Hey:
Well, you've probably heard about good ol' Adam Lambert... *cough* pervert *cough*.
This is kinda a raunchy topic so just an fyi, I've edited the article bit. But I'm still telling you where it came from and all that stuff. Like the little said, it's kid friendly. Ya might find it interesting, I s'pose.
Adam Lambert admits he got carried away with his sexually charged American Music Awards performance, but he's offering no apology.
The glam rocker from "American Idol" said on "The Early Show" that his performance would not have caused as much controversy if he weren't openly gay. He also said there were other "adult" moments on the show that caused no outrage.
"I admit I did get carried away, but I don't see anything wrong with it," he said Wednesday. "I do see how people got offended and that was not my intention. My intention was to interpret the lyrics of my song and have a good time with it."
ABC received many complaints about the performance and that network's morning show, "Good Morning America," canceled Lambert's scheduled appearance on Wednesday because it said it couldn't trust what he would do.
"The Early Show" on CBS, perennially third in a three-network morning show race, happily gave him a platform -- interviewing him and asking him to sing.
Lambert admitted he didn't rehearse some of the more risque elements of his award show performance -- a point that particularly upset ABC, which said it was taken by surprise by what he did. In the future, he said he'd try to get these issues cleared before the show.
But he noted that Lady Gaga smashed whiskey bottles during her performance, Eminem rapped about rape and Janet Jackson briefly groped a male dancer.
"Janet Jackson, crotch grab," he said. "I haven't heard one peep about that."
He said that "if it had been a female pop performer doing (his) moves that were on the stage, I don't think there would be nearly as much of an outrage."
"I think it's because I'm a gay male," he added.
Offered a chance to apologize, he declined. He said he didn't consider that there may have been children watching because his American Music Awards performance came at nearly 11 p.m., and that it's a parent's job to monitor what their children are watching on TV.
"I'm not a baby sitter," he said. "I'm a performer."
Asked what he'd do differently if he had the chance, Lambert said, "I would sing it a little bit better."
"I guess I have a tendency to divide people," he added. "Apples and oranges -- you either like it or you don't."
Lambert was scheduled to perform two songs later in the morning broadcast. "For Your Entertainment" wasn't one of them.
"Parents, this is appropriate, I promise," he said at the end of the interview.
"For Your Entertainment" is the first single from Lambert's new album, which went on sale Monday. source
Well, let me just start off with...jerk!!!!!
There is no excuse for behavior this explicit. I don't even 1/2 care you're gay, alright?! You're under attack because no one should do that! Yeah, forget all that, "it's okay to be gay" crud. That was beyond revolting. I wouldn't care if Lady Gaga did that, I'd still be ranting about that. You had no right in the world to do that.
And ABC can say it wasn't planned, but something tells me they could be lying... I mean, they sound kinda guilty to me.
I am, seriously, not a homophobe by any means. I do not fear you so don't take it as that. The chances of someone actually being homophobic are most likely pretty minimal. Now you do have more people with these crazy things called...morals. Wow, bet Adam's never heard of those. With him it's all "forget what's right all the time." I mean, he has no limitations. If we tried to tell, like we have been, that it's inappropriate behavior, look at what he fires back with. Again, WHAT WITH THE HOMOPHOBIA THING!!!!!!??
It's ridiculous, seriously.
I am so glad he didn't go on GMA, he didn't deserve the right to be on television in my mind. Now CBS, the little kiss-ups, has him on. Why am I not surprised?
This is going to sound really mean, but sorry, I really hope his cd fails. I do. I think we should boycott him. No, not because he's gay, but because of his responses to the event and the event itself. Like I think we should boycott Kanye West, Eminem, Miley Cyrus....etc. It's not so much them, it's their actions, and what they say. If they'd behave and shut their pieholes we wouldn't be forced to boycott so much stuff. Like Gossip Girl, or 90210, those are revolting shows with no morals that I just stay away from. How does their sex lives change mine? Same goes for Adam Lambert.
Why do celebs (i.e. Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox, Ellen Degeneres, Pete Wentz) think we need to know if they're bi-sexual or gay? How does it change our lives? They might lose some fan base, ("homophobes") but really not that much. It changes the celebs lives. Jolie has said she's regretted coming out with the truth, and she should. People now-a-days seem to trust too much. Why do we have rape cases coming out all the time? Too much trust in the wrong people. Anyways, the celebs seem to think the public wants to know about their sexuality, sex lives, who's sexy, how awesome they are, their favorite color...etc.
Part of the reason I hate, literally hate hollywood is the celebs. They're too open, skanky, and full of themselves. The most refreshing celebs at this point are Taylor Lautner and Rob Pattinson. Yes, I know they're from Twilight but stay with me here. Watch interviews of them. Taylor comes across as mature yet he doesn't have a big head. I mean, he dated Selena Gomez, I wouldn't put that on his list of accomplishments. No offense of course. :) Rob, is this goofy, 23 year old dude who can barely dress himself. He is not very well put together, and that's nice to see. Most celebs chalk on the make-up, dress shirts, and slicked back hair. Rob, on the other hand, dresses like a hobo. (My friend thinks he looks like he's been having one too many hangovers :D)
Celebs, though they like to forget it, are human. So why people look up to them annoys the heck out of me. Stop screaming at 'em. You're only encouraging big heads. Why do you think Brad Pitt still thinks he's a sex symbol? He's had girls screaming at him since like, ever. BTW, dude, that beard is not doing ya any favors.
Back to Adam, it is ridiculous that he has not apologized. He should. Most of his fan base, correct me if I'm wrong, was teens, wasn't it?(Truthfully, I liked Kris Allen better. Ooh, I'm such a rebel) So, is he just leaving that nice stuff behind him and moving on? Apparently, yes, he is.
He's gonna regret all this someday, mark my words, he will. He seriously cannot feel proud about the way he behaved up their on stage. I really think this is gonna leave a mark on his career. He'll forever be Pervert Boy. Sorry, the truth hurts, doesn't it, Adam?
Ay yi yi, what has television and people for that matter come to? Adam has this semi-compulsive need to flaunt his gay-ness. (yeah, i kinda sorta just made that word up.)
This is not normal, but I'd be keeping an eye out for this to happen again. Hey, he's gonna be a repeat offender, I just know it.
Ah, well, tanks for reading (yes I mean tanks)
PLC,
-CT-
P.S. You know its bad when he cakes on more make-up than I do...and I'm a teenage girl! Crazy, much?
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Obama yep sorry I don't have any title just Obama boring much?
Just out of curiosity, I googled Barack Obama...
So, I scanned the page a couple of times, and at the top, was the link to his official website.
Here's what the synopsis on the google page says:
"Building on the movement that elected President Obama by empowering communities across the country to bring about an agenda of change."
What "movement?" It was just a bunch of libs, and people "charmed" by his "charisima."
"Empowering communities?" Oh yeah, if you means the slums in Chicago and the idiots who voted for him without looking at his background. (no offense of course)
"agenda of change?" Well, I see the change and the agenda. But um, I find it kinda strange they don't mention all the hope he promised? Maybe it's cuz THERE IS NONE!!!! maybe, i dunno.
Oh, well, just thought I'd let ya know 'bout that.
Luv, Palin, and Crowder...
-CT-
So, I scanned the page a couple of times, and at the top, was the link to his official website.
Here's what the synopsis on the google page says:
"Building on the movement that elected President Obama by empowering communities across the country to bring about an agenda of change."
What "movement?" It was just a bunch of libs, and people "charmed" by his "charisima."
"Empowering communities?" Oh yeah, if you means the slums in Chicago and the idiots who voted for him without looking at his background. (no offense of course)
"agenda of change?" Well, I see the change and the agenda. But um, I find it kinda strange they don't mention all the hope he promised? Maybe it's cuz THERE IS NONE!!!! maybe, i dunno.
Oh, well, just thought I'd let ya know 'bout that.
Luv, Palin, and Crowder...
-CT-
French are Helicopter Parents
Howdy:
PARIS — A French lawmaker says she has proposed a bill to ban corporal punishment, including spanking of children.
National Assembly member and pediatrician Edwige Antier says she believes spanking makes children more "sly, lying and aggressive."
The lawmaker says that after 38 years of medical practice she believes that "children who have never been spanked are better behaved, listen more to adults and are more respectful of their authority."
Antier, a member of President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party, says 18 European countries already outlaw spanking. Her comments appeared Sunday in Le Parisien newspaper.
French schools are banned from using corporal punishment, but no law prevents parents from spanking their children. Source
Yes, French nannies.
Good gosh, can these governments stop being parents to everyone? I find this ridiculous.
If children are naughty, they need to be punished. Now, I can testify spankings hurt, but it kept me from putting gum in my sister's hair.
I mean, kids already cannot play tag at recess, because they're party poopers. Not really, but their reasons are faulty and not very well supported in my mind. :)
Does the government just wanna adopt these kids? Uh, I'm sorry, but no way in heck, could you force me to go live w/ the government. Cuz, the truth is, if they're ruining our country, why in the world would we trust them with children? yes, i know this is in France, and they're already corrupt enough, but u never know what Houdini-bama's got up his sleeve...
So, happy Sunday!
Luv, Palin, and Crowder...
-CT-
PARIS — A French lawmaker says she has proposed a bill to ban corporal punishment, including spanking of children.
National Assembly member and pediatrician Edwige Antier says she believes spanking makes children more "sly, lying and aggressive."
The lawmaker says that after 38 years of medical practice she believes that "children who have never been spanked are better behaved, listen more to adults and are more respectful of their authority."
Antier, a member of President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party, says 18 European countries already outlaw spanking. Her comments appeared Sunday in Le Parisien newspaper.
French schools are banned from using corporal punishment, but no law prevents parents from spanking their children. Source
Yes, French nannies.
Good gosh, can these governments stop being parents to everyone? I find this ridiculous.
If children are naughty, they need to be punished. Now, I can testify spankings hurt, but it kept me from putting gum in my sister's hair.
I mean, kids already cannot play tag at recess, because they're party poopers. Not really, but their reasons are faulty and not very well supported in my mind. :)
Does the government just wanna adopt these kids? Uh, I'm sorry, but no way in heck, could you force me to go live w/ the government. Cuz, the truth is, if they're ruining our country, why in the world would we trust them with children? yes, i know this is in France, and they're already corrupt enough, but u never know what Houdini-bama's got up his sleeve...
So, happy Sunday!
Luv, Palin, and Crowder...
-CT-
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Saturday Evening Rant: 9/11 Trials
Hello and all that stuff:
So, once again, I'm sorry for not writing on my blog. School's just crazy as heck, no kidding.
Before I jump into this messy gack, let me say that, if Steven Crowder ever *shakes head* reads this, this is for you: YOUR TWEETS ARE HIL-AR-IOUS. (yes, I did separate them, so read it as you see it.)
Anyways...
Michael Mukasey, the attorney general at the end of President Bush's second term, ripped his successor's decision to prosecute the Sept. 11 conspirators in a federal court, saying the trial will give jihadists a forum and could compromise delicate intelligence.
Mukasey, in an interview with Fox News, called the civilian trial announced Friday by Attorney General Eric Holder "the wrong place, under the wrong circumstances, in the wrong forum."
"After 9/11, we recognized that we were at war," he said, arguing that military tribunals were created for this kind of case and noting that they have been used since the Revolutionary War and during and after World War II.
"There are forums that allow the presentation of evidence in a controlled atmosphere, where you can limit access to classified information, and where you can receive evidence gathered on the battlefield, not necessarily under the kinds of conditions in which police gather evidence in a conventional case," he said. "That's not true in federal court."
On Friday, Holder announced that the self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo detainees will be tried in federal court in New York for their alleged role in the attacks that killed 2,976 American civilians -- saying the U.S. will seek the death penalty against the defendants.
Holder said he decided to seek justice against the suspects in federal court rather than a military tribunal because the attacks targeted civilians on U.S. soil. But Mukasey and other critics say the attack was an act of war that should be prosecuted in a military tribunal.
Mukasey said it's unlikely that Mohammed will be acquitted because of his confession and other evidence linking him to the attack. But he added that same evidence could present problems in federal court.
"The real problem is that there is other evidence that may very well come from classified sources, that would be easier to handle in a military tribunal, much harder to handle in a civilian tribunal," Mukasey said.
He added that the trial also puts the terrorists on the kind of stage they seek.
"They want to be on a big stage and there's no bigger stage than New York," he said. source
Now, I have to admit, I actually had to *gasp* think on this one. So that's what my brains for... just kidding... I'm finally on the same level as most libs. No offense ;)
I agree w/ the fact that they deserve the death sentence, I do not know how I feel about the whole "trial thing." These dudes obviously want attention, I mean, ya don't just go killing Americans so no one will ever know your name. And apparently, they have a deep, festering (that word always reminds me of Fester Addams) hate towards America. Which, fine. If you wanna hate America, sadly, I cannot stop you. And, sorry Obama, resoning with them about that hate is like resoning with a 2 year old right before bath time.
I say, which the liberals are gonna freak out about this, that we skip the whole trail and just give 'em the death sentence. We know they commited this crime, so why are we having a tea party in court? Hm? The libs seem to think resoning (ha) with mental people (seriously, these dudes aren't far from it) is gonna work. Yeah, along with giving them lollipops. Seriously, why do they think these people even wanna talk to us? Hm? You dunno, do ya? CUZ NO ONE DOES!!!!
That's just it, no one, I repeat, no one can understand the libs. Maybe themselves, but even then, they're still afraid of the big bad monster named Limbaugh/ Beck who lives in their closet. (If you wanna see something that'll give you nightmares for a month, watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvSytKst4ZM It probably won't scare you, but it could. :D)
I'm sorry, but, this isn't a good idea. If we know they're guilty, why put 'em on trial? It's like giving your kid a lollipop when he deserves a good spanking for biting his little sister (we'll name her Sally)
Well, then, that's enough ranting for a Saturday night. Until tomorrow, or probably next week...if I have time, so it could be a couple of weeks, maybe months...
Nah, I'll try and update this thang more.
So, uh, live long and vote Conservative!
Palin, love, and Crowder...
-Conservative Teen-
So, once again, I'm sorry for not writing on my blog. School's just crazy as heck, no kidding.
Before I jump into this messy gack, let me say that, if Steven Crowder ever *shakes head* reads this, this is for you: YOUR TWEETS ARE HIL-AR-IOUS. (yes, I did separate them, so read it as you see it.)
Anyways...
Michael Mukasey, the attorney general at the end of President Bush's second term, ripped his successor's decision to prosecute the Sept. 11 conspirators in a federal court, saying the trial will give jihadists a forum and could compromise delicate intelligence.
Mukasey, in an interview with Fox News, called the civilian trial announced Friday by Attorney General Eric Holder "the wrong place, under the wrong circumstances, in the wrong forum."
"After 9/11, we recognized that we were at war," he said, arguing that military tribunals were created for this kind of case and noting that they have been used since the Revolutionary War and during and after World War II.
"There are forums that allow the presentation of evidence in a controlled atmosphere, where you can limit access to classified information, and where you can receive evidence gathered on the battlefield, not necessarily under the kinds of conditions in which police gather evidence in a conventional case," he said. "That's not true in federal court."
On Friday, Holder announced that the self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo detainees will be tried in federal court in New York for their alleged role in the attacks that killed 2,976 American civilians -- saying the U.S. will seek the death penalty against the defendants.
Holder said he decided to seek justice against the suspects in federal court rather than a military tribunal because the attacks targeted civilians on U.S. soil. But Mukasey and other critics say the attack was an act of war that should be prosecuted in a military tribunal.
Mukasey said it's unlikely that Mohammed will be acquitted because of his confession and other evidence linking him to the attack. But he added that same evidence could present problems in federal court.
"The real problem is that there is other evidence that may very well come from classified sources, that would be easier to handle in a military tribunal, much harder to handle in a civilian tribunal," Mukasey said.
He added that the trial also puts the terrorists on the kind of stage they seek.
"They want to be on a big stage and there's no bigger stage than New York," he said. source
Now, I have to admit, I actually had to *gasp* think on this one. So that's what my brains for... just kidding... I'm finally on the same level as most libs. No offense ;)
I agree w/ the fact that they deserve the death sentence, I do not know how I feel about the whole "trial thing." These dudes obviously want attention, I mean, ya don't just go killing Americans so no one will ever know your name. And apparently, they have a deep, festering (that word always reminds me of Fester Addams) hate towards America. Which, fine. If you wanna hate America, sadly, I cannot stop you. And, sorry Obama, resoning with them about that hate is like resoning with a 2 year old right before bath time.
I say, which the liberals are gonna freak out about this, that we skip the whole trail and just give 'em the death sentence. We know they commited this crime, so why are we having a tea party in court? Hm? The libs seem to think resoning (ha) with mental people (seriously, these dudes aren't far from it) is gonna work. Yeah, along with giving them lollipops. Seriously, why do they think these people even wanna talk to us? Hm? You dunno, do ya? CUZ NO ONE DOES!!!!
That's just it, no one, I repeat, no one can understand the libs. Maybe themselves, but even then, they're still afraid of the big bad monster named Limbaugh/ Beck who lives in their closet. (If you wanna see something that'll give you nightmares for a month, watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvSytKst4ZM It probably won't scare you, but it could. :D)
I'm sorry, but, this isn't a good idea. If we know they're guilty, why put 'em on trial? It's like giving your kid a lollipop when he deserves a good spanking for biting his little sister (we'll name her Sally)
Well, then, that's enough ranting for a Saturday night. Until tomorrow, or probably next week...if I have time, so it could be a couple of weeks, maybe months...
Nah, I'll try and update this thang more.
So, uh, live long and vote Conservative!
Palin, love, and Crowder...
-Conservative Teen-
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Happy Vets Day!!!
Hello:
Unless you've been sick (I hope not) or just frightfully unobservant, you would know that today is Veterans Day. Hooray! A day to honor the beautiful men and women who have served our country, making it the secure place it is. If it were not for them, who knows how our country might be. Our president could be even more extremist...crazy thought, huh? I mean, for all we know, we could have Kim Jong as our prez. Scary thought, huh?
'Thanks to our men and women we are not an extremist country with leaders in military uniforms. That is a sign of dictatorship, and each day we creep scarily closer to that. That's gonna bring worse nightmares than horror movies, huh?
Seriously, I know Veterans Day may not mean much to libs...(I mean, all of sudden Obama's all "thank you *pause* men *pause* and women. Sorry *pause* about the pauses *pause*, my teleprompter *pause* was acting rather funny *pause." If ya catch my drift...) (Yes, I know he really didn't say that, I'm not that stupid."
So, take today to pray for our veterans and thank them for all our their services to our great country. Really, it is. The surface may not be looking so bright right now, but it will get better. Know that, cuz I do...I think. jk jk why do you think I watch funny vids all the time? Uh, cuz I hate being depressed...that's the truth. You watch the news, it's calling, "Shooting, killing, murder, hostage, war, racist, homophobe...etc..."
So, HAPPY VETERANS DAY!!!!
P.S. If you wanna read Obama's Vet Day speech here it be... Speech
Unless you've been sick (I hope not) or just frightfully unobservant, you would know that today is Veterans Day. Hooray! A day to honor the beautiful men and women who have served our country, making it the secure place it is. If it were not for them, who knows how our country might be. Our president could be even more extremist...crazy thought, huh? I mean, for all we know, we could have Kim Jong as our prez. Scary thought, huh?
'Thanks to our men and women we are not an extremist country with leaders in military uniforms. That is a sign of dictatorship, and each day we creep scarily closer to that. That's gonna bring worse nightmares than horror movies, huh?
Seriously, I know Veterans Day may not mean much to libs...(I mean, all of sudden Obama's all "thank you *pause* men *pause* and women. Sorry *pause* about the pauses *pause*, my teleprompter *pause* was acting rather funny *pause." If ya catch my drift...) (Yes, I know he really didn't say that, I'm not that stupid."
So, take today to pray for our veterans and thank them for all our their services to our great country. Really, it is. The surface may not be looking so bright right now, but it will get better. Know that, cuz I do...I think. jk jk why do you think I watch funny vids all the time? Uh, cuz I hate being depressed...that's the truth. You watch the news, it's calling, "Shooting, killing, murder, hostage, war, racist, homophobe...etc..."
So, HAPPY VETERANS DAY!!!!
P.S. If you wanna read Obama's Vet Day speech here it be... Speech
Monday, November 9, 2009
SESAME STREET!! OMG!
Hey:
Maybe it's just me, but I'm tired of seeing Sesame Street on my Google page. Especially after finding out about the Fox News jab...sweet libs, aren't they?
-CT-
Maybe it's just me, but I'm tired of seeing Sesame Street on my Google page. Especially after finding out about the Fox News jab...sweet libs, aren't they?
-CT-
Friday, November 6, 2009
Sesame Street?! Seriously...yeesh
Oh good grief!
“Sesame Street” producers are getting criticized for a parody that appears to take a stab at Fox News, and the ombudsman for the show says that the criticism is justified.
In a two-year old episode that was rebroadcast on October 29, the 40-year-old PBS children’s show features Oscar the Grouch making the decision to star his own news network, called the Grouch News Network, or GNN. The skit features CNN’s Anderson Cooper filling in for Oscar as he chats with “Walter Cranky” and “Dan Rather-Not,” parodies on Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather.
But when a muppet caller decides that the news is not grouchy enough, she says she is changing the channel to Pox News.
“I am changing the channel,” the irate muppet says. “From now on, I am watching ‘Pox’ News. Now there is a trashy news show.”
Immediately following the re-broadcast, viewers wrote in to both FoxNews.com and PBS, complaining that the skit was a thinly-veiled jab at Fox and was hardly appropriate for “Sesame Street’s” extremely young audience. The fact that PBS is federally funded prompted viewers to express concern at the shows possible push of a political agenda.
Hours after the broadcast aired, FoxNews.com received e-mails from readers insisting they heard “Fox” and not “Pox.”
A West Virginia viewer told FoxNews.com that her "jaw dropped" when she heard the skit's "inappropriate" material.
"I want to let my son continue to watch the show," Melissa Elam said. "But at the same time I feel a call of action to stop it ... I'm going to be watching a lot more closely now.
The next day, a blogger for Breitbart’s Big Hollywood column slammed “Sesame Street” for its “clear” political message.
“I can’t even sit my kids in front of ‘Sesame Street’ without having to worry about the Left attempting to undermine my authority,” the blogger known as Stage Right wrote.
Sesame Workshop Vice President of Corporate Communications Ellen Lewis told FoxNews.com that the show was merely a parody and would never mention Fox News directly.
And while the script sent from Sesame Workshop’s public relations’ team to FoxNews.com read “Pox,” even the PBS ombudsman Michael Getler said he thought he heard “Fox” as well.
“Everybody who wrote to me heard this as ‘Fox News,’ and I can’t really blame them. When I went and watched the tape for the first time, I thought I heard “Fox” as well, perhaps because of the association one assumes when you hear “news” right after the word. However, when I watched and listened more carefully a second time, it was clear that the character said ‘Pox’ and not ‘Fox’ and the closed captioning that runs across the screen when the sound is muted also stated ‘Pox News.’”
Getler went on to criticize producers for allowing the segment to air.
“I don’t know what was in the head of the producers, but my guess is that this was one of those parodies that was too good to resist. But it should have been resisted. Broadcasters can tell parents whatever they think of Fox or any other network, but you shouldn’t do it through the kids.” (source)
I swear, nothing ever surprises me anymore. I half expected them to do this, and I don't know why. Maybe it's because liberals like to attack us at any and all costs. Never, ever underestimate them. Sesame Street? Talk about indoctrinating at a young age. I thought that's what public schools were for ;)
How dare they? True, this clip is two years ago, but still, it just goes to show what thes people have up their sleeves.
Do they not care that there are some libs/more liberal people on Fox? Bill O'Reilly is kinda in between, does that not suffice? Apparently not...
Wow, just wow, PBS is quite a conniving station...wow :)
Luv, Palin, and Crowder...
“Sesame Street” producers are getting criticized for a parody that appears to take a stab at Fox News, and the ombudsman for the show says that the criticism is justified.
In a two-year old episode that was rebroadcast on October 29, the 40-year-old PBS children’s show features Oscar the Grouch making the decision to star his own news network, called the Grouch News Network, or GNN. The skit features CNN’s Anderson Cooper filling in for Oscar as he chats with “Walter Cranky” and “Dan Rather-Not,” parodies on Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather.
But when a muppet caller decides that the news is not grouchy enough, she says she is changing the channel to Pox News.
“I am changing the channel,” the irate muppet says. “From now on, I am watching ‘Pox’ News. Now there is a trashy news show.”
Immediately following the re-broadcast, viewers wrote in to both FoxNews.com and PBS, complaining that the skit was a thinly-veiled jab at Fox and was hardly appropriate for “Sesame Street’s” extremely young audience. The fact that PBS is federally funded prompted viewers to express concern at the shows possible push of a political agenda.
Hours after the broadcast aired, FoxNews.com received e-mails from readers insisting they heard “Fox” and not “Pox.”
A West Virginia viewer told FoxNews.com that her "jaw dropped" when she heard the skit's "inappropriate" material.
"I want to let my son continue to watch the show," Melissa Elam said. "But at the same time I feel a call of action to stop it ... I'm going to be watching a lot more closely now.
The next day, a blogger for Breitbart’s Big Hollywood column slammed “Sesame Street” for its “clear” political message.
“I can’t even sit my kids in front of ‘Sesame Street’ without having to worry about the Left attempting to undermine my authority,” the blogger known as Stage Right wrote.
Sesame Workshop Vice President of Corporate Communications Ellen Lewis told FoxNews.com that the show was merely a parody and would never mention Fox News directly.
And while the script sent from Sesame Workshop’s public relations’ team to FoxNews.com read “Pox,” even the PBS ombudsman Michael Getler said he thought he heard “Fox” as well.
“Everybody who wrote to me heard this as ‘Fox News,’ and I can’t really blame them. When I went and watched the tape for the first time, I thought I heard “Fox” as well, perhaps because of the association one assumes when you hear “news” right after the word. However, when I watched and listened more carefully a second time, it was clear that the character said ‘Pox’ and not ‘Fox’ and the closed captioning that runs across the screen when the sound is muted also stated ‘Pox News.’”
Getler went on to criticize producers for allowing the segment to air.
“I don’t know what was in the head of the producers, but my guess is that this was one of those parodies that was too good to resist. But it should have been resisted. Broadcasters can tell parents whatever they think of Fox or any other network, but you shouldn’t do it through the kids.” (source)
I swear, nothing ever surprises me anymore. I half expected them to do this, and I don't know why. Maybe it's because liberals like to attack us at any and all costs. Never, ever underestimate them. Sesame Street? Talk about indoctrinating at a young age. I thought that's what public schools were for ;)
How dare they? True, this clip is two years ago, but still, it just goes to show what thes people have up their sleeves.
Do they not care that there are some libs/more liberal people on Fox? Bill O'Reilly is kinda in between, does that not suffice? Apparently not...
Wow, just wow, PBS is quite a conniving station...wow :)
Luv, Palin, and Crowder...
Celebrities how sad
Celebrities...
here we blow...
Here are some celebs and their quotes about their views...
Kanye West (ew): What Kanye West regretted when Barack Obama became the Democratic party's presidential candidate: That his mother, Donda, hadn't lived to experience it.
"It's an incredible time to be around. I wish my momma could have seen this day," the 31-year-old rapper told a crowd gathered for his performance early Thursday morning. source
Perez Hilton (no surprise here, huh?: The beauty queen's response to a question from openly gay pageant judge and celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has received more attention than the winner, Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton.
Hilton, who also appeared on the "Today" show, said his question was relevant and that Prejean should have "left her politics and her religion out because Miss USA represents all Americans." source
Blake Lively: (I so did not know she was liberal) Penn Badgley and Blake Lively, have taken it to the next level — they've teamed up with MoveOn.org to get kids to get their parents to vote. For Obama. "Mom, Dad? I found this in your room today," Penn (a.k.a. Dan) says, brandishing a "Drill, Baby, Drill" trucker's hat. The ad is actually kind of funny, stealing the patronizing language parents use to talk to their kids about drugs and alcohol. "And if you're ever out somewhere and you're considering voting for John McCain, just call me!" Blake (a.k.a. Serena) says. "I'll pick you up." source
Now, before anyone tells me I shouldn't be making a big deal out of these celebs exercising their "right to free speech," and what not, I only have a problem with them forcing their opinions on us.
Guess what? I don't really care that Kanye West's mom should of seen Barack get sworn in. Again, I don't care about Perez being gay and whatever with that. I've said it once, and I'll say it again, I do not approve/reccommend the gay lifestyle, but I cannot tell you how to live your life.
If you go to the site in which I have posted these links to, you can find lists of celeb libs and republicans.
There is something that bothers me in the pit of my stomach about the Blake Lively thing...
I just have a big problem with kids trying to tell their parents what do. Is it just me?
Luv, Palin, and Crowder...
-CT-
here we blow...
Here are some celebs and their quotes about their views...
Kanye West (ew): What Kanye West regretted when Barack Obama became the Democratic party's presidential candidate: That his mother, Donda, hadn't lived to experience it.
"It's an incredible time to be around. I wish my momma could have seen this day," the 31-year-old rapper told a crowd gathered for his performance early Thursday morning. source
Perez Hilton (no surprise here, huh?: The beauty queen's response to a question from openly gay pageant judge and celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has received more attention than the winner, Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton.
Hilton, who also appeared on the "Today" show, said his question was relevant and that Prejean should have "left her politics and her religion out because Miss USA represents all Americans." source
Blake Lively: (I so did not know she was liberal) Penn Badgley and Blake Lively, have taken it to the next level — they've teamed up with MoveOn.org to get kids to get their parents to vote. For Obama. "Mom, Dad? I found this in your room today," Penn (a.k.a. Dan) says, brandishing a "Drill, Baby, Drill" trucker's hat. The ad is actually kind of funny, stealing the patronizing language parents use to talk to their kids about drugs and alcohol. "And if you're ever out somewhere and you're considering voting for John McCain, just call me!" Blake (a.k.a. Serena) says. "I'll pick you up." source
Now, before anyone tells me I shouldn't be making a big deal out of these celebs exercising their "right to free speech," and what not, I only have a problem with them forcing their opinions on us.
Guess what? I don't really care that Kanye West's mom should of seen Barack get sworn in. Again, I don't care about Perez being gay and whatever with that. I've said it once, and I'll say it again, I do not approve/reccommend the gay lifestyle, but I cannot tell you how to live your life.
If you go to the site in which I have posted these links to, you can find lists of celeb libs and republicans.
There is something that bothers me in the pit of my stomach about the Blake Lively thing...
I just have a big problem with kids trying to tell their parents what do. Is it just me?
Luv, Palin, and Crowder...
-CT-
Ay yi yi yi ;0
Why has fame gone to celebs heads?
Have you heard about the U2 concert?
Berlin celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of its notorious wall last night with an emotionally tone-deaf decision to erect another one around a U2 pop concert dedicated to freedom.
True, there were no minefields or watchtowers, but the new temporary wall erected before the performance certainly sent the wrong signals.
Only 10,000 fans in possession of previously allocated free tickets were allowed to pass through the checkpoints — yes, checkpoints — to listen to the Irish band.
“It’s completely ridiculous that they are blocking the view,” said Louis-Pierre Boily, 23, a Canadian who failed to get tickets.
U2, in Berlin for the MTV European Music Awards, agreed to play in front of the Brandenburg Gate as part of the Wall festivities which culminate on November 9 — the day the East German regime allowed its citizens to pour across the frontier.
On Monday Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, President Sarkozy of France, President Medvedev of Russia and Gordon Brown will troop to the gate to mark the historic turning point.
By that time, U2 will have moved on and the background music will be provided by Bon Jovi.
The U2 event was seen by Germany as a deeply significant start to the festivities. The band’s poignant lyrics — I have run, I have crawled, I have scaled these city walls — were seen as full of political significance, speaking directly to the East-West German divide.
It is enough for a band to mention the word wall or freedom for it to be taken up by hundreds of thousands of German fans. The Germans take this so much to heart that even David Hasselhoff, the crooning star of Knight Rider and Baywatch, is still venerated for his song Looking for Freedom.
It was thus a bit of a blow to the zeitgeist when the 2m wall — no more than a metal safety barrier covered with tarpaulin — was run up. Fans of U2 who had once chanted “We are the people” in anti-regime demonstrations, said that they were being treated like second-class citizens.
“It is a big event,” said Frank Henkel, the parliamentary head in Berlin of the Christian Democrats. “It would be great if the organisers could avoid barriers of any kind.”
The climax of the Berlin Wall celebration will involve setting up over 1,000 Spiro foam dominoes around the German parliament building, the Reichstag.
They will trace the Berlin Wall through part of the centre of the city. At a signal from the Chancellor, Angela Merkel, they will be toppled. The organisers have promised the biggest firework display of recent times. source
Ay, yi, yi! What is wrong with these people? Are they really so special they have to put up a wall? No Berlin Wall, there baby...
One of my top least favorite people is Bono. Number one reason? He "dodged a hug" from President Bush. Obama even complimented him on it. Is he so stuck up, so special, and so opinionated he cannot even hug a Republican? Which I might add, a loose representation of Republican values.
Anyways, like I was saying, I don't really care for the group, as I do not like their music, (it's just not my style) and I don't like their treatment of people. I'm sorry but I don't enjoy listening to celebs spew their liberal opinions on other people. Excuse me for not enjoying that...is it just me? I hope not!
If you want more rants about celebs see the next post...
Luv, Palin,and Crowder...
-CT-
Have you heard about the U2 concert?
Berlin celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of its notorious wall last night with an emotionally tone-deaf decision to erect another one around a U2 pop concert dedicated to freedom.
True, there were no minefields or watchtowers, but the new temporary wall erected before the performance certainly sent the wrong signals.
Only 10,000 fans in possession of previously allocated free tickets were allowed to pass through the checkpoints — yes, checkpoints — to listen to the Irish band.
“It’s completely ridiculous that they are blocking the view,” said Louis-Pierre Boily, 23, a Canadian who failed to get tickets.
U2, in Berlin for the MTV European Music Awards, agreed to play in front of the Brandenburg Gate as part of the Wall festivities which culminate on November 9 — the day the East German regime allowed its citizens to pour across the frontier.
On Monday Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, President Sarkozy of France, President Medvedev of Russia and Gordon Brown will troop to the gate to mark the historic turning point.
By that time, U2 will have moved on and the background music will be provided by Bon Jovi.
The U2 event was seen by Germany as a deeply significant start to the festivities. The band’s poignant lyrics — I have run, I have crawled, I have scaled these city walls — were seen as full of political significance, speaking directly to the East-West German divide.
It is enough for a band to mention the word wall or freedom for it to be taken up by hundreds of thousands of German fans. The Germans take this so much to heart that even David Hasselhoff, the crooning star of Knight Rider and Baywatch, is still venerated for his song Looking for Freedom.
It was thus a bit of a blow to the zeitgeist when the 2m wall — no more than a metal safety barrier covered with tarpaulin — was run up. Fans of U2 who had once chanted “We are the people” in anti-regime demonstrations, said that they were being treated like second-class citizens.
“It is a big event,” said Frank Henkel, the parliamentary head in Berlin of the Christian Democrats. “It would be great if the organisers could avoid barriers of any kind.”
The climax of the Berlin Wall celebration will involve setting up over 1,000 Spiro foam dominoes around the German parliament building, the Reichstag.
They will trace the Berlin Wall through part of the centre of the city. At a signal from the Chancellor, Angela Merkel, they will be toppled. The organisers have promised the biggest firework display of recent times. source
Ay, yi, yi! What is wrong with these people? Are they really so special they have to put up a wall? No Berlin Wall, there baby...
One of my top least favorite people is Bono. Number one reason? He "dodged a hug" from President Bush. Obama even complimented him on it. Is he so stuck up, so special, and so opinionated he cannot even hug a Republican? Which I might add, a loose representation of Republican values.
Anyways, like I was saying, I don't really care for the group, as I do not like their music, (it's just not my style) and I don't like their treatment of people. I'm sorry but I don't enjoy listening to celebs spew their liberal opinions on other people. Excuse me for not enjoying that...is it just me? I hope not!
If you want more rants about celebs see the next post...
Luv, Palin,and Crowder...
-CT-
Monday, November 2, 2009
Palin + Beck= Stalin?! Oh, Give Me a Break...
Happy November, my fellow un-ding-dongish people!
So, tonight (or whatever time of day you're reading this) I'm a-gonna be talking about The New York Times' article on Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin.
Those people actually had the nerve to compare them to Stalin?! Why aren't they being attacked, and called racist?! If we dare to compare (ha, I'm such a poet) Obama to HItler, it's all, "You're a racist hatemonger!" And they do this and they just blow raspberries in our faces like everyone is 5 years old again. "Look at what I can get away with!" It's seriously like they're being the disobedient child, and we're the good child who gets blamed for everything while they're the ones making trouble. How can that even work? I mean, excuse me for not agreeing with Obama (because his views and twisted and misguided). But I'm not really in the mood to be called a racist, hatemonger, or whatever else gets hurled this way.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't enjoy seeing reporters bowing down at his feet chanting, "Obama! Obama!" cuz everytime they do, I start "mmm-ing." just for the fun of it.
Fox News, 1# I respect them, is they are "fair and balanced," something CNN and MSNBC cannot seem to grasp how to do.
I seriously am so tired of hearing Gibbs, Emanuel, Dunn, etc. avoiding the questions about why they're attacking Fox (besides the fact that it's "not a real news source") and talking about Mother Theresa and Mao Se Tung.
Anyways, I'm getting off topic again.
Bottom line here, Beck and Palin are no where near as manic as Stalin. He killed millions of people. Now, look around, who has Beck or Palin killed? The feminists like to attack Palin cuz she wouldn't kill her baby. (Abortion is murder, ladies, which ever way you look at it. You're tunnel vision is quite problematic)
So, why aren't they getting attacked? Well, you have the Kennedy's and Obama's (and other libs) who are all chanting abortion from the sidelines cheering it on.
'scuse me, don't you have kids? Would you have killed your children? Would you have killed the innocent little warm face that as it took its first breath in this new world brought you years of memories? Does the fact that it's a human mean nothing to you? Apparently, the Kennedy's have no problem with murder, Ted Kennedy was a show of true colors, wouldn't you agree?
I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, please, but does anyone realize that no one has said anything 'bout this story? I only found this out from my parents. I'm sure if someone called Anita Dunn or one of the Kennedy's or Heaven forbid, one of the Obama's a sadistic, masochistic leader, they would be like, attacked and maybe thrown in the dungeon...jk, I wouldn't expect them to that...or should I?
Bottom line, people enjoy targeting other people without looking at the people from their own parties. Do the libs even give half a wit about the crazies Obama's put into office? Or are they to busy pointing fingers at the GOP? (which I might add, I don't always agree with meself. There's times where I wanna start my own party. The Party of Conservative Patriots...or The Party of Cool People in Peacoats...though that could require everyone to buy a peacoat, they might objec to that...)
Nice rant, huh? :)
Sad news for Steven Crowder fans, no article this week! Aah! Which probably means no vid..darn! Thursday is Crowder Day for moi. Sad, yes, but true. here's the link to his twitter page
Though I have to admit, I'm proud of him for going overseas...that's more than Obama's doing...
Luv, Palin, and Crowder..
-CT
So, tonight (or whatever time of day you're reading this) I'm a-gonna be talking about The New York Times' article on Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin.
Those people actually had the nerve to compare them to Stalin?! Why aren't they being attacked, and called racist?! If we dare to compare (ha, I'm such a poet) Obama to HItler, it's all, "You're a racist hatemonger!" And they do this and they just blow raspberries in our faces like everyone is 5 years old again. "Look at what I can get away with!" It's seriously like they're being the disobedient child, and we're the good child who gets blamed for everything while they're the ones making trouble. How can that even work? I mean, excuse me for not agreeing with Obama (because his views and twisted and misguided). But I'm not really in the mood to be called a racist, hatemonger, or whatever else gets hurled this way.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't enjoy seeing reporters bowing down at his feet chanting, "Obama! Obama!" cuz everytime they do, I start "mmm-ing." just for the fun of it.
Fox News, 1# I respect them, is they are "fair and balanced," something CNN and MSNBC cannot seem to grasp how to do.
I seriously am so tired of hearing Gibbs, Emanuel, Dunn, etc. avoiding the questions about why they're attacking Fox (besides the fact that it's "not a real news source") and talking about Mother Theresa and Mao Se Tung.
Anyways, I'm getting off topic again.
Bottom line here, Beck and Palin are no where near as manic as Stalin. He killed millions of people. Now, look around, who has Beck or Palin killed? The feminists like to attack Palin cuz she wouldn't kill her baby. (Abortion is murder, ladies, which ever way you look at it. You're tunnel vision is quite problematic)
So, why aren't they getting attacked? Well, you have the Kennedy's and Obama's (and other libs) who are all chanting abortion from the sidelines cheering it on.
'scuse me, don't you have kids? Would you have killed your children? Would you have killed the innocent little warm face that as it took its first breath in this new world brought you years of memories? Does the fact that it's a human mean nothing to you? Apparently, the Kennedy's have no problem with murder, Ted Kennedy was a show of true colors, wouldn't you agree?
I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, please, but does anyone realize that no one has said anything 'bout this story? I only found this out from my parents. I'm sure if someone called Anita Dunn or one of the Kennedy's or Heaven forbid, one of the Obama's a sadistic, masochistic leader, they would be like, attacked and maybe thrown in the dungeon...jk, I wouldn't expect them to that...or should I?
Bottom line, people enjoy targeting other people without looking at the people from their own parties. Do the libs even give half a wit about the crazies Obama's put into office? Or are they to busy pointing fingers at the GOP? (which I might add, I don't always agree with meself. There's times where I wanna start my own party. The Party of Conservative Patriots...or The Party of Cool People in Peacoats...though that could require everyone to buy a peacoat, they might objec to that...)
Nice rant, huh? :)
Sad news for Steven Crowder fans, no article this week! Aah! Which probably means no vid..darn! Thursday is Crowder Day for moi. Sad, yes, but true. here's the link to his twitter page
Though I have to admit, I'm proud of him for going overseas...that's more than Obama's doing...
Luv, Palin, and Crowder..
-CT
Friday, October 30, 2009
Amazing...dude
I just wanted to share this dude with you bcuz, well, he's just amazing. And, no not Steven...
Explanations
One of my friends asked me who the picture was at the bottom of the blog, above my fishies.
It's just Steven Crowder as Nancy Pelosi. If that doesn't make you laugh, I don't know what will.
haha not really, I never expect you to laugh on here. Cuz I be not funny
Luv, Palin, and Crowder...
-CT-
It's just Steven Crowder as Nancy Pelosi. If that doesn't make you laugh, I don't know what will.
haha not really, I never expect you to laugh on here. Cuz I be not funny
Luv, Palin, and Crowder...
-CT-
Bill Clinton...We are not worthy...We are not worthy...Bill Clinton...
Hey again...
Here it be...(yes, I can speak it higher grammar. obviously...)
Anyways...
The Bill Clinton First Home Museum will soon be a part of the National Park system, a designation that will give the modest structure on a busy street more visibility as a tourist destination.
The two-story, wood frame house on Hervey Street in Hope, Ark., was where Clinton lived from his birth in 1946 at Julia Chester Hospital until age 4. The home was occupied until it was acquired by the Clinton Birthplace Foundation during Clinton's presidency.
The dwelling, which opened as a museum in 1997, conveys a lived-in feeling and is furnished with items that date to the late 1940s when Clinton lived there. A separate visitors center with a gift shop was added later.
The South Hervey Street home served as the center of Clinton's family life for his first 10 years. After moving, Clinton spent summers there, visited on weekends and attended other family gatherings there until his grandfather, Eldridge Cassidy, died in 1956.
The one original piece of furniture from Clinton's time in the house is the living room couch. While visitors are not permitted to touch or sit on the furniture, the home has no glass partitions or roped-off areas, thus preserving the ambiance of a private home.
Museum director Martha Berryman says the people around Clinton provided him with his first notions of "social justice," a theme he carried through his political life and into his post-presidential work.
Displays include pictures of grandfather Eldridge Cassidy's store, where he served white and black customers, which was an uncommon practice in Hope in those days. Cassidy was known to extend credit during hard times, sometimes forgive debts or slip extra food into a family's order.
"This is not lost on a little child with wide eyes and big ears," Berryman said.
Berryman produced a recent find, a snapshot of Clinton as a boy standing in front of the house. The white paint on the house is peeling badly.
"He (Eldridge Cassidy) couldn't afford to paint his house, but he could afford to let families have free food," Berryman said.
Berryman says she regularly straightens out myths - including misperceptions that the family lived in poverty, that Clinton was born in the house, and that his father abandoned him. The future president's father, William Jefferson Blythe II, died in a traffic crash a few months before his son was born.
Berryman said visitors who come from around the world are moved by what they see, and have a sense they are someplace special.
"People want to stand on sacred ground," Berryman said.
Berryman said she expects the number of visitors to grow. The site will formally become part of the National Park Service in 2010, though it is already listed among other federal attractions.
A third of the museum's visitors come from outside the United States, Berryman said. Since the site opened, patrons from 159 countries have visited.
In 1946, the neighborhood was dense with family homes and shade trees. South Hervey Street has since been widened to four lanes and now feeds local traffic to Interstate 30. Across the street from the home is a small used car lot, with a tobacco store next to it. Right down the road is a closed grocery store at the site of what was an ornate Methodist Church.
But other elements are the same as 60 years ago. The house still vibrates when trains pass on the tracks nearby, sometimes rattling photographs free from display panels in the adjacent visitors center. Virginia's bedroom on sunny days is still bathed in light that streams in from the five large windows. The room was Virginia's as a teenager and was hers again when she was a young bride. A bassinet is to the left of the bed, where she cared for Bill as an infant.
The museum also shows how quickly Clinton lost some of his connections to his youth and family life after he entered the White House. His mother died just after the Clintons' first Christmas in Washington. Hillary Clinton's father died in 1994 in Little Rock, where he and his wife had moved to be closer to the Clintons.
Vince Foster, a childhood playmate who lived next door and shared a yard with the Clintons on South Hervey Street, had followed Clinton to Washington to serve as deputy White House counsel. Foster committed suicide in 1993; he had suffered from depression.
Among the photos in the visitors center is one of Clinton with his uncle, Henry "Buddy" Grisham. The two were quite close, partly because they knew each other too well for the presidency to affect their relationship, Berryman said.
"Mr. Grisham never was really impressed," Berryman said, adding that Clinton would slip into Hope unannounced while in office to spend afternoons with Grisham.
Grisham died in 1997, and Clinton gave the eulogy at his funeral in Hope.
The museum also owns the home where Clinton's stepfather Roger Clinton lived with Virginia, Bill and his brother, Roger. That house isn't open for visitors, but an exhibit can be seen through the front window at 321 E. 13th St. The family moved to Hot Springs when Bill Clinton was 7 years old.
Clinton said in his autobiography, "My Life," that the South Hervey Street home "certainly is the place I associate with awakening to life" and that it "still holds deep memories."
Alright, now before I rant, let me just say I have nothing against presidential dudes having their memorials. So, with that said...
SACRED GROUND??!!!!! What the heck?
Bill Clinton's previous home is "sacred ground?" Oh, give me a break! Sure, I'm not a liberal but I find it kinda 'tarded for people to be ooh-ing and aww-ing over his home.
"Bill Clinton, like, totally, lived here. OMG!"
Do people not care he had an affair and tried earnestly to ruin our country?
Oh, never mind that, he's a legend. Apparently...
Ugh, this sorta thing bugs me. Kinda like when people idolize liberal idiot celebs like Brad Pitt. That one bugs me. They've been trying to get him to run for mayor in New Orleans. Ooh, sounds fun...huh? No way.
I know I should be talking about H1N1, or health care or Obama's radical (not in a good way) people, but that's what everyone's talking about. I'm tired of normal depressing stuff... :)
I acknowledge and hate that the news is depressing. Seriously, you watch Glenn Beck enough...phew, you'll be running to your doctor. I enjoy watching him, but I miss when he was really funny. Now I feel like I'm rubbing Joy on my wrists after every episode. (Essential oils, long story)
I hope I didn't kill too many of your brain cells...
Love, Palin, and Crowder...
-CT-
Here it be...(yes, I can speak it higher grammar. obviously...)
Anyways...
The Bill Clinton First Home Museum will soon be a part of the National Park system, a designation that will give the modest structure on a busy street more visibility as a tourist destination.
The two-story, wood frame house on Hervey Street in Hope, Ark., was where Clinton lived from his birth in 1946 at Julia Chester Hospital until age 4. The home was occupied until it was acquired by the Clinton Birthplace Foundation during Clinton's presidency.
The dwelling, which opened as a museum in 1997, conveys a lived-in feeling and is furnished with items that date to the late 1940s when Clinton lived there. A separate visitors center with a gift shop was added later.
The South Hervey Street home served as the center of Clinton's family life for his first 10 years. After moving, Clinton spent summers there, visited on weekends and attended other family gatherings there until his grandfather, Eldridge Cassidy, died in 1956.
The one original piece of furniture from Clinton's time in the house is the living room couch. While visitors are not permitted to touch or sit on the furniture, the home has no glass partitions or roped-off areas, thus preserving the ambiance of a private home.
Museum director Martha Berryman says the people around Clinton provided him with his first notions of "social justice," a theme he carried through his political life and into his post-presidential work.
Displays include pictures of grandfather Eldridge Cassidy's store, where he served white and black customers, which was an uncommon practice in Hope in those days. Cassidy was known to extend credit during hard times, sometimes forgive debts or slip extra food into a family's order.
"This is not lost on a little child with wide eyes and big ears," Berryman said.
Berryman produced a recent find, a snapshot of Clinton as a boy standing in front of the house. The white paint on the house is peeling badly.
"He (Eldridge Cassidy) couldn't afford to paint his house, but he could afford to let families have free food," Berryman said.
Berryman says she regularly straightens out myths - including misperceptions that the family lived in poverty, that Clinton was born in the house, and that his father abandoned him. The future president's father, William Jefferson Blythe II, died in a traffic crash a few months before his son was born.
Berryman said visitors who come from around the world are moved by what they see, and have a sense they are someplace special.
"People want to stand on sacred ground," Berryman said.
Berryman said she expects the number of visitors to grow. The site will formally become part of the National Park Service in 2010, though it is already listed among other federal attractions.
A third of the museum's visitors come from outside the United States, Berryman said. Since the site opened, patrons from 159 countries have visited.
In 1946, the neighborhood was dense with family homes and shade trees. South Hervey Street has since been widened to four lanes and now feeds local traffic to Interstate 30. Across the street from the home is a small used car lot, with a tobacco store next to it. Right down the road is a closed grocery store at the site of what was an ornate Methodist Church.
But other elements are the same as 60 years ago. The house still vibrates when trains pass on the tracks nearby, sometimes rattling photographs free from display panels in the adjacent visitors center. Virginia's bedroom on sunny days is still bathed in light that streams in from the five large windows. The room was Virginia's as a teenager and was hers again when she was a young bride. A bassinet is to the left of the bed, where she cared for Bill as an infant.
The museum also shows how quickly Clinton lost some of his connections to his youth and family life after he entered the White House. His mother died just after the Clintons' first Christmas in Washington. Hillary Clinton's father died in 1994 in Little Rock, where he and his wife had moved to be closer to the Clintons.
Vince Foster, a childhood playmate who lived next door and shared a yard with the Clintons on South Hervey Street, had followed Clinton to Washington to serve as deputy White House counsel. Foster committed suicide in 1993; he had suffered from depression.
Among the photos in the visitors center is one of Clinton with his uncle, Henry "Buddy" Grisham. The two were quite close, partly because they knew each other too well for the presidency to affect their relationship, Berryman said.
"Mr. Grisham never was really impressed," Berryman said, adding that Clinton would slip into Hope unannounced while in office to spend afternoons with Grisham.
Grisham died in 1997, and Clinton gave the eulogy at his funeral in Hope.
The museum also owns the home where Clinton's stepfather Roger Clinton lived with Virginia, Bill and his brother, Roger. That house isn't open for visitors, but an exhibit can be seen through the front window at 321 E. 13th St. The family moved to Hot Springs when Bill Clinton was 7 years old.
Clinton said in his autobiography, "My Life," that the South Hervey Street home "certainly is the place I associate with awakening to life" and that it "still holds deep memories."
Alright, now before I rant, let me just say I have nothing against presidential dudes having their memorials. So, with that said...
SACRED GROUND??!!!!! What the heck?
Bill Clinton's previous home is "sacred ground?" Oh, give me a break! Sure, I'm not a liberal but I find it kinda 'tarded for people to be ooh-ing and aww-ing over his home.
"Bill Clinton, like, totally, lived here. OMG!"
Do people not care he had an affair and tried earnestly to ruin our country?
Oh, never mind that, he's a legend. Apparently...
Ugh, this sorta thing bugs me. Kinda like when people idolize liberal idiot celebs like Brad Pitt. That one bugs me. They've been trying to get him to run for mayor in New Orleans. Ooh, sounds fun...huh? No way.
I know I should be talking about H1N1, or health care or Obama's radical (not in a good way) people, but that's what everyone's talking about. I'm tired of normal depressing stuff... :)
I acknowledge and hate that the news is depressing. Seriously, you watch Glenn Beck enough...phew, you'll be running to your doctor. I enjoy watching him, but I miss when he was really funny. Now I feel like I'm rubbing Joy on my wrists after every episode. (Essential oils, long story)
I hope I didn't kill too many of your brain cells...
Love, Palin, and Crowder...
-CT-
Bahaha this hardly is news but haha
Hi again,
I'm sure you're wondering why I haven't updated this, it's been like 10 days. Too long...
Anyways, this morning (it's morning as I write this) I'm going to write about um, this
(source)
AMERICAN FORK, Utah — A rap by four teenagers at a McDonald's has gotten them a bad rap in one Utah city.
The teens were cited by American Fork police earlier this week for disorderly conduct after they rapped their order at a McDonald's drive-through.
The teens said they were imitating a popular video on YouTube. They rapped their order, which begins with, "I need a double cheeseburger and hold the lettuce ..." once quickly before repeating it more slowly.
Spenser Dauwalder said employees at the restaurant told him and his friends they were holding up the line and needed to order or leave.
The 18-year-old said nobody was in line. He and his three 17-year-old friends left without buying anything.
American Fork Police Sgt. Gregg Ludlow says a manager wrote down the car's license plate number and called police. The teens were later cited by officers at a high school parking lot outside a volleyball match.
"We thought, you know, just teenagers out having fun," Dauwalder told KSL Newsradio. "We didn't think it would escalate to that."
Disorderly conduct citations are issued when someone does something to cause annoyance or alarm, Ludlow said. The citation is an infraction similar to a speeding ticket, Ludlow said.
"It was not just that they were rapping, they continued to hold things up," Ludlow said.
Ludlow said the teens were asked several times to speak plainly and that ultimately the manager came outside.
The owner-operator of the American Fork McDonald's said in a statement that the issue was about employees' safety.
"The employee in question felt that her safety was at risk as a result of the alleged actions of these individuals in the drive-thru, not as a result of them rapping their order," franchisee Conny Kramer said in the statement. "As such, she contacted the local authorities."
But Sharon Dauwalder, Spenser's mother, said they will fight it nonetheless.
"We have to," she told The Associated Press on Thursday. "The citation is there."
Bahaha, I'm sorry but I find this hilarious. This hardly classifies as rant material, but haha, I can't keep a straight face reading this. Now, in my opinion, correct me if I'm wrong, this would classify as ding-dong-ish boys. Wooden spoons...anyone? :)
The video they were referencing is below, I thought you might like to see it...
I'll post a more interesting post in a few minutes, give or take, I hope.
Love, Palin, and Crowder...
-CT-
I'm sure you're wondering why I haven't updated this, it's been like 10 days. Too long...
Anyways, this morning (it's morning as I write this) I'm going to write about um, this
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AMERICAN FORK, Utah — A rap by four teenagers at a McDonald's has gotten them a bad rap in one Utah city.
The teens were cited by American Fork police earlier this week for disorderly conduct after they rapped their order at a McDonald's drive-through.
The teens said they were imitating a popular video on YouTube. They rapped their order, which begins with, "I need a double cheeseburger and hold the lettuce ..." once quickly before repeating it more slowly.
Spenser Dauwalder said employees at the restaurant told him and his friends they were holding up the line and needed to order or leave.
The 18-year-old said nobody was in line. He and his three 17-year-old friends left without buying anything.
American Fork Police Sgt. Gregg Ludlow says a manager wrote down the car's license plate number and called police. The teens were later cited by officers at a high school parking lot outside a volleyball match.
"We thought, you know, just teenagers out having fun," Dauwalder told KSL Newsradio. "We didn't think it would escalate to that."
Disorderly conduct citations are issued when someone does something to cause annoyance or alarm, Ludlow said. The citation is an infraction similar to a speeding ticket, Ludlow said.
"It was not just that they were rapping, they continued to hold things up," Ludlow said.
Ludlow said the teens were asked several times to speak plainly and that ultimately the manager came outside.
The owner-operator of the American Fork McDonald's said in a statement that the issue was about employees' safety.
"The employee in question felt that her safety was at risk as a result of the alleged actions of these individuals in the drive-thru, not as a result of them rapping their order," franchisee Conny Kramer said in the statement. "As such, she contacted the local authorities."
But Sharon Dauwalder, Spenser's mother, said they will fight it nonetheless.
"We have to," she told The Associated Press on Thursday. "The citation is there."
Bahaha, I'm sorry but I find this hilarious. This hardly classifies as rant material, but haha, I can't keep a straight face reading this. Now, in my opinion, correct me if I'm wrong, this would classify as ding-dong-ish boys. Wooden spoons...anyone? :)
The video they were referencing is below, I thought you might like to see it...
I'll post a more interesting post in a few minutes, give or take, I hope.
Love, Palin, and Crowder...
-CT-
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