When Tim McGraw saw a fan abuse a woman on the front row of his concert Tuesday night, he yelled for security, but when they weren’t fast enough, he took matters into his own hands. A video of the incident is below.
Don’t you love the way he took hold of the guy and wouldn’t let go?
John McCain is the father of seven children - three of them adopted. The story of his daughter, Bridget McCain, is especially touching and tells us a lot about what kind of people John and Cindy McCain are. Photos and a video are below.
First of all, let’s get the seven kids straight. Doug and Andy are the two children that he adopted when he married their mother, Carol - his first wife. He and Carol then had Sidney. After his divorce from Carol, he and second wife, Cindy, adopted Bridget from Mother Teresa’s orphange in Bangladesh. He and Cindy are the biological parents of Meghan, Jack and Jimmy.
The story of Bridget McCain goes like this:
[Cindy McCain] visited Mother Teresa’s orphanage in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where she saw 160 newborn girls who had been abandoned. The nuns handed her a small baby with a cleft palate so severe that she couldn’t be fed. Another baby, also just a few weeks old, had a heart defect. Worried they would die without medical attention, Cindy applied for medical visas to take the girls back to the United States. But the country’s minister of health refused to sign the papers. “We can do surgery on this child,” an official told her. Cindy, frustrated, slammed her fist on the table. “Then do it! What are you waiting for?” The official, stunned, simply signed the papers. “I don’t know where I got the nerve,” Cindy said.
When she arrived in Phoenix, she carried the baby with the cleft palate off the plane. Her husband met her at the airport. He looked at the baby. “Where is she going,” he asked her. “To our house,” she replied. They adopted the little girl and named her Bridget. Family friends adopted the other little girl.
It is telling that you don’t hear the McCain’s bragging about their humanitarian efforts. You don’t see them trying to make a big deal out of having a multi-racial family. Bridget McCain is their daughter. Period. I like that. People are people are people.
Scholastic has a kid reporter interview with Bridget McCain in which she talks about being just a regular girl. Great reading - click the link to read it for yourself.
Amy Winehouse has developed emphysema and will die unless she stops smoking drugs, according to her father. Photo and Video below. Emphysema is an incurable disease that leaves its victims struggling for breath.
Amy Winehouse has been in the news a lot lately.
Singer Amy Winehouse, defiant in her drug use, to the point of writing a song vowing not to go to rehab, has the lungs of a 70-year-old from smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes. She’s 24 and suffering from emphysema, a usually irreversible lung disease found in aged smokers, according to doctors. Her father, Mitch, told the Sunday Mirror that watching his daughter deteriorate reminded him of his own 78-year-old mother struggling for breath before she died of lung cancer.
After weeks of a very public slide into drug abuse, Winehouse fainted and was rushed to the hosptial, where she underwent a thorough examination. Doctors told the star that she will need oxygen mask to survive, unless she stops smoking drugs and crack immediately. “To think this could be my beautiful 24-year-old daughter’s life is preposterous. But if drugs mean more to her than breathing properly, then so be it. But the doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs it won’t just ruin her voice, it will kill her. It’s been a tough week,” he father told the tab.
Talk about an understatement! More than “tough” I would imagine. The only positive thing to this story is that MAYBE Amy’s experiences will be a graphic example to other young people of the dangers of drugs.
Brian Williams will host/moderate this Sunday’s edition of “Meet the Press” on NBC. However, NBC execs are quick to say that this isn’t a permanent replacement for Tim Russert who died suddenly of a heart attack last week. See a photo, video and biography below.
Reuters reports that
NBC News president Steve Capus said Thursday that the news division was still in mourning, and it was likely that NBC News talent would moderate “Meet the Press” on a revolving basis.
“I just don’t think there’s any way we would ask anyone to go into any of the roles on a permanent basis. It would be too much, too soon,” Capus said. “The only way I can contemplate it is, thinking for people who could step up temporarily.”
Sunday’s “Meet the Press” guests will be Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic Sen. Joe Biden, both of whom had been scheduled to appear on the show last week.
Although he’s a news anchor, he doesn’t limit himself to news television. He has appeared on shows such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Saturday Night Live.
Brian Williams is the son of a business executive, and he was raised in a middle class Irish Catholic home. He was born in Elmira, New York and later moved to Middletown, New Jersey. During high school he served as a volunteer firefighter. Later he attended Brookdale Community College and then transferred to George Washington University and then to the Catholic University of America. However, he didn’t graduate. Instead, he took an internship with President Jimmy Carter’s administration. He considers the fact that he left college as one of his great regrets in life. In 2008 he received an honorary Doctor of Journalism degree from Ohio State University.
He began his career in broadcasting at a Kansas TV station in 1981. The following year he moved back to Washington, D.C. and worked as a “general assignment correspondent” at a television station there. In 1985 he replaced Maury Povich as the host of a locally produced talk show. In 1985 he was hired by CBS and worked as a New Jersey correspondent for its Philadelphia affiliate, WCAU-TV. In 1987 he was promoted to WCBS-TV in New York where it didn’t take long for him to start anchoring the noon news. He won his first Emmy for reporting about the October 1987 stock market collapse. In 1993 Brian Williams began work as the weekend anchor for the NBC national news, and in 1994 he became NBC’s chief White House correspondent. Then in 1996 he took over as lead anchor for The News with Brian Williams on MSNBC and CNBC in 1996.
I was just watching CNN, and they were doing a “man-on-the-street” interview about “The American Dream.” When asked what the American Dream is, one guy said, “It’s about being rich and wealthy - and I’m not living it!” Others talked about being happy, several mentioned owning a home. One replied, “Freedom.”
Then I started my morning internet rounds, and I came upon an article titled “Makers and Takers” on Townhall. The article is an interview of Peter Schweizer who wrote the book Makers and Takers: Why conservatives work harder, feel happier, have closer families, take fewer drugs, give more generously, value honesty more, are less materialistic and
Sphere: Related ContentKengor: What is a Maker and what is a Taker, and why are conservatives in the former category and liberals in the latter?
Schweizer: The research shows that conservatives are much more outward-oriented and liberals tend toward looking at themselves. There is a sense of entitlement on the left. They are concerned with rights, but not responsibilities. The data clearly shows that.
Kengor: The subtitle is quite a statement in and of itself: Why Conservatives Work Harder, Feel Happier, Have Closer Families, Take Fewer Drugs, Give More Generously, Value Honesty More, Are Less Materialistic and Envious, Whine Less… And Even Hug Their Children More than Liberals. Surely, Peter, you’ve exaggerated. Can you back up every single one of those claims, or is this book just a diatribe against liberals?
Schweizer: No, this is not a diatribe. Each one of those areas gets a full chapter, and I only included research from the top academic journals and research programs. I didn’t include research from conservative think-tanks, which I purposely avoided.
Kengor: I suppose that of all the charges against liberals in the subtitle, the one that liberals will probably protest most vehemently is the point on materialism. And in their defense, Peter, I must say that I’ve seen some pretty darned materialistic conservatives.
Schweizer: Well remember, in all of this we are talking about tendencies. Not all conservatives are one way and not all liberals are the other. That said, the research really does indicate that liberals value money more than conservatives. After health, they are more likely to consider it the most important thing in their life. And they are more likely to say that there is no wrong way to make money. I think this actually makes sense when you look at modern liberalism. After all, what do liberals use as their measure of justice and equality? Income, or money! This is the reason I believe that modern liberals are also much more likely to be envious of other peoples’ success. They are constantly looking at the money yardstick.
Update: June 15, 2008: Here is the original first paragraph of this post:
“There’s a group of dissatisfied Democrats - especially women - who feel that Barack Obama does not speak for them. They’ve named their group the PUMAs - for “Party Unity My Ass.” They even have a website.”
The owner of the website referenced above, Pumas4Change, has notified me that my information is incorrect. Upon further research, I found that to be true. So my apologies to Puma4Change for incorrectly identifying it as “the” PUMA website. You didn’t start the PUMA movement. You were just writing about it.
So who started PUMA? I don’t know. Don’t really care either. Here is another blog - PUMAPAC that has information about the movement. (Thanks to Pumas4Change for pointing me towards that blog). (End of 6/15/08 update).
My only question is: Why aren’t there more PUMAs? I can’t imagine that anyone who isn’t totally brainwashed by being in the Democratic party for too long wouldn’t question Barack Obama as a choice for POTUS. Are there truly that many people who are so easily swayed by a good looking smooth talker?
I am fortunate in that I have the advantage of never associating myself with one political party or the other. I’ve always studied the candidates and voted based on the candidate - not the candidate’s party affiliation. That enables me to look at the candidates more objectively than most people. I feel some empathy for the folks who have been so connected to one party or the other that they are unable to look at the situation objectively. We have all these Democrats who can’t allow themselves the freedom to vote objectively. In their own minds, they can only vote for Obama - simply because he’s the Democratic Party’s candidate.
So congratulations, all you PUMA folks. You are the people who have the courage to go against the grain of the Democratic party and against the overwhelming media bias. Party Unity My Ass. I like it.
Sphere: Related ContentThere are many reasons why I will vote for John McCain in November. Those reasons are why - for the first time in my life - I have donated money to a political candidate - that candidate being John McCain. Those many reasons are why I will put a McCain sticker on my car - the first time in my life I have put a political sticker of any kind of my car. The qualities that John McCain brings to the table far overshadows those of his opponent. John McCain is ethical and loyal. He is proud of his country - and has been his entire life. He has a record of working tirelessly for equal rights for all Americans.
John McCain brings to the presidency an enormous amount of experience, a respect for the challenges that face our country. He won’t bow to popular opinion and political pressure when it comes time to make tough decisions. Without question, he is the man who should be our next President.
Sphere: Related ContentSo Obama is a liar. To say the least. Now he admits that he had indeed heard some of Wright’s “provocative” sermons. Don’t you love using “provocative” to mean “hate-filled racist spewings”?
Here’s the story:
Obama Discusses the ‘Provocative’ Rev. Wright Sermons He’s Attended
ABC News’ Tahman Bradley reports: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has admitted, in the past, attending church when Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his former pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, has made controversial comments, but he has never explained what he heard.
Until now.
Obama, in an interview broadcast on “Fox News Sunday,” said he’s been on hand for worship services that included “provocative” messages delivered by Wright that have touched on race and issues plaguing the black community.
“He will talk about the failure of fathers to look after their children in ways that, sometimes, people might be taken aback by. He can use street vernacular in his sermons in ways that people wouldn’t expect to hear,” Obama said.
Obama continued, “He has certainly preached in the past, when I was there, about the history of race in this country in very blunt terms, talking about slavery and talking about Jim Crow. The problem - and I’ve pointed this out in my speech in Philadelphia - was, where often times he would error, I think, is in only cataloging the bad of America and not doing enough to lift up the good. And that’s probably where he and I have the biggest difference.”
Careful to point out that he does not endorse all of Wright’s sermons or the way in which they were delivered, Obama said, “I go to church not to worship a pastor but to worship God.” Obama also said his vision for the country is much more hopeful than some of the black elders who grew up in a more racially charged America.
Remember when Obama said this:
“The statements that Rev. Wright made that are the cause of this controversy were not statements I personally heard him preach while I sat in the pews of Trinity or heard him utter in private conversation.”
A blatant lie.
Oh, and did you catch the line that his biggest difference with Jeremiah Wright is that Wright tends to emphasize the negative instead of the postiive? THAT is the biggest difference? Lord help us if BHO is elected president.
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Sphere: Related ContentJodie Sweetin and her husband of less than a year now have their very own Full House: The actress has given birth to a baby daughter, PEOPLE has confirmed.
Baby Zoie was delivered via C-section Saturday afternoon, and arrived weighing 8 lbs. 7 oz. and is 21 in. long.
“Jodie says that she and her husband and family are absolutely thrilled and in love with baby Zoie,” says a rep for the actress.
Sweetin announced her pregnancy in September after reportedly giving her sonograms to TMZ.com. In January, she announced to the Celebrity Baby Blog that her due date was April 6 and the baby would be a girl.
The former Full House star, 26, married set designer Cody Herpin, her second husband, in a small Las Vegas ceremony on July 14, 2007. The pair tied the knot at the Little Church of the West in front of a few friends.
At the time, Sweetin told PEOPLE, “Cody is my best friend. I married my best friend, and I couldn’t ask for anything more. He’s an unbelievable person.”
This evening around 6:30, UPS finally delivered my Nutrisystem order. The tracking website still lists the package as “Billing Information Received.” Let’s see. . . it has only been NINETEEN days since I placed the order and paid an extra $19.95 to get the order quickly.
So nineteen days, three emails and one phone call later - I got my Nutrisystem order. No response from Nutrisystem to any of the three emails. The phone call was only good for canceling my auto-delivery.
Tomorrow will start my one-month Nutrisystem trial. I’ve already checked into Jenny Craig for the second and future months. However, I’m not making any decisions until I see how it goes with NS this month. Wish me luck.
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