tell right from wrong and couldn't stop himself from being driven by the delusion. So dude was smart but sick...or suffering.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: yep dj' I was just lookin at the time line.. I didnt know or forgot that he killed the deputy and then went into the judges chambers and then the courtroom... I thought it all went down in the courtroom.. crazy!!!! I remember watching cnn those days they were looking for him... I was so hooked..LOL

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: That was some cold blooded ish if you ask me...and then the article went on to say: The prosecution countered there wasn’t anything wrong with his mind. He was just angry and seeking revenge because he feared spending the rest of his life in prison for rape. And he was a conniving liar who would do or say anything to get free. The jury heard letters read between Nichols and a Connecticut woman in which he laid out a scheme to escape from the Fulton County jail on Thanksgiving Day in 2006, and boasted how brilliant his scheme was to catch guards sluggish after a big holiday meal. He boasted that his trial would be in Fulton County where many were angry at the judicial system and if his lawyers picked the right jury he would be found not guilty. “My goal is a not guilty verdict,” he wrote. “All I need is the right people on the jury and I go home.”

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: The majority of his jury is black so I'm wondering if he will get the death penalty. Guess we'll have to wait and see...

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: wow.. some people

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Aight, works done. The East Coast has left the building. Have a good weekend! P-E-A-C-E!

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