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Sarah Jones Reality Show: Bengals Cheerleader Who Slept With Student Goes 'Jersey Shore' (PHOTOS)

Sarah Jones Reality Show: Bengals Cheerleader Who Slept With Student Goes 'Jersey Shore' (PHOTOS): "Let's see, I'm a writer, musician, filmmaker, photographer, architectural designer and pretty good with computers, I think I have enough talent for some show but wait, wait, they just gave a reality show to a woman who just plead guilty to having sex with a minor. Was I asleep when they made this a talent? Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? Making sextapes, sleeping with kids, being an exercise madam prostitute, sleeping with high priced call girls in your adulterous relationship gets you fame, reality shows, newspaper columns, careers and six and seven figure deals. isn't it great we live in a country that makes it possible for you to be rewarded ten, twenty times in money for your failures."

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Michael Brown, Of 'Heckuva Job' Fame, Says Obama Reacted Too Fast To Hurricane Sandy

Michael Brown, Of 'Heckuva Job' Fame, Says Obama Reacted Too Fast To Hurricane Sandy: "The Dumber of the Dumb and Dumber set from the Bush Administration decided he wants to be relevant. he wasn't happy at being obscure for this many years. Sure, he was a punching bag that represented the incompetence of the Bush Administration and now he wants to compare apples to lemons. You were so close to becoming a footnote to disaster relief and now you comeback and plant your foot right in your mouth. You want to chastise competence as being what, premature? Unlike you, Obama understood what the NOAA and other experts in the field of climatology was saying, that this hurricane would join up with the weather system up north and become the worst storm on record. By your logic, the best thing to do was to wait and see what happens rather than mobilizing forces early. Rather than wait for people to suffer in stadiums, die along roadways, and drown in their houses, you made your boss look bad and in turn made hay for somebody like Kanye West to have a voice. To say that you're late on the draw is like saying you're the fetus that the Republicans want to abort. Shut up!"

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Mitt Romney Refuses To Talk About FEMA After Hurricane Sandy Event

Mitt Romney Refuses To Talk About FEMA After Hurricane Sandy Event: "Is this the October surprise everyone has been touting? It must be for Romney. By wanting to turn FEMA responsibility over to the private sector, welcome to the scenario of some post apocalyptic world where some corporate fat cat is calling the shots, there are no National Guard to control a myriad of problems that follow a natural disaster. There would be no coordinated effort to handle disasters like this one that has crossed a broad area of states. How would the money be raised since the federal government is not in charge? Would the victims of the disasters be forced to pay as they go along to get their lives back in order? To remove the debris in front of your house, to remove fallen trees, to restore power, to remove sand from streets, all would come with a price tag from the for-profit private sector. Looting will become a cash business since the private sector will be in it for the money. Sorry people of New York, Connecticut, Rhode island and Pennsylvania, you're SOOL under Romney's plan of attack."

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Mitt Romney's Argument For Shutting Down FEMA Ripped In New York Times Editorial

Mitt Romney's Argument For Shutting Down FEMA Ripped In New York Times Editorial: "Mitt Romney's mouth once again has forced him into doing "damage control". He made it pointedly clear that he wants to eliminate FEMA on the federal level. He spoke clear English on that so you can't just take it back and say you meant something else. He wants to put in in the hands of the for-profit private sector. And if that were to happen, can yu see all sorts of disaster assistance coming with a price list: Rescue by boat - $3000; Rescue by helicopter - $9,000; Meals ready to Eat - $6 each; 1 gallon of water - $5. Price gouging would be legal if Romney ran this country. He's not a clear thinker but a would be emperor with no clothes or clear thought for running this country. Was he thinking that any natural disaster would be so mild that it wouldn't warrant federal involvement? The history of natural disaster here and abroad should have shown him the extent a tragedy can occur. This only demonstrates how out of touch he truly is. Apparently he must have missed the major earthquakes in California, Mexico and Haiti.Apparently he was watching his horse in a dressage competition while New Orleans and Mississippi was swamped with 12 feet of water. Apparently the BP oil spill was just an insignificant inconvenience to his portfolio decline that bounced right back up after he shifted some jobs from America to China. Heck of a job you're planning there Romney."

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How Would The Paul Ryan Budget Handle Disaster Relief?

How Would The Paul Ryan Budget Handle Disaster Relief?: "If Paul Ryan were to implement his budget cuts that would impact FEMA, rest assured that the impact would be profound. Without the assistance from the federal government, Paul Ryan would succeed in turning pockets of this country into third world havens similar to the ones in Haiti. From there, the snowball or domino effect will take place and class warfare will ensue. Imagine parts of this country like a scene from out of Mad Max, marauding gangs fighting for fuel and food. What is wrong with these guys? They don't really care about us. They are myopic in their zeal to oust Obama at all cost and that includes not passing any legislation that would benefit the American people. It was Romney who wanted the automobile makers to file for bankruptcy but Obama had the foresight to see that smaller business would be harmed just as well creating a ripple effect that would have been massive to this American economy. After seeing the size of this storm, unprecedented measures will be needed to right many parts of the country. It would be interesting to see what big boy Governor Christie of New Jersey will have to say when he has his hands out for disaster relief. Maybe he should get it from Romney and Ryan?"

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Mitt Romney In GOP Debate: Shut Down Federal Disaster Agency, Send Responsibility To The States

Mitt Romney In GOP Debate: Shut Down Federal Disaster Agency, Send Responsibility To The States: "If Romney had his way, privatizing disasters would be a disaster in itself. Price gouging is illegal in times of disasters but imagine a private company having the authority to do such that. You need water but it will cost you $20 for a gallon of water and you can't do anything about it. Your baby needs food, that's $5 for a small jar please. Hurricane Sandy has damaged many states along its travel up the eastern seaboard. Can all of these states coordinate with one another without the help of a federal agency? I live in a state that has seen its fair share of hurricanes coming up the Gulf of Mexico. I've gone through these hurricanes and had my disasters. If it wan't for the federal government providing disaster relief, many in the state of Texas would still be living under blue tarp roofs. This current disaster highlights the limited short sighted vision Mitt Romnisia has. You can't keep playing politics with the American peoples lives like many in the Republican party has. Even his running mate, Paul Ryan, wants to cut funding for federal disasters. I wonder if he will; walk back his words on this one after the death toll is finally counted and the millions in property damage has been assessed. Spin away, Romney, spion away."

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Kathy Freston: Why Do Vegetarians Live Longer?

Kathy Freston: Why Do Vegetarians Live Longer?: "At the time, I had been a vegetarian for over 20 years when my appendix had ruptured. Being a regular guy, I thought it was a host of other things like an anxiety attack with intense mind searing pain. I called my best friend and told him and I talked to a psychiatrist who told me to go to the hospital. I didn't a waited 4 days because on that 4th day, I couldn't move out of the bed and included in the period was me blacking out on the toilet and waking up with my head in a mop bucket. Another best friend came and got me and after a host of test, they concluded the appendix had burst. All of my insides had turned black from poisoning and I was 30 minutes away from death. I attribute my survival on being a vegetarian. 1 and 1/2 years ago I had my heart tested and the doctor told me that I had a "freakishly perfect heart" because I had a plant based diet. All the numbers were textbook perfect. It's not for everyone, I got started because the college food made me sick in my first semester. If they had cooked better food, maybe I wouldn't have survived the appendix and had a bad heart?"

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Is 'Revenge' Season 2 Bad? See The 7 Shows We're Quitting This Season

Is 'Revenge' Season 2 Bad? See The 7 Shows We're Quitting This Season: "I've given up on shows as well; How I Met Your Mother got dumped by me after season 1. They made me like Robin and Ted and when they dumped that premise, I vowed never to be suckered in because these morons can't write a good relationship story for some reason. Revenge went to the well one time too many on getting revenge. It's a soap opera. Two Broke Girls was never funny and the main joke is about saying the word "vagina" as many times as possible. New Girl quirkiness wears out quick, I was more interested in Schmidt and the hot chick story line and was hoping the writers wouldn't screw that up. After two episodes, I was done with Glee. Bones is a victim of the baseball playoffs so give it time to get running again. 30 Rock isn't trying anymore with a skinny Alec Baldwin, need fat Alec Baldwin. Parenthood is the most underrated show that's not getting the pimp factor from NBC. Don't bring back Whitney, regional California comics unknown to the rest of the country don't translate well, needs to have a show like Johnny Carson did in the past that gave comics broader appeal, too bad that show doesn't exist anymore. So much to say with so little space."

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Soledad O'Brien To Rudy Giuliani: 'Stop Putting Words In My Mouth' (VIDEO)

Soledad O'Brien To Rudy Giuliani: 'Stop Putting Words In My Mouth' (VIDEO): "Rudy Giuliani makes the point that getting older seems to erode parts of your brain where you become a doddering stereotype relegated to a senior citizen retirement village because answering simple direct questions makes it hard to focus. Soon, he won't be able to recognize faces, is that Bush or Gore? He'll become a spokesperson for a GPS tracking device because it worked well on him whenever he becomes lost when he wanders from home. He'll pick up the phone and thinks he's still the mayor of New York when he tries to reach Batman and Commissioner Gordon because he thinks he saw the Riddler when in fact, it was Joan Rivers. It's sad to see the once mighty falter and stumble as they reach the twilight of their lives."

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Robert Draper Book: GOP's Anti-Obama Campaign Started Night Of Inauguration

Robert Draper Book: GOP's Anti-Obama Campaign Started Night Of Inauguration: "I have seen the enemy and it is my fellow Americans. What this represent is short of treason. Here you have elected officials plotting and scheming to thwart any effort Obama wanted to do for the American people. Instead, he gets small petty minded men bent on making him look bad all at the expense and toll on the American people. So what if you are upside down in your mortgage and the president has a solution to solve it only to be swatted down by an obstructionist Republican party. Bill after bill designed to aid in the lives of Americans has been met with nothing more sinister than boneheaded logic of because he won the office and they were sore losers. Who suffers, we do because the GOP were suffering from penis envy."

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ThreeCrows: The history of this nation has treated Native Americans with

ThreeCrows: The history of this nation has treated Native Americans with: "The teaching of American history in this country is never an in-depth topic when it comes to the Native American culture. There is plenty of information of the forming of this nation by the Europeans and restrained discussion on slavery because it still remains a major stain on the treatment and dehumanization of a race but with the Native American culture, we hear the requisite stories of Pocahontas and Sacajawea because f their association with helping white explorers and they are safe, Disney themed makeovers. We also here about Custer and Little Big Horn with the notion that Custer was this great U.S. soldier who was massacred with his troops because he tale was retold by those who succeeded in rewriting his history. A recent documentary revealed that Custer had massacred many Native Americans tribes in such horrible manners with full support of the U.S. because land was the prize sought and these tribes stood in the way. Custer created his own holocaust and only in digging deeper do we find the truth as to who he was, a murderer. My Native ancestor were placed on a forced march called the Trail of Tears but you won't see that in American history books."

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Lana Del Rey's 'Ride' Video: 'I Believe In The Country America Used To Be'

Lana Del Rey's 'Ride' Video: 'I Believe In The Country America Used To Be': "The history of this nation has treated Native Americans with disdain starting with many broken treaties in order to take away their land, destroying many of the cultural beliefs and traditions in order to "civilize them" for white Americans that the image of Lana Del Rey wearing a ceremonial headdress is equivalent of any Christian, Jewish or Muslim religious symbol. It's not a question of which one is more sacred as you put it but what it represents to the people who've seen it abused at sporting events and other venues by non Native Americans based on pure arrogance, lack of respect, stupidity and just blatant racism. Where have you seen other races appear as a mascot in sporting events? Are there Jewish rabbis clowning around on basketball courts? Do you see Catholic nuns on the sidelines doing cheers? Do you see fans giving signs of the cross in the stadium while reciting Gregorian chants? But with Native Americans, they are treated as non-people, pets, cartoons. Even the Amish get better respect than Native Americans. Space doesn't allow any further exploration on this topic."

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ThreeCrows: Very interesting shot of the woman on the bed with

Very interesting shot of the woman on the bed with the leopard skin cover and the old style furniture gives it a clean look with an additional one point perspective gives it a classic look. Don't know if digital can reproduce the kind of style and feel these days without photoshopping it? These images were chemically produced and created by time involvement. These shots had to be set up and carefully done in order to get the shot that you see now. Today's digital can go through hundreds of exposures and just discard the ones you don't like. And although the chemical days are in decline, digital has shown it's strength as technology moves forward. And perhaps the debate moves on with photography of film versus digital just like in music of vinyl versus CD. And the beat goes on.


ThreeCrows: Very interesting shot of the woman on the bed with: "I've worked in small, medium and large formats in the past. I had an old Speed Graflex camera at one time that got stolen along with some other cameras but I did shoot some interesting black and white stills with that camera. In looking back at that, digital could not reproduce that surreal allure that the image produced. Now that digital is here and the megapixel rates keeps increasing, the need to hang on to that era slips further away. If I still had the Graflex, it would be a collector's item just like an old Brownie is now. Still, being a photographer today means accepting the latest gizmo that brings out the brightest reds and clearest image that retains its focus no matter how much you blow it up. I took some great images of a harvest moon the other night with my digital Nikon and 500mm lens. It's hard not to bemoan the days of film when you see these images. Kodachrome will be lost on the next generation but it did pave the way for technology to meet that standard, I still have some good slides from that process. Preserve your memories, that's all that's left you."

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