Friday, September 18, 2009

Obama Calls Kanye West A "Jacka**"

President Obama

Things are going from bad to worse for rapper, Kanye West, who rudely interrupted the acceptance speech of singer, Taylor Swift, to state the wife of his boss, Jay-Z, deserved to win instead of her.

Today, U.S. President Barack Obama was overheard calling West a "Jack***" to a press pool, whilst waiting for an official interview to begin.

President's opinion of Kanye West sparks debate

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama's candid thoughts about Kanye West are provoking a debate over standards of journalism in the Twitter age.

ABC News says it was wrong for its employees to tweet that Obama had called West a "jacka**" for the rapper's treatment of country singer Taylor Swift. The network said some of its employees had overheard a conversation between the president and CNBC's John Harwood and didn't realize it was considered off the record.

The network apologized to the White House and CNBC...

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Joe Wilson Censured For Obama Outburst

Video: House Floor Debate: Resolution on Rep. Joe Wilson C-SPAN

Republican congressman, Joe Wilson, was officially censured by the House of Representatives, for an outburst last week, which saw him call President Obama a liar.

Rep. Joe Wilson

Since the incident, Wilson has received a significant cash infusion for his campaign, via donations from conservatives that have rallied around him.

President Obama

However, due to his refusal to apologize to the House of Representatives, only stating sorry to President Obama, he was censured in a formal motion.

FBI Raids New York Block

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

The FBI raided a block in Queens, New York today, in search of domestic terrorists, with alleged ties to Al Qaeda.

They have also issued a terrorist alert, warning authorities to keep an eye out for suspects seeking bomb-making materials and those with burns on their hands.

The raids were described as "preventative" but they have left residents shaken and seeking answers. The purpose of the raids still remain unclear.

Some are wondering if they were conducted as a show, in response to Osama Bin Laden's threatening speech, released two days after the 8th Anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

It was also reported today, the FBI continues to feud with sister agency the ATF, who specializes in bomb detonation, in an ongoing turf war that is counterproductive.

At a time when terrorist threats are flooding in, it has been discovered, the two agencies are not sharing information, which is detrimental to the nation. Why are they fighting, as they are supposed to be on Team America. Obama needs to speak to them, as what they are doing is dangerous.

US police alerted about bomb makers after NY raids

Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:48pm EDT - NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Federal anti-terrorism officials alerted local police departments around the United States about how to track evidence of bomb-making after authorities raided New York homes on Monday in an apparent search for homemade explosives.

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security advised the police to look for burn marks typically found on suspects of a particular kind of bomb-making. The note was issued following searches of at least three apartments where a man suspected of sympathizing with al Qaeda had visited...

The raids rattled people in Queens, the ethnically diverse borough across the East River from Manhattan, and reminded New Yorkers their city remains a target eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks.

"We believe it is prudent to share information with our state and local partners about the variety of domestically available materials that could be used to create homemade explosives," the federal agencies said in a statement...

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FBI, ATF Feud over Bomb Investigations

Justice Department Report: Agencies Fail to Share Information, Refuse to Train Together

(AP) Agents of the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are feuding over bomb investigations - racing each other to crime scenes, failing to share information and refusing to train together, according to a draft report obtained by The Associated Press.

The report says Justice Department bosses have repeatedly failed to fix the problem. The Justice Department's Inspector General, Glenn Fine, has drafted a preliminary report on the two agencies' repeated squabbles to claim jurisdiction in investigations of explosives incidents across the country - from Times Square in New York City to Arizona and the West Coast.

The most recent documented spat came last December when the FBI protested a local prosecutor's request to use the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to investigate a blast that killed a local bomb technician in Woodburn, Ore.

FBI and ATF supervisors "tend to deploy their employees to the larger, more sensational explosives incidents, sometimes racing each other to be the first federal agency on the scene and disputing upon arrival which agency should lead the investigation," according to a draft version of the report.

"Such conflicts can delay investigations, undermine federal and local relationships, and may project to local agency responders a disjointed federal response to explosives incidents in their area," the draft report found.

Officials in both agencies claim such problems have been resolved, yet the report stated that "disputes between the FBI and ATF continue to occur."...

http://www.cbsnews.com

Oprah Winfrey Interviews Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston (left) and Oprah Winfrey (right)

Singer, Whitney Houston, did a very revealing interview with talk show host, Oprah Winfrey. In it she discussed the drug habit that nearly destroyed her. She spoke of an intervention her mother, Gospel singer, Cissy Houston, staged with the Sheriff's Department in tow.

Houston stated her mother told her stardom is, "Not worth it" and warned her husband, "If you move, Bobby (Brown), they are going to take you down. Don't you make one move" as they hauled Whitney off to rehab. You go girl!

She also revealed details about her relationship with R&B singer and fellow addict, Bobby Brown, who turned her on to drugs, discussing some of the ups and downs of their marriage. The two dated for three years before they married and she was addicted to sex with him.

She stated Bobby would cheat on her with other women and use her credit card to do so. Houston also spoke of an incident when he grew angry whilst on probation for drunk driving and slapped her.

Another revelation was Houston's drug use began after her blockbuster smash album and film "The Bodyguard" co-starring Kevin Costner.

The interview is somewhat sad. At times, she looked heartbroken and bewildered at all that has happened in her life, as there have been a number of terrible lows.

Megan Fox Recoiling

Megan Fox

Actress, Megan Fox, has attempted to smooth over the stream of stupid quotes she has been issuing, by stating sometimes her sense of humor does not translate well in print.

Well, that's a new one, as calling a director Hitler really isn't funny. I'm no Michael Bay fan, but the stuff going on between you two is getting very uncomfortable.

In other Fox news (get the joke "Megan Fox" ..."Fox News") the text of the blistering diss letter a few members of the Transformers film crew released is posted below. It's an interesting read.

They really let Megan have it, in a diss so ego-crushing, any mystique surrounding her is absolutely gone. They laid her antics and lack of substance bare for the world to see.

Sorry, Megan, but there are prettier stars out there and the industry always has a new face looking to outshine the last one.

This won't last forever for you and since you are apart of the Hollywood machine, it really wasn't smart to spit on your co-workers in this manner, provoking such a caustic response:

CREW LETTER:

This is an open letter to all Michael Bay fans. We are three crew members that have worked with Michael for the past ten years. Last week we read the terrible article with inflammatory, truly trashing quotes by the Ms. Fox about Michael Bay. This letter is to set a few things straight.

Yes, Megan has great eyes, a tight stomach we spray with glycerin, and an awful silly Marilyn Monroe tattoo plastered on her arm that we cover up to keep the moms happy. Michael found this shy, inexperienced girl, plucked her out of total obscurity thus giving her the biggest shot of any young actresses' life. He told everyone around to just trust him on his choice.

He granted her the starring role in Transformers, a franchise that forever changed her life; she became one of the most googled and oogled women on earth. She was famous! She was the next Angelina Jolie, hooray! Wait a minute, two of us worked with Angelina – second thought – she’s no Angelina. You see, Angelia is a professional.

We know this quite intimately because we’ve had the tedious experience of working with the dumb-as-a-rock Megan Fox on both Transformers movies. We've spent a total of 12 months on set making these two movies. We are in different departments; we can’t give our names because sadly doing so in Hollywood could lead to being banished from future Paramount work. One of us touches Megan’s panties, the other has the often shitty job of pulling Ms. Sour pants out of her trailer, while another is near the Panaflex camera that helps to memorialize the valley girl on film.

Megan has the press fooled. When we read those magazines we wish we worked with that woman. Megan knows how to work her smile for the press. Those writers should try being on set for two movies, sadly she never smiles. The cast, crew and director make Transformers a really fun and energetic set. We’ve traveled around the world together, so we have never understood why Megan was always such – the grump of the set?

When facing the press, Megan is the queen of talking trailer trash and posing like a porn star. And yes we’ve had the unbearable time of watching her try to act on set, and yes, it's very cringe-able. So maybe, being a porn star in the future might be a good career option.

But make-up beware, she has a paragraph tattooed to her backside (probably due her rotten childhood) easily another 45 minutes in the chair! So when the three of us caught wind of Ms Fox, pontificating yet again in some publication (like she actually has something interesting to say) blabbing her trash mouth about a director whom we three have grown to really like.

She compared working with Michael, to “working with Hitler”. We actually don’t think she knows who Hitler is by the way. But we wondered how she doesn’t realize what a disgusting, fully uneducated comment this was?

Well, here let’s get some facts straight. Say what you want about Michael – yes at times he can be hard, but he's also fun, and he challenges everyone for a reason – he simply wants people to bring their ‘A’ game. He comes very prepared, knows exactly what he wants, involves the crew and expects everyone to follow through with his or her best, and that includes the actors.

He’s one of the hardest working directors out there. He gets the best from his crews, many of whom have worked with him for 15 years. And yes, he’s loyal, one of the few directors we’ve encountered who lowered his fee by millions to keep Transformers in the United States and California, so he could work with his own crew.

Megan says that Transformers was an unsafe set? Come on Megan, we know it is a bit more strenuous then the playground at the trailer park, but you don’t insult one of the very best stunt and physical effects teams in the business! Not one person got hurt! And who is the real Megan Fox? She is very different than the academy nominee and winning actors we’ve all worked around. She’s as about ungracious a person as you can ever fathom.

She shows little interest in the crew members around her. We work to make her look good in every way, but she's absolutely never appreciative of anyone’s hard work. Never a thank you. All the crewmembers have stopped saying hi to Ms. Princess because she never says hello back. It gets tiring. Many think she just really hates the process of being an actress. Megan has been late to the sets many times. She goes through the motions that make her exude this sense of misery.

We’ve heard the A.D’s piped over the radio that Megan won’t walk from her trailer until John Turturro walks first! John’s done seventy-five movies and she’s made two! Never expect Megan to attend any of the 15 or so crew parties like all the other actors have.

And then there's the classless night she blew off The Royal Prince of Jordan who made a special dinner for all the actors. She doesn’t know that one of the grips daughters wanted to visit their daddy’s work to meet Megan, but he wouldn’t let them come because he told them “she is not nice."

The press certainly doesn’t know her most famous line. On our first day in Egypt, the Egyptian government wouldn’t let us shoot because of a permit problem as the actors got ready in make up at the Four Seasons Hotel. Michael tried to make the best of it; he wanted to take the cast and crew on a private tour of the famous Giza pyramids.

God hold us witness, Megan said, "I can’t believe Michael is f****** forcing us to go to the f****** pyramids!" I guess this is the “Hitler guy” she is referring to.

So this is the Megan Fox you don’t get to see. Maybe she will learn, but we figure if she can sling insults, then she can take them too. Megan really is a thankless, classless, graceless, and shall we say unfriendly b****. It's sad how fame can twist people, and even sadder that young girls look up to her. If only they knew who they're really looking up to.

But ‘Fame’ is fleeting. We, being behind the scenes, seen em’ come and go. Hopefully Michael will have Megatron squish her character in the first ten minutes of Transformers 3. We can tell you that will make the crew happy!

-Loyal Transformers Crew

Megan Fox: ‘People Don’t Understand me’

Sep 15 2009. Posted by Adam - Megan FoxMegan Fox says she’s often misunderstood.

The Transformers actress, 23, admits some of the things she says during interviews are often taken the wrong way because her sense of humor “doesn’t translate” when her comments are written down.

“This business is so much about image and it is, in some ways, a game you have to play because you’re a product and you have to be sold to people,” Fox tells Parade magazine.

“My sense of humor doesn’t translate well into print — like, some of the things I say can be offensive or found offensive even though I don’t mean them that way. So I have been told to try and censor myself here and there. I’m trying, but I’m not really succeeding at it.”

...I’m blessed with the opportunities that people are giving me — ones that I don’t maybe even deserve. But I’m not complaining.”

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Madonna Who?

Proving once again Madonna is a pop relic, an article published in the Orlando Sentinel, featured commentary by a reporter, whose teenage son knew who 50-year-old Michael Jackson was, but drew a blank on Madonna, like most young members of the public.

The teen witnessed Madonna make an insincere, self-promoting appearance at the MTV VMA's, spouting a soulless tribute to Jackson, whom she previously referred to as a pedophile.

Last year, a poll revealed, most young audiences do not know who Madonna is, but confirmed they do know about pop singers Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears.

Time to retire, o' crazy one.

12-year old: Who's Madonna?

Sep 15, 2009 8:00:00 AM - I had a "feeling my age" moment the other night while watching MTV's video music awards with my son.

Sure, I'm in my 40s, but I'm not stuck in the '80s. I like the old music, but I like new music, too...At the beginning of the VMAs, Madonna came out to offer a heartfelt tribute to Michael Jackson.

That's when the trouble began.

"Who's that?" my son asked.

"Madonna."

"Who's Madonna?"

Huh? I mean, seriously, how can he not know who Madonna is? Ironically, he knows who Michael Jackson is, and after being exposed to his music after Jackson died, he's a big fan.

But Madonna? No way...

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com

The Two Million March

Conservatives Turn Off Fox News And Hit The Road For Protests

U.S. President Barack Obama

According to some press outlets, an estimated two million conservatives marched on Washington, angry over the spending that has accompanied the Obama administration.

The health care issue has really divided the American people, who are concerned regarding its costs and how much it will add to the already soaring national deficit, former President Bush left behind.

The turnout for the organized march took many by surprise, as most did not expect the sheer number of people that traveled to the nation's capital for the protest.

Crowd management became difficult for the police, as they were caught unprepared for an event that was not given much publicity or forewarning.

However, the successful march was not unlawful, as Americans are guaranteed the right to freedom of assembly. President Obama is also a big boy and as such, would understand what comes with the territory when one becomes a politician.

To illustrate the contrasting point of view in this dispute, the Obama administration contends, many do not understand the breadth of his health care plans, which are being pushed as items that are more reformative than financially costly.

Bin Laden Egging On Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama

Terrorist Osama Bin Laden has been talking trash again, attempting to egg on and wind up, U.S. President Barack Obama, who has been courtesy to Muslims in his official capacity as Commander-in-Chief.

Violence is not the answer, Mr. Bin Laden

However, Osama released another threatening tape, two days after the 8th Anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on America. We are not sure why it was delayed - one can only assume the official terrorist mail pick up van was delayed by a herd of goats - who knows.

Bin Laden reportedly calls Obama 'powerless'

WASHINGTON — In a tape released Sunday by al-Qaida's media wing, terrorist leader Osama bin Laden said President Barack Obama is "powerless" to stop the war in Afghanistan.

SITE Intelligence Group, a terrorist-monitoring firm that translated the address, said bin Laden, whose al-Qaida organization was behind the Sept. 11 attacks, blamed the war on the "pro-Israel lobby" and corporate interests.

IntelCenter, another company that monitors terrorist propaganda, said the 11-minute video shows a still picture of bin Laden while audio of the address plays.

Bin Laden's address to the American people comes two days after the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. He typically addresses the United States in a message around the Sept. 11 anniversary.

The purpose of his address Sunday, bin Laden said in the SITE translation, is "to remind you of the causes" of Sept. 11, chiefly "your support to your Israeli allies who occupy our land of Palestine."

Bin Laden argued against the claims that the war is necessary for U.S. security, saying current White House officials are merely following the strategy of former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney to "promote the previous policies of fear to market the interests of big companies." ...

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Anti-ACORN Bloggers Violated Wiretap Laws

During an unofficial sting, conducted by two bloggers, who clearly did not read the U.S. Code, in looking for a scoop, they attempted to expose misconduct by ACORN and became entangled in legal trouble.

National wiretap laws were violated, when the bloggers tried to secretly record and videotape ACORN employees in wrongdoing and it has placed the two entrappers in hot water with the government.

This clandestine, unlawful operation, was not the best course of action, as illegal wiretapping is a felony in America.