Posted on April 30, 2008 by thestateofblog
- you don’t realize that Flo Rida is from Florida.
- you don’t know how to do Soulja Boy’s Supa Man.
-you don’t know how Soulja Boy’s Supa Man can be sexually suggestive.
- you’re favorite rap videos are on VH1.
-you still call it Secretary’s Day and don’t understand why your secretary is upset with you about missing [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by thestateofblog
The Tennessee ACLU has demanded that the Memphis City Schools punish the principle of a middle school for posting the names of two homosexual high school students who are dating. They also demanded that the school district apologize to the students for the breach of privacy and prevent other principles from doing the same. [...]
Filed under: Schools, Sex | 11 Comments »
Posted on April 30, 2008 by thestateofblog
You know how you sit in church (temple, mosque, etc.) and you listen to the preacher talk about how the battle has already been won and you just have to have faith that he’ll get you through? Well it’s been hard to have that type of faith this election season with the Obama campaign. They’ve [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by thestateofblog
“Loath to tax the citizenry based on income, many states have increasingly turned to cigarette smokers and gamblers for revenues. Gamblers are often smokers, and both groups tend to be of modest or low income.
“So after taxing the daylights out of the working class’s cigarettes, states can go for a second helping from the [...]
Filed under: Culture, Economics, Politics | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 30, 2008 by thestateofblog
“I don’t know if I will have kids. I might adopt. Settling down-I hope this does not sound selfish, but I consider myself a businesswoman. Would I love to be in a relationship? Yes, I would, but it is very hard dating when I kind of have put my career first, so my priorities with [...]
Filed under: Culture, Relationships | 7 Comments »
Posted on April 29, 2008 by thestateofblog
I’m outraged by the comments that were made and saddened by the spectacle that we saw yesterday. I have been a member of Trinity United Church of Christ since 1992 and have known Jeremiah Wright for almost 22 years. The person I saw yesterday was not the person I met 20 years ago. His comments [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by thestateofblog
It’s time to start having that conversation…
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by thestateofblog
It has been common knowledge among many African-Americans that a black person is more likely to be sentenced to death than a person from another race. Now a new study says it has finally proven this common knowledge. Past studies have shown that a defendant is more likely to be sentenced to death [...]
Filed under: Law, Race | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 29, 2008 by thestateofblog
“In order to be effective, a minimum wage must necessarily artificially hold wages higher than they would otherwise be on the free market (that is, hold wages higher than MRP). If a minimum wage is introduced then, employment must fall, because otherwise employers incur (essentially hourly) losses. Professor Walter Block sums up this problem by [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by thestateofblog
Halle showin’ the world what a real baby maker looks like . . .
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