British Film Festival Opening Night: Film Festival President and Swansea Resident extraordinaire Binda Singh, Lydia Cornell, Film maker Nick Meade
Just moments after being told she could retain her beauty pageant crown, Miss California Carrie Prejean renewed her commitment to her mission, telling reporters, "From this day forward I promise I will use my naked breasts for good."
Ms. Prejean blasted the critics whom she claimed tried to silence her for her views on gay marriage, saying, "I intend to fight back with the two greatest weapons I have: my naked boobies."
The embattled pageant winner said she would be both "tireless and topless" in her efforts to fight same-sex unions.
She added that she plans to tour the country to speak out against gay marriage and hopes to draw attention to the issue by displaying her naked torso wherever possible.
"I will go anywhere, anytime, anyway to make my case," she said. "These breasts are made for walking."
Ms. Prejean refused to answer questions about another controversial topic, enhanced interrogation techniques, but she did remark, "I have always been in favor of enhancement."
"Rush Limbaugh said he hopes this administration fails, so you're saying, 'I hope America fails,' you're like, 'I don't care about people losing their homes, their jobs, our soldiers in Iraq.' He just wants the country to fail. To me, that's treason," Sykes said.
"He's not saying anything differently than what Usama bin Laden is saying," she continued, before addressing the guest of honor, President Obama. "You know, you might want to look into this, sir, because I think maybe Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. But he was just so strung out on OxyContin he missed his flight."
Sean Hannity....Sean Hannity said he was going to get waterboarded for charity for our armed forces. He hasn't done it yet I see. You know talking about he can take a waterboarding. Please. Hey okay you might want to get waterboarded by someone you know or trust but let somebody from Pakistan waterboard him, or Keith Olbermann. Let Keith Olbermann waterboard him. He can't take a waterboarding.
I could break Sean Hannity just by giving him a middle seat in coach. Oh I need leg room!!
Dick Cheney...he's a scary man..scares me to death. I tell my kids, I say look if two cars pull up and one has a stranger and the other car has Dick Cheney...you get in the car with the stranger.
Please use this open forum to give us your opinion of Sykes humor commentary on Limbaugh.
Regarding the "kidney" comment about Limbaugh, remember that Republicans in the audience laughed too. It's an automatic response to a comic's presentation. So stop the fake shock and anger at Obama for laughing, as every other Republican did. And by the way, remember when Bush actually mocked the deaths of our troops in Iraq by pretending to look under the table for WMD at HIS White House Correspondent's Dinner? Why didn't Bush apologize for his despicable "joke" and his lies that killed thousands?
If Rush had said he hoped Obama's kidneys failed would that be "hate speech"?
ReplyDeleteYou do know of course that Obie's throwing Wanda under the bus now?
ReplyDeleteEvidently Obama told Wanda it was a good performance right afterwards, but now the guy that lies for him (the main guy, not the networks) is claiming Obama thought it was in poor taste or something...
Gibbs, that's it!
(I wonder if he was with the BeeGees?)
Back to the movie briefly,
ReplyDeleteThe Star Trek "mythology" and Spock's back story and relationships (and all the characters for that matter) are entirely different in this movie.
I'll try not to get too geeky on you here, but the premise is that it's impossible to go back in time and change what has already happened in YOUR own universe.
If you attempt to do so, (as Nero did) you create an "alternate" timeline or universe.
So the mythology, back stories and relationships are different in this movie.
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, the brother said it himself: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” How the hell are black folk – of all people – gonna say “you can’t use my experience in the same sentence with civil rights”?! Back in the day, we were likening our experience to Moses and the Israelites – weren’t we, talkin’ ’bout being the lost sheep and how a chariot was coming for to carry us home.
ReplyDelete“Let’s see, how long a line, how long a wait will they tolerate. How much misery will they suffer before they break? And what kind of attack will they respond to that suppresses their pain response and gives them, hope?!”
ReplyDeleteThis is hatred and hatred is a form of slavery.
Chris, (may I assume you're associated with WEB?)
ReplyDeletePerhaps, if you expect anyone to actually "learn" something it would be helpful to actually talk "to" someone rather than talk "at" them?
OK, I get it. You guys are angry and feel you've been slighted by society.
What does that have to do with this blog in particular? Why were we singled out for part of your "project"?
If we are to learn something maybe you could provide some context for your posts so that we may actually communicate and exchange ideas.
Just sayin...
An unnoticed identity clouded,
ReplyDeleterestless beneath your feet
sorrow life years buried in dirt
billions of cares unforgiven.
Scar a lifeline on granite stone
living wasted nothings
These unspoken distant calls repel,
dying seeds of hateful notes
Use pins to expose
this evil flesh inside
revealing impure fragile wings
that can't ever be hidden
Yourself seen towards judgement
flow an ocean of tears seeping
downwards to Hell.
Sorry I am late here Chris I had conference with opposing counsel who of course want to settle.
ReplyDeleteDo me a favor and have Kmume overnight me a hard copy of all this here as soon as he gets it copied. I've someone who wants to evaluate it. May be a bigger payday than we planned.
Trust me we made the right choice.
Ok, sorry Lydia but I have to post here.
ReplyDeleteI don't know who these two sock puppets are but I doubt they are who those pictures represent. They likely took those off the internet and are clearly two regular trolls playing games.
How do I know that?
Simple.
Because of this posting (as well as others).
Web said...
Do me a favor and have Kmume overnight me a hard copy of all this here as soon as he gets it copied. I've someone who wants to evaluate it. May be a bigger payday than we plannedNo attorney planning any sort of legal action or suit comes into the blog and harasses, brags about it and subtly threatens it repeatedly, and publicly. And worse, the statement "may be a bigger payday than we planned" could constitute a conspiracy to commit fraud and could potentially be prosecuted under RICO or other statutes designed to deal with criminal conspiracies.
This is likely no attorney. This is most likely some nut using other peoples handles and photos, linking to other peoples sites in an attempt to harass and intimidate Lydia and others.
A good way to find out is to simply call Mr Wain Bennett, the guy who this is apparently supposed to be. He's a practicing attorney in PHILADELPHIA, PA, not Richmond PA as "WEB"s bio indicates.
His phone number is 917-677-3181.
I'd call and find out if Mr Bennett is really the person sitting on a blog he's been subtly threatening and harassing for the past few weeks to what end one can only assume.
Lets find out if Mr Bennett, is really dumb enough to openly admit to what can easily be described as a conspiracy to commit some sort of fraudulent legal action in which he intends to garner a "bigger pay day".
I'd give him a call Lydia or have your husband do it. Maybe even have an attorney friend do it.
Because I doubt this person here calling himself web leaving all the subtle threats in cheep Latin and Spanish has anything to do with this Attorney out of PA.
Especially since he didn't even seem to know what state he lived in.
And if not, I'd bet the real Mr Bennett would be interested in knowing someone is misrepresenting him in an online forum, to what end, we can only guess.
But one things for sure.
No attorney threatens and harasses someone in a public forum prior to suing them or taking legal action.
This guys been threatening subtly and leaving harassing posts designed to intimidate for weeks now.
If anyone would be getting sued, it would be him.
Not to mention this is the Internet, meaning the Supreme Court would need to overrule the 1st Amendment to even do anything and the Supreme Court doesn't award damages in civil matters.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention Lydia Cornell or any blog host for that matter is not responsible for the actions or words of any anonymous commenters in a public forum.
This guys a joke. A laughable joke.
It's a troll playing games, and if its not, and it is a real attorney planning some sort of legal action, then he's one dumb attorney.
Hint Matlock. When the judge sees your "BIGGER PAYOFF THAN WE PLANNED" comment, the only payoff you'll be looking at is to the Correctional Officer guarding your cell block when you ask him for a cell with a window.
Nice reasoning Bart, that hadn't occurred to me.
ReplyDeleteI assumed since the poster here and Mr. Bennett both seem to be playing at race baiting they were one and the same.
I just figured they were trying to provoke someone into making a racial comment which they could then get all up in arms about.
Fortunately Lydia's not a vindictive person. A lesser individual might send a transcript of your comments here to ...oh, gee, ..I don't know.....say.......the AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.
ReplyDelete:|
I hear they tend to 'frown' on that sort of stuff.
Voltron said...
ReplyDeleteI just figured they were trying to provoke someone into making a racial comment which they could then get all up in arms about.Well, since their own words would provide a solid basis for counter suit or tort action, not to mention potential criminal conspiracy charges being levied against him, I'd say one would have to be a pretty dim bulb if thought to not only get away with it but retain his license to practice law after the fact.
Let's just say Perry Mason, he is not.
2:38 PM
ReplyDeleteBlogger Voltron said...
Back to the movie briefly,
The Star Trek "mythology" and Spock's back story and relationships (and all the characters for that matter) are entirely different in this movie.
I'll try not to get too geeky on you here, but the premise is that it's impossible to go back in time and change what has already happened in YOUR own universe.
If you attempt to do so, (as Nero did) you create an "alternate" timeline or universe.
So the mythology, back stories and relationships are different in this movie."
Well that sucks I still want to see it but I REALLY dont like it when prequels arent true to the original mythology.........I i've heard this from several friends and family members as well that the casting was great but the storyline was just ok..........Land of the Lost looks a little disapointing as well from the scenes i;ve seen recently.
BTW.......was Finnigan in the New Star Trek Movie
Is this some kind of who's on first type deal..........your acting skills are deteriorating Voltron and your associates are laughable.
ReplyDeleteRush Limbaugh has said so many horrifying things to incite violence and ruin people's lives. I don't see why everyone runs around apologizing to him. He is an aberration and should not be permitted on the airwaves.
ReplyDeleteSame with Ann Coulter.
Wanda Sykes is a comedienne and she made some interesting points, the kidney comment aside.
Blogger Voltron said...
ReplyDeleteIf Rush had said he hoped Obama's kidneys failed would that be "hate speech"?"
yep!
One more thing before I slip quietly off again. Volt, your feigned outrage over the poor taste jokes of a comedian who makes her living off of poor taste jokes about a shock jock who makes his living off of poor taste comments is laughable.
ReplyDeleteWas she a poor choice for a white tie affair where the President would be attending? Of course. It never fails to amaze me at the level of stupidity shown in picking comedians for these affairs.
But on the same note, she said nothing more outrageous than we hear from Rush Limbaugh every day on his show. He's called the liberals traitors, terrorists, he's called the President a terrorist and associate of terrorists, he's repeatedly made racist comments like his most recent one accusing Colin Powell of only voting for the President because he was black, etc.
Sykes was in her usual genre of saying shocking and outrageous things but for the President to chuckle at the moment of delivery is a normal reaction at one of those affairs. I laughed too when I heard the delivery, and then you find yourself saying "wait, what did she say?".
It was stupid to pick her just because that's not the sort of comedy you'd want at an affair where the President is attending but at the same time it's nothing more than Rush Limbaugh does on his show daily, to million over the airwaves.
If he can't take the heat then he shouldn't dish it out and if you are offended, then now you know how the rest of us feel hearing all the foul and outrageous things your shock jock says about the rest of us on a daily basis.
Deal with it.
Funny Volty you NEVER seemed too outraged when your girl Ann Coulter said that type of crap..........in fact Ann Coulter is the reason YOU made this blog YOUR PROJECT..........funny how you spew the self righteous outrage when someone else does or says essentially the same things as you or your heros do.
ReplyDeleteVery well said about Darth Cheney - the mere mention of his name simply makes me cringe. These days you have to wonder where to place the blame on the misfortunes of America in the last administration: on Bushixon, Cheney, Dumbsfeld, or all of the above?
ReplyDeleteGlad that era is over. Hats off to Ron Reagan for seeing this first-hand and endorsing John Kerry in '04 and Barack Obama in '08.
As for Rush's prediction that Obama's administration will fail - I surely don't see that at this point, and its very early in the administration to suggest that Barack will fail. Limbaugh is nothing but blather filled with this kind of nonsense - why this guy is still around, I cannot answer.
As always, great post, Lydia. The Star Trek movie was certainly worth watching. :)
Rob, welcome back. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMike, you're right, that is hate speech. It's hard when Don Rickles built a career on cutting people down -- and did anyone see the Pam Anderson roast? It was outrageous! Even Cloris Leachman said some unbelievably disgusting things.
So comics get away with schtick.
What I don't understand is Ann Coulter, who calls herself a "public intellectual" but her "jokes" like murdering Bill Clinton and bombing the New York Times building, and rat-poisoning a Supreme Court Justice and "talking to a liberal with a baseball bat" and her idiotic comment that "The Golden Rule is just an incidental tenet of Christianity" (?!!!!)... these are spoken out loud in front of impressionable college students who fork over public money to hear her intellectual point of view, so filled with hatred and vengeance.
Coulter made her name on taking down Bill Clinton and illegally hiding and listening to the Linda Tripp tapes.
Rush Limbaugh has incited more killings and fear-based acts of revenge against one-half of the American population of Democrats (liberals" as Limbaugh calls these dirty-humans.)
Wanda Sykes is a very funny comic with a certain rough-mouth delivery. I worked on Curb Your Enthusiasm and love her on that show.
Simply put Wanda Sykes is funny,
ReplyDeleteRush IS a drug addict like she said, and he used his money and friends to get away with it, typical reich-wing loudmouth hypocrite.
BTW he probably was high on 9-11
Clif - read the updates: Wanda, Star Trek and Boobgate.
ReplyDeleteI'll be back to real writing very soon.
Let me see if I've got this right, Wanda Sykes is funny. Basically she entertains you.
ReplyDeleteHumor as well as entertainment is SUBJECTIVE is it not? Are ALL people amused by the same things?
Should we all laugh at the same jokes?
So a person with a liberal outlook is simply entertaining, no harm no foul.
A person with a conservative outlook is vile, evil and mean spirited and needs to be silenced.
Taken off the air in Rush's case, Or in Ann's case not be permitted to speak even to those who have invited her and want her there.
Free speech for me and none for thee eh guys?
A couple more things, last I knew a "roast" was for poking good natured fun at the guest of honor, not taking out all his opposition for him.
ReplyDeleteThey still have a hard time finding anything funny about Obie don't they?
I note that even your hero on PMSDNC thought that she went over the line.
And regarding the Pamela Anderson roast, that seemed like more of a inflate Tommy Lee's ego party than anything else.
And Bart,
ReplyDelete"But on the same note, she said nothing more outrageous than we hear from Rush Limbaugh every day on his show...."
I'm surprised to find out that you listen to Rush everyday.
They still have a hard time finding anything funny about Obie don't they?If you mean the president, he found enough funny about himself son. Too bad you're so humor challanged you missed it, but then again you probably thought the brain dead act of Bush while soldiers died for his lies funny.
ReplyDeleteFree speech for me and none for thee eh guys?,
ReplyDeleteWant some cheese with that whine of yours?
Changes In The Sun Are Not Causing Global Warming, New Study ShowsWell there goes another of Voltron's deceptions against AGW, the sun ain't causing it.
ReplyDeleteBlogger Voltron said...
ReplyDeleteLet me see if I've got this right, Wanda Sykes is funny. Basically she entertains you.
Humor as well as entertainment is SUBJECTIVE is it not? Are ALL people amused by the same things?
Should we all laugh at the same jokes?
So a person with a liberal outlook is simply entertaining, no harm no foul.
A person with a conservative outlook is vile, evil and mean spirited and needs to be silenced.
Taken off the air in Rush's case, Or in Ann's case not be permitted to speak even to those who have invited her and want her there.
Free speech for me and none for thee eh guys?"
Behold StrawmanTron in all his glory............no Volty YOUR WRONG as Usual..........Idiots like Rush and Hannitty shouldnt be taken off the air they should just not be allowed to Lie.........if all they can do is Lie then they should be forced off the air.
See I HOPE Rush, Cheney and Hannity keep on flapping their big fat mouths so the repug party implodes further into the ashheap of oblivion just like the whig party did...........keep on keeping on repuggies and deluding yourself that you need to be MORE Conservative and defend the indefensible actions of the last 8 years with BS Orwellian double talk.
Anyone who doesnt believe in evolution or global warming or peak oil is not a serious person just a laughingstock and a dim bulb that denies science.
ReplyDeleteWho got this boob chick where she is famous and preaching hate crap? Maybe, John McCain? Somewhat similar to the "Sarah Palin" for VP?
ReplyDeleteI dismiss uninformed biggoted idiots. I call them idiots...I know it's a harsh word but, I can't think of another. Well, I can but, trying to be the most spiritual guy that I am...I aint gonna put it down here.
Now,
Reading the cryptic, sometimes threating, evasive...and a dance around temptation of hate from some of the new posters...
Get to the point. What do you mean? Spit it out. This is a very outspoken blog. Here we debate...share our lives, feelings, opinions etc...
We all...WITHOUT A DOUBT SAY WHAT WE MEAN. If someone disagrees or needs clarification or "didn't get it." The poster always says the same thing in "laymans terms".
Looking and investigation on Web etc...
I think...some of the comments made are pure plagarism.
Google them.
Sounds like pure hatered thinly veiled as a couple of "cut to the chase" regulars pointed out.
I'll take the bait.
Sharpton?
Wright?
Hate in the disguise of Love or God?
Tell us...as if we were in 2nd grade.
I get it. I just want you to speak like a regular man...in English...and in simple, non-prose, non-poetic, non-cryptic, non-evasive terms.
Spit it out...
Until then...by me...you'll be ignored or exposed.
Thank you to Bart and Volt!
Hi Lyd...
Love the posts...miss you.
Jim
Web said...
ReplyDelete"...Caught from some unhappy master, whom unmerciful disaster
Followed fast and followed faster, till his songs one burden bore,
Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore
Of "Never---nevermore."
Can we forgive much less forget
those words I do implore
Or will the hatred be yet again
thy hatred of color will never for
Be it in the day or be at night
it will always be thy call
To fail to see me beyond my color
will ultimately be thy downfall."
No Fear said...
Endora? Samantha? Uncle Arthur? Aunt Clara?
Bewitched?
Is this an incantation?
My blog name is NO FEAR for a reason.
I, like most here, are well informed...and don't do the mind-fu** thing here.
What's up?
Thunder, Dunder
Seven Day Wonder
Look Down And See This Blunder
Spirits, All Who Roam The Skies
Fix This "Whatever" Before Our Eyes
Can you explain the bold statement, that I took from your sonnet that you've written so...differently?
Jim
Chris said...
ReplyDeleteThe Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, the brother said it himself: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” How the hell are black folk – of all people – gonna say “you can’t use my experience in the same sentence with civil rights”?! Back in the day, we were likening our experience to Moses and the Israelites – weren’t we, talkin’ ’bout being the lost sheep and how a chariot was coming for to carry us home.
3:58 PM
Chris said...
“Let’s see, how long a line, how long a wait will they tolerate. How much misery will they suffer before they break? And what kind of attack will they respond to that suppresses their pain response and gives them, hope?!”
This is hatred and hatred is a form of slavery.
4:42 PM
No Fear said...
Have you read any of the poems of hope and overcome by the great Dr. Maya Angelou?
"Above this...I rise..."
Dr. Maya Angelou
Jim
Jim,
ReplyDeleteThis is from THE RAVEN by Edgar Allen Poe.
The other poem he quoted was "Go Down Death" by James Weldon Johnson.
I've already contacted the police and the blog owner about these imposters, as well as Blogger.
The reason I titled the post "Boobgate" is not because she took topless shots, but because the pageant paid for her breast augmentation. And this is wrong for a contest to "commit favoritism"
ReplyDeleteThey are giving her an unfair advantage in sculpting her body to help her "fill out her bikini" so she might win over another contestant.
It's favoritism. Not to mention, she lied in saying she had never posed topless or nude.
Regarding gay marriage -- no human being should have the right to deny human or civil rights to another human being, based on some subjective moral code. No human being should be able to vote on denying rights to a minority group.
ReplyDeleteNot only is it unconstitutional, it is un-Christian and immoral.
No Fear said...
ReplyDeleteThank you to Bart and Volt!You're welcome. I just couldn't take it anymore. These guys clearly were not so subtly threatening to sue and apparently claiming this blog was somehow racist and I looked at the guys comments and said "this ain't no lawyer". And if it was, then he was a pretty dumb one.
So I temporarily broke my vow of silence long enough to knock them down a notch.
Anyway you're welcome.
It was my pleasure.
oops, broke it again there, lol.
ReplyDeleteThis is bartlebee the silent monk, (or is it monk-ey?)signing off.
Clearly those clowns were a couple of trolls eh Voltron?
ReplyDeleteBlogger Lydia Cornell said...
ReplyDeleteRegarding gay marriage -- no human being should have the right to deny human or civil rights to another human being, based on some subjective moral code. No human being should be able to vote on denying rights to a minority group.
Not only is it unconstitutional, it is un-Christian and immoral."
EXACTLY its just that simple just like there is NO JUSTIFICATION FOR TORTURE!.............there are no buts or qualifications for either premise.
Mike said...
ReplyDeleteClearly those clowns were a couple of trolls eh Voltron?Are you calling me Voltron?
So much for Bush and Cheney's BS about how they support the troops..........not only did these treasonous chickenhawks not give them body armor,,,,,,,,,,,,but they didnt even given them water, many became permanently ill and disabled from lack of drinkable water........and lets not forget the water that was electrocuting troops because KBR couldnt even make the water they DID actually deliver safe.
ReplyDeleteThe truth is styarting to come out and torturegate will probably be just as big as Watergate...........factor in the second Great Depression and the slimeball repugs should be finished for a FEW DECADES.
Blogger BARTLEBEE said...
ReplyDeleteMike said...
Clearly those clowns were a couple of trolls eh Voltron?Are you calling me Voltron?"
No.........why would you think that?
clearly I was talking to Voltron a guy who monitors the blog........among other things and clearly knows what I was refering to.
I don't know. I just said something about them and you seemed to be responding to me so I just asked.
ReplyDeleteMaybe because I called myself a monkey or something I thought maybe you thought Voltron was impersonating me or something.
Anyway I was just asking.
Of course you have my personal email so I guess if you thought that you could always just email me so no one can really impersonate me for long.
ReplyDeleteAs Rosannadanna would say "never mind".
Gay marriage? Bah!
ReplyDeleteWhat do those homosexuals think they are? Citizens? Americans? Tax Payers? Contributors to society? Bankers? Teachers? Grocery store clerks? Mail carriers? Parking lot attendents? Customer service representatives? Soldiers? Computer programmers? Democrats? Republicans? Independents?
Why should they be entitled to equal rights?
Mike, good point equating my statement on gay rights with "the human right not to to endure cruel and unusual punishment (to be tortured.)"
ReplyDeleteI can't believe we're even having this discussion as if it has two sides.
Cheney is out there furiously making his case so he can plant doubt in jurors minds in case he is indicted.
CHENEY -- WHO GOT 5 DRAFT DERFERMENTS!! He had his daddy get him out of the war in Vietnam.
Yeah Lydia, its Orwellian how a bunch of clowns who talk out of one side of their mouth and "CLAIM" to support small unintrusive government and individual freedom..........also support a BIG INTRUSIVE GOVERNMENT that spies on citizens, denys certain citizens they deem unworthy the right to marriage and justifies and even glorifies torture while doleing out extremely lucrative cronny capitalist no bid contracts to companies that fail to peovide drinkable water to our troops and the water they DO provide is a higher voltage than most peoples electrical outlets so high in fact it has electrocuted and killed many of our soldiers.
ReplyDeleteIts dispicable that a bunch of assclowns who CLAIM to support the military can give BILLIONS in no bid contracts to their corporate cronnies but cant come up with the money to give body armor and safe and drinkable water to our troops.............there was a report that stated 15 liters of water were the minimum neccessary per day in Iraq and KBR provided each person with 2 liters and the water coming out of MANy showers and faucets was electrified.
Mike, may I post that last comment on the blog?
ReplyDeleteNew blog thread is up. We need your opinions:
DID THE CIA LIE, MISLEAD OR COVER UP about waterboarding?
Read what Bob Graham said.
Read about Cheney's media blitz... on the new blog post and please leave comments there.
Thank you. This section is closed for comments. I am away for a few days, but will keep watch.
Sure Lydia!
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