Hannity and Colmes split up
Michael Calderone Michael Calderone – 2 hrs 4 mins ago
Fox News announced that after 12 years, Alan Colmes will be leaving the top-rated "Hannity & Colmes" at the end of the year.
“I approached Bill Shine (FNC’s Senior Vice President of Programming) earlier this year about wanting to move on after 12 years to develop new and challenging ways to contribute to the growth of the network," Colmes said in a statement. "Although it’s bittersweet to leave one of the longest marriages on cable news, I’m proud that both Sean (Hannity) and I remained unharmed after sitting side by side, night after night for so many years.”
Sean Hannity said Colmes was "a remarkable co-host," "great friend," and "skillful debate partner.”
Colmes will remain a Fox commentator, and continue hosting "The Alan Colmes Show" on Fox News Radio. Also, he's developing a weekend show.
So will it just be the "The Sean Hannity Show" (as on the radio) or take the name of the weekly Fox show, "Hannity's America?" In the release, published after the jump, there's no mention of Hannity seeking a new liberal co-host, so I assume he's on his own, but can't say for sure. I've put the question to Fox and will update when available.
UPDATE: A Fox spokesperson said it has not yet been determined, but the NY Times hears that Hannity may go it alone. Also, Hannity talks up Colmes on his radio show.
ALAN COLMES TO DEPART TOP RATED HANNITY & COLMES
FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Alan Colmes will relinquish his role as co-host of Hannity & Colmes at the end of the year.
In announcing his decision, Colmes said, “I approached Bill Shine (FNC’s Senior Vice President of Programming) earlier this year about wanting to move on after 12 years to develop new and challenging ways to contribute to the growth of the network. Although it’s bittersweet to leave one of the longest marriages on cable news, I’m proud that both Sean (Hannity) and I remained unharmed after sitting side by side, night after night for so many years.”
Colmes will continue to have a presence on FNC as he will serve as a liberal commentator on a variety of FOX News programming, including Foxnews.com’s The Strategy Room and continue hosting his radio program, The Alan Colmes Show on FOX Talk, a division of FOX News Radio. He will also begin developing a weekend program.
Shine said, “We’re very sorry to see Alan reach this decision but we understand his desire to seek other creative challenges in his career. We value his incredible hard work in making Hannity & Colmes the most successful debate program on cable news and we’re going to miss him on the show. Thankfully, he will begin developing a weekend pilot for us.”
FOX News Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Roger Ailes added, “Alan is one of the key reasons why FOX News has been such a remarkable success. We’re sad to see him leave the program but we look forward to his ongoing contributions to the network.”
Hannity & Colmes is the only FNC program which has remained in the same timeslot for 12 years, catapulting to number one in 2003 and never relinquishing the top spot. The second highest-rated program in cable news behind only The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes averaged 3.3 million viewers nightly for the Nielsen month of October and is poised to mark 60 consecutive months at number one at the end of November.
Hannity added, “Not only has Alan been a remarkable co-host, he’s been a great friend which is rare in this industry — I’ll genuinely miss sparring with such a skillful debate partner.”
Throughout his 12 year tenure on Hannity & Colmes, Colmes has interviewed numerous key political figures, including: President Elect Barack Obama, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), DNC Chairman Howard Dean and former Vice President Al Gore.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour general news service covering breaking news as well as political, entertainment and business news. For nearly seven years, FNC has been the most watched cable news channel in the nation. Owned by News Corp., FNC is available in more than 90 million homes. SOURCE
Monday, November 24, 2008
For Courtney
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WE HERE AT JESSICA'S WORK IN PROGRESS DO NOT ENDORSE THE BELIEFS STATED BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS WEBSITE. WE JUST PUBLISH THE NEWS AS THEY COME IN
Courtney's twisted behind knows why I'm posting this story. To all the people that read this and have this disease I encourage you to get help and not resort to such drastic measures.
I post this for Courtney
Out of the Shadows
After meeting for years on anonymous and secret Web sites, pro-anorexia groups are now moving to more public forums like Facebook.
By Tina Peng Newsweek Web Exclusive
Nov 23, 2008 Updated: 9:53 a.m. ET Nov 23, 2008
A Web page labeled "Ana Boot Camp" recently offered its members a seemingly irresistible proposition: a 30-day regimen designed to help them drop some serious pounds, no exercise needed. The catch was that the group's members were to vary their daily caloric intake from 500 (less than half the daily minimum requirement for women recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine) to zero. They were supposed to track their progress, fast to make up for the days they accidentally "overate" and support each other as they worked toward their common goal of radical weight loss.
Pro-anorexia, or "pro-ana," Web sites (with more than one using the "Ana Boot Camp" name) have for years been a controversial Internet fixture, with users sharing extreme diet tips and posting pictures of emaciated girls under headlines such as "thinspiration." But what was unusual about the site mentioned above (which is no longer available) was where it was hosted: the ubiquitous social networking site Facebook.com. The (largely female) users who frequent pro-ana sites have typically done so anonymously, posting under pseudonyms and using pictures of fashion models to represent themselves. Now, as the groups increasingly launch pages on Facebook, linking users' real-life profiles to their eating disorders, the heated conversation around anorexia has become more public. Many pro-ana Facebookers say the groups provide an invaluable support system to help them cope with their disease, but psychologists worry that the growth of such groups could encourage eating disorders in others.
Rose, 17, a Maryland high-school senior who, like several other women interviewed for this story, asked to be identified only by her first name, was active in pro-ana Facebook groups for two years. There, she found a community of people like her—people who had a disease with which few of their friends could identify. "These sites provided a setting where I could talk about the illness without people trying to fix me or tell me that what I'm doing is horrible, disgusting, maladaptive," she says. "For me, part of the illness was just about getting attention. You feel so lonely and you want someone to notice you, and I guess that's kind of the way to do it, even with other sick people."
Many members of the Facebook groups have migrated over from other social networking sites, like MySpace and Xanga. "Facebook's the most personable," Rose says. "If you're on something like MySpace, that's famous for creepy old men. Facebook seems the safest." Kate, a 20-year-old Utah college student, says being able to see people's faces, friends and interests on their Facebook sites makes for a more intimate community. "It's a lot more of a support group for pro-ana," she says. "MySpace was more focused on tips and tricks and when to exercise. [On Facebook], there's a lot of really close networking, so you add those people as friends and exchange phone numbers, and when you're having a hard day, you talk on the phone."
Dr. Steven Crawford, associate director of the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt in Baltimore, sees the openness of the Facebook site as part of its appeal. Increasing numbers of teenage patients at the center are joining Facebook groups that proclaim their disorders to the world, which Crawford believes is a means of adolescent rebellion: "It's almost like putting it in your face: I have an eating disorder. I am anorexic."
Pro-ana group creators insist that they aren't recruiting anorexics and are just supporting each other. In fact, there are some groups that are legitimately focused on recovery. Still, the effects of even such makeshift support groups are likely not as benign as some fans claim. "The more types of these sites that you use, the higher your risk for disordered eating is," says Stanford professor Rebecka Peebles, M.D., acknowledging that that correlation doesn't prove that the sites necessarily contribute to the disorder. A 2006 study that she coauthored found that 96 percent of teens diagnosed with eating disorders who visited pro-eating disorder Web sites learned new dieting and purging techniques, and almost 50 percent of teens who visited sites ostensibly devoted to eating disorder recovery also learned new weight-loss tips. SOURCE
WE HERE AT JESSICA'S WORK IN PROGRESS DO NOT ENDORSE THE BELIEFS STATED BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS WEBSITE. WE JUST PUBLISH THE NEWS AS THEY COME IN
Courtney's twisted behind knows why I'm posting this story. To all the people that read this and have this disease I encourage you to get help and not resort to such drastic measures.
I post this for Courtney
Out of the Shadows
After meeting for years on anonymous and secret Web sites, pro-anorexia groups are now moving to more public forums like Facebook.
By Tina Peng Newsweek Web Exclusive
Nov 23, 2008 Updated: 9:53 a.m. ET Nov 23, 2008
A Web page labeled "Ana Boot Camp" recently offered its members a seemingly irresistible proposition: a 30-day regimen designed to help them drop some serious pounds, no exercise needed. The catch was that the group's members were to vary their daily caloric intake from 500 (less than half the daily minimum requirement for women recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine) to zero. They were supposed to track their progress, fast to make up for the days they accidentally "overate" and support each other as they worked toward their common goal of radical weight loss.
Pro-anorexia, or "pro-ana," Web sites (with more than one using the "Ana Boot Camp" name) have for years been a controversial Internet fixture, with users sharing extreme diet tips and posting pictures of emaciated girls under headlines such as "thinspiration." But what was unusual about the site mentioned above (which is no longer available) was where it was hosted: the ubiquitous social networking site Facebook.com. The (largely female) users who frequent pro-ana sites have typically done so anonymously, posting under pseudonyms and using pictures of fashion models to represent themselves. Now, as the groups increasingly launch pages on Facebook, linking users' real-life profiles to their eating disorders, the heated conversation around anorexia has become more public. Many pro-ana Facebookers say the groups provide an invaluable support system to help them cope with their disease, but psychologists worry that the growth of such groups could encourage eating disorders in others.
Rose, 17, a Maryland high-school senior who, like several other women interviewed for this story, asked to be identified only by her first name, was active in pro-ana Facebook groups for two years. There, she found a community of people like her—people who had a disease with which few of their friends could identify. "These sites provided a setting where I could talk about the illness without people trying to fix me or tell me that what I'm doing is horrible, disgusting, maladaptive," she says. "For me, part of the illness was just about getting attention. You feel so lonely and you want someone to notice you, and I guess that's kind of the way to do it, even with other sick people."
Many members of the Facebook groups have migrated over from other social networking sites, like MySpace and Xanga. "Facebook's the most personable," Rose says. "If you're on something like MySpace, that's famous for creepy old men. Facebook seems the safest." Kate, a 20-year-old Utah college student, says being able to see people's faces, friends and interests on their Facebook sites makes for a more intimate community. "It's a lot more of a support group for pro-ana," she says. "MySpace was more focused on tips and tricks and when to exercise. [On Facebook], there's a lot of really close networking, so you add those people as friends and exchange phone numbers, and when you're having a hard day, you talk on the phone."
Dr. Steven Crawford, associate director of the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt in Baltimore, sees the openness of the Facebook site as part of its appeal. Increasing numbers of teenage patients at the center are joining Facebook groups that proclaim their disorders to the world, which Crawford believes is a means of adolescent rebellion: "It's almost like putting it in your face: I have an eating disorder. I am anorexic."
Pro-ana group creators insist that they aren't recruiting anorexics and are just supporting each other. In fact, there are some groups that are legitimately focused on recovery. Still, the effects of even such makeshift support groups are likely not as benign as some fans claim. "The more types of these sites that you use, the higher your risk for disordered eating is," says Stanford professor Rebecka Peebles, M.D., acknowledging that that correlation doesn't prove that the sites necessarily contribute to the disorder. A 2006 study that she coauthored found that 96 percent of teens diagnosed with eating disorders who visited pro-eating disorder Web sites learned new dieting and purging techniques, and almost 50 percent of teens who visited sites ostensibly devoted to eating disorder recovery also learned new weight-loss tips. SOURCE
What would George Carlin Say
On June 22nd of this year we lost a voice of reason. Mr. Carlin was a comedian, an actor, author. He was supposed to make us laugh and he did for many years. But, can you hear Carlin? If you hear Carlin you know there is a message behind the madness a truth. We were entertained but I feel the ones that could hear Carlin were enlightened.What would Mr. Carlin say about the current state of our country now? I can't say he is in heaven discussing it with my dad or talking shit with Tantie Len. We all know he didn't believe in all of that (even though I do Mr. Carlin and I agree to disagree).
Can you imagine if you can Carlin's take on Palin?!?!
A Few Tidbits from Mr. Carlin
"In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem."
"Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time."
"Once you leave the womb, conservatives don't care about you until you reach military age. Then you’re just what they’re looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers."
"You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans."
"The owners of this country know the truth: It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."
"This country was founded by a group of slave owners who wanted to be. Am I right? A group of slave owners who wanted to be free! So they killed a lot of white English people in order to continue owning their black African people, so they could wipe out the rest of the red Indian people, in order to move west and steal the rest of the land from the brown Mexican people, giving them a place to take off and drop their nuclear weapons on the yellow Japanese people. You know what the motto for this country ought to be? 'You give us a color, we'll wipe it out.'"
What would you say...
After you lose someone special to you your life is split in half. Now memories of mine are when my father was alive and when he died. When I walked into the election booth on November 4th, I shed a tear. Not for the momentous event but because my Dad was not here to participate.
My father was not the most educated man but extremely intelligent. I remember when he was alive he spent hours watching the news and it would not be just one form of it. He often watched CNN and fox news. He wanted the news from all points of view. Everyday at 7:00 he would watch BBC news which we all know is the place you go if you want any truth in the news you are reporting. I remember back to earlier this year during the NYS primary. My mother and I had a long discussion with my Uncle Richard and Tantie Kathleen and we all agreed Hillary Clinton would be our candidate for president. I remember going to the polls that day, walking into the booth and freezing. I went in with every intention to vote for Hillary but I couldn't move. The minute I decided to vote for Obama I could feel the paralysis leave my body and I voted for him. I went home after leaving the polling station and said to my mom, "I know we were going to vote for Hillary but I couldn't do it. I voted for Obama." My mom laughed and said, "Me too." I know exactly how that convo would go with my dad and the smile he would give me when I told him what happened in the polling booth. He probably would have gone in to vote for Hillary but left voting for Obama.
In the days after our historic election of the first black president I watched all of the pundits and news shows. I watched several black leaders (Andrew Young, Vernon Jordan and Cynthia McKinney) on these shows and I was slightly comforted by the fact that we shared the same opinion. We all didn't support Obama at first because we didn't believe. We didn't believe it was possible. Up until election day I didn't believe this would happen. Andrew Young was asked would Martin Luther King Jr. believe there would a black president in his lifetime? Mr. Young responded, "Martin wouldn't have believed that I would be in Congress." This election has done so much for so many people and President elect Obama will continue to do for people.
I remember my dad telling me he when he first came to this country no one would rent to him in the part of New Jersey he worked in so he had to commute almost two hours from my Uncle Steve's in South Orange. That was the early 70s and now we have a black family moving into the house that we had to build as slaves.
I wonder Dad what would you say about this historic time in our life. He was able to say so much with so little words. I clearly take after my mother when it comes to expressing an opinion.
My father was not the most educated man but extremely intelligent. I remember when he was alive he spent hours watching the news and it would not be just one form of it. He often watched CNN and fox news. He wanted the news from all points of view. Everyday at 7:00 he would watch BBC news which we all know is the place you go if you want any truth in the news you are reporting. I remember back to earlier this year during the NYS primary. My mother and I had a long discussion with my Uncle Richard and Tantie Kathleen and we all agreed Hillary Clinton would be our candidate for president. I remember going to the polls that day, walking into the booth and freezing. I went in with every intention to vote for Hillary but I couldn't move. The minute I decided to vote for Obama I could feel the paralysis leave my body and I voted for him. I went home after leaving the polling station and said to my mom, "I know we were going to vote for Hillary but I couldn't do it. I voted for Obama." My mom laughed and said, "Me too." I know exactly how that convo would go with my dad and the smile he would give me when I told him what happened in the polling booth. He probably would have gone in to vote for Hillary but left voting for Obama.
In the days after our historic election of the first black president I watched all of the pundits and news shows. I watched several black leaders (Andrew Young, Vernon Jordan and Cynthia McKinney) on these shows and I was slightly comforted by the fact that we shared the same opinion. We all didn't support Obama at first because we didn't believe. We didn't believe it was possible. Up until election day I didn't believe this would happen. Andrew Young was asked would Martin Luther King Jr. believe there would a black president in his lifetime? Mr. Young responded, "Martin wouldn't have believed that I would be in Congress." This election has done so much for so many people and President elect Obama will continue to do for people.
I remember my dad telling me he when he first came to this country no one would rent to him in the part of New Jersey he worked in so he had to commute almost two hours from my Uncle Steve's in South Orange. That was the early 70s and now we have a black family moving into the house that we had to build as slaves.
I wonder Dad what would you say about this historic time in our life. He was able to say so much with so little words. I clearly take after my mother when it comes to expressing an opinion.
AYDMF (C) Teefiveten
Rapper confesses to shooting in song
Associated Press
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Dublin —- He shot a man twice and felt so good about it, police say, a Georgia rapper wrote a song describing the shooting and calling out the victim by name.
A judge sentenced 25-year-old Rico Todriquez Wright of Dublin on Monday to spend the next 20 years in prison after his victim mentioned the hip-hop confession to police.
Chad Blue, 28, told police he had known Wright before the September 2006 shooting but they weren’t friendly. He testified companions egged Wright on as he chased and shot his victim in the thigh and groin. Later, Blue told police he recognized Wright’s voice on a CD, rapping “Chad Blue knows how I shoot.”
Wright was sentenced to 20 years for two counts of aggravated assault. He will spend another 20 years on probation SOURCE
Associated Press
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Dublin —- He shot a man twice and felt so good about it, police say, a Georgia rapper wrote a song describing the shooting and calling out the victim by name.
A judge sentenced 25-year-old Rico Todriquez Wright of Dublin on Monday to spend the next 20 years in prison after his victim mentioned the hip-hop confession to police.
Chad Blue, 28, told police he had known Wright before the September 2006 shooting but they weren’t friendly. He testified companions egged Wright on as he chased and shot his victim in the thigh and groin. Later, Blue told police he recognized Wright’s voice on a CD, rapping “Chad Blue knows how I shoot.”
Wright was sentenced to 20 years for two counts of aggravated assault. He will spend another 20 years on probation SOURCE
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Grimey Witches or is it the Dude?
My LS just posted an entry about Grimey Bitches and I must agree with most of what she says. My experiences in the past week have introduced me to the Grimey Dude or is he? of
Now as a 29 year old single female I've learned a thing or two about guys. I met one recently who I believed to be kind of feeling me. Now this guy is not my type or am I interested in him at all but I will admit, I like the attention. He was kind of flirty for a little while so I (like a fool) to Koka, "Yo I think such and such is feeling me". She thinks this is the funniest shit and decides to tease me about it. Fast forward a few hours after getting Sanaa in on the joke decides to pull my card in front of our neo who tell us that such and such is engaged.
Now I'm thinking "damn I'm slipping". Is it that bad that I am creating flirtation in my head? Did I mistake this dude just being friendly for affection. That is bad.
The next night I ask Koka and Sanaa again, I'm like "he was flirting with me right? I didn't make that shit up right?" The two of them confirmed what I was feeling and said he was definitely flirting with you.
What's the deal?!?
Do I think he is a dog no but I do wonder why would you do that? I've never met this fiance but she is close by. We could cross paths easily.
Now I'm not going to go there. I want to uplift other females not be the home wrecker before there is an actual home but damn dude what is the deal?
What is the deal with the dudes that step out with these grimey bitches? Why are we so easy on the dude and not the female. The female in my LS's case is different. This females knows you are in a relationship and goes after your dude anyway. But what about the dude that doesn't need much convincing to be led astray? I think we need to do something about that.
Now as a 29 year old single female I've learned a thing or two about guys. I met one recently who I believed to be kind of feeling me. Now this guy is not my type or am I interested in him at all but I will admit, I like the attention. He was kind of flirty for a little while so I (like a fool) to Koka, "Yo I think such and such is feeling me". She thinks this is the funniest shit and decides to tease me about it. Fast forward a few hours after getting Sanaa in on the joke decides to pull my card in front of our neo who tell us that such and such is engaged.
Now I'm thinking "damn I'm slipping". Is it that bad that I am creating flirtation in my head? Did I mistake this dude just being friendly for affection. That is bad.
The next night I ask Koka and Sanaa again, I'm like "he was flirting with me right? I didn't make that shit up right?" The two of them confirmed what I was feeling and said he was definitely flirting with you.
What's the deal?!?
Do I think he is a dog no but I do wonder why would you do that? I've never met this fiance but she is close by. We could cross paths easily.
Now I'm not going to go there. I want to uplift other females not be the home wrecker before there is an actual home but damn dude what is the deal?
What is the deal with the dudes that step out with these grimey bitches? Why are we so easy on the dude and not the female. The female in my LS's case is different. This females knows you are in a relationship and goes after your dude anyway. But what about the dude that doesn't need much convincing to be led astray? I think we need to do something about that.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Teen Girl Hospitalized After Surviving Cougar Attack
I have to admit. I only click on these links in the hope that there will be pictures or video. Each time when there is none I am disappointed.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
MIAMI — A 16-year-old girl was mauled by a cougar — but survived — when a neighbor saved her from the animal's cage at a northwest Miami home.
A Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman says the girl sustained some significant wounds Saturday and she was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Miami-Dade police say 21-year-old Anthony Zitnick, a friend of the girl, illegally entered the wildlife collector's home with the girl and was later arrested. Inside, the 150-pound male cougar, named Chaos, pounced on the girl and clenched his jaws around her head.
Authorities say neighbor Richard Miralles heard screams and wrestled the animal away. Wildlife officials say the owner of the home has legal permits to keep two cougars and several snakes, tortoises and alligators.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
MIAMI — A 16-year-old girl was mauled by a cougar — but survived — when a neighbor saved her from the animal's cage at a northwest Miami home.
A Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman says the girl sustained some significant wounds Saturday and she was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Miami-Dade police say 21-year-old Anthony Zitnick, a friend of the girl, illegally entered the wildlife collector's home with the girl and was later arrested. Inside, the 150-pound male cougar, named Chaos, pounced on the girl and clenched his jaws around her head.
Authorities say neighbor Richard Miralles heard screams and wrestled the animal away. Wildlife officials say the owner of the home has legal permits to keep two cougars and several snakes, tortoises and alligators.
Interesting
Unhappy People Watch Lots More TV
Jeanna BrynerSenior Writer
LiveScience.com jeanna Bryner
senior Writerlivescience.com – Sat Nov 15, 1:34 pm ET
Unhappy people glue themselves to the television 30 percent more than happy people.The finding, announced on Thursday, comes from a survey of nearly 30,000 American adults conducted between 1975 and 2006 as part of the General Social Survey.
While happy people reported watching an average of 19 hours of television per week, unhappy people reported 25 hours a week. The results held even after taking into account education, income, age and marital status.In addition, happy individuals were more socially active, attended more religious services, voted more and read a newspaper more often than their less-chipper counterparts. The researchers are not sure, though, whether unhappiness leads to more television-watching or more viewing leads to unhappiness. In fact, people say they like watching television: Past research has shown that when people watch television they enjoy it. In these studies, participants reported that on a scale from 0 (dislike) to 10 (greatly enjoy), TV-watching was nearly an 8. But perhaps the high from watching television doesn't last. "These conflicting data suggest that TV may provide viewers with short-run pleasure, but at the expense of long-term malaise," said researcher John Robinson, a sociologist at the University of Maryland, College Park. In this scenario, even the happiest campers could turn into Debbie-downers if they continue to stare at the boob-tube. The researchers suggest that over time, television-viewing could push out other activities that do have more lasting benefits.
Exercise and sex come to mind, as do parties and other forms of socialization known to have psychological benefits. Or, maybe television is simply a refuge for people who are already unhappy. "TV is not judgmental nor difficult, so people with few social skills or resources for other activities can engage in it," Robinson and UM colleague Steven Martin write in the December issue of the journal Social Indicators Research. They add, "Furthermore, chronic unhappiness can be socially and personally debilitating and can interfere with work and most social and personal activities, but even the unhappiest people can click a remote and be passively entertained by a TV."The researchers say follow-up studies are needed to tease out the relationship between television and happiness.
I guess it's time to start exercising. I don't have a clue when I will start to do that this week with all I have going on.
Jeanna BrynerSenior Writer
LiveScience.com jeanna Bryner
senior Writerlivescience.com – Sat Nov 15, 1:34 pm ET
Unhappy people glue themselves to the television 30 percent more than happy people.The finding, announced on Thursday, comes from a survey of nearly 30,000 American adults conducted between 1975 and 2006 as part of the General Social Survey.
While happy people reported watching an average of 19 hours of television per week, unhappy people reported 25 hours a week. The results held even after taking into account education, income, age and marital status.In addition, happy individuals were more socially active, attended more religious services, voted more and read a newspaper more often than their less-chipper counterparts. The researchers are not sure, though, whether unhappiness leads to more television-watching or more viewing leads to unhappiness. In fact, people say they like watching television: Past research has shown that when people watch television they enjoy it. In these studies, participants reported that on a scale from 0 (dislike) to 10 (greatly enjoy), TV-watching was nearly an 8. But perhaps the high from watching television doesn't last. "These conflicting data suggest that TV may provide viewers with short-run pleasure, but at the expense of long-term malaise," said researcher John Robinson, a sociologist at the University of Maryland, College Park. In this scenario, even the happiest campers could turn into Debbie-downers if they continue to stare at the boob-tube. The researchers suggest that over time, television-viewing could push out other activities that do have more lasting benefits.
Exercise and sex come to mind, as do parties and other forms of socialization known to have psychological benefits. Or, maybe television is simply a refuge for people who are already unhappy. "TV is not judgmental nor difficult, so people with few social skills or resources for other activities can engage in it," Robinson and UM colleague Steven Martin write in the December issue of the journal Social Indicators Research. They add, "Furthermore, chronic unhappiness can be socially and personally debilitating and can interfere with work and most social and personal activities, but even the unhappiest people can click a remote and be passively entertained by a TV."The researchers say follow-up studies are needed to tease out the relationship between television and happiness.
I guess it's time to start exercising. I don't have a clue when I will start to do that this week with all I have going on.
Hey There Lonely Girl
Hey there lonely girl...
I haven't written as much as I would like for several reasons. First I have lots of school work (a test and paper due tomorrow), and in my apartment I don't have wireless Internet. I'm so accustomed to sitting in my bed typing that its hard for me to do it at a desk. I would like to get a new desk for my apartment. I really don't need it but I want it. I need my apartment to feel like my own and I think the way to do that is with personal touches.
I call this entry hey there lonely girl because my Saturday nights lately have been following a certain theme. At home (in my mother's house), with some DVD's from Netflix and some kind of fast food.
Dana told me she signed up for meetup.com and joined a few groups and I went online and took a look. I started to join a few groups but then I thought what is the point. I am a member of the greatest sorority in the world (I love my Z PHI!) and I have access to fundraisers and club events every weekend if I so chose. If I have all of this why do I stay home?
I am still sad
I still miss him
I miss the idea of him
When I say I miss the idea of him I mean being in a relationship. Before I met him I could only think of myself with the other guy. But then I met him and the other one just became someone I was with when I was 21.
I loved being in his house and it just being us. I miss going to the movies and going out to dinner. I miss those walks on the promenade. I would love to go back to those places again but is it right since I went there with him.
I finally have what I want. I have my own place. I can go and go as I please. I can walk around my apartment naked. When I step on cold tile I don't have anyone telling me to put on slippers.
I guess I just need to give it some time. Time to adjust and really figure out what I want.
I haven't written as much as I would like for several reasons. First I have lots of school work (a test and paper due tomorrow), and in my apartment I don't have wireless Internet. I'm so accustomed to sitting in my bed typing that its hard for me to do it at a desk. I would like to get a new desk for my apartment. I really don't need it but I want it. I need my apartment to feel like my own and I think the way to do that is with personal touches.
I call this entry hey there lonely girl because my Saturday nights lately have been following a certain theme. At home (in my mother's house), with some DVD's from Netflix and some kind of fast food.
Dana told me she signed up for meetup.com and joined a few groups and I went online and took a look. I started to join a few groups but then I thought what is the point. I am a member of the greatest sorority in the world (I love my Z PHI!) and I have access to fundraisers and club events every weekend if I so chose. If I have all of this why do I stay home?
I am still sad
I still miss him
I miss the idea of him
When I say I miss the idea of him I mean being in a relationship. Before I met him I could only think of myself with the other guy. But then I met him and the other one just became someone I was with when I was 21.
I loved being in his house and it just being us. I miss going to the movies and going out to dinner. I miss those walks on the promenade. I would love to go back to those places again but is it right since I went there with him.
I finally have what I want. I have my own place. I can go and go as I please. I can walk around my apartment naked. When I step on cold tile I don't have anyone telling me to put on slippers.
I guess I just need to give it some time. Time to adjust and really figure out what I want.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
A Change is Going to Come
Sam Cooke A Change is Gonna Come
I was born by the river
In a little tent
And just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, long time coming But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it is It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh yes it will Then I go to my brother I say brother help me please
But he winds up knocking me Back down on my knees
There's been times that I thought I wouldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh, yes it will
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Wow
Rosa sat so Martin could walk
Martin walked so Barack could run
Barack is running so our children can fly!!!!!
Martin walked so Barack could run
Barack is running so our children can fly!!!!!
You Are Missed
Tim Russert May 7, 1950 - June 13, 2008 
Peter Jennings July 29, 1939 - August 7, 2005You both have been there for every election I can remember even if that number is small. We need to respect you both and recognize the contributions that you made while you were here. I know you are in a special place with my father, Barack's grandmother and mother. If you were both here you would celebrate the change.
Even Jack would have checked in by now
I am not posting in real time for now
I am going to study because that is what I need to do in order to graduate and do well
I am going to study because that is what I need to do in order to graduate and do well
1:58 pm
It's not critical time now. Critcal time will come when I am in class, studying or driving home but I still write. Yahoo has McCain up 0.2% and Obama down 0.1%. He is still ahead but I would be lying if I said I wasn't concerned.
Foxnews is reporting in Philly that two Black Panthers are blocking and intimidating voters. The thing that is typical of them is when you click on the link attached to the headline there is no mention of the black panthers. I would love to know what they were doing to make the voters feel intimidated. Where they dressed in all black or were they just guilty of the crime of being black.
CNN.com has a map of poll closings by state. I won't hear anything until at least 7pm. So I continue to wait.
12:38 PM
Still nothing. What would Jack Bauer do with idle time? He would take action because he is a man of action? I guess its back to business as usual.
11:58 am
Blasted spyware virus. Someone put a virus on my computer. I wonder if it was the GOP. Someone needs to address this problem now. Even though I missed my 11:00 am update I will still prevail and write about this day.
Now time to check the news.
CNN.com
Nothing
Yahoo.com
Nothing
Foxnews.com
Nothing
I did notice one thing. They had pictures of McCain casting his vote on the homepage and not Obama.
10:18 am
The boss caught me morning but I diverted attention away from the fact that I was chilling at the front counter to the election. Jack would be proud that I did not use violence to control a situation.
My webcam is up but I can only see a portion of the office. Wait I hear him coming...
I will have to watch my time. Haven't looked at the progress of the election yet.
So now we wait.
9:29 am
The boss isn't here yet or is he...?
We all know how Jack Bauer handles people in positions of authority how should I? Should I take control of the situation like Jack or should I upload a mysterious untraceable computer virus like Chole? I need an ally someone to watch for when he walks past my cubicle. Whom should I ask to be my Tony today.
My task at hand is to document my day. Today is history and I must write about it in real time.
7:14 am
I think I made myself late looking for this clip and I'm still not satisfied with it. Jack would not approve. He would have yelled at me for using precious CTU time and not getting Chole on the job.
Monday, November 03, 2008
Quiet Before the Storm
I don't know what to say. I just remain hopeful for so many reasons. I hope the country will make the correct choice tomorrow and we can move forward. How do I visit the Midwest knowing that part of the country feels that I am a second class citizen. November 4, 2008 history will be made. I am curious to know where I will end up in this crazy plan God has for us. I just have the faith that he will get us through.
Marvin Sapp - Never Could Have Made It
Never would have made it, never could have made it, without you
I would have lost it all, but now I see how you were there for me And I can say Never would have made it, Never could have made it, Without you
I would have lost it all, But I now how I see how you were there for me
and I can say I'm stronger, I'm wiser, I'm better, much better,
When I look back over all you brought me thru
I can see that you were the one that I held on to
And I never
Never would have made it
Oh I never could have made it
Never could have made it without you
Oh I would have lost it all, oh but now I see how you were there for me
I never
Never would have made it
No, I never
Never could have made it without you
I would have lost my mind a long time ago, if it had not been for you
I am stronger
I am stronger, I am wiser
I am wiser ,Now I am better
I am better So much better
I am better I made it thru my storm and my test because you were there to carry me thru my mess
I am strongerI am stronger
I am wiser I am wiser
I am better I am better
Anybody better
I am better I can stand here and tell you, I made it. Anybody out there that you made it I am stronger I am stronger
I am wiser I am wiser
I am better I am better Much better
I am better I made it, I made it, I made it, I made it, I made it, I made it, I made it, I made it
And I never would have made it
Never would have made it
Never could have made it
Never could have made it without you
I would have lost my mind, I would have gave up, but you were right there, you were right there I never
Never would have made it
Oh I never
I never could have made it without you.
Someone need to testify next to them and tell them
I am stronger, I am wiser, I am better, much better.
When I look back over what he brought me thru.
I realize that I made it because I had you to hold on to, now I am stronger, now I am wiser, I am better, so much better.
I made it.
Is there anybody in this house other than me that can declare that you made it.
Tell your neighbor, never would have made it.
Never would have made it.
Never could have made it.
Never could have made it without you.
Never would have made it.
Never would have made it.
Never could have made it.
Never could have made it without you
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
....
I usually write as I watch whether it was the debate or the convention.
8 minutes in I am speechless...
I will say one thing so I guess I am not speechless
Barack Obama I hope you are not writing checks your ass can't cash. I hope the world will allow the man to do his job and partisanship and racism will not deter him from that.
Ok maybe it is impossible for me to be speechless. For the people who say Barack isn't clear on what he is going to do.
I say Tim Kaine President 2012. Have you ever heard this man? You need to.
I noticed on youtube there are many people that are well versed in Marx and socialism that they neglected to pick up a US history text book. This country will never be communist. Any program, plan or bill he plans to introduce needs the approval of the House and the Senate. If it does you don't blame the President you blame your local Congressman.
8 minutes in I am speechless...
I will say one thing so I guess I am not speechless
Barack Obama I hope you are not writing checks your ass can't cash. I hope the world will allow the man to do his job and partisanship and racism will not deter him from that.
Ok maybe it is impossible for me to be speechless. For the people who say Barack isn't clear on what he is going to do.
I say Tim Kaine President 2012. Have you ever heard this man? You need to.
I noticed on youtube there are many people that are well versed in Marx and socialism that they neglected to pick up a US history text book. This country will never be communist. Any program, plan or bill he plans to introduce needs the approval of the House and the Senate. If it does you don't blame the President you blame your local Congressman.
Friday, October 24, 2008
What thee FUCK!#@^
McCain Campaign Volunteer Admits Alleged Attack Was a Hoax
A woman who lied about being attacked because of the McCain bumper sticker on her car will face charges of filing a false report.
PITTSBURGH -- A 20-year-old volunteer for John McCain's campaign has admitted that she lied when she said she was attacked by a robber who carved a "B" into her cheek when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on her car, Pittsburgh police said Friday.
Ashley Todd, 20, of College Station, Texas, will be charged with filing a false report, a misdemeanor, police said.
"She told lie after lie, and the situation compounded to where we are right now," Lt. Kevin Kraus, head of major crimes for the Pittsburgh police, said Friday.
Todd had told police that on Wednesday night at 9 o'clock ET, a 6-foot-4 black male in dark jeans and a black tank top held her up at an ATM machine in Bloomfield, Pa. Todd said the robber put a knife to her neck and demanded money. She said she gave him $60, according to the police report.
Todd, who is white, said the robber then noticed the McCain bumper sticker on her car, punched her in the back of her head, knocked her down, and continued to punch and kick her while threatening to teach her a lesson.
"You are going to be a Barack supporter," she said the robber told her before he sat on her chest, pinned her hands down with his knees and scratched the letter "B" on the right side of her face, using what she believed to be a very dull knife. The robber then fled, Todd said in the police report.
On Friday, officials said they had found several "inconsistencies" in Todd's statements. She was brought back to police headquarters, where she finally confessed that she had made the entire story up.
"After a while, she just simply stated that she wanted to tell the truth," said Maurita Bryant, assistant chief for investigations.
Todd confessed to police that she was driving alone, looked in the mirror, saw her black eye and the "B" on her face, and didn't know how they got there. She assumed she could have done it herself, she said, and then she made up the story about the attacker.
"She saw the 'B' on her face, and she immediately thought about Barack," Bryant said.
Kraus said the 'B' was what first led him to suspect Todd's story. He said he was struck by how neatly the letter was etched on her face.
Police suspect Todd's wounds were self-inflicted. She remained at police headquarters on Friday afternoon, because police "have concern for her well-being," Kraus said. He said officials are trying to determine whether she needs psychiatric evaluation.
"She hasn't really shown any obvious remorse," Kraus said. "She's certainly surprised that it snowballed to where it is today."
"It's been a huge waste of time and man hours," said Bryant, adding that police had been working on the story since it broke Thursday.
Police said Todd did not have a lawyer, and that her none of her family were in Pittsburgh.
Earlier in the day, Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard would not say whether police doubted Todd's story, but bank surveillance footage did not show Todd at the Citizens Bank ATM where she claimed the assault took place.
Richard told FOX News that Todd had been staying with a male friend who lives down the street from the ATM.
A woman named Liz who answered the door at the residence where Todd arrived after her purported attack told FOXNews.com that her roommate is friends with Todd, and he told Liz not to discuss any details about the incident. A Ford Taurus with a Texas license plate and a McCain-Palin sticker was parked outside.
Richard said Todd later added to her tale, saying she was groped by the robber and lost consciousness during the assault. Neither of those details was in the original report.
Richard said that after a second interview, Todd was not as definitive about the assault or the motives behind it, nor could she say for certain whether the robber took $60 from her, as she initially reported and still maintained was missing.
Todd took a polygraph test late Thursday or early Friday after police heard the inconsistencies, Richard said.
'There were major changes in her story" before and after the polygraph test, Richard said. As for the wound on her cheek, "it's very shallow, it's more of a scratch."
Before Todd's admission, Richard had said the police department was taking the report "very seriously" and considered Todd a "victim" while the investigation was ongoing.
The area at Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street where Todd had said the attack took place is heavily traveled in the daytime, full of traffic, pedestrians, restaurants and stores. On Friday, Pittsburgh detectives canvassed the area looking for witnesses.
Doug Graham, a neighbor of the residence where Todd's friend lives, told FOXNews.com it's unlikely an assault at the bank would go unnoticed.
"There ain't no way nobody saw that," said Graham, whose home -- where he has lived for a decade -- sports a Barack Obama sign. "It's always hopping up there. Something fishy, I knew the first second I saw [her story]. Something fishy."
Ethan Eilon, executive director of the College Republicans National Committee, told FOX News that Todd was volunteering as a field representative through his organization and that she had taken a year off from her studies at Blinn College to work on the campaign.
Todd received a call from the Republican presidential nominee on Thursday night. Barack Obama's local campaign team also issued well-wishes and said it hoped her assailant would be caught and brought to justice.
FOX News' Judson Berger and Carl Cameron and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Someone has figured out how Palin does it
One day, Lawanda (my soror and just ride or die chick) decided to google her name. She came across this blog because he had a story about another LP that was a stripper and got her self in trouble. This was two years ago and since then I've been following his blog. Thank you Dark Damian for posting this pic
How Racism Works...
I found this on another website and just had to post. I know it was going around in an email.
- What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
- What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?
- What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said “I do” to?
- What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards?
- What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
- What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
- What if Obama were a member of the Keating-5?
- What if McCain were a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are? This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.
You are The Boss… which team would you hire?With America facing historic debt, 2 wars, stumbling health care, a weakened dollar, all-time high prison population, mortgage crises, bank foreclosures, etc. - all solvable.
Educational Background: Obama: Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations. Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
Biden: University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science. Syracuse University, College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
VS
McCain: United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899
Palin: Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester, North Idaho College - 2 semesters -general study, University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism, Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester, University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism
Now, which team are you going to hire ?
What if Barack Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter and what would we say then, in the press? We are not always fair and ask some to be above the rest of us, but we are all human and all things to consider in voting. Either way the Congress makes and passes the Bills that govern us. Maybe all need and should be required to have some Buffet economic education. …. we all voted them in or just passed and did not vote. Please Vote whether you are a Republican or Democrat or Independent.
Read about your choices and Vote.
Teach your children to VOTE
We have The First Woman on a Republican ticket! The First Black Man on the Ticket!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
News from Around the Country...
For the last few days I've been seeing random articles on the Internet and they cause you to think. Anything that inspires critical thinking I feel deserves a post.
Contest Offers Engaged Couples Who Abstain a $10,000 Wedding
Thursday, October 23, 2008
An abstinence education program in Georgia is offering couples who abstain from sex before marriage a chance to win a $10,000 wedding.
The nonprofit Marriage Appreciation Training Uplifting Relationship Education is offering the Marriage of a Lifetime contest to couples who live in Rockdale, DeKalb and Newton counties, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. But so far, there have been no entries, despite the looming Oct. 31 deadline.
“There is a romantic end of it, but we are also looking for a couple that is committed and who will work through struggles,” Phillippia Faust, the director of the abstinence education program, told the paper. “And we are looking for a couple that is choosing a lifestyle that is not compromising, and premarital sex is a compromiser.”
In addition to promising not to have sex before marriage, couples must agree to allow the public to attend their wedding as well as undergo premarital counseling, the paper said. FoxNews Yes I read foxnews.
What sort of test do you think exists to test the virginity of a man or a woman? If they had sex how would you really know? I know for a women you can check the hymen but even that test has flaws. What if you had sex but decided at a later date to choose the path of abstinence. Should you be penalized for past indiscretions?
The flip side of this are the people who are not signing up for this. I guess since there have been times in my life where I have gone years without sex holding out for a little while seems sweet. How special is your wedding night going to be when you have not been with the person you love in 6 months. I think people take that feeling of love and sex for granted. You have the rest of your life to do it.
Moving on...
Hospital bills woman who never saw a doctor
Nurse checked her vitals during 19-hour wait for treatment of broken leg
DALLAS - A woman says she waited 19 hours at Parkland Memorial Hospital’s emergency department for treatment of a broken leg and never did get to see a doctor — but still got a bill for $162.
Amber Joy Milbrodt, who said she broke a bone in her leg while playing volleyball, received the bill two weeks after her Sept. 24 visit.
Parkland officials say the bill was appropriate because a nurse spent time checking her vital signs to assess her level of need.
But that’s not how Milbrodt sees it. “It should have been more like them paying me for having to sit in the emergency room for 19 hours,” she told The Dallas Morning News.
The assessment by the nurse, which lasted a few minutes, established her place in line that night. By that time, Milbrodt said, she had already been waiting about 3½ hours.
She still had not been called more than 15 hours later, so she gave up and went home. She had an X-ray taken at a chiropractic school where she is a student, and that had already confirmed that she had a fracture.
“She’s not paying for waiting,” says Rick Rhine, the hospital’s vice president in charge of billing. “She’s paying for the assessment she received.”
Milbrodt, 29, who has no insurance, said she does not plan to pay. After leaving the ER, she rested at home for a few days and then put her leg in a brace, which she still wears. It seems to be healing, she said.
Now the initial question is, "who is to blame for this"? Can you blame the hospital? I say no and I will tell you why. Hospitals are bombarded daily with patients who come because they have no health care and need routine care. The emergency room is supposed to be for emergencies only. How are ER doctors supposed to address emergency when Bobby's mom brings him there for an earache.
So if we can't blame the hospital who should we blame the patient? I say no as well. At 29 years old (and I can attest to this) it is very easy to be a hard working adult with no health insurance because at one time in my life that was me. And I looked for health insurance. Medicaid, Family Health Plus, Healthy NY, Insurance through the temp agency I worked for and there was a problem with them all. Didn't qualify for Medicaid or Family Health Plus. I qualified for Healthy NY but the coverage was so basic it was more cost effective to just be sick or hope I didn't get sick. The same thing went for the health Insurance the temp agency was offering.
Who do I blame? I blame the government and the people who feel health care for all is a socialist principle. Universal health care will help everything. In addition to cutting back unnecessary visits to the ER, we will have less delinquent hospital bills. Maybe if those medical bills didn't exist people would have more money for bills or to be consumers.
Contest Offers Engaged Couples Who Abstain a $10,000 Wedding
Thursday, October 23, 2008
An abstinence education program in Georgia is offering couples who abstain from sex before marriage a chance to win a $10,000 wedding.
The nonprofit Marriage Appreciation Training Uplifting Relationship Education is offering the Marriage of a Lifetime contest to couples who live in Rockdale, DeKalb and Newton counties, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. But so far, there have been no entries, despite the looming Oct. 31 deadline.
“There is a romantic end of it, but we are also looking for a couple that is committed and who will work through struggles,” Phillippia Faust, the director of the abstinence education program, told the paper. “And we are looking for a couple that is choosing a lifestyle that is not compromising, and premarital sex is a compromiser.”
In addition to promising not to have sex before marriage, couples must agree to allow the public to attend their wedding as well as undergo premarital counseling, the paper said. FoxNews Yes I read foxnews.
What sort of test do you think exists to test the virginity of a man or a woman? If they had sex how would you really know? I know for a women you can check the hymen but even that test has flaws. What if you had sex but decided at a later date to choose the path of abstinence. Should you be penalized for past indiscretions?
The flip side of this are the people who are not signing up for this. I guess since there have been times in my life where I have gone years without sex holding out for a little while seems sweet. How special is your wedding night going to be when you have not been with the person you love in 6 months. I think people take that feeling of love and sex for granted. You have the rest of your life to do it.
Moving on...
Hospital bills woman who never saw a doctor
Nurse checked her vitals during 19-hour wait for treatment of broken leg
DALLAS - A woman says she waited 19 hours at Parkland Memorial Hospital’s emergency department for treatment of a broken leg and never did get to see a doctor — but still got a bill for $162.
Amber Joy Milbrodt, who said she broke a bone in her leg while playing volleyball, received the bill two weeks after her Sept. 24 visit.
Parkland officials say the bill was appropriate because a nurse spent time checking her vital signs to assess her level of need.
But that’s not how Milbrodt sees it. “It should have been more like them paying me for having to sit in the emergency room for 19 hours,” she told The Dallas Morning News.
The assessment by the nurse, which lasted a few minutes, established her place in line that night. By that time, Milbrodt said, she had already been waiting about 3½ hours.
She still had not been called more than 15 hours later, so she gave up and went home. She had an X-ray taken at a chiropractic school where she is a student, and that had already confirmed that she had a fracture.
“She’s not paying for waiting,” says Rick Rhine, the hospital’s vice president in charge of billing. “She’s paying for the assessment she received.”
Milbrodt, 29, who has no insurance, said she does not plan to pay. After leaving the ER, she rested at home for a few days and then put her leg in a brace, which she still wears. It seems to be healing, she said.
Now the initial question is, "who is to blame for this"? Can you blame the hospital? I say no and I will tell you why. Hospitals are bombarded daily with patients who come because they have no health care and need routine care. The emergency room is supposed to be for emergencies only. How are ER doctors supposed to address emergency when Bobby's mom brings him there for an earache.
So if we can't blame the hospital who should we blame the patient? I say no as well. At 29 years old (and I can attest to this) it is very easy to be a hard working adult with no health insurance because at one time in my life that was me. And I looked for health insurance. Medicaid, Family Health Plus, Healthy NY, Insurance through the temp agency I worked for and there was a problem with them all. Didn't qualify for Medicaid or Family Health Plus. I qualified for Healthy NY but the coverage was so basic it was more cost effective to just be sick or hope I didn't get sick. The same thing went for the health Insurance the temp agency was offering.
Who do I blame? I blame the government and the people who feel health care for all is a socialist principle. Universal health care will help everything. In addition to cutting back unnecessary visits to the ER, we will have less delinquent hospital bills. Maybe if those medical bills didn't exist people would have more money for bills or to be consumers.
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist <-- Unknown
The greatest accomplishment of the GOP is convincing poor people should stay poor because it's American and patriotic <---Me
The greatest accomplishment of the GOP is convincing poor people that someday they too will be rich. <--- Me
Monday, October 20, 2008
What does this image say to you
This image speaks volumes to me. Senator Lieberman sold his soul to the devil and for what? Florida where you at and why are you not as outraged as me?
There are people who believe that America should be run by White Christan males which Joe you are not. You are of the Jewish faith. The people that support you hate you as much as they hate Obama. I wonder what the rhetoric sounds like when you are standing at the podium behind McCain
Sunday, October 19, 2008
I Need A Hobby
All of my posts are politcal or about some relationshit. When I get to the new spot I'm going to find something else to do with myself because I started to create another post for the day about the guy I saw last night and I kind of like.
Wow that was just one massive run. Whew!
Wow that was just one massive run. Whew!
Who would be the better president?
I pose the question to anyone that cares to answer. Who is would be a better president?
This man...
or this man...
The former John McCain would have been a great president. He was robbed eight years ago and I feel in his hands our country would have been in better shape. The problem was eight years ago he was the maverick he was the one to change Washington but the powers that be wanted it to stay the same. They found a puppet in George W. Bush and pushed him into the presidency instead. There is a good side and a bad side to all of this. The next white person that tells me people don't think the say they did in 1955 I will just refer them to youtube.
But I digress...
There is one thing Senator McCain said that has been sticking with me all day.
Speaking on Fox News Sunday, McCain said he respects and admires Powell, and the announcement "doesn't come as a surprise."
It's not a surprise? Why don't you say what you really feel McCain. All the darkies are going to stick together on this one. Do you really think that low of us Senator McCain. Do you really believe that we are going to vote for Senator Obama just because he is black. This fool could be running for president and I wouldn't vote for him. Among others that are not qualified for the job.
The question I want to ask to the racist folk that are afraid that a black president will mean we will lose the country is "What are you really afraid of?" A hundred years ago they were afraid to free the slaves for fear we wouldn't know what to do or know how to adapt to a free culture because we were meant to be slaves. They set us free and most of us (despite what BET tells you) are doing fine. I think the real fear of a black president is little black boys and girls growing up and not believing the only way to be successful in this life is to be an athlete or an entertainer.
Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama
There will be two posts about this. First the transcript on what Mr. Powell really said. I want people to really take a look at what this man is saying and not the soundbites the news is reporting.
Colin Powell: I think that Sen. Obama brings a fresh set of of eyes, a fresh set of ideas to the table. I think that Sen. McCain, as gifted as he is, is essentially going to execute the Republican agenda, the orthodoxy of the Republican agenda with a new face and with a maverick approach to it. And he'd be quite good at it. But I think we need more than that. I think we need a generational change. And I think Sen. Obama has captured the feelings of the young people of America and is reaching out in a more diverse, inclusive way across our society. Watch Powell tell why he supports Obama »
Reporter: Could you talk to us about when your decision was made final? When did you finally set your heart on Sen. Obama?
Powell: I have been watching, as I said [on "Meet the Press"], for a long time, and then, within the past couple of months, I really said, you know, you just can't keep watching. You've got to kind of settle down.
And frankly, it was in the period leading up to the conventions, and then the decisions that came out of the conventions, and then just sort of watching the responses of the two individuals on the economic crisis. It gave me an opportunity to evaluate their judgment, to evaluate their way of approaching a problem, to evaluate the steadiness of their actions. And it was at that point that I realized that, to my mind, anyway, that Sen. Obama has demonstrated the kind of calm, patient, intellectual, steady approach to problem-solving that I think we need in this country.
Reporter: Mr. Secretary, there were a number of chinks in your own armor, actually, because of the lead-up to the Iraq war and the events. How much did that play into your decision about this? And will it be taken perhaps by some, because of your previous high-profile position, won't it be taken by some as a repudiation of the Iraq war?
Powell: I don't know why. The Iraq war is the Iraq war. We now see that things are a lot better in Iraq. Maybe if we had put a surge in at the beginning, it would have been a lot better years ago, but it's a lot better now, and we can see ahead to where U.S. forces will start to come out. And so, my concern was not my past or what happened in Iraq, but where we're going in the future. My sole concern was where are we going after January 20 of 2009, not what happened in 2003.
I'm well aware of the role I played. My role has been very, very straightforward. I wanted to avoid a war. The president agreed with me. We tried to do that. We couldn't get it through the U.N. and when the president made the decision, I supported that decision. And I've never blinked from that. I've never said I didn't support a decision to go to war.
And the war looked great until the 9th of April, when the statue fell, everybody thought it was terrific. And it was terrific. The troops had done a great job. But then we failed to understand that the war really was not over, that a new phase of the war was beginning. And we weren't ready for it and we didn't respond to it well enough, and things went very, very -- very, very south, very bad.
And now it's starting to turn around through the work of Gen. Petraeus and the troops, through the work of the Iraqi government, through our diplomatic efforts, and I hope now that this war will be brought to an end, at least as far as American involvement is concerned, and the Iraqis are going to have to be responsible for their own security and for their own political future. ...
Reporter: Sir, what part did McCain's negativity play in your decision, the negative tone of the campaign?
Powell: It troubled me. We have two wars. We have economic problems. We have health problems. We have education problems. We have infrastructure problems. We have problems around the world with our allies. So those are the problems the American people wanted to hear about, not about Mr. Ayers, not about who's a Muslim or who's not a Muslim. Those kinds of images going out on Al-Jazeera are killing us around the world.
And we have got to say to the world, it doesn't make any difference who you are or what you are, if you're an American, you're an American. And this business, for example, of the congressman from Minnesota who's going around saying, "Let's examine all congressmen to see who is pro-America or not pro-America" -- we have got to stop this kind of nonsense, pull ourselves together and remember that our great strength is in our unity and in our diversity. And so, that really was driving me.
And to focus on people like Mr. Ayers and these trivial issues, for the purpose of suggesting that somehow Mr. Obama would have some kind of terrorist inclinations, I thought that was over the top. It was beyond just good political fighting back and forth. I think it went beyond. And to sort of throw in this little Muslim connection, you know, "He's a Muslim and, my goodness, he's a terrorist" -- it was taking root. And we can't judge our people and we can't hold our elections on that kind of basis.
So, yes, that kind of negativity troubled me, And the constant shifting of the argument. I was troubled a couple of weeks ago when in the middle of the crisis, the [McCain] campaign said, "We're going to go negative," and they announced it, "We're going to go negative and attack [Obama's] character through Bill Ayers." Now I guess the message this week is, "We're going to call him a socialist, Mr. Obama is now a socialist, because he dares to suggest that maybe we ought to look at the tax structure that we have."
Taxes are always a redistribution of money. Most of the taxes that are redistributed go back to those who paid them, in roads and airports and hospitals and schools. And taxes are necessary for the common good. And there is nothing wrong with examining what our tax structure is or who should be paying more, who should be paying less. And for us to say that that makes you a socialist, I think is an unfortunate characterization that isn't accurate.
I don't want my taxes raised. I don't want anybody else's taxes raised. But I also want to see our infrastructure fixed. I don't want to have a $12 trillion national debt, and I don't want to see an annual deficit that's over $500 billion heading toward a trillion. So, how do we deal with all of this?
Reporter: Are you still a Republican?
Powell: Yes.
Reporter: Have you conveyed your decision to Sen. Obama?
Powell: Calls are being made. Thank you.
Colin Powell: I think that Sen. Obama brings a fresh set of of eyes, a fresh set of ideas to the table. I think that Sen. McCain, as gifted as he is, is essentially going to execute the Republican agenda, the orthodoxy of the Republican agenda with a new face and with a maverick approach to it. And he'd be quite good at it. But I think we need more than that. I think we need a generational change. And I think Sen. Obama has captured the feelings of the young people of America and is reaching out in a more diverse, inclusive way across our society. Watch Powell tell why he supports Obama »
Reporter: Could you talk to us about when your decision was made final? When did you finally set your heart on Sen. Obama?
Powell: I have been watching, as I said [on "Meet the Press"], for a long time, and then, within the past couple of months, I really said, you know, you just can't keep watching. You've got to kind of settle down.
And frankly, it was in the period leading up to the conventions, and then the decisions that came out of the conventions, and then just sort of watching the responses of the two individuals on the economic crisis. It gave me an opportunity to evaluate their judgment, to evaluate their way of approaching a problem, to evaluate the steadiness of their actions. And it was at that point that I realized that, to my mind, anyway, that Sen. Obama has demonstrated the kind of calm, patient, intellectual, steady approach to problem-solving that I think we need in this country.
Reporter: Mr. Secretary, there were a number of chinks in your own armor, actually, because of the lead-up to the Iraq war and the events. How much did that play into your decision about this? And will it be taken perhaps by some, because of your previous high-profile position, won't it be taken by some as a repudiation of the Iraq war?
Powell: I don't know why. The Iraq war is the Iraq war. We now see that things are a lot better in Iraq. Maybe if we had put a surge in at the beginning, it would have been a lot better years ago, but it's a lot better now, and we can see ahead to where U.S. forces will start to come out. And so, my concern was not my past or what happened in Iraq, but where we're going in the future. My sole concern was where are we going after January 20 of 2009, not what happened in 2003.
I'm well aware of the role I played. My role has been very, very straightforward. I wanted to avoid a war. The president agreed with me. We tried to do that. We couldn't get it through the U.N. and when the president made the decision, I supported that decision. And I've never blinked from that. I've never said I didn't support a decision to go to war.
And the war looked great until the 9th of April, when the statue fell, everybody thought it was terrific. And it was terrific. The troops had done a great job. But then we failed to understand that the war really was not over, that a new phase of the war was beginning. And we weren't ready for it and we didn't respond to it well enough, and things went very, very -- very, very south, very bad.
And now it's starting to turn around through the work of Gen. Petraeus and the troops, through the work of the Iraqi government, through our diplomatic efforts, and I hope now that this war will be brought to an end, at least as far as American involvement is concerned, and the Iraqis are going to have to be responsible for their own security and for their own political future. ...
Reporter: Sir, what part did McCain's negativity play in your decision, the negative tone of the campaign?
Powell: It troubled me. We have two wars. We have economic problems. We have health problems. We have education problems. We have infrastructure problems. We have problems around the world with our allies. So those are the problems the American people wanted to hear about, not about Mr. Ayers, not about who's a Muslim or who's not a Muslim. Those kinds of images going out on Al-Jazeera are killing us around the world.
And we have got to say to the world, it doesn't make any difference who you are or what you are, if you're an American, you're an American. And this business, for example, of the congressman from Minnesota who's going around saying, "Let's examine all congressmen to see who is pro-America or not pro-America" -- we have got to stop this kind of nonsense, pull ourselves together and remember that our great strength is in our unity and in our diversity. And so, that really was driving me.
And to focus on people like Mr. Ayers and these trivial issues, for the purpose of suggesting that somehow Mr. Obama would have some kind of terrorist inclinations, I thought that was over the top. It was beyond just good political fighting back and forth. I think it went beyond. And to sort of throw in this little Muslim connection, you know, "He's a Muslim and, my goodness, he's a terrorist" -- it was taking root. And we can't judge our people and we can't hold our elections on that kind of basis.
So, yes, that kind of negativity troubled me, And the constant shifting of the argument. I was troubled a couple of weeks ago when in the middle of the crisis, the [McCain] campaign said, "We're going to go negative," and they announced it, "We're going to go negative and attack [Obama's] character through Bill Ayers." Now I guess the message this week is, "We're going to call him a socialist, Mr. Obama is now a socialist, because he dares to suggest that maybe we ought to look at the tax structure that we have."
Taxes are always a redistribution of money. Most of the taxes that are redistributed go back to those who paid them, in roads and airports and hospitals and schools. And taxes are necessary for the common good. And there is nothing wrong with examining what our tax structure is or who should be paying more, who should be paying less. And for us to say that that makes you a socialist, I think is an unfortunate characterization that isn't accurate.
I don't want my taxes raised. I don't want anybody else's taxes raised. But I also want to see our infrastructure fixed. I don't want to have a $12 trillion national debt, and I don't want to see an annual deficit that's over $500 billion heading toward a trillion. So, how do we deal with all of this?
Reporter: Are you still a Republican?
Powell: Yes.
Reporter: Have you conveyed your decision to Sen. Obama?
Powell: Calls are being made. Thank you.
What do you say?
Thursday, October 16, 2008
When Day is Done
From: When Day is Done: Play and Leisure "Stolen Chidhood: Slave Youth in Nineteenth Centruy America
A former slaveowner recalled playing with his peronal servant when they were nine or ten years old. The enslaved boy always asked, "Marse, will you give me a white man's chance?" The question gave pause to the potential for unsportsmanlike conduct based upon race.
A former slaveowner recalled playing with his peronal servant when they were nine or ten years old. The enslaved boy always asked, "Marse, will you give me a white man's chance?" The question gave pause to the potential for unsportsmanlike conduct based upon race.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Let me tell you about my Soror
Lullelia W. Harrison was the first paid executive secretary of any Greek-letter organization. Lullelia was initiated into Theta Chapter at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, in 1929 at the age of 16 and has worked diligently for Zeta ever since. She served her chapter first and went on to serve her region from 1936 to 1943, at which time she became a dynamic grand basileus. Following this Herculean task, she became the first executive secretary. From the Mighty Southern Region's Website Mighty Southern Region
She worked for Zeta for the last 79 years.
Author of Torchbearers of a legacy: A history of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., 1920-1997
Regional Director of the Mighty Southern Region
Under the administration of Past National President Lullelia W. Harrison, the first Amicae chapter was organized in Omaha, Nebraska in 1947, making Zeta the first sorority in the National Pan-Hellenic Council to organize an auxiliary group. Philly Zetas
Thus, in July 1994, at the 74th Grand Boule’ in Orlando, Florida, the Pearlette Club and the results of its pilot program was presented to the International President Jylla Moore-Foster. The Honorable Soror Lullelia W. Harrison presented a motion to the national body to officially adopt the “Pearlettes” as a national youth auxiliary of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and the idea was graciously embraced. Long Beach Zetas
She worked for Zeta for the last 79 years.
Author of Torchbearers of a legacy: A history of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., 1920-1997
Regional Director of the Mighty Southern Region
Under the administration of Past National President Lullelia W. Harrison, the first Amicae chapter was organized in Omaha, Nebraska in 1947, making Zeta the first sorority in the National Pan-Hellenic Council to organize an auxiliary group. Philly Zetas
Thus, in July 1994, at the 74th Grand Boule’ in Orlando, Florida, the Pearlette Club and the results of its pilot program was presented to the International President Jylla Moore-Foster. The Honorable Soror Lullelia W. Harrison presented a motion to the national body to officially adopt the “Pearlettes” as a national youth auxiliary of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and the idea was graciously embraced. Long Beach Zetas
Goodbye Soror Harrison
Today we lost our oldest living International Grand Basileus Dr. Lullelia W. Harrison. I've never had the opportunity to meet you or speak with you. The only thing I can promise you is to spend the rest of my days uplifting the name of Zeta as you did your entire life. You were our leader during trying times (1943-1948) and you were responsible for documenting our history.
Soror I thank you. For your lifelong Sisterhood, Scholarship, Service and FinerWomanhood.
My prayers go out to your family and the Sorors who knew you well and are mourning your loss.
Sisterly...
Soror I thank you. For your lifelong Sisterhood, Scholarship, Service and FinerWomanhood.
My prayers go out to your family and the Sorors who knew you well and are mourning your loss.
Sisterly...
I Gave In
I'm giving this twitter thing a chance
We shall see
We are going to have a large number of single people in this world. You really don't have to leave your house for social interaction.
Don't you ever miss people to all in the blogosphere. Think about it instead of writing you can be sharing your thoughts with real people instead of your computer.
One of the things that technology has stolen from me is the written word. I miss coming home and seeing a letter that came for you.
We shall see
We are going to have a large number of single people in this world. You really don't have to leave your house for social interaction.
Don't you ever miss people to all in the blogosphere. Think about it instead of writing you can be sharing your thoughts with real people instead of your computer.
One of the things that technology has stolen from me is the written word. I miss coming home and seeing a letter that came for you.
Don't you feel bad for Sondra and Elvin?
I've been looking for a picture of those two in their first apartment for days.
There is a reason for that but I will not reveal until I actually find the pic
Where Sondra and Elvin that unpopular? Its hard to find photos of them playing there characters on the show
There is a reason for that but I will not reveal until I actually find the pic
Where Sondra and Elvin that unpopular? Its hard to find photos of them playing there characters on the show
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Townhall Meeting
My writing is beginning to slow down. I've actually had school work to do and just couldn't get to it. We shall see how the events of tonight will hold. Obviously McCain is going to try to come strong.
Did I mention I have two papers to write by next week? At least I am starting the week before versus the day before or day off.
Ok Obama to start. I don't believe the economic turmoil is completely the fault of the Bush Administration. Part of it is lending money that people could not afford. And tricking people into adjustable mortgage rates.
I love Obama but his answer just sounded like rhetoric.
McCain is speaking the typical Republican mantra. Little government and energy plans. I don't believe for a minute the energy plan would benefit the middle class. It would only benefit the people that are in his inner circle.
McCain speaks of a person that you can identify with. You want to lead me but you don't identify with me and never have. You voted against the passing of a holiday for one of MY greatest leaders.
Hmmm. McCain is started with the grease early. I am not saying Freddie and Fannie are not to blame but these companies exploited poor people. They promised uneducated people the "American Dream" and banked on the fact that they wouldn't be able to pay. They wanted these people to go into foreclosure and thought they would come out like fat cats with the selling of foreclosed properties. But the joke was on them. The number of poor people grew at an exponential rate and karma happened. God don't like ugly.
Obama just said coordinate with other countries. The McCain camp is going to use that statement to say that Obama is "pallin" with other countries.
Ok I went downstairs for a minute. I am moving in less than a month. McCain is still the same. Spewing the hate. Why focus so much on what the other did. What are you going to do?
I kind of feel like McCain is walking around just to prove how healthy he is?
Will Tom Brokaw shut the fuck up? If they have an issue with time say something.
5,000!#^ Now you know McCain doesn't have a clue. That amount of money will help if you only have one thing wrong with you.
Barack knows what he is talking about when he is talking about health insurance and care.
I am not even going to comment on the McCain health plan. He just makes me want to hold on to my state job.
President Reagan is your hero?
I thought Reagan was your hero, now its Teddy Roosevelt. Wrong quote to fuck up.
McCain just accused Obama of speaking loudly. Now you declare war on Iran for attacking Israel.
Please McCain and don't try to get the American to commiserate with you.
Who told the negro to bring a camera? No one wants McCain's picture.
I love Barack Obama.
Did I mention I have two papers to write by next week? At least I am starting the week before versus the day before or day off.
Ok Obama to start. I don't believe the economic turmoil is completely the fault of the Bush Administration. Part of it is lending money that people could not afford. And tricking people into adjustable mortgage rates.
I love Obama but his answer just sounded like rhetoric.
McCain is speaking the typical Republican mantra. Little government and energy plans. I don't believe for a minute the energy plan would benefit the middle class. It would only benefit the people that are in his inner circle.
McCain speaks of a person that you can identify with. You want to lead me but you don't identify with me and never have. You voted against the passing of a holiday for one of MY greatest leaders.
Hmmm. McCain is started with the grease early. I am not saying Freddie and Fannie are not to blame but these companies exploited poor people. They promised uneducated people the "American Dream" and banked on the fact that they wouldn't be able to pay. They wanted these people to go into foreclosure and thought they would come out like fat cats with the selling of foreclosed properties. But the joke was on them. The number of poor people grew at an exponential rate and karma happened. God don't like ugly.
Obama just said coordinate with other countries. The McCain camp is going to use that statement to say that Obama is "pallin" with other countries.
Ok I went downstairs for a minute. I am moving in less than a month. McCain is still the same. Spewing the hate. Why focus so much on what the other did. What are you going to do?
I kind of feel like McCain is walking around just to prove how healthy he is?
Will Tom Brokaw shut the fuck up? If they have an issue with time say something.
5,000!#^ Now you know McCain doesn't have a clue. That amount of money will help if you only have one thing wrong with you.
Barack knows what he is talking about when he is talking about health insurance and care.
I am not even going to comment on the McCain health plan. He just makes me want to hold on to my state job.
President Reagan is your hero?
I thought Reagan was your hero, now its Teddy Roosevelt. Wrong quote to fuck up.
McCain just accused Obama of speaking loudly. Now you declare war on Iran for attacking Israel.
Please McCain and don't try to get the American to commiserate with you.
Who told the negro to bring a camera? No one wants McCain's picture.
I love Barack Obama.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
VP
I'm late. 9:18pm
Palin's been studying.
Palin wants you to buy your own health insurance. I guess working for a hospital for too long. If you only get a 5,000 credit you better not get really sick.
Middle class as Todd and I have been in the middle class. Her husband makes 93,000 a year in Alaska.
You know something about Sarah Palin that I am beginning to notice. She has huge differences to John McCain. I don't think she would govern the same way as him. She is down home and local. John McCain is not.
Get it Joey attack the voting record
Palin supports same sex benefits? Or just Alaska?
McCain's numbers will go up after this. She is doing what she supposed to do. How many times do you have to say you are tolerant?
She is honest. I'm glad she didn't try to fake the funk with gay marriage.
Ahhh shit. Foreign Policy. Lightning round.
The women can debate. But I'm glad Biden is calling her out. I think he is getting in her ass and still being respectful.
White flag of surrender. There is that cowboy mentality that gets this country in trouble.
Oh Lord the Maverick
We know when we are finished in Iraq when the Iraqi people can govern themselves. Who is to say they cannot do it now.
John McCain knows what evil is?!? You don't know evil lady till your a black man in America.
Did she just give a shout out?
Oh Lord another shout out to the Down Syndrome kid
President Cheney. I love it.
Get it Joey. Tell him about the wife. Don't you know my struggles, don't you know my pain.
When the Republicans are involved nothing got done.
How is her family diverse? I've seen the same white people in every picture. Maybe she is referring to the token adopted minority in the McCain family?
Palin's been studying.
Palin wants you to buy your own health insurance. I guess working for a hospital for too long. If you only get a 5,000 credit you better not get really sick.
Middle class as Todd and I have been in the middle class. Her husband makes 93,000 a year in Alaska.
You know something about Sarah Palin that I am beginning to notice. She has huge differences to John McCain. I don't think she would govern the same way as him. She is down home and local. John McCain is not.
Get it Joey attack the voting record
Palin supports same sex benefits? Or just Alaska?
McCain's numbers will go up after this. She is doing what she supposed to do. How many times do you have to say you are tolerant?
She is honest. I'm glad she didn't try to fake the funk with gay marriage.
Ahhh shit. Foreign Policy. Lightning round.
The women can debate. But I'm glad Biden is calling her out. I think he is getting in her ass and still being respectful.
White flag of surrender. There is that cowboy mentality that gets this country in trouble.
Oh Lord the Maverick
We know when we are finished in Iraq when the Iraqi people can govern themselves. Who is to say they cannot do it now.
John McCain knows what evil is?!? You don't know evil lady till your a black man in America.
Did she just give a shout out?
Oh Lord another shout out to the Down Syndrome kid
President Cheney. I love it.
Get it Joey. Tell him about the wife. Don't you know my struggles, don't you know my pain.
When the Republicans are involved nothing got done.
How is her family diverse? I've seen the same white people in every picture. Maybe she is referring to the token adopted minority in the McCain family?
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
25 Fascinating Love Facts
Courtesy of MSN
1. Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.
I used to get up before he did because I'm self conscious about my breath in the morning.
2. People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right!)
I will have to try that some times
3. When it comes to doing the deed early in the relationship, 78 percent of women would decline an intimate rendezvous if they had not shaved their legs or underarms.
I used to go out and if I were wearing pants I wouldn't shave because that meant I wouldn't hook up with anyone. Ahhh youth.
4. Feminist women are more likely than other females to be in a romantic relationship.
Now I don't believe this. All I hear from older women is what I have to do to land a husband is make myself to be dependent and not independent.
5. Two-thirds of people report that they fall in love with someone they've known for some time vs. someone that they just met.
I can believe this. Unfortunately I know I am not getting with any of the guys I know.
6. There's a reason why office romances occur: The single biggest predictor of love is proximity.
I can see this too. I would never do it. If we were to break up I would have to quit
7. Falling in love can induce a calming effect on the body and mind and raises levels of nerve growth factor for about a year, which helps to restore the nervous system and improves the lover's memory.
I don't think I've ever truly been in love. But the happiness part I agree with. The other shitty parts in your life don't seem so bad when you are in a relationship. The flip side to that is when you are having problems in your relationship everything seems catastrophic
8. Love can also exert the same stress on your body as deep fear. You see the same physiological responses — pupil dilation, sweaty palms, and increased heart rate.
Maybe
9. Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate — the part of the brain involving cravings.
Maybe
10. The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.
Don't tell R. Kelly
11. The "Love Detector" service from Korean cell phone operator KTF uses technology that is supposed to analyze voice patterns to see if a lover is speaking honestly and with affection. Users later receive an analysis of the conversation delivered through text message that breaks down the amount of affection, surprise, concentration and honesty of the other speaker.
The one thing I hear constantly about Korea is how advanced in technology they are. I would love to visit.
12. Eleven percent of women have gone online and done research on a person they were dating or were about to meet, versus seven percent of men.
This percentage is soooooooo much higher than that.
13. Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
Maybe
14. The oldest known love song was written 4,000 years ago and comes from an area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
This is one of the first modern cities. Of course.
15. The tradition of the diamond engagement ring comes from Archduke Maximillian of Austria who, in the 15th century, gave a diamond ring to his fiancée, Mary of Burgundy.
I don't need a big wedding but I refuse to walk the rest of my life with a crappy piece of jewelry
16. Forty-three percent of women prefer their partners never sign "love" to a card unless they are ready for commitment.
Maybe
17. People who are newly in love produce decreased levels of the hormone serotonin — as low as levels seen in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Perhaps that's why it's so easy to feel obsessed when you're smitten.
Maybe
18. Philadelphia International Airport finished as the No. 1 best airport for making a love connection, according to an online survey.
Now who did you really ask this and how much time do you really spend in an airport?
19. According to mathematical theory, we should date a dozen people before choosing a long-term partner; that provides the best chance that you'll make a love match.
I agree but why am I unable to do this
20. A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
No Comment (if you work in the Registrar's Office you know what's up)
21. Every Valentine's Day, Verona, the Italian city where Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet took place, receives around 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.
Men (and maybe a few women) are just dumb
21. When we get dumped, for a period of time we love the person who rejected us even more, says Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and author of Why We Love. The brain regions that lit up when we were in a happy union continue to be active.
Ummm...Maybe
22. People telling the story of how they fell in love overwhelmingly believe the process is out of their control.
Maybe
23. Familiarity breeds comfort and closeness … and romance.
Maybe
24. One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.
That is scary but probably true
25. OK, this one may not surprise you, but we had to share it: Having a romantic relationship makes both genders happier. The stronger the commitment, the greater the happiness!
Maybe
SOURCE
Laura Schaefer is the author of Man with Farm Seeks Woman with Tractor
1. Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.
I used to get up before he did because I'm self conscious about my breath in the morning.
2. People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right!)
I will have to try that some times
3. When it comes to doing the deed early in the relationship, 78 percent of women would decline an intimate rendezvous if they had not shaved their legs or underarms.
I used to go out and if I were wearing pants I wouldn't shave because that meant I wouldn't hook up with anyone. Ahhh youth.
4. Feminist women are more likely than other females to be in a romantic relationship.
Now I don't believe this. All I hear from older women is what I have to do to land a husband is make myself to be dependent and not independent.
5. Two-thirds of people report that they fall in love with someone they've known for some time vs. someone that they just met.
I can believe this. Unfortunately I know I am not getting with any of the guys I know.
6. There's a reason why office romances occur: The single biggest predictor of love is proximity.
I can see this too. I would never do it. If we were to break up I would have to quit
7. Falling in love can induce a calming effect on the body and mind and raises levels of nerve growth factor for about a year, which helps to restore the nervous system and improves the lover's memory.
I don't think I've ever truly been in love. But the happiness part I agree with. The other shitty parts in your life don't seem so bad when you are in a relationship. The flip side to that is when you are having problems in your relationship everything seems catastrophic
8. Love can also exert the same stress on your body as deep fear. You see the same physiological responses — pupil dilation, sweaty palms, and increased heart rate.
Maybe
9. Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate — the part of the brain involving cravings.
Maybe
10. The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.
Don't tell R. Kelly
11. The "Love Detector" service from Korean cell phone operator KTF uses technology that is supposed to analyze voice patterns to see if a lover is speaking honestly and with affection. Users later receive an analysis of the conversation delivered through text message that breaks down the amount of affection, surprise, concentration and honesty of the other speaker.
The one thing I hear constantly about Korea is how advanced in technology they are. I would love to visit.
12. Eleven percent of women have gone online and done research on a person they were dating or were about to meet, versus seven percent of men.
This percentage is soooooooo much higher than that.
13. Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
Maybe
14. The oldest known love song was written 4,000 years ago and comes from an area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
This is one of the first modern cities. Of course.
15. The tradition of the diamond engagement ring comes from Archduke Maximillian of Austria who, in the 15th century, gave a diamond ring to his fiancée, Mary of Burgundy.
I don't need a big wedding but I refuse to walk the rest of my life with a crappy piece of jewelry
16. Forty-three percent of women prefer their partners never sign "love" to a card unless they are ready for commitment.
Maybe
17. People who are newly in love produce decreased levels of the hormone serotonin — as low as levels seen in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Perhaps that's why it's so easy to feel obsessed when you're smitten.
Maybe
18. Philadelphia International Airport finished as the No. 1 best airport for making a love connection, according to an online survey.
Now who did you really ask this and how much time do you really spend in an airport?
19. According to mathematical theory, we should date a dozen people before choosing a long-term partner; that provides the best chance that you'll make a love match.
I agree but why am I unable to do this
20. A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
No Comment (if you work in the Registrar's Office you know what's up)
21. Every Valentine's Day, Verona, the Italian city where Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet took place, receives around 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.
Men (and maybe a few women) are just dumb
21. When we get dumped, for a period of time we love the person who rejected us even more, says Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and author of Why We Love. The brain regions that lit up when we were in a happy union continue to be active.
Ummm...Maybe
22. People telling the story of how they fell in love overwhelmingly believe the process is out of their control.
Maybe
23. Familiarity breeds comfort and closeness … and romance.
Maybe
24. One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.
That is scary but probably true
25. OK, this one may not surprise you, but we had to share it: Having a romantic relationship makes both genders happier. The stronger the commitment, the greater the happiness!
Maybe
SOURCE
Laura Schaefer is the author of Man with Farm Seeks Woman with Tractor
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