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I think I can predict the next show of the new season to be canceled.....

Man Up.

I watched the first episode tonight, and as much as I like to like ABC's list of shows, Man Up needs to do exactly that. Man up and admit your show sucks and cancel it.
It's like they tried to think of all the stereotypes of women and added penises.

Grade: D-

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I got a new icon thanks to my friend penelopes_web.

And credit goes out to phyncke.

Thank you so much to both...

Today's WTF Moment Brought to You By Herman Cain............

Let me guess, it was all a big joke?

Cain OK With Drunk Driving If It Means Corporate Profits
by Sam Taxy



With his poll numbers surging, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is finally finding his beliefs and actions under the microscope. This had led to some terrifying revelations: a plan that doubles taxes on the middle class and his desire to kill all people who try to enter the US illegally come to mind. Today, though, we learned yet another way that Cain completely disregards the lives of the people he wants to lead: he used to lobby against life-saving drunk driving laws so that restaurants could make more of a profit, reports Talking Points Memo.

This all stems from Cain’s time as the head of the National Restaurant Association, where he lobbied on behalf of restaurant owners. Since restaurant owners make a lot of profit from liquor sales, they support any laws that make it easier for customers to drink as much as they can, even if the consumers then go out and drive home. Siding with corporate profits over innocent lives, Cain lobbied for lax restrictions on how much one could drink before driving, essentially arguing that streets should be less safe if that means that his trade group could make more money.

In his most public move, Cain argued that people with Blood-Alcohol-Concentration below .10 should not be stopped or convicted of drunk driving, setting himself against a Congress that ultimately revised the legal limit down to .08. He claimed that the restrictions would not save lives, and would hurt “responsible” drinkers. Mothers Against Drunk Driving countered that at the time more than 20% of all deaths due to drunk driving — 3,700 people annually — were killed by drunk drivers who were below the .10 limit.

This position tells us a lot about Cain’s priorities. When he was faced with a tough decision — one that actually affected the safety of the American people — he stood on the side of corporate greed. This just makes him yet another Republican candidate who will put money ahead of people if elected president.

Please Not Again...........

We HAVE to stop the pain this kids are feeling.........

Gay Ottawa Teen Jamie Hubley Decides “It Hurts Too Much”
by Annie U


Last Friday, 15-year-old Jamie Hubley, the son of Ottawa city councillor Allan Hubley and his wife Wendy Barber, took his own life. According to his final blog post, Hubley had hit rock bottom and decided that he couldn’t take it anymore.

Hubley looked happy from the outside, always smiling and giving everyone hugs. However, on the inside he was struggling with depression and the burden of the bullying that comes with being openly gay in high school. His recent blog posts document cutting his arms, images of bullying juxtaposed with the victims committing suicide, and quotes like “never underestimate how far someone will go to end the pain.” On his YouTube Channel, Jamie had posted videos of himself covering the songs of artists that he admired.

The Ottawa area has seen a shockingly high number of teen suicides in recent years. Last November, 14-year-old Daron Richardson, the daughter of a former NHL player committed suicide. Another six young people killed themselves in June of 2010 and two more that same September — the start and end of the school year are the times when teens are most at risk.

The Liberal Party of Canada has called for the creation of a national suicide prevention strategy. Their motion, tabled in Parliament in October, was supported by the ruling Conservative Party of Canada. Teen suicide in Canada is three times higher than it is in the United States and, as Liberal health critic Hedy Fry noted, “suicide disproportionately affects gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth, aboriginals and seniors.” Stephanie Richardson, the mother of Daron Richardson, supported the Liberal motion, saying:

We’d like to ensure the conversations about youth mental health and suicide happens at every dinner table, school, hockey arena and mall across our country.

There is a facebook page in Jamie’s memory where various activities are being planned in his memory, including selling bracelets at high schools across the city of Ottawa. One of Jamie’s friends made this video in his memory, celebrating “the sweetest guy I knew.”

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