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POPScivil rights practically ignored under bush this goes on to state that civil rights were put well behind the enforcement of religious rights..........yeah- not a shocker- sadly we are all left to pick up the pieces of indifference ......hate...........fear...leaving many of us wondering if priorities and accountability can grow once again from this void...........?........
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POPSAmerica a Rude Nation? Debating Public Decency Experts point to a variety of reasons for the apparent fall in civil standards: 1) The recession has placed many under heavy stress 2) The rise of the internet has fostered confrontational and provocative communications in which people get used to saying things they may never once have dared to utter face-to-face. These may be conditions that allow rudeness to rear its ugly head, but they are not excuses for it. Rudeness is rooted in lack of civility. If you don’t respect other people’s ideas, opinions, equality as compared to yourself, or simply their right to exist, it will be easy for you to resort to rudeness towards that person and you will be considered uncivil. We have been losing our civility for a long time now and I believe it is due to a lack of respect for others and ourselves.
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POPSClassy Cognac-Swigging Kanye West Boo-ed: Storms MTV Stage
The hip hop star, who had been swigging Hennessy cognac on the red carpet earlier in the night, was booed roundly by the celebrity-packed audience of thousands. And it was only the first category of the night. More... Feathers, a red lace mask and a bridal headdress... Lady GaGa stuns in five outrageous outfits at the MTV VMAs 'I abandoned him': Emotional Madonna laments losing touch with Michael Jackson during emotional MTV tribute Swift had breathlessly began her speech with the words, 'I always wondered what it would be like to maybe win one of these some day, but never actually thought it would happen'. But before she could continue any further, West leaped from his seat in the audience, ran onto the stage and rushed to grab the microphone as a bemused Swift struggled to take in what was happening. He appeared on stage with his name emblazoned in 10-foot-tall lights behind him and asked the audience to honour Michael Jackson by 'loving one another in his
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POPSRollingstone's: Top 50 albums of the year Click on the source link for the whole list- like most year end lists-- some seem like 'great calls' others.. well....'not-so-great'-- to each their own!!! i guess that's what makes the world go 'round!
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POPSLogical Reason Pretty Boys Look Good This article talks about how women are programmed or hard wired to consider some men more attractive than others. It's interesting how the theory holds true, regardless of the race or ethnicity of the man.
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POPSCommon Debuts At #1 On Billboard 200 I've got no statistics to back this up, but I'm betting that Common must be the oldest rapper to ever reach #1 on the Billboard album chart (much less DEBUT at #1). The guy's 35 -- chart-topping hip-hop acts born during the Nixon administration are mighty rare nowadays. Fortunately, Common's creative juices are still flowing. His last album Be (from 2005) was terrific. - Louis Hau