The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

Care of Science News Daily, we learn that a study has disproven the link between cellphones and tumors. In an article by Yahoo News, it was found that

"there was no increased risk of tumor associated with using the phones for at least 10 years."

So, does that mean that we can use cell phones for 10 years straight without getting cancer? What happens on the 11th year? Perhaps I'll have to use my cell phone for 10 years, take a year break, then use it for another 10 years, and so on.

They did state that it

"may not be a good idea for children to use the phones for long periods because their brains are still developing. Also, it is too early to tell what the effects of long-term use will be on adults."

The way things are these days, do we really have to worry about cell phone tumors anyhow? I mean, doesn't it seem that just about every second person on earth gets this disease? Why fight it? I'm giving in and let be what be. Thank goodness for animal research, though, because almost all of us will be relying on it for survival at some point.

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Posted by Samantha at 07:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Not quite a naughty nurse but she is naughty! I've decided to be nice to my readers and I've found a non-scam site where you can view your "needs". Just follow the link link here. Now back to the article...

Has anyone seen this Mott's Clamato nurse ad; this may only apply to Canada as it seems Canada and the US sometimes get different Motts ads, but maybe it pertains to both.

To give you a summary of the ad, you first see a pvc clad woman in a nurse's uniform walk up to an apartment door, a man opens the door, the woman holding a Mott's Clamato bottle enters, they claim to have part of the ad banned due to it being too spicy for tv, and then she soon after leaves. That is all; the rest is left up to the imagination.

I was going to write this article about the oddness of the commercial. I mean, if you've seen it, you might realise that the man who opens the door to the woman wearing a PVC mini-nurses uniform, looks extremely homosexual (not that there's anything wrong with that... please refer to Not That There's Anything Wrong With That. But really, what does "looks homosexual" mean? But, I digress...

I was going to write that not even a bombshell like that could sway a man such as him to turn straight.

I'm not going to write about that, however. I am instead writing about this pathetic letter I found from some American Nurses Association on why it is a shame to show such a thing on television.

Contained in the letter is this paragraph,

"We urge you to immediately remove this offensive and misogynous advertising campaign from your Web site and stop running these ads on television. We also demand a written public apology."

Okay, to some, this commercial may be offensive, but how could they consider it misogynous? I, for one, do not see any hatred of women in this commercial; I, for one, am not offended by this commercial; and I, for one, do not "demand" an apology of any sort.

The woman in this commercial is sexy, and there is nothing in our society that says looks can't be sold as a commodity. How many models do we see out their selling their wares. Woman are more than just a pretty mind, you know.

To read another perspective on why it's a shame to show beautiful nurses in the media, go to nursingadvocacy.org where they claim,

"The naughty nurse is always "fun," but that has not stopped her from reinforcing the pernicious idea that nurses are sexually available to patients and physicians in the workplace."

Now for those of you who have seen the ad, do you see in any part of the ad where the nurse is being available to patients and physicians? I only see either a girlfriend or a prostitute coming to a guy's house for a night of fun and games. The guy certainly doesn't look like he's ailing from any disease and requires treatment, nor is he wearing a doctor's outfit, which is the only way we'd know he was a physician.

My only statement to this whole ordeal, which is likely giving the folks at Motts a headache, is... lighten up people. Have a Bloody Mary or Bloody Caesar for gosh sakes and chill!

Warning: the following link contains a picture that may offend some as it contains sexuality, but not course language. Viewer discretion is advised.

For those of you who want a peak at a type of nurse uniform I'm talking about, here is a linked picture, this is not the actual woman or outfit from the ad http://www.costumesballoonsnstuff.com/media/legavnurselg.bmp

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Posted by Samantha at 02:14 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Yup, this sounds like my dream vacation. What a way to win back the tourists. Let's not solve the problem, let's just work our way around it... Police-Escorted Mexican Drug War City Tour.

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Having been the ultimate fan of Guns N' Roses (I'm sure others geeks would disagree claiming it was them instead), I feel it is my duty to give you the latest news on the guys. It seems that Slash and Duff are suing Axl over royalties to the Guns N' Roses name. Allegedly, Axl claims himself sole administrator of the group's copyrights and this has gotten the top hat wearing Slash and blonde haired bassist Duff sore.

Personally, I am routing for the rockers of the latest band Velvet Revolver; that is, Slash and Duff.

Guns N'Roses has hit songs such as Paradise City and Welcome To The Jungle, but some of my favourites include One In A Million, I Used To Love Her, and Get In The Ring. Ah, what am I saying, I like them all. Velvet Revolver is awesome, too, which is something I put on the "ol' record player" now and again.

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Posted by Samantha at 12:19 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Article in response to Nashvillefiles.com

Blake, at Nashvillefiles, recently asked if North Americans know what being poor is. He questions if we really know the same kind of poverty that exists in Africa: the famine-type poverty. He states that "the very fact that our nation's poorest people are able to stay fattened is a testament to this".

I pondered these questions for a while and the following is my reponse...

As I'm sure Blake knows, Africa isn't the only place in the the world with such poverty, having lived briefly in central Europe, I can attest to this; and the poverty in North America can be, and is, similarly horrific in places. Squalid make-shift shanties do exist here; it's not often publicised in the media, however. All it takes is for you to look towards the "bad side" of some towns, and you see junked-up druggies and prostitutes everywhere, and they ain't looking too pretty in anorexia-ville. They are just skin and bones.

As I mentioned in Blake's blog comments section, I believe that poverty in North America is at least partly a result of a lack of motivation, drug abuse, neglect of all sorts, and a reliance on government aids such as welfare.

Another part of the problem is in what the North American governments consider poverty. Many people work a minimum wage, full time job and they are considered to be impoverished. Other people do not work at all, but beg on the streets, and they are also considered impoverished. I think the better question would be, what does poverty mean to us?

There is a wide range in our classification system for which people can be considered poor. Poverty in North America can include street bums, people living in low-income housing, single mothers on minimum wage, families within a low income bracket, college and university students, and those who are institutionalised among others. Of course, this is not an absolute as not everyone qualifies as being poor if they are from one of the previously mentioned groups.

I don't know if our system of determining who is in poverty and who isn't works. What I do know is that many children in various communities go to school without having eaten in days. No, it's not going for weeks at a time like in Africa (that I know of), but I do know of instances where children go for almost a week without proper care and food.

Who do you think looks after little Johnny while mom's tricking and drugging it up on the street? Is it Johnny's fault that mom's a whore? No. Little Johnny is one of many children neglected in our society. Another question: who is trying to get anorexic, drugged up, and prostituting mommy some help? Very few people. These poor people, "Johnny" and "mommy", are only a couple of people out there who are literally in the famine category of poverty.

I'm not writing this as a judgement of society. I'm not blaming anyone for what is happening here. I'm not looking for solutions to this problem. I'm just responding to Blake's blog post.

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Posted by Samantha at 08:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (7)

No way! This is new to me...

v-girl.com offers the public a mobile girlfriend to download and date. This artificial lady can be your constant companion who shares her secrets, provides conversation, and comes with realistic 3D animation.

V-girl also comes with the bonus of screwing you out of real money when you send her a gift, contains life-like emotions ('cause what everyone wants is some fake whiny nag that you can't even get busy with), and she increases your phone bill as you get more and more obsessed with playing the game.

Just wait, the next thing we'll see is a bunch of weirdos marrying their virtual partners. As if people marrying their dog or cat isn't disturbing enough.

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Posted by Samantha at 02:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

Have you wanted to, but never did because you were told that there's a blue, purple, or red dye that will colour the water if you do? I don't know if you've heard it, but I was told that line as a kid. I always believed it, too.

I probably wouldn't have done it myself, but I used to look around in the pool as a kid passed by to see if a coloured streak followed the kid while swimming. That way, I'd know if they peed in the pool, and I'd know to avoid that area while swimming.

Well, when I got older, I wanted to research it to see if they did use a dye and what kind of chemicals were used. I found that there was, in fact, no special pee dye. I had been tricked, lied to, and forced to get out of the pool and pee in the designated toilet.

Although I found this information and am sharing it with you, I think that we should all keep it hush-hush and continue to spread the rumour because I don't know about you, but I certainly don't want more pee in the pool, or as some would call it, the public toilet.

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Posted by Samantha at 12:03 AM | Permalink | Comments (17)

WARNING: link contains religious content. Viewer's discretion is advised.

Oh, sweet Bajebus... this one isn't for the faint of heart; and please tell me you don't want a copy for yourself.

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Posted by Samantha at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (10)

King Erasmus forced me to write about this article that I get a kick of.

How crappy is our police force (you know, I looked for another word other than "crappy" to describe them, but nothing else cut it... they can be craptacular at the best of times), but I digress.... As I was saying, how crappy is our police force, US and Canada alike (most likely other parts of the world as well), that they do such a despicable thing as this...

A man, Ricky, with his family in tow, was pulled over for a routine seatbelt violation when the officer ran his license and found an unpaid traffic ticket as a secondary offense, but as The Denver Channel notes, "the fact is, he had [paid the ticket] and the computer got it wrong". Ricky was told that his wife, Mercedes, would have to drive instead.

While Mercedes, aka Mercy, nursed her baby, the copper ran her license, then headed back to the car.

What ensued is reprehensible.

Without an explanation, the nursing baby was taken from its mother's bossom as she was handcuffed and thrown against the car with her blouse undone. All the while, her children were in the backseat of the car watching and crying as the bad man arrested her. When asked why she was being arrested, the officer merely replied, "you need to be silent".

And, according to Rocky Mountain News

"Even after Mercy Archuleta told the trooper she had been a victim of identity theft several years ago, he refused to let her go, saying there was a warrant for her arrest in a domestic-violence case in Lakewood."

Mercy was then stripped-searched and booked at the Jefferson County jail, even though she was found not to have any of the tattoos and scars that the suspect had. One officer admitted that she knew Mercy wasn't the suspect in question, but when Mercy asked if they could call someone and release her, the officer said, "Nope, I can't do that".

And the story gets better...

Apparently, a detective on the case of the tattooed suspect made a significant error when Mercy's name was shown on the crime computer, which happened to be an alias for the real suspect, Phyllis Rivera, by issuing a warrant for Mercy's name instead.

(I'm sorry, I have to interject here, all I hear when I read that part about the crime computer is the Batman change-of-scene music: da nananananananana)

The detective never attempted to locate Mercy to ensure that she was not the actual suspect. And worse yet, the detective never pulled a photo of either women to verify identity.

The Denver Channel states, "The Lakewood officer involved has been reprimanded, but not suspended".

So, what does this mean? After such behaviour, the cop can get paid and stay on the job, but isn't allowed any coffee or donut breaks?

Folks, I'm afraid I have to agree with King Erasmus on this one. That family had better sue with all their might. Well, within reason. Yes, the police officer did his job, but he didn't give the woman a chance to button up. Yes, they knowingly strip-searched and booked an innocent person. Yes, it was embarrassing, but necessary to hold her until it got sorted out, so perhaps the family should only get a little compensation for that act. But, the major crime of the police department was in the lousy detective work. It brings shame onto a section of criminology that I admire to some degree. Yes, I hope there is some form of compensation other than a mere apology for this family. I hope they get some money.

I guess I've just got to hope for Mercy.

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Posted by Samantha at 08:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (9)

Well, this could become as serious as the Overheard In New York problem where the woman uses finger quotes while driving and chatting on her cell phone. Now, we have the possible fear of having nuts piddling around on the Internet while driving.

Thanks to Science News Daily, we learn that Microsoft is developing software that will incorporate wireless capabilities into the automotive industry.

I have one thing to say about this... Knight Rider here we come. We are, perhaps, one step closer to a world where cars talk to us, as was the case with Nut Rider's car K.I.T.T., aka Knight Industries Two Thousand.

VEHICLE FUNCTIONS taken from Knight Rider Online:

"PRIMARY FUNCTIONS 1. Automatic Pilot 2. Voice analyzer 3. Infrared Tracking Scope (Range: 10 miles) 4. Pyroclastic Lamination (Maintains cool body temperature in extreme heat) 5. Blood Analyzer 6. Microwave Jammer 7. Interior Oxygenator 8. X-Ray 9. Flame Thrower 10. Rocket Boosters 11. Smokescreen 12. Trajectory Guidance System (Launches KITT at any angle within 90 degree arc) 13. Oil Jets 14. Olfactory Detector 15. Spectrograph

ANCILLARY FUNCTIONS 1. Electromagnetic Field Generator 2. Microwave Ignition Sensor (Activates other engines) 3. Aquatic Synthesizer 4. Electronic Field Disrupter 5. Ultramagnesium Charges 6. Grappling Hook 7. Ultraphonic Chemical Analyzer 8. Two Wheel Skis 9. Graphic Translator (Sketches likenesses from verbal input) 10. Anamorphic Equalizer"

Knight Rider's second season dvd box set is now available.

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Posted by Samantha at 03:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

For those curious Georges out there, and you know who you are - yah I'm looking at you - I have made my private blogroll public, other than my personal reads.

Yes, that means that now you will have the privilege of RANDOMLY clicking onto other people's blogs over the net, if you so choose to. This is a great way to learn about what is out there in terms of news, opinions, wackiness, and junk.

Hopefully, not too much junk.

It is also a great way to get others to notice you and to work your way up the TTLB ladder as you comment on new sites, since they will likely come to your blog to check you out in return.

IMPORTANT FYI:
I haven't weeded out the porn (so you might still get lucky, unless you get caught at work looking), profane (including plain-old poor taste), and pro-PETA sites (I apologise, I am truly sorry if you happen upon one of those).

So, check out the random sites to the left of the screen, or for those who suffer from right/left differentiation, that would be the RANDOM BLOGROLL underneath OTHER BLOGS.

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Posted by Samantha at 01:02 AM | Permalink | Comments (23)

We all know that road signs get stolen all the time, right, but in Austria, they are having a heck of a time with some British road sign thieves.

As ROFASix notes, "Mayor Siegfried Hauppl has a problem [with] Brits who keep stealing his city’s road signs that contain the name of his town. Hauppl is the mayor of the Austrian village of Fucking."

ROFASix goes on to suggest that the mayor contact US towns like Blue Balls, Intercourse, and Climax to determine how to handle his problem.

May I also add a list of Canadian towns that the mayor can look into in fighting this evil crime: Stoner, Dildo, Spread Eagle, Pecker's Point, and Sackville among others?

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Posted by Samantha at 12:16 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Levin married Saturday, in Long Island accompanied by celebrity guests Keanu Reeves, Billy Joel, Sting, and Ellen Barkin. The couple met on the set of the movie "Gothika" and have been dating ever since.

I wonder if Downey can maintain a more level-headed life now that he's found a woman who keeps tabs on him. Is he really a reformed man, or are his old habits going to creep back up on him?

For those who haven't heard about Downey's embarrassing past, in 1996 he had been pulled over for a routine speeding offense when police found heroin, crack and an unloaded gun in his car. As a result of his behaviour, Downey spent six years in and out of both prison and rehab.

Downey claims that since he met Levin, he became a new man by maintaining sobriety and taking over a new leaf. Downey states that Levin keeps him on a "freaking choke chain" and he loves it People Online. Kinky!

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Posted by Samantha at 12:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Has everyone with kids got their school supplies? If not, head on over to Walmart, Target, Kohls, Kmart, and many more cheap stores for a variety of wonderful new supplies at third world prices.

Disclaimer: www.samanthaburns.com does not endorse, promote, nor is affiliated with any of the aforementioned products or services.
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UPDATE: MR.BIG didn't get this one when he read it, so I'm going to try to make it more obvious. If you have any suggestions, go ahead and write them, but my subtle commentary was supposed to be about some stores and slave labour, sweatshops, you know, forced labour and the like. Hence, the third world prices statement. Geesh, I try to do something funny, and Mr. Bringdown ruins it for everyone, lol.

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Posted by Samantha at 03:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

I was asked recently by Diane's Stuff and MR.BIG what a neo-hippy is in comparison to the late 60's - 70's hippy. Yes, other's have coined terms for these modern hippies such as web-hippies, cyber-hippies, and zippies, but I find that neo-hippy is more appropriate because they are a new-age type of hippy - not all are into the Internet - but they are different from the flower child of the 70's.

The way I figure it, the folks out there protesting in today's day and age are different from the hippies of the 70's. There was a certain innocence in the flower child that does not and cannot exist with the neo-hippy. They aren't exactly about peace and love, and some good tune-age, they seem to be more about violence for the sake of arguing a point and would rather partake of damage and destruction than tolerance and acceptance.

This Hippy Site states what a hippy is,

"To be a hippie you must believe in peace as the way to resolve differences among peoples, ideologies and religions. The way to peace is through love and tolerance. Loving means accepting others as they are, giving them freedom to express themselves and not judging them based on appearances. This is the core of the hippie philosophy."

I just find that whenever there is a protest where neo-hippies linger, there is not a lot of love, peace, and tolerance, nor "accepting others as they are". Every neo-hippy I've encountered, including some of my acquaintances, has tried to force their beliefs down my throat and then get irate and storm out of the room when others discuss things from their own point of view. Sure they have liberal views similar to the 70's hippies, but they give no freedom of expression to others... it's their way or no way.

Still not convinced? Look at the violence of the 1999 Woodstock. Did that embarrassment happen at the 1969 Woodstock, heck no. Today's hippy philosophy is lash out for no good reason, and when there is reason, lash out with force to the extreme.

While I'm on the subject of hippies, if you are one or enjoy getting high and watching freak shows, don't forget to get your tickets to Burning Man August 29 - September 5.

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Posted by Samantha at 12:57 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Having worked in in the drive-thru section of fast food, I feel I have an admissible right to call some cashiers dimwits, especially this one... Grapevine's Ramblings.

It seems that Brandon had the misfortune of going through a fast food drive thru where the chicky-doodle behind the counter was busy chatting on her cell phone. I'm sorry, but some of those workers are so simpleminded that I'm surprised she had the ability to do two things at once, and I'm surprised she didn't ring Brandon up a party pack for 50 people or something.

Oh, you'd better believe I'll have more to come in the future on the wonders of the fast food business, and the crappola pay, and the fun of coworkers, and the craziness of the whole industry, and...

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Posted by Samantha at 12:56 AM | Permalink

To those people out there who know who Rick Mercer is, a Canadian who does satirical political commentary, I am presently one spot below him on the TTLB list.

To check out his blog, Rick Mercer.

To learn more about the man who did shows such as "Talking to Americans", "Made in Canada", and "This Hour Has 22 Minutes", click on wikipedia.org for a complete description of the man.

One of the memorable "Talking to Americans" segments was when Mercer spoke with some US citizens and told them that Canada needed a barge to pull the country together because the Arctic ice was melting and pulling the country apart. Mercer convinced people on the street to plead to their country to lend a barge because Canada was going bipolar.

The secret to Mercer's satirical success for this show is that he can keep a straight face while convincing people on the street of ridiculous Canadian "facts". Not to mention that many Americans have not been taught much of Canadian history in their schools, plus many care little about America Junior as long as we don't give them any hastles.

Another hilarious bit was when Mercer convinced some Americans on the streets that Canada has a $5 coin called the Woody. Or how about the time that Mercer convinced Al Gore that the capitol of Canada recently moved from Ottawa to Toronto, and another segment where he convinced Americans that the capitol building was a huge igloo? For a few more segments, link over to comcast.net.

My standing below Mercer's blog may change rather rapidly, however, as the TTLB ecosystem is undergoing some tweaking, "and as a result, there have been some wild swings in total link counts", according to n.z.'s blog from TTLB.

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Posted by Samantha at 03:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Oh, you don't know how disheartened I was when I went through a search on gambling monkeys and came up with this... msnbc.com.

I mean, yay, for neuro-research, but boo, for not seeing a little picture of a bunch of monkeys sitting around a card table with a drink in one hand and a cigar in the other.

(yes, PETA, I want to see drunkin' monkeys inhaling the toxic fumes of cigars, which are depleting the earth of bounteous natural... blah blah blah).

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Posted by Samantha at 12:09 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

This is too (finger quote) funny (end finger quote) for me...

"I'm in a bus stuck in traffic. I look out the window down at this woman driving alone in her car. She's talking on her cell phone. After watching her continue to talk for 15 seconds or so, I see her suddenly put the cell between her ear and shoulder, release the steering wheel and use both hands to give the "in quotes" gesture. I'm sure this helped alleviate any possible misinterpretation of what she was saying to the person on the other end of the phone."

There are plenty more bizarre and hilarious overheard conversations like this one at Overheard In New York.com.

Hat Tip: Cyber Chocolate

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Posted by Samantha at 12:06 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Oh, good gracious. Hahahaha... I can't believe it.

DragonLady's comment sums it up perfectly about a zoo in China trying to get its Chimpanzee to quit smoking.

Their excuse for not doing so is probably lame like they're worried about its emotional and psychological state.

You know, I really should make a category called Idiots or Idiots In The News.

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Posted by Samantha at 06:59 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Can anyone explain that stinkin' Kia Sportage commercial to me?

It's the one where someone drives the car a little ways, gets out, and throws the keys to someone else. That someone else gets in, drives a little, gets out, throws the keys to someone else. And it continues until the end of the commercial.

Nobody seems to want the car. It's like they test drive it and say "no thanks" and pass it on to someone else. What were they thinking when they made up this commercial?

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Posted by Samantha at 01:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (11)

Scientists have created a paper thin battery that runs on Urine Power. This device is meant to provide electricity to disease test kits such as diabetes rather than having to rely on lithium as a power source.

I'm torn as to whether I'd like to see this evolve into a power source for running vehicles. On the one hand, it would be great for the environment, but on the other, I really don't want to have to see people standing on the side of the road pissing into their tanks.

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Posted by Samantha at 01:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (7)

Here's a quick thought, one I ponder...

The US uses red for conservatives, and blue for liberals - Canada uses red for liberals and blue for conservatives.

Did they all get together and decide that because they knew that one day I'd be completely perplexed by this issue?

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Posted by Samantha at 01:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Thanks to Diane's Stuff who got it from DragonLady's World for this quiz.

I am 27% White Trash.

The white trash in my blood will not keep me from becoming a doctor or a lawyer, but it will keep me from a good haircut and any sort of fashion sense.

Take the
White Trash Test
@ FualiDotCom

Great, so I guess this means I'll be going to college, but I won't be getting any of that college action.

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Posted by Samantha at 06:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (9)

Oh brother, this one's too funny. Building Brewsmith dot Com is having a heck of a time getting Walmart to acknowledge an issue: car batteries being drug through the store is a safety concern as it leaks acid.

I just love this portion of the reply they sent:

"Our goal is to forward your message to the proper department"

They actually wrote that. "our goal", ha. Like Brewsmith says, "then do it". Really, why the heck would anyone send that sort of information? How about just sending it to the proper place and have them reply to the issue?

Well, I know why. It's because they are trying to skirt the issue. Make it go away, if you will. If they frustrate the disputer long enough, they will likely deflect the issue altogether and in their lazy way, will not solve the problem at hand. A brilliant avoidance tactic, I must say.

Not only that, but to proceed in annoying their "complainer" (sorry Brewsmith, that's just how THEY see you), they ask that an address, location, and specific store be given to them. Obviously, this has no relevance to the issue as it applies to all Walmart stores. Did they even read the complaint letter? Doubtful.

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Posted by Samantha at 03:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Okay, now I'm confused because I may just want to end up living in a dictatorial place like Turkmenistan.

The President of Turkmenistan has recently called for a ban on lip synching, claiming that it has "a negative effect on the development of singing and musical art".

In 2001, the president also banned any operas and ballets that didn't correspond with the "national mentality". Further, he has banned young people from acquiring gold tooth caps, as well as wearing beards and long hair.

I may not want to live in a country that maintains such outlandish injunctions, but some of those bans sound pretty tempting to me.

Milli Vanilli and Ashley Simpson be gone!

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Posted by Samantha at 12:16 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Sharon Osbourne has struck the limelight again after berating Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson. Fortunately, I didn't have to hear her annoyingly high-pitched voice to read about this one,

"From day one, Bruce Dickinson started berating Ozzy and belittling the Ozzfest audience. Out of 200-plus bands over the last 10 years, he has been the only person who hasn't had the Ozzfest spirit. He thought he was at a battle of the bands, always making comments about other artists."

But, Sharon, please... don't depreciate Dickinson, as it may not be his fault what with all the reality competition shows like American Idol, Rockstar INXS, and So You Think You Can Dance. Perhaps he just got into the moment of it all.

Actually, according to Iron Maiden's manager, the band was sabotaged on stage with a premeditated barrage of bottle tops, lighters, and eggs. They won't release who planned the attack, but they refuse to correspond with Osbourne as a result.

I guess being a rock and roll star isn't all just chicks, booze, and drugs afterall. There's actually tension between bands, too. And, I thought it was mostly about the music; how naive.

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Posted by Samantha at 12:14 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I feel like a weight has been lifted... from my pocket.

I am grateful to inform my fellow Canadians that the proposal to make a $5 coin has been subsided by a poll of hostile Canadians (well, as hostile as Canadians can be, I guess. "No, we don't like it, eh, you hosers, take off eh"). The Edmonton Journal informs that the federal government has backed off of their $5 coin idea and has chosen to use their savings to help fund Olympic athletes.

I suppose this is good news for athletes who want to kick some butt at the 2010 Olympics held in Vancouver, BC. I, however, could see many more effective uses of our "savings", including fixing this health care system or our lack of a military.

I guess I should just be happy that my purse straps won't be breaking from the heaviness of all these coins. Not to mention, glad that I won't have to see all men carrying purses, or murses, in daily life.

Let's just hope the the US doesn't decide to go with coinage instead of bills 'cause you'd better believe we'll be right there tagging along, America Junior - as H.J. Simpson calls us.

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Posted by Samantha at 12:10 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Hat Tip: The Waterglass

What say we begin using animal rights extremists as our guinea pigs since they don't want us using the actual animal to help save lives?

It appears a family that breeds guinea pigs is being forced to close their farm after animal rights activists dug up and stole the remains of the family's 82 year old mother-in-law from the St. Peter's churchyard in Yoxall, Staffs.

According to the information, such behaviour and the loss of the breeding industry would "hurt patients and damage an industry that employing 22,000 people and is worth £3.6 billion a year to the British economy."

This sort of behaviour is offensive beyond belief. The activists appear to me to have very low moral standing in society if they don't have respect for the dead. Plus, I'll bet you anything that if any one of them were writhing in agony from some medical disease or health problem, they'd be begging for a little guinea pig testing to save their own lives.

Appalling as it is, it also sounds as though PETA will continue this repugnant conduct since they argue that nonviolence is ineffective.

What is it about terrorism that these freaks find appealing? I mean, I agree with the Waterglass that they aren't winning any supporters with this behaviour.

I, for one, am becoming more and more opposed to disgruntled rejects like PETA and other neo-hippy groups because their actions are becoming more and more detestable.

I like animals and even think there may be a better way to solve the world's problems than by experimenting on them, but the more I hear about these horrific extremist actions, the more I want to get in touch with the biologist in me and dissect a few rodents of my own.

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Posted by Samantha at 04:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (10)

Okay, I really don't like polls, I think they're biased and can cause a lot of misinformation and skewing of the facts and realities of many situations, but I think this one may be correct, or at least somewhat accurate, for merely one reason.

The American Research Group claims in the polls that Bush has 36% support and 58% of "the people" think he isn't doing his job well as a president.

However, I think the main reason for this issue is the total lack of media support for the president. Much of the media does everything it can to bash the man, even though he's working towards protecting his country. Does this make any sense?

The only sense I see is that the media began with a little Bush bashing, noticed that some readers listened to them or at least bought their magazines, now they are bashing in full force merely because it makes for a good read. But, along the way, it picks up some believers and then gets wide support against Bush. We're talking media manipulation, people.

Okay, there may have been some mistakes along the way - nobody's completely infallible - but the man saved many people's lives. If he and his crew didn't take the immediate action that they did, we'd all be in a bit of hot water. Do you think the water's tepid or so cold that we don't have to worry about another attack? Of course, we do. People say the war is over, pull out, but is it really? Terror is still out there and if we give up like "the media" is manipulating people to think, then we will likely have more problems in the future.

For one thing, 9/11 taught us that it doesn't take many resources to plan a massive attack; that is, it doesn't take much to have huge and deadly outcomes when a country is supporting terrorists, whether there are weapons of mass destruction or not. I mean, that is the biggest argument against the war - that they've found no WMD, but WMD are not the only way to kill thousands. What's important to keep tabs on are the countries that support those who want to kill us. We need to stay on top of our game or the screwballs will come out of the woodwork again. And, those who want to kill us are not just al-qaida, there are many many other terrorist groups, like Hamas for instance that we have to be concerned about.

I don't have all the answers for this one, but I do know that pretty much everyone rallied for Bush immediately after 9/11 because he was saving our hides, and now that it's been a while, people are tending to forget that for some reason.

What Others Are Saying:

michellemalkin.com

littlegreenfootballs.com

breitbart.com, "...Withdrawl would weaken US"

breitbart.com, "Bush Supporters..."

washingtonpost.com

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Posted by Samantha at 01:12 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

And you thought it couldn't get any worse. TV reality has indeed hit a new low as Tommy Lee Goes To College.

And the first episode on the agenda: pimp my dorm room, as he spreads his new room with leopard print sheets, a minibar, and a big screen tv.

And what is with that craptacular narrator, I didn't know they could make a more effeminate version of Fraser Crane, although Kelsey Grammer does make for a good Sideshow Bob.

In his first episode, Mr. Lee looks for a new roommate, and the contenders: an Asian guy with no sense of musical taste (that is, he's never heard of Motley Crue), another guy who doesn't seem to have a clue and doesn't have a Motley Crue album in his collection, or a gay snorer. The winner, some dweeb pushover named Matt that at least had an inkling of who Tommy was.

Tommy's first class: Chemistry, second class: English, and all the while, Tommy looks like a stooge. What's the point of this show again?

Oh ya, to scan some breasts over the airwaves to the guys watching. Yup, already Tommy has a tutor, and who woulda thunk it, she's a blonde sorority girl. No, that couldn't have been a set up for the show. I refuse to believe it.

I think that's about the only way to gain viewership, Tommy m'boy, 'cause this show sucks.

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Posted by Samantha at 01:11 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Yes, Stan, yes, we are idiots to that degree. We require warning labels that tell us, "no, don't drink that motor oil, it's dangerous" and "yes, please put the gas nozzle back in its proper holder".

We are also idiots to the extent that we still require instructions on how to wash our own hair with shampoo. "So, what comes after I put the shampoo in my hair and lather it? Oh, that's right, rinse it". Duh, h'okay, they must think we are all a bunch of Big Mooses from the Archie comics.

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Posted by Samantha at 01:09 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

This does not sound like a sane person to me.

According to Canadian Expatriates, Karla Homolka is starving for more media attention, despite her original worry of being in the public eye and drawing too much attention to herself.

It seems that now she has turned to blaming the police for the manslaughter crime she committed against 2 schoolgirls and her sister.

The Ottawa Sun reports,

In her allegations against Ontario authorities, Homolka asserted that if police had not "f----- up" the Scarborough Rapist probe into her ex-husband Paul Bernardo, the pair's three victims would be alive.

"They f----- up royally. If they had of done their job, nobody would have been killed -- nobody!" she said.

"They didn't do their job. They had the DNA a year before anybody was murdered -- a year! They didn't test it! They had him. They f----- up! They f----- up big time!"

Ya, so apparently, this is supposed to cut it as reasoning for why she aided in the murder of those people? So, had the police made no errors whatsoever, she would not have killed those young people or done something horrifically wrong on her own? I'm afraid that if you are mental enough to kill with your accomplice Paul Bernardo, than you are messed up enough to act horrendously on your own.

Not to mention, that regardless of what others do or don't do, regardless of what the police did or didn't do, we all have a responsibility to obey the laws on our own. If the laws say don't kill, then don't kill lady.

Oh ya, and also don't mention the fact that you had a moral obligation to choose not to aid in the rape and murder of those kids. Sure, blame everyone, but the one responsible. Oh, did I mention that using the f-word frequently is a sign of low intelligence?

For someone who wants to protect herself by staying out of the public eye, she's doing a bang-up job. The next thing you know, we'll be seeing her in the Hollywood spotlight like some other temporary nobodies-turned-somebody - Monica Lewinski, Anna Nicole Smith, and William Hung, to name a few.

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