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ThaddeusMatthews is a fraud

reachingout2U — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:33:21 GMT

I'll admit it I am a blogger, that's my way of communicating with American and the surrounding community, therefore I go on other blog site to voice my opinion on different matters, 99% of the time when I blog on most sites it post weather my opinion is pro or con to the article or comments written, and a 100% of the time when I'm commenting on an article or replying to another bloggers it is decent and probably well written, however all the rules and fairness in the decency of blogging does not apply on thaddeusmatthews blog site, the thing is, if Mr Matthews disagrees with what is written on his comment site somehow your comment might not see the light of day on his site, he'll only choose the comments that are stream line with his views only, and discard any that are not with his views, I understand that is his blog site and he is the adminstator of that site, but the dishonesty that he present to the community is wrong if one cannot not refute his claims, my rant is to say that in all fairness if you are going to put something out and not let anyone refute your claims and only pick more of the commets that is inline with your racist views, than his blog site is only for propaganda use only, and is only used to disseminate his ideas only and is not there to services the community. He claims to be the voice for the black community, but how can he be? if he's not allowing other blacks like myself to voice my opinion if it is not inline with his views, to me like many other blacks that I know and talk with understands that Mr Matthews only represent himself and not the black community, therefore his claims like others that agree with him are just down right fraudulent, I am still hoping for that day when the black community will stand up to people like Mr Matthews with his racist views and his claim that all black are like him, because we are not! Thaddeus Matthews does not speak for all of Memphis african American citizens.

Memphis next Mayor

concerncitizen — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:52:56 GMT

Who do you think Memphis next Mayor will be after incumbent Mayor Wille Herenton leaves office in 2011, I think it will be Shelby County Mayor AC Wharton, if not him who's your pick and why? well I pick AC because I think he has integrity and smart but not arrogant, a community leader and not just on election days, plus he already has the skills be he the Mayor of Memphis because he already the Mayor of Shelby County and will take Memphis to the next level, he already knows what plagueing the city and can hit the ground running.

Well that's by pick of who I think will be the next Mayor of Memphis (Councilwoman Carol Chumney)???

Obama is Change

harpoball — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:45:03 GMT

Hello,

My name is Erica Ball-Holmes and I am for the democratic party. I wrote a song named "Obama is Change" which can be viewed on youtube.com/neosoulharp

I just wanted to write something that showed the shape the world is in and how Obama will make change as President.

All comments welcome!

Thanks ,

Erica

What! You Want More.

concerncitizen — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:20:28 GMT

It reminds me of an abused spouse who's been badly beaten when asked "why don't you leave him, you can find someone better and the reply is- but I love him" and she goes back to him and the abuse continue. So go's the abusive spouse (Republicans), and the Democrats who claim they would vote for McCain if Hillary didn’t win the nomination or if she is not the VP pick, four more years of down trodden agony in the working class segment of our population, 4 more of the wealthiest to get tax breaks, given massive tax cuts to people who don't need them, 4 more of our sons and daughters that will serve in a war that should not have ever been fought, Mcsame has voted in favor of bush 95% of the time, More war, recession, unemployment, high gas prices, America's poor world image, crumbling infrastructure, lack of healthcare-yes McCain offers a lot to the American people, more of the same.

The Republican smear machine

concerncitizen — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:32:37 GMT

The Republican smear machine is at it again, please go to;

FightTheSmears.com

Take a look.

Will someone please tell Hillary

concerncitizen — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:30:24 GMT

Will someone please tell Senator Hillary Clinton that the race for her has come to a end, I like Hillary but what she doing now is embarrassing, my respect for Hillary and bill has limits and for the first time she is starting to look really desperate and out of control-----if she don't stop what she is doing the democratic party will lose the election.

Can I earn an accredited Bachelor Degree in Education online?

Miyamiwalles — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:35:48 GMT

Hey everyone. I was just wondering if anyone knew of an accredited online university where I can earn a Bachelor Degree in Education? I would like to teach grades K-8. I would prefer to go to a state university but I guess I can't be to picky. Thanks for any info!

Help Memphis website win spot on national radio show

theboxman — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:49:24 GMT

Adam Carolla the creator and host of "The Man Show" and "Crank Yankers" is running a contest to promote his new movie called "The Hammer".
We (the creators of street-people.com a website about street people that uses satire to raise awareness of the issue of homelessness) have been trying to get on Adam's radio show for the past year. We feel the cutting humor of our site fits his audience and would help to raise awareness of the issue.

We have sent free t-shirts with our "Need Money for Beer" logos to Adam Carolla, posted messages on his forum, called his voice mail, faxed his radio show, and sent him messages over myspace.

How to get his attention? Use his own call for grass roots marketing against him! Adam Carolla is running a contest to promote his new movie: The Hammer. Grand Prize, a phone call from Adam.

We need your help - we hope by flooding his myspace page with posts from The Boxman's freinds and fans of http://www.street-people.com we can win that phone call. The Adam will be forced to listen to The Boxman.

Hell if Danny Bonaduce could be on his radio show, we should be a no brainer! Read how to help at www. street-people. com or The Boxman's myspace page http://www. myspace. com/street_people

We hope you will post a message to his myspace telling him your heard about his movie from The Boxman & street-people.com so we can win that call and try to talk him into featuring us on his show.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Local Website Gives Out Valetines to Street People

theboxman — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:53:37 GMT

Happy Valentine's Day

It’s Valentine’s Day. Romance is in the air. In a precursor to Spring love that is about to bloom, young boys and girls are swapping cards and chocolate. While long married couples struggle to come up with a way to spice up their love life for that one of the two nights each year a husband is guaranteed to get sex (the other is the anniversary but only if she gets a nice gift).

Still love can warm the heart; make the world a wonderful place, and give you hope that good things are just around the corner. Thus on this special day where we are supposed to express love, we thought a simple expression of love might mean more to those with the least - the street people of our city. Our team loaded up a shopping cart, because we are dealing with street people , full of Valentine’s candy and hit the streets offering a little love from deep in our hearts, our chocolate cream filled hearts.

This bum candy-gram offered a different perspective on the street people that inhabit our city. Our first stop was HB Hospitality center downtown where the street people had lined up hoping to get out of the cold, have a hot meal and spend the night in a warm bed. It was interesting to watch as several street people under the influence where turned away. We handed out some candy to some of the men and women with one street person turning it down. She pulled out her medical kit to explain that she was diabetic and that a dollar would do her more good than the candy. Generally, we only give money to street people we are photographing but this was one of the few street people we had ever met that turned something down because it was bad for their health. I slipped her a dollar. She asked if I had change to cover the tax on a Wendy’s $.99 cent hamburger. If you give a street person an inch, or in this case a dollar, you are going to get hustled.

Our team did meet Howard Steele who has been out looking for a job that will let him use his mind. It seems that he is trying to get some money together because it is Christmas season and he has gifts that he needs to buy for people. Let’s just hope that he is really planning ahead. I did not mention that Christmas had passed about 45 days ago. He had been out looking for a job at one of our city’s fine day labor places and did not get picked today. He shared that he should have been thinking about a career while he was in college. Howard spent all his time playing basketball for two colleges in town and did not spend any time studying. He regrets that now, but being a doctor seemed really hard and he just liked playing basketball so much that he spent all his time doing that at school. He thinks it would be a good plan to get back into college and learn computers or telephone repair and had plans to attend University of Arizona. It’s good to have a goal. Howard was very happy with his box of chocolate, as he said “it is harder and harder to get those little extras as everything seems to have doubled in price.”

Got anything for Esther?

We found this nice young lady walking around bundled up in her coat, another coat, a hat, and a sheet. She saw us pull over and came up to the car to greet us welcoming us to her park. She introduced herself as Esther Harris and she is 55. We never asked, she just said hello and said her name and age. She was happy to have guests in her park and then asked if we had any Tylenol. She produced a small Tylenol bottle opening the top and turning it upside down to prove that she was out. She then asked again if we had any Tylenol.

Absent a bottle of Tylenol, we presented Esther with a box of chocolates, this really excite her. She was happy that we had a gift for her and immediately after looking at the box of chocolates asked if we had anything else to give her. She suggested cigarettes because she really likes to get cigarettes. Before we could tell her none of our team smoked she suggested a ride in our car because it looked like a nice car and she would really enjoy a ride in the car. “I bet it’s a nice car and warm because it is cold out here and the car would be warm and I would go anywhere you wanted because I would just be happy to ride for a little” commented Esther. We turned her down on the ride in the car but asked if she had gone to a shelter to stay warm. She said “No, I am trying to find that guy that owes me $600 cash”. Hoping that she intended to use this money to get a place to stay we offered here a few dollars for her picture and her story. She was very happy for the money and immediately bent over and stuffed the money in her sock. She was quick for someone wrapped in blankets and other unidentifiable pieces of fabric. Bending over, stuffing the money in her sock, and popping back up to ask us for some quarters took only a fraction of a second. What is it with street people? This was twice in one day we offered someone money and they tried to get us to raise the bid. “Quarters are nice” commented Esther “got any of those? No? How about pennies, I like quarters but I would take some pennies.” We had to let her know all we had for her today was chocolates and a few dollars and she responded “Well if this is all you got for me I have to go.”

We said “Goodbye Ms. Hollis, stay warm” and she turned around. She gave us one of those about to go crazy street people looks and then said “That’s good, I never told you my last name and you guessed it. I’m Mrs. Hollis.” The she adjusted one of her two jackets and walked off.

Burger Hungry Bum

Finally, We met Joe. Hustling change off a highway overpass with a most peculiar sign. The sign read “Burger Hungry” as if he had been walking along and all of a sudden it hit him that he was hungry for a burger. No other food would do. He was a hamburger junkie and need a fix of beef, grease and bun. He was not panhandling money for hamburgers but for that American delicacy itself. He wanted people to give him hamburgers. Someone must have given him one because he had ketchup smeared around his mouth.

We offered up our Valentine candy and Joe eagerly squealed “Oh, a snack” confirming that he was a food junkie. He was happy to receive some desert to follow his anticipated burger binge and opened the package of candy while we stood and chatted. He was even happier to earn money by posing for a photograph. We made sure we gave him enough so he could get his favorite – double stack with bacon and cheese with extra pickle. If we could have covered it with chocolate and stuffed it in the box of candy I think he could die a happy street person.

Remember street people are people also, stinky, smelly people who most likely have body lice, but they are people that need love. On this day when we celebrate love think about those people whose love is a 40oz beer and a dry place to sleep at night. Then snuggle up to your significant other, commit a carnal act that should never be put on film as a sign of your love and remember this is why you don’t chuck it all and live under a bridge because bums never get to do the nasty and then roll over and watch Sportscenter.

Suri Cruise: Next Top Model?

Rae Lyn — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:45:50 GMT

Rumor has it the millionaire baby is the face of a new "Baby Gap" campaign. She is cute, but is she cute enough to model? Or was she chosen just because of her star parents?

The View

Rae Lyn — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:27:58 GMT

Barbara Walters announced Tuesday on "The View" that she will make an announcement on Wednesday's show about who will replace Rosie O'Donnell. Sources say it's Whoopi Goldberg. What do you guys think about that choice? Will the show ever be as saucy as it was when Rosie was moderator?