Mariah Carey - Obsessed

June 16 2009 -

Mariah Carey will debut her new single entitled “Obsessed” from her forthcoming album – Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, due out August 25th. The single will air today on Chicago’s B96 radio station at approximately 3pm(cst). Visit www.b96hits.com for more info.


Mariah has described this as the perfect summer song. She will attempt to pass the Beatles as the artist with the most number 1 hits ever on the Billboard Music charts! She rests in second place with 18, having passed Elvis Presley on her last album release - E=MC2. Mariah will need 3 more number one hits to surpass the Beatles.


There is much buzz surrounding this new single and the album in general. It is rumored to be Mariah Carey's last studio album. Only time will tell.

What's Good for the Goose...

After reading about the 4 Uighurs from China who have been at the Guantanamo detention center for the last 7 years, I was left confused.


Here are some of the questions that I could not answer to save my life:

Why did the world’s most powerful government with nearly limitless resources only determine after SEVEN years that these four men were not a threat to the U.S. and innocent of any crime?

If we (the U.S.) put them in detention, why were we now trying to pawn them off on every other country but our own?

In the interest and spirit of "transparency", why are secret deals being brokered with tiny island governments to take in these former prisoners?

Why not make public our efforts to give these people a normal life again?

Doesn't the world need to see that we are capable of owning up to our mistakes and making things right?

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All I've heard about the closing of these types of detention centers is that we are closing them because they are wrong and a symbol of poor U.S. foreign policy and oppression. Now we are trying to piece their lives together secretly. Don't say it's for their safety. If that were the case we'd never know where they went. If the U.S. is footing the bill for their resettlement, I'd like to know the details. I'd like to know how my taxes are being spent for this. Don't get me wrong, I feel badly for those poor souls who have spent seven years locked away and labeled terrorists only to have the U.S. basically say "just kidding". We'd pay restitution for someone cleared by DNA evidence and released from prison after being wrongly convicted. I think it’s fair to help them. I believe it’s our responsibility.

I, for one, do not understand why we are placing them on tiny islands and not here in the U.S... If they are cleared of wrong-doing then what is the problem? In this country's vast Muslim population they could probably find some true anonymity. I don't see how they will ever have that being on an island with 500+ Muslims out of about 68,000 people.

This whole scenario leaves me with more questions than answers. I'd like real transparency. I want to know how we are making things right for these four and the others who have been cleared as well.

If these four people can be plucked from their countries, held without trials or charges, labeled enemy combatants or terrorists, then dropped on a remote island somewhere to fade into history; the same could happen to us.

Think about it for a minute...

Is that really so far fetched?

While the following quote was originally a reference to the sexes being treated equally, I think it has a deeper relevance for all…


“What's good for the goose is good for the gander”



Stay Free!

Wright: Just WRONG - Open Letter to Rev. Wright

Dear Rev. Jeremiah Wright,



I'd like to write to you to express my deep contempt for your continued displays of ignorance. I won't mix words here. You have proven yourself to be an idiot. After your comments today about Jews not letting you speak to Obama I have just HAD IT. You'd do well to be a Jew yourself; just remember that. Perhaps you could learn a thing or two by converting. You'd learn to show some respect for a group of people who has endured attitudes like yours for THOUSANDS of years....not merely hundreds. You are a gas-bag who will say anything hateful to get attention and perpetuate racism. You are giving your church, religion, blacks, and the human race a bad name; and it's time you zip the lip!





I don't usually resort to name-calling but I feel the need to meet you on your level so that you will understand how some people really feel about your antics. Obama not speaking to you has nothing to do with Jews. It has to do with the fact that you seem to have lost your mind in recent months, if not years. I'm personally glad that people all over the world are now aware of just how ignorant and hateful you have become. Your stupidity has managed to go largely unnoticed except by those who happened to be under the sound of your voice. While I have and always will be a proponent of free speech, I will call B.S. when I see it. As I see it now, you are knee deep in it.





In closing, how about you read the rest of the Bible. You know…the parts that tell you to "love thy neighbor as thyself". Try that on for size. Drop the racism and hatred and step away slowly. Nothing is holding you back in this life except for your sorry attitude.





Sincerely,



David A.K.A "FED UP"

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UPDATE: 11JUNE 2009 - 4:27PM

Hello everyone - It's been a busy day for me but I wanted to take a moment to make an update to this story based upon Rev. Wright's "clarification”.

I will say that I'm still NOT buying it. He's trying to soften the impact of what he said by saying he misspoke like Hillary Clinton.

So if Hillary jumps off a bridge does that make it OK for you Reverend? That is the coward’s way out in my opinion and I am not impressed with your half-hearted effort at damage control.

Rev. Wright has made a career of speaking to both congregants and media alike. To pass this off as a gaffe not only insults our intelligence but it reeks of indifference. It is clear to me that Rev. Wright wishes to stay mired in past ideals instead of moving forward. He resorted to the verbal equivalent of a drive-by shooting the other day and now wants to make it seem like a mere mistake. I call B.S....AGAIN.

10 Reasons TSA Should Drop Planned Gender Tracking:

10. Last time I checked if you are going to blow something up you will do it regardless of your gender.


9. This requirement may cause transgendered individuals unnecessary embarrassment and hassle.


8. TSA does not have a great gender relations track record.


7. Tracking gender makes us NO safer.


6. If you can't discriminate based upon gender then you shouldn't be able to screen for it at a checkpoint.


5. The only time gender is relevant is after the fact. Understanding female vs. male terrorist activity only helps us once an act of terror has been realized. This new data will not save lives.


4. Transportation security should be based upon treating everyone the same without regard for things like gender or race. If an Arab man or woman is willing to cause harm to others so is a black man, or white woman, or anyone else.


3. TSA screening is a gigantic experiment which continues to spawn more experiments, whether they are needed or not. We should be asking ourselves why.


2. Gender "marking" seems harmless enough on the outside but this is just the beginning. The more we accept these seemingly harmless “security enhancements”, the easier it will be to one day lose all our freedoms before we even realize it has happened.


1. The plan to indicate the gender of travelers is a waste of time and an infringement on a person’s privacy. Since 9/11 there has been NO incidence of any lives being saved or any catastrophe being avoided because someone's gender was noted before hand. There has been no credible information made available to the public which indicates that any woman plans on dressing up like a man or a man like a woman with the intention of causing harm in an airport or on an aircraft. Where is this all really leading?

Hard To Breathe (A Blogspot Exclusive)

It felt like the eerie calm before and after a tornado. The damage was nearly the same. The very air was afraid to move or make a sound. In a moment it was as if all the oxygen in the universe had been instantly removed. All I wanted...needed...was to breathe but could not. The moment of silence gave way to quiet tears. I cannot believe this moment has come and gone. I want to go back to the sounds of before, the beautiful sounds of new. I want to hear the harmony of connection and the melody of finding the one. It was music and fresh air and it all seems to have vanished. I'd offer my life to get it back; though it feels as if it is my life that has already been stolen. The things I find myself willing to relinquish in order to have this sound and this moment astonish me. I'd abandon those things just to feel the warmth of love. It's hard to breathe in the fog of uncertainty, in the haze of disappointment. I know fog never lasts, clouds always dissipate, and the air will always flow freely, but right now it's hard to breathe.