Miss California stripped of tiara after all
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Donald Trump poses with Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean, following a news conference on 12 May announcing that Prejean would retain her title
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A beauty queen whose opposition to gay marriage turned her into an overnight poster girl for America's conservative movement has been stripped of her hard-won tiara, after failing to properly discharge the onerous responsibilities of a reigning Miss California.
Carrie Prejean shot to global prominence after telling judges at the Miss USA pageant in April that "marriage should be between a man and a woman," but was fired on Wednesday for what Miss California officials described as repeated "contract violations."
Her sacking had nothing to do with a media feeding frenzy over recently-discovered topless photos of Prejean, or the revelation that she'd undergone breast enhancement surgery. Neither was it related to tabloid reports that, for all her grandstanding about traditional values, Prejean's mother, Francine, is a lesbian.
Instead, Donald Trump, the entrepreneur who owns the Miss USA organisation, told reporters that Miss Prejean had simply failed to do her job: refusing, to appear on Larry King's CNN show, or show up at several public events organised by the pageant's sponsors.
"I told Carrie she needed to get back to work and honor her contract," he said. "Unfortunately, it just doesn't look like it is going to happen? Carrie is a beautiful young woman and I wish her well as she pursues her other interests."
Miss Prejean, who will be replaced by her runner-up Tami Farrell, nonetheless claimed that her termination was politically motivated: "None of this would be happening right now if I had just said, 'Yeah, gays should get married," she said.
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I saw this live and I loved the half-naked lady. I am a Muslim so lowered the volume as my wife was in the next room. The crazy lady. I mean the naked lady is shameless in front of Larry King and truly she deserves the crown but how does the builder come in, that is what I simply do not understand. Let her have the crown. All these nudes have history of condom extra usage, nothing new in their habits.
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Porn actress tests positive for HIV
L.A. County and California health officials say they will look into the case. It's the first confirmed case in the Southern California industry since 2004, when production was closed for four weeks.
In the latest case, HIV tests of the woman's partners have been negative for the virus, according to Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation officials. Those partners are not being allowed to perform at this time and are being encouraged to test again in 14 days, said Brooke Hunter, the clinic's administrator.
"This is really not a major event," Hunter said, adding that the infected actress had worked "very infrequently."
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Just ask yourself if you would like it?
Marxist and commies excluded. Naturally they're fair game anytime of day.
;-)
Obama has passed at least 6 executive orders since taking up office. One of those orders is a proposal to fund a U.S. wide 'civilian' based police-force. That's right. Obama wants a 400'000 strong (armed) and uniformed 'civilian' police force.
Ignore the fact that America already has a very large Home Guard, a National Coast Guard, and a formidable Army, Navy and Air-Force plus, a 3 million strong armed police-force.
What is Obama up to?
Why does Obama need 400'000 Brown Shirts? We can all guess the answer to that one. Put simply, Obama isn't the man people voted for.
Potentially, Obama is 100x more dangerous than Hitler was. Just look at the hardware under this mans control. Now, compare that threat, to the lone, idiotic supremacist who can just about manage to draw an audience of two listeners at any one time.
Who's the threat? Obama; or the supremacist?
It's all a matter of scale and perception. Focus on the big issues now, then turn our attentions to lesser distractions that is - providing we are still around to debate them.
Video evidence link: http://tinyurl.com/krqerx
Of course Heads of State are potentially more dangerous than you and me as they have by definition more power. And admittedly an American president is going to be comparatively more powerful than the leader of another country.
But your point was about differences of opinions and whether it's right to consider a specific opinion racist or bigoted and I don't feel that you're further comment really expanded on that issue or was related to my reply.
By the way, I'm not suggesting that freedom of speech should be revoked, I'm just questioning this blind faith in the ideology that "all opinions are equal in value" and should not be judged bigoted or racist. Sometimes they are.
But what about Trump's comb-over. Makes Arthur Scargill lookrefined !!!!!
They objected to her appearing at a benefit for Special Olympics??? This is a contract violation??? Pathetic. I she sues the pants off the creeps.