tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87710500039280035142024-02-21T06:59:11.694-06:00The Epitome: Diologues and DiscourseLadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-70775756671425425772008-12-25T08:59:00.001-06:002008-12-25T08:59:45.627-06:00Someone who knows how to love you without being toldAs some of you may know I work in the hospitality industry -- a non stop, 24/7/365, the door is always open, the light is always on Marriott hotel in Nashville, TN, which doesn't guarantee me that I will have every single holiday off (or even half of them for that matter) like most traditional occupations do. It's a price that I have to pay for a job that I really enjoy. However, is right of me to expect my boyfriend to pay that price along with me?Here's where I stand. Christmas is coming and I know that I have to work from 7am to 3pm that day (he isn't an early morning person anyways), there isn't any way around it. But ... boyfriend has chosen to take a trip out of town to see his mother again for the 24th, 25th, and 26th which leaves me alone for the holidays in a city where I have no family and the friends that I made in college are going to be headed for their homes as well. Is it ok for me to feel a little anger in the pit of my stomach at his holiday plans and my deserment? Or am I just being selfish? Should I have to tell him that leaving his girlfriend of 3 years alone in the city is angering, to say the least? Or is that something that should be common sense to the common man?Boyfriend is a mama's boy! I knew that when I met him and no amount of coaxing is going to pull him out of that. But when should a man transition from one household to the next? I personally feel that after so many years together and the intertwining of virtually every part of our lives it's time look forward to a home, family. and future of his own.I love him whole heartedly, but with Christmas being the second holiday I would have spent alone this year and New Years a third I am wondering if the feelings are reciprocated. What is a girl to do?LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-13776404622787406302008-12-19T19:59:00.003-06:002008-12-19T20:05:50.943-06:00How to Look for Data Entry from HomeIf you are looking for data entry work, you will see many ads that promise thousands of dollars a week for doing easy typing work and data entry work from home.<br /><br />If you've checked these programs, you may have been tempted by their sales pitch and attractive promises of easy work from home. They make it sound so easy and tell you all you need to do is enter data into forms. You may already have bought one or more of these programs and wasted your money.<br /><br />Can you get legitimate data entry work from home?<br /><br />Unfortunately, the majority of data entry work at home programs are scams. Stop looking in the wrong places. Don't search for easy work with top pay without experience needed. Don't search for keywords like "work from home, work at home jobs, work at home jobs no fees, data entry programs." These searches will show you all the scams.<br /><br />"Data entry programs" are almost guaranteed to tell you to fill in forms to promote affiliate programs. When "filling in forms" you'll set up ads for pay per click advertising such as Google Adwords and you'll pay advertising fees when people click on your ad.<br /><br />The good news is that you can find legitimate data entry work from home if you are looking in the right places. Real data entry work involves a lot more than just filling in forms. The best way to get data entry work or typing work from home is to become a freelancer and promote yourself as a secretarial service or virtual assistant.<br /><br />Start promoting your typing and secretarial services instead of looking for easy promises. Find your own clients, learn to market, and create promotional materials.<br /><br />Don't be naïve.<br /><br />Don't waste your money on those scams. If you fall for those types of programs, you're looking in the wrong direction and will miss out on real data entry and typing work from home. Your success will start when you learn to distinguish the real work from home from the easy promises that will not make you any money from home.<br /><br />A real business takes work.<br /><br />If someone promises you good money for easy work without experience, ignore it. Your business will start to take off when you look at real opportunities to work from home. If you look in the right direction, you will find legitimate typing work and data entry work from home. And be prepared to put in some work and effort.<br /><br />Looking for legitimate home typing work?Find out how to get legitimate home typing jobs and freelance typing work and avoid home typing and data entry scams. Visit http://www.typing-and-data-entry-scams.comLadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-29471860676989665362008-10-28T17:39:00.003-05:002008-10-28T17:52:02.765-05:00You Can Vote However You Like<p align="justify"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UxlwYP0HNdc&hl=" fs="1" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />5th and 6th graders from the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, GA. During their civics and government lessons the students were first taught the Republican and Democrat ideals and the policies that each is presenting as their platform without out being told which candidate was actually a Democrat and which candidate was a Republican -- they were then asked to make a decision based on the policies alone (something that we all should have been doing from the beginning). Were they ever surprised who fell to the left and who fell to the right! </p><p align="justify">After studying the parties and making the decision their next class project was to make this song showcase what they had learned in their class to the tune of "You Can Have Whatever You Like".</p><p align="justify">This is the kind of education that more and more of our students have been attaining due to the topics that have been surrounding this elections. Even if Obama does not win (heaven forbid), this has turned the nation in the right direction -- more people need to be involved in the goings on of this country!</p>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-82382447704615558632008-10-28T11:28:00.003-05:002008-10-28T11:42:42.070-05:00Poem of the Day! 10/28/08Moments of Clarity<br />By <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Noir</span> Czar<br /><br />Torn rubber packet after packet I pursue this high,<br />questioning positions and penetration between a different open thigh.<br /><br />this drug comes wit no prescription still remains my addiction<br />in the calmest of conversation it requires my attention<br />then perverts my intentions from platonic to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">dissension</span><br />till I am suffocating in a lust and am guided by my extension<br /><br />then my phone dials you<br /><br />and now I am held captive by our caressing sensations<br />contemplating our contact as we progress to fornication<br />and though I have knowledge of a biblical persuasion<br />I pursue sex with a passion like tomorrow is my castration<br /><br />lacking all hesitation you provide for my pleasure<br />with moments of foreplay before unveiling your treasure<br />and at that instance of ecstasy I ejaculate and then perceive<br />that sex with you is unnecessary and now I must take my leave<br /><br />It is from these moments in time that I often try to conceive<br />a method to my own madness and what I plan to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">achieve</span><br />how can I expect a woman's trust when I predominantly deceive<br />and plot with periodic persistence not consistent from dawn to eve<br /><br />In these seconds of clarity I attempt to control and adjust my way<br />returning to my locations of prayer when I previously fell astray<br /><br />then in the calmest of conversation it acquires my attention<br />then perverts my intentions from platonic to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">dissension</span><br />till I am suffering in a lust and am guided by my extension<br />then my phone dials you to repeat my previous intentionLadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-23416430047203436662008-10-28T11:14:00.002-05:002008-10-28T11:28:12.957-05:00When It Hurts<div align="justify">I am going to take a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">brief</span> break for a moment before I go into my normal posts for the day. Although my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">iPod</span> Touch is loaded with over 1,000 songs and several more videos, I normally just listen to about three ... over and over and over again. Lately the song that monopolizes the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">majority</span> of my free time is "When it Hurts" by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Avant</span>. When I first started playing thus song in incessant <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">repetition</span> I thought it was simply because the chorus was catchy and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Avant's</span> voice is soothing to me. But, after a week of shewing over the lyrics and singing them with non-harmonic <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">enthusiasm</span> when I'm alone I realized that it was what the song was talking about -- <em>Will you love me when it hurts?</em></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><em></em></div><br /><br /><a href="http://cache.umusic.com/images/local/500/e57752b7-3b9d-48c3-bc41-088088826527.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 484px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://cache.umusic.com/images/local/500/e57752b7-3b9d-48c3-bc41-088088826527.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://cache.umusic.com/images/local/500/e57752b7-3b9d-48c3-bc41-088088826527.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div align="justify">You see, my boyfriend's lease is up on his apartment at the end of the month and he is moving in with me (along with all of his ugly bachelor pad furniture) and I'm seriously <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">freakin</span>' out. No longer is it going to be a just a simple boyfriend/girlfriend, very little commitment, you have your space and I have mine kind of relationship. We are going to completely be merging our <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">separate</span> lives together to make one and the only way that it is going to be successful is if we can "love [each other] when it hurts".</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Avant</span> hit the jackpot on this one!</div>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-9145113089386916952008-10-27T13:26:00.003-05:002008-10-27T13:49:22.186-05:00I'M SO GLAD I GO TO TSU! ... Tennessee State University's 2008 Homecoming Week has Finally Arrived ... And I have Never Been So Syked"Get Geek! Get Geek! It's Homecoming week. We don't go to class and we don't go to sleep. We stay up 24/7 the WHOLE damn week!"<br /><br />There is a reason we are known as The Aristocrat of Bands:<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xeQXN4q5YYY&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xeQXN4q5YYY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />"I'm so Glad I go to TSU, singing Glory Hallelujah ... <em>whoo</em> ... I'm So Glad!"<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ril3BOY7blM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ril3BOY7blM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />"T-S, T-S, T-S-U... Aristocrat! Aristocrat of Bands!"<br /><br />My boyfriend is a Sigma, so I had to include this one from the Homecoming Step Show last year:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sm806uhsDHc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sm806uhsDHc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Watch out, cause Big Blue Country is taking over he city of Nashville this week!LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-63220597515533595322008-10-27T12:43:00.005-05:002008-10-27T13:11:17.775-05:00VIDEO OF THE DAY! Travis Barker is My Music Idol ... Go, White Boy, Go!<div align="justify">Who would have ever thought that a white boy could jam like this, but, as many <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">youtubers</span> may already know ... Travis Barker is a one of a kind musician! Below is the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">youtube</span> video remix of the culture phenomenon "Crank That <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Soulja</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Boy</span>":<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RKQgDY0pZ68&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RKQgDY0pZ68&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">Travis Barker <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">achieved</span> his fame as the drummer for the pop punk band <strong>Blink-182</strong>. With Barker as their drummer, Blink-182 released their best selling album to date<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/TravisBarker.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 298px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/TravisBarker.jpg" border="0" /></a>, <u>Enema of the State</u> (1999), followed by <u>Take Off Your Pants and Jacket</u> (2001), and <u>Blink-182</u> (2003). After seven years of drumming with Blink-182, in February 2005, the band split up. But that didn't stop Barkers momentum.</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">Barker said he's always been interested in more genres of music outside punk punk rock, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">including</span> hip hop. In a 2002 interview with MTV he said, "I probably listen to more hip hop and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">drum'n'bass</span> than I do punk rock music." Not being able to explore these interests within Blink-182, Barker participated in two hip hop related side projects during that time: <strong>Transplants</strong> and <strong>Expensive Taste</strong>. </div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">Recently, Travis Barker made the very well received remix of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Soulja</span> Boy's "Crank That <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Soulja</span> Boy" (featured above). In similar fashion, he also remixed Flo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Rida's</span> single "Low" that was later included in the deluxe version of Flo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Rida's</span> debut album. Barker is also <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">featured</span> in The Game's latest album, L.A.X., drumming in the song "Dope Boys".</div><div align="justify"> </div>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-78620147578629256282008-10-27T12:05:00.002-05:002008-10-27T12:22:15.521-05:00Poem of the Day! 10/27/08Was It Something I Said<br />By <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Noir</span> Czar<br /><br />Was it my use of the first amendment that caused your ideas of independence<br />attaining freedom from your mental barriers<br />no crab mentality cause on my curved vertebrae will carry ya<br />on my shoulders rest the future of my civilization<br />ancestors of the Aztecs, Mayans, and Haitians<br />product of desegregation, the result of a mid night conversation<br />was it something that he said?<br /><br />Did his candor with my mother start my revolution<br />the utter conclusion is clarity in this mass confusion<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">thru</span> scars and contusion we wake up and smell the roses <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">thru</span> this media pollution<br />a remedial solution to the problem at hand is proper representation<br />but I am filled with disgust when I come to the revelation<br />that even in his conversations, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">fraudulent</span> assertions and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">propaganda</span> are spread<br />Was it something he said?<br /><br />Was it his rebuttal to the criminal charges<br />or his reasoning for the aggressive sexual approach<br />her <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">reproach</span> to his <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">advances</span> in the land of opportunity<br />the melanin increase our circumstances even in our romances<br />kissed, caressed and slow dances we are oppressed from our chances<br />yet we attain our ignorant stances, lean back and rock with that<br />through music we speak the situational fact<br />an over rates reality of addiction to crack<br />my prediction is that your perception is whack<br />was it something he rapped?<br /><br />The lyrics he stacked that cause us pain<br />a dependent mainframe based on the size of your chain<br />the carat in your ring<br />the eighty fours on your swing<br />see prior to politics these material things only glisten<br />but now we see they listen<br />a catalyst to competition<br />and addictive to the current composition of envy, hate, kill and its constant <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">repetition</span><br />Was it something that was written?<br /><br />Or were we both just forgiven when he took the silver pence<br />crossed the borders of the pearl fence into a valley of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">repentance</span><br />If I could write the world's wrongs in a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">sentence</span> would you sentence me to death too<br />would it still stand true that my actions were u-republic<br />I could change the subject<br />and still remain a subject discussion<br />but due to my heart's percussion there is no retreat<br />and whatever is spoken from my lips is confirmed y the foundation of my feet<br />stand up for what you speak or talk into existence your own defeat.LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-89348016949775468692008-10-27T10:42:00.002-05:002008-10-27T11:35:25.093-05:00Is Your Right to Vote Being Called to Question?<div align="justify">It's almost 8 days until the history making elections day when Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain go head to head in the final leg of the race for the White House. The country is on edge and divided between the two candidates -- never in my lifetime have I witnessed such a national interest in politics nor such low down schemes to hold the other party back. But just when I think that I have seen and heard it all, people manage to find new ways to surprise.</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">Earlier today, the Associated Press released an article detailing the voter 'purging' of more than 50,000 registered voters in the state of Georgia alone. These are citizens who have been "flagged" due to a so called computer mismatch in their personal identification information ... "At least 4,500 of those people are having their citizenship questioned and the burden is on them to prove their eligibility to vote." The article highlighted this specific story of an Atlanta resident and United States citizen:</div><div align="justify"><br /><blockquote><p>College Senior Kyla Berry was looking forward to voting in her first presidential election, even carrying her voter registration card.</p><p>But about two weeks ago, Berry got disturbing news from local election officials.</p><p>"This office has received notification from the state of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Geargia</span> indicating that you are not a citizen of the United States and therefore, not eligible to vote," a letter from the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections said.</p><p>But Berry is a U.S. citizen, born in Boston, Massachusetts. She has a passport and birth certificate to prove it.</p><p>The letter, which was dated October 2, gave her a week from the time it was dated to prove her citizenship. There was a problem, though -- the letter was postmarked October 9.</p><p>"It was the most bizarre thing. I immediately called my mother and asked her to send my birth certificate, and then I was like, 'It's too late, apparently,'" Berry said</p><p> </p></blockquote></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">This is a situation that has been echoed all across the country and has raised fears, for members of both parties, of the possibility of voter suppression. The problem with this situation, though, is the fact that the letters to these citizens were written during the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">first</span> few days in October and then mailed a few days after that, according to the postmark date on the envelopes (this is a clear violation of two federal laws against voter purging within 90 days of the election). These citizens have been given an almost impossible deadline to follow if they want to get their voting rights back. Politicians and Lawyers all across the country have jumped on the issue in order to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">protect</span> voter rights and prevent a systematic voter suppression. This is an election that is far too important and a historical landmark to be foreshadowed by such an undemocratic event. The basis of the democratic system is that every person has a voice and, this year, there has been a remarkable increase in the number of new voters (especially new voters that are African American and/ or young first time voters). </div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">If you have not voted already, make sure that your voting credentials are up to date and valid. Although the burden of proof of your <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">eligibility</span> to vote is on you, and you alone, the American government has a responsibility to each and every one of us to correct this issue before election day. Every eligible person (meaning, every US citizen or foreign national over the age of 18 that is not a felon) that wants to cast a vote on November 4 should be able to do so, even if that means that they need to bring their birth certificate and picture ID along with their voter registration card to the election polls. Don't wait until <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">the</span> very last minute!</div>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-76194108977856872112008-10-27T10:33:00.002-05:002008-10-27T10:39:04.057-05:00Jennifer Hudson's Family Murder UPDATE!<div align="justify">Julian King, Jennifer Hudson's 7 year old nephew, has been missing since the murder of Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Friday</span> October 24, 2008. However, the Cook County Police <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Department</span> found the "remains" of a child's body in an SUV this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">morning</span> that they <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">believe</span> may be little Julian. At this point they are not releasing any more details about the finding and the medical examiner's office is still investigating the body.</div>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-41880614977764932752008-10-26T19:26:00.004-05:002008-10-26T20:16:44.247-05:00Live Green, Save Green: Top 4 Ways to GO GREEN at Home<div align="justify">This is a huge departure from what I would normally have posted on my site, but I just received my electric bill today and realized that my boyfriend and I need to start saving some green (in more than one way). So, I've scowered the web and found, for your viewing pleasure, the top 4 ways that you can start saving some "green" at home:</div><div align="justify"> </div><ol><li><div align="justify"><strong>Make Sure that your walls, attic, and basement are well insulated</strong>. Good indulation will slow the rate that heat flows out of yur house during the winter or into your house during the summer, so les energy is required to heat or cool your home. What we did in our home is to get the door cozy for the front door to keep the cool air from coming in under the door. We also went and got some insulating plartic for the windows from the hardware store, I want to say that it was about $15.</div></li><li><div align="justify"><strong>Plant shade trees and shrubs around the house</strong>. In the summer the foliage from the trees blocks infrared radiation that would warm the house, while in the winter the bare branches would allow this radiation to come through. </div></li><li><div align="justify"><strong>Improve the efficieny of your hot water system. </strong>First, turn down the temperature of your water heater to the warm setting (about 120 degrees). Second, insulate your hot water lines so that they don't cool off as fast in between uses. It also keeps the pipes from cooling down the water as it passes from the water heater to the shower. Third, use low flow fixtures for showers and baths. </div></li><li><div align="justify"><strong>Replace incandescent lights with compact fluorescent lamps (CLFs).</strong> CLFs can save three quarters of the electricity used by incandescents. </div></li></ol>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-85759794541098632532008-10-26T18:38:00.004-05:002008-10-26T18:55:05.918-05:00MISSING CHILD ALERT! Jennifer Hudson is asking for you help<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxTXd0E95V2f_vYGQfLxdHjJKkp9kjJm2SHDagLSgvaDzMkU7wK0sIo73Yd4sD3Rc8cCxIrymkuRazK_kPZh4yOapkN4CIbutQupwCoayf6xoYNX7CEVXic3ausmvn_DFHHuxHk0Ubj4u/s1600-h/43063918.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261613359583750610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxTXd0E95V2f_vYGQfLxdHjJKkp9kjJm2SHDagLSgvaDzMkU7wK0sIo73Yd4sD3Rc8cCxIrymkuRazK_kPZh4yOapkN4CIbutQupwCoayf6xoYNX7CEVXic3ausmvn_DFHHuxHk0Ubj4u/s320/43063918.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>On Friday October 24, 2008, the nephew of the award winning actress and singer, Jennifer Hudson, went missing after the murder of his grandmother in Chicago.</p><p>At this point the police have one suspect in custody for the murder, however, the child was not with him when he was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">picke</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">d up</span> for questioning. </p><p>The Hudson Family is asking for the help of the public in locating the 7 year old boy and returning him safely home.</p><p>If you have seen this child PLEASE contact your local law enforcement agency.</p>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-90180053455649040712008-10-26T16:07:00.005-05:002008-10-26T17:59:09.062-05:00What is the Role of the Vice President? ... SHOPPING (and some other stuff)<div align="justify">Five days ago it was released that the Republican National Convention allegedly spent $150,000 on Sarah McCain's wardrobe for the GOP convention. <strong>$150,000!</strong> ... do you all realize that I could pay my rent for 3 years for that much , or the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">RNC</span> could have sent 3 or 4 kids to a great state college anywhere in the United States for 4 years</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">As she spoke out about the accusations on "The View" however, she stated that the clothes do not belong to her ... they are on loan and still are the property of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">RNC</span>! <em>Yeah, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">OK</span> Lady ...</em></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">The way I see it, it is still $150,000 that is being spent on useless crap. As a woman that boasts about not only knowing the people of the United States, she claims that she IS one of us ... furthermore, that simple fact is the reason why the Republican party believes that she will be such a great candidate for vice presidency -- her connection with the "little" people. So, if that really is the case, why did the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">RNC</span> feel as though they needed to spend so much money trying to make her look different.</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">For all of you out there that have donated money to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">RNC</span>, you are the one that funding her <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">extravagant</span> shopping trip ... and what's even more disappointing is the fact that a good number of you lipstick republican and McCain fans are pleased with the way your contributions have been spent because a pretty wardrobe is only going to distract people from the ridiculous words that are steadily streaming out of her mouth.</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">Instead of spending all that money, a more useful venture for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">RNC</span> could have been to spend more time preparing their as yet unready candidate for the spotlight ... she can't even articulate what the role of the Vice President is correctly (but I'm sure those 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">th</span> graders she gave a shout out to during the debates could have schooled her on that). </div><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><div align="justify">This is just another move that has made me disappointed in the Republican candidate and his entire campaign. I have had enough with the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">hypocrisy</span>, the name-calling, the dirty politics, the unqualified candidates, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">pretention</span>, and the pending policies that will only break an already breaking country. If this isn't enough to make people see them for who they really are and what they really represent then I don't know what is. My biggest fear for the future of this country is that McCain and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Palin</span> will be elected into office ... <em>but that's OK I guess. I'll just move back to Africa! I'm sure the racism and genocide will be a much easier pill to swallow than the impending McCain/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Palin</span> administration.</em></div>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-66151269232722676402008-10-24T22:21:00.005-05:002008-10-26T18:59:49.158-05:00Mother & Brother of Academy Award Winner Jennifer Hudson Found Dead in Chicago<div align="justify">On Friday October 24, 2008, the mother and brother of Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson were found dead in a home on the South Side of Chicago. The police are still investigating the murder and are also looking for the nephew of the singer and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Oscer</span>-winning actress. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Rupa</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Shenoy</span> wrote <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">abouut</span> the tragedy in an article released by the Associated Press saying: </div><blockquote></blockquote><div align="justify">"We can confirm that there is an ongoing investigation concerning the deaths of Jennifer Hudson's mother, Darnell <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Donerson</span>, and her brother, Jason <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Hudson</span>," Hudson's personal publicist, Lisa <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Kasteler</span> said in a statement. "No further comment will be made and the family has asked that their privacy be respected at this difficult time."</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said the deaths appeared to be the result of domestic abuse. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office said autopsies for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Donerson</span>, 57, and Hudson, 29, were pending.</div><p align="justify">We first remember Jennifer Hudson as the budding star of the American hit TV Show American Idol -- Simon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Cowel</span> told her that he didn't feel as though she would have much of a future in the music business and that he <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">didn</span>'t really like her voice. But, a little over a year after her elimination from the show it was announced that she would be acting along With <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Beyonce</span> and Jaime <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Foxx</span> in the movie remake of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Broadway</span> hit "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Dreamgirls</span>" ... and did she ever prove Simon wrong with her portrayal of the character Effie White. <em>Phenomenal!</em> Since her award winning performance in the movie, Jennifer has released an album and is currently in the movie adaptation of the book <em>The Secret Life of Bees</em> along with Queen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Latifa</span>, Alicia Keys, and Dakota Fanning.</p><p align="justify">Jennifer is a promising star of tomorrow living the American Dream. The events of today and the death of her mother and brother go far beyond a tragedy that there are no words to explain. I ask that each and every one of you keep her and her family in your hearts and prayers as they move through this difficult time.</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bossip.com/wp-content/uploads/jhud-and-mother.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 450px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.bossip.com/wp-content/uploads/jhud-and-mother.jpg" border="0" /></a>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-60864350398325985172008-10-22T19:25:00.007-05:002008-10-26T19:02:29.395-05:00Murder in a Small Town: A 75 Pound Bear Cub Becomes Latest Victim of the Presidental Election<a href="http://www.stateuniversity.com/assets/logo/image/3288/large/wcupic.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 410px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.stateuniversity.com/assets/logo/image/3288/large/wcupic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">After the last Presidential Debate I asked <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">myself</span> if people's behavior surrounding this election could get any worse -- and what you know, it did! On Monday morning it was reported that a dead bear cub was found at the entrance the campus of Western Carolina University covered in Obama campaign posters. The 75 pound bear cub had been shot in the head and two Obama posters had been stapled together and draped over its head. </div><br /><div align="justify"><br /></div><br /><div align="justify">Campus Police are still investigating the matter and the secret service has been informed. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ashville</span> Citizen Times reports:</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><blockquote><br /><p>"But this is certainly unacceptable," Tom Johnson, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Chief</span> of University Police, said. "Someone evidently was wanting to draw attention to the election. If we find out who they are, we'll make sure they get some attention themselves."</p><br /><p>The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">university</span> issued a statement calling what happened deplorable and troubling.</p><br /><p>"We cannot speculate on the motives of the people involved nor who those people might be," said Leila <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Tvedt</span>, Associate Vice Chancellor. "Campus police are cooperating with authorities to investigate this matter."<br /></p></blockquote></div><br /><div align="justify">Although officials don't want to speculate on the perpetrator of this atrocious act, let's look at the facts and let you decide for yourself. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Ashville</span> is a city that is predominantly white, but the campus itself is home to the majority of the cities black students. This isn't to say definitively that the incident was racially motivated (although it is very likely that it was) but one thing that is clear is that the culprit is an avid McCain Supporter. What hasn't been reported by newspapers and officials is the fact that the bear cub found was not just a grizzly bear or a brown bear but a BLACK BEAR, <em>do you all see any correlation between the signs and the dead bear because I do!</em> Such behavior with regards to any candidate, black or white, male or female, is beyond deplorable and tasteless.</div><br /><div align="justify"><br /></div><br /><div align="justify">Was it a Sarah <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Palin</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">lovin</span>', moose hunter out to make a statement? Was it a racist taking his Obama rage out on a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">defenseless</span> <strong>black</strong> bear cub? Or was it just a random crazy person with an irrational dislike of bears and campaign sings? Hopefully the police will find out.</div><br /><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"></div>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-89683648310546721602008-10-22T17:47:00.005-05:002008-10-22T19:18:28.206-05:00I See Here You Graduated With 2 Degrees at the top of your Class ... But Your Just Not Right for this Position!<div align="justify">This is probably a posting that is going to make most people scratch their heads, a few others disagree, and almost everyone very unhappy with me and my opinions ... but hear me out first!</div><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify">The other day I was speaking with one of my co-workers, Kelly, about the fact that all of the girls that work at the front desk of a Marriott hotel in the city of Nashville have graduated from college with at least one degree but are stuck working a job that put them well below the poverty line. You would think that we would be in better positions by now wouldn't you -- and that isn't to say that we haven't tried. The reality of our situation is that we spent 4, 5, or even 6 years at an undergraduate institution getting a traditional degree in order to make us more marketable and better suited for the work force. But, after graduation and during the myriad of interviews we all went on before we landed behind the desk of a Marriott we found that a Bachelor degree (or two in my case) and a good internship wasn't enough to get us in the door of a decent company. There are a few who make it through, but most of get halted and can only look at the promise of a bright future due to our matriculation through double paned shatter proof glass. </div><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><div align="justify">College, all though it provides you with some very valuable life experiences and can be ideal for the transition from the parent's house to one of your own, is no longer the solution for higher education in a new society where jobs require more precision and technical know how that traditional colleges and universities provide through their curriculum. Don't get me wrong, there are some career paths that require it ... but most now do not. The fact that I read and could analyze Stephen <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hawkins</span> doesn't make me a great manager; the fact that I can create the compound for the chemical flavoring of wintergreen gum doesn't mean I would be a good <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">hospital</span> receptionist; and the fact that I passed organizational theory and introduction to non-profit organizations doesn't mean that I would be the best candidate for a position as office manager for the American Red Cross here in Nashville.</div><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><div align="justify">Anyways, as Kelly and I were talking we realized that those in our generation that are doing well for themselves and aren't struggling as much through this economic crisis are those that opted for a trade school or vocational education. Now, I can <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">imagine</span> what most of you are thinking at this moment ... <em>Me? Go to a Trade School?</em> Yes! You! Go to trade school!</div><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><div align="justify">Requirements for jobs isn't the same as it was in the past ... a college degree in almost anything made you ready for most jobs. However, now days, there a trade schools and specialty schools for almost everything ... you can't just have a high WPM in order to be a secretary you need to have gone to college and taken a required amount of courses for business administration and secretarial <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">services</span> along with all of the requirements of the past; you can't just work as an apprentice in your dad's auto shop in order to become a mechanic you have to go to a specific trade school; you can't just have basic knowledge of computer software in order to work at the front desk of a doctor's office, you need to take classes in order to pass a certifying exam. With more rules and federal regulations, certification exams, specific requirements for different positions.</div><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">I had a college professor, Dr. Hardy, he once said, "The only thing that will separate you from everybody else when you graduate from college is the fact that you should have read 130 more books than they have." When we sit down and think about it, what more do I know now that I didn't know before or couldn't have learned if I didn't go to college? Don't strain yourself over the answer but it isn't much. Some of the most intelligent people I've ever met never graduated from college and, furthermore, some of the most educated people that I've met lack intelligence. No people, experience is what is key and trade schools are like an apprenticeship ... they get you ready for what you're going to face in the work force.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><div align="justify">Leaving high school it was preached that a college degree would be the beginning of a very bright future, but all that I see know is that my 2 degrees have held me back. Instead of the 5 years spent in college and the $100,000.00 spent I could have focused my time on a specific career. For those of you on the college search now, my only suggestion to you is that you know what it is you want to do before you make the decision to actually go to college and then make sure that a college or university is the best route for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">achieving</span> that goal ... what you will find now days is that there is a more direct path that will make you better prepared for your future.</div>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-91374076457292871722008-10-20T14:39:00.005-05:002008-10-21T13:04:05.771-05:00Would you like a Mail-In Rebate with your Healthcare Plan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftXYQkY1ttU5By7zzP6fpuOHGU6L0MM4NxHwqAmJi87l8RXtjC44qTnUorhlkF9QwrpU0nPav2Ig4hMgVpYRL211-Q9I4RUq-ruGF7_XIAb47YW0VXbiVz3nrSK_h3fghDv-6Ty_F33UY/s1600-h/mccain-nope.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259668675153629538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftXYQkY1ttU5By7zzP6fpuOHGU6L0MM4NxHwqAmJi87l8RXtjC44qTnUorhlkF9QwrpU0nPav2Ig4hMgVpYRL211-Q9I4RUq-ruGF7_XIAb47YW0VXbiVz3nrSK_h3fghDv-6Ty_F33UY/s320/mccain-nope.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">After writing my last post about the issues I had been having with my Sickle Cell and having to be in the hospital for a week and then returning to work only to see CNN being played on the lobby television all day long I got to thinking about how John McCain's tax plan would benefit me and this is the conclusion that I came to-- <em>IT WON'T DO SHIT TO HELP ME OUT!</em></div><br /><p align="justify">First of all, his tax plan is kind of like a mail-in rebate ... buy now and I'll give you less than a fraction of what you spent later. <em>Please, can someone from the McCain Camp tell me how this is going to help me in the long run?</em> Here's what I see as my healthcare future with the policy that McCain is proposing: without state regulations my insurance carrier will most likely drop me (the state of Tennessee has 3 of the leading research hospitals for sickle cell: Meharry, Vanderbilt, and St. Judes) because of my pre-existing condition; I will then be forced to "shop around" and find a carrier that will take me and my condition which will, more than likely cost a lot more than the $84 a month premium that I am paying with Marriott's comprehensive United Healthcare plan; after shelling out a couple thousand dollars that I know I don't make with my $9.27 an hour job for healthcare that I literally cannot live without, McCain is going to "give" me back $2,500 of that (people, let's be real, coverage for someone like me is going to be a lot more expensive than that!!!)</p><div align="justify"><strong>But wait! There's more!</strong> as is usually the case with these schemes where they say they will give you your money back. The money doesn't come to you, it goes to the insurance copany and is put towards the balance on your premium ... secondly, when tax season rolls around again they are going to tax you on what they gave you and you are going to end up giving half of the $2,500 right back to the people that gave it to you along with the other taxes that they take out of your pay checks.</div><br /><div align="justify">I'm sorry, but this sounds like total bullshit to me!</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">There is nothing in his plan to regulate the cost of healthcare --- which means that the insurance companies can take serious advantage of the millions of people in this country that find themselves in a situation very similar to mine ... sick and dependant on a good healthcare plan to make sure that they see tomorrow. For most of you reading this post you know at least one person, if not more, who is going to get seriously shafted by this plan or left behind because they can't even afford to get heir foot in the door.</div><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">This is clearly a Republican plan -- the only people that are considered are wealthy white people!</div><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">I don't know about you, but I want someone in office who is going to be looking out for my welfare as much as they look out for rich people's money -- and John McCain isn't it!</div>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-85227151439533919172008-10-20T10:36:00.004-05:002008-10-20T13:04:41.350-05:00It's Been Awhile ... But Now I'm Back<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RVk2adE_2DCJ4LnwQQ5boijiDxiIahtoFG9Yh__YuV3Dr25AVqzY7aeyEhEkWdXms5ir3pJVFd1W_B_BzPdkW4nXPSFxRcaT3kWixQtBp-Sq0tuPSMBKZyKIPPxWVVVs-IiMuLB8XAgW/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259264407053279378" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RVk2adE_2DCJ4LnwQQ5boijiDxiIahtoFG9Yh__YuV3Dr25AVqzY7aeyEhEkWdXms5ir3pJVFd1W_B_BzPdkW4nXPSFxRcaT3kWixQtBp-Sq0tuPSMBKZyKIPPxWVVVs-IiMuLB8XAgW/s320/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify">I have to apologize to each and every one of you for being absent for so long ... it was a really bad sickle cell attack that landed me in the hospital for a week. </div><div align="justify"><br /></div><p align="justify">However, now that I am on the subject of my own struggle with sickle cell disease, let me give you some insight if you don't already know about it. </p><p align="justify">Sickle Cell Anemia and Sickle Cell Disease are inherited blood dosorders that mainly affect members of the African American community, since their descendents are most likely from the subsaharan region of Africa where malaria is prevelant. Sickle cell disease is chronic and and lifelong: it is characterised by a sickling of the blood cells due to a variation of the normal hemoglobin that should be in the blood. When these blood cells begin to sickle, they get stuck in the bodies smaller blood vessels and block the passage of other blood cells that can cut off normal blood flow through the body damaging the tissues and causing a great deal of pain for the sufferer, pain that has been said to be comparable to, if not worse than, cancer pain ... <em>beleive me, it's a hell I wouldn't even wish on someone I absolutely hated</em>. Some of the main organs that are usually affected are those that clean out toxins and damaged cells from the body like the liver and spleen. It also affects the bodies extremities like arms and legs since the blood vessels get smaller and smaller as they move further away from the heart.</p><p>Currently, there is no cure for sickle cell disease ... BUT extensive research is being done to find one. The only form of treatment is to control the pain with pain medicine when it occurs; take antibiotocs to avoid getting sick; and alter your lifestyle to enable your body to better handle stress when it does occur but to, generally, not have any stress at all. </p><p>As a person <strong>living with</strong> Sickle Cell Disease, i strongly encourage every African American man, woman, and child to go get screened for the disease. Although it cannot be cured onced you are found to have it, gene therapy has made it possible to not pass the genes on to future generations.</p><p>Knowing is half the battle!<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N60YpPv-aGw&hl=" fs="1" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-36689316125763414422008-10-06T12:49:00.003-05:002008-10-06T12:56:59.301-05:00Guess Who's Coming to Nashville<a href="http://www.belmontdebate08.com/sites/default/files/debate_logo.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.belmontdebate08.com/sites/default/files/debate_logo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />On Tuesday October 7 the Second Presidential Debate will be held in:<br /><br /><div align="center">Nashville, TN</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">The city is buzzing and none other than yours truly has got a ticket to be in attendance (much thanks to the gentlemen of Lovenoise Live).</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">The debate is being held in a town hall style and the university is taking its cue from all of you -- the voters determine the the topics! <em>Click on the title to be redirected to the Belmont University website to submit your questions</em></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">This is our opportunity to get the answer to the questions that have been flying across our Blogs and minds!</div>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-80206130239856552152008-10-06T12:16:00.002-05:002008-10-06T12:37:49.839-05:00Voter Registration Deadlines ...<a href="http://willamettevalleynorml.org/gallery/USam_VoteL.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://willamettevalleynorml.org/gallery/USam_VoteL.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://willamettevalleynorml.org/gallery/USam_VoteL.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div>It's crunch time people -- Voter Registration Deadlines are fast approaching in many states. Are you registered?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Here's the breakdown:</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>October 6</div><br /><ul><br /><li>Arizona</li><br /><li>Arkansas</li><br /><li>Colarodo</li><br /><li>District of Columbia</li><br /><li>Florida</li><br /><li>Georgia</li><br /><li>Hawaii</li><br /><li>Indiana</li><br /><li>Kentucky</li><br /><li>Louisiana</li><br /><li>Michigan</li><br /><li>Mississippi</li><br /><li>Montana</li><br /><li>Ohio</li><br /><li>Pennsylvania</li><br /><li>Tennessee </li><br /><li>Texas</li><br /><li>Utah</li><br /><li>Virginia</li></ul><br /><br /><p>October 7</p><br /><ul><br /><li>Illinois</li><br /><li>New Mexico</li></ul><br /><br /><p>October 8</p><br /><ul><br /><li>Missouri</li></ul><br /><br /><p>Ocober 10</p><br /><ul><br /><li>New York</li><br /><li>North Carolina</li></ul><br /><br /><p>October 11</p><br /><ul><br /><li>Delaware</li></ul><br /><br /><p>October 14</p><br /><ul><br /><li>Maryland</li><br /><li>New Jersey</li><br /><li>Oregon</li></ul><br /><br /><p>October 15</p><br /><ul><br /><li>Massachusetts</li><br /><li>West Virginia</li><br /><li>Wisconsin</li></ul><br /><br /><p>October 20</p><br /><ul><br /><li>California</li><br /><li>Kansas</li></ul><br /><br /><p>October 21</p><br /><ul><br /><li>Connecticut</li><br /><li>Maine</li></ul><br /><br /><p>October 24</p><br /><ul><br /><li>Alabama</li><br /><li>Iowa</li><br /><li>Nebraska</li></ul><br /><br /><p>Day of election at the polls</p><br /><ul><br /><li>Idaho</li><br /><li>Iowa</li><br /><li>Maine</li><br /><li>Minnesota</li><br /><li>Montana</li><br /><li>Wisconsin</li><br /><li>Wyoming</li></ul></div>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-62647240032235396022008-10-06T10:16:00.004-05:002008-10-06T10:31:33.666-05:00Something to think about ...<a href="http://www.thetimesherald.com/multimedia/vote2008logo.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.thetimesherald.com/multimedia/vote2008logo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Congress has officially passed the $700 billion "economic rescue" package and that means something completely different for the impending Presidential Election -- will you still vote for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Obama</span> knowing that his Presidency will be overshadowed by this astronomical national debt?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Regardless of who is elected this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">November</span>, they are going to have one of the toughest 4 years in office that has ever been recorded, with a failing economy, 2 wars being waged, a national deficit, and now a $700 billion debt.</div><div></div><br /><br /><div>Myself, I am going to have a hard time checking that box for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Barack</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Obama</span> on November 6 knowing that my vote could set him up for failure. In 50 years no one will remember what a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">phenomenal</span> speaker he was; no one will remember how he advocated for change and was the voice of the average person; no one will remember the good changes that are made for the betterment of this country. No! Instead, what they will remember is that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Barack</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Obama</span> was the first black President of the United States and that he failed tremendously to save the country from its bad decisions!</div>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-25802629795908061532008-10-03T09:13:00.002-05:002008-10-03T09:23:50.334-05:00Poem of the Day! 10/3/08Why?<br />by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">NoirCzar</span><br /><br />Why do i defeat myself, blinded by shades of red<br />Tears fill my eyes like pennies in a pan-handler's cup<br />Currently down is up, my heart twists like a mountain road<br />Feelings inside, a ticking bomb, ready to explode<br />My mind in overload, thoughts of her weigh heavy in my shoulders<br />Akin to the load of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Danaus's</span> boulder,<br />Her words pierce my heart like a thousand arrows, each shot with precision<br />My male intuition told me we were meant for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">imminent</span> division,<br />Yet my visions of love clouded my thoughts,<br />Love, its beautiful sounds, children laughing, puppies barking, bells ringing<br />Ringing, ringing, now the only sound that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">reverbs</span> in my ear is goodbye<br />Laughs turn to cries, cries from lies, lies from love, love from fear<br />Pushing away to bring her near, yet emptiness is what's left here<br />But I am not alone, for although we're eternally apart,<br />Her body speaks to me like the tell-tale heart,<br />Now my instant reaction, has me relapsing, constantly questioning and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">reasking</span><br />The simplest statement though my heart deny, is it a crime to say goodbye.LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-79220535845344990782008-10-02T19:39:00.006-05:002008-10-03T11:06:16.559-05:00The Birds and the Bees: When is it Too early to start learning about sex?<a href="http://www.londonstimes.us/toons/cartoons/edithsnow_sex_ed.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.londonstimes.us/toons/cartoons/edithsnow_sex_ed.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><em>Let's talk about sex baby ... Sex Education, that is!</em><br /><br />Sex Education programs have always been a rather controversial topic and sparked much debate between parents, educators, doctors, school administrators, healthcare providers, and even politicians. But I want to ask you, when is it too early to start teaching our children about sex?<br /><br /><br />Recent studies have shown that adstinence only programs are generally less successful than sex education programs -- and let's be real with each other, day in and day out all you see on television and in magazines is inuendos to sex and how good it is. If tat doesn't make you want to get your peice then you must be a corpse ... or very ugly!<br /><br /><em><strong>When should you start talking about sex?</strong></em><br /><br />Toddler's love to explore their world and themselves. They're as curious as cat ... so, why are parents so afraid to be honest with them about what their body parts are.<br /><br />In my opinion, a smart parent would begin their sex education from the beginning starting with teaching him or her what their body parts are and the difference between <strong>good touch</strong> and <strong>bad touch</strong>. Give your child the tools to be prepared for what the "big bad world" can throw at them whn they aren't with you ... especially if your child is being sent to childcare. Starting with the body parts is the foundation for the rest ...<br /><br /><strong><em>Why don't abstinence only programs work as effectively?</em></strong><br /><br />First of, the foundation of the abstience only programs is to <strong>preach</strong> to the student about not having sex (church in the classroom). It doesn't present them with the facts: what forms of contraceptive are most effective; how to tell whether or not you need to see a doctor for an STD; what can happen during and after sex; etc. It leaves out the "meat and potatoes" and leaves the student at the mercy of the media to try and figure out the rest and fill in the blanks -- this is absolutely unacceptable and sets them up to fail.<br /><br />But, the most important thing is that it closes the lines of communication. When their hormones get the best of them and they finally have sex for the first time, the student that was in the abstinence only program is less likely to speak to an adult about the event and, if need be, any health concerns they may have afterwards. Studies show that they are also less likely to seek contraceptives -- <em>Big Mistake!</em><br /><em></em><br />Preaching is not Teaching.<br /><br />An appropriate alternative for the Abstinence-only programs is a <strong>comprehensive sex education program with an emphasis on celibacy</strong> ... give them the knowledge they need and then urge them to refrain from the act of sex (not just sexuality as a whole).<br /><br /><strong><em>What makes a good Sex Ed Program?</em></strong><br /><ul><li>Provides accurate, evidence based information</li><li>Offers information in context</li><li>Is age appropriate</li><li>Acknowledges individuality</li><li>Is anti-racist and non-discriminatory</li><li>Is engaging</li><li>Meets people "where they are"</li></ul><br />Keep in mind through all of this ... <strong>Knowledge is power</strong>!LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-25953828776596687312008-10-02T10:47:00.006-05:002008-10-03T11:06:45.820-05:00Biden vs. Palin: 1st 2008 Vice Presidential Debate -- What can we expect to see?<a href="http://news-info.wustl.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/7447.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://news-info.wustl.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/7447.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><em>Let's get ready to rumble!</em><br /><br />The 2008 Presidential Election has already proven to be an event that will go down in history. But tonight, the showdown between The Democratic V.P. nominee Sen. Joe <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Biden</span> from Delaware and the Republican V.P. nominee Gov. Sarah <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Palin</span> from Alaska is going to be fascinating on every level as we watch to see what else the governor doesn't know and how the cutthroat Senator is going to handle having to fight against <a href="http://news-info.wustl.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/7447.jpg"></a>a woman. The wrong move by either one of them could cripple their campaigns.<br /><br />When it comes to Gov. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Palin</span>, election polls show that more and more of the American public is beginning to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">believe</span> that she is not qualified to be the next Vice President of the United States, let alone the President. Her lack of knowledge regarding the economy, foreign policy and public policy has been showcased in the last three major interviews that she has held, and her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">nonresponsiveness</span> to questions she doesn't know is beginning to be a tell-tale sign for the former beauty queen from Alaska. The Vice Presidential debates is not a place for her usual fall back tactics, when she doesn't know what she's talking about, of turning to philosophical <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">mumbo</span> jumbo </em>that don't have much to do with the question that was originally presented to her. How she handles the pressure of the debate and being on the national stage this evening will do one of two things for the McCain/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Palin</span> campaign: 1) reinforce the idea that Sen. McCain made a mistake in choosing her as a running mate and that, perhaps, his judgements could be as detrimental to the nation as they have been to his own campaign, or 2) make her the "Wonder Woman" heroine that everyone <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">believed</span> she was when they were first introduced to her at the Republican National Convention. Can she show America that she is ready for the White House or perhaps should she just stick to what we all know she can do well -- wave gracefully and look pretty.<br /><br />Sen. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Biden</span> has a challenge on his hands with the impending debate with Gov. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Palin</span>. His mission: <strong>support Sen. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Obama</span>, take down Gov. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Palin</span>, but don't alienate the women that are on the fence after Sen. Hilary Clinton's defeat and the realization that the Republican V.P. nominee is an all around idiot not suited for the White House</strong>. In the past, Sen. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Biden</span> has been labeled a know-it-all and a Pit Bull. His performance during the Democratic Primary season is evidence enough of the Senator's debating style -- he speaks authoritatively, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">something</span> that can often be construed as condescending; and his below the belt quips have the potential to be sexist and/or insensitive as they are directed towards the dainty <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Governor</span>. Call Senator <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Biden</span> <span style="color:#330099;">Ethan Hunt</span> and his Mission -- <span style="color:#333399;">Impossible!</span><br /><br />Tune in tonight to watch the Barracuda battle the Pit Bull. However, in my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">opinion</span>, no more is there a match between these two candidates as there us between a Pit Bull and a bunny rabbit! </div></div></div></div></div>LadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771050003928003514.post-13614527564725467152008-10-02T10:15:00.002-05:002008-10-02T10:29:24.041-05:00Poem of the Day! 10/2/08Letter to my unborn son<br />Inspired by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Rosey</span><br />by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">NoirCzar</span><br /><br />Please forgive me son, Daddy's sorry he stole your breath<br />Convincing your mother that there's life after death<br /><br />Persuading her emotions by stating the fiction<br />That our life is perfection without your <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">affliction</span><br /><br />Ambiguous statements that if we conceived<br />I could not provide what provisions you apparently need<br /><br />Forcing her to make a decision that she could not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">perceive</span><br />A result for the actions when hormones deceive<br /><br />While you were anticipating your birth would be grand<br />Progressing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">thru</span> puberty to become a man<br /><br />My hands stopped your first steps so I could command<br />And continue to consume liquor till I just cannot stand<br /><br />Spending savings money on women and fast living<br />Destroying your only chance of praising for God's giving<br /><br />It was my phrases that silenced your first words<br />That halted your pronunciation of nouns and adverbs<br /><br />That stopped you from recognizing your colors and loud sounds<br />In exchange for some twenties, some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">henny</span> and green pounds<br /><br />Your first kiss dismissed for bottles brown crown<br />With knowledge it's your first dance slowly I swallow down<br /><br />Now I miss your smile, your tears and sad frowns<br />As all the years and the beers had silently passed 'round<br /><br />And we both feel abandoned cause you're a fatherless son<br />Just smile and be forgiving, now nothing can be doneLadyLucazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376760981010683218noreply@blogger.com0