The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

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Posted by Samantha at 01:13 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Posted by Samantha at 12:18 AM | Permalink

Lets sell some make-up gals - oh maybe not!

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

You gotta love this. It looks like it might work too. Well hey, sorry, what can I say...girls just wanna have fun!

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:00 AM | Permalink

This has been quite an interesting week and also a sad week while I was away. The rescuers have yet to reach the trapped miners in Utah. Three rescuers died and another six were injured.

My prayers are with the families in Utah for both the trapped miners and the rescuers. I cannot imagine what they are experiencing. Only God knows if they are still alive, and if they are, for how much longer they can hold on - if at all. My heart breaks for all involved - what a sad, sad situation.

I read this week that the so-called Palestinians are once again trying to force more Christians out of Gaza. Several weeks ago you may recall that I wrote on how these thugs kidnapped a Christian woman and forced her to convert to Islam. I am sure they would have killed her had she not complied with their force and brutality.

On a very interesting note I was at the pharmacy today and met a Coptic Christian woman. Apparently she was subbing for today only at CVS as their pharmacist. She is originally from Egypt.

Those of you that read here frequently know I lived in Egypt for several years. During the course of our conversing, mostly in English, we talked about her hometown of Alexandria, Egypt, which I stayed in for several days on vacation while living in Egypt. It is a beautiful city on the Mediterranean Sea. The sunsets are a site to behold.

As the conversation progressed we touched on the fact that there have been many outbreaks of violence in Alexandria regarding the jailed Egyptian blogger, Kareem, whom I have written on in the past. She readily agreed that of late things were looking grim in her hometown and actually admitted to me that this is why she and so many others from her native country have come to America to live. That is saying a lot about the state of Egypt, its lack of freedom, and the danger that lurks causing Egyptians to flee their own country.

There is still more insanity continuing regarding illegal immigration. You know what? I am truly at a point where I just do not care anymore. The elected people on The HILL are not going to do anything about this problem - they do not care because they do not see it as affecting them - and it does not affect them. Unfortunately for us it is affecting our lives in the jobs we are hired for or lose - because you either speak Spanish or better learn, because you will be left behind.

Though this problem of illegals will not go away - we can ad least demand that if you are in this country have enough respect for the country that you broke in to and stole from to learn English.

As an American I find it disgustingly hypocritical that we bend over backwards to make sure the Hispanic/Latino populous is understood and can understand in their native tongue - yet forty years ago this would have been unheard of. In fact, in my fathers time, when he immigrated here to the United States he was told to learn English, he was required to take American History classes taught by ICE, and adapt to the American lifestyle. Also, he was told he must sign a contract agreeing to adhere to the afore mentioned.

Not today - not anymore. Now we all must learn Spanish, okay - I have no real problem with that - BUT - the Hispanic/Latino counterparts had better learn English. That is my final word on it.

At the weeks end and going into a new week I am wishing all my dear readers the best that life has to offer you and may God continue to bless each and every one of you. Thank you for reading The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns and thank you for continuing to grace me with your comments.

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:00 AM | Permalink

I missed you all and I missed writing. I have been so busy the last several days and I am excited to be back! For now, I will just say that I am too tired to write tonight but you all can look for some great rants over the weekend.

Goodnight and sleep tight - I know I will!

Talk to you all sometime tomorrow! Stay tuned……….

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Posted by Samantha at 04:19 AM | Permalink

I will be away on business the next few days. Please enjoy reading many of my recent articles and of course browse this great blog for all of Sam's rants.

See you all on Thursday!

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 02:41 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Everyone loved Goodfellas and I am no except. Besides, this is my lazy day Sunday where I prefer to say little and cruise through the day without any real thoughts.

Just fun and relaxation are on my mind and that is what I am hoping is on your mind too!

Enjoy this Sunday afternoon mini clip matinee!

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Posted by Samantha at 12:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

If you have not heard about "fire in the hole" then let me explain it to you. This is an Internet fueled prank that teens are engaging in. Police are looking for the culprits in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania.

Basically this is a done via drive-through's at Subway, Wendy's, and other fast food chains. The teen orders their food, then when they proceed to the take-out window they throw a drink, sometimes laced with hot pepper, and throw the drink into the unsuspecting employee yelling "fire in the hole!"

Police in Westmoreland County say they're still looking for the people responsible for an Internet-fueled prank known as "fire in the hole."

Police say two more incidents have occurred, both at the Taco Bell in Norwin Hills shopping plaza, since a drive-through worker at a nearby Subway restaurant was targeted on July 31st.

The prank involves people who throw drinks at clerks who work at the drive-through windows, and yell "fire in the hole." Police say the pranks are usually recorded on camera phones or other devices and uploaded onto video-sharing sites like YouTube.

Police in North Huntingdon Township have not charged anyone in the attacks at this point.

More "fire-in-the-hole" attacks have been reported in North Huntingdon, police said.

The latest incident happened Tuesday at the drive-through of a Taco Bell in the Norwin Hills shopping center, according to police.

Police said there is video footage that shows a teenager ordering a soda, taking it from the fast-food worker, yelling "fire in the hole" and throwing it back in her face.

It is completely reprehensible that YouTube has no morals and standards by hosting such sick videos. Furthermore, our youth has become more depraved as time goes on because of not only what they are exposed to, but what parents are not doing - parenting their child - not in all cases, but many.

Though I am sure there are many good families and parents that do their best for their children - the sub-culture of corrupted youth is a huge influence on our children. This is not just your average one time prank.

As a matter of fact, this so-called prank is not funny in the least and has caused countless embarrassment and discomfort to the victims. What sort of mindset affords one to even think for one minute that this prank is funny?

I must say that I am finding less good in our youth and much wrong with the parents of many that have given up, because our society promotes immorality and living for the moment.

This is a no win situation for our young children, teens, and adults. It is time adults send a strong message that this not only will not be tolerated any longer, but that severe punishment will befall those that have no respect for the rule of the law.

This behavior is akin to lawlessness. It must be confronted and stopped. Contact your local youth groups and police departments and ask what you can do within your own community to reach out to the youth.

Not all parents have given up, but enough have or have not parented that we can see such a decline in teen behavior to the point it is merciless.

When a nation loses its youth to immorality - a nation falls - as is the U.S. slowly falling. These are sad days and we must all step up to the plate to help save our youth and our nation.

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Blaming Dick Cheney as some have is lame no matter how well you spin the political jargon with "sound good" intellect. Cheney will not make or break the Republicans. I would on the other hand be willing to bet that the President Bush's lack of popularity and having crossed his own political base - to the point they want nothing to do with him - will hurt the Republicans far more than anyone or any one thing. Bush is like what the new agers refer to as "bad Karma."

As for the candidates themselves, I take issue with Ron Paul. He comes across like a Democratic mole.

I am not fond of John McCain for matters that go beyond the politics of the day. My issues with McCain deal with how he teamed up with John Kerry in the early 1990's dismissing a bill that would have kept the search alive for missing POWs in Vietnam.

McCain having once been a POW shocked many with his decision to abandon the search, calling it futile. He proved to many that his loyalties lay with politics, not the American people and the families that lost loved ones in another one of America's huge debacles.

I personally have been backing Rudy Giuliani - not because he is some saint - he is far from it. Ronald Reagan once said, "If you can agree with a candidate 80% of the time then you can support that candidate." That is where I stand with Giuliani - right now he is our greatest hope or our worst nightmare. Having said that, it could be worse.

Fred Thompson is a bust - plain and simple. His wife, Jeri, is a real piece of work. The fact that his campaign strategists had to tell her to back off and stop trying to run the show and call the shots was quite enlightening. She is also not First Lady material - far from it. The only thing Jeri has going is being Fred's trophy wife. Thompson himself still has not officially announced that he is running and from the look and sound of things - it is best that he just stay out of the race while he is ahead - and that is saying very little of his weak character.

As for the remaining GOP candidates there is not much to say either way, they are slowly fading out. I will add here, however, that there is a real possibility Newt Gingrich could get into the race this fall. Now that is something that could excite me. It would make for intelligent politics and force the Democrats to use their brains instead of their backsides.

Many of my readers as well as those in the media have been predicting that many Republicans will not come out to vote for the 2008 Presidential race if their candidate of choice is not picked. To not vote, because your candidate of choice was not picked is sheer lunacy.

You have the right to vote as an American citizen - it is a privilege. You cannot decry that the Democrats are insane and then turn around and not vote. This would make you crazier than any Democrat walking.

Not voting in 2008, to prove your disapproval of the GOP's final pick is paramount to giving the White House to the Democrats. All I have to say to you is that if you do not vote, and the White House goes Democratic - I don't want to hear one peep out of you, not one peep. You got what you deserved.

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:00 AM | Permalink

Four firefighters in San Diego were forced to participate in a gay parade. The firefighters also say they were the victims of verbal and sexual abuse from the watching crowd. The Chief of the San Diego Firefighters, who is a lesbian, apologized for the incident promising it would never happen again and no one would be required to do this against their will.This was not a complaint about this being a gay parade, but about the harassment and sexual overtures made by the crowd.

The firefighters are going to sue saying their Constitutional Rights were violated.

Sidebar: Did you know that if the "Hate Crime Bill" is passed in the United States you will not be allowed to make any reference to ones sexual orientation, not even jokingly, or you will be held responsible for committing a hate crime.

Also, note that if you do not condone this behavior, but are in the company of a person conducting themselves in a manner that can be perceived as committing a hate crime - "verbally" - you could also be held responsible.

BUT...........

Could this be viewed as a hate crime against our children made in 1987 by a gay man?

The Boston Gay Community News, February 15, 1987, Michael Swift, wrote:

"We (homosexuals) shall sodomize your sons ... we shall seduce them in your schools, in your dormitories, in your gymnasiums, in your locker rooms, in your sports arenas, in your seminaries, in your groups, in your movie theater bathrooms, in your army bunkhouses, in your truck stops, in your all-male clubs, in your houses of congress ... you sons will do our bidding. They will be recast in our image. They will come to crave and adore us."

Bring it on people - I want to hear from you!

What say you?

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Listening to Fox News yesterday I was struck by a report and interview done by Julie Banderas. Banderas reported that many states, but just recently in Maine, a bill was passed that would hold parents completely responsible for their teens alcohol consumption. In particular, if the drinking was done in the teens home under parental knowledge, however, lack of that knowledge does not allow the parent off the hook.

I do not advocate teen drinking, but in all honesty I drank as a teen with my peers and I would venture to say most of us did. I realize there is always the exception, but for impact, I am not discussing the exception, but the average teen that will drink now and then.

I believe if any adult knowingly contributes to teen drinking, that yes, they should be held responsible. Having said that, if a teen sneaks into the parents liquor cabinet be it locked or unlocked without parental knowledge beforehand, then that parent should not be held liable. That is just wrong. Parents cannot be expected to know all things and be all places all the time. It is just physically and mentally impossible to do that and to expect such is ludicrous.

What I find most offensive about this bill is that it is "big brother" coming into your home and legislating once again how you should raise your child and the consequences thereof if you do not comply.

Even more troubling is the fact that in California schools, and many around the nation following their example allow sexual education and orientation to be taught.

Allow me to be clear on this matter. This article is not about bashing gays and lesbians, whom are good people, and many happen to be friends of mine. It is also not about sex. Sex is a wonderful and beautiful gift to humankind for all to enjoy.

My point is that "big brother" has no right trumping the wishes of parents not wanting their child to be exposed to sexual education and or sexual orientation regarding alternate lifestyles.

I am of the mind set of many, including many gays and lesbians, that sex education and the sexual orientation is something private that should be kept such. Most people do agree that it is the parents responsibility to educate their child regarding sex and sexuality - how they deem fit, not our schools.

Of course we all realize that parents have been overridden on this issue and many other issues such as child pornography. The Supreme Court ruled some years back that child pornography was within the guidelines of the Constitution and did not violate freedom of expression.

It behooves me to think how some laws do not protect our children or their innocence - yet other laws are passed that will penalize a parent if their child is caught drinking in their home and or if something were to happen as a direct result of that drinking.

In other words, "big brother" empowers parents to police their children when it comes to drinking. But when it comes to child safety - protecting a child from the exploitation of pornography - that all of a sudden becomes the right of the individual who takes such pictures - allowing them to do so under our Constitution.

Do you see the crap fed to us by "big brother?" Do you see the dichotomy of it all? It is absurd to think that in one breath parents should be held responsible for their teens drinking and in that same vein a parent has no rights and or input into what is being taught to their child in public schools - in particular sexual education and sexual orientation.

Beginning next week there will be a seven day tour that Banderas reported on where a preacher who is teaching teens in his church the evils of pornography - teams up with a pornography film maker to discuss the issue and its effects on our youth and society in general.

The thought behind the tour is that pornography is infiltrating our homes and schools at the rate fast food has hit our nation over the last forty years. There is no sanctity left in marriage, there is no respect for men and or women, their is no allure, no mystery, just raw - unadulterated pornography and it is corrupting our youth and our society. It has ruined many a lives and destroyed countless marriages.

I realize that reporting on these and other issues and singing to the choir do not make these issues go away and or necessarily change. But one thing is definitely so in this nation - should enough people polarize against an issue, any issue, then we see the shakers and movers jump up into action.

How long are we going to tolerate "big brother" coming into our homes and schools and telling us how we should and or should not be raising our children?

Since when could "morality" ever be legislated?

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

What religion with any sanity would want a convert by force? Would you truly believe that someone who was forced into a religion really would behold that very same religion? I believe not. There is no credibility to such acts of force, but there is a foundation for such practices in Islam. The Muslims Koran allows for such conversions by force - by the sword.

A Gaza Christian woman was forced to become a Muslim then marry a Muslim man that is a professor at the Palestinian International University.

Hamas-aligned officials at Gaza City’s Palestine International University have been accused of forcibly converting one of their female Christian colleagues to Islam.

Sana al-Sayegh, head of the university’s Science and Technology Department, disappeared in late June, reported WorldNetDaily. Days later she contacted her family and indicated that she was being held against her will and would have to marry a Muslim man who was also a professor at the university.

Another week passed and the family received a conversion certificate stating that their daughter was now a Muslim. One of the witnesses who signed the document was the university president, a known Islamist with strong ties to Hamas.

When the family complained to the Hamas authorities, they were promptly visited by a group of heavily-armed militants who insisted Sayegh’s conversion and marriage had been matters of free will.

Sayegh reportedly returned to work last week, but has not contacted her family. Attempts by the family to contact her new husband have gone unanswered.

Gaza is home to a tiny Christian community of only 2,000, among a Muslim majority of more than one million. When Hamas secured outright control of Gaza in June, the group declared that the area’s Christians would have to submit to strict Islamic law.

Religion of peace? Free will? Not on your life my friends.

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

We all should give a big kudos to Mary Katherine Ham for this one! Her video here says it all.

Just for your information - in actuality it is against Islam to even bring the Koran into the Bathroom.

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Now this is what I call great dreads!

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 11:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

This is unbelievable, but true. Talk about a moonbat - a moron - and a dummy!

A man with no arms and one leg who wouldn't stop driving despite a long list of traffic violations was sentenced to five years in prison Friday on felony driving and drug charges.

Michael Francis Wiley, 40, also was sentenced to 15 years of drug offender probation. He pleaded no contest in June to the charges.

"I'd just like to say I know what I did was wrong," Wiley said in court Friday. "I am truly sorry your honor. I am."

Wiley taught himself to drive after losing both arms and a leg in an electrical accident when he was 13. He has already spent more than three years in prison for habitually driving without a license, kicking a state trooper and other charges.

He once had a valid license, but it has been suspended several times since 1985, according to his attorney. He starts the car with his toes, shifts with his knee and steers with the stump of his left arm. He turns on the lights with his teeth.

In his most recent brush with the law last May, Wiley sped off in a Ford Explorer when police approached him at a convenience store, officials said. Officers pursued, but called off the chase after eight minutes because they did not want to put others in danger, police said.

Defense attorney John Hooker pleaded for leniency and a minimum sentence of 2 1/2 years. He cited his client's need for treatment for his many physical and mental health problems, including anxiety, panic attacks, depression and a pain disorder related to his amputations.

In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Wiley said he's done driving.

"I'm beat. The white flag is up," he said. "You can only bang your head against the wall so long before it hurts."

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Lazy day, lazy me, lazy Sunday. Have a great one!

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:00 AM | Permalink

There are some things yo'mama didn't tell you. My mom didn't tell me much. Her mantra was, "you will find out when you grow up." I sure did!

What didn't yo'mama tell you?

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:13 AM | Permalink

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Posted by Samantha at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

I have been hearing the word "bling-bling" thrown around lately. I read someplace that it is a hip hop term. So I decided to google the word "bling" for the fun of it to see what I would come up with and this is some of what I found out.

Wikipedia gives this description of bling or bling-bling:

"Bling-bling" (usually shortened to simply "bling") is a hip hop slang term which refers to elaborate jewelry and other accoutrements, and also to a lifestyle built around excess spending and ostentation.

Now I really have found out why I am not into bling - it is exaggerated elaboration. I mean we can all be elaborate about something, but bling-bling? Dang-Dang no way!

And how about some taste for your party? Wanna try some Bling H2o? This is for real people! Whoo hoo! Butt and all - gotta bling that one guys!

Bling-bling, bling-bling.....do we really care?

Have at it!

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Posted by Layla Elizabeth at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Interesting title with an interesting view - mine, on what life will be like beyond President George W. Bush. Indulge me a tad and forgive the fact please, that I am going to give you pure LaylaElizabethology - but it is good to hear new views - even the ones we may not agree with.

Today I took a cab with my husband to his doctor’s office. Our cabby decided to stay and wait for us. The fellow was friendly and engaging - he was also a conspiracy theory believer, but then why not? He is a Washingtonian so it just comes natural for them to have such far fetched views.

Listening to him on the way to the pharmacy as we drove down the Beltway it occurred to me that this was really a very nice man - a good man - someone I would be glad and proud to call my neighbor.

Lightening struck me at that moment as I was thunderstruck by the realization that other than name calling and hate mongering between the left and right, though so antiquated and outdated as it is referred to still as such-we just are truly not so different.

We all want the same things at the end of the day - believe it or not. Our cabby sounded like you or me. He wanted to be safe and wished to not have to worry about our next inevitable terror attack. That perhaps through Homeland Security and our diligence as responsible citizens we might thwart a would be attack - just as was done recently in the United Kingdom.

What was striking however, is the disdain for Bush. Sadly after seven years of Bush I could relate to how he was feeling because I also felt some of that disdain - on a much smaller scale - but still disdain nonetheless. Bush let so many people down.

It is sad that when the world looks to the United States these days it perceives us as the fore brooding spirit. Unlike Bush’s predecessor Ronald Reagan, Bush does not bring light to the darkness or positives to the negatives. Instead of being a beacon of light for the American people as Reagan once was - Bush has all but become a dying ember.

Looking beyond Bush I am not sure what I envision. I am not ready for a Democrat to replace a Republican - even a failing Republican at that. The Democratic version of the war on terror is more like the soap opera,