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[3 May 2010 | 2 Comments | 459 views]
Why can’t Halle Berry keep a man?

Here we go again… another Halle Berry breakup story.  At some point you have to start thinking that maybe she’s the one that has the issues, not each and every man that she’s been with for her entire career.
After highly publicized relationships with R&B singer Christopher Williams and an abusive relationship with Wesley Snipes that left her partially deaf in her right ear, Halle’s first marriage was to former baseball player David Justice, shortly after midnight on January 1, 1993.  The couple separated in 1996 and their divorce was finalized …

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[1 May 2010 | No Comment | 450 views]
Send Detroit School Teachers to Jail?!?

A group called the Detroit Parent Network is calling for arrests of their public school teachers… seriously!!!! On the organization’s website they have this quote “Detroit Parent Network is a premier parent organization that transforms parents to make Detroit a better place to raise and educate our children”.
OK, all this has stemmed from a national test score program that rated Detroit’s public schools the worst in nation.  How bad you ask? well to begin with 69% of their 4th grade kids has below BASIC {not average} skills, 77% of 8th …

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[15 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 532 views]
Yes or No for Pot

I compiled a pro/con list on whether or not we as a county should legalize marijuana.
So put this in your pipe and smoke it.
Yes

The drug generally isn’t more harmful than alcohol or tobacco if used in moderation.
Limiting the use of the drug intrudes on personal freedom.
Legalization would mean a lower price; thus, related crimes (like theft) would be reduced.
There are medical benefits such as the those for cancer patients.
Street justice related to drug disputes would be reduced.
It could be a source of additional tax revenues.
Police and court resources would be freed …