Now at my church we sang and praise during the offering too but this has been taken to a whole notha level.....
I think we should get him to perform for the M&G happening in Nevuary 2010!
Echo
Offering Time
Labels: Crank That Collection Plate
BET Awards '09 Chat
UPDATE: So how was it?
Was the Michael Jackson tribute sufficient?
Were you feeling the New Jack Swing acts?
How about Beylolo in her wedding bikini singing Ave Maria?
The bleeped out "tribute" to MJ by Lil Wayne and Drake?
Don Cornelius talking everyone to sleep?
Don Cornelius getting props but not Chris Brown? (not my issue, just to be clear)
Jamie Foxx as host?
Jamie Foxx as Don King plugging his concert event every 13 minutes?
So much to go over. Discuss!
Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009
Time: 7:30pm EST
Place: Yahoo! IM
Add: univgurl00
Here's to hoping the artists will pay their respects to Michael and move the hell on. We don't need three hours of shit like this:
Out of ALL songs!
Michael Can Still Bring It Out of Folks...
Michael Jackson's death sparks bus brawl
MIAMI (Reuters) – A fight broke out on a Florida bus when news of Michael Jackson's death sparked debate over whether he should be remembered as a great musical talent, and one passenger was charged with assault, police said on Friday.
The bus was moving through the city of North Lauderdale on Thursday when passenger James Kiernan received a text message about Jackson's death on his cell phone, and he read it aloud on the bus, the Broward County Sheriff's Department said.
The unidentified bus driver opined that "Michael Jackson should have been in jail long ago," prompting Kiernan, 60, to retort that "the world just lost a great musical talent," the police report said.
It said the last remark enraged another passenger, Henry Wideman, who started a swearing match with Kiernan, then pulled out a knife and chased Kiernan down the aisle with it.
The driver called his dispatcher and pulled over near a convenience store to wait for sheriff's deputies, who arrested Wideman, 54. He remained in jail on Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Labels: I Quit This Bish
This Is Why I Love Him
The news about Michael passing has me down like you wouldn't believe. My personal hero Sisqo came to the rescue and gave me a good laugh via his Twitter page.
From Sisqo's Twitter:
RT @SketchofMD: Well, Lady in my Life is special because my mom heard that almost nightly when she was carrying me.
about 3 hours ago from web
I don't even think he was trying to be funny, but I laughed my ass off.
Labels: The Dragon To The Rescue
Who ever came up with "death comes in threes" better stop it!
Ed McMahon
Farah Fawcett
FUCK!
I STILL haven't gotten over Heath Ledger. This is damn too much.
ETA:
About 20 minutes ago, my mom called out and asked if I heard that Michael Jackson died. Before she finished speaking, I started going "La la la la la la!" and hummed until she stopped talking. I thought I was doing okay, but the involuntary la la la's is an obvious indication that this won't go well for me. I can't post any pics. Sorry.
ETA II:
When someone of this caliber dies, there's a reporting and broadcasting influx of friends, family and fan reactions, tributes and retrospectives all over the place. Personally, I hate this shit, so I will just say Thank you, Michael. RIP. Damn, there's a special 2-hour Dateline already. I'm going to find a windowless room. Peace.
And... Why don't they just report the damn story and/or just play the goddamn videos?!! Who the fuck cares what some random jackass with a microphone thinks about his legacy. COMPARING CHRIS BROWN TO MJ. GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE, MTV!
Jilly From Philly + 1
Jill Scott has a lot going on for her these days, but I couldn't help coming away from reading this interview a wee bit depressed.
Jill Scott on Single Motherhood
by Kenya N. Byrd
Philly soul maven Jill Scott has been a sister-friend and sometimes mother to many through her music and robust vocals. Now, Scott is tackling the most important role in her life as mom to 2-month-old son, Jett Hamilton, while continuing to enjoy a flourishing film and television career. Word on the street is that the natural beauty might be toting an Emmy soon for her enigmatic role as Precious in HBO's critically acclaimed series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency." ESSENCE.com caught up with Scott to talk about possibly nabbing that trophy, enduring 36 hours of labor, and life as a single mother.
ESSENCE.COM: Congrats on the possibility of an Emmy nod for Best TV Drama Actress! If you win you will be the first African-American woman to do so. Did you expect such acclaim or pressure?
JILL SCOTT: No pressure, but I'm excited. It's definitely something I dreamt about, and if it comes to fruition then that's wonderful. In regards to expecting the acclaim, I wish I was that forward thinking. We were just there doing a good job, and after the show was done we thought, Well, maybe. I am proud of the work that we did.
ESSENCE.COM: Does this Hollywood success mean your music fans won't hear your angelic voice anytime soon?
SCOTT: As much as I take a break, music never gives up on me. I have to write, sing, listen to my iPod, and that inspires me to create. It's a part of me that I don't ever want to go away, no matter what else I do, so I'd say that you can expect a new CD possibly this year, I hope.
ESSENCE.COM: Congrats to you on your new bundle of joy, Jett Hamilton. How has motherhood been treating you?
SCOTT: Wonderful. I named him after a black gemstone that my makeup artist in Africa had; it was simply called Jet, and I fell in love with it and the name because I thought my beautiful baby is a gem. I truly loved being pregnant and feeling what was going on inside my body and watching it change. It's difficult to recoup but still amazing nonetheless. I would have another one.
ESSENCE.COM: So does that mean you had an easy labor of love?
SCOTT: Not at all. I was in labor for 36 hours. After that experience, anytime I have reservations and think I can't do anything I remind myself that I survived the birth of my child (Laughs). Although I didn't scream my baby into this world, the pain continued after he was born for at least three weeks. During labor I felt like I needed to put the fire out. Everybody kept telling me the pain wasn't going to last forever but after 20 hours of it I left the building. I felt like I was on the ceiling looking down at myself like, Dag, girl, you still in labor? I know my experience isn't everyone's but I believe people need to be realistic when sharing their stories about their pregnancies and birth. When he arrived I held him in my arms for about an hour and then went to sleep because I was simply exhausted.
ESSENCE.COM: Well, at least your hubby-to-be was there to support. How has he been adjusting to Jett?
SCOTT: Yes, he was there and for a couple of days afterwards while I stayed in hospital, but John and I are no longer together. When you have a baby you're dealing with a lot of emotions and I don't know how much of it had to do with us breaking up, but it happens. We definitely love our son and we are co-parenting and working on being friends. It is what it is. I have a lot of support, so I want for nothing as far as that's concerned. I know some might criticize me or the fact that my son is being raised in a single-parent home, but I wasn't raised in a two-parent home and I had a good relationship with my dad. I have hopes for him and I'm sure his father will do his part as well.
ESSENCE.COM: As a mother, what has been the biggest lesson thus far?
SCOTT: My heart and prayers go out to all single moms because it's tough, and I can't imagine any teenager dealing with a baby and all those hormones raging. I can afford to have this child at 37 because I have a support system and I can talk to my girls, Mo'Nique and Erykah [Badu], but I don't understand how any mother does it alone. I don't believe I suffered from postpartum because I didn't feel depressed, but it was jarring and I can understand now how some mothers lose it. What he's taught me is that I thought I was grown and patient but I was neither until now. Even when I hold him and dance with him to his favorite song, Marvin Gaye's "Come Live With Me," and he holds me tighter and then relaxes, I realize that I never knew unconditional love like this before, and I'm looking forward to watching and helping him grow. [Essence]
Well, La Di Freakin' Da, Part II
Jon and Kate of procreating fame made a big announcement last night that they are getting a divorce or they're killing themselves or something. Either way, it will be all the better for those kids.
In other news:
Who knew Glodine Brooks had a man or unashy ovaries?
Labels: Media Whores
Well, La Di Da.
View all the courtroom pics here. What's with the suit, Breezy?
Brown's plea to a felony charge will subject him to substantial scrutiny by probation officials, and the judge's order puts the kibosh on any short-term prospects for reconciliation with his pop diva girlfriend as well.
The guilty plea came before a preliminary hearing was scheduled to start. The hearing had been billed for weeks as a public face-off between the pair, with Rihanna set to testify against her one-time boyfriend.
Instead, Brown averted the potentially damaging meeting by entering a plea that will subject him to probation for the next five years as well as force him to perform six months of community service.
Mark Geragos, Brown's lawyer, said the plea represented the singer taking responsibility for his actions -- which included beating, choking and biting Rihanna during a fight early Feb. 8, according to police.
After Brown left the courtroom, Rihanna entered and was addressed by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg, who explained to the Barbados-born singer that she had issued a stay-away order.
Rihanna had not been seeking such an order, but the judge imposed one anyway. The order requires that Brown and Rihanna stay at least 50 yards from each other, except at industry events when the distance is reduced to 10 yards.
The judge also told Rihanna it's not a one-way order -- and that she, too, shouldn't get any closer to Brown than the order allows.
Brown will be formally sentenced on Aug. 5.
Schnegg accepted Brown's plea, but expressed some concerns because Brown is not a California resident. She said Brown likely will be allowed to do his service in his home state of Virginia, but she didn't want him to spend his time at churches or community centers.
Instead, Schnegg ordered Brown to get his hands dirty by doing work equivalent to what he would do in California -- clean up grafitti or roadside trash.
She also said he'll have to return to California every three months and attend domestic violence counseling.
Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, said the terms were in line with what others receive when they are charged with similar crimes and have no prior criminal history.
Brown spoke softly throughout the hearing as he waived his rights and told the judge he understood the gravity of his plea.
"I think it's commendable you took responsibility for your conduct," Schnegg told Brown.
She said she hoped "the terms and conditions of your probation will have some meaning."
Rihanna spoke briefly, too, telling Schnegg she understood the terms of the stay-away order and that after Brown's sentencing she might ask for its terms to be loosened.
Brown recently proclaimed in a video posted to YouTube that he was "not a monster."
Even after Monday's hearing, lawyers for Brown and Rihanna refused to discuss the status of the pair's relationship.
You Do Know What This Means, Right?
Kelly Rowland Makes Adoption Plans
Former Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland is planning to follow in the footsteps of stars like Madonna and Angelina Jolie - by adopting a child.
The singer insists she is ready to become a mom and wants to take in a youngster from U.S. after working with a charity program for disadvantaged children. And Rowland is adamant she doesn't want to adopt a baby - because there are so many older kids in need of good homes.
She says, "I've always known I would adopt in a heartbeat but I don't want a baby - I want to get a child that's five, six, or even 10. I was doing Home for Holidays, which is a charitable holiday program for kids in the States, and some of the statistics means that older children don't get adopted as much. I'd love to make a child feel that they're worth it - because every child is worth it."
"I don't want that many children - but I want a family of five, including adopted children. That's still a lot, but I think it would be worth it."
This is wonderful news! I think it's great that Kelly wants to adopt older children because they really are harder to place. You go Kelly!
That is so, so wonderful.
So, so great.
So unselfish.
So...
How is Ursula going to upstage this one? Read More......
WWYD?
Lord Of The Rings star Liv Tyler threatened to call the police after confronting a mom yelling at her crying baby on Wednesday.
The actress was strolling along Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood when she heard the unnamed lady shouting and then realized her child was the target of her wrath.
An onlooker tells British newspaper the Daily Mail Tyler intervened and urged the woman to calm down.
The pair reportedly engaged in a blazing argument, culminating in Tyler threatening to call the police and report the mad mom.
Tyler, who has a four-year-old son, called Milo, ended the quarrel by checking on the distressed baby and walking away when she was satisfied the child was safe.
How come people always take the child's side in stories like these?
She had no idea what that child did to make their mama go off on them in public like that.
How would you handle a stranger policing your parenting (not abuse, parenting)?
Would you do this to someone else? And how would you handle the possible beatdown? Read More......
Labels: What Would You Do?
Ho'Wives Update
It's long, but funny in a tragic way that only Sheree can make possible.
Sheree Whitfield’s home sold in foreclosure for $1.1 million
Sheree Whitfield’s Sandy Springs mansion, seen on the first season of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” sold last month for $1.1 million in foreclosure, according to real estate agent Costa Panos.
That’s a major discount from the original purchase price of nearly $2.4 million in 2000 by Sheree’s ex-husband and former NFL offensive tackle Bob Whitfield. [The property was in his name only.] The home, at 5525 Long Island Dr., was put on sale in 2007 for $2.8 million, but with the economy tanking, nobody bit. And even at $1.1 million, neither Whitfield gets a penny because the home was taken over by Aurora Loan Services Feb. 3 in foreclosure.
The Re/Max real estate agency Aurora hired to sell the home placed it on sale last month for $959,000. It had multiple offers immediately and sold above that asking price, Panos said. “It did quite well,” he said. The buyer was Young & Meathe Properties.
Sheree Whitfield, in a phone interview Monday, wasn’t specific what type of home she’s living in now but says she has downsized. She’s just glad she has been able to keep her three kids in the same school system. It’ll be interesting to see how Bravo portrays her living situation when season two airs. Bravo taped the season in April and May.
Panos said once the foreclosure process began, he offered “cash for keys,” meaning a financial incentive of $1,500, for Sheree to leave as long as she and her family didn’t mess the place up.
That modest incentive didn’t work, he said. On March 7, “someone stripped the house,” Panos said. “Furniture was stolen. Light fixtures. Appliances.” His colleague Ken Estep provided photos the ReMax agents took the day after along with “before” pictures.
Here’s the kitchen before:
And the kitchen after:
Here's the dining room before:
The dining room after:
Sheree Whitfield said the value of what was stolen was around $200,000.
Whitfield filed a police incident report that day with Sandy Springs, saying Sheila Rashad stole unspecified property. Rashad, she said, was an acquaintance but not a friend. Rashad said she’s known Sheree for many years.
Sheree said Rashad, who identifies herself as a business consultant, promised her she could help her find a way to keep her at the residence for several more months. But that didn’t work out. Sheree said on March 7 that she saw Rashad piling her stuff into a Penske moving truck, then Rashad blocked Sheree from entering the property. Then Rashad left.
A little while later, Sheree said, while she was waiting for the cops, she saw Rashad come back for more stuff and took some snapshots of her (see photo):
Rashad, in an email to me last Thursday, denied she stole anything, and said Whitfield took the items herself. “I am not this monster she is proclaiming that I am,” she wrote. Rashad even provided me the name of the mover, who confirmed he moved Whitfield’s belongings and was paid in full but otherwise declined to comment. (It’s unclear what items were being moved.)
Rashad wrote that she was “simply assisting her with vacating the property with some dignity and avoiding further embarrassment by having her things thrown out on the curb.”
“She threw me under when she left the house in such deplorable condition, considering she had me sign my name and made me responsible for the mess she left,” Rashad wrote in another email. “Her stripping the house was not part of the deal, it was clear that she was to leave the light fixtures and appliances. They would have understood her taking some of the fixures but not every last one of them.”
The Sandy Springs police confirm Rashad’s statement that she has not been charged or arrested.
Sheree, in a brief email Thursday, wrote the following:
There is a police report and Sheila Rashad and her husband Michael will be prosecuted. There were several witnesses who should also be listed on the report.
She also said Bob had not paid child support in almost two years.
Bob Whitfield has not responded to requests for comment.
[Sheree] Whitfield also owes her former divorce attorneys at Levine & Smith more than $89,000, according to a suit filed a few months ago. Steve Montalto, who represents Levine & Smith, said earlier this week that he had not heard a response from Whitfield in the requisite 45 days and will request a default judgment against her. [AJC]
As for the ho'wives of Jersey, I didn't catch the finale unil Wednesday night. And from the looks of the whole season, I could've kept on missing it. These chicks were boring as hell. The deluded chick, girl with no spine, the big tittay bully, the beard and Hairy and the Hendersons made for some wack ass drama.
And this scene:
WTF was that about? If Danielle ain't shit like these ladies love to remind us, why make a such a scene and make the whole story this season revolve around the ain't shit chick?
The tackiness of New Jersey was a good backdrop for the Ho'wives series, but Bravo needs to re-work or chuck all together this poor man's Soprano clan. [Zero stars out of Five] Read More......
Things That Make You Go Hmmmm
While listening to a local radio show this morning on the way to work there was a discussion on how 70 percent of African-American women are single. They took some calls from women who brought up some interesting points. One caller said she’s scared of men on the DL. Others said that some men get intimidated by women who make more money than them. According to census reports:
“For every 100 single black women, there are 70 single black men, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures, a number that does not take into account the prison population or men living in group homes.”
“According to the 2000 census, black men enter interracial marriages at a higher rate -- 9.7 percent -- than any other racial or gender group except Asian women. That's twice the rate of black women.”
So Ladies of MS, what gives? Are we being too picky? Are some black men not meeting our standards? Are we not considering dating outside of our race to find love? What the problem is??
I Don't Like This...
I don't like this at all.
Hakim Nelson (right) and Jason Stenson married were maried in New York on May 26th after fooling clerks into thinking Hakim aka Kimah who was dressed in an orange dress, white leggings and straight brown hair falling to his shoulders was a female. According to the NY Post:
The gullible clerk didn’t seem to notice that both Nelson, 18, and Stenson, 21, have male first names.They both had to present identification to obtain the license. Stenson used his state ID card, and Nelson gave a state Benefit Card, which he uses to collect food stamps.
By a fluke, Nelson’s ID card has an “F” for female on it, because the official who issued it in April assumed from his appearance that he was a woman. But Nelson couldn’t believe the license clerk didn’t ask for better identification.
The clerk didn't. Instead she asked questions about the couple's jobs and addresses -- which they listed as Sylvia's Place, a city shelter for gay, lesbian and transgender youth -- but nothing about their gender.
Ten days after obtaining their license, the wedding crashers returned to the office for the ceremony. They were clutching their license and a pair of $10 silver wedding rings they had bought in the West Village. Nelson was in the same orange dress.
“I was scared. I thought they would ask for more paperwork from me because I have a male name,” Nelson said. [Full Story Here]
An orange wedding dress. Really? Read More......
The Lakers earned their 15th title on Sunday night as finals MVP Kobe Bryant scored 30 points in a 99-86 Game 5 win over the Orlando Magic.
White People Showing Their Asses Since The Election, Part 3823919482302327184
[assface]
But it's okay because he's sorry! Whew! Crisis averted!
Don't get upset with Dumbass DePass. If you were white in America today, wouldn't you be rebelling? I mean, look at what's in store for them:
Personally, I can't wait to get my very own Maggie to raise my kids and soak my draws.
And this heffa better know how to grease scalps.
Party and Bullsh*t
**Firstly, blame Blogger for this word-short PNB. Secondly, this shit speaks for itself.
Ladies and gentlemen, the beautiful people from across urban America.
Don't they work for Geico?
Could a dude get it wearing those stone washed ball crunchers?
How about a dude with his tittays out?
Deep v-necks. Really?
COMING ATTRACTIONS: DISTRICT 9
I'm not a sci-fi fan, but I enjoyed this trailer!!
Labels: Coming Attractions
MS Poll
How do you say...
1) Do you turn off or cut off the lights?
2) Remote Control, Clicker, Remoke, or other name?
3) Do you pay your Electric Bill or your Light Bill?
4) Hot dogs, franks, or weenies?
5) Mom, mama, ma, etc.?
6) Soda, pop, Coke?
**My answers
1) Cut out lights
2) Mote Con Trol
3) Pay the Lights
4) Hot Dogs
5) Ma, mama, or this combo.
6) It's cold drink you country bastids.
Labels: MS Poll
Random For the Moment...
**I didn't acknowledge Kanye's birthday because he makes me sick. If someone told me a year ago that I would be feeling like this, I would've scratched their eyes out and cursed their name. I may be addicted to rageahol.
**I follow Sisqo on Twitter, but I'm soooo scared to Tweet him anything. Every time I'm tempted, I lose the nerve. What do you say to SISQO™??!! What do you say to a Martin Luther King? To a legend??
**F***ing recession.
**I brought a cool ass treadmill in March. Ask me how many miles are on it.
**These deluded bitches on Bridezillas. The broad on next week's show is 250 lbs. so she's only having women 300 lbs. plus in her wedding party so she'll look thin by comparison. **walks away...**
**Really not into Twitter. Maybe if someone would take the time to explain it.
**I'm really sick of sulking women my age who want to throw in the towel because they aren't married with a bushel of kids already. Kindly STFU and get out of my face please.
**Damn I want a man with a British accent.
**I haven't been on Facebook since late '07. I like to get the emails of the people who have friended me, though. A girl back from high school friended me last week and I sure as hell don't know why. My last memory of her was when I was about to fight her and her mama at the corner store.
Labels: The Randomness
Shhhhh...
The problem with having a public forum is that when its time to discuss things of a private or embarrassing nature it's always impossible to do so and it gets pushed to the side, but the other day, I discovered something that just may be an urgent problem in our community that must be addressed immediately.
We stank!
Click to enlarge
Coco butter, World of Curls activator and pork fat has soaked into our pores and altered our DNA.
I didn't know all black folks had a smell, but white people have detected it and now they're telling everybody!
It started here.
It looked like a troll, but other people spoke out about it and agreed on the funk quotient.
Now we blacks all know what our grandparents told us about certain smells of certain groups of people Oh, Lassie!, but now the funk theory has come around full circle to bite us on the ass.
The question to my fellow African-Scented Americans is...What is we gon do?
Labels: Calgon...Take This Funk Away
Attention!
Hide your kids...Creolocity has just become an epidemic!
First this......
Ummm a coupla things:
WHY?!?!?
What beat is he on?
Then this shows up
Did that fool have on a tutu?!?
*Sigh* It's slowly taking over. Yall seen those Hulu commercials!
Labels: Run....run for yo lives....
QOTD
I read this article yesterday ---> Why Can’t Black Women and White Women Talk to Each Other?
And it got me to thinking. I don't have any white friends, except for my co-worker.
So my question is: Do you have any friends of other ethnic backgrounds?
Labels: QOTD
Fetishists
I want to share this with you all because it is something. I can't link to the original post, but I want to share the gist of it:
"There are some things you can't ask your wife to do."
So sayeth my boyfriend's frat brother. I love him as much as I can love a man that I don't respect, but his cheating is so casual that it drives me out of my mind. He feels his cheating is justified because "there are some things you can't ask your wife to do. And even if you did and she did it, she couldn't be your wife anymore."
So, basically her boyfriend's frat brother boldly cheats on his wife in order to be serviced in a certain way. He's afraid to let his wife in on a fetish he has and also he says that if he found that his wife was into what he's into, she is no longer fit to raise his kids, let alone be his wife.
As the thread progresses, turns out dude is a scat fetishist. Doo doo brown man.
Yeah.
ETA: The friend found out about the fetish because scat dude used the friend's laptop and when he gave it back, he found all this shit (damn near literally) in the browser history. If he's so careless about that, more than likely his wife already knows and is plotting a way out of there. Read More......
Lacefront Eyebrows
Matty Knowles, you entreprenuial bastard!
Her head looks like a damn Good Guy Doll.
Labels: ECNOYEB Cash Cow
Oh, Drama
If you haven't noticed the new Halo header, MS does know drama.
So what is the drama going on in your life?
1. My Mazda died over the holiday. RIP baby! Now I have a car note and I hate having to owe anybody but Netflix.
2. My 7 y/o niece keeps playing that Mary, Mary song.
3. Some bitch-made fool from my neighborhood association is leaving anonymous letters threatening to have me thrown out over made up charges. I've been living on this particular street about six months, but I've been living in the area about three years, so I'm well versed on its rules. I don't know who they think they're messing with, but ooooooh when I catch this bastard... I'm usually down to earth, but don't FUCK with my peace of mind.
Labels: 'Cause You Know We Nosy
Help Me Out With This One, MS...
Yesterday's murder of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has had me thinking about a lot of things, but mainly this:
Why are the gross majority of pro-lifers (a bullshit term, btw), overwhelmingly male?
I know the right to choose is a sensitive topic for a lot of people, but this men on a fetus saving crusade thing is not something I'm readily to accept at face value. There's got to be something more to this.
Back in '03 or so, I had to walk out during the middle of service at this jackass' church because he felt the need to tell us from the pulpit how to vote on an upcoming "partial-birth" abortion** (another bullshit term - they really want you to think that a fully healthy baby is halfway out the birth canal and then aborted) referendum which would allow late-term abortions, those of which Dr. Tiller provided, to pregnancies where the life of the mother was in danger or when the baby is found to have the inability to sustain life outside of the womb (born without a brain, lungs, etc.). And then that fucker went on yammering that Separation of Church and State is a lie from the devil and the liberal media...really. I wish I had the foresight to report his ass to the IRS for politicking under a tax-exempt status. Not surprisingly, the referendum was voted down by a big majority in that backwoods ass state.
Anyway, please help answer the question that is lost somewhere up in my rambling.
Labels: QOTD