AnythingUrban - by R Eldridge

TV Presenter Gets Death Sentence for 'Sorcery'??

Do you remember the movie 'The Flying Guillotine'? This movie scared the -ish out of me when I was a kid.  And as deep as the ancient Egyptians that invented algebra, decapitation by guillotine was the usual means of execution in Germany until the abolition of the death penalty in West Germany in 1949. Now 'vas ist los' with that?

I heard that in England it was considered a privilege of noblemen to be beheaded. I don't necessarily connect with that at all either [pardon the pun]. Truly bad math. But seriously though...

  The Saudi government says that beheading is still sanctioned by Islamic tradition. State-ordered beheadings are performed in courtyards outside crowded mosques in major cities after weekly Friday prayer services for crimes including murder, homosexuality, armed robbery and drug trafficking... and sorcery. Yeah. But there's more...

Amnesty International has expressed concerns over executions of foreign nationals in Saudi Arabia, and they continue to bring awareness to the high rate of foreign nationals that are beheaded each year.  In 2009, the Saudi Arabian government executed, on average, more than two people a week. Almost half of them were foreign nationals from developing countries, including Nigeria. Some migrant workers are reported to have even been unaware that they had been sentenced to death until the very morning of their execution.

Intervention Alert: PLEASE Do Not Tread on Hope

A Kansas congresswoman said Thursday that her remark about fellow Republicans seeking a "great white hope" was not a reference to someone who could challenge President Barack Obama or his political agenda.  Rep. Lynn Jenkins said she was instead making a comment about GOP leaders in the House and was trying to reassure Republicans that the party has bright leaders there ("cough").  She used the phrase during an Aug. 19 forum in Hiawatha and someone in the crowd recorded it and gave the video to the Kansas Democratic Party.

Ok, seriously... is this a big deal?  No.  Is this a bad choice of words?  Absolutely.  I'm not ready to make any other opinions on this, but this does come off as rather insensitive considering that a remark like this would not have been made if President Obama was white.  Am I right?  You tell me. 

I have a thought: let's take the high road.  Let us educate.  This should help to eliminate gaffs like this in the near future.  Let us take a trip down memory lane.  Do you remember what happened to the last "great white hope" that tried to conquer the reigns of ___________ (insert your own point of view here please)??

Dear Mr. Burger King Execs... Schoolhouse Rock

Dear Burger King Executives,

Ok, seriously... I love your burgers, but I hate your commercials.  Your weird attempt of humor - yeah that Squarebutt commercial (peep it here) was not cool at all.  I mean, come on now, the Burger King guy was clutching his johnson!  Did you guys think about the children?  I'm really not feeling that grown ass Burger King dude.  Come on - the dude looks like Grizzly Adams with tights on.  I'm gonna rock Whataburger for a minute until you guys get your act together. 

Intervention Alert: Panty Waste vs. Sagging Pants

Not a good look ma

I’ve just always wondered why some women aren’t aware of this unsightly “panty waste.” I assume you look in the mirror before you leave the house. Did this fashion faux pas somehow escape your field of vision? I also assume you check out your outfit both front and back.

Are you thinking about the children ma?  Most of whom are at eyelevel with your butt crack, so these poor innocent children are likely to see this traumatizing spectacle most of all. I am not a fan of panty waste - at all.  Crack is wack in all its forms, so I even gotta call some of the brothers for boxer bunch. Now I understand not wanting to wear nut huggers and have a little bagginess to your jeans, but a lot of kids today have taken things to a whole other level. I’ll see kids who have their pants sag to the point that your entire ass is showing. Just as much as I don’t wanna see panty waste, I don’t wanna see that -ish either. It’s just not cool. If you ask me, it actually looks a little suspect. Cause why would a straight man want to show off his ass anyway?

See, doesn’t that look a little gay?

I read an article late last year that said it’s now illegal for young men to expose their boxers in Flint, Michigan and kids are being arrested for indecent exposure. The Police Chief David Dicks (how ironic is his name is Dicks?) is cracking down big time and rolling up on kids throughout the city and issuing warning and summonses for indecent exposure.

While I think arrests are a bit excessive for overly baggy jeans, how come no one has filed a law against panty waste? Shouldn’t the ladies get pulled over for flashing their ass cracks as well? In fact, they’re showing way more than the guys. All in all though, it’s all pretty silly. Taxpayers’ dollars are being used to chase after baggy jeans wearing kids and the government is trying to dictate how we as a people dress. What’s next, government enforced mandates on how we cut our hair? Yeah, people just need to tuck in your draws and grow up, but is it the government’s (or my) place to tell someone how to dress?

I don’t know, I’m on the fence with this one. What’s your take on panty waste and boxer bunch? How do you feel when you see it in public? Do you think the government has a right to intervene and mandate public dress codes? And isn’t $500 a bit steep for this “crime?”

Speak your piece.

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Green Jobs??

Our current national economic crisis presented an opportunity for questions to be raised during President Obama's town hall meeting — amongst those questions about the decriminalization of marijuana, its possible use for medicinal purposes and its potential as a new source of tax revenue.  Surprisingly, a marijuana lobby group hijacked (wait a minute.... a marijuana lobby group...???) the process and the top questions in about half the categories listed are about drug legalization.  How'd this happen?

One could argue that this would be an exceptionally important issue, as the revenue generated from taxing a legit marijuana industry would be immense and able to support many of the programs proposed and go a fair way to reducing our debt. Certainly not a traditional economical solution, but (arguably) a harmless one that would free up quite a few resources elsewhere (prisons? drug war?) as well. The counterpoint to that is the medical care side, but if someone wants to smoke something, they most likely already are anyway.