I was saddened to hear of Senator Ted Kennedy's passing. Kennedy lost his battle with brain cancer at the age of 77 on Tuesday. He was a very inspirational person and a visionary leader. When Edward Kennedy was first elected to the Senate in 1962, no one predicted he would become a master legislator, a liberal hero, "the lion of the Senate"—as not only Democrats but some Republicans called him.
Kennedy was recently honored by President Barack Obama with a Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Senator Kennedy was the third longest-serving senator in U.S. history. Kennedy emerged as a central figure in the 2008 presidential campaign, boosting Obama's candidacy by endorsing the rookie Illinois senator over former first lady Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination.
As a sponsor of landmark legislation including the Civil Rights Commission Act Amendments and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Senator Kennedy worked his entire career to secure a higher quality of life for men and women with disabilities. Making sure everyone had access to a high-quality education – particularly the most disadvantaged – was a major legislative priority for Senator Kennedy throughout his career in the United States Senate. Senator Kennedy believed that civil rights remain America’s great unfinished business, and he had a major role in every civil rights battle in Congress for the past half century.
He attended President Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration despite being severely ill, only to collapse at an inaugural luncheon for the new president the same day. He made his final public appearance in Washington in April, joining Mr. Obama at the White House for the signing of a national service bill named in his honour. As he neared death in recent weeks, Kennedy remained a key Obama ally on the President's primary domestic issue – helping craft legislation intended to produce the most dramatic reforms to the U.S. health-care system in decades. Kennedy called the healthcare reform the summation of his life's work in Congress. I think that the passing of the healthcare reform would be the best way for Kennedy's colleagues to honor his memory.
This man has given so much to our country. We owe him a huge debt. My prayers and thoughts go out to his family and friends during this time of mourning.
"Every American should have the opportunity to receive a quality education, a job that respects their dignity and protects their safety, and health care that does not condemn those whose health is impaired to a lifetime of poverty and lost opportunity."-Senator Ted Kennedy
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Where's Waldo?...And Elvis, Tupac, and MJ?
In one of the weirdest video clips I have seen lately, what appears to be a man is shown hopping out of what looks like a coroner vehicle, and being quickly ushered into a back door. It is causing quite a stir on the Internet. Why? Some people are claiming that the man is Michael Jackson. They say that this video that I am about to link you to is proof that the pop star isn't really dead. I say they are crazy, but I'll let you be the judge of that. Well, I guess now we'll have Michael Jackson sightings to go along with all the Elvis and Tupac sightings. Here it is folks: http://tiny.cc/TP75Q
Daily Commercial+Me=More Fame for Me
Here's the link to my article in the Daily Commercial: http://www.dailycommercial.com/082609dclobbyist (I hate how newspapers never put the picture w/ the internet version of the story. You have to get a physical copy of the paper to see your damn picture. uggh!)
Sunday, August 23, 2009
My Article! :D
Here is the article that was written about me in the Orlando Sentinel. The one in the paper has a picture of me. The article is very well written. I love how nothing got twisted around like some things have in the past when I have done interviews. Mrs. Lori Carter did a super job. http://tiny.cc/PAjf2
AND the article was also run in the Baltimore Sun: http://tiny.cc/Lmx1f
AND the article was also run in the Baltimore Sun: http://tiny.cc/Lmx1f
Friday, August 21, 2009
Run Me Around Town.
So yesterday I made a run (not literally of course lol) to Daytona to pick up two letters of recommendations for more grad school applications that two of my former professors wrote for me. I felt so sick the whole day though. Ewwww, I felt like I was gonna puke and pass out the whole day. Not fun. However, I did manage to get some more shopping for professional dress suits done, in between the running of a thousand other various little errands. I also had a long conversation with one of my all time favorite professors, Dr. Jackson. He's always a riot lol. The Daily Commercial in Leesburg called my cell yesterday, and they are also running my story in their paper. When I get the details I will post when it will run. I am happy about all this coverage because I really have worked hard to get where I am. With hard work, determination, and God on your side, you are an unstoppable force. Always remember that. Oh, I have another piece of good news. I went to the orthodontist Tuesday, and guess what- I don't have to have my wisdom teeth out after all!!! Yay! That is a blessing and relief in itself.
*Sidenote: Btw, I have been so disgusted with all the "news" and weird "facts" and stuff the papers and news channels have been reporting on Michael Jackson. Now all of a sudden, after the man is dead and no longer here to defend himself, there are all these strange characters coming from only God knows where, claiming everything from that they have had a homosexual encounter with the late popstar, to MJ was taking 40 Xanax pills each night before bedtime. Yeah. Because we all know that if you take 40 of ANY pill you'll be waking up the next morning (total sarcasm at work there). *Gabby rolls eyes* People are obviously trying to cash in on his freak persona that the media has created. It's so sad that even after a person is dead, they can still be drug through the dirt and ostracized. People just need to leave this Black man and his family alone; and let him be buried and rest in peace finally.
*Sidenote: Btw, I have been so disgusted with all the "news" and weird "facts" and stuff the papers and news channels have been reporting on Michael Jackson. Now all of a sudden, after the man is dead and no longer here to defend himself, there are all these strange characters coming from only God knows where, claiming everything from that they have had a homosexual encounter with the late popstar, to MJ was taking 40 Xanax pills each night before bedtime. Yeah. Because we all know that if you take 40 of ANY pill you'll be waking up the next morning (total sarcasm at work there). *Gabby rolls eyes* People are obviously trying to cash in on his freak persona that the media has created. It's so sad that even after a person is dead, they can still be drug through the dirt and ostracized. People just need to leave this Black man and his family alone; and let him be buried and rest in peace finally.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Read All About Me!
Today I had my interview with a journalist from the Orlando Sentinel. She is writing an article about me because I am headed to Washington D.C. to work on Capitol Hill. The interview went great! This one was different then the ones I have done in the past. It took about 43 mintues. She asked a lot of good questions. The article sounds great. I just got a call from her. She read it to me and had me give the okay for it to be printed. I even had her put my blog link in there;) I dressed professional for the interview because, of course, a picture will accompany the article. You can read all about me in this Sunday's (August 23) issue of the Orlando Sentinel. You can also check it out online if you can't get a physical copy of the paper. Go to http://www.orlandosentinel.com/ and search Lori Carter (the journalist who wrote the article).
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Welcome to America, Where Ignorance Reigns Supreme.
Bowing to Republican pressure and an uneasy public, President Barack Obama's administration signaled today that it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system reform.
Who the hell wouldn't want socialized healthcare? Why is making a public option for healthcare so bad in the eyes of Conservatives???! The reason is because most of them are ignorant and only do what corporations and the rich Repubs. on Capitol Hill tell them to do. They research nothing themselves. Their sources of information are people like Bill O'Reilly (who recently said that allowing gay marriage would lead to marriage between humans and turtles. Yeah.) and Ann Coulter (who said that racism and racial profiling doesn't exist because 8 BILLION traffic studies proved it.)
Conservatives idolize people like these along with Sarah Palin because they allow them to continue to believe that their deepest fears and beliefs are valid. (By the way, Sarah Palin advocated for 'death panels' when she was mayor of Wasilla, but has done an astonishing 360 degrees since Obama's healthcare plan has started to come into play. By the way, Obama's healthcare plan would do nothing to promote or create the dreaded 'death panels.' It's just a silly rumor put out in the public to try to discredit the Obama Administration's efforts.)
Republican/Conservative is synonymous with some type of bigotry. Racism, homophobia, xenophobia, sexism, ageism, classism, ethnocentrism, sizism, religious intolerance, etc.; Conservatives exhibit one or more of these traits. They like to think this way because they don't want to know the truth. Not paying attention to facts is what allows them to continue to live in their fantasy world where they are the "perfect" beings.
What I find to be the most ironic about the stance of Conservatives on healthcare reform is that those who are opposing it the hardest, are actually the ones who would benefit the most from it. All these big and loud protest at town hall meetings and outside Democratic politician offices are just plain stupidity. It's obvious that these people have been put up to this by their Republican politicians in D.C. and on the state level. They believe everything that is force fed to them by greedy capitalistic companies, and lying Republicans in Congress who are seeking recognition from helping to defeat the first Black President's major domestic policy goal.
Most of the ones protesting against healthcare reform are the ones who fear that they will lose the little piece of shit coverage they have with Medicare and Medicaid (it's weird how Conservatives claim to hate ALL form of social welfare until you threaten to take it away...they are the ones who use it the most!).
First off, I didn't see anyone protesting against Obama when he signed the first part of the healthcare reform that forces pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers to help close the doughnut hole in seniors' Medicare Part D over the next decade. The new reform would automatically close that gap!! It's a no-brainer. Medicaid and Medicare are practically bankrupt as it is. Why do you think that they force you to play $4,700 of your own money before they will cover you??!
The reform would just give people who have jobs that don't offer healthcare coverage an option to get it. 43 million people in this country don't have health insurance. That is a social problem because it contributes to high mortality rates and the spreading of infectious diseases. Private providers wouldn't be shut down or run out of town, because the plan would put public and private providers on the same page as far as coverage for price. The Government would not make anyone take the public plan either. A person can choose to keep the same doctors and insurer they have always had if they so choose to.
Most of the people who they interview at the anti-healthcare reform rallies look like they stepped right off the cover of Uneducated Trailer Trash Today in the U.S.A. It's obvious they have just taken the rumor mill and run with it. What makes me so mad is that they don't even try to learn the facts. They are extremely irrational on ALL levels. Not to mention that our President is Black, so that is even more of a reason for them to oppose him. They are really wrecking a good thing for America and society for all the wrong reasons. There is NO logical reason to be against this reform. EVERYONE will benefit no matter what class, sex, religion, race, etc.
Well, look at how Conservatives feel about gun control. They wreck a good thing everytime they oppose stricter laws on gun purchasing and ownership. There is irony at work again: it's their children who get shot and blown up at schools and shopping malls because of the lack of gun control, but yet they claim they want safe schools while still continuing to support lenient gun laws. I swear, being a Conservative is like being a walking contradiction; and is all they're walking on is broken glass.
Who the hell wouldn't want socialized healthcare? Why is making a public option for healthcare so bad in the eyes of Conservatives???! The reason is because most of them are ignorant and only do what corporations and the rich Repubs. on Capitol Hill tell them to do. They research nothing themselves. Their sources of information are people like Bill O'Reilly (who recently said that allowing gay marriage would lead to marriage between humans and turtles. Yeah.) and Ann Coulter (who said that racism and racial profiling doesn't exist because 8 BILLION traffic studies proved it.)
Conservatives idolize people like these along with Sarah Palin because they allow them to continue to believe that their deepest fears and beliefs are valid. (By the way, Sarah Palin advocated for 'death panels' when she was mayor of Wasilla, but has done an astonishing 360 degrees since Obama's healthcare plan has started to come into play. By the way, Obama's healthcare plan would do nothing to promote or create the dreaded 'death panels.' It's just a silly rumor put out in the public to try to discredit the Obama Administration's efforts.)
Republican/Conservative is synonymous with some type of bigotry. Racism, homophobia, xenophobia, sexism, ageism, classism, ethnocentrism, sizism, religious intolerance, etc.; Conservatives exhibit one or more of these traits. They like to think this way because they don't want to know the truth. Not paying attention to facts is what allows them to continue to live in their fantasy world where they are the "perfect" beings.
What I find to be the most ironic about the stance of Conservatives on healthcare reform is that those who are opposing it the hardest, are actually the ones who would benefit the most from it. All these big and loud protest at town hall meetings and outside Democratic politician offices are just plain stupidity. It's obvious that these people have been put up to this by their Republican politicians in D.C. and on the state level. They believe everything that is force fed to them by greedy capitalistic companies, and lying Republicans in Congress who are seeking recognition from helping to defeat the first Black President's major domestic policy goal.
Most of the ones protesting against healthcare reform are the ones who fear that they will lose the little piece of shit coverage they have with Medicare and Medicaid (it's weird how Conservatives claim to hate ALL form of social welfare until you threaten to take it away...they are the ones who use it the most!).
First off, I didn't see anyone protesting against Obama when he signed the first part of the healthcare reform that forces pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers to help close the doughnut hole in seniors' Medicare Part D over the next decade. The new reform would automatically close that gap!! It's a no-brainer. Medicaid and Medicare are practically bankrupt as it is. Why do you think that they force you to play $4,700 of your own money before they will cover you??!
The reform would just give people who have jobs that don't offer healthcare coverage an option to get it. 43 million people in this country don't have health insurance. That is a social problem because it contributes to high mortality rates and the spreading of infectious diseases. Private providers wouldn't be shut down or run out of town, because the plan would put public and private providers on the same page as far as coverage for price. The Government would not make anyone take the public plan either. A person can choose to keep the same doctors and insurer they have always had if they so choose to.
Most of the people who they interview at the anti-healthcare reform rallies look like they stepped right off the cover of Uneducated Trailer Trash Today in the U.S.A. It's obvious they have just taken the rumor mill and run with it. What makes me so mad is that they don't even try to learn the facts. They are extremely irrational on ALL levels. Not to mention that our President is Black, so that is even more of a reason for them to oppose him. They are really wrecking a good thing for America and society for all the wrong reasons. There is NO logical reason to be against this reform. EVERYONE will benefit no matter what class, sex, religion, race, etc.
Well, look at how Conservatives feel about gun control. They wreck a good thing everytime they oppose stricter laws on gun purchasing and ownership. There is irony at work again: it's their children who get shot and blown up at schools and shopping malls because of the lack of gun control, but yet they claim they want safe schools while still continuing to support lenient gun laws. I swear, being a Conservative is like being a walking contradiction; and is all they're walking on is broken glass.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
iRock the iPhone
So, yesterday I got an iPhone 3G for my annual upgrade, and I totally am in love with it. It's really amazing! I can't believe all the cool stuff you can do with it and on it (ew, that sounded kinda sexual, didn't it?). I can now see what all the hype over it has been about. I don't think I am ever going to use my MP3 player or computer again lol. I spent like 3 hours loading free apps alone! I also bought a ton of music on iTunes. I am totally an addict already. This is the best electronic I own, hands down. Oh, I also got a blu tooth headset for $10 with it, because they were running a special. Those things are usually like $40. I wonder what took me so damn long to discover the magic of the iPhone anyway? I can't wait to take this thing to D.C. It is really going to come in handy on those long metro rides, and so I can take notes with it in Senate hearings.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Today President Obama honored 16 people with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. The Presidential Medal of Freedom, an annual award, was created after World War II when President Truman wanted to honor civilian service during the war.
"This is a chance for me and for the United States of America to say thank you to some of the finest citizens of this country and of all countries," Obama told the audience assembled for the ceremony at the White House. "At a moment when cynicism and doubt too often prevail, when our obligations to one another are too often forgotten, when the road ahead can seem too long or hard to tread, these extraordinary men and women, these agents of change, remind us that excellence is not beyond our abilities, that hope lies around the corner and that justice can still be won in the forgotten corners of this world," the president said.
The 16 honored at the ceremony Wednesday afternoon were:
"They remind us that we each have it within our powers to fulfill dreams, to advance the dreams of others and to remake the world for our children," The President said.
I am happy that the people who were honored were chosen and given national recognition for their work. They are all extraordinary, and exceptional people. They are trailblazers in areas of human welfare and health, civil rights and equality, academia, sports, politics, and the performing arts. They are a great group of leaders, and we should all strive to be like them and make a positive impact on our society and influence the world.
"This is a chance for me and for the United States of America to say thank you to some of the finest citizens of this country and of all countries," Obama told the audience assembled for the ceremony at the White House. "At a moment when cynicism and doubt too often prevail, when our obligations to one another are too often forgotten, when the road ahead can seem too long or hard to tread, these extraordinary men and women, these agents of change, remind us that excellence is not beyond our abilities, that hope lies around the corner and that justice can still be won in the forgotten corners of this world," the president said.
The 16 honored at the ceremony Wednesday afternoon were:
- Nancy Goodman Brinker: The death of her sister from breast cancer prompted Brinker to found Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which has grown to become the world's leading breast cancer grass-roots organization.
- Pedro José Greer Jr.: Among the many hats Greer wears, he is the founder of Camillus Health Concern, an agency that provides medical care to more than 10,000 homeless patients every year in Miami, Florida.
- Stephen Hawking: The internationally recognized theoretical physicist has spent his career making complex scientific concepts accessible to the layman, including penning the best-selling book "A Brief History of Time" and its updated version, "A Briefer History of Time."
- Jack Kemp: The quarterback-turned-politician was honored posthumously for the years he spent, leading up to his death in May, raising awareness of and encouraging development in underserved communities.
- Sen. Edward Kennedy: During his 46 years as a lawmaker, Kennedy has called health care reform the "cause of his life," championing nearly every health care bill enacted by Congress in the past five decades. However, Kennedy missed Wednesday's ceremony because of his ongoing battle with brain cancer, the White House said. His sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who died Tuesday, received the Medal of Freedom in 1984 from President Reagan.
- Billie Jean King: With her victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match in 1973, and in the years since, King has champion gender equality not only in sports but in all areas of public life.
- The Rev. Joseph Lowery: With the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights icon co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a leading civil rights organization, and has continued to highlight the cause worldwide, including speaking out forcefully against apartheid in South Africa until its end in 1994.
- Joe Medicine Crow-High Bird: The last living Plains Indian war chief and author of seminal works in Native American history is also the last person alive to have received direct oral testimony from a participant in the Battle of the Little Bighorn: his grandfather, a scout for Gen. George Custer.
- Harvey Milk: The first openly gay person elected into office in a major U.S. city, Milk is revered as a pioneer of the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender civil rights movement. He was honored posthumously.
- Sandra Day O'Connor: At a time when women rarely entered the legal profession, O'Connor graduated Stanford Law School third in her class and went on to become the first woman ever to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Sidney Poitier: The first African-American to win a Best Actor Academy Award, Poitier also broke ground by insisting that the crew in one of his films be at least 50 percent African-American and by starring in the first mainstream movie portraying interracial marriage as acceptable.
- Chita Rivera: The winner of two Tony Awards, Rivera was also the first Hispanic to receive the Kennedy Center Honor, awarded annually for exemplary lifetime achievement in the performing arts.
- Mary Robinson: Since ending her term as the first female president of Ireland, Robinson has headed Realizing Rights, an initiative that ensures that human rights is not forgotten as nations chart a course toward globalization.
- Janet Davison Rowley: Her work on chromosome abnormalities in human leukemia and lymphoma has led to dramatically improved survival rates for previously incurable cancers.
- Desmond Tutu: An Anglican archbishop and a leading anti-apartheid activist, Tutu is widely regarded as "South Africa's moral conscience" and chaired the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission when it was created in 1995 to discover and reveal past wrongdoing.
- Muhammad Yunus: A Bangladeshi economist and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, Yunus pioneered the use of micro-loans to provide credit to the poor without collateral, a successful model that has been emulated worldwide.
"They remind us that we each have it within our powers to fulfill dreams, to advance the dreams of others and to remake the world for our children," The President said.
I am happy that the people who were honored were chosen and given national recognition for their work. They are all extraordinary, and exceptional people. They are trailblazers in areas of human welfare and health, civil rights and equality, academia, sports, politics, and the performing arts. They are a great group of leaders, and we should all strive to be like them and make a positive impact on our society and influence the world.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
My Favorite Things
My version of My Favorite Things, a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. The song has now become more associated with the Christmas holiday season. It's one of my favorite songs:-) I was bored early this morning and wanted something fun to blog about. Here it goes, I hope I don't suck out loud too bad.
Sunshine on lilies and whiskers on kittens
White pearly necklaces and soft chairs for sittin'
Pretty pink things all laced up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
Sweet smelling perfumes and tasty cherry fillings
Rainbows and hair bows and starry like ceilings
Sapphire, amethyst, and ruby red rings
These are a few of my favorite things
Boys in white dress shirts with button up collars
Entertaining books written by wonderful authors
Splendorous winters full of glorious things
These are a few of my favorite things
When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad.
Sunshine on lilies and whiskers on kittens
White pearly necklaces and soft chairs for sittin'
Pretty pink things all laced up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
Sweet smelling perfumes and tasty cherry fillings
Rainbows and hair bows and starry like ceilings
Sapphire, amethyst, and ruby red rings
These are a few of my favorite things
Boys in white dress shirts with button up collars
Entertaining books written by wonderful authors
Splendorous winters full of glorious things
These are a few of my favorite things
When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad.
Monday, August 10, 2009
All Bark With No Bite
I love how people act all big and bad when they're able to hide behind a computer monitor. People will say the most horrible and crazy things, things they wouldn't dare say in "real life" or in person, over the Internet. What is it about a monitor, a user name, and a little space on the Internet that makes people feel as though they have magical powers?
People tend to use social networking sites and forums as a way to create a whole new persona. Now, I am obviously a blogger, so I am all for using technology as a voice to carry a message out into the world. Sometimes people who are shy share their thoughts and feelings better that way. The Internet also gives you an opportunity to reach more people.
However, I only support positive messages. So if you happen to be one of those low life, disrespectful, scummy little pieces of sh*t that promote hate and animosity or start drama over the Internet, a little advice: If you wouldn't have the balls to talk your shit in person, then just do the world a favor by keeping your sick thoughts to yourself. It's so obvious that you just use the computer to hide behind because you know you would get your lily ass kicked if you voiced your thoughts in person, which makes you look all the more pathetic.
People tend to use social networking sites and forums as a way to create a whole new persona. Now, I am obviously a blogger, so I am all for using technology as a voice to carry a message out into the world. Sometimes people who are shy share their thoughts and feelings better that way. The Internet also gives you an opportunity to reach more people.
However, I only support positive messages. So if you happen to be one of those low life, disrespectful, scummy little pieces of sh*t that promote hate and animosity or start drama over the Internet, a little advice: If you wouldn't have the balls to talk your shit in person, then just do the world a favor by keeping your sick thoughts to yourself. It's so obvious that you just use the computer to hide behind because you know you would get your lily ass kicked if you voiced your thoughts in person, which makes you look all the more pathetic.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
That Really Grinds My Gears>_<
These are five things that really grind my gears (term borrowed from Family Guy), and I wish people would get the message on.
1.) I wish people with those stupid McCain/Palin stickers on their cars would take them off already. They look like idiots. Did you not get the message that they lost??! Obama is president for the next four years at least, so get over it and quit living in the past. I live in Florida so I see these stickers and buttons quite often. Obama took FL in the election by the way, but it is still the South. Well, I guess I can't expect too much here since some Southerners are apparently still devastated over the Confederate losing the Civil War; as evident by the number of rebel flags and plates I see while driving down the road. Sawrry baby, but you lost again. :)
2.) I wish girls would quit wearing those super thin AE and AERO graphic screen tee shirts that you can see right through. You can tell what color and design their bra is the shirt is so thin. The chicks look so trashy in them.
3.) Spandex doesn't look good on anyone-period. No matter what size, shape, color, make, model, year you are... just stay away from it. Simple as that.
4.) I wish people would stop depending on Fox (Faux ) News for their political information. Their representation of current events and information is skewed and purposely misleading at best. They represent irresponsible journalism and bias/prejudice reporting to the T. That's why only Republicans watch it.
5.) I hate how no one seems to have manners anymore. I think it's horrible that people showing such common courtesy like saying please and thank you, or holding the door open for someone like 2 inches behind them, has become a rarity in this day in age. The other day I was in the grocery store line and this middle aged woman decides that instead of saying "Excuse me, may I please get through," she would just slide all up on me, and try to squeeze her way through literally a 5 inch space between me and a display case of meat.
Her back totally hugged my stomach and she just pretended like it didn't happen! I was thinking, "I know now that she's so obviously touched me she's going to say sorry now at least." NOPE. Was everyone raised in a dang barn?? I stood there for a couple of minutes totally stunned. I just watched the lady walk down the isle and turn the corner. She didn't even care! I think that people should have to take mandatory etiquette classes to get a driver's license or something, because peoples' lack of consideration for others has gotten way out of hand in this society.
1.) I wish people with those stupid McCain/Palin stickers on their cars would take them off already. They look like idiots. Did you not get the message that they lost??! Obama is president for the next four years at least, so get over it and quit living in the past. I live in Florida so I see these stickers and buttons quite often. Obama took FL in the election by the way, but it is still the South. Well, I guess I can't expect too much here since some Southerners are apparently still devastated over the Confederate losing the Civil War; as evident by the number of rebel flags and plates I see while driving down the road. Sawrry baby, but you lost again. :)
2.) I wish girls would quit wearing those super thin AE and AERO graphic screen tee shirts that you can see right through. You can tell what color and design their bra is the shirt is so thin. The chicks look so trashy in them.
3.) Spandex doesn't look good on anyone-period. No matter what size, shape, color, make, model, year you are... just stay away from it. Simple as that.
4.) I wish people would stop depending on Fox (Faux ) News for their political information. Their representation of current events and information is skewed and purposely misleading at best. They represent irresponsible journalism and bias/prejudice reporting to the T. That's why only Republicans watch it.
5.) I hate how no one seems to have manners anymore. I think it's horrible that people showing such common courtesy like saying please and thank you, or holding the door open for someone like 2 inches behind them, has become a rarity in this day in age. The other day I was in the grocery store line and this middle aged woman decides that instead of saying "Excuse me, may I please get through," she would just slide all up on me, and try to squeeze her way through literally a 5 inch space between me and a display case of meat.
Her back totally hugged my stomach and she just pretended like it didn't happen! I was thinking, "I know now that she's so obviously touched me she's going to say sorry now at least." NOPE. Was everyone raised in a dang barn?? I stood there for a couple of minutes totally stunned. I just watched the lady walk down the isle and turn the corner. She didn't even care! I think that people should have to take mandatory etiquette classes to get a driver's license or something, because peoples' lack of consideration for others has gotten way out of hand in this society.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Sing Out Loud!
This is a fun idea I had for a blog. I am going to put bits and pieces of my favorite songs together to make one, and I want you to see if you can guess where they came from. :) Have fun! Goodluck!
(Verse 1)
I'm the life of the party
So contagious
All the boys wanna catch me
But I'm just playin'
(Verse 2)
Now I Believe In Miracles
And A Miracle
Has Happened Tonight
(Chorus 1)
Forever, and ever, you'll stay in my heart
and I will love you
Forever, and ever, we never will part
Oh, how I love you
Together, together, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only mean heartbreak for me.
(Verse 3)
You were the sweetest thing that I ever knew
But I don't care for sugar honey if I can't have you
Since you've abandoned me My whole life has crashed
Won't you pick the pieces up
Cause it feels just like I'm walking on broken glass
(Verse 4)
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame
The shame, the ones who died without a name
(Chorus 2)
Cuz if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don’t be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
(Answers: Verse 1 is from Saving Jane's Supergirl. Verse 2 is from Michael Jackson's Black or White. Chorus 1 is from Aretha Franklin's I Say A Little Prayer for You. Verse 3 is from Annie Lenox's Walking on Broken Glass. Verse 4 is from Green Day's Holiday. Finally, chorus 2 is from Beyonce's Single Ladies. )
How did you do?! :)
(Verse 1)
I'm the life of the party
So contagious
All the boys wanna catch me
But I'm just playin'
(Verse 2)
Now I Believe In Miracles
And A Miracle
Has Happened Tonight
(Chorus 1)
Forever, and ever, you'll stay in my heart
and I will love you
Forever, and ever, we never will part
Oh, how I love you
Together, together, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only mean heartbreak for me.
(Verse 3)
You were the sweetest thing that I ever knew
But I don't care for sugar honey if I can't have you
Since you've abandoned me My whole life has crashed
Won't you pick the pieces up
Cause it feels just like I'm walking on broken glass
(Verse 4)
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame
The shame, the ones who died without a name
(Chorus 2)
Cuz if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don’t be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
(Answers: Verse 1 is from Saving Jane's Supergirl. Verse 2 is from Michael Jackson's Black or White. Chorus 1 is from Aretha Franklin's I Say A Little Prayer for You. Verse 3 is from Annie Lenox's Walking on Broken Glass. Verse 4 is from Green Day's Holiday. Finally, chorus 2 is from Beyonce's Single Ladies. )
How did you do?! :)
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Let My People Go!
Yay, Bill Clinton frees the captives! At President Obama's request, Bill Clinton made a high profile visit to North Korea on Tuesday to try and secure the release of two American journalist that had been held captive by the North Korean Government for the past 5 months. Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained by soldiers on March 17 near the North Korean border with China.
In June, they were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in a North Korean prison camp for committing the "hostile" act of illegally entering a rogue nation before being pardoned. Ling and Lee were in the country illegally in the first place to film a documentary about North Korean women being trafficked into China for the sex trade for Al Gore's Current TV.
Months of preparation and negotiations went into Bill Clinton's "surprise" visit. After all, he is the highest-profile U.S. official to visit the region in almost ten years. Clinton and the White House have reported that Clinton's visit was purely a humanitarian effort, despite some claims made by media that Clinton carried a message from President Obama. There has been speculation that Clinton also spoke about the country's nuclear program with Kim Jong-il. State-run media described Clinton's landmark trip to Pyongyang as resulting in rare talks with reclusive Kim Jong Il that were "wide-ranging" and "exhaustive."
I don't believe that North Korea's nuclear program was a major topic of talk, if at all. Clinton was there to free the journalists and that was his main objective. The situation was already delicate and Bill Clinton's wife, Secretary of Sate Hillary Clinton, had worked hard to separate the case of the journalists from the world wide condemnation of Korea's nuclear ambitions. I believe had he brought up the nukes issues on this trip, then the journalist would not be home now.
The US Administration had recently changed its rhetoric in discussing the case and said it was seeking amnesty rather than an acknowledgment from the North Korean Government that the women had been wrongly arrested. The North Koreans said Mr Clinton, who was acting in an "unofficial capacity," offered an apology on behalf of the women. However, US officials said he made no apology for the conduct of the journalists. The White House made it clear that Mr Clinton’s journey was ‘‘not in any way’’ linked to the nuclear issue
I am hopeful that this success story can lead to the United States and the Korean Government having a better relationship. I hope that trust of eachother and a better understanding of eachother's point of view will be developed on both sides. The trip also brings light to former President Bill Clinton's history as an exemplary diplomat. I think a lot of people lost sight of that when they started focusing on other irrelevant stuff like his affair.
The truth is, Bill is a hell of a unifier and humanitarian. Clinton won an award from NFID for his work to promoting AIDS treatment and prevention in the developing world. If Obama's as smart as I think he is, then this trip was just the first of several diplomatic trips Clinton will make on behalf of the U.S. The right thing to do would be to make Bill a U.S. diplomat. If anyone is capable of helping to greatly improve the U.S. 's tarnished image (we have the Bush Administration to thank for that), it's Bill Clinton. He would serve as an extremely valuable asset to the Obama Administration.
In June, they were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in a North Korean prison camp for committing the "hostile" act of illegally entering a rogue nation before being pardoned. Ling and Lee were in the country illegally in the first place to film a documentary about North Korean women being trafficked into China for the sex trade for Al Gore's Current TV.
Months of preparation and negotiations went into Bill Clinton's "surprise" visit. After all, he is the highest-profile U.S. official to visit the region in almost ten years. Clinton and the White House have reported that Clinton's visit was purely a humanitarian effort, despite some claims made by media that Clinton carried a message from President Obama. There has been speculation that Clinton also spoke about the country's nuclear program with Kim Jong-il. State-run media described Clinton's landmark trip to Pyongyang as resulting in rare talks with reclusive Kim Jong Il that were "wide-ranging" and "exhaustive."
I don't believe that North Korea's nuclear program was a major topic of talk, if at all. Clinton was there to free the journalists and that was his main objective. The situation was already delicate and Bill Clinton's wife, Secretary of Sate Hillary Clinton, had worked hard to separate the case of the journalists from the world wide condemnation of Korea's nuclear ambitions. I believe had he brought up the nukes issues on this trip, then the journalist would not be home now.
The US Administration had recently changed its rhetoric in discussing the case and said it was seeking amnesty rather than an acknowledgment from the North Korean Government that the women had been wrongly arrested. The North Koreans said Mr Clinton, who was acting in an "unofficial capacity," offered an apology on behalf of the women. However, US officials said he made no apology for the conduct of the journalists. The White House made it clear that Mr Clinton’s journey was ‘‘not in any way’’ linked to the nuclear issue
I am hopeful that this success story can lead to the United States and the Korean Government having a better relationship. I hope that trust of eachother and a better understanding of eachother's point of view will be developed on both sides. The trip also brings light to former President Bill Clinton's history as an exemplary diplomat. I think a lot of people lost sight of that when they started focusing on other irrelevant stuff like his affair.
The truth is, Bill is a hell of a unifier and humanitarian. Clinton won an award from NFID for his work to promoting AIDS treatment and prevention in the developing world. If Obama's as smart as I think he is, then this trip was just the first of several diplomatic trips Clinton will make on behalf of the U.S. The right thing to do would be to make Bill a U.S. diplomat. If anyone is capable of helping to greatly improve the U.S. 's tarnished image (we have the Bush Administration to thank for that), it's Bill Clinton. He would serve as an extremely valuable asset to the Obama Administration.
Ouch!
For the last couple of weeks, my wisdom teeth have been hurting off and on. My dentist told me that I would probably have to have them removed when I saw her last when I had my bi-annual teeth cleaning. Unfortunately, she was right. Damn it! The pain and really bad sensitivity has been coming on more often lately. They really pain me after I brush or floss; also, when I eat tougher meat like steak. My mom is making me an appointment at the oral surgeon this week. Fuck! I am not looking forward to this at all.
The dentist is bad enough with all the funny chemical smells, weird tasting teeth cleaning stuff, and tools that make horrible noises. Definitely not a good fit for anxiety peeps like me:( I hate having people digging in my mouth. Period. Did I mention that I hate open mouth/French kissing too? Well, now you know.
With all this talk about Diprivin and anesthetics in the news I am now horrified of going under for the operation. Just fucking great. My mom says I should get it done before I go to D.C. and I know she is right (moms usually always are). So, I am just going to try and toughen up and get it done. Pray for me loves!<3
The dentist is bad enough with all the funny chemical smells, weird tasting teeth cleaning stuff, and tools that make horrible noises. Definitely not a good fit for anxiety peeps like me:( I hate having people digging in my mouth. Period. Did I mention that I hate open mouth/French kissing too? Well, now you know.
With all this talk about Diprivin and anesthetics in the news I am now horrified of going under for the operation. Just fucking great. My mom says I should get it done before I go to D.C. and I know she is right (moms usually always are). So, I am just going to try and toughen up and get it done. Pray for me loves!<3
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