Jackie Beat is a friend of mine from NYC...then LA, then, well she travels....and u will c why...so many You tube video’s for your entertainment....
u will laugh, u will cry, ok maybe u’ll just laugh....

BABY GOT FRONT


SANTA BABY


FILTHY WHORE


++Why Lady Bunny needs a TV show also


+++why nobody watches MAD anymore...

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Amanda Lepore has been New York City´s IT girl since the early 1990's. She originates from New Jersey. She had her first cosmetic surgery at the age of 15 and then had a sex change in her final year of high school. Once a married suburban housewife, she fled her failing marriage for the bright lights and exciting scene of NYC.
She soon became a fashion icon and she appeared on the pages of "Project X" magazine. Amanda would later go on to become muse and model for photographer David LaChapelle appearing in his books, television commercials and other international photo shoots. Aside from being a talented model Amanda has mastered the art of self styling. Her signature looks are the epitome of Hollywood bombshell glamour. Her talent to transform herself from character to the next has made her one of the most sought after and photographed club celebrities internationally.
Her debut singles "Champagne", and "My Hair Looks Fierce" produced by Fatal Art Syndicate with lyrics written by Cazwell, are just some of the many projects Amanda has created. Her "Time Tranny" Swatch watch, which to date is the fastest selling limited edition Swatch along with other merchandise using her likeness continue to be exceedingly popular. Amanda currently resides in New York City and is pursuing film and acting projects.

THIS FRIDAY DEC 28th AT COLISEUM FT LAUDERDALE

The famous Amanda Lepore grabs some MILK, a hot outfit and her hit records just 4 u this Friday.
don’t miss it!!!!

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I’M SOOOO HOT FOR HER

Because she look so much like a hot boy.....lol...tru..I kept seeing Dani around town here in Miami before catching recent episodes of A SHOT AT LOVE. Everytime i would run into her i was like, i could soooo be with that girl...i was just amazed by how beautiful she was. Not the feminine or the masculine but the best of both worlds. Exquisite Beauty u r Dani.....I really wish my favorite Girl the best. It’s really good she didn’t win the show, cause the prize wasn’t too spectacular....(Tila???)
Now maybe i get my shot at love. ;-} lemme stop....
witness the drama on MTV HERE

MWA’s 2 u Dani!!!!!

ADD HER ON MYSPACE

(below is article from EXPRESS GAY NEWS)
After making it to the final round of an MTV bisexual TV dating show, Fort Lauderdale’s Dani Campbell is being called America’s favorite lesbian. Campbell, a 29-year-old Deerfield Beach firefighter, won over legions of fans with her appearance on “A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila.” She has garnered the most postings of all the contestants on the show’s website, www.iamonmtv.com. She even has more hits than the show’s protagonist, Tila Tequila. Campbell appeared at New Moon Lounge in Wilton Manors to sign autographs and view the final episode with packed house of enthusiastic fans. She lost. The series aired during prime time and quickly became a pop culture sensation. It centered on Internet starlet/singer Tila Tequila, whose real last name is Nguyen. Tequila, who identifies as bisexual, had to choose a mate from among 16 men and 16 women. Campbell, one of just two butch girls in the cast, surprised many fans by making it to the finals, where she faced off against fresh-faced film student Bobby Banhart. At New Moon, the crowd squealed and cheered during Campbell’s date scenes with Tequila. They roared when Campbell rocked the mic rapping for her would-be girlfriend. They cried when Tequila chose Bobby. “I love Dani,” said Nikki Wiggins, a 25- year-old loan officer from Hollywood. “She’s real, she tells the truth and she’s hot.” Wiggins said that Campbell made a strong impression on her. Before watching the show Wiggins said she never felt attracted to girls who are not “girly.” “Dani opened my mind,”Wiggins said. And while organizers tried to shush the crowd as the episode built to the final moment, the energy in the room could not be quieted. At one point during the show, Campbell jumped up on a cocktail table and shouted, “Bobby sucks” during the segment that showed Banhart and Tequila making out in a hot tub. The crowd immediately took up the chant: “Bobby sucks! Bobby sucks!” The emotions spilled over when in the final moments Campbell was rejected. Nobody in New Moon could believe it. “It can’t end like that,” Pardo shrieked at the television screen. “I’m so pissed.” But for Campbell, watching the final episode was comforting. Due to a confidentiality agreement, she could not tell anybody the outcome from the time the show finished shooting in September. “It’s just a big relief to be able to speak about it,” she said. “At the beginning of the show, I really didn’t care. But then I got to know [Tequila] and soon I started developing feelings.” Campbell’s fans consider her a positive representation for young lesbians, and it’s likely that Campbell will tour college campuses for publicity. But her publicity tour kicked off with a rocky start. Campbell’s appearance at a fund-raiser for the Taravella High School was canceled by Broward County School District officials. Keith Bromery, the district’s spokesman, told the Miami Herald that the reason the event was canceled was not because of Campbell’s sexuality but because of the amount of sex and alcohol featured on the show. Bromery was quoted as saying, “The episode that I saw was a woman in various degrees of undress laying prone on a bar with guys drinking shots out of her belly button.”

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Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige has something to tell you about fighting AIDS, creating a hot new album and doing the hard work of living with joy.

MARY J CD RELEASE PARTY EXCLUSIVE AT COLISEUM FRIDAY DEC 28

Excerpted from The Advocate

Mary J. Blige has a fantastic body, fit and surprisingly curvy. Today it’s poured into a pair of formfitting jeans, a chic orange turtleneck, and dark leather boots. Huge, dark sunglasses set off her trademark blond bob wig. She’s curled up in a chair in a small room at the Beverly Hills Hotel after our lunch downstairs, her legs dangling over the arm. She stares out the window as her husband-manager Kendu Isaacs puts a CD-R of songs from her new album, Growing Pains, in the room’s outdated CD player. As the beat-driven music starts to play, Mary drops her head slightly forward and nods hard to the beat. Her entire upper torso jooks in classic B-girl style. She sings along to the words, going into her own zone. This is career-high music for Mary -- some of her best singing, strongest songwriting, and most inspired production ever. But it’s likely to further alienate many of the fans that vibe to Miserable Mary, Addicted Mary, Depressed and Suicidal Mary. The new material is a continuation of the process begun on her Grammy award–winning 2005 album, The Breakthrough -- Mary’s chronicling of her new and hard-won states of mind and being. She’s happy. When told that the album, which was then a month and a half from being released, would likely inspire grumblings of dissatisfaction among some of her old fans, Mary swings her legs around, sits up straight, and says in that globally famous no-bullshit voice, “Thank you. That’s honest, what you just gave back. I like that.”
Actually, throughout our conversation, honesty is what Mary J. Blige gives me. It’s well-known that celebrities come to this magazine to send a little love to their big gay following, but often enough, that’s just business. This is different. This is deeper. “The majority of my fans are gay,” Mary says matter-of-factly. “The majority of them are, and I have to really make sure that they know I’m paying attention to the fact that they support me, and I support them.”
Asked at what point she realized that the children had made her their own, she immediately replies, “I realized that years ago. Like, probably during...was it Share My World or Mary? It was probably during the Mary album that I realized I had so many gay fans, because one of my managers at the time was gay and him and all his friends were die-hard Mary fans. And then there’s a lot of gay women that love Mary J. Blige -- a slew of gay women. And that’s never been something to bother me. Never. Because we’re all people at the end of the day.” She pauses for a second, then continues.
“When I was growing up,” she says thoughtfully, “my neighborhood was full of everyone -- black, white, Latino, gay, straight. A lot of people that I knew were gay, but they were great people. They were good people. It’s not like they were alien. They were just people. That [acceptance] was just something that was always in me. I’ve never been a judgmental person because I have been through so much hell myself…”
And you yourself have been judged, I say to her.
“Exactly. I’ve been judged so much that I’d be a fool, or I’d be dead wrong to myself, to have something negative to say about anyone that’s doing anything that’s their choice, you know what I mean?”
In the fight against AIDS, Blige has done more than support from the sidelines. She has jumped in on our side. Longtime fans know of her involvement with AIDS organizations and awareness programs like Minority AIDS Project and her being a spokeswoman for MAC cosmetics’ Viva Glam III and IV campaigns. The death of her friend and songwriter Kenny Greene (who was responsible for many of MJB’s early hits, most notably “Love No Limit” and “My Love&rdquo was her personal impetus for involvement in the cause. But it was noticing the silence around the disease that finally prompted Blige to take action.
“I was motivated,” she says, “by the fact that it came and was so huge, and then all of a sudden it disappeared, and it was the thing that everybody swept under the rug. It was the elephant in the room that nobody’s looking at. It made me be like, Oh, this is right at our front door. This can touch us. So why wouldn’t I want to get involved with something that can help save all our lives, save everybody’s lives? That’s why I wanted to get involved, because I knew that…” She pauses. “I had friends that… One of my gay friends that was a songwriter with me, Kenny Greene, was one of my really good friends and he died from AIDS. I was like…” She sighs deeply and falls silent before resuming the conversation. “And then everybody was just dropping off, dropping off, dropping off, but no one was saying anything.”
Of course, part of that silence is rooted in homophobia, either inflicted or absorbed. Or both. And while much mainstream conventional wisdom (catch the layered oxymoron there) has it that the African-American and hip-hop communities are more homophobic than whites, Mary doesn’t see it that way.
“The real hip-hop,” she stresses, “the real people don’t even care about that. They’ll love you and accept you no matter what because they know who they are. There are a lot of people trying to figure out who they are and what they’re gonna be. There’s a lot of confusion in that. Confusion causes a lack of identity.
“I’ve heard a couple of guys say foul things, and those guys are not around me anymore because when they say things like that, I’m looking at them like, What makes you so scared? You don’t know who you are? I guess it all boils down to them not being sure about themselves and what they wanna do, whoever that is. I won’t say any names. And I don’t dislike them or anything -- it just makes me wonder about them period. ’Cause if you’re not sure about that, then you ain’t sure about a lotta things!” she laughs.

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What's behind Hollywood's plastic surgery obsession? Radar spoke with industry insiders—from casting directors to A-list doctors—for the truth about the insane pressures, the elaborate subterfuges, and the costs of playing the perfection game?

See before-and-after shots of Angelina Jolie and others
F
OR MERE MORTALS, the holidays are a chance to congregate with loved ones, rationalize gluttony, and exchange unwanted gifts. For Hollywood celebrities, they're traditionally a time to sneak off to one's surgeon's office for some urgent nips and tucks. With only weeks remaining until awards season—the series of televised events that kicks off with the Golden Globes on January 13—planning is everything. By Thanksgiving, anxious stars are already discreetly arranging to have their palms Botoxed (to avoid sweaty red-carpet handshakes), their laugh lines rendered mirthless with Juvederm injections, and their droopy eyelids carved away. As the ceremonies draw nearer, last-minute earlobe plumpings are not unheard of.
Recently, Rose McGowan lost out on a role in the upcoming film Speed Racer, reportedly because her overstretched eyelids had begun to evoke those of an alien kitten
Each time major celebrities alter their bodies, they're risking millions of dollars in potential earnings and the livelihoods of their entire teams. With the stakes so high, the effects must be subtle. No one wants to be the next Meg Ryan, whose 2001 misadventures in lip enhancement left America's erstwhile sweetheart looking like a duck, a lapse in judgment at which Hollywood still shudders. "She basically installed a vagina on her face," says producer Clifford Streit (American Psycho), adding helpfully, "When your lips get that big, your eyes look too small." More recently, Rose McGowan lost out on a role in the upcoming film Speed Racer, reportedly because her overstretched eyelids had begun to evoke those of an alien kitten.
Even minor procedures are performed in grim secrecy. For A- and B-list stars, admitting to any plastic surgery is only slightly less taboo than admitting to a taste for sodomy. "Everybody lies about it," says actress Julie Bowen (Boston Legal, Ed, Lost). "The men I know are a bit more open, but the girls will lie and lie and lie, even though you're staring right at their scars." Bowen, 37, one of the most defiantly flat-chested successes in the business, has no need to fib: "I haven't had any surgery," she insists, "but I'm totally fascinated with the idea."
She's not the only one. Although much of America has grown blasé about plastic surgery and sees little wrong with a self-esteem-boosting nose job (or three), Hollywood's lies perpetuate our national fixation with its frozen faces. In the tabloid era, editors at InTouch and Star endlessly examine renowned noses for telltale nostril changes, and paparazzi stake out the offices of high-profile doctors like Arnold Klein, a Beverly Hills dermatologist who somehow survived his association with Michael Jackson to become one of Hollywood's elite injectors. Meanwhile, awfulplasticsurgery.com, a website run by a Los Angeles customer service representative, draws more than one million hits a month, exposing the stars' scalpel antics with tantalizing (if sometimes dubious) photo evidence.
Still, thanks to patient confidentiality and stealth tactics, some of the harshest aspects of the industry's bizarrely conflicted relationship with plastic surgery go unreported.

To uncover the real truth about daily life inside this collective neurosis, Radar talked to dozens of entertainment-industry insiders—casting directors, talent managers, actors, and agents—many of whom insisted on anonymity. Several others declined to talk even off-the-record. "You've got to understand the desperation," says Streit. "Hollywood is a sea of desperation surrounding the Beverly Hills Hotel."
This is a town, after all, where stars meet their surgeons for whispered face-lift consultations on the sidelines of their children's soccer games, and use underground parking garages to skulk into opulent "recovery retreats" after surgery. It's a place where Lionel Richie's estranged wife, Diane, anxious to sustain her plastic surgery habit, explicitly demanded $20,000 a year in annual upkeep in her 2004 divorce filing. (Which is arguably a bargain: Some doctors charge that much per day to clear their schedule for a marathon fix-it session, and Demi Moore allegedly dropped some $330,000 for her pre–Charlie's Angels body makeover.) Even high-profile Scientologists, so famously opposed to pharmaceutical self-improvement, have their own plasticizers, such as Edward Terino, M.D., who reportedly performs church-sanctioned "silent" nose jobs in the belief that any music or chitchat in the operating room might subconsciously taint the anesthetized believer.
The fetish for looking generically ageless is by no means confined to on-screen talent. "Actors aren't the only ones to feel the pressure," says Greg H., who spent 23 years in Hollywood as a top casting director, agent, and talent manager before decamping for Seattle. "It's everyone: producers, writers, assistants ... the executives' wives are easily the worst."
"Actually," says producer and manager Douglas Urbanski (The Contender), who's repped stars such as Gary Oldman (his current producing partner) and Isabella Rossellini, "the realtors are probably the most plastic-surgerized people going. L.A. is such a fucked-up place. Where else do you have to look flawlessly sexy to sell a house?" As the Los Angeles Times recently observed, perfection has become the city's requisite standard of grooming: "Walking around with a furrowed forehead ... has become the equivalent of going out with dirty fingernails. It's possible to fix that."

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i have both, and trust me
give up on PC’s

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Download Lick This (her New Single with 50cent) HERE
more links below

How can my favorite girl turn it by being at our Gay Pride Party, Giving us years of Hot Jams, Being on a game show and then....turn us down by working with HOMOphobe 10 cent?

50 Cent and Lil Kim have apparently made nice and recorded “Magic Stick 2: Wanna Lick,” the first single off the new G-Unit album "Shoot to Kill," which is slated to be released at the end of the year.
Miss Info Reports: "...Anyways, it looks like Lil Kim’s tatted and plaited plaything, Young Buck is the one who brought his boss and his boo together for a peaceful collaboration."

50 Cent on Kim: "I'm not good at resolving things," 50 said on Sunday afternoon on the set of the video for his collaboration with Akon, "I'll Still Kill." (Note: The title will be changed to "I Still Will" for television purposes.) "Once I get into an altercation with someone or we have a misunderstanding, I'd rather leave them over there rather than have them around when they still have those feelings."

"I reached out to her, called her, to see where her head was at," Fif said. "In Kim's case, it wasn't me and Kim [who had the real beef]. It was Kim and the man she was with at the time. Later, we was able to actually get together and collaborated. We was able to make something special again with 'Wanna Lick.' It's good. From a female perspective, she can provide an aggressive standpoint and be aggressive for the women while I can be myself and be aggressive from a man's perspective."

Click Here to listen to 'Wanna Lick (dirty)' in medium quality. (credit: Chameleon)
Click Here to listen to 'Freaky Girl Remix (dirty)' in medium quality. (credit: yebbie.)
click here to listen to a fan edited version without Mister Cee talking over the track.
According to a DC radio DJ they shot the video a while ago.
Don't forget to support these songs when they are available on I-Tunes and CD.


Also, tune into The Late Show with David Letterman on Nov 7th as Keyshia Cole, Kim, and Missy Elliott are set to perform their smash hit single "Let It Go."

TV Update: Kim will make a guest appearance on CW's game show 'The Game' on Nov 12 - 9:30 PM EST.

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by Kilian Melloy
EDGE Boston Contributor
Tuesday Nov 6, 2007


A Union City, NJ, gay couple were allegedly beaten by Burger King employees after asking for a refund.

The jersey Journal reported on Nov. 3 about the crime and subsequent indictment of Angel Carabello and Christopher Soto, two Jersey City men who were working at the Burger King at the time and who faces charges of aggravated assault, along with a first degree hate crime charge.

The July 22 incident reportedly began with the couple, two men in their 40s, requesting that they be given a refund when an item they had ordered turned out not to be available.

As reported by the Jersey Journal, two employees then engaged in an exchange in which one asked the other who had requested the refund, and was answered with an anti-gay epithet evidently meant to indicate the gay couple.

This sequence of events was reported initially by a press release issued by the GLBT organization Garden State Equality.

The press release also said that when the couple attempted to leave the restaurant, they were followed outside by a number of workers from the establishment and beaten "mercilessly." The release further said that the attackers uttered anti-gay epithets as the beating was in progress.

Steven Goldstein, the GLBT group’s chairman, said, "Even in New Jersey, arguably the most progressive state in the country, a state we call the state that doesn’t hate, too many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people live in fear."

If convicted, the two suspects could receive between 10- 20 years of prison time.

Burger King representatives could not be reached immediately for comment on the indictment, according to the article.

Garden State Equality will organize a rally in association with Hudson Diversity Action Council.

The rally is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the Pride Connections Center in Jersey City.

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Maximum PC intercepted the following memorandum from a high-level Comcast executive to the company’s Board of Directors. We suggest you read it once, and then immediately delete all traces of this text from your PC. This is seriously twisted stuff.

MEMORANDUM
Date: October 6, 2007 To: Comcast Board of Directors From: Alexis Luthoré, COO, Comcast Internet Services Subject: Bandwidth Filtering; next plans of attack
 
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Board,
You're undoubtedly aware of the brouhaha growing over our new traffic filtering software. By limiting the traffic of heavy users, we’re improving performance for the majority of our customer base, while protecting our bottom line. The complainers are upset because our methods forge packets that appear to originate from the user; in effect we pretend we’re the user, then transparently disconnect them from the offending services. It also seems we’ve been inadvertently filtering other, more legitimate applications as well. To offset the extreme financial liability of impending litigation by the offended parties, I propose further cost-saving measures. It’s all wrapped up in a simple, easy-to-implement, three-phase plan that should solve all our problems. We've recruited Hollywood legend Christopher Walken to help us introduce our customers to the "Comcast Happy Bandwidth Initiative" on its November 15 launch.
Phase One: Cap Unlimited BandwidthWe need to establish reasonable bandwidth limits, especially among our greediest customers. By capping our generous unlimited plans with a 150GB Monthly Usage Limit (or MUL), we can minimize the impact of the our most rapacious users—the so-called “outliers”—on our bottom line. Typical users should never notice the MUL, ensuring that the vast amounts of revenue we exact from them remains intact. (After all, unlimited bandwidth only feels “unlimited” once you begin to thoughtlessly consume more than your fair share.)
Phase Two: Good Citizen IncentivesPhase two hinges on the rollout of a new Comcast toolbar. In addition to tracking our users' web surfing habits and favorite pornographic sites, this toolbar also alerts customers before they download any file larger than 75KB. A helpful pop-up bearing the question “Are you sure you really meant to do that?” appears, and if the user does the right thing, and opts out of his bandwidth-intensive download, he’ll be greeted by a clever multimedia ad unit for a free webcam. The Happy Bandwidth Initiative team will be using the webcams to track user eye movements, allowing our research department to identify the content that users enjoy most, so that we can charge them a modest premium to access these high-traffic pages. The toolbar will be a mandatory download for all of our customers.
Phase Three: Pay More for Popular ProtocolsOur current pricing structure is needlessly oversimplified. Even the dimmest mouth-breathers understand that “faster” connection speeds are “better,” and it’s currently much too easy for customers to determine exactly what level of service they need. Users can immediately tell whether they should drop to a less expensive plan, or if the features of the higher-priced plan give them real benefits. You'll all agree that this policy has a negative impact on our revenue picture and long-term profit forecasts.
To fix this problem, we propose shifting to a per-protocol pricing structure. By implementing a sliding-scale pricing structure based on the popularity of various protocols, we can ensure that every customer pays for his or her fair share. For example, telnet makes up just 0.0001% of overall network traffic, so users who subscribe to our telnet service will pay a relatively minor $0.02/month fee for access. More popular protocols, such as HTTP and BitTorrent, will cost more. We’ve run some numbers, and are projecting that the average monthly fees for users of mainstream protocols would range between $10/month and $3,275/month.
BitTorrent, in particular, represents a large potential revenue stream. Modeling out the current traffic of customers who use BitTorrent to "download the latest version of Linux," we are looking at a minimum monthly spend of $135. More enthusiastic users would pay between $25 and $3,275 monthly to download their regular faire of what we must assume are license-free movies and music--which are all really quite entertaining. No, they really are. There’s some really good copyright-free content out there. Seriously.
In closing, we of Comcast Internet Services believe the Comcast Happy Bandwidth Initiative is a modest proposal that exposes us to virtually no liability, while promising exponential returns in revenue. We happily await the Board’s comments on this plan.

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Whitney Houstons New Commercial

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The First (and Last Remaining) Lady of Hip-Hop? With her new record set to release some time next year (fingers crossed), Eve sounds off on being one of the only female rappers left in the game and why she just can't call Fergie or Gwen Stefani hip-hop

PERSONALLY, it seems like she’s just Bitching about the Commercial success of These other artists and her own CD being delayed cause it wasn’t as good. Stop hating EVE...though they may not be “Hip-Hop” u are on the WAY COMMERCIAL END of the hip hop genre, including all your biggest hits (which where all duets with artist such as GWEN and ALICIA....

By Margeaux Watson
From 1999 to 2002, Eve was on a roll. One of hip-hop's most bankable female MCs, her first three albums sold 4 million copies and spawned five Top 40 hits, including well-received collaborations with Gwen Stefani (''Let Me Blow Ya Mind'') and Alicia Keys (''Gangsta Lovin'''). But after a four-year detour into TV, film, and fashion, the Grammy winner has run into some snags while trying to revive her music career. Her forthcoming CD, Here I Am, was initially due in August but has now been delayed until 2008. Meanwhile, her first two singles off the record have struggled to connect with listeners: ''Tambourine'' peaked at No. 10 on Billboard's Hot Rap Tracks chart on July 14, while its follow-up, ''Give It to You,'' hadn't charted at press time. But despite those setbacks, Eve, 28, tells EW she's still got more skills than a lot of male MC's tallying up record sales in the ''testosterone-driven'' rap game, and that she's going to wait until she's 100 percent confident in her new CD before she lets it drop.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What's going on here? Why so many delays with this album? Are you scrapping the whole thing and starting over? EVE: No, I'm not completely starting over. I'm definitely gonna keep some of the records that I had because I love a lot of the stuff that I did. So I'm keeping a lot of it. I'm just going back in to kinda make it a well-rounded album. I think what kind of delayed us this time was that I went in and did two records that sound a lot like the Pharrell record — the singing record.... I don't think the movement was right and I'd rather put out an album and feel 100 percent connected to it than just to put out an album, especially the way music is right now.
What do you mean by saying you put out two records that sound like Pharrell? Are you going in a different direction with the new music you're recording for the album?Not really a different direction, but more of that direction. I don't even know what you would generalize it or call it.
More pop?I guess you can call it that, but I don't know because it's hard to kinda say that too, because some of the records that I'm keeping, like the rap records, are on that level, so it's kinda hard to say in any way.... I felt like it just wasn't a cohesive record. I felt like I needed to go back in and just make everything match.
Are you happy with the way that ''Tambourine'' and the Sean Paul single [Give It To You] performed?Oh, I loved it. I think [they] did great. I think, honestly, although the Sean Paul record didn't get as big as we would like it to, the initial response to it was great. So I think that helps. ''Tambourine'' absolutely got the sickest response, so I'm happy with that.
Has it been difficult for you to remount your musical career after being sucked into a TV show and a clothing line for three years?No, it actually hasn't been that bad. I mean, the response that I've been getting mostly from people is, ''We're happy you're back in music. I'm happy you're back in music.'' But I can't front and not say that there is a new movement of music the way a lot of the music is right now. But no, I think I've been received pretty well. And especially at radio stations and stuff like that, I'm really happy for just the love that I've been getting, the support that I've been getting from radio stations and TV stations that are like, ''Yo, we wanna help you out with this record.'' So that's a good thing.
Speaking of a new musical movement, how do you feel about re-entering a musical landscape that's getting overloaded with female vocalists in an era with virtually no successful female rappers?In some ways, it's hard. But in other ways, it almost is like I kinda feel like it was when I first came out. Even though there were two females that were in the forefront, but at the same time, there was nobody I felt, in my opinion, like me that came out, so I feel like I'm starting all over. I feel like a new artist again.
What particular challenges have you faced in getting this album off the ground? It's a lot. It's different. There was a time when you could put out a single and then put your record out five weeks after and you knew if the single did well at radio that told you how your album was gonna do. Nowadays, a single could play for weeks and weeks and weeks on the radio, it could be the biggest single, and the album sales don't match up. So, you know, it's a different format, and I don't even think that anybody has the formula to it now. So it's totally different. You definitely have to go about it a different way. You definitely have to take your time and think and come up with a good strategy, and that aspect is really different.
Has the success of artists like Fergie and Gwen Stefani made it harder for female rappers because they've come in and created a new, pop-friendly mix of pop, hip-hop, and R&B sounds?I think what makes that hard for us is that they're not hip-hop, period. I'll never, ever be able to give Fergie or Gwen that title. I love them. I think they're dope. I think they make good music. But they're not hip-hop. They emulate hip-hop in certain things that they do, but they're not hip-hop. And I think that hurts hip-hop in a way because it's confusing the lines. I also must admit that hip-hop is the new pop. Like hip-hop five years ago, Soulja Boy couldn't get played on the same station that Fergie was playing on or that the Black Eyed Peas were playing on or that Justin was playing on. Or Justin couldn't be on an urban station five years ago. But now, all the lines have blurred. But at the same time, calling Fergie and Gwen hip-hop hurts females, I think. It hurts the female MCs.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Is hip-hop still your first love? Your life has come so far from the experiences you talked about on your earlier albums.EVE: Well, I had to talk about what I knew about at that time. When I came out, that's what I lived every single day. I lived a certain kind of life. Hip-hop will always be me. Without hip-hop, I wouldn't be who I am. It made me. My stake is strong in hip-hop. I'm still an MC, but I have to talk about and be who I am as I grow as a person. I'd be frontin' if I was like, ''Yeah, I was doing this on the block.'' I live in Hollywood, you know what I'm saying? I got an apartment in New York. Like, I don't live that kind of life so I can only talk about what I know about.
You already talked about this a little bit when you were talking about Gwen and Fergie, but I want to go back to it: How tough is it to be a female rapper in today's musical climate? Is it tougher than when you released your first album? When/what was the turning point?I don't think it's hard. I don't look at it as hard 'cause I think I'm better than half these dudes that's out. Some of these dudes can't rap. And I hate to say it like that. [Laughs]
That's true, but those dudes' albums are getting off the ground and achieving success.I know. That's definitely because it's testosterone-driven. It's testosterone-driven. But I don't think it's hard. I don't look at it in that aspect of it. What was the second part of the question?
When/what was the turning point for female rappers when their popularity started waning?I don't know. Honestly, I can't really say there was a specific time. I think it just happened and I don't think that anybody paid attention to it until, like, right now where you look up and it's like, ''Oh, s---! Where are all the females at?'' I think it just kinda happened.
Is your album still being released on Dr. Dre's Aftermath label?I can't say. Geffen will [definitely] be attached to it.
Does that have anything to do with the delays?No. I can honestly say, I know a lot of people have a lot to say about Dre and waiting on Dre, but I can honestly say this has nothing to do with Dre.
When and why did you change management? Did that cause more delays with the album?Yes, I have new management now, which that had a little bit to do with it, but I also won't blame it on my management either.
Why did you change management and how did that affect the delay?It was just time. It was a hard decision. We've been together almost 10 years. But it was one of things I felt like I needed to do for myself. I felt like I needed a change. I was on a new path in my brain. It was just something that I needed to do. And I'm sure it affected certain things and the pushing back of certain things. But like I said, I don't want to blame it all on that either.
So what's the latest release date for the album?Some time next year. I know [Laughs]. It's like I've been trying to push this baby out for a year, okay! Trust me, it is really crazy. It's the longest labor on earth! But honestly, I feel okay about it. It'll be some time next year.
But you don't know when next year? Not even the month?No. I don't wanna even give out any more dates. I'm kinda scared. [Laughs] I'm scared of giving out dates. I'm gonna just wait.

Tags: Music,HIPOP

Its all on the web, if u dont like Jive Records or dont wanna support Britneys Drinking...lol...

BEFORE U READ THIS...MARK YOUR CALENDAR...OFFICIAL FLORIDA RELEASE PARTY AT COLISEUM NOV 2nd!!!!

Britney Spears' 'Blackout' Hits Internet
Britney Spears' new album, the unfortunately titled "Blackout," is all over the Internet.
The surprise uploading of new tracks by the embattled pop tartlet/wayward mom has caused Jive Records to move up the release date from Nov. 13 to Oct. 30.
Even that may not help. Jive has scheduled listening sessions for press for this coming Monday.
But most media types, even those not proficient in computers, can hear it now.
Luckily, this column already told you about several of the tracks Britney recorded for the album a couple of weeks ago.
Songs like “Piece of Me,” in which she sings about her experiences with the paparazzi, and “Heaven on Earth,” which sounded like a monster hit to these ears, are among the "Blackout" offerings. On the Internet version, however, those songs are missing. 
Of course it’s possible that someone thought the early leak would be good publicity for Spears. She’s otherwise prevented from doing very much press to support "Blackout" considering her present legal woes (she was chided by a family court judge for having drug problems and her children were taken away from her.)
Still, legal difficulties don’t always affect music stars. R. Kelly, for example, has been saddled with ongoing charges of child pornography. He also just lost a plagiarism lawsuit in Belgium for the Michael Jackson song “You Are Not Alone.” But the public doesn’t seem to care, and his albums continue to sell very well.
Even with illegal downloads, "Blackout" may have a big first week now that Jive has moved it away from Nov. 13. That’s the same day that corporate cousins Alicia Keys and Celine Dion also have new albums coming out. Keys’ CD, especially, should be a blockbuster. So getting Britney out early is a smart idea.
“Blackout” — at least the online version — contains 16 tracks of Euro-synthpop dance music. Recorded over a two-year period, and assembled through Spears’ mishaps by careful producers, the album sounds like a hit.
It kicks off with the single “Gimme More” and continues into “Break the Ice” and “Cold as Fire.” The latter, as we reported several weeks ago, has Spears gleefully tossing the F-word around. There’s also another unfortunate title: “Get Me High.” Between that and the album’s title, the family court judge — if he’s not a club dancer — may not be so impressed.
But it’s the ballads that are kind of mesmerizing. They’re the last two tracks on the Web version — called “Love Is a State of Grace” and “Let Go.” If it’s really Spears, unadorned, she’s going to change a lot of minds about her ability to put over a real song. She might even have a recording career in her future. Now, that would be a shock.
One thing’s for sure: If these songs are actually on the album, everyone in the music business is going to want to do business with Spears’ A&R woman Theresa Whites. She’s a miracle worker.

Tags: Music,Pop

Washington, the old cliché goes, is Hollywood for ugly people—a mecca for ambitious strivers who lack the cheekbones or the glamour to make it to the silver screen. But that was before wall-to-wall media coverage turned presidential campaigns into lengthy spectacles as relentlessly contrived and overproduced as the Golden Globes. Managed by fleets of pricey handlers and professional writers, candidates have become as manufactured as movie stars: coached on every aspect of their dress and demeanor, and supplied with perky sound-bites for spontaneous delivery on Letterman. Which is why, as we set out to plan the cover of Radar's Politics issue, it seemed appropriate to do a little facile packaging of our own. What better way to underline the ego, excess, and artifice that dominate modern politics than to borrow a page from Vanity Fair's now-notorious 2006 Hollywood issue, which starred Tom Ford, Keira Knightley, and Scarlett Johansson in various states of undress? ASK AMERICA! Is the vice president on a highway to hell? Is George Bush less popular than Paris Hilton? With help from a D.C. polling firm, Radar's national survey asks the tough questions RADAR magazine does it again.   

Tags: Politics

THIS WEEKS NEWS IN ENTERTAINMENT

Jlo has a lot more on her hands than just a new album and joint tour with husband Marc Anthony: The couple are expecting twins, TMZ.com reports. The children would be the first for the pair; Anthony has a daughter and two sons from two previous relationships, one of which resulted in marriage. Lopez and Anthony launched their En Concierto trek in late September and will continue on it through a November 2 date in Miami. Her new album, Brave, drops Tuesday. ...

Spice Girls have cooked up their first single in seven years, called "Headlines," according to BBC News. "It's a Spice Girl classic," Geri Halliwell told the news outlet. We are so proud of it. We started putting words down before we even had the finalised 'yes' from everyone." The Girls' reunion world tour launches December 2 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and will be preceded by their Greatest Hits set, due in stores November 20. ...

Lil Wayne
was arrested in Boise, Idaho, Friday night on a felony fugitive charge issued in Georgia for allegedly possessing a controlled substance, The Associated Press reports. Wayne, who was booked into the Ada County Jail, was expected to miss a scheduled concert Saturday night because his charges made him ineligible for bond. As a result, an Ada County sheriff's deputy told AP, the jail has been flooded with angry calls from fans. The 25-year-old rapper, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., is set to be formally charged Tuesday...

Lil Mama
This about to get ugly, this about to go crazy." First T.I. had his way with Britney Spears, and now it's Lil Mama. The diminutive rapper is about to drop a remix of Spears' single "Gimme More," in which she gives the singer some props but spends most of the song boasting about her own skills: "I'm what's hot. Ever see 'G-Slide'? I can bring it back." (Listen here for a preview of the track.) Lil Mama then calls out the "followers," saying she has no competition because she's "so far ahead of my time." And, in what could be an analysis of why Spears has had so many troubles as of late, Lil Mama says, "People always going to tell you what you want to hear," that there's been "too many yeses, not enough noes, not enough real," which means even "the best get torn." Who knew the dance track could be a cautionary tale as well? As Lil Mama raps, "You've been warned by the voice of the young." ...
Kfed may have physical custody of his children with Spears, but People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is urging him to take the custody battle to the doghouse. In a letter faxed to Federline on Thursday, PETA President Ingrid Newkirk requested that he ask the judge for custody of the couple's pets. "It's no secret that Ms. Spears' impetuous 'pet' purchases and lack of caretaking skills have been a serious concern of ours," she wrote, noting that in 2006 the singer was "the overwhelming choice" for worst celebrity dog owner in polls conducted by New York Dog and Hollywood Dog magazines. Newkirk was also concerned that Britney's latest dog, London, was more of an "accessory" and noted that the Los Angeles chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had already investigated the dog's lack of veterinary care after breaking his leg when he was stepped on. "As a father, your main concern is the comfort and stability of your children," Newkirk wrote. "London and the other animals whom the boys consider to be part of the family have provided that comfort and stability ... being separated from the animal friends whom they share a bond with is undoubtedly traumatic for them." ...

Kanye West and designer Takashi Murakami, who have collaborated together on 'Ye's album covers, are putting their heads together again for a collection of gold, manga-style pendants, according to Women's Wear Daily. The rapper wore a diamond-studded one out to Givenchy's in New York earlier this week, according to WWD. "They'll be more accessible, they won't be all diamonds," he reportedly said. "The eyes are not perfectly done. Murakami cringes when he sees the eyes."
Beyoncé must be breathing a little easier — the singer hasn't encountered opposition from Muslim groups in Indonesia over her planned November 1 concert there, according to Reuters. She won't have to follow a strict dress code, which she would have had she performed in Malaysia, the country previously scheduled to host the show. ... Ginuwine has filed a lawsuit in New York against King Music Group Inc., according to AP. In the suit, the R&B star claims he was tricked into signing a contract with a record label that didn't even exist. He said he was persuaded to ink the deal back in May, and according to the contract, he was to receive $1.75 million, including a $500,000 advance, to record his first album for the label. But five months later, he hasn't put out any material and hasn't been paid a dime. The lawsuit claims there's no corporate record for King Music Group Inc. anywhere in New York, California, Florida or Tennessee. The filing charges breach of contract, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, and seeks $4 million in damages. ...

Tags: Music

she’s fabulous...and,
she was a boy, but who cares...

One of my longime friends has definitely made good. Back in the day we could see Ms. CANDIS CAYNE on stage at MILK (one of the events i threw in NY) or around town dancing her beautiful ass off.

For many years her and sister (not really sister, but u know)....LINA
Would tear up the club scene dance floors and stages with unforgettable, unmatched performances.
Which she still does from time to time.

Early on u knew who the stars were. Lina was in the major motion picture WOO with Jada Pinkett Smith.
Then there’s the time Lina, Candis and Laritza gave 3 very famous actors their lessons in womanhood for TOO WONG FOO....who else could possible teach John Leguizamo, Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes how 2 do proper drag performance??? Well drag is way behind this diva. BTW, Lina always hated being put in those categories too...and know both of them are proper Ladies so there’s no need for such carryings ons....lol
However, in the mass market, when u used 2 be a boy and are now a irl...they cast u as
The Tranny Lover 2 Billy Baldwin...and this Wednesday primetime showis definitely the greatest accomplishment from the aforementioned group, at least in SHOW BIZ.

And i am so happy for her.

I eagerly await where this ride is gonna take Candis...
on her myspace page many transgendered people are professing how much it means to them as well.
If you are wondering why...just read the Bio below....

This show is important and happy and scandalous and witty and well, just fun...Great show

DIRTY SEXY MONEY
every wednesday on ABC...set ur DVR or be home 2 watch...
Brief Synopsis

As a boy, Nick George watched his father surrender his freedom and family as the trusted consigliere to the absurdly rich Darlings of New York City. Nick grew up being second to the overpowering family. Burned by his boyhood encounters with them, the idealistic Nick did a 180 degree turn and became a lawyer for the disadvantaged. After the death of his father, family patriarch Tripp Darling offers Nick the opportunity to inherit the responsibility of being the family lawyer and protecting the Darlings' secrets. But the ungodly salary that will allow Nick the freedom to be an altruistic do gooder is only part of the picture....

CLIK HERE 4 PREVIEWS




LEARN IT!
Date of Birth:
Maui, Hawaii, USA more
Mini Biography:
Candis was born as Brendan McDaniel in Hawaii. Brendan transformed himself... more
Trivia:
Candis was the 2001 winner of the Miss Gay Continental U.S.A. national... more
Alternate Names:
Brendan McDanniel
US TV Schedule:
Wed. Oct. 3
ABC
Dirty Sexy Money
The Lions
#1.2


Filmography
Jump to filmography as: Actress, Self
Actress:
• 2000s
• 1990s
1. "Dirty Sexy Money" .... Carmelita (5 episodes, 2007)     - The Italian Banker (2007) TV Episode .... Carmelita     - Pilot (2007) TV Episode .... Carmelita     - The Lions (2007) TV Episode .... Carmelita     - The Trust (2007) TV Episode .... Carmelita     - The Game (????) TV Episode .... Carmelita
2. "CSI: NY" .... Quentin (1 episode, 2007)     - The Lying Game (2007) TV Episode .... Quentin
3. Starrbooty (2007) .... Annaka Manners
4. My Heart Belongs to Data (2006) .... Candis
5. Charlie! (1999)
6. Mob Queen (1998) .... Glorice Kalsheim
7. Always Something Better (1996) .... Billee ... aka Never Look Back (USA)
8. Stonewall (1995) .... Diva
9. To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995) (as Brendan McDanniel)
.... Candis Cayne
Self:
• 2000s
• 1990s
1. "The House of Venus Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)     - Episode #2.3 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
2. "Inside Edition" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)     - I Used to Be a Boy (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
3. 17th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (2006) (TV) .... Herself
4. "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)     - Episode dated 1 January 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself
5. Dragtime (1997) .... Candis Cayne
6. Wigstock: The Movie (1995) (as Brendan McDanniel) .... Himself (Candis Cayne) ... aka Wigstock - Der Film (Germany)

Tags: Tv

TRUTH BE TOLD



I have been saying that more people need to speak the truth, and it looks like this movie will...
We The People can educate those who are uneducated.

Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival, Dan Karslake's provocative, entertaining documentary brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture, and in the process reveals that Church-sanctioned anti-gay bias is based almost solely upon a significant (and often malicious) misinterpretation of the Bible. As the film notes, most Christians live their lives today without feeling obliged to kill anyone who works on the Sabbath or eats shrimp (as a literal reading of scripture dictates). Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families -- including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson -- we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity.

CAN BE SEEN OCTOBER 10-14 AT CINEMA PARADISO in Ft. Lauderdale
(although when i am posting this, there is no showtime info yet on the site)
For Other Parts Of The Country please go to...HERE for showtimes...

WATCH THE PREVIEW AND MORE
HERE

Tags: GODIAN

Learn your history. George Bush 418 days on vacation, Bill Clinton 152, Jimmy Carter 79.
Of these 3, the least liked for some time has been Jimmy Carter, whom just happens to be one of our greatest Presidents ever, won the Nobel Peace Prize, is a brilliant author and still finds time for Habitat For Humanity. So,why then so unpopular? Change is painful. Under Carter we almost turned the tide with relation to foreign oil. There were plans to have our entire country solar, with no need for many past wars, but there was no “long term profit” if we created an industry that is self sufficient and needs no fossil fuel, right? So stupid were those who opposed his “radical attempts” at change. Now 30 years later look at us. Bush2 has gone on a “Christian Crusade” i use quotes because there’s NOTHING CHRISTIAN ABOUT IT, except for the name Christian which is thrown around to describe these people with a total lack of true morality or love-walk whom have for some reason self identified with a teacher who taught the polar opposite of how they live. But i digress....

Being a Great Leader is more than just knowing what’s rite. You must also posess the skills to sell what is rite to those who dont want to buy it. Which if u read history books, is about 90% of the population at any point in time.

And anyway...WHO’s AFRAID OF JIMMY CARTER (great link 2 article)


The following is a little self help article from my new fave magazine...all u future leaders...read on.

By: Steve Marzolf
for BestLifeOnline.com
To rule effectively, you have to find your assertiveness sweet spot

Whether you run a sales department or a crime syndicate, you’ll eventually have to tackle the same Machiavellian question: Is it better to be loved or feared? Model your managerial style after, say, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and you’ll achieve obedience through fear, but you won’t have your followers’ loyalty. But if you try too hard to befriend and appease them, your team will languish without direction. Assertiveness is the X-factor that can make or break a leader despite strengths such as intelligence, charisma, and self-discipline, report Columbia University researchers in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. “Truly effective leaders tend to tread a middle ground,” says Daniel Ames, PhD, the study’s coauthor, “pushing hard enough to get their way, but not so hard that they can’t get along.” Here’s how to follow their lead. Find opportunity in disagreement. “The most effective leaders engage in cooperative problem solving,” says Ames. Not to be confused with compromising (which entails losing ground by splitting the difference), cooperative problem solving begets novel solutions that meet everyone’s needs. Listen to yourself. Do you blame a lazy team for stalling your career? Perhaps you complain about subordinates’ not understanding your directives. “Such negative internal dialogue means you’re not being nearly assertive enough with a key team member: yourself,” says Carollyne Conlinn, founder of Full Spectrum Coaching, an executive coaching firm in Canada. “Get yourself back on track by creating a list of leadership goals and holding yourself accountable for meeting them.”
Speak with your body. “Fifty-five percent of communication is nonverbal,” says Joyce K. Reynolds, an executive business coach whose corporate clients have included Lucent Technologies and Noven Pharmaceuticals. Effective leaders use this knowledge to their advantage. To place someone at ease, assume a relaxed, open posture with your body leaning slightly forward to indicate interest. Before making a point, perform a decisive hand gesture; a recent Harvard study shows that doing so implies credibility and honesty. More generally, present an image of assertiveness with an erect, comfortable posture and maintain good eye contact. Read the situation. Effective leaders adjust their behavior as necessary. When a subordinate won’t take no for an answer, ratchet up. When an agitated client just needs to speak his mind, tone down. “Take cues from the situation and gauge how your behavior is playing with the other parties involved,” says Ames. “Sometimes you can push harder than you may have initially guessed. Other times, your behavior may be crossing a line and you need to step back and really rein it in.”

Tags: Politics,Health

Andy warhol said “I Want 2 Be Plastic”
Well, if he were alive today he would be very happy then....

A vast swath of the Pacific, twice the size of Texas, is full of a plastic stew that is entering the food chain. Scientists say these toxins are causing obesity, infertility...and worse.
The more invisible and ubiquitous the pollution, the more likely it will end up inside us. And there’s growing—and disturbing—proof that we’re ingesting plastic toxins constantly, and that even slight doses of these substances can severely disrupt gene activity. “Every one of us has this huge body burden,” Moore says. “You could take your serum to a lab now, and they’d find at least 100 industrial chemicals that weren’t around in 1950.” The fact that these toxins don’t cause violent and immediate reactions does not mean they’re benign: Scientists are just beginning to research the long-term ways in which the chemicals used to make plastic interact with our own biochemistry.
As if the potential for cancer and mutation weren’t enough, Dr. vom Saal states in one of his studies that “prenatal exposure to very low doses of BPA increases the rate of postnatal growth in mice and rats.” In other words, BPA made rodents fat. Their insulin output surged wildly and then crashed into a state of resistance—the virtual definition of diabetes. They produced bigger fat cells, and more of them. A recent scientific paper Dr. vom Saal coauthored contains this chilling sentence: “These findings suggest that developmental exposure to BPA is contributing to the obesity epidemic that has occurred during the last two decades in the developed world, associated with the dramatic increase in the amount of plastic being produced each year.” Given this, it is perhaps not entirely coincidental that America’s staggering rise in diabetes—a 735 percent increase since 1935—follows the same arc.

Please take the tme to read the full 6 page article HERE
you’ll be amazed (and a lil depressed) and then inspired

2 learn the truth about recycling? CLICK HERE

Tags: Environment,Politics

Two men - the Gentle Man and the Busy Man – meet on our runway. They represent the two personalities that live within us, but not mutually exclusive. Both find themselves before a meter that measures reality and us. The Busy Man, the man on the go, prefers the rigid ruler for measuring distances. The Gentle Man, a more sensitive dreamer, uses a measuring tape that more easily adapts to the curves of life. But which of the two can say he has the right tool for measuring in an impartial way? And what is the standard and universally recognized unit of measurement? In the classic debate between productivity and thought, a third path unites the sensibilities of the Gentle Man and the Busy Man. It does not suggest the correct way to measure reality, but focuses on crossing it. The mEtro ruler of thought combines action and contemplation, work and leisure. It knows no schemes and classifications and accepts life as it is in the here and now. “The journey is the destination.” To this theme we dedicate the story of the asciutto (slim style) and polenta (rural memories). The collection is the synthesis and harmonization of two important principles that coexist: the revival of artisanal memory (symbolized almost graphically by polenta yellow) and the need to formalize the principle of fine tailoring. Asciutto and Polenta – “Polenta” is the cultural reference that evokes the memory and traces of the past that infiltrate the fabrics in the collection. More durable felted fabrics representing union and fusion, the shibori dye technique with its watercolors and abstract motifs, and stencils are combined with corduroy, flannel, and cloth. Never before has the Maison blended such different techniques through its aesthetic mEtro meter. It combines “polenta” with asciutto; a metaphor of the slim fit that is the dominant silhouette of the collection. Pants snugly caress the legs, outerwear is fitted, and knitwear embraces the body. Brave and Hard – There are two different slim fit styles. The focus is on jacket construction. Rules of fine tailoring are applied to pret-à-porter. The Brave jacket flatters the figure, hugs the hips, slims the sleeves, and focuses on the waist. The Hard jacket concentrates on construction: like a second shirt, it accentuates the figure. The knit-effect shirt – Materials are digitally transformed. Patterned knitwear stripes are printed on cotton for shirts, on silk for new regimental ties, and on nylon for sportswear. This migration of elements and culture is the leitmotif of the entire collection and also involves evening shirts, where rough raw gauze creates delicate origami elements worn like new jabots. Paisley – Paisley, a memento of the past, defines this collection of the present: it outlines pocket edges, lines lapels, and decorates classic laced shoes.  The paisley travel bag is what the Gentle Man and the Busy Man find in their wardrobe from days gone by. The light – Light is the new measure that combines activity and contemplation, work and leisure. It is found in the colored crystals used for cufflinks, in 28 different types of jewel buttons for shirts with forties-style prints, and in the sparkling sheen of animal print cockades decorating working class caps. Light gleams in the suits of both the Gentle Man and Busy Man, day and night, in the colored motifs of the printed silk linings.

Tags: Fashion

Grab a paper towel, use it to grip the tip of your tongue, then pull forward. This stimulates your vagus nerve, which runs from your brain to your stomach, where, when irritated, it causes your diaphragm to spasm.
“Stimulating this nerve causes the daphragm to relax ending the hiccup reflex” says Cuckoo Choudhary, MD, an assistant professor of gastroenterology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
Other Ways of stimulating the vagus nerve include massaging your eyeballs through closed eylids and pouring a teaspoon of sugar onto the back of your tongue, where sour is tasted.

while we’re on SUGAR
My mom has always told me that cinnamon was good for me and my blood sugar. And apparently there is quite a bit of research to back this up. 

I just read a story about a recent study conducted by researchers at Malmö University Hospital in Sweden. Their research showed that adding cinnamon to a dessert reduced the post-meal blood sugar spike. They had volunteers consume 300 grams of rice pudding (1.3 cups) with and without 6 grams of cinnamon (just over 1 teaspoon). Each volunteer's blood sugar was measure before and after eating the plain and cinnamon pudding.

Their research and conclusions were published in the June 2007 issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The full title of the article is a mouthful..."Effect of cinnamon on postprandial blood glucose, gastric emptying, and satiety in healthy subjects."

High-fructose corn syrup: Why is it so bad for me?
High-fructose corn syrup is a sweetener and preservative used in many processed foods. It is made by changing the sugar in cornstarch to fructose — another form of sugar.
High-fructose corn syrup extends the shelf life of foods and is sweeter and cheaper than sugar. For these reasons, it has become a popular ingredient in many sodas, fruit-flavored drinks and other processed foods. Check your food labels. You may be surprised by how many foods contain high-fructose corn syrup.
Some nutrition experts blame increased consumption of high-fructose corn syrup for the growing obesity problem. One theory is that fructose is more readily converted to fat by your liver than is sucrose, increasing the levels of fat in your bloodstream. But this hasn't been proved.
In addition, animal studies have shown a link between increased consumption of high-fructose corn syrup and adverse health effects, such as diabetes and high cholesterol. However, the evidence is not as clear in human studies.
Despite the lack of clarity in research, the fact remains that Americans consume large quantities of high-fructose corn syrup in the form of soft drinks, fruit-flavored beverages and other processed foods. These types of foods are often high in calories and low in nutritional value. This fact alone is reason to be cautious about foods containing high-fructose corn syrup.
To reduce high-fructose corn syrup in your diet, read food labels. Avoid or limit foods that contain high-fructose corn syrup. Some other easy tips for cutting back on high-fructose corn syrup include:
• Buy 100 percent fruit juice instead of fruit-flavored drinks.
• Choose fresh fruit instead of fruit juices. Even 100 percent fruit juice has a high concentration of sugar.
• Choose fruit canned in its own juices instead of heavy syrup.
• Cut back on soda.

Tags: Environment,Health,Home

100mph on land and
30mph on water?
This radical new breed of vehicle has been precision engineered to the most exacting standards. It has undergone an extensive safety testing programme and complies with appropriate marine and road safety regulations.
Entry to the water is via beach, boat ramp, slipway or directly from the water's edge. Once afloat, the transition from road vehicle to High Speed Amphibian (HSA) is effortlessly achieved.
Simply press a button and drive into the water. The wheels automatically rise and as you press the accelerator nearly a tonne of thrust pushes the Aquada onto the plane. The whole process takes less than 12 seconds. The Aquada can plane at over 30mph.
Powerful enough to tow a water-skier and with a style and class of its own, the Gibbs Aquada is the perfect leisure vehicle. It combines the thrill of an open top car with the sheer exhilaration experienced in a high performance speedboat.
The Aquada is the new name for freedom!

WATCH THE VIRGIN CHANNEL CROSSING
WANNA GO WATER SKI’ing with your car?

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Energy: Researchers have developed an environmentally friendly light bulb that uses very little energy and should never need changing

ALTHOUGH it symbolises a bright idea, the traditional incandescent light bulb is a dud. It wastes huge amounts of electricity, radiating 95% of the energy it consumes as heat rather than light. Its life is also relatively short, culminating in a dull pop as its filament fractures. Now a team of researchers has devised a light bulb that is not only much more energy-efficient—it is also expected to last longer than the devices into which it is inserted. Moreover, the lamp could be used for rear-projection televisions as well as general illumination.

The trick to a longer life, for light bulbs at least, is to ensure that the lamp has no electrodes. Although electrodes are undeniably convenient for plugging bulbs directly into the lighting system, they are also the main reason why lamps fail. The electrodes wear out. They can react chemically with the gas inside the light bulb, making it grow dimmer. They are also difficult to seal into the structure of the bulb, making the rupture of these seals another potential source of failure.

Scientists working for Ceravision, a company based in Milton Keynes, in Britain, have designed a new form of lamp that eliminates the need for electrodes. Their device uses microwaves to transform electricity into light. It consists of a relatively small lump of aluminium oxide into which a hole has been bored. When the aluminium oxide is bombarded with microwaves generated from the same sort of device that powers a microwave oven, a concentrated electric field is created inside the void.

If a cylindrical capsule containing a suitable gas is inserted into the hole, the atoms of the gas become ionised. As electrons accelerate in the electric field, they gain energy that they pass on to the atoms and molecules of the gas as they collide with them, creating a glowing plasma. The resulting light is bright, and the process is energy-efficient. Indeed, whereas traditional light bulbs emit just 5% of their energy as light, and fluorescent tubes about 15%, the Ceravision lamp has an efficiency greater than 50%.
Because the lamp has no filament, the scientists who developed it think it will last for thousands of hours of use—in other words, for decades. Moreover, the light it generates comes from what is almost a single point, which means that the bulbs can be used in projectors and televisions. Because of this, the light is much more directional and the lamp could thus prove more efficient than bulbs that scatter light in all directions. Its long life would make the new light ideal for buildings in which the architecture makes changing light bulbs complicated and expensive. The lamps' small size makes them comparable to light-emitting diodes but the new lamp generates much brighter light than those semiconductor devices do. A single microwave generator can be used to power several lamps.
Another environmental advantage of the new design is that it does not need mercury, a highly toxic metal found in most of the bulbs used today, including energy-saving fluorescent bulbs, fluorescent tubes and the high-pressure bulbs used in projectors. And Ceravision also reckons it should be cheap to make. With lighting accounting for some 20% of electricity use worldwide, switching to a more efficient system could both save energy and reduce emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases.

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unlike the hysterical episode of South Park called “Trapped in the Closet”...Life is not fun in the closet.

IT’S 2007 AND HOW MANY MUST DIE AND CRY FOR U 2 LIE?

GET PISSED, THEN COME OUT.....
seriously, if u are over 18 and living on your own, coming out is essential 2 our survival.

Here’s what happened just this week.
...imagine how the world would change if all the closet cases came out!!!

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Court upholds Md. gay marriage banLegislature could still take actionBALTIMORE (AP) | Sep 18, 11:09 AM
Maryland's highest court on Tuesday upheld a state law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, ending a lawsuit filed by same-sex couples who claimed they were being denied fundamental rights.
Maryland's 1973 ban on gay marriage does not discriminate on the basis of gender and does not deny any fundamental rights, the Court of Appeals ruled. It also said the state has a legitimate interest in promoting opposite-sex marriage.

The decision left open the possibility that the Legislature could still take action on the issue.

"Our opinion should by no means be read to imply that the General Assembly may not grant and recognize for homosexual persons civil unions or the right to marry a person of the same sex," Judge Glenn T. Harrell Jr. wrote for the majority.
The Blade will be updating this story as it develops throughout the day. From the Blade archives, here is some background coverage on the Maryland marriage ban:

Profiles of Md. plaintiffs

Activists preparing for Md. marriage ruling

Md. gay couples sue to marry

Marriage fight erupts in Maryland
Md. gays anxious for marriage ruling

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Romney launches anti-gay marriage adWill set him apart from other Republican candidatesDES MOINES (AP) | Sep 18, 1:24 PM
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is launching a radio ad touting the strength of his opposition to gay marriage.
Romney, who has come under criticism from conservatives for his past support of some gay rights issues, says he is the only major GOP candidate backing a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

"Not all Republican candidates agree, but defending marriage is the right thing to do," Romney says in the 60-second spot to begin airing Wednesday.

The ad is meant to set him apart from Fred Thompson, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani in the minds of conservative voters.

Giuliani, meanwhile, takes a different approach with his new Iowa radio spot — portraying himself as the Republican most likely to win over the more moderate electorate in the general election. Many conservatives are leery of Giuliani because of his views on issues including gay rights and abortion.

The ad Giuliani began airing Tuesday points to criticism of the candidate from the liberal group MoveOn.org and argues that Democrats fear Giuliani most as a potential GOP nominee.

"Why is MoveOn.org attacking Rudy Giuliani?" the ad asks. "Because he's their worst nightmare."

In contrast, Romney's new ad is targeted directly at evangelical Christians who are crucial to Republican politics in Iowa, where precinct caucuses traditionally launch the nominating season.

The ad, coming as Iowa is embroiled in a court fight over its gay marriage ban, points to Romney's role in battling a Massachusetts court ruling that paved the way for same-sex marriages there.

"As Republicans we must oppose discrimination and defend traditional marriage: one man, one woman," Romney says in the spot.

Romney's conservative critics argue that his position on gay rights was more nuanced as Massachusetts governor and during his 1994 bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

In focusing on the "major candidates," Romney is separating himself from rivals such as Mike Huckabee and Sam Brownback, who favor the constitutional amendment against gay marriage but have come in behind Giuliani, Romney and Thompson in most polls.


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Schwarzenegger says he will keep vetoing gay marriage billVoters must overturn anti-gay marriage initiative from 2000, he saysSACRAMENTO (AP) | Sep 18, 10:44 AM
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday that he won't reconsider his decision to veto a bill legalizing gay marriage and will keep vetoing the measure as long as lawmakers send it to him.
The Republican governor said he won't change his position unless voters overturn an anti-gay marriage initiative that Californians adopted in 2000.
"It would be wrong for the people to vote for something and for me to then overturn it," Schwarzenegger said. "So they can send this bill down as many times as they want, I won't do it."
The bill would redefine marriage as a civil contract between two people, but would still let religious groups refuse to sanction the unions.
Schwarzenegger vetoed a gay marriage bill in 2005, citing the 61 percent of voters who favored Proposition 22 in March 2000.
He announced in February that he would veto the bill again if it reached his desk this year. Despite the announcement, lawmakers approved it before adjourning last week.
Schwarznegger has until Oct. 14 to act on the measure.
Geoff Kors, executive director of the gay rights organization Equality California, said Proposition 22 only bars California from recognizing same-sex marriages performed outside California.
The gay marriage bill, by Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would amend a different section of law that covers marriages performed in California.
Kors said he hopes Schwarzenegger sticks by earlier comments that he will abide by the state Supreme Court's ultimate decision on whether California's ban on same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. The high court's ruling could come next year.
"We're extremely disappointed he is taking a position on the bill without meeting with a single lesbian-gay family, as we have asked him to do the last two years," Kors said. "How would he feel if this was a bill affecting who he could marry?"
Schwarzenegger's comments were in response to a question during a Capitol news conference on an endorsement of his health care plan by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Bathroom sting violates priest’s rights, lawyers say Boca cleric arrested after allegedly asking officer to have sex at a private location Thursday, September 13, 2007

The charge against a Boca Raton Episcopal priest who was arrested in a sex sting operation in a Waynesville, N.C. park restroom may violate his constitutional rights, according to lawyers for the ACLU and Lambda Legal.
Fr. Michael Penland was charged on June 28 with “soliciting for a crime against nature” in Waynesville Recreation Park after he allegedly asked an undercover officer to go home with him and have sex. On Sept. 5, Episcopal Bishop Leo Frade suspended Fr. Penland from his priestly duties at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Boca Raton.
“The charge is brazenly unconstitutional,” said Robert Rosenwald, an ACLU lawyer with the Florida chapter’s LGBT project, who examined the police report.
Penland was issued a citation after he allegedly followed an undercover detective home in his car after soliciting him for sex in a public bathroom. He was among seven men arrested by the Waynesville Police Department in a summer-long sting operation dubbed Operation Summer Heat. Police did not release information about the arrests until Sept. 5 in order to avoid tipping off people about the sting, according to media reports.
 According to the arrest report, Penland followed Det. Tyler Trantham into a public restroom around 11:30 a.m. and asked Trantham to go home with him to have sex.
Penland allegedly got into his car and followed the officer to another location. He was pulled over by a second officer, Crystal Shuler, who issued a citation, took his picture and released him. Penland did not go to jail.
He was charged with “solicitation for a crime against nature,” a misdemeanor, and “banned from town property,” according to the police report.
The report does not depict any sexual behavior taking place in the bathroom, public park or in Penland’s vehicle. It only states that Penland propositioned the undercover detective to engage in anal sex at a private location.
The 2003 Supreme Court ruling Lawrence vs. Texas overturned sodomy laws. According Lawrence, sexual behaviors such as anal sex between men could not be considered illegal.
“What [Penland] did was not a crime,” the ACLU’s Rosenwald said. “It’s not wrong to proposition someone and then go home.”
Like many of the men who are arrested in bathroom stings, Penland does not identify as gay. He has been married for 17 years. He did not return calls from the Express to discuss if he would challenge the charge.
“In a case like this, what is unconstitutional is the investigation targeting gay people and arresting [them] for conduct that is lawful,” Rosenwald said.
News of Penland’s arrest comes as bathroom sex stings gain prominence in local and national headlines. Idaho Sen. Larry Craig is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea resulting from a sting at a Minneapolis airport bathroom. In July, Florida State Rep. Bob Allen (R-Sarasota) was arrested for offering an undercover police officer $20 to have sex in a private location.
Locally, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle has incensed the gay community recently with statements deriding gay sex in city park restrooms.
Jon Davidson, legal director of Lambda Legal, says cases such as Penland’s are troubling. They are typical, he said, of public agencies implementing “selective enforcement” of laws in order to ensnare gay men.
“Unfortunately these cases are not uncommon,” he said. “A lot of people who get arrested don’t know the law, make a plea and hope that it will go away.”
His main concern, Davidson said, was that the misdemeanor arrests from public sex stings cause irreparable damage to the men’s lives, including job losses, ruined relationships and sometimes even suicide.
Davidson said Penland could sue the Waynesville Police Department for false arrest or for violating his constitutional rights. Chances are, however, that Penland and others who are caught in similar stings frequently choose not to challenge the charges because of the stigma associated with such an arrest.


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Activists decry ‘slap-on-the-wrist’ sentence for basher in W. Palm Teen gets 18 weeks probation for bloody attack on transgendered woman
By JUAN CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Thursday, September 13, 2007

An 18-week probation sentence against a teenager who bashed a 39-year-old pre-operative transgendered woman in West Palm Beach was denounced this week by Florida’s leading GLBT human rights organization and a slew of concerned bloggers.
Equality Florida called Palm Beach County Juvenile Court Judge Peter Blanc’s  probation sentence a “slap on the wrist” for a violent, bloody assault against a victim who did not resist. The teen will serve no jail time and will emerge from the crime with a spotless record.
“At a time when hate violence against gay and transgendered people is an ignored epidemic in our state, Judge Blanc’s ruling sends a disgraceful and dangerous signal that the lives of trangendered citizens are held in less regard,” said Nadine Smith, executive director of Equality Florida in a public statement.
The teen, whose name was withheld because he was 17 at the time of the crime, was arrested in Aug. 2006 for beating the transgendered woman during a late-night drinking jaunt and sexual encounter. A police officer who interrogated the teen the morning after the arrest testified in court that the teen beat the woman until his hands were sore.
The teen told police he picked up the woman at a bar while he and his friends were out looking for girls. He said the woman performed oral sex while his friend drove to Palm Beach. When the teen realized the woman had a male sexual organ, he began beating her, police said. He knocked out her teeth and repeatedly smashed her head against a lifeguard stand.
The woman said that she did not perform any sex on the teen.
Blanc threw out the state’s hate-crimes charges but charged the teen with aggravated battery. At the sentencing hearing Aug. 31, the tearful teen told the court that he was contrite having served a year of house arrest.
Blanc, who had previously said there were two victims in the case — the woman and the teen — ordered the teen to finish high school, get counseling and perform community service.
Bloggers on the website Pam’s House Blend posted messages calling Blanc’s ruling “abominable” and “disgusting.”
“There are indeed two victims,” one blogger wrote. “One is the woman herself and the other is the transsexual community at large.”
Equality Florida quotes the Florida Hate Crimes Report in its press release responding to the sentence. It states that physical assaults against GLBT people have increased in six out of the last seven years. During 2005, 62 percent of hate crimes against GLBT people were in the most violent categories. 


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and last but not least

Black community’s opinions vary on Naugle Local NAACP president’s pro-gay rights stand draws praise and criticism
By JUAN CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Thursday, September 13, 2007

Standing before a group of activists, preachers and news crews, Marsha Ellison, president of the Fort Lauderdale branch of the NAACP, took a risk when she spoke out for gay rights at a press conference Sept. 5 on the steps of City Hall.
She was one of many featured speakers to protest Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle’s anti-gay statements, which have driven a rift throughout the community in recent weeks and brought gay rights once again to the headlines.
Ellison’s mission was clear: She would speak out against what she considered hate speech and discrimination, regardless of the fact that the offending words were aimed at the gay community, a community she is not charged with representing.
“Mayor Naugle’s message is about one thing — hate,” she said. “Homophobia is hate, and hate has no place in the beloved community.”
Ellison’s words were received with much praise among gay activists. They countered the actions of some local African-American ministers, such as the Rev. O’Neal Dozier, who have spoken out in favor of Naugle. Dozier appeared with Naugle and other right-wing religious leaders at an Aug. 21 press conference.
As Ellison expected, her remarks drew criticism from some parts of Fort Lauderdale’s black community, a community that has traditionally distanced itself from gay issues.
In an interview with the Express on Sept. 11, Ellison said she was aware of the risk she was taking before stepping into the fray, but she said she felt a great responsibility as the leader of the local NAACP to make a difference.
“It’s the position of our organization that gay rights are civil rights,” Ellison said. “When one group is singled out, that is discrimination, and I have no choice but to stand up against it.”
Racism, economic disparity and education, are among the NAACP’s main issues. In recent years, NAACP leaders have supported the gay rights movement, a position that has led many in the black community to challenge the NAACP’s position as the leading representative of black affairs.
Locally, Ellison is getting much of the same criticism.
Brad Bennett, executive editor of the Broward Times, a newspaper that covers the local black community, said it was “odd that she would speak out about gay issues.”
“Based on what I’m hearing from readers, I don’t think the Fort Lauderdale NAACP reflects the views of the larger black community,” he said. “Publicly, members of the community fall in line with the pastors.”
Ellison’s appearance at the press conference, he said, would only alienate Ellison and the NAACP. Issues such as education, housing and crime are among the most prevalent issues concerning Fort Lauderdale’s black community, not gay rights, he said.
But Ellison pointed out that the black community here is varied and that there can be no one person or group to represent all points of view.
“We are not monolithic,” she said. “It’s just a matter of right and wrong. Hate is hate.”
To understand what the black community thinks about gay rights, one needs to walk the neighborhoods in Franklin Park and Lincoln Park and engage people in conversations. What the Express found is that the fundamentalist preachers who are the most vocal supporters of Mayor Naugle’s campaign against the GLBT community do not represent what most black people in Fort Lauderdale think.
At Betty’s Soul Food & Barbecue Restaurant on Sistrunk and 22nd Road, regulars exchange opinions on everything from politics to football over barbecue ribs, collard greens and sweet tea. Recently customers expressed a range of opinions about Ellison, Naugle and gay rights.
“Everybody has somebody who is gay in their family or knows gay people,” said Larry Bowman, a used car salesman and regular at Betty’s. “I have to agree with [Ellison]. It’s hate speech. The mayor is asking for hatred to be cast upon him.”
Dorothy Jackson, who works the counter at Betty’s agreed.
Bowman and Jackson said they respect gays and lesbians, but they also pointed out that their neighbors don’t normally discuss gay issues.
“Gay people is not a top issue,” Bowman said. “There are more important issues like the relationship of police officers and citizens. How are you going to relate to officers if you can’t trust them.”
But there is rarely a consensus at Betty’s counter.
Elder Solomon Williams and his sister, who would identify herself only as Mrs. Williams, sat at the counter to order a plate of ribs and steamed cabbage. They had a heavy, dog-eared Bible with them from which they quoted scripture. The Williams reflected much of the black fundamentalist point of view at Betty’s, saying the gay community was asking for special privileges. 
Although Elder Williams agreed that a public official singling out one group amounts to discrimination, he said he considers Naugle as speaking “the word of God” against the unrighteous.
“Every man you see who loves another man, they knew God before they got into their condition,” Williams said.
 Ellison recognizes that black opinion is largely influenced by the church regarding gay rights, but she notes that Naugle’s backers are not representative.
“You need to take note of the churches that were not present [at the Sept. 5th press conference],” she said.
The communities “super churches,” such as New Mount Olive Baptist and Mount Bethel Baptist, did not attend, she noted. She said she has spoken with the leaders of those churches and they support her position.
African-American gays and lesbians view leaders such as Ellison speaking out as long overdue.
“It’s about time,” said Donnell Morris, managing director of Fort Lauderdale’s Black Gay Pride. “We need the support of righteous speaking people and let people know that hate will not be tolerated.”
Morris said much of traditional views in the black church gain power because many black gays and lesbians opt to remain quiet about their sexuality.
“One side believes you are an abomination,” Morris said. “A lot of us feel abandoned by the church, and it’s easier to hide in the pews or just not go at all.”
The answer, he said, lies in increased visibility.
“As more people are visible and coming out,” Morris said, “ it makes it easier for other people in the community to cross the tracks.”

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hey, glad u made it this far....I love you for caring about the community...
Now i have a question...
what’s the common thread in these stories?
Low Visibility = Low Power
Come Out...u can start HERE

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I recommend that the Homophobic artists and try meeting with some of these groups that they hate so much to see how much we have in common rather than different.

Ja Rule, who was recently arrested and has a lurid history of violence with MURDER inc. seems like hardly the one to be judgemental, yet, in his recent COMPLEX magazine interview says...

Did you see that report about Congress preparing to hold hearings??
Ja: (interrupts) Yeah, they got my man Doug Morris under fire and shit, they got him going down to go speak to Congress about hip-hop lyrics, are you fucking serious? There's a fucking black kid right now about to get 25 years for having a fight with some white kids over hanging the nooses over the white tree, lets get to that. Let's get into shit like that, because that's what's tearing up America, not me calling a woman a bitch or a hoe on my rap songs. And if it is, then we need to go step to Paramount, and fucking MGM, and all of these other motherfuckers that's making all of these movies and we need to go step to MTV and Viacom, and lets talk about all these fucking shows that they have on MTV that is promoting homosexuality, that my kids can't watch this shit. Dating shows that's showing two guys or two girls in mid afternoon. Let's talk about shit like that! If that's not fucking up America, I don't know what is. There's a lot of issues we can address besides hip-hop, but they want to put everything on us like we're the problem. But see, and this is going to be a shameless fucking plug, but I said, "when everyone wants to point the finger, and ask why there's so much corruption, they only need to look in the mirror." It starts with themselves.

I agree Ja, look in the mirror, think about your jugement of two people in loving embrace.
While u oppose this, u embrace violence and degredation against women (those whom u supposedly love).
So illogical and so sad.


IN A SOMEWHAT RELATED STORY
Reggae Artists Renounce Homophobia
BY KEITH BOYKIN, IN SEXUALITY
Three prominent reggae and dancehall performers have renounced homophobia and condemned violence against lesbians and gay men. Beenie Man, Sizzla and Capleton, each of whom have recorded anti-gay hate songs, have now signed onto a deal to stop the hate and stop the protests. The agreement, called the Reggae Compassionate Act, was brokered with top reggae promoters and Stop Murder Music activists.
The statement reads: "It must be clear there's no space in the music community for hatred and prejudice, including no place for racism, violence, sexism or homophobia...We do not encourage nor minister to HATE but rather uphold a philosophy of LOVE, RESPECT and UNDERSTANDING towards all human beings as the cornerstone of reggae. We agree to not make statements or perform songs that incite hatred or violence against anyone from any community."
I am cautiously optimistic about the agreement. As I recall, another agreement was reached years before and then violated. I can only hope that the artists will be true to their word this time. The agreement comes after a three-year campaign by a British-based group called Stop Murder Music. The campaign had resulted in the cancellation of hundreds of concerts and sponsorship deals in the U.K., and helped spurn the movement in the U.S.
As a result of the agreement, the campaign against the three artists will now be suspended, but organizers are urging journalists and other observers worldwide to monitor the performances and statements of Beenie Man, Sizzla and Capleton.
Meanwhile, five other artists who have recorded anti-gay music are still targeted. Elephant Man, TOK, Bounty Killa, Vybz Kartel and Buju Banton have not signed the Reggae Compassionate Act.
Gareth Williams, co-chair of the Jamaican gay group, J-Flag, hailed the statement as "a move in the right direction." He also said he hoped it was "not commercially motivated by the singers' desire to maintain their concert revenues, but a sincere commitment that will encourage an end to homophobic violence and to all violence against everyone."
I think that's optimistic. Actually, it would be ideal if the artists signed onto the agreement because they've seen the light, but in the end I'm not sure they have. On the one hand, I want the artists to do the right thing, regardless of what motivates them. If it takes money (or the loss of money) to inspire them, then so be it. On the other hand, money motivation only lasts so long.
The problem with being motivated solely by commercial interests is that those interests could change and their actions could change. The best solution is to keep pressing the artists by educating them and others so that they understand that violence against gays and lesbians, or against any group of people, is not acceptable behavior in society. The artists need to know that all humans deserve dignity and respect.

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#1. LEDO PIZZA which was voted #1 by Oprah’s friend Gayle, and rightly so...
c oprah bit on their website...
the only problem...the closest on 2 us in Miami is 119 miles away...
let’s just say, it’s so good, that when i go 2 visit my Mom’s...in just a few days..it IS
THE DINNER WE MUST DO first night of my visit...(i might even pack one and bring back....lol)

So Here are my Top Picks in Miami and NY if u are not near a LEDO’s...
(and do yourself a favor, don’t argue with me, until you have tried all of these, because then there is no argument) ;-}


MIAMI
#2. DI SALVO’s 4190 North 46th Avenue (corner of Stirling Road) 954.962.1115
5 locations in Broward County. They Win because of the sauce on the red pie. Simple, sweet and perfectly addictive. I can’t vouch for adding meat or toppings, never tried for fear of messing it up. No great decor but pleasant service cheap prices and the best Pie without driving 119 Miles 2 Ledo’s.

#3. PIOLA 1625 Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL, 33139 305.674.1660 (M-S 6pm 1am)
so perfect because of its freshness and flavor...plus their salads are amazing and they serve only the best bottled water on the planet PANNA. As if that wasn’t enough they have like 100 pies 2 chose from. So where the flavor is just a slight bit behind #2 the experience and options are supreme.

#4. SPRIS 731 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach (right next 2 Score) 305.673.2020
the link has a full menu, the selection is good, the flavor is a close tie with #3, it was hard 2 pick. I also used 2 love the Ruspante’ Panini, which i no longer eat being Vegatarian, but if u do chicken....mmm...even my finicky BF liked it (and it has Avacado). The White Pizza’s Here are great as well.

#5. RUSTICA 863 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach FL, 33139 305.674.8244
Many people feel this is the best...but here’s why its number 5. Service often sucks. Flavor varies from one to the next...Don’t Ever go to the Lincoln Road one unless you’re really hungry...cause it doesn’t serve up half the flavor of the Cameo Location which doesn’t serve up half the flavor of the Original Location I list here 9th Street. Don’t argue with me, that is why there’s always a line at the pizzaria away from the clubs and the Cameo only does half the business, etc... That being said, the SpinachBlueCheese is f’in amazing and the Margherita (if u tell em to make it crispy) is a lil slice of Italy.

#5.5 Honorable mention goes to the PASHA’s signature “Pide” which is Pizza 2 in some way, more like a white pie, but so flavorful, and the box is hot, give it up 2 design...lol


NYC
#6. PATSY’s 2287 1st Avenue, East Harlem, NY 212.534.9783
Go up, get a slice and head 4 the train...lol...this is a slice of New York History and is also coal fired. U never know when the resturaunt will be open (cause its one of THOSE places...but the walk up is always open... Unique, delicious.

#7. Grimaldi’s 19 Old Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 718.858..4300
very similar to Patsy’s but the trip was fierce 4 me...so...lol...i walked 2 blocks 2 Patsy’s. Never been to the Hoboken location, but from the pic it looks like a delicious sit down is possible. Interesting Article about why this style of Pizza is soooo good, from THE MAN himself.

#8. DI FARA’s 1424 Avenue J, Brooklyn, NY 718.392.1222
should probably be number 6 (maybe number 5, but its been a year since I’ve had it. If u read the linked review, it definitely is an adult version of pizza. Delicious and worth the trip.


no honorable mentions for NY, all those RAY’s SUK...Pizzaria Famiglia is better if you are looking for what u think NYC pizza is supposed to taste like, only because you have tasted shitty copies of shitty pies instead of briiliant copies of the ones mentioned here.

which brings us 2

CHICAGO
#9, 10 and so on CITYSEARCH
Deep Dish can be a nice change of pace, but it is kinda more like a Pot Pie or Casserole or something than Pizza...and even in Chicago...the #2 is a thin crust wood burning stove option....hmmmm wonder why....
clik City Search for Chi-town details.

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Tammy Faye Bakker Messner was born in International Falls, Minnesota, the eldest of eight children. She attended North Central Bible College in Minneapolis. She is the mother of Tammy Sue Chapman and Jamie Charles Bakker, and the grandmother of James and Jonathon.

Tammy helped build the three largest Christian television networks in the world:
• CBN (The Christian Broadcasting Network) with Pat Robertson. Tammy worked for Pat for nine years.
• TBN (The Trinity Broadcasting Network) with Paul Crouch.
• PTL - Jim and Tammy Bakker. In its last year in existence, six million people visited the theme park Heritage USA.
Tammy has spent over 25 years in television. She was the host of her own show, "Tammy Faye's House Party." In 1996, she was the co-host of the syndicated "Jim J. and Tammy Faye Show" with JM J. Bullock.
She has made guest appearances on a number of television shows, including Larry King Live, Sally Jessy Raphael, Good Morning America, CBS Chicago, CBS This Morning, CBS' "Where Are They Now?", John and Leeza, Caryl and Marilyn, The Drew Carey Show, Roseanne, Tom Snyder, Prime Time, and many others.
Tammy was listed in the "Outstanding Young Women of America."
Tammy has recorded over 25 singing albums.
She is the author of two best-selling books, "I Gotta Be Me" and "Run Towards The Roar." She has recently completed her autobiography, "Tammy: Telling It My Way," published by Random House.
Tammy is a minister of the gospel and ministers in churches around the nation.
At the present time, she is working on another television show,...
Tammy presently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband Roe Messner, her two little puppies, Muffin and Tuppins, and a cat named Tinkerbell.

and beyond all that she also befriended the Gay Community through intelligence grace and LOVE. Jess really did walk through her. Those Christian whom cast here and Family aside back when the Heritage USA scandal arose should all be ashamed of themselves. Personally i love her...Don’t Judge a Book By it’s Cover...so she liked make up, so what, her heart was not only right, but rightous to the end...

please rent or buy THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE and READ HER BOOK
u can also link her sons ministry which is more of a REVOLUTION


Tammy’s Last Letter:
July 16, 2007
My Dear Friends,
It has been such a long time since I've written and I am so sorry for the long delay. I have been in bed for almost a year now. I have times when I feel good and times when I feel really bad. But, I have learned one thing about feelings. They have NOTHING TO DO WITH FAITH IN GOD!! He is the SAME yesterday, today and forever. He NEVER changes. That is what the Bible says and God's word does not lie EVER!
There have been many days when I felt so terrible with my back and stomach, that I have hardly been able to breath. I cry out to the Lord knowing that many of you are praying for me. In spite of it all, I get dressed and go out to eat. I may only be able to eat one bite, or sometimes ten bites, but I swallow each bite in "faith believing". There are MANY times it doesn't stay with me long at all, but I keep trying and HE helps me.
My daughter is here a lot of the times to give me my medications and to make sure I don't forget. When I got sick, she literally moved in and gave me hugs and kisses that are so needful during this period of ones life. She said, "I want to take care of my Mom". I gave her the last couple weeks off to go home and spend time with her children, James and John. They are well taken care of while Sissy is gone. My girlfriend, Deborah has been staying with me for the past 3 weeks. We have been friends for thirty years, so we know each other well! She gave Tammy Sue some much needed rest and she has taken up where Sissy left off. She will be here for two more weeks. How grateful I am to have such strong, loving, support around me. Then of course, there is my wonderful husband! We moved from Charlotte, N.C. to Kansas City, Missouri. He came here every weekend to build me a new house and when I got here, it was ready to move into, bed and all!! They had it beautiful and it is the most beautiful home I have ever seen. He has wanted to build me a house for 13 years, and I finally let him! His children and grandchildren have come every weekend to visit us, and it is so much fun! Someone I cannot forget is a friend named Daina. She worked so hard, I thought she was going to get sick. Bless her heart. I have to have help eating, bathing, doing my hair, taking my medicine, and help just getting comfortable, which is really hard for me to do.
I try really hard to eat and keep the food down, but sometimes, it is like my throat would just shut down on me, and the food comes right back up. So through all the prayers, I have finally gained some weight. I have gone from 60 pounds, to 65, for which I am very thankful.
I ask in great humbleness that you pray that I will be able to eat without it coming back up. I crave hamburgers and french fries with LOTS of ketchup! When I can eat that again, it will be a day of victory!
In closing, I want you to know that I am praying for you and your loved ones and I am believing God for complete healing. God is a healer of EVERYTHING!
I will let you know when I get to eat my hamburger! HA! 
 
Love,
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I Just Saw The Celestine Prophecy Movie...and i suggest u do as well.
also...dont forget this...Global Prayer Project

Here are the Insights below...READ, Reflect, Remove yourself from Religious Dogma...
B Free, Expand, Grow, Evolve... With Me

THE FIRST INSIGHT . . . A CRITICAL MASS
A new spiritual awakening is occurring in human culture, an awakening brought about by a critical mass of individuals who experience their lives as a spiritual unfolding, a journey in which we are led forward by mysterious coincidences.
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THE SECOND INSIGHT . . . THE LONGER NOW
This awakening represents the creation of a new, more complete worldview, which replaces a five-hundred-year-old preoccupation with secular survival and comfort. While this technological preoccupation was an important step, our awakening to life's coincidences is opening us up to the real purpose of human life on this planet, and the real nature of our universe.
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THE THIRD INSIGHT . . . A MATTER OF ENERGY
We now experience that we live not in a material universe, but in a universe of dynamic energy. Everything extant is a field of sacred energy that we can sense and intuit. Moreover, we humans can project our energy by focusing our attention in the desired direction...where attention goes, energy flows...influencing other energy systems and increasing the pace of coincidences in our lives.
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THE FOURTH INSIGHT . . . THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER
Too often humans cut themselves off from the greater source of this energy and so feel weak and insecure. To gain energy we tend to manipulate or force others to give us attention and thus energy. When we successfully dominate others in this way, we feel more powerful, but they are left weakened and often fight back. Competition for scarce, human energy is the cause of all conflict between people.
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THE FIFTH INSIGHT . . . THE MESSAGE OF THE MYSTICS
Insecurity and violence ends when we experience an inner connection with divine energy within, a connection described by mystics of all traditions. A sense of lightness--buoyancy--along with the constant sensation of love are measures of this connection. If these measures are present, the connection is real. If not, it is only pretended.
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THE SIXTH INSIGHT . . . CLEARING THE PAST
The more we stay connected, the more we are acutely aware of those times when we lose connection, usually when we are under stress. In these times, we can see our own particular way of stealing energy from others. Once our manipulations are brought to personal awareness, our connection becomes more constant and we can discover our own growth path in life, and our spiritual mission--the personal way we can contribute to the world.
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THE SEVENTH INSIGHT . . . ENGAGING THE FLOW
Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies. First we have a question; then dreams, daydreams, and intuitions lead us towards the answers, which usually are synchronistically provided by the wisdom of another human being.
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THE EIGHTH INSIGHT . . . THE INTERPERSONAL ETHIC
We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. Uplifting others is especially effective in groups where each member can feel energy of all the others. With children it is extremely important for their early security and growth. By seeing the beauty in every face, we lift others into their wisest self, and increase the chances of hearing a synchronistic message.
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THE NINTH INSIGHT . . .THE EMERGING CULTURE
As we all evolve toward the best completion of our spiritual missions, the technological means of survival will be fully automated as humans focus instead on synchronistic growth. Such growth will move humans into higher energy states, ultimately transforming our bodies into spiritual form and uniting this dimension of existence with the after-life dimension, ending the cycle of birth and death.
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THE TENTH INSIGHT . . . HOLDING THE VISION
The Tenth Insight is the realization that throughout history human beings have been unconsciously struggling to implement this lived spirituality on Earth. Each of us comes here on assignment, and as we pull this understanding into consciousness, we can remember a fuller birth vision of what we wanted to accomplish with our lives. Further we can remember a common world vision of how we will all work together to create a new spiritual culture. We know that our challenge is to hold this vision with intention and prayer everyday.
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THE ELEVENTH INSIGHT . . . EXTENDING PRAYER FIELDS
The Eleventh Insight is the precise method through which we hold the vision. For centuries, religious scriptures, poems, and philosophies have pointed to a latent power of mind within all of us that mysteriously helps to affect what occurs in the future. It has been called faith power, positive thinking, and the power of prayer. We are now taking this power seriously enough to bring a fuller knowledge of it into public awareness. We are finding that this prayer power is a field of intention, which moves out from us and can be extended and strengthened, especially when we connect with others in a common vision. This is the power through which we hold the vision of a spiritual world and build the energy in ourselves and in others to make this vision a reality.
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THE TWELFTH INSIGHT . . . IS YET TO BE RELEASED

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All-Time Best of the....
WORST COUNTRY SONG TITLES!

• All I Want From You (Is Away)
  Written by Bobby Harden (ASCAP)
• All My Exes Live In Texas
• All the Guys that Turn Me On Turn Me Down
  Written by Gene Plott, Harold Powell & Roni Stoneman (BMI) (courtesy of "Narkspud")
• Am I Double Parked by the Curbstone of Your Heart?  (courtesy of Michael)
  Double Parked Heart by Jim Pollock (BMI) (Could this be the same song?)
• An Old Flame Can't Hold A Candle To You
  Several songs in the databases called "Old Flame."
• Are You Drinkin With Me Jesus? (courtesy of Sylvester)
  by Mojo Nixon, Country Dick Montana, Peter & Louise Berryman (BMI)
  According to Sylvester, the song contains the truly touching lyrics:
  "Does your head pound Jesus as hung over you do rise....how does paradise look Jesus, through holy bloodshot eyes...
  Should we take a cab home Jesus...aw man we can hoof it from here...
  I know you can walk on the water but can you walk on this much beer?"
• Are You on the Top 40 of the Lord? (courtesy of Joel)
• At the Gas Station of Love, I Got the Self Service Pump (courtesy of Barry)
  Apparently this is from a Weird Al Yankovic song, "One More Minute." But it sounds like a country title, so I'll keep it!
• Beauty is Only Skin Deep, but Ugly Goes Clean to the Bone (courtesy of Ken)
  I've found 2 songs titled "Beauty is Only Skin Deep" - one was recorded by The Temptations and The Miracles and won a BMI Songwriting Award for Eddie Holland & Norman Whitfield..
  The other was written by Francis Burke & Don Raye (ASCAP)
• Billy Broke My Heart at Walgreens and I Cried All the Way to Sears (courtesy of Jim)
  According to Lynn, this was recorded by Peter Drake.
• Bubba Shot The Jukebox
• Bubba's Inconvenience Store
  by Bett Butler (BMI)
• Come out of the Wheatfield Nellie, You're Going Against the Grain (courtesy of Louis)
  Apparently heard in Liverpool, 30 years ago. Wasn't there anything better to listen to in Liverpool 30 years ago???
• Cow Cow Blues       Written by Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport (ACAP), and recorded by Bing Crosby, among others.
  Not a country song at all, as it turns out, but I've left it on the list because of the title's similarity to...
• Cow Cow Boogie (Moo Moo My Love)
  This one's been performed by everyone from The Judds to Mel Torme, according to ASCAP. Also not to be confused with...
• Cow Cow Strut
  by Barbara Chamberlin (SOCAN)
• Did I Shave my Legs for This? by Deana Carter (courtesy of Scott)
• Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You.
  by Tanya Tucker (BMI)
• Don't Chop Any Wood Mother, I'm Comin' in With a Load! (courtesy of Garnet)
• Don't Come Home a-Drinkin' With Lovin' on Yo-mind
  by Loretta Lynn (BMI) (courtesy of Hamp)
• Don't Give Me A Plastic Saddle 'Cuz I Want To Feel That Leather When I Ride (courtesy of Diane)
• Don't Make Love To a Country Music Singer
  written by Robert Morrison & Dale WM Thomas (ASCAP)
• Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me (courtesy of Richard)
  Several songs called "Bloodshot Eyes" in the database.
• Don't Squeeze My Sharmon. (Yes, that IS the correct spelling)
  Written by Carl Belew & Van Givens (BMI)
• Don't Strike A Match (To The Book Of Love)
  Written by Pat Alger & Hal Ketchum (BMI)
• Drop Kick Me Jesus (Through The Goal Posts Of Life.)
  Written by Paul Charles Craft
• Feelin' Single and Drinkin' Doubles
  Written by Donald Fagan & Johnnie Masters (BMI)
• Feelin' Single and Seein' Double (courtesy of Laurence)
  by Emmy Lou Harris (Elite Hotel album, says Laurence) - written by Wayne Kemp (BMI)
• Four on the Floor and a Fifth Under the Seat
  Written by Rex Pearce (BMI) (courtesy of Rick)
• Get Off The Stove,Grandma, You're Too Old To Ride The Range
  by Colin Hartridge (SOCAN)
• Get Off the Table, Mabel (The Two Dollars is for the Beer)
  by Bull Moose Jackson
• Get Your Biscuits In The Oven, And Your Buns In The Bed.
  Written by Richard Friedman (BMI)
• Git Up Off'n the Floor Hannah (a Bitter New Year's Eve)
  by Red Ingle and the Natural Seven, Written by Foster Carling & Joe Washburne (ASCAP) (courtesy of "Narkspud")
• Going to Hell in Your Heavenly Arms
  by the Austin Lounge Lizards (ASCAP)
• Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart.
  Written by Liz Anderson (BMI)
• Hand me the Pool Cue and Call Yourself an Ambulance (courtesy of Tom, who isn't sure it's a real song)
• He's got a Way with Women...and He's Just got Away with Mine (courtesy of Mick)
  A whopping 17 songs titled "He's Got a Way With Women" in the BMI database.
• Her Only Bad Habit Is Me
  Believe it or not, three songs with this title in the BMI database.
• Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)
  by Travis Tritt - "It's All About to Change" (several folks submitted this one)
• He Went To Sleep and The Hogs Ate Him (Now Claude's Gone Forever) (courtesy of Pam)
  Pam says - "don't know who wrote/recorded it. used to be on the jukebox at Lester's Cafe Howdy, Cleveland OH. (mercifully demolished back in the '80s)"
  BMI database says it's written by Nathaniel Nathan, Gene Redd & Ray Starr.
• High Cost of Low Living
  by John Steele & James Sloane (ASCAP)
• Hog Sloppin' Time in the Hollow (courtesy of Bob, who claims it's "A true love song")
  by Chuck Mayfield - Written by Antell & Tyler (BMI)
• Hold On To Your Men..Cause she's Single Again (courtesy of Susan)
• How Can I Get Over You if You Won't Get Out from Under Me? (courtesy of Dan)
  How Can I Get Over You Till You Get Out from Under Him? (alternate title courtesy of Mike)
• How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away?
  Written by Leonard Linnehan & Louis Philip Perry (ASCAP) (courtesy of Charles)
  But there are a half-dozen songs with this title in the BMI database!
• How Can You Believe Me When I Say I Love You, When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?
  According to Murphy, this song was written for the film Royal Wedding starring Fred Astaire, and was a novelty dance number.
  This is confirmed by Esther, who remembers hearing the song as a little girl in the 1930s and 40s. Matti confirms it was written specifically for the film.
  Burton Lane & Alan Jay Lerner (ASCAP)
• How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come Around)? (courtesy of Steve)
  by Dr. John
• How Come Your Dog Don't Bite Nobody But Me?
  by Mel Tillis (BMI)
• How Did You Get so Ugly Overnight? (courtesy of Mark, who's not sure it's a real song either)
• I-95 Asshole Song (courtesy of Stacy)
  written by Fred August Campbell (BMI)
• I Bought the Shoes that Just Walked Out on Me
  2 songs with this title in the BMI database (courtesy of Rick)
• I Can't Pass the Bar, and There's One on my Way Home (courtesy of Rick)
• I Changed Her Oil, She Changed My Life (courtesy of Charles)
• I Don't Care if it Rains or Freezes 'Long as I Have My Plastic Jesus Sittin' on the Dashboard of my Car
  a.k.a. "Plastic Jesus" by Ernie Marrs (courtesy of Bill)
• I Don't Do Floors
  by Don Cook & Charles Victor Rains (ASCAP)
• I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling
  by Thom Sharpe (courtesy of Gail, who tells me he wrote a number of comedy songs)
• I Fell for Her, She Fell for Him, and He Fell for Me (courtesy of "Narkspud")
• I Fell In A Pile Of You And Got Love All Over Me (courtesy of Charles)
• I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart 
  Written by Jack Clement (BMI) (courtesy of Charles)
• I Gave Her My Heart And A Diamond And She Clubbed Me With A Spade (courtesy of Bruce)
• I Gave Her the Ring, and She Gave Me the Finger (courtesy of Maureen)
• I Got Tears In My Ears From Lying On My Bed Crying On My Pillow Over You.
  According to ASCAP, the acutal title is simply, "Tears In My Ears"
• I Got the Hungries for Your Love, and I'm Waitin In Your Welfare Line (courtesy of John)
  Apparently written & performed by Buck Owens
• I Got Through Everything But The Door
• I Guess I Had Your Leavin' Coming
  by Vern Gosdin (ASCAP)
• I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You 
  Written by Byron Gallimore, Don Pfrimmer & William Shore (BMI) (courtesy of Charles)
• I May Be Used, But Baby I Ain't Used Up
• I Only Miss You On The Days That End In " Y " (courtesy of Frank)
• I Sat Down On A Beartrap (Just This Morning)
• I Sent Her Artifical Flowers For Her Artificial Love
  There are 4 songs called "Artificial Flowers" in the BMI database (courtesy of Jerry)
• I Spent My Last Ten Dollars on Birth Control and Beer (courtesy of Rennie )
  by 2 Nice Girls (on their self-titled 1989 album) - written by Clara Phillips (BMI)
• I Still Miss You Baby...  But My Aim is Getting Better (courtesy of Eric)
• I Want a Beer as Cold as My Ex-Wife's Heart (courtesy of Dan)
• I Wanted You To Leave Until You Left Me.
• Wanna Be A Blue Light Special In The K Mart Of Your Heart (courtesy of Gene, who "heard it in a little bar in Covington, Kentucky... And yes, it was as bad as it sounds like it would be.)
  There are a surprising 11 songs titled "Blue Light Special" in the BMI database!
• I Wanna Whip Your Cow  (courtesy of Charles)
• I Was Looking Back to See If You Were Looking Back to See If I Was Looking Back to See if You Were Looking Back at Me
  According to Sean, this may be "I Looked Back" by Jimmy Eaton & Larry Wagner, recorded by Perry Como.
  If that's the case, I think we can safely move it out of the "country" category!
  On the other hand, according to Steve, it was a duet performed by Buck Owens and Susan Raye in the 1960s, called "Looking Back to See,"
  which would move it right back into the "country" category.
  Finally, according to Beth, it was originally recorded by Red Sovine and Goldie Hill.
• I Went Back to My Fourth Wife for the Third Time and Gave Her a Second Chance to Make a First Class Fool Out of Me
  by Rev.Billy C. Wirtz (courtesy of Zev)
• I Went Out On A Limb and Fell Off the Family Tree (courtesy of Brad)
• I Wish I Were A Lesbian
  by Loudon Wainwright III (ASCAP)
• I Wish I Were A Woman (So I Could Go Out With A Guy Like Me)  (courtesy of Mick)
• I Would Have Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn't Spell Yuck! (courtesy of Charles)
  According to Shalom, the actual title of this song is "I Couldn't Spell !!*@!" , by Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs (same guys who hit it big with Wooly Bully).
  It came out in 1968 on M-G-M #13972, and was their last Top 40 song.
• I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dawg Fight, Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win  (courtesy of Charles)
• I'd Rather Hear A Fat Girl Fart Than A Pretty Boy Sing (courtesy of Mike)
• I'd Rather Pass a Kidney Stone than Another Night With You
• If Fingerprints Showed Up On Skin, Wonder Whose I'd Find On You.
  by Freddie Hart (BMI)
• If I Ain't Got It, You Don't Need It.
  Two songs with this title in the BMI database
• If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You  (courtesy of Charles)
• If I'd Killed You When I Wanted To, I'd be Out of Jail By Now (courtesy of Tom)
  by Reuben Darnell
• If I Had It To Do All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
  by Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks (courtesy of Peter)
• If I Had My Life to Live Over, I'd Live Over a Delicatessen (courtesy of Mike)
• If I Were In Your Shoes, I'd Walk Right Back To Me
  Five songs in the BMI database caleed "If I Were In Your Shoes" (courtesy of Mick)
• If Love Were Oil, I'd Be A Quart Low (courtesy of Charles)
• If My Nose Were Full of Nickels, I'd Blow It All On You  (courtesy of Charles and Ray)
• If My Nose Was Running Money, Honey, I'd Blow It Al On You (Title from BMI database)
• If I Had a Nose Full of Nickels, I'd Sneeze Them All Atchoo! (Another version of the title)
• If She Hadn't Been So Good Lookin' I Might Have Seen the Train  (courtesy of Phil)
• If the Devil Danced in Empty Pockets, He'd Have a Ball in Mine
  by Joe Diffie (ASCAP) (courtesy of Jennifer)
• If The Jukebox Took Teardrops
  2 songs with this title listed in the ASCAP database.
• If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
  by Jimmy Buffett, also recorded by Crystal Gayle (ASCAP) (courtesy of Carol)
• If Today Was a Fish, I'd Throw It Back In
  3 songs titled "If Today Was a Fish" in the BMI database. (courtesy of Rick & Frank)
• If You Can't Be Good, Be Bad With Me
  Written by Tim Bussey & Mark Maxwell (BMI)
• If You Can't Be Good, Son, Be Good At It
  by Neal McCoy (BMI) (courtesy of Betsy)
• If You Can't Bite, Don't Growl.
  by Tommy Collins (BMI)
• If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead?
  Written by Benjamin Costello, Alexis Feltham & Jason Whalley (BMI) (courtesy of Simon)
• If You Don't Leave Me, I'll Find Someone Who Will (courtesy of Barry)
• If You Ever Get the Feelin' I Don't Love You, Feel Again.
• If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
  Three songs in the BMI database with this title. (courtesy of Charles)
• If You Leave Me I'm Gone
  by Hunter Davis (ASCAP)
• If You Really Loved Me, You'd Leave (courtesy of Phil)
• If You Got the Money, Honey, I Got the Time
  by Hank Williams (courtesy of Bill)
• If You’re Gonna Do Him Wrong Again, You Might As Well Do Him Wrong Again With Me! (courtesy of Peter)
• If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong, Do It Right (courtesy of Kathy)
  by Vern Gosdin & Max Barnes (BMI)
• If You Want to Keep the Beer Real Cold, Put it Next to My Ex-Wife's Heart (courtesy of Blair)
• If You Want Your Freedom PDQ, Divorce Me COD
  Written by Cliffie Stone & Merle Travis. Also recorded by Boxcar Willie and Glen Campbell.
• If Whiskey Were A Woman, I'd Be Married For Sure.
  Written by Stuart Holdsworth, Jack Routh & Randy Sharp (BMI)
• I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones
  by Hoosier Hot Shots, Written by Chris Yacich (ASCAP) (courtesy of "Narkspud")
• I'll Marry You Tomorrow, But Let's Honeymoon Tonight.
• I'll Tennessee You In My Dreams
• I'm Drinkin Christmas Dinner (All Alone This Year) (courtesy of Stephen)
  by Mac Davis & Freddy Weller (BMI)
• I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home.
• I'm Gonna Put a Bar in the Back of my Car and Drive Myself to Drink
  From the album "Fear of Frying" by a Marin County (California) band called"Eggs Over Easy", around 1968 (courtesy of Mark)
  Unfornutately, according to Eric, "After years of searching, I have finally obtained a copy of the album "Fear of Frying" by the Marin County band "Eggs Over Easy". And, I must report, there is no song titled "I'm gonna put a bar in the back of my car and drive myself to drink" Nothing even remotely similar. Nor does this line, or anything similar to this line, appear in any song on the album. Still, it's a great title"
• I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
  Two songs with this title in the BMI database.
• I'm In Love With A Capital U (courtesy of Sara Kate)
  by Country Joe Diffie. Written by Nelson & Wiseman (BMI)
• I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna be a Diamond Someday) (courtesy of Neo)
  written by Billy Joe Shaver (BMI) Recorded by Johnny Cash and John Anderson, among others.
• I'm Quittin' Wild Turkey Cold Turkey
  Believe it or not, 24 songs called "Cold Turkey" in the BMI database. Only 13 called "Wild Turkey" (courtesy of Mandy)
• I'm So Miserable Without You, it's Almost like Having you Here (courtesy of Mike, who isn't sure it's a real song)
  There are several songs called "I'm So Miserable Without You" in the BMI database.
  But Tina says it was written by Jimmy Folker and Korky May, from Oxford, PA.
• I'm The Only Hell Mama Ever Raised
  by Johnny Paycheck (BMI)
• I'm Under The Table Over You (courtesy of Buddy)
• Is It Cold in Here, or Is it Just You? (courtesy of Mark)
  The BMI database lists a song called "Is It Cold In Here" by Joe Diffie.
• It Only Takes One Bar (To Make A Prison)
  by Tracy Lawrence (ASCAP)
• I've Been Carrying a Torch for You so Long that it's Burned a Great Big Hole in my Heart
  by Nino Temple and April Stevens. There are 2 songs called "Carrying a Torch" in the BMI database.
• I've Been Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart.
  Written by Jack Clement (BMI)
• I've Been Roped And Throwed By Jesus In The Holy Ghost Corral.
• I've Got a Cowboy In The Saddle, and Another One's Holding My Horse (courtesy of Laurena)
  We now have independent confirmation of this one from Tracy, who has a copy of the '45! (1981 Acclaim Records Canada)
  by Iris Larrat - written by M.R. Garlow & Neil Patton Rogers
• I've Got the Cob, If You've Got the Corn (courtesy of Marvin)
• I've Got $5 And It's Saturday Night
• I've Heard that Tear Stained Monologue You do There by the Door Before You Go
  by John Hartford (courtesy of Joel)
• It Ain't Easy Being Easy
  by Roseanne Cash (courtesy of Pamela)
• It Took a Helluva Man to Take my Anne, but it Sure Didn't Take Him Long (courtesy of Rick)
• It's Not the High Cost of Living, It's the Cost of Living High (courtesy of Buddy)
• I've Got Those Feed 'Em In The Morning, Change 'Em, Feed 'Em In the Evenin' Blues
  by Tennessee Ernie Ford (BMI) (The official title is "Feed 'Em In The Morning Blues")
• I Would Kiss You Through the Screendoor but It'd Strain Our Love (courtesy of David)
• Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green and Purple Pills
  by Ray Stevens (BMI) (courtesy of "Narkspud")
• Jesus Loves Me But He Can't Stand You (courtesy of Michael)
  by the Austin Lounge Lizards
• Jim, I Wore A Tie Today
• Last Night I Went to Bed with a "10" and Woke this Morning with a "2"
  by Willie Nelson (courtesy of Janet)
• Lay Something On My Bed Besides A Blanket
  Written by Daniel Hogan, Gladys & Ronny Scaife (BMI)
• Legendary Chicken Fairy
  by Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (BMI) (courtesy of "Narkspud")
• Let's Do Something Cheap and Superficial (courtesy of Dan)
  by Burt Reynolds (Smokey and the Bandit 2 soundtrack) written by Richard Levinson (BMI)
• Make Me Late For Work Today.
  Five songs with this title in the BMI database, including one by Paul Brandt.
• Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head)
  Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Baby's Head) (Conflicting submissions on this blues tune - anyone??)
  Get the Hammer Mama, There's a Head on Papa's Fly (Now that's the best one yet)
• Meet Me In the Gravel Pit, Honey, cuz I'm a Little Boulder There (courtesy of Maggie)
• Messed Up In Mexico, Living On Refried Dreams (courtesy of Jennifer, who said it was on heavy rotation on the radio in Montana)
• Mommy, Can I Still Call Him Daddy?
• My Give-A-Damn Is Broken (courtesy of Randy)
  written by Ammons-Baker-Martindale-Whisenhunt (BMI)
• My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus. (courtesy of Paul)
  by Jimmy Buffett
• My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field, While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart  (courtesy of Charles)
• My Lips Want to Stay (But My Heart Wants to Go)
  by Hank Wangford
• My Phone Ain't been Ringing, so I Guess it Wasn't You
• My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him
  Written by Phil Earhart (BMI) (courtesy of Charles)
• Nashville Rash
  Written by Kenneth Dale Watson (BMI)
• Ned Nostril (and his South Seas Paradise, Put Your Blues on Ice, Cheap at Twice the Price Band, Icky Icky Ucky Ucky)
  by Ray Stevens (BMI) (courtesy of Narkspud, who actually owns the album and confirms that it's even printed this way on the label)
• Nobody Wants to Play Rhythm Guitar Behind Jesus (courtesy of Russell)
  by the Oak Ridge Boys - written by T.A. Hill (There's a Terry Allan Hill in the ASCAP database, but no titles registered)
• No Way, Conway (I Ain't Gonna Twitty Tonight) (courtesy of Narkspud)
  Supposedly recorded by Teresa Brewer.
• Occasional Wife
  Written by Robert William Scott (ASCAP)
• Oh, I've Got Hair Oil On My Ears And My Glasses Are Slipping Down, But Baby I Can See Through You (courtesy of Charles)
  According to Jeff, this is by Rolf Harris. Haven't been able to confirm it.
• One Day When You Swing That Skillet (My Face Ain't Gonna Be There)
  by Richard (Dick) Hardwick - courtesy of Tom.
• Our Love is Illegal, Cause Our Names Ain't the Same (courtesy of Ned)
• Out of My Head and Back in My Bed (courtesy of Stacy)
  Stacy says this was recorded by Loretta Lynn. I've found 2 similar titles in the BMI Database:
  "Out of my Head and Back in my Bed" by Snuff Garrett
  "Out of my Head and Back in Bed" by Peggy Forman
• Overlonely and Underkissed
• Pardon Me, I've Been Pardoned
  Written by Michael Manuel (BMI)
• Pardon Me, I've Got Someone To Kill
  by Johnny Paycheck (BMI) (courtesy of Charles)
• Phantom Of The Opry
  A whopping 7 entries in the BMI database for this one.
• Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
  by Patsy Cline (BMI)
• Pick Me Up Or Let Me Down
  by Hank Smith (SOCAN)
• Poultry Promenade
  by Diamond Rio (BMI)
• Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox When I Die (courtesy of Laura)
  by Joe Diffie - written by Blaylock-Perdew-Phillips (BMI)
• Queen Of My Double-Wide Trailer Written by Dennis Linde
  Recorded by Sammy Kershaw, and Country Dance Kings
• Redneck Martians Stole My Baby
  by Hank Flamingo (BMI)
• Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer
  by Johnny Russell (ASCAP)
• Refried Dreams
  by Tim McGraw (BMI)
• Run for the Roundhouse Nellie (He Can't Corner You There)
  by Zeke Masters and his Band, Written by Julian Kay & Zeke Manners (ASCAP) (courtesy of "Narkspud")
• Saddle Up the Stove Ma, I'm Riding the Range Tonight (courtesy of Garnet)
• She Broke My Heart, I Broke Her Jaw (courtesy of Katrina)
  by Rick Stanley.
• She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed Anytime
  by Johnny Duncan (courtesy of Bill)
• She Dropped me in Denver So I Had a Whole Mile to Fall (courtesy of William)
  by The Gatlin Brothers
• She Feels Like A New Man Tonight.
  Five songs with this title in the BMI database.
• She Got The Gold Mine And I Got The Shaft
  by Jerry Reed (courtesy of Charles)
• She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger (courtesy of Charles)
• She Looks Good Through the Bottom of My Shot Glass (courtesy of Marc)
• She Made Toothpicks Out Of The Timber Of My Heart (courtesy of Charles)
• She Offered Her Honor, He Honored Her Offer, and All Through the Night It Was Honor and Offer
  by Sligo Studio Band, written by Robert Bivens (BMI) (courtesy of "Narkspud")
• She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy
  Written by Jim Collins & Paul Overstreet (BMI)
• She Walked Across My Heart Like It Was Texas (courtesy of James)
• She's Actin' Single..... I'm Drinkin' Doubles
  by Gary Stewart (BMI).
• She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)
• Skillet Full of Crisco
  written by Null Cecil Allen (BMI)
• Slap 'Er Down Again Paw
  by Arthur Godfrey (courtesy of "Narkspud")
• Thank God And Greyhound She's Gone
  by Roy Clark (BMI)
• Thanks To The Cathouse, I'm In The Doghouse With You
  Written by Max Barnes, Frank Saulino & James Valentini (BMI)
• That "It's All Over" Feeling (All Over Again)
  by The Clarks - written by Stephen Clark & Rae Mac (ASCAP)
• The Alcohall of Fame
  by Wayne Kemp - from the album of the same name.
• The Bridge Washed Out and I Can't Swim and My Baby's On the Other Side
• The Last Word in Lonesome is Me
• The Man That Came Between Us (Was Me)
• The Old Home Fill 'er Up and Keep On Truckin' Cafe"
  by C. W. McCall (courtesy of "Narkspud")
• The Pint Of No Return.
• There Ain't Enough Room in my Fruit Of The Looms to Hold All My Lovin' For You (courtesy of Atley)
• There's A Tear In My Beer
  by Hank Williams
• They May Put Me In Prison, But They Can't Stop My Face From Breakin' Out (courtesy of Charles)
  They Can Lock Me Up for Lovin' You, but They Can't Keep My Face from Breakin' Out (variation courtesy of Peter)
• This Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
  by Tammy Wynette(courtesy of Bill)
• This White Circle on My Finger Means We're Through
  by Kitty Wells (courtesy of Bill)
• Tight Fittin' Jeans
  Two songs in the BMI database with this title.
• Timber... I'm Fallin In Love (courtesy of Kathy)
  by Patty Loveless. Written by "Kostas" (BMI)
• Trainwreck Of Emotion
  Written by Allen Kohnhurst & Jonathan Vezner (ASCAP)
• Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother
  by Jerry Jeff Walker "Great Gonzos" (courtesy of Ed) Also recorded by Willie Nelson, written by Ray Hubbard (ASCAP)
• Velcro Arms, Teflon Heart (courtesy of Charles)
  Did find a song in the BMI database called "Velcro Heart"
• Waitin' In Your Welfare Line
  by Buck Owens (BMI)
• Walk Out Backwards Slowly So I'll Think You're Walking In
  Four songs in the BMI database called "Walk Out Backwards"
• Warm Beer and Cold Kisses
  by Stallins & Crowe (BMI)
• Warm Beer Cold Women
  by Tom Waits (ASCAP) Wouldn't call Tom Waits country, though....
• We Feed Our Babies Onions So We Can Find 'Em In The Dark (courtesy of Stephen)
• We Used To Kiss On The Lips, But It's All Over Now (courtesy of Cheryl)
• Welcome to Dumpsville, Population Me
  Two songs in the BMI database called "Welcome to Dumpsville" (courtesy of Jim)
• What Made Milwaukee Famous Has Made a Loser Out of Me
• When the Lightning Struck the Coon Creek Party Line
  by Hoosier Hot Shots (courtesy of "Narkspud")
• When You Wrapped My Lunch in a Road Map, I Knew You Meant Good-Bye (from Sally in Sacramento)
• Which Way Do I Go (Now That I'm Gone) ?
  by Waylon Jennings - written by Stephen Clark & Rae Mac (ASCAP)
• Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass?
  by Buck Owens (BMI)
• Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out When I'm Dead And Gone?
• Who's Makin' Time with the Time Keeper's Daughter, when the Time Keeper's Keepin' Time? (courtesy of Steve)
• Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
  by Shania Twain & Mutt Lange (ASCAP)
• Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For? 
  by Crystal Gayle, also recorded by Ronnie Milsap (courtesy of the Johnson family)
• Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw
  by Jimmy Buffett "All the Great Hits" (courtesy of Karen, James & Ed)
• Would Jesus Wear A Rolex On His Television Show?
  by Ray Stevens, Written by Chet Atkins & Margaret Archer (BMI)
• Yard Sale (12 exciting songs share this title in the BMI database)
• You Ain't Much Fun Since I Quit Drinkin'
  by Toby Keith (BMI) (courtesy of Chili)
• You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man
  by Loretta Lynn (courtesy of Bill)
• You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog ('s Leavins') (courtesy of Jim)
• You can Lock Me Up in Jail & Throw Away the Key, But You Can't Keep My Face from Breaking Out
  by Randy Scruggs (courtesy of Dave )
• You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too.
• You Can't Haul a U-Haul Into Heaven
  written by Clark-Mac-Northrup (ASCAP)
• You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd
  by Roger Miller (BMI)
• You Changed Your Name From Brown to Jones, and Mine From Brown to Blue
  Apparently by a British spoof country singer, "Hank Wangford." Courtesy of Jan from Essex.
• You Done Blacked My Blue Eyes Once Too Often (courtesy of Dave)
• You Done Changed my Lifestyle
  by Earl Hines (BMI)
• You Done Me Wrong, But at Least You Done Me! (courtesy of Aaron )
  Several songs titled "You Done Me Wrong" appear in the databases.
• You Done My Brain In
  by Neil James Innes (BMI)
• You Done Stomped On my Heart (and You Mashed That Sucker Flat)
  According to multiple emails, this was written by Mason Williams (yes, the "Classical Gas" guy) and recorded by various artists including John Denver.
  "You done stomped on my heart and mashed that sucker flat, you just sorta, stomped on my aorta.
  You started going out with guys, I felt us drift apart, and every step you took, was a stomp right on my heart."
• You Done The Wrong Woman Wrong
  written by Connie Rae Harrington (ASCAP)
• You Were Only A Splinter As I Slid Down The Banister Of Life (courtesy of Charles)
• You'd think my Bed was a Bus Stop, the Way You Come and Go (several submissions)
• Your Negligee Has Turned To Flannel Nightgowns.
• You're Not Free & I'm Not Easy
  written by Herb Coleman & Robert Morrison (ASCAP)
• You're The Hangnail In My Life, And I Can't Bite You Off
  by Hoyt Axton, Written by Woody Bowles (BMI)(courtesy of Eli)
• You're a Hard Dog To Keep Under The Porch
  by Gail Davies (BMI) (courtesy of Susan)
• You're Going To Ruin My Bad Reputation
  Could this be "My Bad Reputation" by Woody Guthrie?
• You're Out Of Step (With The Beat Of My Heart)
• You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly (courtesy of Charles, with more info from Ray))
  By Lola Jean Dillon & L.E. White (BMI) Apparently also recorded by Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
• You're The Ring Around My Bathtub, You're The Hangnail Of My Life
• You've Already Put Big Old Tears In My Eyes, Must You Throw Dirt In My Face?
  by The Louvin Brothers (courtesy of Art)
• You've Got Sawdust On The Floor Of Your Heart
  by Sneezy Waters (courtesy of Paul)
• 80 Proof Bottle of Tear Stopper
• 800 Pound Jesus
  by Sawyer Brown. Written by Billy Maddox & Paul Thorn (BMI)

 
And all-time fave:

• Get Your Tongue Out Of My Mouth, Because I'm Kissing You Goodbye.
  Coincidentally, also the title of a 1993 book by Playboy magazine columnist Cynthia Heimel.

There are some novelty songs that deserve to be listed just because their titles sound so authentic:
If I'd a Knowed that You'd a Wanted to of Went with Me, I'd a Seed that You'd a Got to Get to Go From Martin Mull's "Fernwood 2Night" TV show, sung by "Elwood P. Suggins" (courtesy of James)
She's Got Freckles On Her, But She's Pretty (courtesy of Charles) A novelty song from the 1940s by Larry Vincent (ASCAP)
I'd Like You a Whole Lot Better if We Slept Together (courtesy of Dan) We're pretty sure this is actually "I might like you better if we slept together," which is a line from the 1981 song "Never Say Never" by Romeo Void, a New Wave band - pretty much the least country-like song on the list! (You can listen to a RealAudio file on their website and hear for yourself.)
Then there's Tom Scott, who came up with an appropriate original title for me: "I Made Up The Title, You Make Up The Song"
Scott Orr went an extra step and actually wrote an original song: "I Kissed Her On the Lips, and Left Her Behind for You"
And my next favourite original title, from Laura: "Go Back To Texas and Cheesey French Fry Lake"
 
You can find another great list at www.coloradobluegrass.org/jokes.htm - there's some overlap, but Sandy has a lot of unique titles too!

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Earn ya man, learn ya man

Tags: Comedy,Health,Politics

Not 2 compare my new home of Miami with my old home of NYC, but....
the drivers here SUK.
and that’s really saying something cause in NYC the cabbies are CRAAAAZY.

so i thought i would bitch and moan at the following few, and if u are one of the offenders, get your shia together and be a lil more considerate...please...

1. BLINKERS are there for a reason...
the rest of us have no idea that u are slowing down to turn, because u have not let us now this by putting on ur blinker...u SUK...please change this.

2. “2 the right, 2 the right...”
if u are going less than 70, get ur slow ass out of the fast lane (the left lane). There is an unwritten code in the USA, as the lanes move from Left 2 right, the speed expected of u decreases. In Europe however, where u can go any speed u wish and there is no speed limit...there are only 2 ways 2 get a ticket;
1=reckless driving and
2=going 2 slow in the left hand lane....
so MOVE IT 2 the right 2 the right. thanx.

3. If your doctor prescribed Glasses or contacts...
please use them so u can see where ur going.

4. If u need 2 use the cell phone, make it hands free or...
just make it later. u really are not as important as u think u are, and they can wait 10 minutes till u arrive at your destination for a call back.

5. Ladies and Drag’s...Do your makeup b4 u leave the house...
the rear view mirror is meant for u 2 view cars in the rear, not your face looking like a “rear end” prior 2 make-up. AND if your a natural beauty, use less or no make up and save all the Cow ligaments and shia that is totally gross that they put in makeup.
PS note (unrelated 2 driving, but) ...the new Doritoes flavor X-13D has Tarter sauce and beef flavorings on it...EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

6. Sit Up Straight MF...
U aint kool, just cause ur seat is reclined all the way back while u drive...hello, u are using the steering wheel 2 hold u up enough so that u can see the road...wouldn’t it be better 2 have the support of the seat that is now 4 feet from your back touching the floor of the car...lol...

7. TV’s were made for home or the viewers in the BACK of the car...
not for u while ur driving...and since u would even consider this ur a silly person...start some meditation rituals or read a good book like...
The Assault on Reason: by Al Gore



Thanx u for forwarding this 2 all the bad drivers u know...spread the love
remember
“Ignorance is only bliss because u think u’r not ignorant”

Tags: GODIAN,Politics,LEARN

porn is worse than murder....if u live in Iran

yes, it’s that fukd up

Story Highlights
• People involved in adult films are "corrupter of the world," Iran's parliament says
• Producers, directors, cameramen and actors could face the death penalty
• Distributors and producers of pornographic Web sites could also face death
• The vote follows the leaking of a sex tape allegedly involving an Iranian actress

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that could lead to the death penalty for persons convicted of working in the production of pornographic movies.
With a 148-5 vote in favor and four abstentions, lawmakers present at the Wednesday session of the 290-seat parliament approved that "producers of pornographic works and main elements in their production are considered corrupter of the world and could be sentenced to punishment as corrupter of the world."
The term, "corrupter of the world" is taken from the Quran, the Muslims' holy book, and ranks among the highest on the scale of an individual's criminal offenses. Under Iran's Islamic Penal Code, it carries a death penalty.
The "main elements" referred to in the draft include producers, directors, cameramen and actors involved in making a pornographic video.
The bill also envisages convictions ranging from one year imprisonment to a death sentence for the main distributors of the movies and also producers of Web sites in which the pornographic works appear.
Besides videos, the bill covers all electronic visual material, such as DVDs and CDs. Other material, such as porn magazines and books, are already banned under Iranian law.
To become law, the bill requires an approval by the Guardian Council, a constitutional watchdog in Iran.
It is widely believed that the drafting of the bill came about as a reaction to a scandal last year, when a private videotape, apparently belonging to Iranian actress Zahra Amir Ebrahimi and allegedly showing her having intercourse with a man, became available across Iran.
The videotape was leaked to the Internet and released on a black market DVD, becoming a full-blown Iranian sex tape scandal. Ebrahimi later came under an official investigation, which is still ongoing. She faces fines, whip lashing or worse for her violation of Iran's morality laws.
The unnamed man on the tape, who is suspected of releasing it, reportedly fled to Armenia but was subsequently returned to Iran and charged with breach of public morality laws. He remains in jail.
In an exclusive interview with the British newspaper The Guardian early this year, Ebrahimi denied she was the woman in the film and dismissed it as a fake, made by a vengeful former fiance bent on destroying her career.
In recent years, private videotapes have increasingly been leaked to the public in Iran, riling the government and many in this conservative Islamic country, where open talk of sex is banned and considered taboo.
However, pornographic material is easily accessible through foreign satellite television channels in Iran. Bootleg videotapes and CDs are also available on the black market on many street corners.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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Someone did this for me...one day ill recut it properly..but funny to watch

Tags: Comedy,Pop