Gorgeous Guy Spotlight: Jason Taylor (aka My Black Prince Charming!)

Dear Friends:

Isn’t Jason Taylor beautiful?! As a matter of fact I place him in the same category with Boris Kodjoe and Kobe Bryant (e.g. tall, dark, and super duper HANDSOME). If there were ever a live action remake of “Sleeping Beauty” Jason Taylor should play the lead as the dashing prince (of course I’d rewrite the script and cast myself as the sleeping beauty…teeheehee. Hey it’s the new millenium!). He’s literal perfection! And to top that off he is a really good person. Jason and his wife do a lot for the rights of children and animals (no Michael Vick here…bleah!). But uhm let’s get back to the looks…Uhm…yeah…Brutha man is GAWJUS DAHLING GAAAAAWJUS! Don’t believe me? Check out the pics yo!

ToddyEnglish

How Moral Are You (When Divine Retribution is not on the table)?

Dear Steve Harvey:

I have a question.

Which one of these is worse?

A.) Being a moral person because you want to be (and not because you fear divine reprisal)…

Or…

B.) Being a moral person because you fear you’ll rot in hell and miss your heavenly reward (e.g. a completely self serving reason)…

Most people (I hope) choose a life of morality (regardless of their personal ideologies) and ethics because harming others is wrong, bottom line. You don’t need to read the bible in order to know that if you kill somebody  it’s a bad thing. If you’re being good to achieve a get out of hell free card then YOU need to examine your own motivations.

What if it could be definitively proven that there was NO God (and the atheist was right)? Would you go out and hold up a damn liquor store?

Sincerely,

ToddyEnglish.

Steve Harvey Is an Imbecile (A Rant) …

Dear Friends:

I don’t mean to be rude nor vulgar but comedian Steve Harvey is a fucking idiot.

So last night I was watching Larry King Live (hosted by Joy Behar…love her!) when they had this buffoon on pimping (whoops…”advertising”) his new book (I forgot the name of it but who in the hell cares. The fact that Steve Harvey can become a New York Times best seller shows that the literary industry is in the toilet alongside the economy)…

Anyway, it eludes me how this particular conversation came about but Joy Behar asked Steve Harvey what he thought of Atheists…

Since your’s truly used to be an atheist (now an agnostic spiritualist) I stopped to listen with great interest (tell me why I don’t know).

Harvey said, and I quote, “Atheists are idiots” and, “How do you have a moral compass if you’re an atheist? How do you do anything without a belief in God?”  Then Harvey whipped out the tried and true Christian zealot classic, “If we came from monkeys then we are monkeys still here?” Harvey went onto add that whenever someone tells him that he or she is an atheist then he just walks away. According to him after that they have nothing to talk about. Forget about the fact that the atheist in question may have the cure for cancer or AIDS. Naw, he or she is unworthy to bask in the gleam of Harvey’s gigantic noggin because they don’t believe in his God…

A few things first…

1.) Any woman that purchases and adheres to the tenets of Steve Harvey’s craptacular book deserves to become a spinster. This fool has been divorced twice and dresses like a pimp. Ladies, what can you POSSIBLY learn from him? Again, take his advice and you deserve the loser that comes into your life.

2.) Morality evolved for the good of the tribe…Not because a God said it was good, Steve. If a tribe member is going around raping and killing then NATURALLY that is detrimental to the group as a whole…Therefore the offender is prosecuted. Duh? There was morality long before they wrote the bible…idiot.

3.) Maybe the universe didn’t just happen. However, it is equally possible that it did, STEVE. Try using your big Kool Aid jug head for more than just a hat rack son.

4.) Atheists don’t believe that human beings evolved from Monkeys. Human beings and Chimpanzees (an entirely different species altogether, doofus) share a common ancestor. Maybe if you would actually read a book (well other than the bible) you MIGHT learn something. I’m certain Jesus didn’t put Lucy’s fossils in the ground to shake your faith luv…

5.) Thank you Steve Harvey for being ignorant enough to walk off when someone has an opinion that differs from your’s. It will spare me the energy of having to contend with your ignorance. I wish more brazenly ignorant religious zealots would just walk away and go worship in church instead of…y’know…violating the constitution (that whole seperation of church and state thing).

Anyway…

Do people really have to wonder why fundamentalist Christians have such a bad rap nowadays? That kind of blatant ignorance and intolerance for people with differing views is absolutely repulsive. How can you foster a dialogue with a man as stupid as Steve Harvey? The sad fact is that he’s a celebrity with a RADIO SHOW. He has a platform…

That is the only drawback to freedom of speech and press. People like: Rush Limbaugh, DL Hughley, Dan Savage, AND Steve Harvey have a soapbox.

Again, I’m not an atheist myself (I love to keep an open mind about everything); however, the mere idea that someone would believe they are a better person just because they believe in a higher being is sickening.

Steve Harvey go sit your tired ass down somewhere and get back to espousing misogynist rhetoric against black women. That’s all you’re good for.

Sincerely,

ToddyEnglish

Adam Vs. Clay: Shade!

Dear Friends:

This was too funny! Adam Lambert shut Clay Aiken all the way down (lol)…

NEW YORK, NY — Adam Lambert has no hard feelings after “American Idol” Season 2 runner-up Clay Aiken bashed him then apologized over a series of blog posts late last week.

“I don’t know Clay,” Adam told Access Hollywood on Thursday morning after performing on the “Today Show.” “I’m glad he’s getting headlines now though, because he wasn’t before.”

Last week, Clay hit his official blog, and slammed Adam, this season’s runner-up. Clay revealed he only watched one episode of the FOX reality series all season, and it was the one where Adam Lambert took on Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire.”

“At that moment, [I] thought my ears would bleed. Contrived, awful, and slightly frightening,” Clay wrote.

A day later, Clay hit his blog again, to apologize for his comments.

“I do apologize to Adam for my colorful (and negative) choice of words. I hope he can forgive me,” Clay wrote. “I imagine he doesn’t give a damn! God knows he shouldn’t.”

And it appears Adam didn’t actually mind.

“If he wants to ride my coattails about it, good for him,” Adam told Access, giving Clay the thumbs up sign.

Adam also told Access he wasn’t unnerved by the news that AT&T employees handed out cell phones at two pro-Kris Allen “American Idol” parties in Arkansas during the final round of the competition show, and showed people how to send multiple texts at once.

“There are plenty of standards and practices set up where they make sure that there’s no, foul play. And I don’t think it’s a conspiracy,” Adam told Access. “I think people are making a big deal out of nothing. A couple of employees handed out a couple of phones and showed people how to use them. I don’t think that’s a conspiracy of any kind.”

The Goddess…Tina Turner (We Don’t Need Another Hero)

              

Dear Friends:

Happened to see this vid on Wonderman’s blog the other day and nearly wet my undies. I…Love…Tina Turner. As a matter of fact I love her more than Beyonce and Aaliyah (and ya’ll know how much I love them two). Tina is the mother aspect of my holy diva trinity.

“We don’t need another Hero” is my FAVORITE  Tina song. Her voice is so powerful and filled with conviction. She’s like thunder in this video!

She is Mighty. She is Woman. She is TINA!

Get into this!

ToddyEnglish

I See Lil Bow Wow has a New Boyfriend (Aw)

              

Dear Lil Bow Wow:

Make sure to bob and weave when Chrissy gets heated. He’s got a mean left hook and choke hold.

Anyway, I hope you two pseudo thugs live happily ever after!

Sincerely,

ToddyEnglish.

American Idol rigged? Say What?!

Dear Friends:

I haven’t been watching Idol–until this season–for the past three years. However, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that the show is rigged. The only reason it goes on is so that Gonzo Seacrest can proudly proclaim, “Last night you cast 22 billion vaughts (not votes, vaughts)!“

Read on…

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — “American Idol” sponsor AT&T has come under fire after it was revealed employees of the company handed out cell phones at Kris Allen parties in his home state of Arkansas and taught people how to cast blocks of votes. AT&T confirmed the news, first reported by the New York Times, but said their employees handed out the phones after being swept up in the moment.

“Last week, countless parties were held in homes, bars, and other public places across America to watch the ‘American Idol’ finale. In Arkansas, a few local AT&T employees were invited to attend two local watch parties organized by the community,” AT&T said in a statement. “Caught up in the enthusiasm of rooting for their hometown contestant, they brought a small number of demo phones with them and provided texting tutorials to those who were interested.”

According to the NY Times, the AT&Temployees gave instructions to partygoers on how to send “power texts” — at least 10 messages with just one click. Rules allow for only AT&T subscribers to text vote. Additionally, blocks of text votes can be tossed out per, “Idol” rules.  The paper reported that similar events were not held for Adam Lambert, who finished second. AT&T said they do not believe the actions of their employees affected the outcome. “Going forward, we will make sure our employees understand our sponsorship celebrates the competition, not individual contestants. That said, it’s quite a leap to suggest that a few individuals could have impacted the final results,” AT&T’s statement concluded.  And in a joint statement, FOX and 19 Entertainment, the producers of the show, also said they do not believe the AT&T employees’ actions affected the results of the show. “FOX and the producers of ‘American Idol’ are absolutely certain that the results of this competition are fair, accurate and verified. Kris Allen is, without a doubt, the American Idol,” the statement read. “We have an independent third-party monitoring procedure in place to ensure the integrity of the voting process. In no way did any individuals unfairly influence the outcome of the competition.”

Iman: Sheathe Those Claws Kitty Cat (Envy is not a good look)

Dear Friends:

Is this like “hate on Michelle Obama” month or what? (lol) Ex-Supermodel Iman had to get in her cheap shots too. Talk about a back handy compliment…

NEW YORK (AFP) – US First Lady Michelle Obama is not a “great beauty,” but will “just get better with age,” Iman, one of the first black supermodels, says in a magazine interview.

“Mrs Obama is not a great beauty,” the Somali-born model and wife of rocker David Bowie tells Parade magazine’s Sunday issue, reflecting on the first black US first lady, who is a lawyer by training and a former executive.

“But she is so interesting looking and so bright. That will always take you farther. When you?re a great beauty, it?s always downhill for you. If you?re someone like Mrs Obama, you just get better with age,” she said.

Iman, 53, also told Parade that her rise to catwalk superstardom did not free her from racism.

“You suddenly represent a whole race, and that race goes, ?Well, that person does not represent our ideals of beauty.? For lack of a better term, it becomes what it was like during slavery,” she said.

“One had the field n…(expletive) and the house n…(expletive). There was this notion that I was chosen by white fashion editors to be better than the rest, which I am not. I did not like being thought of as the house n…(expletive).”

 

 

A Prom Divided (Racism is still alive and well)

May 24, 2009

About now, high-school seniors everywhere slip into a glorious sort of limbo. Waiting out the final weeks of the school year, they begin rightfully to revel in the shared thrill of moving on. It is no different in south-central Georgia’s Montgomery County, made up of a few small towns set between fields of wire grass and sweet onion. The music is turned up. Homework languishes. The future looms large. But for the 54 students in the class of 2009 at Montgomery County High School, so, too, does the past. On May 1 — a balmy Friday evening — the white students held their senior prom. And the following night — a balmy Saturday — the black students had theirs…

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24prom-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&hp

 

Gay Marraige Still Banned In California (But those Already married will remain so)

The justices uphold the same-sex marriage ban but also rule that the 18,000 gay couples who wed before the November vote will stay married. The decision is sure to spark another ballot box fight.

By Maura Dolan

11:44 AM PDT, May 26, 2009

Reporting from San Francisco — The California Supreme Court today upheld Proposition 8’s ban on same-sex marriage but also ruled that gay couples who wed before the election will continue to be married under state law.

The decision virtually ensures another fight at the ballot box over marriage rights for gays. Gay rights activists say they may ask voters to repeal the marriage ban as early as next year, and opponents have pledged to fight any such effort. Proposition 8 passed with 52% of the vote.

Although the court split 6-1 on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the justices were unanimous in deciding to keep intact the marriages of as many as 18,000 gay couples who exchanged vows before the election. The marriages began last June, after a 4-3 state high court ruling striking down the marriage ban last May.

Justice Ronald M. George, writing for the majority, said Proposition 8 did “not entirely repeal or abrogate” same-sex couples’ right to privacy and due process or the “constitutional right of same-sex couples to ‘choose one’s life partner and enter with that person into a committed, officially recognized, and protected family relationship.’

“Instead, the measure carves out a narrow and limited exception to these state constitutional rights.”

In an allusion to the state’s domestic partners law, George noted that Proposition 8 left undisturbed “all of the other extremely significant substantive aspects of a same-sex couple’s state constitutional right to establish an officially recognized and protected family relationship and the guarantee of equal protection under the laws.”

In addition to rejecting the gay-rights lawyers’ contention that Proposition 8 was an illegal constitutional revision, the court also flatly discarded Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown’s argument that the measure was unconstitutional because it affected an “inalienable right.”

But the court said “well-established legal principles” require that Proposition 8 be applied only prospectively, leaving intact same-sex marriages that occurred before the November election…

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prop8-decision27-2009may27,0,6677891.story

Gee, thanks for a shitty consolation prize California…

Sincerely,

ToddyEnglish