ridiculous item of the day
 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/...bian_prom_date


Miss. school prom off after lesbian's date request

By SHELIA BYRD, Associated Press Writer – 13 mins ago

JACKSON, Miss. – A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student sought to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

The Itawamba County school district's board decided Wednesday to drop the prom because of what it called recent distractions but without specifically mentioning the girl's request, which was backed by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The student, 18-year-old high school senior Constance McMillen, said the cancellation was retaliation for her efforts to bring her girlfriend, also a student, to the April 2 dance.

"A bunch of kids at school are really going to hate me for this, so in a way it's really retaliation," McMillen told The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson. Calls to McMillen by The Associated Press late Wednesday went unanswered.

Says the article got 12,876 comments? Wow. Only thing these Bible Belt states are good for is to supply Presidents with warm bodies to ship off to somewhere.

^^^^^^^^^fruit of the poisoned tree!

ah, yes, the stereotype. always fun when that's presented.


i'll not bore you with the fact my youngest got offered a full academic scholarship from lsu, and is awaiting word on an appointment to the naval academy...or his highest in the state, one of the highest in the country asvab scores.

at least you're consistent.

He doesn't have Native Arkie Parents. John Daly=typical Arkansas Native. Most Native Arkansans aren't fans of the Washington Caps.

So you are saying he is like a NY bred by Giants Causeway out of a graded stakes winning mare?

congrats to the proud parents:)

no, he doesn't. but that is still beside the point. i don't think we have any more idiots per square mile here than anywhere else i've lived.

thanks!

LOL..

Sort of like when Burt Bacharach was having his horses bred in Maryland, or Virginia.

no one in California should be able to ridicule anyone anywhere.
That state is as f'ed up as they come.

and the ridiculous item of the day for friday, march 12...


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35839979...ews-education/


Conservatives put stamp on Texas textbooks
New social studies curriculum stresses religion over evolution


AUSTIN, Texas - A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education succeeded Friday in injecting conservative ideals into social studies, history and economics lessons that will be taught to millions of students for the next decade.

Teachers in Texas will be required to cover the Judeo-Christian influences of the nation's Founding Fathers, but not highlight the philosophical rationale for the separation of church and state. Curriculum standards also will describe the U.S. government as a "constitutional republic," rather than "democratic," and students will be required to study the decline in value of the U.S. dollar, including the abandonment of the gold standard.

"We have been about conservatism versus liberalism," said Democrat Mavis Knight of Dallas, explaining her vote against the standards. "We have manipulated strands to insert what we want it to be in the document, regardless as to whether or not it's appropriate."

.....as a so. cal native i sadly have to agree:(

West Va

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35853365/ns/us_news-life/


the cops actions here are absolutely ridiculous!! they should be ashamed of themselves, the air force as well. this DADT bs needs to be rescinded immediately.

i vomited in my mouth a little on this headline....


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100315/...edwards_hunter


Edwards mistress: 'We love each other very much'

RALEIGH, N.C. – John Edwards' mistress Rielle Hunter said in an interview released Monday they are still in love, even if their relationship turned into something "different" around the time he acknowledged the affair in 2008.

Hunter told GQ magazine that the two immediately had a connection when they met at a New York City hotel in 2006. She didn't describe the details of their relationship but said he is a great father who wants to be there full-time for their daughter, now 2.

"We love each other very much. And that hasn't changed, and I believe that will be till death do us part," she said. She added that "our connection is profound."

Hunter recalled the first night she met Edwards in New York, saying she knew that she was a special person to him.

"He in fact did say to me the first night, 'Falling in love with you could really (expletive) up my plans for becoming President,'" she said.(at least priorities were straight. why worry about wife and young kids?!)

Hunter said she told him he shouldn't run for the White House and suggested he at least wait until April 2007 because her intuition and astrology suggested he would have a difficult first three months of the year. Elizabeth Edwards' cancer returned in March of that year. Hunter said John Edwards wanted to exit the race but that Elizabeth Edwards wanted him to stay in.



--lol oh my god

Yeah...I don't do a damn thing til I've charted out my astrology charts:eek:

Neither did Reagan;)

...that was Nancy,you boob!

um....Okaaay:rolleyes:

you have to read the whole article on GQ... it is quite amazing. This girl has some enormous blinkers on!

Curt, do yourself a favor and find other sources for news than local Jax. The Florida Times Union isn't even good enough to wrap fish in.

There is some good comedy to be found!