A New Era

The election season is over and we have a new president. Barack Obama won over John MaCain by a large majority of votes. Without a single gunshot America has had a revolution. I can honestly say I am proud to be an American living in the greatest country on earth where anything is possible if you believe in your dreams and yourself.

Well Well Well

Back again!

RIP Anna Nicole but come on............

Enough is enough already with the constant coverage!


By John W. Whitehead

WASHINGTON - "She was entropy porn at its finest."-Cintra Wilson,
Salon


You would think that Mother Teresa had just died all over again the
way the media - especially television - is covering every nuance of the life
and death of Anna Nicole Smith.


FOX News Channel has labeled it a "tragedy," while devoting a portion
of their website to a photo essay of her life. The Today Show ranks it ahead
of their reporting o­n government corruption and cover-ups in the Libby
trial. The LA Times provides readers with a timeline of her life, such that
it was. The Houston Chronicle has printed a eulogy of sorts-thoughts from
her friends (Playboy's Hugh Hefner being o­ne of them) o­n her untimely
death.
But it is an exotic dancer-turned-model that the media is turning
itself inside out to glorify: a stripper who met an octogenarian billionaire
at the topless bar where she was working, subsequently divorced her hometown
husband in order to marry the oil tycoon, o­nly to become a widow a year
later and spend the rest of her life fighting over her inheritance and using
her notoriety to win a place in the tabloid media spotlight.


Pure and simple, Smith was a creation of the media, a porn star
personified. Playboy Playmate of the Year in 1993. Guess jeans girl for a
season or two. Producer and headliner in several movies that went bust. Star
of a TV reality show that dwelt o­n the absurdity of her life. Spokesperson
for diet pills. Mother of two: a son whose death at age 20 reflected a
fast-track culture of drugs and a baby whose paternity is being challenged
by two different men.


Anyone who dies deserves a certain amount of sympathy (to quote John
Donne: "Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in Mankind").
However, what I find offensive is the way the media has fallen over itself
in its eagerness to glorify someone who left little behind except nude
photos, a handful of lawsuits and a 5-month-old baby girl who may or may not
be an heiress.


The media's obsession can be chalked up to the white goddess syndrome.
Smith was a tall, buxom blonde who positively smoldered with eroticism and
sex, but she had no redeeming social or moral value other than as the object
of the media's devotion. As author Neal Gabler said, "She had no talent. She
couldn't sing. She couldn't dance. She couldn't act. She was attractive.
Anna Nicole Smith's job was to live a cinematic life, which could then be
broadcast by the media and entertain us. So she's an entertainer in this new
art form, which is life itself. The o­nly value she had was doing things
that had narrative components that would then show up in supermarket
tabloids. That was her life."


The true tragedy in all of this is not that Smith died but that the
media continues to fail the American public. First, they fail to give us the
news. The death of Smith is not news. Very little real news is to be found
o­n television anymore-instead it's newzak. Nearly all the news shows have
shifted into entertainment formats; otherwise, they would not draw an
audience in our entertainment-driven, non-information, low-content society.
Most of the content of news programs now largely consists of inane
entertainment items.


Second, the media has lost its way. The world is being devastated by
crisis, war and the deaths of noble, courageous people. Yet seldom are their
names even mentioned in the news. They have become mere statistics. However,
this former stripper's death has already been given more coverage than the
death of former President Gerald Ford.


Lest we forget, the media has a moral obligation to tell us what's
going o­n in our society and the world, even if we don't like it. It's what
we used to call the truth. They need to show us what's really happening.
They need to challenge us. Instead, the media simply titillates the American
public. Why? For the sake of ratings. That explains why they publicize their
own media creations like Anna Nicole Smith.


Sadly, American society is essentially an extension of television.
Some might even say that television is America's god. It holds tremendous
sway over people's minds.


Maybe it's time to turn the television off.

The End of the Line

"THE END OF THE LINE"(by The Traveling Wilburys)
Well it's alright,riding around in the breeze
Well it's alright,if you live the life you please
Well it's alright,doing the best you can
Well it's alright,as long as you lend a hand
You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring
Waiting for someone to tell you everything
Sit around and wonder what tomorrow will bring
Maybe a diamond ring
Well it's alright,even if they say you're wrong
Well it's alright,sometimes you gotta be strong
Well it's alright,As long as you got somewhere to lay
Well it's alright, everyday is just one day
Maybe somewhere down the road aways
You'll think of me,wonder where I am these days
Maybe somewhere down the road
when somebody plays
Purple haze
Well it's alright,even when push comes to shove
Well it's alright,if you got someone to love
Well it's alright,everything'll work out fine
Well it's alright,we're going to the end of the line
Don't have to be ashamed of the car I drive
I'm just glad to be here, happy to be alive
And it don't matter if you're by my side
I'm satisfied
Well it's alright,even if you're old and grey
Well it's alright,you still got something to say
Well it's alright,remember to live and let live
Well it's alright,the best you can do is forgive
Well it's alright,riding around in the breeze
Well it's alright,if you live the life you please
Well it's alright,even if the sun don't shine
Well it's alright,we're going to the end of the line

Thank You

Thank you for hearing me
Thank you for hearing me
Thank you for hearing me
Thank you for hearing me
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for seeing me
Thank you for seeing me
Thank you for seeing me
Thank you for seeing me
And for not leaving me
And for not leaving me
And for not leaving me
And for not leaving me
Thank you for staying with me
Thank you for staying with me
Thank you for staying with me
Thank you for staying with me
Thanks for not hurting me
Thanks for not hurting me
Thanks for not hurting me
Thanks for not hurting me
You are gentle with me
You are gentle with me
You are gentle with me
You are gentle with me
Thanks for silence with me
Thanks for silence with me
Thanks for silence with me
Thanks for silence with me
Thank you for holding me
And saying "I could be"
Thank you for saying
Thank you for holding me
Thank you for helping me
Thank you for helping me
Thank you for helping me
Thank you, thank you for helping me
Thank you for breaking my heart
Thank you for tearing me apart
Now I've a strong, strong heart
Thank you for breaking my heart

Sung by Sinead O'Connor

STAND, you've been sitting much too long, there's a permanent crease in your right or wrong. - Sly and the Family Stone STAND!

Scamming the Scammer Part 2

So he sends me a whole e-mail of his IDs including a picture:

Dear Mr. xxxxxxxx,

How are you and your family? I want to thank you very much for your immediate response as regards my proposal to you. Like i mentioned to you in my first mail i have in possession every necessary document that will enable the direct tranfer of the funds into your possession as the next of kin to my client Mr. Frank J. xxxxxx within the next 10 working days. To proceed from here i will need from you, full participation and dedication to make this business a success as every plan and process will be executed professionally and legally. The Modus Operandi will then follow immeditely after i receive your information so that i can prepare all transfer documents in your name as regards this claim.I will first proceed to the High Court to make an enquiry on how to procure an AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM on your behalf and as your legal advisor to this claims. This is the document that will give us all the legal backing that we will need here in Nigeria. When i acquire this document i will then forward to the security company for claims; after which the said funds will be transfered. I want to state herein that this whole procedure is capital intensive, so any funds that is put into this business will be accounted for in receipts and deducted from the transferred funds at the end of the day, so i'll advise that any expense you make even your phone calls or fax to me will be accounted for too, I will not support any ideal of involving any third party in this transaction.So please send to me the following so that we can commence immediately... Your Name: (as it will appear in all legal document as the beneficiary)Address: (also as it will appear in all legal document as the beneficiary)Cell & Home Tel and Fax Number:Scanned copy of your Personal Id of any sort. (international passport or Driver's license)Please i don't want you to misuse the trust and faith that i have in you, that we can both make this business a success.So please i need your full trust and word on this that when the funds get into your account you will not rebel on me. My life counts on this money too as i intend to go into a partnership with you as you so desire. please don't let me down. (so please tell me a little about yourself). i intend to cross over with my family for sharing when the funds is finally transfered into your account. God Bless you.
I would like to give a warn that you have to be very careful because there are alot of internet hackers that normally hack into someone's email account because it happened to me in a couple of weeks ago and realised that it was these internet hackers that are trying to scam people, i almost harassed someone else for this. If you do receive any strange emails in my name or in any names that contains almost the same content with mine, all you have to do is to check the email address, and if you realise that the email address is not mine, kindly delete the email because it was sent by these internet hackers. I hope this is understood.
You have my full contact information Tel6934 Email address: @yahoo.co.uk

Please don't send any information to any contact that is not enlisted above. FOR SECURITY PURPOSE. You can send the information i required via email, Call me after you reply to this message so that we can discuss further on this transaction.

Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.Your Brother,: Find attached the copy of my international passport, the documentation of my call to the bar, and certificate of incorporation.









THIS IS WHAT I SENT HIM ORIGINALLY

Mr xxxxx
I will need some kind of identification before I proceed with this matter.

Time is of the essence here.

Please get back to me ASAP

Release the hounds................

AND I ANSWERED THIS LAST E-MAIL WITH THIS:

Ohh mmmmmy............you're quite handsome....are you single???

You're quite yummy as they say in the States....