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Name:
BigRuss
Comment: Happy b-day all. E-40 41? Wow, it seems like yesterday when he gave me is c%*$ette back in the day.
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Sactown
Comment: Happy Birthday E-40. Sprinkle Me. Good Morning.
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Sactown
Comment: Hey DJ/MC y'all still having try-outs for your rap group. I wanna be the actual DJ (Disc Jockey) I am known to mix a mean mixtape. Also y'all can sell the CD in store parking lots all over the city next to the DVD man. (lol)
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Sactown
Comment: I can be Spinderalla (i already have Salt N Pepper Hair color)
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: rapper Bump J has been arrested on bank robbery charges.
Bump J, whose real name is Terrance Boykin, was the subject of a national manhunt after a grand jury indicted him in September on bank robbery and gun charges.
Police in Carbondale arrested Boykin, 28, earlier this week after a routine traffic stop. His last known address was in the South Loop.
Boykin is accused of holding up a Chase Bank in Oak Park on Jan. 4, 2007. He and an unnamed man allegedly made off with $100,000, according to the FBI.
Boykin faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
His Kanye West-produced "Move Around" has been featured in a McDonald's commercial and in the "Madden NFL 06" video game.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: NEW YORK – Italian con man Raffaello Follieri, who went from dating actress Anne Hathaway to serving a prison term for fraud, isn't enjoying the "unspeakably unsanitary" conditions at a federal jail in Brooklyn.
Follieri's lawyer sent a letter to a judge this week complaining about the facility.
"Mr. Follieri reports that he is in a windowless dormitory with approximately 120 other men," the letter said. "He says that he cannot eat because the food appears to be spoiled and that the toilet and shower facilities are unspeakably unsanitary. e.g., there is excrement in the shower and rats are roaming freely in the area. He says the stench is intolerable."
The lawyer, Flora Edwards, said things are so bad, it has made Follieri ill. So far he has had a fever, blood in his urine, intestinal problems and shortness of breath.
Edwards asked the judge to have the 30-year-old transferred back to the federal jail in Manhattan where he was previously held.
The judge asked the government to look into Follieri's complaints.
Follieri was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison in October. He pleaded guilty to cheating investors out of millions of dollars by falsely claiming he had Vatican connections that enabled him to buy church property at a discount.
The proceeds supported a playboy lifestyle that included a $37,000-a-month Manhattan apartment and lavish vacations with Hathaway. The couple dated for four years.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: LONDON — Kanye West is to music what Michael Jordan was to basketball — at least that's what West thinks, in his humble estimation.
''I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice,'' he said in an interview on Wednesday. ''It's me settling into that position of just really accepting that it's one thing to say you want to do it and it's another thing to really end up being like Michael Jordan.''
Kanye says mom a victim of his success Twitter: Kanye says he doesn't deserve award
The Grammy-winning rapper-producer said Justin Timberlake had a chance to be music's MVP, but hasn't put out enough material. (Timberlake's last album was in 2006, while West released a CD last year and is releasing his latest — ''808s and Heartbreak'' — on Nov. 24.)
''There were people who had the potential to do it but they went on vacation, so when Justin went on vacation I made albums,'' he said. ''And it just came out to be that.''
West, 31, said life has been difficult since his mother's death. Donda West died last November after having plastic surgery.
''I'm just going through balancing that. And I always used to have that support system, you know. My mom would be there; no matter what, she was there before everything,'' he said. ''We were together for like 30 years. And you know now when I'm on that stage and I look out and I say, 'What am I going to do with the rest of my life?' Like when does a real life start?' Because I have sacrificed real life to be a celebrity and to give this art to people, which is great. It is great that I was able to do that, I'm not trying to shun that in any way, but it's definitely a Catch-22 and it's bittersweet.''
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: Police say a 15-year-old Lincoln Park High School sophomore who went missing from her Northwest Side home for two days took a bus ride by herself to Indianapolis, Ind., and left Chicago on her own accord.
Tisha Muentes left her home in the 5000 block of West Wolfram Street about 7 a.m. Monday and was on her way to Lincoln Park High School at 2001 N. Orchard St. on a CTA bus, but never made it to school, according to a missing person alert from Grand Central Area detectives.
But Grand Central Area detectives said the girl called her father just after 9 p.m. Wednesday to let him know she had returned. Two detectives went to the family's home Wednesday night to interview the girl, who "looked well," police said.
Police early Thursday said Muentes "felt she needed to get away for a while'' for personal reasons and had saved up the money to take a bus ride, eventually arriving in Indianapolis, Ind.
"She seemed mentally stable and healthy,'' according to a detective who interviewed her in person and said foul play is not suspected in the incident, which he called a voluntary absence.
"I asked her if she was meeting anybody in Indiana and she replied no,'' the detective said.
Police believe it was the first time she had ever been missing and no charges will be brought against her.
"It was a happy ending so that's the important thing,'' the detective said.
Muentes did make contact with "known acquaintances" since she was reported missing, police said.
Family members and friends were out Tuesday night in the Lincoln Park neighborhood handing out flyers, posting flyers on streetlights and asking passersby to look out for her.
Muentes is the daughter of a Chicago firefighter and many firefighters joined the effort to find her. Prior to her return, a $10,000 reward was also offered for information leading to the girl's whereabouts.
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beyourself
Comment: Good morning, Fam. "Happy Friday", we made it.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: For $100 and a copy of your fingerprints, U.S. citizens flying from abroad into O'Hare International Airport can skip passport-checking lines and proceed almost directly to baggage claim.
The Global Entry program, unveiled at O'Hare last month by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is designed to let travelers get through the airport faster but also affords a key benefit for the Department of Homeland Security: It makes it easier to track who is coming into the country.
Global Entry has been rolled out this year at seven of the nation's busiest airports. The number will be expanded to 20 within the next year. The nearly 5,000 people who have enrolled nationally are able to pass through security at automated kiosks instead of standing in sometimes painfully long lines to have their passports stamped. The process at the kiosk takes about a minute and involves having your photo taken, letting both index fingers be read on a scanner and answering a few questions on a computer screen. Passports are not stamped for people in Global Entry, and customs declarations are done on the kiosk screen.
"The goal is obviously to make things faster," said David Murphy, director of field operations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Chicago.
Only travelers deemed "low risk" are eligible, he said, and must undergo background checks. Any criminal conviction—even misdemeanors—is grounds for rejection. The $100 fee is good for five years.
In the first month of the program at O'Hare, more than 50 people have used the kiosks stamped with the Department of Homeland Security logo. Officials expect the number to increase dramatically, particularly among business travelers.
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JFromMO
Comment: Goood morning family. Happy Friday!
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Good morning and Happy Friday family...you know the drill...BREAK BREAD!!!
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: BY CHERYL V. JACKSON cjackson@suntimes.com
Like many in this troubled economy, Shirley Forte has wallet issues. But atypically, she wants to get them into more hands.
And Salem Baptist Church is working to help her -- as well as other entrepreneurs pushing products and services at a black business expo and career fair Saturday. The event, running from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the House of Hope, 752 E. 114th, is designed to showcase the wares of graduates of Salem's ARISE Entrepreneur Program.
Forte's Personally-Me line of stylish wallets discreetly hold panty liners, a calendar and tampons. The $15 wallets (Personally-mewalletpouch.com) even have places to stash other essential items.
About 150 students were in the 2008 ARISE class. They graduated from the six-week training program Monday.
Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments Inc., is guest speaker this year.
Admission to the program, which the church says is the largest annual expo featuring black-owned business in the area, is free.
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Sactown, I saw your post ^ there about the DJ position...All I can say is that we're going to have to do this thing like in the movie "Juice" and have a showdown. You bring your BEST six songs and I'll bring mine and then make a mixtape...and let's have them judged by a non-partisan member or group. Whoever gets the most thumbs up claims the title, gets the bragging rights and also gets crowned as "THE OFFICIAL DJ". Whoever loses has to take a picture holding a Vanilla Ice LP and post it to the EUR family photo album. The gauntlet has been thrown down...game on?
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beyourself
Comment: I don't mean to play sides but "Go DJ, that's my DJ,Go DJ, that's my DJ
Go DJ, that's my DJ".*Carry On*
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bigchassie
Comment: HAPPY FRIDAY ALL MY DOOBIE-DOOS!! uh DISSILUSIONED>Where are my biscuits! we gonna break bread, are we? OH YELLY>i got some more sip-sip to take care of what we drank up yesterday. chile with the day i had yesterday, i had to get my swig on!
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: LOL @ be!
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Chass, I got your biscuit...but you gotta dance for me first.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Be, what city do you live in?
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bigchassie
Comment: here are some interesting tidbits about our beloved President Barack Obama that you may not have known:
Subject: Barack Obama:The 50 bits of trivia you might not know
• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball
• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini
• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father
• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
• He can speak Spanish
• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports
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bigchassie
Comment: His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't
• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
• He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books
• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
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bigchassie
Comment: His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date
• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
• He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol
• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician
• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
• His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)
• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
• His house in Chicago has four fire places
• Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He uses an Apple Mac laptop
• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300 SUV
• He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits
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bigchassie
Comment: He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
• He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)
• His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire
• He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers
• He was nicknamed "Bear" by his late grandmother
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
• His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso
• His speciality as a cook is chilli
• He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"
• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan
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beyourself
Comment: Um, Sactown, I'm sorry but I'm jumping sides again, hey DJ..."Everybody move your body now do it. Here is somethin thats gonna make you move and groove. Hey DJ keep playin that song all night on and on and on.Everybody move your body now do it.Here is somethin thats gonna make you move and groove.Hey DJ keep playin that song all night on and on and on. It's Friday night and the weekends here I need to unwind with the party Mr DJ, DJ.I am ready to call my friends so we can boogie down with
a party heey heeeey Mr DJ.Hey Mr. DJ you can get this started, Everybodys ready to party all night all night all the girls are ready so we can all get to it, so we can party till the break of dawn."
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Bench press an impressive 200LBS??? Okay...PLEASE don't get me miscategorized as a hater...but, uh...I doubt that Barack Obama's bench max is 200LBS. Can't be. That's practice weight...looking at his size and his narrow shoulders if he can max at say 325, 350LBS...then I'd be impressed.
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: be, keep 'em coming! I'm getting amped! Sac don't want it...she don't want to feel the fury of my wheels of steel!!! Next song with some DJ lyrics, be...
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beyourself
Comment: DJ-I live in Waldorf, Maryland.
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bigchassie
Comment: DISILLUSIONED>well sweetie, i don't know all that much about weight lifting but to me 200LBS is heavy. but then 325-350 heyell yeah! COME ON MR PRESIDENT! PUMP IT, BABY PUMP IT!!!!
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: dogmeat? snake meat? roasted grasshopper? Aw man...it's way too early in the morning to conjure up visuals for that.
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yelleyw
Comment: Morning Fam! *pullin out fresh sip-sip* Here you go Chass! I see you brought your own but I thought we could have a big ol party. My sis had a suprise bday party for her BFF last night so we got a lil liquor left. I'se tired y'all I must be gettin old cause its getting harder to party on the weekdays now.
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RegalOne
Comment: Morning everybody. >>beyourself, I'm from District Heights, MD, so we're cousins.
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YLawdY
Comment: Good morning, family. Song of the Day: Black Coffee by Heavy D "Black coffee, no sugar, no cream, that's the type of girl I need down with my team...."
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yelleyw
Comment: YLY>> I used to LOVE that song!
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bigchassie
Comment: YELLY>ooh thanks chile, i'm gonna need yours today too! lol! *takes her bottle of sip-sip and pours some in her coffee and sips* oooh yeah gurl! thats some goood stuff! nice smooth brandy to the coffee.
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Juicebox
Comment: Morning
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Name:
asize12
Comment: Good Morning Beautiful Ones! Happy President Obama Day! And also, Happy T.G.I.F. So, what's the T? *scrolling up*
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bigchassie
Comment: DISSILUSIONED>well that is one question i would love to ask our President. "EXCUSE ME, PRESIDENT OBAMA, HOW DOES DOGMEAT TASTE?" and i especially like to know about the rosted Grasshoppers. i know Andrew Zimmerman eats those too.
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asize12
Comment: >momma chass, thanks for those tidbits about Brotha President:-) I knew a few of 'em, but I was also surprised by a lot of 'em. >ylawd, that is THE JAYUM! Heavy D (now Skinny D) was the ish back in the late 80s early to mid 90s.
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asize12
Comment: >momma chass, if you've ever had chinamen, then you know what dog & cat tastes like. That's why I always get crab fried rice, hold the MSG...
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yelleyw
Comment: Anybody have Wayne Brady's CD? He's on Steve Harvey and I think I like him. His song about the 80's had me hollerin.
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Vanity
Comment: Good Morning All! I have a question regarding man spooge juice....here it goes, I got man spooge juice in my hair. I did not shampoo my hair, I wiped it out with a wet washcloth. It was very late and I was exhausted. Does that make me nasty? My partner in spooge was cracking up laughing, he said it was not nasty, but it was his. So he prolly would not think it was. What do y'all think?
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Juicebox
Comment: Yelleyw I really like Wayne Brady. He has a great singing voice. I heard one of his songs on TJMS and it was nice. I liked Wayne even when he was getting no love from the black section. I think people started cutting him some slack when he did that training day spoof on the Dave Chapelle show. that show competes to be my favorite episode along with the Rick James skits.
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MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Good AM, Playas and Playettes! Derrty is going to be the first Black barber in the Black House too. He now has to come to the president because the Secret Service said the barbershop was too hard to secure. Dude been cuttin' Barack's hair for about 14 years.
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asize12
Comment: >yelley, I heard one of his songs off his cd...me likey. Okay, so 'member months ago I was complaining about Laclede Gas' extremely high prices? Guess what...we can PERMANATELY "X" them out cuz we just got an electric furnace installed in our home, THANK GOD! The guy that installed was an older guy and he did excellent work. I really try to support my people and I would recommend him to anyone. He was really reasonable too, only $1,200 that's including the electric furnace + labor. I'm very pleased with his work and I'm a happy camper:-) *sticking tongue out at Laclede Gas*
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HHCassius
Comment: Now that's what I'm talkin bout -- put up a basketball hoop! At least it will show the nation that he's serious about team play and physical fitness. A Chrysler 300 isn't an SUV, the Brits need better fact-checkers.
Back to the front F4A page -- Noah Gray Cable or whatever his name is, is more famous for Heroes now. EUR needs to update their database.
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Juicebox
Comment: Vanity I think you are okay. I hope there are no VCS (visble crusty strands of hair). No if he dropped the entire load in your hair you may be nasty, but if it was just some stray spooge, just wash your hair tonight.
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MOTHERSHIP
Comment: HHCassius, did you get the Obama photos??
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bigchassie
Comment: ASIZE>yeah, i concur with your with the shrimp. it's interesting about eating over there. they eat every and anything that is crawling. i like to know do they get food posioning or sumpthing. I look at Bizzare Foods on the Travel Channel and i can't beleive the foods Andrew Zimmerman eats. Stewed Donkey Balls, anyone? eeeugh! *smh*
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asize12
Comment: >jb, PD HAD A FIT when I told her her ACT score yesterday! She lost it! But she calmed down after a while...I talked to her, she took a nap when we got home and she woke up good as new. She said she's gonna study harder for the next one. I read 2 of her letters of recommendations from 2 of her teachers, they were very nice:-) I'm sure she'll be fine...She just says this test is stressin' her out big time. I basically told her, 'Welcome to life'.
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bigchassie
Comment: VANITY>yeah, it may make your hair softer.
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Name:
MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Chassie, don't get me started on Zimmern! That mofo will put anything in his damned mouth! Errythang from scorpions to donkey ballz! Half that shyt he don't even like hollerin' about it's good and gamey! I'm dude please. When he started eatin' them waterbugs that's when I turned the channel! Straight up!
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >momma chass, and those countries that eat dog have the nerve to turn their nose up at us for eating pig! LOL *woof-woof*
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beyourself
Comment: What's poppin, RegalOne. Let me find out that I had to say that I live in Waldorf,MD for you to come out of lurkville.LOL. So are you in the creek? I love that song by Beyonce, "Diva".
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Name:
Vanity
Comment: Juicebox~ LOL@VCS! None of that! But this chick did say, "Oh 'Vanity' when did you color your hair?" I told her my hair has been this color since August! She said, "Well, it looks cute." Maybe it's extra shiny today.......
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Name:
asize12
Comment: The Word of the Day for November 14, 2008 is:
circumspect • \SER-kum-spekt\ • adjective
: careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent
Example Sentence:
“Indications are that school boards, uncertain of what voters will do, have been more circumspect in drafting budgets.” (The Star-Ledger [Newark, New Jersey], April 7, 2008)
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Name:
letmein
Comment: Morning fam! I just got through eating some eggs smothered in mushrooms, onions and green and red peppers with a lil' cheese, bacon and a piece of honey wheat toast. Yummay!!! I'll only be on a couple of hours today. I'm leaving early to go get stuff to get ready for my spa party tomorrow.
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bigchassie
Comment: VANITY>gurl, ain't nothing like Spooge to make your hair all soft and shiny!
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bigchassie
Comment: LETMEIN>I HATE YOU!!
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bigchassie
Comment: LETMEIN>but in a sista kind of way....HEFFA!! LOL!
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: Vanity-Spooge just added extra "Body" to your hair.
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: Vanity>> Protein is good for the hair. Not sure if thats the right kind of protein but you should be good. You shoulda slicked it back and it woulda held good kinda like hair gel. LOL!
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: ASIZE>YEAH!!! HOW DARE THEY!!*eating a pork chop*
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >letmein, that sounds DELISH (minus the bacon). I love vege omelets!
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beyourself
Comment: asize12-I am sure that PD will "Knock Em Out The Box" the next time she test. My oldest niece had to take the test three times. Each time she tested, she scored higher. I talked to my sister last night, and she said that my niece study Science and Math extra hard before testing, maybe that helped, maybe it didn't*shrug shoulders*
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beyourself
Comment: LOL @ yelleyw-yeah, Vanity, you should have slicked your hair back, and added a bang in the front.LMAO.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >yelley, or mousse...
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yelleyw
Comment: Juicey>> Yeah I may have to pick up his CD now. I liked him back when he had that skit show but I didn't know his CD would be R&B he was so vanilla on TV I didn't know what to expect.
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bigchassie
Comment: ASIZE>*pretending to be mad at LETMEIN* but she didn't even bother to make us nonne! *mumbing and throwing daggar looks at LETMEIN* eatin that good omlet and ate every last bit with out giving us none...mumble mumble mumble...*walk off and pouts in corner*
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beyourself
Comment: Well DJ-since Sactown has rolled out, I will have the contest against you. What do you say?
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >be, I don't think she's been studying for it as much as she claims. I try to give her independence and allow her to handle her own business since she's 17 now, but I see momma's gon' hafta hold her hand a bit...*sigh* A momma's work is NEVER done!
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bigchassie
Comment: HEY, I THINK I ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE...HAS ANYBODY LIKED THE NEW JOHN LEGEND CD?
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: asize, I know, but my sister took the car keys, computer, and the tv. She put her on a schedule to study. Monday-Friday, she had to get up and get ready for school an hour early, so that she could study for an whole hour before it was time to go to school. On Sat. she slept late, but had to study from 10:00-11:00, and Sunday's she got a break. But it paid off because she got a full scholarship to UT Martin.
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Vanity
Comment: Y'all are nutz! Chass, I have only heard 'Greenlight' off of John Legend's new CD, that is my new getting ready to go out jam! It gets me pumped to party. I read some reviews on his CD, they are mixed.
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bigchassie
Comment: VANITY>hummm....okay. yeah, i heard the reviews are mixed on that too. okay, thanks, Van.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >momma chass, IMO, John Legend's new cd SUCKS! My fav. song on the cd is 'Greenlight'. I don't recommend it, but I DO recommend Robin Thicke's cd, NICE! >be, looks like that's what I'm gonna hafta do. She's just so used to things coming easy to her so I think she just thought she could do good w/out studying as much. NOT! I'ma stay on her now...
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Name:
beboyz
Comment: Happy B Day E 40!!! 40 water Sprinkle me sprinkle me that was tha joint back in the day. Happy Friday Fam We made it another week.
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Name:
arkansasgirl
Comment: Good morning. I'm at home chilling like a villain. Playing hookey from work. Couldn't remember my password for my new name so had to log in with the old name. I miss yall! I was up at 1am reading the board. Shortey, congrats on your 1 year anniversary. Seem like yesterday you were talking about your new man. Asize, I wouldn't stress to hard about PD's ACT score. They really determine if you will be afford a scholarship from the school and if you have to take a pre-course like pre-algebra instead of college algebra the first year. If she's not trying to get into a Ivy League school, I wouldn't let the score get me down.
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arkansasgirl
Comment: Good morning. I'm at home chilling like a villain. Playing hookey from work. Couldn't remember my password for my new name so had to log in with the old name. I miss yall! I was up at 1am reading the board. Shortey, congrats on your 1 year anniversary. Seem like yesterday you were talking about your new man. Asize, I wouldn't stress to hard about PD's ACT score. They really determine if you will be afford a scholarship from the school and if you have to take a pre-course like pre-algebra instead of college algebra the first year. If she's not trying to get into a Ivy League school, I wouldn't let the score get me down.
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Name:
arkansasgirl
Comment: Good morning. I'm at home chilling like a villain. Playing hookey from work. Couldn't remember my password for my new name so had to log in with the old name. I miss yall! I was up at 1am reading the board. Shortey, congrats on your 1 year anniversary. Seem like yesterday you were talking about your new man. Asize, I wouldn't stress to hard about PD's ACT score. They really determine if you will be afford a scholarship from the school and if you have to take a pre-course like pre-algebra instead of college algebra the first year. If she's not trying to get into a Ivy League school, I wouldn't let the score get me down.
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arkansasgirl
Comment: Good morning. I'm at home chilling like a villain. Playing hookey from work. Couldn't remember my password for my new name so had to log in with the old name. I miss yall! I was up at 1am reading the board. Shortey, congrats on your 1 year anniversary. Seem like yesterday you were talking about your new man. Asize, I wouldn't stress to hard about PD's ACT score. They really determine if you will be afford a scholarship from the school and if you have to take a pre-course like pre-algebra instead of college algebra the first year. If she's not trying to get into a Ivy League school, I wouldn't let the score get me down.
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CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Morning good peoples - >>Vanity - were you all playing tarzan and jane? Wash it out tonight and pick up where you left off. >>>Size found out if your daughter's school or an organization in the community offers a prep class or practice testing for the ACT. I know we have it here in Maryland.
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: School of redundancy school!!! Ark, tell me how you did that multiple post trick...and welcome back!
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asize12
Comment: >akg, wow, 4x??? LOL Yeah, that's what I was tryna tell her but she wasn't tryna hear it at 1st. But after she cooled down she listened. >crazzee, there are several prep classes for the ACT...you got $300+??? Cuz they ain't free. But the study books are & plus there are practice tests online. So, I'm bout to put her on a studying schedule. She has a month to study...
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Be, Sactown don't want it! And I like you...so I'll do the neighborly thing and not go there with the mixtape contest. Now, if we want to even the playing field and do a breakdance competition...during the inauguration meet 'n greet...
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Lovely
Comment: G'morning fam... posting from home. YELLEYW, are you here? Can I just say you are the world's greatest?!?! I left work early yesterday and went straight to Banana & Gap. My favorite little gay asian salesboy was like "you were just here girl, what do you need now". I showed him exactly what I needed and I spent about 100 bucks at Banana, then only about 30 at Gap. I'm about to get up and go to the Gap outlet and buy sweaters for all the kids on my list and then I'm gonna go to Banana @ Town Center and see if I can find some more stuff for me. I love 30% off!!!! Thank you again!! This is gonna be a good weekend! Tomorrow I'll go to Oak Park and then I'll end Sunday with online purchases! Did I say that I love 30% off??!!
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Name:
asize12
Comment: Anyone good at writing resumé's? I'm tryna make PD's resumé look nice and I wanna make sure it's presentable...
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Name:
RegalOne
Comment: >>Beyourself, yes, I've come out of lurkerstatus for the day. What is the creek? I live in GA now, but born & bred in DC/MD. Are you originally from MD?
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Size - tell Lovely & Yelley to steal the $300 for you. LOL!
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: RegalOne-Forrestville apartments, that's what they call the creek. Or so I hear. No Ma'am, not from Maryland, I was born and raised in TN.
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Name:
Lovely
Comment: YLY, are you here? I want to apologize for my response when you said 46! I thought about it and you're not as old as my mom and I still think of her as being young. :-)
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Name:
letmein
Comment: Happy Birthday to the late great my DADDY!!!! I love and miss you terribly! See you when I get there.......uh, you did go to Heaven, right? LOL!!!
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: asize-are you close to Scott Air Force Base? Just asking, I know alot of people there...
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Name:
indebiz
Comment: It's Friday.. on the F4A. A pleasant morning for a shout out.I wonder what will jump off today! DJ, Mothership and anyone else, what are some good eating places in Charleston, SC, I'll be in that area from Saturday to Wednesday.
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: Lovely>> I am the greatest aren't I? LOL Glad your enjoying the discount. I'm going after work I can't wait!!
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: DJ-It is on, I will see you at Inauguration 09. I will have on a Black and Gold sweater(EUR Web colors) with "F4A Family" on the front. You can't miss me. Although you might, cause I think there are going to be a gazzillion of people here in Jan.LOL
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Name:
letmein
Comment: asize12....check with your local church or check with the schools. maybe someone is offering the prep course for free. My church does.
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Name:
Vanity
Comment: Crazzee~ ummmm, see what happened was....LOL! No Tarzan and Jane, just some good ol fashioned skin to skin contact. It felt like high school all over again....dayum. I need to make a phone call
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: *slaps Crazzee in the back of the neck* Quit callin me a theif! Now I'm not gettin you nothing for Christmas! Hmph!
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Name:
Lovely
Comment: Yelleyw, yes you are! I had to go yesterday while they still had stuff left. Every time I have the friends and family thing, the stores are always packed and I hate shopping in crowds. I'm not sure if it's the economy or the fact that I went at about 1:30 on a Thursday but there were only a handful of people in Banana. I bought some black cuffed trousers at Gap (like I really need another pair) for $30 (down from 69). There were a few sweaters I liked but I wasn't in a sweater mood yesterday... came home and thought about it and I think I need them. There are a couple of dresses I need to order from banana online. I'm ready to spend money this weekend! he shouldn't have left me here by myself this weekend (technically, he hasn't left yet but he's leaving in a few hours and not coming back until tomorrow night). Hmmm, I hadn't even thought about shopping for him. Maybe I'll buy him something too.
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bigchassie
Comment: ASIZE>you know i need to get into Robin Thicke. i like that song "Magic Touch" cool! one of those "drive down the street with the top down in the summertime" type of songs. yeah i like his other songs too. i have to check out that CD.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: LETMEIN>LOL!!!
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Name:
asize12
Comment: OMG, y'all HAVE to open your email immediately! I just sent y'all the funniest ish that I've seen in a long time!!! Men, I didn't send it to y'all cuz I didn't think y'all would find it funny...
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: Lovely>>SMH ok you got enough for yourself so grab your boo something! My sis works there so I already had her hide stuff for me. Hee hee!
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: yelleyw ...I listened to samples of Wayne Brady on amazon.com and downloaded two of the songs. It's not bad.
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Name:
Lovely
Comment: 12, i've seen that video before. dude worked it out!! i wonder if i could throw on a bathing suit, do my own rendetion and turn in to a youtube star... hmmmmm
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >be, no ma'am, I don't stay by Air Force Base. Well, it's about an hour outside of the Lou. >lovely, that is some funny ISH!!! If I need a good laugh, I'll just pop open that email! LOL
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: 12>> I can't view yahoo here but are you talkin bout that geigh yt dude dancing to "Put a Ring On It"? If so that was hilarious! Ol boy was gettin it!
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: asize-that was some funny ish. I bet he was good and stinking after all that shaking and dancing. I like that song to, by Beyonce. I might have to buy that CD on Nov. 17th. LOL
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Lovely
Comment: yelleyw, no, yesterday from banana all i got was this long grey sweater i'd had my eye on but didn't want to pay 98 for it because i'll only wear it with one thing and then i bought some earrings. there's still plenty of stuff that i think i deserve. WELL, i guess i need to get outta bed and get so fresh and so clean so i can run to gap outlet, the drycleaners and still make it to work by 1.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >yelley, YES!!! Girl that is some funny ISH! LMAO!!! He needs to be a backup dancer for B!
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: BEYOURSELF>I'll look for you too.
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: LOL @ Letmein >>>>*ouch* Yelley - the truth shall set you free. Hit'n me won't solve your problem, though. LOL!
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Be, I'll share my cardboard box that I'll be doing my Windmill moves on...and my big LL Cool J/Radio Raheem Ghetto Blaster Radio. Gazillion people or not you'll know its me before you even call my name cause I'm that dude that'll be dressed like Turbo...
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >yelley, I like that song too. But I don't too much care for "If I Was a Boy".
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Name:
Lovely
Comment: hold up, hold up! LETMEIN, are you here?? YLY did i get lost in your city yesterday????? I was scared sh*tless!! I was driving in circles for about 15 minutes and must have seen every thug & homeless person in KCMO. The houses where dilapidated and sad, the people were scrungy and the streets were raggedy as f*ck and littered with trash. When I finally found a street I knew, the highway exit was closed so I got lost again. I called my man at work talking about 'I'm lost in KCMO and feel like they're trying to hold me hostage... please tell me how to get back to Kansas.' He talked me through it but I swear I'm not coming back to KCMO any time soon!! I know how to get to the Plaza and back home and I know how to get to work and back home. I was so mad at KCMO yesterday!!!!
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: *crossin Crazzee's name of f4a Christmas list* *sticks out tongue*
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: Lovely...you know I'm not studin' you.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: 12, tell PD not to let these scores define her. She is probably placing too much pressure on herself.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Crazzee, you rep the MD? What village you repp'n?
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: one of our vendors just brought in some real pretty colored concrete. nice shades of red and gold.
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Name:
Lovely
Comment: OK party people! I'll be back this afternoon at 1... hope you all are still here!!
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >jb, yes she is. She even said at one point "I'm gonna hafta go to community college cuz I can't pass the ACT!!!" *sigh* Did I ever mention that she was a drama princess???
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Community colleges get a bad rep...
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: 12>> I really like the video for "If I were a boy" It was a really cute concept. LOVELY>> You need to take some of that shopping money and invest in a GPS system! LOL
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: DJ - Columbia.
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: LOL @ Yell.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: BigChassie, I wanted to tell you that I think Gene Tierny is my favorite old school actress. I watched Dragonwyck this morning on TCM for the second time. I like this movie. Did Vincent Price ever get to play anything other than crazy evil people in his career?
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: You are right DJ. There's nothing wrong with community colleges - well at least in Maryland.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: While I laughed @ Yelley's comments...I co-sign. Since she's traumatized by the hood...
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Juice - I often wondered if his roles ever messed with his mind. He used to scare the crap outt me. That's just how good he was.
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Bank of America is the DEVIL. I hate that bank.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Crazzee, Columbia is nice. I met that group...what's their name...they sing that song, "Where My Girls At"...I think it's 702. But I met them in the Mall up there and they were tiny...like about 6 inches taller than a cabbage patch doll. I caught them slippin', too...in a record store with no makeup! Didn't nobody in the store know who they were until I blew up their spot. That was funny.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Crazee- I definitely agree with you
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Bey, Waldolf was a mess back in the day. I remember the killa traffic that ran out there. I bet that place has really grown since I left. You ever ate at Jiffy's?
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arkansasgirl
Comment: Good morning! I'm at home chilling like a villain. Playing hookey from work. Couldn't remember the password for my new so had to login with the old name. I was up at 1am reading the board. Shortey, congrats on your 1 year anniversary. Seem like yesterday you were talking about meeting your man. Asize, I wouldn't stress to hard about PD's ACT score. They are mostly use for scholarships from the school and to determine if you have to take a pre-course like pre-algebra before taking college algebra. If she's not trying to get into an Ivy League school, I wouldn't worry to much about it.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >dj & crazzee, I graduated from a community college years ago, so I know they get a bad rep. One of my co-workers has a son that just graduated in '08 and he too was an honor roll student and like PD, planned on majoring in Engineering. He too took the test 3x and didn't score so hot and she had him in those ACT classes and he STILL didn't do too well. So, he decided not to go away to school...he got a full ride engineering scholarship to a local community college. He's gonna go there for 2 years then transfer to a Univ. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that. He's doing really well too...
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Uh...I'm beginning to think that Ark got some sort of Poltergeist thing going on with her 'puter...
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Hey Shortey I meant to say happy anniversary yesterday. Is this Boo the guy with the big Booty? Was that you? Now that I think about it I think that was Ms. Fresno.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: *twilight zone music playing in the background* Uhhh, akg...isn't this the same thing you posted 4x before? I feel like in the twilight zone...
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Name:
asize12
Comment: *singing* Happy Anniversary...my dear. (Ray, Goodman & Brown) That was the JAM! Happy Anniversary to Shorty-doo-wop & her Boo:-)
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: JUICE>yes, Gene Tierny is a good actress. Dragonwyck. humm...sounds good. what is it about? I love me some Vincent Price. actually when he first started out, he played some comedic rolls. one of my favorites and if you ever get this on DVD get it, you love it if you love the classic movies. it's this movie called "His Kind of Woman" with Jane Russell and Robert Mitchum and Raymond Burr who plays the bad guy. and there was this scene where Vincent Price plays this overly dramatic actor who thinks he's washed up. he tries to help out Robert Mitchum rescue Jane, so he gets in this boat with some other folk and he pretends he's George Washington crossing the patomic. well, as he is standing in front of the boat trying to look all brave, the dayum boat sinks! it is hilarious to see! lol! you got to see it! good movie!!
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: 12, that's a good case and point. I see it as using a means to get to an end.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: ooo....SHORTEY celebrating an aniversary with her pookie-boo? ooooh...somebody gonna get some serious spooge! aww sukie-sukie nah!
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: DJ - my daughter just saw one of the girls from Danity Kane in the mall last week. The guy that was with the girl was from one of Diddy's other groups. I think they are a couple. I forgot their names. My daughter did just what you did - put them on blast. Then everyone started coming by and talking to them and taking pictures of and with them.
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: Lovely>> Oh and you my girl but I'm putting you in the corner for your lil description of the city. SMH
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Shortey, Happy Anniversary and may God bless y'all to celebrate countless more...
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: JUICE>but i loved to hear Vincent Price speak. that old white man had a sexy voice to me. i love to hear him recite some Edgar Allen Poe. the man was the bizness!
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: LOL @ Ark and her computer!
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Isn't Poltergeist the movie with the famous line *they're baaaaaack*?
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Ooooo Chass - remember when he did the narration for Mike Jac's thriller? And that laugh was chilling.
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: DJ, waldorf is still a mess, I avoid 301 at all measures in the morning. But it has grown. We now have TGIF/Hooters/Some kind of wing place/and crime is growing out the ying yang.LOL Um, what's Jiffy's.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Nothing wrong with community college. Like DJ said it is a means to an end for some. Asize please tell PD to calm down. I am concerned. Tell her it is going to be okay. That score is just part of the equation, not the mitigating factor in the decision. I know of a girl who was so caught up in all this type of stuff and expectation that when she got to Vanderbilt our freshman year, she ended up flipping out. As a matter of fact a couple of students (black) flipped their wigs that year. to be completely honest, the girl ended up having a chemical inbalance but I am convinced that all the pressure she put herself under precipated her flipping out and having to miss the rest of the first semester. She did come back the next semester but she was stigmatized the rest of her college career. The other black guy flipped out and pulled a knife out on his roommate like the 2nd week of school. Back to the girl, I remember the first week of school for freshman is a time to get to know each other and go to activities, this girl was in her room plotting our her schedule etc.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: ASIZE>chile, there's nothing wrong with doing it that way. it will get them prepared to go to a four year college so that's good. shoot! it's all about gettin that paper! do what you have to do, but get that paper. thats all that matters....and you make me want to get some soup all of a sudden!
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Waldorf used to have the best Walmart at one time. Haven't been in a while. I like St. Charles Towne Center. Haven't been there in a while either.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: CRAZEE>gurl, wasn't he spooky? he worked the narration to Thriller. love ole Vince. he was such a sweet man. he loved people. i love all his movies.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Asize, however I would like for PD to got to a 4 year university because the experience her freshman year will be great. College is about education, but it is fun also. Community college should be plan low B or C. I hope I am not offending you, putting in my two cents like she my chile.
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: Good morning family! How is everybody? Counting down time until second round of interviews (11am PST). I got very little sleep last night and don't think it was interview obsession. Maybe because the car is STILL at the garage - the service engine soon light still won't go off (I have a loaner). Or the fact that I think I ate something that triggered a food allergy (I scratched my left shoulder all night and into the morning). DJ, I saw that you were being contested for your DJ position...
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: CrazzeeGyrl-Laplata has the best Wal-mart now...
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: JUICE>now see, you done made me go into Netflix and get me some Vincent Price movies. i needed to go in there anyway. i need to update my quene.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Ms Charli, my check engine light has been on daily for the past 4 years. There is nothing wrong with my engine. I dont know what kind of car you have, but I have a stinkin american made car - Alero and I chalk it up to the quality of the product. I have had my car checked several times and there is nothing wrong. So every year so that I can pass marta I have to unhook my battery for an hour, hook it back up, drive about 16 miles, go pass marta, then the light pops back on literally 10 minutes later.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >jb, don't worry, PD is just dramatic. She'll be fine. Yesterday I emailed Mizzou and asked them what their ACT requirements were and they said a '20'. So, she's got some serious work to do. I'm about to email the other schools that she's interested in going to...
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: I would have to pack a lunch and probably take an overnight bag to go to LaPlata. LOL!
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Crazzee, I know that the couple I saw on MTV was a sista named Dawn and I don't know the brotha's name. But it looks like that mall is a popular spot for celebs to shop at. >be, Jiffy is that greasy spoon right outside of Andrews' main gate next to that McDonald's and Dunkin Donuts. It's Maryland's favorite after club eatery spot.
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Speaking of Andrews.....Classics was my all time favorite clubbing spot. I started going there when I was 18 and stopped when I was 24.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >jb, no offense taken. PD does seem like err'body's child on here...She can be your playchild;-) It's true, sometimes it takes a village to raise a child...I too think a 4-year Univ. would be a great experience for her too...
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: 12! Tell that girl to start doing some of that e-mailing/research! Stop doing so much of it for her! Go back and read that post I wrote you yesterday! It's one of the last ones written yesterday. Not to be a beyotch or a hard a$%, but, guide her into being resourceful and strong. Even the experience of researching and finding schools that she can indeed apoly to can be worked into her application process and essay.
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Name:
Shortey71
Comment: Morning Peeps and Happy Friday! Don't cha just love Friday's??? CThanks for the anniversary shout outs. He told me last night that he wanted me to be his wife and we are going to get married but FIRST he has to take care of his child support issues. He's almost there. I'll be damned if they attack my pay check!!! CHASSIE good looking out on info about our new President, pretty informative. Aw ASIZE, tell PD to keep her head up and ain't nothing wrong with Community College! LMBAO at Juicebox, naw that was Ms.Fresno with the big booty dude. My dude is the one with the big uh, oh never mind you of all people know where I'm going with that one LOL.....MissCharli, you got to get it together girlfriend cause we can't be having you all broke down why we getting our F4A chill. Last but not least, where is MWM???
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: I'm sleepy and I want to go home.
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Name:
arkansasgirl
Comment: DJ, I think my computer has a mind of its own. Be, my son's grandmother works on Scott AFB. Asize, are you sure the base is an hour away? Bc she only lives about 10 mins from the base. Maybe there's 2 of them.
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Name:
Shortey71
Comment: There are just some women you don't want to mess with.......
One evening a Husband, thinking he was being funny, said to his wife, 'Perhaps we should start washing your clothes in 'Slim Fast'. Maybe it would take a few inches off of your butt!'
His wife was not amused, and decided that she simply couldn't let such a comment go unrewarded.
The next morning the husband took a pair of underwear out of his drawer. 'What the Hell is this?' he said to himself as a little 'dust' cloud appeared when he shook them out.
'April', he hollered into the bathroom, 'Why did you put Talcum Powder in my underwear?'
She replied with a snicker. 'It's not talcum powder; it's 'Miracle Grow'!!!!!!
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: Shortey, I'll be better as soon as I get me some caffeine. Juice, I have a BMW, and they are notoriously sensitive cars. Love that car, but good grief. The nice thing is that I don't go to the dealer anymore (drove the mileage right through the warranty) and found a great garage staffed by BMW trained techs. They don't make you do anything that you don't need to do to your car.
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Name:
lilmocc
Comment: Whats up Ya'll? TGIF! Was reading the posts and lurking but felt it was rude to partake and not say hey to my folks this morning. Crayzee> I HATE Bank of America too. They do some sheisty shat sometimes. I have had to call customer service and get some shat straight and my account credited *rolling my eyes at they azzez* Carry on folks......
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: MsCharli, okay. I know that I am done with american cars with the exception of a corvette. I will have one of those one day. I am going back to my reliable foreign car.
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: LOL @ CrazzeeGyrl, you are in Columbia. You wayyy out there. DJ-I know what you are talking about now, you are talking about that hole-in-wall resturant. I have to put on my bullet proof vest& pants, run by there (road-runner style) to pick up a sandwhich. It's good though. Crazzee, what you know about the Classics. Um,um,um, memories, memories.*thinking about Texas Outlaw, Nubian Prince, Shaka-Zulu* *sigh*, Yeah, I use to fly by there too, to swing on the pole.(oops,caught)LOL
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Whassup, MC! Oh, you talkin' about Sactown? She don't want it! I wrote a song about it...want to hear it? Here it go! A lot of suckas would like to replace me / But they cant, cause like a champ / I have got a record of knocking out the lames in a second / On the wheels, I believe that you should get loose / I havent come to tell you I have juice / I just produce, create, innovate on a higher level / Ill be back, but for now just seckle!
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Shortey that was funny.
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: Juice, save for the days I borrow my Mama's Caddy, I will neva drive an American car unless it's a rental. Sure won't buy another one. And, Certified Pre-Owned BMWs are great. That's how I got mine. My Acura had been stolen and I had to get into another car fast. I don't regret a thing. Gonna go git me some caffeine. Brb.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >akg, it's far from where I stay. It may be closer to those that live in the county. >miss, she has been doing research and she has filled out applications to several colleges. I actually was letting her do a majority of the work, but I see she needs a bit more guidence. She just ain't been studying for the test like she's 'spose to and as momma, I need to intervene.
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Name:
lilmocc
Comment: Be> Don't forget COBRA!
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Bey - one of my good friends is Dr. J. I didn't go when they were there. I had that stuff.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >dj, My Philosophy, Boogie Down Productions...1988
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Meant to say "I hate that stuff". LOL! Cuz lawd knows I didn't have it.
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beyourself
Comment: Oooh-weee, lilmocc, COBRA.*passes out*
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: JUICE>okay, i got in my quene, House on Haunted Hill, the Tingler, House of Usher, The Mask of the Red Death.
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: SCREEEEECHHH!!! Hold up! My eyes are playing tricks on me. Be, I coulda just swore I saw you say something about swinging on the pole? And Crazzee, Classics was one of my favorite clubs to chill at. I used to go there back in the mid 90's...
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asize12
Comment: That should be 'guidance'. My bad...
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: DJ - I was in a bikini contest there. I'll never do that again.
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Juicebox
Comment: Chassie: Plot summary for
Dragonwyck (1946) More at IMDb Pro »
advertisementIn 1844, farmer's daughter Miranda Wells is invited by Nicholas Van Ryn, distant relation, to live in his mansion as companion to his daughter. Arriving in high hopes, Miranda finds the Van Ryns a bit strange. The parents barely know daughter Katrine; Nicholas faces a revolt of his tenant farmers; the servants hint darkly of curses and visitations. And what does Nicholas really do up in his tower room?
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Juicebox
Comment: When Miranda Wells was invited to live with her dark and charming distant cousin Nicholas Van Ryan in order to school his daughter at Dragonwyyck manor she was a naive farm girl. As she watches the dark secrets of the house unfold, she becomes more aware of selfishness, desire, and insanity while becoming more involved with Nicholas. The closer Miranda grows to the community and the Van Ryan's, the more she wishes she had never come to Dragonwyck.
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asize12
Comment: >akg & be, I just texted my bf. Her ex husband is in the service & she said Scott AFB is 45 min. from the city...
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: DJ-you don't have to Screeeech, Um, what had happened was, it was my birthday, and my friends set me up. They paid the skripper to do a special show for me, I had a lil fun. It wasn't xrated mind you, cause you know how packed the Classics was.
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rayne
Comment: Hello all! Yelleyw- I have Wayne Brady’s cd & me likey. I found it on sale at Wal-mart for $9.99. I am trying to upgrade my cd collection & it’s really difficult getting away from all the bootlegging. It’s really going to be a challenge for me because I really can’t see myself paying $14.99 for a cd. I need bootleg rehab.
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: I want a gyro.
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: CrazzeeGyrl-You went in front of those wolves, like that. You are one brave sista.
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: asize-oh, okay, I was asking because I know some people that are there looking to hire people. I was thinking about your PD because you are in the process of doing her resume.
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Shortey71
Comment: What day does Real Housewives of ATL come on? Yall are always talking about that show and now my little sister is addicted. Please don't say Wednesday at 8:00 cause that's my ANTM time (one more show to go and I'm voting fo Analeigh) and I hope it's not Thursday at 8:00 cause that my CSI Vegas time.
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: My cousin just emailed me the Obama's Christmas video. It is so cute. Anyone want to see it?
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Juicebox
Comment: Shortey it comes on Tuesdays at 9pm Central, however the rerun the same show at 10, then 11 the same night. Also it comes on a bunch of times through the week and I have seen it on Oxygen as well.
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CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Bey - exactly!!!! That's why I said I'll never do that again. I was with a co-worker at the time and he had to tell a few men to back up off me. He was front'n as my man.
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Name:
HersheysKiss
Comment: Good Day Good People! Double SMOOCHES!! *a bunch of y'all got lots o' coupons in your in-boxes* Enjoy!
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Name:
Shortey71
Comment: Thanks Juicebox, I don't have any t.v shows lined up for Tuesday. At least I can chime in on the conversations when yall talk about it.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: 12, maybe you and I can start an alternative soul group 'cause I know that you sing, too. And that title was "My Philosohy 2008" by Double Trouble. >Crazzee...itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie bikini? Da hell??? So where was I when all of this was going on? I never saw nor heard of any such event going down at Classics! I feel robbed! >Be, thanks for the clearing up of that statement. And I'm clowning at your description of Jiffy's. I never felt threatened in there...well except for that one dude that always seems to show up. I think he was homeless and he used to sit in one of those tables and talk and laugh to himself. I always go and get my pepperoni and egg sandwich...Mmmmm. >Rayne, I was the wworst culprit of bootlegging. I still take my chances from time to time. Most of the artists I download are fresh, undiscovered talent and often sale their material on the cheap. For my mainstream artist I usually hit up Amazon or iTunes...
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CRENEEJ
Comment: Don't forget to do good and to share what you have with those in need, for such sacrifices are very pleasing to God. Hebrews 13:16
Wealth is a gift from God, but we must be wary of becoming too dependent on money. The best way to loosen money's grip is to give generously to God's work.
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Name:
Shortey71
Comment: What's up Hershey, my Nubian Princess! Good looking out!!!
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: lilmocc, how you liking this weather? The fog didn't phase my commute this morning...
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: sale = sell...sup Crenee. You've been pretty quiet, too. You good?
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Name:
Shortey71
Comment: CRENEEJ, girl.............that's all I'm going to say.
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Hershey - I want some coupons. imfayvored@comcast.net
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Name:
arkansasgirl
Comment: Asize, I can't think of the area where my sons g-mama stay. But her address is STL. I want to say Normandy but I think that's where his aunt lives. She doesn't stay too far from the airport.
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Speaking of Normandie...that was a venue I was at in LA. I believe the area is called Gardenia....just something that triggered a thought.
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Name:
CRENEEJ
Comment: i'm good DJ... been busy workin a bit tryin to make up for being out, but my health has almost returned fully....
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Name:
khufu
Comment: what is your church's (or religious institution's) stance on homosexuality? What is your personal stance?
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: YIPPEE!!!! Crenee is getting better. Smooches to you, dear. I know what you are going through. Been there.
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khufu
Comment: told ya Hillary Clinton will get the secretary of State nod........
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Going to find food. Catch up with you all later.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: JUICE>it sounds like a really good movie. i'll put it on my netflix list.
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: "PETA, Need To Sit Down Somewhere"PETA Wants Higher Insurance Premiums For Meat Eaters.In a letter sent Monday to Bill Milnes Jr., president of Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Vermont, PETA's Executive Director Tracy Reiman urged Blue Cross to raise rates on meat eaters because -- she claims -- heart disease, diabetes and other leading killer diseases have been conclusively linked to the consumption of meat and other animal products.Given the latest news about the effects of E. coli on meat-eaters -- and the mountain of evidence linking meat consumption to some of our nation's deadliest diseases -- this change will benefit Blue Cross Blue Shield's bottom line while also helping to ensure that your policyholders don't flat line," Reiman wrote.Reiman went on to point to recent reports of an E. coli outbreak in Vermont. In October a Vermont slaughterhouse recalled a ton of ground beef after 10 cases of E. coli were traced to meat from Vermont Livestock Slaughter & Processing in Ferrisburg. The recall was voluntary.
Earlier in the month, three people were diagnosed with E. Coli in Orleans County. Health officials attributed those cases to raw milk as the source.
"As you might know, E. Coli grows in the intestines of many farmed animals. Slaughterhouses are filthy places, and when animals are eviscerated, feces often spray in every direction," Reiman wrote.She goes on to claim that vegetarians are less prone to heart disease, certain types of cancer, diabetes and obesity. "By giving your policy holders a financial incentive to go vegetarian -- and penalizing those whose meat-based diets fuel our nation's worst health problems -- Blue Cross Blue Shield could save millions of dollars in the long run," Reiman writes.But it doesn't appear that Blue Cross will be taking PETA's suggestion any time soon.
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: khufu, I see this Prop 8 has the nation abuzz...what's your stance?
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letmein
Comment: Lovely...whatever!!! I know you ain't trying to make it seem like KCMO is the only town with bad spots. Hell you've never been down on Wyandotte, State Ave, Quindaro in Kansas? I thought so! Hell I never came out a a club and seen the whole police force around it until I partied in KANSAS!! Save that shat for someone else acting like you were all scared and shat! One of those 'thugs' should have snatched you up and kicked your azz back to reality! Oh yeah and by the way, they snatching lil' pretties up on the Plaza, too!! Robbing and %*$aulting they azzes so don't think you're safe their, either!
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letmein
Comment: their=there and the censored word was as*saulting.
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: rayne .....yourmusic.com. You make a list and on the same day of each month they ship you the next cd on your list. They are all $6.95 plus shipping.
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: *pulling up a chair to sat down, with popcorn in hand*
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Name:
khufu
Comment: a man should marry a woman and vice versa.........
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Be, scoot over. I have the raisinetts.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: that's my postion on prop 8 Disillusioned Jones
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Name:
khufu
Comment: and yours?
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Khufu, my church's stance is anti gay marriage. My stance is anti gay marriage. I have voted no in my state to legalize gay marriage. However I have no problem with legislation that supports domestic partnerships. I do believe that if two people whether they are gay or hetero and live their lives as a family they should be treated as such as it pertains to insurance, etc.
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Juicebox
Comment: I support civil unions.
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Name:
letmein
Comment: She basically insulted my city HER city and that ain't cool. These uppity 25/20's here are all up in arms because our office is moving to a more 'urban' part of town. Mind you millions have been invested to renovate and make this an upcoming part of town. In our last meeting I walked the f' out because all the questions that were asked was about their safety. 'Will there be security?' 'Who will walk us to our cars?' BS like that. When in reality they are snatching 25/20's out of Target in BROAD DAYLIGHT and killing them in where? F'UCKING KANSAS!!! God's country let them tell it! F' snooty folk for real!
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khufu
Comment: JUICE....so one's moral/religious beliefs dont have to correspond with one's political/civil practives? How do we as humans reconcile that?
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Name:
khufu
Comment: that's civil practices
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Name:
khufu
Comment: JUICE does your clergy person actually sermonize about homosexuality in/from the "pulpit?"
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: Don't go to church, but as for homosexuality, if they like it, I love it. I personally don't care who marries whom. That will be between them and their God.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: *dipping hand in popcorn w/ raisinetts, my FAV!* Okay, so WHY COME I've been over to drool over my comforter set @ linens-n-things since they're going outta business...I was about to buy it cuz it was on clearance for like $40 off! So, as I go the shopping cart WHY the hell is the cheapest shipping $23??? *passes out*
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: Pass the popcorn. I picked a good time to come back. Dressed for the interview and everythang...
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Name:
rayne
Comment: Thanks YLAWDY~ I think my rehab will be coming to an end real soon. BIGCHASSIE~ I really think I’m going to give up NETFLEX. I’ve had the same 2 movies for over a month- nothing really worth seeing, except maybe the classics.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: I support civil unions too...but not gay marriage.
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Name:
HersheysKiss
Comment: Soror Juicy Couture and Bey-Beys Kids...I got my flask and honey wings and just wiped the dust off the screen.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: DAYUM IT'S COLD IN THIS OFFICE!! can't wait to get back to my desk with the heater on underneath. geez! no wonder the other receptionist got sick. it's like a freezer in here!
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: JB, stop being stingy and pass me those raisinetts.*scooting closer, this is about to get good*
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Khufu I am not sure that my moral/religious beliefs dont reconcile with my political/civil practices. I dont think they should be able to get married b/c like you I believe that marriage is between one man and one woman period. Two people who shack up, live in sin on a long term basis whatever you want to call it should be able to be covered by their partner's insurance, should be able to make medical and legal decisions on behalf of the other. It is obvious this is their intention and family members should not be able to come in and say otherwise. That is just common sense. I dont see the moral and civil clash in this argument.
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Name:
beyourself
Comment: Whats Poppin, Hersh, can I get about 3 small honey wings. *passes Misscharli the popcorn*.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: what is the difference between a gay marriage and civil union?
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Name:
CRENEEJ
Comment: KHUFU, i'm >< JB on that one too... as a christian i dont' condone it, but i don't see why they cannot have the same legal benefits as a heterosexual couple. i believe in the sanctity of marriage and that it was intended for men and women, but not for men and men and women and women.... my BFF is gay, and when his partner was killed 3 months ago, he had to go thru some stuff, and that's why i think they should be able to insure and inherit, but not in the church...
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Name:
HersheysKiss
Comment: Good luck MissCharli. You'll be gr8! Prayers r w/ you. I also poured a little out for you too. *very little...flasks only hold but so much u know*
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Yes homosexuality has been preached about as well as fornication, master bation and most social issues of the day. My pastor often speaks on not having freaky friends, etc.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Soror Hershey, save me some wangs.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: Okay let's set the rules..Im not attacking so dont attack..I'm simply discussing beliefs.....
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: Thanks, Hershey. Gonna go do this thang. Completely understand that flasks only hold so much as well as the fact that we are in troubled financial times and we can only spare so much for libation rites.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: If a person says that they believe that homosexuality is wrong and unnatural and that is their religious belief, then if they then say it is okay for people of the same sex to be recognized as marriage partners for civil/political (as in governmental) purposes....isnt that a contradiction of beliefs?
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CRENEEJ
Comment: who is vanity?
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: Well, then shouldn't everyone have to have a civil union ceremony/contract and then those that have a religious conviction about what marriage is, then have a religious marriage ceremony? Seems to me if you have all the benefits of marriage in a civil union, then the only thing separating the two processes is religion.
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: Juice, I don't think your Pastor would condone of this board. I say that tongue in cheek, because there are some who probably would. Calling all lurker Pastors out of hiding!
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Nope I dont recognize them as marriage partners. I recognize them as people who live their life as a family and therefore should have some protection. Family does not always equal or include marriage.
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Name:
amethyst
Comment: TGIF. Dang, y'all really, really chatty today, almost 250 comments. asize - You have mail, let me know if you get it. /Misscharli - Which cruise line(s) did you sail on to the Mexican Riviera? I'm a travel agent and always looking for good ideas. Now, lemme try to catch up on all these posts.
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: Yall can keep that popcorn. I got some fried rice and sesame chicken.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: LOL freaky friends..LOL that's funny...in that comment, your pastor condemned most of the congregation
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Name:
HersheysKiss
Comment: *passing out wangs* (as Juicy Couture would say) Slow down, now. There's a plenty. I got two party packs from Super Costco! ROTFL *And I only came to drop off the coupons..now I'm dranking on the job* SMH (Takes a swig)
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CRENEEJ
Comment: KHUFU, it is, but it isn't. I was taught to love the sinner, but hate the sin. Whether or not, i agree w/ the morality of their decision doesn't mean that their rights should be limited. i know that murder is wrong, but i also know that a murderer is entitled to due process.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: MsCharli, theorectically you are right. But I think my pastor is a tortured soul when it comes to spooge so I wouldn't bee surprised if he was lurking. I have heard rumors about him for years. Spooge is my issue so I cant hate on him for that. But if he were a chester or something along those lines, then it would be a differenct story. Also I am not a SHEEP. I dont follow anyone blindly and I can be a member of your church and/or organization and not believe or agree with everything you preach.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: okay: what is marriage? let's define the word, term, insitution.....what can we all agree is its TRUE origins?
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: Amethyst, I took two 7 day cruises on Princess (if you want slow, romantic, getting to know you, I need a rest time with your lover) and two three day cruises on Royal Caribbean (party hardy, stagger back to the ship after doing shots up and down the streets). Great times!
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Name:
letmein
Comment: I'm out fam! I might try to slip back on later. I hope I don't get as*saulted, raped, mugged or hit over the head by some homeless thug **rolling eyes so hard that I fell asleep** LOL!! Who said that? I still use it! HA!!!
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: Juice, I am applauding you for not being a SHEEP! So critical! The church, whatever denomination, is full of SHEEPLE and a few smart independent folks who follow Christ or their Higher Power and are there to enjoy the %*$embly. I am there for the latter. I am dead serious when I say this: If my attitude is not right, if I know that I am not hearing what I need to hear, I will either stay home and read my Word there and pray, or discreetly leave. I know where I will be when I die. It's all about Christ for me. Not the four walls of a church building.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: khufu, I don't support gay marriage...
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Name:
khufu
Comment: CREE okay and I agree with your comment about loving the sinner...however, what about rendering those things that are Caesar's to Caesar and those thinks that are God's.......?
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Name:
khufu
Comment: what is difference between civil union and gay marriage?
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Name:
khufu
Comment: If homosexuality is wrong morally and naturally and it is accepted by recognition then what about an agreed to wedding between a 14 year old and a thirty year old?
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: Alright, family, I am OUT. Start the prayer chain...this thing starts at 11am PST (one hour). The Lord is at work - He's gonna do this, and prayer works. Will try to jump on later if I get back in time. Shortey/Cali - see y'all tomorrow night. Call me when you hit the road.
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Name:
CRENEEJ
Comment: amen JB, amen... i'm there right now w/ the pastor of my church, and am really ready to be out...
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: MsCharli, I so agree. I have always been that way. You cant just tell me something and I will believe it hook line and sinker. You have to factor in environment, experiences, EDUCATION, exposure and the list goes on. All of these will affect someone's interpretation of scriptures. It is all about Christ for me and not the pastor. I think so many people are searching for something or in need of something they subconsciously meld God and the pastor into one being. You have to be a critical thinker and read things for yourself and get your own understanding.
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Name:
CaliRedbone
Comment: dang.... whass crackin' up in here, up in here??? Oh, Ya know I gots to give a birthday shout out to Fonzerelli" "sprinkle me man".. yeah im late, but a sista been workin'...LOL yep me!!! ohhhhh Im soooo ready for tomm night!!!! Misscharli' we'll hit ya when we get on 80'!!! wassup shortey gurl'!!!! all yall.. hayyyyy, it's Friday, dog gone it!!!!! Chass' pass that sipsip... and did I see somebody with with some wangs' in here??? hookasistaup'!!!!
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Name:
CRENEEJ
Comment: KHUFU, i think those are 2 different things. now the age difference is the problem b/c at 14 you can't really make an informed decision about a relationship.... at 19 i don't have as much of an issue.... and we don't have to give to caesar (gov't) b/c they already take it (taxes). if the question is do i tithe regularly, then i would say no... i don't like the direction of the church right now, so i do not financially support it, but i do support some members in need....
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Name:
amethyst
Comment: asize - Many kids don't test well. I believe PD's consistent superior academic performance will count a lot. When I was in high school people acknowledged that children of color overall don't do as well on standardized tests. There have been studies and debates about them being culturally biased. PD will get into schools, and get some scholarship money. /Vanity - Do we know you already? I know some good spooge tires you out, but I don't think I could leave the house the next day without washing my hair. The thought of conjugal juice in my hair is ewwww. /And, do we know BigRuss? YLawdY, where you at?
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Prayers up, MC! Claim that prize!
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Per encarta: civ·il un·ion (plural civ·il un·ions)
noun
Definition:
affirmation of same-sex partnership: a ceremony celebrating the affirmation of a partnership shared by a same-sex couple or a couple who choose not to marry
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Marriage, socially recognized and approved union between individuals, who commit to one another with the expectation of a stable and lasting intimate relationship. It begins with a ceremony known as a wedding, which formally unites the marriage partners. A marital relationship usually involves some kind of contract, either written or specified by tradition, which defines the partners’ rights and obligations to each other, to any children they may have, and to their relatives. In most contemporary industrialized societies, marriage is certified by the government.
In addition to being a personal relationship between two people, marriage is one of society’s most important and basic institutions. Marriage and family serve as tools for ensuring social reproduction. Social reproduction includes providing food, clothing, and shelter for family members; raising and socializing children; and caring for the sick and elderly. In families and societies in which wealth, property, or a hereditary title is to be passed on from one generation to the next, inheritance and the production of legitimate heirs are a prime concern in marriage. However, in contemporary industrialized societies, marriage functions less as a social institution and more as a source of intimacy for the individuals involved.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: CALIRED>hayyy chile, here you go! *passes her the sip-sip*
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Marriage is commonly defined as a partnership between two members of opposite sex known as husband and wife. However, scholars who study human culture and society disagree on whether marriage can be universally defined. The usual roles and responsibilities of the husband and wife include living together, having sexual relations only with one another, sharing economic resources, and being recognized as the parents of their children. However, unconventional forms of marriage that do not include these elements do exist. For example, scholars have studied several cultural groups in Africa and India in which husbands and wives do not live together. Instead, each spouse remains in his or her original home, and the husband is a “visitor” with sexual rights. Committed relationships between homosexuals (individuals with a sexual orientation toward people of the same sex) also challenge conventional definitions of marriage.
Debates over the definition of marriage illustrate its dual nature as both a public institution and a private, personal relationship. On the one hand, marriage involves an emotional and sexual relationship between particular human beings. At the same time, marriage is an institution that transcends the particular individuals involved in it and unites two families. In some cultures, marriage connects two families in a complicated set of property exchanges involving land, labor, and other resources. The extended family and society also share an interest in any children the couple may have. Furthermore, the legal and religious definitions of marriage and the laws that surround it usually represent the symbolic expression of core cultural norms (informal behavioral guidelines) and values.
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: "Whether or not, i agree w/ the morality of their decision doesn't mean that their rights should be limited." So isn't that what's being done when you say gays can't marry? Are you (in the collective) saying what yall are doing is wrong, but we'll let you do it as long as you don't call it what I call it?
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Name:
HersheysKiss
Comment: Cali...wash yo hands first. And no..I will not share what's in my flask. Soror Juicy C pass her the platter please *putting combination lock on flask now that Cali is here side eye*
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Juice, I'm feeling what you and MC are sayin'. I'm a believer in critical thinking...and your points ring so true.
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Name:
HHCassius
Comment: I think politics has muddied the issue of gay marriage. The rhetoric spewed by the religious right has got yall thinking that heterosexual marriage is on the wane and in danger of extinction. Pardon the term, but gays will continue to practice their lifestyle all the same regardless of whether or not gay marriage is legalized / criminalized. Legislating morality should never have crept into the purview of politics and only did so when the Republicans found themselves losing political ground in the 60s and needed to find something for the people to vote them into office. (Sound familiar, folks? Something like the national issue being voted on back in 2004 when the country was continuing to be bled dry by war and hedge fund managers and the subprime mortgage lending market?) As far as I'm concerned, all voting yes on Prop 8 did was create more animosity and a reason for more people to hate black and brown people because a majority of them voted yes on Prop 8.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: all i'm trying to do is to get warm!
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: HH, interesting points...
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Name:
HersheysKiss
Comment: YLY....excellent observation. Is that along the lines of "as long as it doesn't impact me...it doesn't bother me"? OR is it along the lines of "It's not wrong if I'm doing it and/or only under specific circumstances" will the proverbial 'I' give it a pass.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Ylawdy I get what you are saying. I guess what they are being denied is a title and possibly crappy social security benefits which wont be there anyway. In California where all this brouhaha is occuring, the gay couples and other domestic partners already have all the rights and priviledges that married couples have anyway. So their argument is about a title and they want to force people to accept them and their lifestyle. I dont have to accept your lifestyle I just cant discriminate against you because of it. Ultimately you are right this is between them and their god, but I dont have to vote yes on it. If it ever does pass, then it passes, but if it doesn't, Pass the couvoisier!!!!!(just kidding)
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: I've heard last night that some gays were saying that blacks had the nerve to discriminate against another race after what we went through...is this struggle on par with the fight for civil rights?
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: HHCassius, legalizing gay marriage is a form of legilating morality, dontcha think.
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Name:
CaliRedbone
Comment: Thanks chass'!!! dannnnnggggg Hersh' why I gots to be getting the side eye'.. hmph!!
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: When did being a MO constitute a race of people. I dont see this as a discrimination.
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Name:
HersheysKiss
Comment: HH --and for more people to hate the church/places of worship and the people attending.---Making the azzumption that all brown/black/church/synagogue /whatever are a monolithic thinking/acting/speaking people. SAD
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: ASIZE>that dude dancing to Beyonce got her down pat real good. he was workin it! lol!
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: I got the term MO from Will and grace.
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Name:
HHCassius
Comment: Now let's keep it real though. Let it not be said that I don't find gays' comparison of their struggle to earn equality in marriage rights to blacks' struggle for equality in civil rights to be EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE. All I have to do is think about Isaiah Washington, and while he was a dumba$s, I found it very telling about the power structure in Hollywood where gay gets preferential treatment over black. Jasmyne Cannick, a black lesbian journalist / blogger, has said on several occasions how the gay movement at large pays about as much attention to gays of color as society and the government pays to people of color, i.e. the gay rights movement is mainly white, affluent professionals who care nothing of the struggles of the gay everyman who has economic and ethnic and racial struggles stacked on deck. Even with all the hoops and fire Isaiah Washington jumped through to do his penance and show his remorse, Shonda Rhimes was apparently given no choice other than to show him the door and write him right out of Seattle Grace.
And let us not forget about protests on the passing of Prop 8 in Westwood, California, where gay blacks were walking by and treated to racist epithets hurled by gay whites.
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Name:
HHCassius
Comment: Check http://www.jasmynecannick.com/blog/?p=2857
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: HH, I saw that chick last night on Bill O'Reilly...
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Name:
khufu
Comment: Okay I am back...so then our definitions of marriage based on religion are wrong?
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Name:
khufu
Comment: We commonly believe that the THE definition of marriage is based in Judeo Chritianity where a man is supposed to be married to a women..is that not correct?
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Name:
CaliRedbone
Comment: Neverland Ranch Not MJ's Anymore
Michael Jackson has given up title to his Neverland ranch, transferring the deed to a company he partly controls.
The singer filed a grant deed on the ranch Monday that makes the new owner an entity called the Sycamore Valley Ranch Co. LLC, Tom Pearson of the Santa Barbara County clerk-recorder's office said Wednesday.
Sycamore Valley Ranch Co. is a joint venture between Jackson and an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC, according to a person with knowledge of the transaction who was not authorized to speak on the record and requested anonymity.
The person could not say what would become of the 2,500-acre property in the bucolic, oak-studded hills of Santa Barbara County's wine country, 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: intersting comment:.....Name: HHCassius Comment: I think politics has muddied the issue of gay marriage
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: HHCassius, I read that story yesterday. To be utterly and completely honest, if presented the opportunity to vote, then I dont see myself voting anything but no. However if it passes, I wont be losing my mind like the folks in California. Lots of amoral and immoral things are legal in this country.
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khufu
Comment: so if people wanted to practice polygamy in the US should they be allowed? Name: YLawdY Comment: "Whether or not, i agree w/ the morality of their decision doesn't mean that their rights should be limited." So isn't that what's being done when you say gays can't marry?
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Name:
khufu
Comment: if a minor wants to marry someone twice their age...should they be allowed?..............Name: YLawdY Comment: "Whether or not, i agree w/ the morality of their decision doesn't mean that their rights should be limited." So isn't that what's being done when you say gays can't marry?
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: And to be even more honest, I do a lot of amoral and immoral things, so there.
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khufu
Comment: who says so?...what is the 14 year old is mature?...........Name: CRENEEJ Comment: KHUFU, i think those are 2 different things. now the age difference is the problem b/c at 14 you can't really make an informed decision about a relationship.
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Name:
HHCassius
Comment: And to be honest, if the issue of marriage is up for legal debate, why is it wrong for a justice of the peace to perform a ceremony that will make a couple a married couple in the eyes of the LAW as opposed to the eyes of the church or God? Justice of the peace is a strictly governmental / legal ceremony. Yes, we mix church and state by having witnesses and elected officials take oaths on a holy book, but marriage can be defined as just the legal ceremony. If a religious oficiant wishes to perform a religious ceremony signifying the bond between two people, why would you care about that? Would your pastor do that? Would you go to a church where that was allowed? Then what's the point?
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yelleyw
Comment: Dang y'all talked wayyy too much for me to catch up. One of my best friends from literally the crib got "married" in July and I was the best man er..woman. I fully support his union because he's my friend. I have a few gay friends and who they choose to sleep with is not my buisness. I think people like to pick and choose what is right and wrong. Hell I shouldn't be focking either cause I'm not married but no one says anything about that. *shrugs shoulder* My church is totally against gay marriage, abortion, fornicating, etc. We are all sinners I'm not saying its right or okay but who am I to turn my nose up at their sin when I have so many of my own?
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Name:
khufu
Comment: JUICE no need confess we just talkin and well do immorla things...but if YOU NEED TO CONFESS step on over into my confessional bed...I mean, box....you are a woman, right?
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khufu
Comment: good point HH....conside this though: traditionally and historically the separation of church from state is a Euro Western concept...Others believe it is impossible to separate "God" from your human (governmental, legal, etc) affairs
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HHCassius
Comment: And I still don't see the problem with polygamy as long as incest and child molestation / statutory rape / female subjugation / child brides aren't involved. It's a choice. It's acceptable in Morman and African societies alike.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: so TO EVERYONE there are some things that are good for in church but not out of the church? SO homosexuality and being gay is wrong on SUndays but okay in the courts Monday through Friday?
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Yelleyw, I agree.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: HH statutory rape is a legal concept though.....in some countries you can marry a minor..what makes it wrong if you have two consenting parties?
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Name:
HHCassius
Comment: It's unnatural. Funny as it is, a lot of things that are natural are illegal. Like smoking cannibis as opposed to tobacco. Like retributional violence.
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khufu
Comment: YELLY stay focused please...we talking about homosexuality, gayness, marriage and civil unions.....
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Name:
HHCassius
Comment: My unnatural comment pertains to homosexuality as it's almost a contradiction in terms, given that the evolutionary (whoops, bad choice of words) purpose for sex is procreation, which is impossible between members of the same sex.
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khufu
Comment: HH what is unnatural---homosexuality? I agree there.....
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Juicebox
Comment: Khufu, I never truly understood seperation of church and state completely. I know the arguments that have been made, but I also think that if religion, faith, or whatever is part of you, then it is going to affect the state. If I am a legislator who is a hypocritial southern baptist, how could that no affect the decisions I make and they way I vote. If you vote the way your constituents want, and your constituency is washed in the blood of the lamb, then that affects the state as well. To me it is all semantics.
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amethyst
Comment: asize - I'll help you with PD's resume./ chassie - Colored concrete??? And how the heck do discussions about college make you think of soup? /CrazzeeGyrl - I haven't dealt with a bank in 20 years, I love my credit union. /How many times is arkansas gonna post? Maybe her comprewter is on crack like asize12's.
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Name:
NOTESINGER
Comment: Good afternoon and HAPPY FRIDAY, all of my EUR family - Lurker Mama here. DJ>NO, what some gays are saying has NOTHING to do with the civil rights era, civil rights activists, or the blood that was shed to GET civil rights for black folks. JMO. Howyadoin', everyone?
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khufu
Comment: good thoughs HH...so what youre saying then is homosexuality is different than civil unions......one is unnatural and the other is merely a mechanism to allow human beings the rights to protection under the law while not necessarily condoning the immoral/unnatural act?
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Name:
amethyst
Comment: Community colleges are cheaper, too. Freshman Week was all dat! Getting to know your classmates, playing cards all night, going over to Morehouse to make new friends. To this day, college was the best four years of my life!! I did the thang like it should be done. Uh, unless you want to graduate with good grades. LOL
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Name:
khufu
Comment: are poeple seeking civil unions gay or homosexual? what is the criteria or basis for civil unions?
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Name:
khufu
Comment: should your religious institution teach/preach against hmosexuality and civil unions?
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: khufu...note the quote marks. That was Cree's comment. I was just asking the question "So isn't that what's being done when you say gays can't marry?" Got it? HH...I'm with you in finding objectionable the comparison between the rights of gays to marry and the civil rights struggle. Sure the issue is about civil rights but on a whole 'nother scale. Comparing the two trivializes the very real sacrifices made by black people. You can look at me and know that I'm black. No one has to know you're gay unless you choose for them to know it.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: My opposition to gay marriage is not biblical, it is natural. Nature shows us that homosexuality is abnormal. (Abnormal is a harsh word but cant think of a more pleasing one) Male and female parts fit together. A woman's body is made to recieve a man. It fits unless a stomach gets in the way. They come together and can produce life. Two males come together and produce a busted anus. To women come together and produce friction maybe.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: ROFLMAO
Name: Juicebox Comment: Two males come together and produce a busted anus. To women come together and produce friction maybe.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: do most people oppose gayness/homosexuality based on religious or scientific/biological reasons?
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: ROTFLMBAO@ JBox...girl, you STUPID!!! You need an agent. I'm a put you and YLY on a comedy tour, I swear!
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: Can't answer that as don't oppose it. I don't care who you sleep with, I don't care who you marry. I really don't see how someone else's marital status, gay or straight, is my business or yours or the governments.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Khufu, I dont know if I "oppose" it. I accept an individual for who they are in total. Their preference is not all of who they are I hope. It is just an aspect. I had a good friend who is gay. My disdain for him is not his homosexuality, my disdain for him stems from his shadyness. His homosexuality has nothing to do with his character.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: khufu, I'm like JBox. I know how I feel about the issue based on what I learned in the church and also through biology. If the vote goes down I know how I'm casting my ballot. If the vote wins, I will not lose sleep. If the vote loses, I will not lose sleep...
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Name:
Love2shop
Comment: Good afternoon all. Juicebox,now THAT was funny.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Right now I'm about this paper and our economy. That matters more to me than who sleeps with who under the umbrella of marriage or civil union. Real talk...If I had a gay married couple next door I'll just keep it moving. I have hetero couples next door and I keeps it moving...now you mess up my stocks and bonds? That's a problem!
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: And Noah's Arc is one of my favorite shows?
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Hey Love2shop. I amuse myself sometimes as well.
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Name:
Love2shop
Comment: Hey I just started watching Noah's Arc myself. I have new cable and it's on the LOGO channel. I never knew that channel existed.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: DJ, I have a same sex couple(white) with kids as neighbors. It took me a couple of years to realize that they were a gay couple because the "man" is a PAT. I thought he was a male for a long time until I saw him cleaning the pool and his breasts were hanging. My only problem with them is that they have an above ground pool in their little azz backyard. The pool takes up the entire back yard. It is so "ghetto" I cant remember the term we are supposed to be using. They also put up the cheapest holiday decorations outside their house.
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: YLY>> Cosign couldn't say it any plainer. I do get annoyed when yt gays talk try to compare it to our struggle. Not the same. Juicey>> I think you are the one on here who got me watching Noah's Arc. I got it from Netflix last month and enjoyed it. So sad it ended so abruptly.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Love2, a tamer version also comes on BETJ. The movie came out last month in limited release. I cant wait until I can rent it.
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Name:
HersheysKiss
Comment: Have a gr8 weekend Family. Soror Juicy Couture....you're a mess...but I loves ya! Catch you all b4 Thanksgiving. SMOOCHES!!!
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: Juice....not THAT something to be upset about. There aughta be a law against ghettolike shyt, non discriminatory of course.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Yelley, the movie picks up the story line. It think it is called Noah jumps the broom.
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Name:
Juicebox
Comment: Ylawdy I cant beleive it is not against HOA regs. I usually mind my own business but I think I am going to call and see about that.
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Name:
Love2shop
Comment: Juicebox...thanks. I'll watch for it to hit DVD.
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Name:
CRENEEJ
Comment: YLY, no i'm not saying that..... i don't agree with it. i agree they should have the same rights, but i think it's wrong to try to force someone to accept choices that they don't agree with. case in point, if they pass this law, can a gay couple sue a minister who refuses to marry them? would it be right for them to?
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Name:
khufu
Comment: well yall have a gay weekend.......
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: AMETHYST>yes, colored concrete. i do work for an architechual design firm, there is no telling what they may bring in here. they use this stuff for not only floors but coutertops too. intersting. as for soup, when i was talking to ASIZE soup just popped into my mind so that is what i wanted to eat. it's part of my aquarian brainwave. lol!
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Crenee, I'm interested to hear some opinions on that question, too...
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: Could a straight couple sue a minister that refused to marry them? If so, then yes, a gay couple could sue a minister that refused to marry them. That's what equal means.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Chass, tell your firm to design you a space heater...LOL!
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: amethyst....Hey girl. Yes, I'm here, but didn't feel like running after no hit or miss folks today. Vanity has been around, but I don't know that other dude. My cousin told me you guys talked. She thinks you are so funny. You didn't tell her about the F4A did you? LOL
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: Juicey>> Thanks I just added it to my queue
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Name:
CRENEEJ
Comment: YLY, if he refused to marry the gay couple on the basis that he doesn't agree w/ the lifestyle can you call him wrong?
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Name:
khufu
Comment: gay as in happy
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Name:
CaliRedbone
Comment: now yall' know folks will sue someone because they farted... just hold on
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Name:
khufu
Comment: should your misniter preach/teach against homosexuality?
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Name:
asize12
Comment: LMAO @ jb!!! You so damn stoopid...but that's EXACTLY how I feel about the whole situation. I concur with your statements. Good convo today people...very interesting & good points made so far...*smaking on popcorn w/ raisinettes* >ame, you have mail dear. >letmein, it was *I* that made the comment about 'rolling my eyes until I fall asleep'.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: If it becomes civilly permissible for gay people to marry then it should become civially permissible for polygamists and minors who want to get married to someone older....
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Name:
Lovely
Comment: Hi fam... too much convo to catch up on PLUS I have about 8 hours worth of work to finish before 4pm... there's no rest for the weary. I need to find an old white gazillionaire who doesn't have any kids and who is knocking on death's door so I can get married and retire.
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Name:
CRENEEJ
Comment: and more than that. if a civil union gives them the same rights, what's the issue at hand?
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Name:
CaliRedbone
Comment: wow khufu thats a heck of a comparison!
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Name:
CRENEEJ
Comment: khufu, my old one didn't. if they preach against it then they should preach against any other sin...such as shacking up and fornication.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: hmmmmm...interesting
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Name:
khufu
Comment: CALI why do you not easily see the comparison?
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Name:
CRENEEJ
Comment: and KHUFU, on the other hand, once one of those things fall, then they all do... i don't think minors should marry. polygamy is based on some people's religions, and thereby justified to them.... i can't speak on that one
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khufu
Comment: CREE good point...as a matter of fact, very few preachers preach against sin these days...notice that? now where I REALLY was taking the conversation and you have provided the perfect transition....does your preacher sermonize about the last days and the anti-Christ?
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Name:
khufu
Comment: so who is right and who is wName: CRENEEJ Comment: and KHUFU, on the other hand, once one of those things fall, then they all dorong?.....
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Name:
khufu
Comment: CREE: whose religion/beliefs are right and whose are wrong? whose should prevail? remember the yt christians believed Niggras should be slaves....
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Name:
khufu
Comment: I think there are some minosrs mature enough to be married and the history of this country supports that notion.....minors used to get married especially in the SOuth
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Name:
khufu
Comment: religion...organized religion.....is it time to re evaluate them? is the time to transform them at hand? The choirs of most Black churches would fall apart if the gay folks left.......
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Name:
khufu
Comment: how many of you have read Black Erotica or/and Dark Eros?
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Name:
LawdHvMrcy
Comment: ATTENTION BAY AREA CALI FOLKS!!!! Email me ur contact info to bs11221972@yahoo.com so we can coordinate the meetup at PepperBelly's on Saturday!!!!! Look forward to hearing from you! Sorry for th driveby-- stuck in this dayum class. Hope tha family is doing well!
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Name:
MsFresno
Comment: Amen YlawdyY
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Name:
amethyst
Comment: Banks are thugs! They are sheisters (sp?) and will slap some crazy fees on you. Wachovia would let my co-worker's ex-husband swipe his debit until eternity when he was overdrawn, because they charged $40 a pop for NSF. /DJ - What is "seckle"? /yelley - I love gyros, the tsatsiki sauce is what makes 'em great. I haven't had one in a long time.
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Name:
PhillysFinest
Comment: *stepping up on soapbox* Ahem..I've been in Lurkerville for the longest..I used to go by the moniker "melonseed" back in the day. But it being a slow Friday and all, I'd like to put in my 2 cent on the gay/religion/marriage thang...are there degrees of sin? Is fornication more acceptable than gay sex? As a single, healthy, full bodied, woman with NEEDS...uhh, hol' up, yall know what I'm sayin'...I know I fight with my flesh regularly. The flesh always wants fulfillment.
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Name:
amethyst
Comment: khufu - Thanks for the word "reconcile", it is appropriate for my thoughts about homosexuality. My church doesn't support homosexuality, and my pastor preaches/teaches that opposite sexes are supposed to be together. I don't support domestic partnerships, gay marriage or civil unions. Yet, it's hard for me to reconcile these thoughts with my belief that some people are born gay, and that everyone is a child of God. The way I handle it is to love and respect gay people and treat them like I treat everyone else.
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CRENEEJ
Comment: KHUFU, the yt christians believeing that blacks should be slaves was not based on christianity. that was based on greed, laziness and their thoughts that they knew better than we do.... i do not blame christianity for what some people do in its name...
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amethyst
Comment: I don't know of any openly gay members in my church, although there are people who people know or suspect are gay. No one bothers them, calls them out, or mistreats them. My pastor does not preach that far right hatred ish, if he did I'd change churches. Interestingly, a man who is one of our first lady's closest friends is very gay, and a friend told me he lives with his lover. I guess she and the pastor are tolerant, as they should be.
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Name:
asize12
Comment: >ame, I was wondering the same thing about that word. I coulda sworn the song said 'settle'. DJ, straighten it out! Gyros are off the chain! If anyone ever visits the Lou, go to the Best Steakhouse & order a gyro...phenomenal!
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Juice - that "busted" and "friction" comment was too funny. Girl you are crazy.
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: Ame>> Yeah girl I had a craving for one. Mmmmmm *poppin gum in mouth*
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: AMETHYST>what?40 dollars a pop for NSF? that is highway robbery. and they are wondering why consumers are not buying like they used to. there's no freakin money! and you got to pay a fee for this, and a fee for that, on top of the payment. shoot! DISSILUSIONED>i know that's right cause this crap i got underneath the desk is not doing me any good. i'mm still cold! and they won't let us bring in a real heater for our desks!
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: it's 3:14 in the ATL and counting....
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Ame, seckle means to just chill...like instead of beefin' with you I'll just seckle. Wow, I've always been intrigued by lurkers because I couldn't sit back and not say something. But nuff respect to the Lurkers and welcome back Philly...mellonseed sounds familiar to me. But as for degrees of sin, I think sin is sin, period. IMO I think that as humankind becomes smarter (technology) we become more secular as a whole. The difference between our generation's logic and morality is alot more liberal than our grandparents...
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Name:
khufu
Comment: interesting...so if homosecuality is wrong and a pastor teaches against wrong, they are teaching hatred?............Name: amethyst Comment: I don't know of any openly gay members in my church, although there are people who people know or suspect are gay. No one bothers them, calls them out, or mistreats them. My pastor does not preach that far right hatred ish
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Name:
amethyst
Comment: Juice - There is a moral and civil clash to me. The civil decisions (domestic partnerships, civil unions) don't line up with my moral beliefs. What's the difference between civil unions and gay marriage? In either case the gay couple is recognized as being in a committed relationship, and has legal rights. Shouldn't heterosexual couples be able to have civil unions instead of marriage, so the long-term boyfriend/girlfriend can make legal decisions, get on their partner's benefits, etc.? Because my religious interpretation is that fornication and homosexuality are not condoned in the Bible, shacking up and gay marriage are no different. How ironic that hetero marriage is not valued as much in today's society, while gays want to get married. And some gay couples are more committed and stay together longer than hetero couples. Interesting times we live in.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: Black pastors used to teach about homoseuality...they were being far right huh? Interesting how times change......what was wrong is no longer wrong
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: Philly's Melon...Well if you're lurking, you know the drill. Stats please.
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Name:
JFromMO
Comment: Y'all have a wonderful weekend. Be blessed. Stay safe.
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Name:
Love2shop
Comment: Banks are the biggest robbers out there (I use to work for them). I just read in my bank statement that not only is the NSF fee $35, but they will charge an additional $8 per day your account stays overdrawn.
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Name:
CRENEEJ
Comment: So often we look at the world without really seeing it. We go about our daily life without noticing those around us who may be hurting. But what would happen if we began to really see the people around us? To see their hurt and joy and pain? We would be seeing with God’s eyes.
When you begin to look at people the way that God does, you see that we are all hurt, broken, and in need of love. You begin to see the real needs around you. And when you are looking with God’s eyes, you feel compelled to help. You may not be able to help everyone, but you can certainly help someone. You may not have money, but you might have time, stuff, or skills. Ask God to show you the world through his eyes and to teach you how you can begin to help his people.
Matthew 25:35-40
For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me. Then these righteous ones will reply, “Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?” And the King will say, “I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!”
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Name:
khufu
Comment: agreed and amen....Name: amethyst Comment: The way I handle it is to love and respect gay people and treat them like I treat everyone else.
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Name:
khufu
Comment: agreed CREE however the same bible you quote speaks to condemnation of things wrong and against God...interesting dilema we humans are in
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Name:
khufu
Comment: we can feed the homosexual while telling him/her that their choice is not in line with God's law caint we?
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Name:
khufu
Comment: Breaking The Silence: Fulfilling the Promise by Marimba Ani (One of Our Elders) Author of Yurugu......
Amura Onaa tells us that when our Ancestors were being torn apart from each other, we looked into each other’s eyes and made a solemn promise. We promised to reconnect with each other so that this tearing apart would never happen again. It is the Afrikan belief that we are our Ancestors reborn, and through this spiritual rebirth, we gain eternal life. The promise could only be fulfilled by future generations returning as Afrikans who had made this sacred promise to each other. What our Ancestors suffered over centuries, could only have been survived because they had hope.....
But what could possibly have given them cause for hope? If they had not survived and bore children who bore children who bore children, we would not be here. It is the Afrikan belief that we choose to be born when we are in the spirit world, and that we make a contract to fulfill a purpose in this life. All of this can only mean that we have chosen to be born Afrikan and that we are the hope of our Ancestors. Our purpose on this earth is to avenge our Ancestors and to achieve the victory: Afrikan sovereignty through a Pan-Afrikan world order based on the principles of MAAT. It is our choice to fulfill The Promise to our Ancestors by achieving the victory denied them......
It is now Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Is this the final act of assimilation, accommodation, and integration? Is this how we are fulfilling our promise to the Ancestors? Has America made restitution for what was done to them, still being done to us? Is the Maafa over or has it merely morphed into another, more insidious form of genocide? Are we now experiencing a life-threatening condition of cultural AIDS in which our immune system has turned on itself? Has the Yurugu virus mutated so that it looks like us? Are we participating in our own self-destruction?.....
We are witnessing a time of the most blatant acts of genocide such as “Katrina” (Maafa - 2005), in which thousands of our people were slaughtered, left to die, placed in disease-producing holding pens, forcibly relocated, separated from their families and support-systems, and their (our) children “lost”, all this for the purpose of corporate profit and for the illegal misappropriation of land.....
In our time, Afrikan mothers are being incarcerated in increasing numbers, so that their presence in the u.s. prison system almost equals that of Afrikan men and fathers, who have, for more than a century, been sacrificed to the prison-industrial complex.....
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khufu
Comment: We are living in the time of Blackwater, mercenaries used by government and corporations. We are living in the time of American support of European Hegemony taken to the most extreme levels ever in history. We watch as America’s bank, the so-called “world bank,” sucks the life out of Afrika, Jamaica and other Black nations. We are living in the time of the IMF, the Federal Reserve, the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bilderbergers and more.
The Patriot Act is an updated McCarran Act of 1950. We are living in a time that can be understood as part of “the process of Fascism”. Fascism creates a demon, sells this demonization to the public, then uses it to control (intimidate, detain, torture, kill) anyone who challenges the state’s abuse of human rights. In the l950’s the demons were the “subversives,” and the “communists” ´throughout the “cold war,” in 1968, following the %*$assination of Dr. King, the demons were those suspected of being “guerrillas”, and by 2001 the term “terrorists” had been accepted as describing the new “demons.” Should we allow the original, the real terrorists to define “terrorism” ?
This brief statement is only meant to point to the reality of the times in which we live, the political legacy that we have inherited as “americans,” and what we need to be aware of at this “historic” moment. In the 1960’s, our people were regarded by the rest of the world as leaders in the struggle for human rights as we fought to expose and confront the genocidal policies perpetrated by the american government towards Afrikan people in the u.s.
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amethyst
Comment: What's the point of a civil union, when you can designate via medical power of attorney, wills, etc. who you want to make decisions for you? Juicy - I agree about not agreeing with 100% of what the pastor says and not being "sheeple" (excellent word, Misscharli). People kill me with, "My pastor said this, my pastor said that." What do YOU say? The Bible says to "study to show thyself approved". For me, one of the purposes of the church is to as-sist me with understanding the Bible. However, the bottom line is for me to consult with God to get my own understanding.
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khufu
Comment: We stopped organizing. We stopped confronting “the system.” We became part of “the system.” We sent our sons to fight for u.s. monetary gain. We did not see value in self-determination, self-definition, and self-reliance for our people. Those who were politically conscious read and talked about ancient history. We no longer concerned ourselves with contemporary events, systems, or political realities. Instead of expanding our movement to become a world movement, a truly Pan-Afrikan movement, we were content to become “individuals” in the “greatest” (most materially powerful) country in the world.
So now we are “making history” by being swept up in someone else’s definition of what history is. We are “making history,” by capitulating to integration, accommodation, and assimilation. We have reached the mountain top, for we have been able to vote for a “first to.” The struggle is over. We have won. We can proudly say that one of our people represents the most repressive, destructive, inhumane, anti-Afrikan nation ever to have existed! We are proud to be part of a multinational corporate structure run by sociopathic adolescents who think nothing of stealing from their own people. (Imagine what they will do to us.)
We say that we vote because our Ancestors died to get the vote. Yes, if you decide to vote, that is your “right.” Do not, however, blame it on “the Ancestors.” That’s like saying Black people died to go to school with white people, so I will make sure that my children go to white schools. I have a personal experience of that Movement. Registering to vote in Mississippi was a means of confronting a system of oppression head on. Today we vote toavoid confrontation with a system that is Fascist. In Mississippi, attempting to register, meant putting your life on the line, if you were Black. This effort became part of a strategy to expose the system of oppression that existed in this country, which continues to exist even though we, Black people, can now “vote” (even in Mississippi). No, that is not what our Ancestors died for. They died to fulfill The Promise. And that is the question that we should raise. “What are we doing to fulfill The Promise?”
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khufu
Comment: Is this occasion “historic” because it represents the abandonment of our sacred obligation to the Ancestors? Will we go down in “his” story as having finally capitulated and become satisfied with the evil that is represented in contemporary globalization, privatization and international capitalism? Have we aborted our movement for freedom, liberation and sovereignty? Or have we merely redefined that objective in “american” individualistic, “what’s in it for me” terms? Have we now “won”? Or have we simply taken the easier road, finding it more comfortable to be colonized than to fight for liberation? Are we excited about the possibility of being closer to power than we have ever been beforeS, even though that power rests on the exploitation, even murder, of Afrikans and other non-Europeans throughout the world? Have we even dared to ask ourselves “what kind of person wouldwant to be president of the United States of America?”
What is the significance of this moment, Tuesday, November 4, 2008, in “our” story?
Let us make this a time for re%*$essment of our lives, each of us. Let us reconnect with each other in ways that will help our people to become self-sustaining. Let us read and study and become aware of what this country stands for in the world. Let us teach and learn about the monetary system.
Organize, Organize, Organize!
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khufu
Comment: that was another perspective on the Obama election........
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Name:
khufu
Comment: AME based on your study of the Bible, or any other Book...is the act, choice or lifestyle of homosexuality okay with God?
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Hey shopaholics....I had fun at Macy's the other day. The had sales up to 65% off. Pants that were $129 I bought for $30...Suit $250 I bought for $80. Sweater $39 I bought for $19. Going back this weekend.
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khufu
Comment: happy shopping...spooging.....lurking...lusting.......all that stuff
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Are we going to paint this portrait with solid colors or are we going to use variations for a more realistic rendering? Tolerance is key. Hate the sin, not the sinner. Ye without sin cast the first stone, blah, blah, blah...it all comes down to majority rules. What's good for the majority is is what rules over the land. There will always be pockets of disillusioned tribes questioning authority...there has to be a limitation somewhere, although everyone might not agree at what point or level it should stop at. You can use religion, science, or whatever method you want...
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Love2shop
Comment: Looks like I'll be headed to Macys this weekend too. Thanks CrazzeeGyrl.
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amethyst
Comment: Some hetero people enter into marriage more lightly than gays enter into civil unions. YLawdY - Comment: "Whether or not, i agree w/ the morality of their decision doesn't mean that their rights should be limited." What rights are we talking about? As I mentioned ^^ you can prepare a power of attorney, will, etc. and give anyone the authority to make decisions for you or inherit your property. However, state laws set certain legal rights for married couples, like in common law states a spouse automatically gets 50%. Shacked-up hetero couples and gay couples aren't married, so this wouldn't apply to them.
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CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Hershey - thanks for the emails.
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khufu
Comment: I hear you DJ...so where then is religion in all that? whose religion should supercede in this here America? Can folks really live and let live? If they can, then they wont be over in Iraq or Afghanistan or Iran? If they can then gay folks will be entitled to the civil privileges afforded everyone else? if they can then maybe the man who has four consenting women will be able to marry them and live in their house as long as they aint bothering anybody? and if a person living here wanted to eat dog because that's what they ate befor they cam here will have that right to observe their cultural traditions......
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khufu
Comment: and sheet while we at it...free Michael Vick....if some folks want to spend their money buying dogs to fight, shouldnt they have that right as well?
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Name:
khufu
Comment: asnd all yuo maried women, on my hit list, if you consent to leeting me spooge you....we are two consenting adults...it's quite alright then.......:--)
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CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Love2Shop - if you have a Macy's card and coupons you have save a whole lot. I did both cash & card.
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khufu
Comment: ahhh the Adamic plight...too much freedom will kill ya
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bigchassie
Comment: yall have a lovely weekend. i'm heading out early. take care, i'm out. Toots!
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khufu
Comment: Homosexuality is morally wrong therefore gay lifestyles includin civil marriages are wrong...I still love those who are gay and homo....that is my mandate to love them....however, that doesnt mean I will condone what they do...I will respect their FREE CHOICE.....
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amethyst
Comment: DJones - Although I believe some people are born gay, I don't compare the gay rights struggle with the Black civil rights struggle. Mostly because you can hide the fact that you are gay; you can't hide being Black. /Juicy - What is "MO"? /khufu - My grandmother got married at 14, I think she was pregnant because my aunt was born 7 months later, big and healthy. My grandfather was 17. I couldn't imagine a 14 or 17-year-old getting married today. Oh, except Bristol Palin and her baby-daddy. Now that Sarah lost, I'm taking odds on how likely a wedding is going to occur. /HHCassius - Good point, marriage is primarily a legal (i.e. civil) event. Whether or not a church/mosque/synagogue is involved, the marriage ain't recognized legally unless a marriage license is filed at the county.
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CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: you "will save" a whole lot
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khufu
Comment: Last point: may you all be afced with a challenge this week where your beliefs regarding this matter are challenged...may a gay person walk up to you and ask you plainly: "Im gay...am I wrong accoridng to God?" May this happen at your church..or at your home........LOL
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khufu
Comment: can you save souls ROFLMAO........Name: CrazzeeGyrl Comment: you "will save" a whole lot
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khufu
Comment: AME so at one time it was legal and socially permissible for young folks to marry older folks? So it's the people then not the law?
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CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: LOL @ Khufu! I can't save them but Jesus can.....I was referring to my post to Love2Shop. You are a nut and an instigator. LOL!
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khufu
Comment: peace and outtie
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amethyst
Comment: yelley - Absolutely, no one should be judging or looking down his/her nose because none of us are perfect. How can the person who is an adulterer dog out the gay couple, the pregnant teen, or the weed smoker? There is no hierarchy of sins, wrong is wrong. Just because my issue is different that yours doesn't make me any better. I want to slap people who say "AT LEAST I don't do such and such." Uh, yeah, but you rockin' that $400 HOT suit that you bought from Pookie for $50, while you sit there being a glutton eating enough food for four people, that you cooked for you and your live-in boyfriend/girlfriend, who ain't divorced from the wife/husband yet.
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khufu
Comment: CRAZ..great sales advertising....Sles that even Jesus caint do!!!!
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Juicebox
Comment: Amethyst, civil unions/domestic partnerships pertain to the girlfried/boyfriend scenario you mention ed earlier. These terms are not gay exclusive. They refer to anyone who is shacking up.
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khufu
Comment: sales like Jesus!
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Love2shop
Comment: Sounds great CrazzeeGyrl. I just hope the selections here are good. Our Macys has changed names so many times. First it was Hudsons, then Marshall Fields, and now Macys. I can usually find something in there as long as I go on my "skinny" days.
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khufu
Comment: AME but that is the history of the Christian church...judgement, condemnation, hypocrisy.....of the "Other"
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CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Ame - I said the same thing to my co-worker the other day. I don't believe those kids will get married now that mommy won't be VP.
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Juicebox
Comment: I got some good gossip from Survivor Sucks this morning about The Real Housewives of Atlanta's Kim Zolciak. Who knows if it is true or not? Seems plausible to me....
"Turns out Kim really is 30.
Geez, she's only 30 years old yet she looks ten years older. Guess that must be because of all the cigarettes and booze she does. Am I remembering right, when Miss Jan asked about Kim's smoking habit, didn't she say she smokes 2 packs a day? Wow. Two PACKs. That's a helluva lot of cigarettes in one day.
I found a divorce record for "Kimberleigh Zolciak" from Dan Toce. Dan and Kimberleigh were divorced in 2003 (the initial divorce papers were filed in 2001). Additional records are available if you go to the court house.
At another website a "reader" says Kim's ex is Daniel Toce (who, according to the reader, is 70 years old and a multimillionare). The reader goes on to say that the poor bastard pays Kim $30k per month for child support for both kids plus she gets $250k per year for alimony. Hope that's not true. They couldn't have been married all that long. Hell, the divorce proceedings probably lasted longer than the "marriage".
She had an affair with a Sgt. in the Windsor Locks, CT police department at the age of 17 which resulted in him being fired. There are several articles in the archives of The Hartford Courant, but you have to pay to get them.
I feel bad for her daughters."
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khufu
Comment: there are things that are wrong that we all do...and we should all tell one another, with love, when we do wrong thins...whether gluttony, lust, fornication, greed...and homosexuality...fokls are allowing the wrongness of homosexuality to become okay and acceptable to the extent that the laws of the land condone the gay life style...is God pleased? I dunno....
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Love2shop
Comment: PREACH amethyst...LOL
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khufu
Comment: oh yeah GOSSIP is a sin too JUICEBOX...stop it ...LOL
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amethyst
Comment: HHCassius - The Mormons stopped polygamy many years ago. I had told my friend's husband that if he hits the lottery we're all moving to Utah so he can have multiple wives. Then I read something about polygamy no longer being accepted in the Mormon church. Dang, I can't kill off my own friend to marry her nouveau-rich husband, that wouldn't be very Christian, huh?
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khufu
Comment: if shopping becomes addictive, guess what....you going to hell for shopping LOL
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CRENEEJ
Comment: u all have a great weekend!!!!
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Name:
khufu
Comment: there are other practitioners of polgamy....Bill Clinton apparently was one
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Name:
khufu
Comment: living in new Jersey is a sin......
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Name:
khufu
Comment: lol
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Name:
khufu
Comment: get thee outta New Jersey!
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CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Size - you have mail
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lilmocc
Comment: Dayum! I step out for 3 hours and ya'll are chatting up some shat. I tried but can't possibly catch up on erthang, so here it is...... Be> OMG, COBRA!! He did a private bridal shower for a friend of mine. She was late, so I was the bride to be for the first 15 minutes. Lets just say by the end of it, that man had me on the floor rolling my eyes back, LOL *fanning myself thinking about it* DJ> the weather sucks today, but not too much fog on this side this morning for me. Its been raining for 2 days already though and its starting to depress a sista! I hear you on the economy thing. That is really what matters to me today as my chips aren't taking me as far as they used to 12 short months ago - someting is wrong with that to me. As far as the Prop 8 thing goes. Whether we agree with the lifestyle or not, homosexuality is not new, has always been around and is not going anywhere. With that said, I don't have a problem with homosexual couples entering into civil unions ANd receiving the same benefits as married couples. If they have a loved one in an accident and it was necessary for someone to sign the paper consenting to surgery or something like that, they want to be able to do that like married couples do. If they work for an employer, they want to be able to put their life partner on their health insurance coverage. They want to be able to recognize their union, period. So, if they are okay with that, so am I. I see no harm in that. I'm not getting into whether its a sin or if this sin is larger than any others, b/c it is not for me to judge them. That is between them and God.
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Misscharli
Comment: I is back. What's going on in here?
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Ame, come again because I'm not sold on that 'born gay' argument. IMO it's a learned behavior. As far as the struggle, I agree with that. I've never seen a 'gay' water fountain or witnessed 'gay' people having to sit on the back of a bus. Their plight is based on a behavior or a social norm. If necessary they could swicth it up and stay in the closet. Our plight was about our race and we can't shed our skin...over the past twenty years or so I've seen the tolerance level for their lifestyle creep more and more into our everyday lives. Back in the 80's you didn't see all this TV programming with all this attention to that community. Now, it's as if reality isn't reality TV unless you have the 'gay' community represented. That took time to eveolve and 20 years from now? I dunno, y'all do the mathematics. >Khufu, my point is...when in Rome, do as the Romans do. I've traveled extensively around this planet and I've seen the good, the bad and the downright ugly. There are nations that will stone a 13 year old girl to death for being raped...yet, this nation is arguing about gay marriage? I'm all about perspective and reality. Like I said earlier, I have my own personal convictions but I don't feel a sense of urgency to force it on anyone else. Just don't bring any foolishness to me and my family and I won't bring any to anyone else. Don't start none, won't be none. My focus is simple...Give me my check, get out my face, stay out my business and have a nice day...that's real talk. If you live a different lifestyle and you believe this or that, whatever. When it's all said and done I'll let judgement day take care of that.
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amethyst
Comment: My friend (a staunch, unhappy Hillary fan who only voted for Obama because of Democratic loyalty) has been irritated with our pastor expresses his passion for Mr. President-Elect. She said it bothers her that he is not abiding by the separation of church and state by endorsing a particular candidate. I wonder if she would be as bothered if he were uplifting Hillary??? /YLawdY - Do you also ignore (if that's the right word) or not comment on other moral issues such as lying, stealing, greed, adultery that others do? /DJ - That's how folks got duped in 2004: Bush's camp distracted them with abortion and gay marriage. What your neighbors do has nothing to do with a 5 1/2 year war, a fallen Wall Street, thousands of job layoffs, etc. Obviously, they woke up this time and voted for the Big O!!
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: MC - we want feedback about the interview.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: YES! Please, how did the interview go???
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: khufu...you were doing all right until that New Jersey crack. What's up with that?
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amethyst
Comment: Juicy - What is a PAT? Y'all are teaching new vocabulary daily! /crenee - Like the Pro-Life pharmacists who refuse to fill birth control and the morning-after pill prescriptions. If you own your own pharmacy, cool, apply your moral beliefs to YOUR business. But, if you work for CVS or Walgreens, Imma need you to do your job 'cause the company doesn't have a Pro-Life policy. If they did, I would go elsewhere.
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Juicebox
Comment: Amethyst, MO = Homo = homosexual
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Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Ame, some people can't see the forest from the trees and as such we all suffer because often those sheep form together in massive flocks. As they go, we all go. And I felt that Bush played up the terrorism threat to a scared nation in the aftermath of 9/11.
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Juicebox
Comment: PAT- is that character on SNL I think that you couldn't tell whether he was a man or woman.
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amethyst
Comment: There are pastors who will refuse to marry hetero couples because they feel they aren't ready to be married, aren't equally yoked, etc. /YLawdY - No, I didn't tell your cousin about the F4A. I already have one family member on here, my mama, no less. That's up to you. /Can anyone tell me how the United Church of Christ and other denominations Biblically justify marrying gay couples?
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Misscharli
Comment: CG, here's the recap. This was the second interview with my potential boss's boss. A geigh guy. Now, I have no problem with that, considering that I've spent the bulk of my career in retail, and all you find in retail are geigh guys, ugly ball breaker women and Barbie dolls who will sleep their way to the top. Anyhoo, he prefaced the thing by saying that he wasn't interested in the nuts and bolts of my experience although he was mighty impressed. What he was concerned about was my personality and how I would fit in with this brand new department they're creating. Well, I believe it went well, but he's one of those folks that you can't read 100%. I say that, and I also thought the same thing about the first interview on Monday. At any rate, interview wrapped (before I met with geigh guy, I spoke with potential boss lady) and spoke again with boss lady, who shared that she would complete all second round interviews and I would hear from them one way or another by Thanksgiving. That's when HR would have me to fill out forms for background checks, etc.. When I left, she was on her way to confer with geigh guy. So, basically, it's in God's Hands. Get to praying, y'all.
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lilmocc
Comment: Ame/DJ> I too think that SOME are born gay and I also think that SOME are a product of learned behavior or sheer freakiness.......
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Misscharli
Comment: Ame, preach on the morning after pill. That Plan B pill is just the birth control pill on steroids. Them nuccas who don't want to give it out need to be working in the produce aisle if they can't handle dispensing that pill. I suppose they can't handle dispensing Ortho Tri Cyclen either.
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lilmocc
Comment: For example, I have a lesbian cousin who was heterosexual but was raped repeatedly by her step brothers at from 13 to 15 years of age before she told her Mama and she and her Mama pressed charges and kicked rocks. After that point though, despite counseling, she never really felt comfortable in that way towards men. So she became a lesbian and has been good ever since. On the other hand, I have a guy cousin who is homosexual and although he hid it quite well when his Mom and Dad were still alive, there was always something about him that leaned a little more toward the "girlie" side and we all knew it. He said later on after his parents passed that he ALWAYS knew he was gay as when he was little, he felt like a girl trapped in a little boy's body. He's not flamboyant or over the top with it, but he is who he is and he offers no more apologies about it. Our family loves them both the same as they are good people when it comes down to it.....
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lilmocc
Comment: MC> Prayers are going up, get ready for the blessings to come down. We are some praying folk on the F4A!
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Name:
amethyst
Comment: khufu - Preaching about what's wrong does not require hatred. Like crenee said, you can disagree with the sin while loving the sinner. Everyone should be treated with love and respect, that's what Christian behavior is to me.
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Misscharli
Comment: Now here's who needs some prayer and Prozac....
November 14, 2008 , 2:05 PM ET
Juliana Koranteng, London
Kanye West was arrested after an alleged %*$ault outside a U.K. nightclub, but was released without charge, according to British press reports.
The 31-year-old artist was detained in the early hours of this morning (Nov. 14) after an incident involving a paparazzi photographer.
The incident took place outside the Tup Tup Palace club in Newcastle, north-east England, after West's performance at Newcastle Arena last night.
He is currently on his "Glow in the Dark" U.K. tour that continues at the Birmingham NEC tomorrow (Nov. 15), Glasgow SECC (Nov. 16), and the Manchester Evening News Arena on Nov. 17.
A spokesperson at Mercury Records, which releases West's recordings in the United Kingdom, tells Billboard.com that the label is issuing no statement.
The alleged U.K. fracas comes shortly after the star was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport last month when he was filmed struggling with photographers. No charges were brought over that incident.
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CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Father we thank you for your favor with the hiring manager and any personnel in MC's interviewing process. We thank you for blessing her with this job. We thank you that this job is just a resource but you are the ultimate source. May there be no lack in her life, may she prosper in this job and may this job prosper because of her relationship with you. May all that is needed for and in this job come in alignment right now. Stay the hand of the enemy from her life, her family and from this job in Jesus name. Amen.
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Juicebox
Comment: Limlocc, Idk anyone in my fam that is gay but statistically speaking there has to be. I am going to love my family member regardless of their sexual orientation. I dont have anything against gay people. I dont judge them either because I do believe that all sins are equal and God is no respecter of persons, so I need to be concerned with my own shiggidy. I am of the opinion as long as you are not molesting children and abusing people, your life is on you.
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: Its like summer outside!! Bout to head out. MC>> Yayy sounds like your interview went well. I'm still praying for you till you say you have the gig. Last thing about gays. People talk about it being learned but I know a bunch of straight men who are totally straight raised by only women in the household. One of my moms teachers is this big ol rough man whose 10 yr old is the biggest battyman I've ever seen. That lil boy been acting gay since he was a baby and I used to babysit him. His dad is p!ssed but where he does his best to make him "man up" I wanna just tell him to let it go your son is gay but he would probably kill me. LOL Have a good weekend fam!!
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Name:
CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Good night folks!
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Name:
amethyst
Comment: DJ - I have a cousin who Notesinger and I both knew was gay since he was about 4 years old. I don't know if he was molested or anything, but we knew the day would come when the closet door would fling open, and it did. His mother and sister was shocked and upset. Note and I were like "They just been in denial the past 20 years."
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: Thanks for the prayers, y'all! Now, you know that change has come if CNN's Wolf Blitzer is about to have Brother President's barber on The Situation Room! LOL! I love it!
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Crazzee, Amen. >MC, we got your back. >Lil Mocc, Ame...this born 'Gay' thing...I'm not feeling it. As we all learn how to scoot, crawl, walk then run I also feel that behaviors surrounding sexual attraction/preference is learned. Most of us learned our behaviors from our parents or caretakers example. Others from their daycare, babysitters, schools, etc. Yet still we have television, movies and books. My jaw doesn't drop anymore when I see a 4 year-old that can do all the dances on a rap video but can't spell their name. It's learned...
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Misscharli
Comment: DJ, I have a boy cousin who's been fruity since he got out of the womb. No lie. He's 20 now.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: And I think molestation is probably the most unreported crime in history...it destroys lives. While you can find stories of recovery I also feel that this abominable act plays a huge role in sexual confusion.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Y'all break it down for me...does the gay infant cry funny? Is it the way they hold their bottle? Suck on their nuk nuk? Y'all be like, "Dayum, the way little junior is sucking on that nuk nuk don't look right".
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: DJ, I'm with you on the molestation thing. It's inexcusable and I don't think that there is punishment severe enough for them. But our darling Fruit Loop (and we love him dearly) wouldn't let a woman do a thing for him starting as an infant. Bottle, diaper change, cuddle, nothing. Had to be a male handling and tending to him. And it continues to this day. Loves him some "him"
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Name:
letmein
Comment: amethyst...you still on? question about the spinach dip recipe. On the Hidden Valley Ranch Mix, is it supposed to be the BIG package? Like double a regular package. I wasn't expecting it to be that big.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: I know the spill around 'born in sin' but born gay? I'll have to wait until the scientific method patents it...
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: DJ, the fella is just strange. No one knows what his problem is.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: MC, and I'm not saying that this is the case but it sounds to me like a child that was molested at a very early age. I volunteer here in VA working with abused kids and I see babies months old that are being molested and raped. We don't have molesters we have MONSTERS that are around these kids and until the collective gets a grip on how they are jacking up society this will continue to go unreported.
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: I hear you, DJ. It's a sickening reality. Those nasty molesters deserve the worst punishment possible. The human mind can't conceive punishment nasty and just enough for them.
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: Oh, what the heyell? Check this out: San Jose police have arrested a Wells Fargo branch manager and two other men suspected of setting up a fake robbery at a bank Wednesday morning, a police spokesman said Friday.
Police were called around 9:40 a.m. to the Wells Fargo inside a Safeway store in the 3200 block of Story Road, police Officer Jermaine Thomas said.
The branch manager and a bank teller reported that the teller had walked out to his car when he was approached by an armed suspect who ordered him back to the bank.
The manager told police he was forced to open the bank's door, letting the suspect inside, and to turn over more than $100,000 cash from the safe, Thomas said.
However, when detectives began interviewing witnesses about the alleged robbery, inconsistencies in the story became apparent.
"It was all false," Thomas said.
The branch manager, bank teller and supposed gunman are friends who arranged a fake robbery in hopes of pocketing the six figures in cash, according to Thomas.
Police discovered the manager had ordered extra cash for his branch a few days before the robbery and the supposed gunman never had a gun, Thomas said.
About 12 to 14 hours following the robbery, police arrested the manager, 25-year-old Brian Deguzman, the bank teller, 22-year-old Armando Mendez, and the unarmed gunman, 25-year-old Allen Vu.
The men were booked into Santa Clara County Jail and were scheduled to appear in court this afternoon for arraignment on second-degree robbery charges, according to the district attorney's office.
The cash taken from the bank safe was allegedly recovered from the home of one of the suspects.
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Hey! I wouldn't be suprised if you don't see more stupidity like this in the coming days and weeks, especially as the holidays draw near. These tough times are exposing an ugly reality...
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Name:
Misscharli
Comment: True that. And with that, I need to go take a nap to account for the fact that I really didn't sleep last night. Have a great weekend, everyone!
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Name:
Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Aight MC...same to you. And on that note, I'm going to bounce myself. Everyone be safe. P-E-A-C-E!
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