Misadventures in Atlanta

By Wise Diva

December 1, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this

Good morning everyone! If you guys have information to share like articles, personal stories, feel free to post links. Also, let us know if there are events you plan to attend today.

By diamond

December 1, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this

i am a 15 year old wit a 2 and a half year old. my babys daddy, scotty, is always going out an i am afraid that he could be cheating on me. so me and him are planning on getting tested today to make sure he is bein true to his word. even if he does have aids or hiv it is better to get tested and know so u can take extra precaution. than not kno and put yourself and your partner in life threating danger. love is a beautiful thing and u should protect yourself before you have contact. just wait.

By liridon

December 1, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this

i’m not infected but i call everyone that is infected with aids,what are you going to say the god when you are dead, because he said to us “don’t do relationships if you are not married because i’m going to punish you” and this is the punish you are infected with hiv aids. Good day

By Endri

December 1, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this

I’m from Albanian and I can’t speak english, but I speak english: Sëmundja e AIDS është sëmundje e pa shërueshme dhe për atë ne duhet të ruhemi nga jao sëmundje por këtu do t’ia jap të gjith popullit një këshill që të mos ta pin duhanin, drogën dhe alkoolin.

By Endri

December 1, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this

I’m from Albanian and I can’t speak english, but I speak albanian: Sëmundja e AIDS është sëmundje e pa shërueshme dhe për atë ne duhet të ruhemi nga jao sëmundje por këtu do t’ia jap të gjith popullit një këshill që të mos ta pin duhanin, drogën dhe alkoolin.

By Hilary Smith

December 1, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

An important way to fight HIV/AIDS is to become comfortable with your own body. You can’t fight HIV/AIDS if you can’t say “penis” or “vagina”.

By Endri

December 1, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

I’m from Albanian and I can’t speak english, but I speak albanian: Sëmundja e AIDS është sëmundje e pa shërueshme dhe për atë ne duhet të ruhemi nga ajo sëmundje por këtu do t’ia jap të gjith popullit një këshill që të mos ta pin duhanin, drogën dhe alkoolin.

By Dayo Emma

December 1, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this

If the resarcher can put in more efforts to get the cure the better! People should also be further enlightened on the possible ways they could be infected.

By Leggs

December 1, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

Good morning everyone. Where is the blog family. Welcome all you new posters.

I had one beautiful friend that died from aids. She was betrayed by this man who told her he was clean. She didn’t find out until she became sick. As usual, you can no longer take a person at their word.

By Dayo Emma

December 1, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

If the resarcher can put in more efforts to get the cure the better! People should also be further enlightened on the possible ways they could be infected.

By Joe burden

December 1, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this

I like aid’s and HIV i like them cause there yummy, much yummer than smarties and chocolate eggs.

By Joe burden

December 1, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

I like aid’s and HIV i like them cause there yummy, much yummer than smarties and chocolate eggs. x

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

What the fluck is going on up in here? :-/

Happy Monday after Turkey Day folks. I hope everyone can button their pants today!

By lurker

December 1, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

It must be the Christmas seasons that’s bringing the trolls out. Ignorance sure is daggone bliss.

By Endri

December 1, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

I’m Albanian, I’m 11 yers old , but I can’t speak english , but speak albanian:Unë kam shkruar edhe një herë tjetër por tani unë vetëm do të jap popullit ca këshilla:1. Ne nuk duhet të përqqafojm dikë që ka sëmundjen e AIDS në buzë nëse e ka të qarë, 2. Ne nuk duhet të reagojm nëse një shok i yni klase është i infektuar me AIDS sepse ne nuk mun ta marrim AIDS pa e përqafuar në buzë të qarë, 3. Ne nuk duhet të pimë duhan, alkool dhe drog, 4. Sëmundja AIDS bartet nëse njëri ka sëmundjen AIDS dhe pin drog me an të shiringës ai kur ia jep tjetrit për ta marr drogën ai do të infektohet por sëmundja AIDS bartet edhe gjat mardhënieve seksuale, unë di shum për sëmundjen AIDS…

By Joe burden

December 1, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this

I like aid’s and HIV i like them cause there yummy, much yummer than smarties and chocolate eggs. x

By Leggs

December 1, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

You’re absolutely right lurker. Let’s simply ignore! I had so much food. Don’t know how to cook for 2 ppl. No sweat, fed a few neighbors.

By Mo (aka Moeisha)

December 1, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

Morning All! Who let the Trolls out so early…dayum!!

I had a great weekend, still tired as a matter of fact. And since my mom didnt cook til yesterday I am eating leftovers today! Which is cool b/c I would surely have died from TOD (Turkey Overdose) by now!

Hope everyone enjoyed themselves!

By Poppa Grande

December 1, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

Good Morning….

As a player, I had to do some community service. The most memorable experience was visiting a children’s hospital and meeting a 17 year female who had contracted AIDS from her prom night encounter. She had sex one time, and it was all that it took.

By the time that I met her, I guess that she had come to grips that she wasn’t going to live a long life and have kids and all that stuff that we take for granted. She was strong and wanted to tell her story to all that who listened.

Unfortunately, she died about six weeks after I met her. She was 17 years old, and her mom didn’t even get to see her graduate high school.

It made me think rethink more than a few things. We take so much for granted in this life. I thought about all the crazy ish that I did while I was teenager, and realized that I was lucky to even be around. As a result of meeting that young female, I made some changes and really began living life.

There is a saying that people come into your life for “a reason”, “a season”, or “a lifetime”. This was definitely a case where this person came into my life for a “reason”.

We never know when our “checkout” time will come or even how it will come. So you should live your life accordingly.

By christy

December 1, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this

well one thing is for shure one night stands are dumb as hell. and as long as you wana do that and risk yourself go right ahead i just know i wont be the one risking myslef of getting any diseases.

By Rosalind

December 1, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

Today is World AIDS Day! God bless all who are infected and affected. Tomorrow 12/2 marks the second anniversary of my brother, Ronald “Jai” Williams, JR’s death. AIDS was a part of his life but it did not define him. He was a son, brother, uncle, friend, hard worker and marathon runner. He was beautiful!!! We love him and miss him.

By Rosalind

December 1, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

Today is World AIDS Day! God bless all who are infected and affected. Tomorrow 12/2 marks the second anniversary of my brother, Ronald “Jai” Williams, JR’s death. AIDS was a part of his life but it did not define him. He was a son, brother, uncle, friend, hard worker and marathon runner. He was beautiful!!! We love him and miss him.

By Dan

December 1, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

Hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving.

While I don’t know anyone that has AIDS (or at the very least feels comfortable enough to tell me about it), I’d like to think that I would be supportive. I’d do what I could for them and leave free the recriminations.

Like PG, seeing people that you “know” or even those you love die suddenly changes a lot about how you view life and living it.

And to those struggling with this disease, regardless of how one may have contracted it, my prayer’s are with you always.

By Angie

December 1, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this

Recently, I said that I am surprised that people still hook up with strangers for one night stands. Do you think this will ever change?

no! i should put a duh in here somewhere. i don’t like this topic and no i don’t plan on volunteering. i volunteer for the schools only.

By SlimDiva

December 1, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

Good morning!! I hope that each of you experienced a WONDERFUL AND SAFE Thanksgiving Day and weekned.

I was a member of the first World AIDS Day activities held on the AUC campus. Although we continue to educate others about HIV/AIDS, the statistics remain high.

I panicked when I discovered Mr. Navyman’s infidelity during his deployment and was tested immediately. Since then I’m tested annually as part of my annual physical. Once I began my current relationship and my mate and I were ready to be intimate with one another, we were tested together. Although we are both negative, we still use precaution.

I’ve never been promiscuous. However, I’ve always cautious. As a child, I constantly heard my grandmothers telling my aunts, uncles and other cousins to be careful because they may catch something that they can’t get rid of…And along came AIDS!!!

No glove…no love! Be careful!! Get tested! KNOW YOUR STATUS!!!

By KP (http://chatkafe.blogspot.com)

December 1, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

Good morning blog fam…I decided to participate instead of lurking today. Even though HIV/AIDS is contracted from different outlets, many of us still allow our flesh to dictate whether we will engage in Russian Roulette. Every person you lay with no matter how handsome or beautiful they are, have the potential to change your life forever. Whether they’ve had many sex partners or only one. Unfortunately, many of us don’t think it can happen to us until it’s too late. Don’t live life in fear, but remember that every decision you make has an associated consequence.

By James

December 1, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

Let’s all celebrate World Aids Day by taking a f* to lunch.

By Greedy Smurf aka Kym

December 1, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

Good Morning All,

I don’t know of anyone who has died of AIDS but I have met some people living with HIV. Everyone should get tested and know their status.

As a parent I know when I took my son to the doctor I was shocked to learn that he had treated children between the ages of 12 and 15 for HIV. Now I can’t imagine my reaction to that news at 36 much less to hear it as a 12 year old. It has knocked me for a loop and I try to tell as many parent as I can about talking with their children about sex and HIV. Look if you are not shame to screw and get naked infront of someone you barely know then u dang sure should not be ashamed to talk with your kid(s) about sex. Believe me my son is at the stage where he is asking questions and hearing all kinds of crap on the bus(Someone was talking about teabagging and b***** on the bus) and at the Boys and Girls club. I would rather tell him than he hear some dumb shyt in the street.

By Dan

December 1, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

I could site a litnay of ways to die while living: healthy, righteously, etc.

But that would be a waste of time.

What I will say is this, while I rarely engage in risky behavior, the truth of the matter is, I’m good with the consequences of my actions.

So I sleep well at night, have a clean conscience becuase I make decisions and have the fortitude to live with them.

So I’mma let the self-righteous be the self righteous and I’ll check in witchall later.

By Angie

December 1, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

smurf i took my oldest out of tbe boys and girls club this past summer. he was exposed to too much stuff. i had to undue all the damage. i think he gets it now.

By M'Karyl

December 1, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

http://www.statehealthfacts.org

I came across the site a fews ago…it breaks down AIDs/HIV stats by various demographics…one of the most staggering groups is rates for African Americans by state…and the cluster states in the southeast.

By KP (http://chatkafe.blogspot.com)

December 1, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this

Thanks Dan! Sounds like I touched a nerve and that’s okay. I’m not self-righteous and unafraid to share my personal dirt with the masses. Direct the self-righteous comments to those who judge others. I am in no position to judge, but serve as a messenger to assist others from making unwise decisions. Happy Monday to you! :)

By The Truth

December 1, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

Good morning folks.

Yes, Aids and other diseases have changed the dating landscape. It’s like walking through a minefield. Sometimes its better to “Just say no”.

By SexyCool

December 1, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this

looking back on all the risky behaviour in my past…i am grateful to God to be HIV negative today…and while i have certainly changed my ways…i breathe a sigh of relief at each year’s check up when i read negative all over again…

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

KP, I got your point. It was a good post and is always a nice reminder.

As for the topic, I know my status. I’m good about getting tested regularly and try to look before leaping. That being said, it’s by the grace of God the “one” encounter didn’t end up as a death sentence. All we can do is learn from our actions and try our best not to repeat them. I’ve gotten better and more diligent about protection as I’ve gotten older. Even still, it can happen to you even in a committed relationship.

By Dan

December 1, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

@KP

In response:

I was not aiming that to anyone in particular, simply making a general statement.

No offense intended, but if you were, then that’s on you

By Greedy Smurf aka Kym

December 1, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

Angie I like my son going to B&G because frankly this world takes all kinds. I would love to shelter him and put him in a monastery for the next 5 years but I can’t so instead I provide information and a azz whipping(attitude adjustment)when needed.

By raku

December 1, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

i’m 16 years old. im a student one year ago i gone one prescution center. then my body come slim that time i checked the blood then i know i had aids.

By Angie

December 1, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

kp i remember my first time getting tested for aids. i was so scared. i had never been so frickin’ scared in my life. it took me a year to get tested. i went to kiaser in atl when i first moved there.

as soon as my doctor came in the room to meet me for the very first time, i started crying. i just knew i had something. i told her the whole story and she just sat there in aw. she held my hand and hugged me the whole time. i so needed that. she promised to call me herself with all of the results to the std kit. i requested to be tested on EVERYTHING.

she called and all were negative. the baastard did wear a condom like he stated. i couldn’t believe it. i just knew i was in trouble.

my mother was happy it was over and i had finally did it. if it would have came back positive, i’m pretty sure she would have been happy being my cell mate. lol. j/k. i told her that i would be on the next thing smokin’ if a positive test came back.

every year i request a std kit even though i don’t need it.

smurf my foot is always on his neck. he’s very impressionable. i won’t allow anything to hurt his promising future. he’s a good kid and his grades are excellent. puberty is kickin his butt right now, so i fall back alittle sometimes. good luck with yours!

By KP (http://chatkafe.blogspot.com)

December 1, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this

Who is that posting under The Truth’s moniker? Did he say

Sometimes its better to “Just say no”.

I thought Truth was a supporter of get all you can :) because you only live once? LOL

By Greedy Smurf aka Kym

December 1, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this

I do find it funny how touchy this subject can make folks. Now any given day if the topic of sex comes up there would be 200 plus responses before noon. Talk about screwing and dieases and folks clam up and close off.

I also find it more than idiotic that people still think aids is a gay dieases so the masses of trolls pop online posting all kinds of crazy crap.

By Michelle

December 1, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

I too have lost loved ones from this horrible diease. I think we have come a long way since this sickness originated. I watched over the years this topic become more of a public and worldwide issue and I think it is great! We can no longer hide in the shadows and pretend that HIV/AIDS does not exist! The more people that can be reached thru education about this diease, the better!!!

By JtJ

December 1, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

Hey all…..hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. Mine was good until I had to projectile vomiting kids on the side of I-85 near Columbus and had to pull over and sanitize the car. On topic: I don’t personally know anyone with HIV/Aids, but I am sure there are many who are and don’t even know it. So many times I hear people say “they would rather not know” than to get tested and find out. This kind of thinking is why the numbers continue to increase, especially among the 15-35 age group. I did hear of a friend’s friend who got infected from her husband after he cheated continuously during their marriage. He was with both men and women and his wife was either clueless or naïve. Now, she has aids and has been getting sicker and sicker. He left her and continued on with his whoring lifestyle, not sure if he is dead or alive. I say get tested even if you are married or in a committed relationship. Only an ignorant mind refuses to acknowledge that this disease is deadly and can happen to anyone.

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

Amen Kym on your 11:33.

And KP, Truth’s been posting on that “don’t go for the easy” for a minute now. Keep up.

By Leggs

December 1, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

Naw, I think that’s Truth. Every so often, he states that it’s best to just walk away. Back in the day, he was more interested in “scoring”. Now he’s more mature and rational (ROFL).

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this

QC, was that you submitting your brother Darrell in the sexiest man contest?

Would any of your bloggers describe your siblings as “sexy?”

By Leggs

December 1, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

Not nare one of my siblings is sexy. You wouldn’t even believe I was part of the family. I use to tell my mother I had to have been adopted (LOL).

By DASvenus

December 1, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

church-goin and/or bible-totin does not in any way immune you from life. if you live what you preachin, it cuts the chances, but still there is a chance. best to go wit that ‘just say no’ thing theTruth is spoutin now.

morning beautiful ppl

By Attention Getter

December 1, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

Angie 10:31 i don’t like this topic Isn’t it your daily mantra to jump anyone that says early on they’re not cool with the topic. Shame on you MsAngie

By Dan

December 1, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

It’s not about sex and protection, shoot when people comment on here about anything other than missionary sex with a “past partner” there are folks that get in an uproar.

So why have that conversation again? when nothing really ever develops by way of meaningful conversation with opposing viewpoints, but recriminations of “that’s nasty” or my favorite “the Bible says”.

As for the topic, the disease is horrible and people that live and die with/from it deserve no less than condolensces.

But believe me, the lack of commentary has more to do with how “people” react to comments that “other people make”.

I personally don’t give a shyt, but then I’m me.

By Angie

December 1, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this

amazon my brother is phine, but i wouldn’t say sexy.

smurf i’m one who is very uncomfortable with this subject.

truth last week, my sister had her door kicked in by a intruder. if he would have made it inside, i would have felt sorry for him. my sis, her fiance’, his brother and two nephews were home. and there was a gun in the house.

now she wants one of her own. i sent her your post. we both laughed at the slingshot comment. lol. too funny.

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this

Leggs, I think Raqi, brought up the point last week that it was inappropriate for a married man to describe a single woman as “sexy” in front of his wife, simply due to the definition of “sexy:” Arousing or intending to arouse sexual interest or desire.

I only have sisters, but I would never think of them in such terms. LOL. My parents either. Ew. LOL

By Angie

December 1, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

attention w hore i jump on bloggers who think they can do a better job! hair flip

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this

LOL. Here come the dramatics.

By SexyCool

December 1, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this

i have some pretty attractive siblings…but i wouldn’t call them sexy…

two of my brothers (that have a different mother) are really good men and just generally good people in that “good people” sense of the word…their mother really raised them right…i am so proud of them…

By Greedy Smurf aka Kym

December 1, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

JtJ

So sorry to hear about your friend.

I am reading(well will eventually get back to reading) Pamela Samuels Young new mystery called “Murder on the Down Low” it takes place in LA and it is about a situation similar to what happen with your friend. Only the men in the book were on the down low and sleeping with men and not informing their lady friends or SO of their bisexuality. Anywhoo someone is going around and bumping them off.

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this

the men in the book were on the down low and sleeping with men and not informing their lady friends or SO of their bisexuality.

Kym, stories like this give me half a mind to have a PI trail my fiance’ before we get married. Because you have to have trust with the person you’re with, but there are folks out there living that double life and putting you at risk. sigh

I’m only joking about the PI thing, but it’s sad how many of these women probably had no clue. And it could happen too easily with any of us.

By KP (http://chatkafe.blogspot.com)

December 1, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

Thanks for bringing me up to speed ARed and Leggs. I promise to keep up!

By Poppa Grande

December 1, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this

Angie

i’m one who is very uncomfortable with this subject.

It is supposed to be an uncomfortable subject. The minute that we get “comfortable” with AIDS then less we will do to eradicate it. This isn’t the common cold, here. This thing is deadly.

I’m of the belief that there is a cure, but it is being held back in the name of capitalism.

For a drug company, there is no money in curing people of this disease.The money will cease because without the disease people won’t need medication.

However, get people live with this disease and you will forever have money flowing into your company.

Those who engineered this disease (I believe that it is a lab made disease) also have the cure.

By Dan

December 1, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this

On a lighter note:

Bush has already stated that “history” will vindicate him for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

And now, in an interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson, he feels no guilt and no complicity in the current economic mess. And again “history” will judge that his policies had nothing to do with the greatest financial meltdown since the 1930’s.

Wooooowwww, sociopathy anyone?

This guy is completely oblivious or monumentally stupid, either way, he’s outta there!

By Angie

December 1, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this

poppa you haven’t said nothing but a word. that goes for fast food and cigs too.

ca is making me get a smog. folks, have a good day!

By The Truth

December 1, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

Kp I’m like Kobe, I pick my spots.

I remember in germany getting with chicks and then waiting 10 days to see if you caught something. By day 11 you had another one in the sights and it just went on and on. This was pre-aids. Nobody wore condoms and getting a “shot” to fix your ills was common practice.

Speaking of safe sex is like talking about safe uncaged great white shark hunting. It’s not gonna happen.

Even outside of Aids we have a buffet of diseases that are less than desirable.

Poppa I agree it’s man made. I read somewhere where there are folks that are unhappy it didn’t work faster.

Btw, the honeymoon with Obama is over. He had two options 1) Represent the people and get assasinated 2) climb in bed with the bankers and thrive at our expense

His treasury secretary (New York fed chief) pick along with Volcker (economic advisory panel head) clearly showed which way he leaned. We got screwed. Should have voted for Ron Paul. :(

Off topic: My dogs showed out this weekend at another trial. My male picked up his last 2 credentials and he is through now. He straight bum rushed the decoy. Then for good measures I called him off from about 20 feet away. The spectators loved it.

My female picked up 3 titles. She’s well on her way to getting more than my male.

By MELO

December 1, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this

I have lost countless relatives,former school mates/buddies etc to HIV and AIDS.President(now former) Thabo Mbeki of South Africa,early on would not agree that the disease was caused by the HIV virus.The health policy in South Africa was consequently behind in formulating policies to mitigate against the effects of the disease.It has been disaster!! A lot of my relatives died after I had left for the states.I was therefore unable to see,first hand,the effects and toll the disease slowly took on them,individually.But im told,its a slow painful death. If u are here in the states,u will be lucky in the sense that hiv and aids treatment has come a long way and the disease is more chronic than fatal,thanks to a slew of meds that have been discovered to combat the virus.Look at Magic Johnson. I actually read an AP report on-line yesterday,that talked of how some,within the scientific community are saying that the UN-AIDS FUND is overblown and taking away resources from other diseases.Already, it seems there is complacency about the disease. But from my standpoint, u are better of cautious than sorry!!

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this

I can’t imagine growing up in the Pre-AIDS era. I remember learning about AIDS right along with sex education. I had an uncle who died of AIDS in the 80s. Back then they called it “gay cancer” and my family told me he was sick from cancer. As I grew up, I realized what he really had and told my family that I knew.

There will probably never be a carefree moment in regards to sex during my generation.

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this

It’s snowing over here. I’m in Vinings.

By JtJ

December 1, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

* @ Kym*…..sound like a good read. I will have to check on that one. I am reading Eic Jerome Dickey’s 2 recent books, Pleasure and Sleeping with the Enemy, that I got as a b-day gift. My fiance got them autographed by the E-man himself when he was in ATL a few weeks ago.

Stories like that make me sick. For all the wife knew, he probably was infected before they got married, because they were newlyweds.

I wish they would require blood tests again for people wanting to get married. They used to up until about 10 years ago, I am not sure what they tested for, but HIV/Aids should have been the #1 disease they tested for. I have heard so many stories of spouses infected each other and it jsut goes to show that no one is safe.

One moment of pleasure can bring a lifetime of pain.

By Leggs

December 1, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

I got what you’re saying ARed, but was only answering your question. Guess the right answer for you would have been “no, they’re my siblings, nothing sexy about them.” Oh well!

By Wise Diva

December 1, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

Better Health blog is also discussing World AIDS day!

By The Truth

December 1, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

Ared pre aids was a wonderful world. We didn’t know aids or herpes existed and in the military getting a shot wasn’t really a big thing. In the early 80’s aids was for “those guys”. It wasn’t til the early 90’s that it started crossing lines.

The cavalier attitude the military had is really hilarious now that I look back on it. Supervisors (officers/NCO’s) would just bring it up in formation. Like, hey if you get something go take your shot and relax for a few days. LOL

Ared, I was out in your neck of the woods all day yesterday. We trialed on Stonewall Tell again. Rain and mud all day long but I had a ball. I’m just thawing out though.

Melo sorry your fam got hit so hard. I can’t even imagine what folks have to go through with little medical attention.

Mo my niece fixed my plate thursday. She also got in on the group hug when the little ones grabbed me. So I’m thinking maybe I’m being to harsh. After dinner my sis told me niece sold her truck and forged sis’s name. I got up and left. Trifling. LOL

By Dan

December 1, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

Truth

What would you have him do?

In order to get anything done in Washington (or anywhere else for that matter) you have to have respected people in positions of power.

His picks are of old hands (mind you, I don’t like that much either. I’da liked fresher eyes on the problems) but in the case that the government is a machine, which would you rather have: a neophyte driver, or someone with experience behind the wheel.

Most of the advice that he’ll recieve will be “corridor” people anyway, but he’ll hear new voices too, like Buffet and the founder(s) of Google.

All in all I think his appointments speak to both experience of the system, yet the need to change approach.

I too remember pre-AIDS loving, but I wore condoms as the old saying goes “know what you’re getting yourself into” has always applied

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

Leggs, there was nothing wrong with your answer. I was just adding the commentary.

By Leggs

December 1, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this

Better yet ARed, I mistook “sexy” in my mind to mean “fine”. So, you got me on the sexy part. No, my siblings are not attractive (LOL)!!!

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

Ared, I was out in your neck of the woods all day yesterday.

Truth, normally I would have said you should have hit me up and I would have come out, but the weather was pretty crappy. Congrats to you and your dogs!

By Leggs

December 1, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

Truth, I was just about to go w/the thought “yay, he’s going to give his neice another chance” then in the next breath having to say “aww shyt!”

Naw, you’re right ARed, questions like that can be looked at as “trick questions”. I’m a word person and I interjected a word, or rather a thought, that wasn’t there. Have to be careful w/the english language (LOL).

Melo, sorry about all you and your family had to endure.

Truth, congrats on the credentials your dogs have acquired. I can actually see you beaming!

By Mo (aka Moeisha)

December 1, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

Truth Your niece was trying to do a good deed knowing she was wrong. My cousin was with us, all in her parents face (and their wallet/pocketbook no doubt). She mentioned wanting to trade in her car that she is almost done paying for….yet she just got a job in retail. I then proceeded to have my 4th glass of Moscato. LOL!

On topic: have never known anyone with AIDS/HIV. I do get tested every year (hell that is what insurance is for, test me for everything since Im here). I think you can never be too careful these days and I have heard a number of stories. I would rather….no I NEED to know my status whether I have put myself at risk or not

By The Truth

December 1, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

Dan I understand wanting experience but as we’ve found out the old heads think the best way to solve problems is pump money into their friends companies at a high rate of speed, and at your expense. Then we get double fugged because after inserting all this new money in the economy, which is just printed up out of nowhere and loaned to the government with interest that we pay for with our taxes, we will have to deal with the inflation that will be coming in the near future.

On a good note I filled my truck up for $35.00. I just sat there and looked at the needle on full for five minutes to take in the moment.

By Brian

December 1, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this

I see from some of the morning comments, that there are still some clowns out there..

I got tested this summer for the first time… And I was scared to death for hearing the results… The results were the big Negative.. But it made me realize the number of women that I slept with was obvious unhealthy. but more importantly not worth it… Had a aunt that died years ago from Aids and I still didn’t learn until I had to look in tha mirror…

By Poppa Grande

December 1, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this

Truth

The cavalier attitude the military had is really hilarious now that I look back on it. Supervisors (officers/NCO’s) would just bring it up in formation. Like, hey if you get something go take your shot and relax for a few days. LOL

My cousin, who is a Marine, talks quite a bit about all the shots that they get. He says sometimes he feels like a guinea pig because he isn’t sure that they are telling him the truth about what they are injecting in his body.

I’ve also read that there were people who were upset that the disease didn’t work faster. I read that it was supposed to be a bio-weapon that didn’t work fast enough. I don’t think that it is coincidence that it has gone through minorities at the rate that it has. This has been done before with black men and syphilis. It just didn’t get out of hand like AIDS has.

As far as Obama goes, he has to walk a fine line there in Washington. He doesn’t have a lot of experience himself (He was still in his 1st term as a US Senator) so he has to bring in some people that do.

He and his cabinet couldn’t ALL be newbies. He would be eaten alive, and lose credibility with Congress. They have to sign off on almost all of his moves as President, even the picks of his cabinet.

That is why I say that the best job in Washington is US Supreme Court. They get to pick which cases to address. Their opinions become law (example: Roe v. Wade). They get top keep their job until THEY get tired and have had enough. They aren’t elected, so very little answering to the American People.

By Dan

December 1, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

@Truth

Wouldn’t you?

I mean if you could get the homies some ends (even if it was minorly justifiable) or get that babe a job for you a solid, trying to tell me that you wouldn’t?

As far as the policies go though, I think a lot more regulation of new products is definitely in order. And if he has any sense, the new Treasury Sec. would get that money back from the banks (and treat AIG like the credit card companies do normal folks) and start examining the CDS market. Even Foots would agree that the incestious CDS market needs some good regulation.

@Melo

I’m sorry to here about your peoples, is it getting any better over there?

By Dan

December 1, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

@Truth

Wouldn’t you?

I mean if you could get the homies some ends (even if it was minorly justifiable) or get that babe a job for you a solid, trying to tell me that you wouldn’t?

As far as the policies go though, I think a lot more regulation of new products is definitely in order. And if he has any sense, the new Treasury Sec. would get that money back from the banks (and treat AIG like the credit card companies do normal folks) and start examining the CDS market. Even Foots would agree that the incestious CDS market needs some good regulation.

@Melo

I’m sorry to hear about your peoples, is it getting any better over there?

By The Truth

December 1, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

brian I sweat like hell the first time i got tested too. The nI call for the results and they say I have to come in. I’m terrified now. I get there and they say I’m negative but they can’t give the results out over the phone. WTF???

I was so stressed I called over an old friend for some relief. Hard head neverlearn. LOL

For those that didn’t believe ME when I said Obama has royal bloodline here’s proof. You dont believe me but you’ll believe CNN.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/10/17/all-in-the-family-cheney-and-obama-related/

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

Hee hee hee…Georgia Tech is ranked higher than Georgia in the BCS standings. I love it.

By Dan

December 1, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

The latest on Plax:

— Apparently he was doing either the harlem shake or the Dougie when he shot himself

— He attempted to give a fake name at the hospital - Bobby Mexico

— He is pleading not guilty to possession of an illegal firearm

By lurker

December 1, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this

Not only was a Wal-Mart employee trampled to death but the people were upset when the store closed. There will be a special place for you on judgment day and it won’t be pretty!

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

I was so stressed I called over an old friend for some relief. Hard head neverlearn. LOL - Truth

LMAO. Damn.

By Brian

December 1, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this

@ AmazonRed.. lol my own brother is not talking to me right now.. I can’t find a UGA fan to clown,, And the Proj manager called in today lol, Killing me..

@ truth.. lol right… at least she warned me that I would need to come in for the results…

But its krazy, the women that im runnin into now,, are acting like I was when I was 20… Either they are involved (bf) or married and are stepping out left and right… disclaimer(only speaking about the ones that IM meeting)

By Poppa Grande

December 1, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this

AR

*Hee hee hee…Georgia Tech is ranked higher than Georgia in the BCS standings. I love it. *

I thought we were cool. SEC got their tails handed to us by ACC on Saturday. Tech beat the Dawgs and Clemson Tiggers beat my Roosters.

I told folks that even Spurrier wouldn’t get things going in Columbia, SC.

I don’t really get on the kids though. Being a student-athlete isn’t all the fun that it may seem. It is a job and the coaches and schools are making a tons of money of those kids and throw peanuts back to the kids.

I say good to Tech…and even those Clemson kids because they could have thrown in the towel early and said that this was a rebuilding year. Both schools have had recent coaching changes. Clemson lost Tommy Bowden during the season. Yet, they showed tenacity to keep going. That is what student-athletics is about. Perseverance.

By The Truth

December 1, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

Brian alot of these women are stepping out. My ex wife left me a text yesterday wanting to know what I was doing and if I had some free time. I was trialing with the dogs and didn’t get it til later. SMH Thing is she’ll be mad I wasn’t available, and she’s married.

Dan that Plax thing is off the chain. Why is it that athletes still go clubbing or to strip bars when its like a 100% chance your’re going to get into trouble?

Leggs congrats on the credentials your dogs have acquired. I can actually see you beaming! I must admit I am. I fed them their favorite last night, chicken and rice. They deserved it.

By Greedy Smurf aka Kym

December 1, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

Truth I believed you..I didn’t need CNN to tell me about your theory. I just think its cute you are a paranoid old coot. LMAO

As for Obama..I told you all I am calling his administration Clinton: The Tan Years frankly I tuning out all of this cabinet posting stuff because it is not the cabinet heads that make the decisions on policy or even do the damn work..its bureaucrats like me. Govt keeps moving along no matter who is in power.

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this

I thought we were cool. SEC got their tails handed to us by ACC on Saturday.

PG, we are cool, as long as you know I’m SO OVER the SEC. I thought you knew that. LOL. Funny how I’m the one who goes to the SEC Championship game most every year.

I’m not an ACC fan either, but am happy for Tech, since they get no love here in GA cuz of UGA.

I love reading the sports blogs after a UGA loss. Wonder how loyal Richt will be to Martinez…

By Greedy Smurf aka Kym

December 1, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this

PoppaG You are right the best job in Washington is SCOTUS. Lifetime job and you pick and choose what cases work for you.

By Dan

December 1, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this

@Truth

It’s not about going to the club per se (new booty is new booty), it’s about newly minted multi-millionares putting on fronts like they still live in the hood.

You famous? Be famous. You got money? Act like it, just don’t act as if the money makes you better than me. <—-No.1 reason athlete’s get into trouble.

I think he’d seen Beverly Hills Cops that night and wanted to be Axel Foley.

Really, who carries loaded guns (with no safety) by your jewels anyway?

By The Truth

December 1, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

Greedy Smurf I just think its cute you are a paranoid old coot I must admit I’m more scared of the Fed than anything that comes to mind. What they are doing is unconstitutional and unconscionable. We are being fleeced so the wealthy can get wealthier, and we don’t do anything about it. I just wonder if folks know that the ones that started this whole thing are now being put in charge of fixing it.

By Leggs

December 1, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

Had to laugh at Tom Joyner this morning while discussing the Plaxin (sp.?) incident. They wanted to know who the deejay was that made him dance so hard he shot himself.

By MELO

December 1, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this

Truth,DAN if i were that famous, i would bring the strippers home! Just do a pvt hire and bring them to the basement.Why dont these guys have no common sense? Same thing if i wanted music with a bit of crowd.Just have a pvt party at ur house.

By Greedy Smurf aka Kym

December 1, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

Truth The feds don’t scare me they annoy me. What scares me is the attitude of the American people that the “Federal govt should come save me” That is some bs. It is not the job of the fed govt to save you or anyone else. The Federal govt is not your friend.

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

Wonder if I can get out of here early if I fake cramps. I’m so bored. Quiet day.

By Dan

December 1, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

@Melo/Truth

There’s something to not wanting a stripper to know where you live or what’s in your house.

That’s said, even then you’d get tired of the same females.

In Dallas I kicked a couple of times with some ball players and for the most part (really shiny diamonds) they were down to earth with it.

Hit the VIP, wait for the honey’s, get what you looking for, leave.

It’s really not that complicated, except when folks get to acking tough.

But there should always be a destination for the “skripper party” a hotel rm or something

By MELO

December 1, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

ared,just hold ur belly and wince a lil.U ladies can get away with anything,unlike guys.

By MELO

December 1, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this

Dan, acting tough and showing off,thats what gets them in trouble most times.Its the growing up poor and ghetto mentality.

By For Real

December 1, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this

One night at a Manhattan nightclub…….

Plex: Dayummm the club is on point tonight. And that deejay is off the chain

Teammate: Yeah it is… you know I been meaning to ask you….

Plex: Don’t go there man!

Teammate: Awww come on man. You got to admit….

Plex: Dayum bruh, I said don’t go there!!!

Teammate: Looking at Plex with the Gas Face

Plex: Alright dayummm, but you betnot tell anyone. It’s my mama and daddy’s code word for sex.

Teammate: WTF!!!!

Plex: Yeah they use to sneak behind this old warehouse and have sex in a plexiglas box. So, whenever my daddy wanted sex from her he yell out Plexico and my mama would meet him. Then she got pregnant and thought it would be cute to name me Plexico.

Teammate: Dayummm!!! Here take my drink.

Plex: Thanks bruh. Awwwww ish! No they ain’t playin My Hump! That’s my ish!!!

Teammate: Ay man you better sat yo azz down you know you strapped!

Plex: Fugg dat! My Hump, My Hump Oh no he didn’t!! Dayumm he mixed My Hump with Too Legit To Quit! I’m gettin my typewriter on. POW!!!!

By Poppa Grande

December 1, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this

AR

*I’m not an ACC fan either, but am happy for Tech, since they get no love here in GA cuz of UGA.

I love reading the sports blogs after a UGA loss. Wonder how loyal Richt will be to Martinez*

I understand. I don’t really get on the players because they are just kids. They can’t be like the other kids at their schools and act crazy and stuff. When they get drunk and act crazy, it ends up on the web or on the AJC. UGA QB Matt Stafford was out with some friends at the NASCAR event a couple of years ago and he looked a little tipsy. The pic ended up on the web.

As far as Richt goes, I’ve met him and he seems to be a very loyal guy. He may be too loyal. That’s probably how he gets all these QBs to stay, like DJ Shockley did.

I met he and his brother-in-law (Dallas Cowboys back up QB Brad Johnson, who is a Former TB Buccaneer QB during their Superbowl win a few years back)at a SEC fundraiser in Athens a couple of years ago.

By MELO

December 1, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this

2009,2010 and 2011 is the time to make money! Thats my only chance be4 I retire to be a millionaire.

By Angie

December 1, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this

glad to see the topic has changed.

while waiting, i picked my favorites from the sexiest man in hotlanta list: justin, ssg lewis, architect, rodney, reginald m mayfield, jail bait jamal lol, ty’s dad, richard, and no name red shirt driving. mrs. lewis and her lil fam … nice pic. t. rahming is a hot mess!

men with all those greased up muscles, ew! not sexy at all. lil bit of muscles is good. and wearing pants all the way down to your pubic hair, thumbs down.

By Poppa Grande

December 1, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

Truth

that Plax thing is off the chain. Why is it that athletes still go clubbing or to strip bars when its like a 100% chance your’re going to get into trouble?

You know the answer to your own question. As a few friends of mine and the 2Livestews say, “The puddy is undefeated.” You know that puddy is like our kryptonite. So, do females.

Personally, I think that Plax probably should have taken a page out of Antwaan “Big Boi” Patton’s book and build himself a “Boom Boom Room” in his place complete with stage and stripper pole in it.

Most strippers are about gettin’ that money, and could care less about where you live.

By Jamoca

December 1, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

Good Afternoon, you all… whose tired of eating turkey, yet?…if I see/make one mo’ turkey omlette or sammich, I’mma….

Kym great point on your 11:33!

However, PoppaG I liked the response on your 12:19. I knew I could not have been the only one. For me, the first thought that comes to mind when someone mentions AIDS is ——> a Conspiracy . I’ll even go so far to think of it as genocide; which left me to ponder for a few moments what my uncle’s hysterically debating, regarding “this place” being overpopulated and at what lengths the government has gone/will go to rectify “the issue”, which I believe Truth has mentioned on several occasions…oh, and btw, regarding your niece, you almost had me there…LOL! I was like: “I told him all he needed was a big ol’ hug!

Now, on a bit of a deeper note…a buddy of one of my uncles, has full blown AIDS, which he contracted from his wife, whom he claimed had him unaware that she was infected until she was on her death-bed. <—— Now that right there is one of my greatest fears. Unprotected sex between a man and HIS WIFE (I would like to think) is one of the beauties of being married in the first place. I liked to believe that I’d be able or rather he’d be the kind of man that I could trust with my very life. However, I do realize NOTHING is guaranteed in life besides death itself.

Which brings me to another thought I recently found out through my grandmother and word on the street that a particular relative, is suspect for contracting HIV/AIDS. And although it was years ago, I often thought if I were still around, I’d feel somewhat glad that his ways caught up with him; especially since I felt he was oblivious to how much those unspeakable ordeals had such an affect on my childhood…just furious and raging within myself when it seemed, the joker got off “scott-free”, while living the high life. Wondering if/when any of this would ever affect his well-being, if at all. The most I’d ever noticed were those brief, yet uncomfortable moments in passing one another, and seeing how (till this very day) he can never seem to look me in the face…just holds his head down, when/if he (has enough nerve) to speak; all the while, I, facing it head-on, no dodging, no longer timid and had long ago dealt with those issues – this made me proud of myself.

However, strangely, all I feel is pity, while I shake my head and for a second, I wonder….at this very moment, what are his thoughts?…hopefully not the million-dollar question ——> Why?

By Dan

December 1, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

@PG

Most strippers is about getting money… - True

Including that to be garnered when you’re not at home by the crackhead’s she messes with.

Do you not remember Casino and that trifling chick?

By The Truth

December 1, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

Greedy why do we live in a country where EVERYTHING we do or touch is taxed yet our government is in debt passed its eyeballs? Here’s why: Everytime you have sex the condom you use has been taxed a number of times from the products used to make them to the company that sells them to the retailer that eventually sells them to you. Same with tissue you use when you wipe your nose and everything else you use. Since the government has so much revenue coming in, and we haven’t even considered your income tax, why are we in so much debt? Because the government has agreed to let a private bank, the Federal Reserve, print and circulate currency at will and then LOAN it to your government at interest. So all the taxes you pay goes toward interest on loaned money that is illegal anyway as the Constitution says only Congress can produce money. This is why every president since Woodrow Wilson has lied in his oath to uphold the Constitution and Obama will do the same.

This is also why Joe Blow will never get rich because whenever they want they can close the purse strings and funnel off YOUR resources, exactly like they’re doing now. For proof go look at your homes value or your 401k and report back with your findings. This can and will be a continous trend.

Summary: The Feds are producing worthless money based on the US govenments pledge to back it and then loaning it back to the govenment with interest. They drain our taxes to make those payments.

melo if you want to make money in those years you better invest in the yen.

By Angie

December 1, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

the joker got off “scott-free”, while living the high life. Wondering if/when any of this would ever affect his well-being, if at all.

this right here hits home. a person’s wrong doings will always always catch up with them. sit back and just watch. it may take a minute, but so what. it’ll be taken care of in due time.

good to read you moca!

By Poppa Grande

December 1, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

AR

I’m not an ACC fan either, but am happy for Tech, since they get no love here in GA cuz of UGA.

IMO the reason that GT gets less love than UGA is due to numbers. UGA has a student body over 30,000 people. GT just reached an alltime enrollment high of 18000 in December of 2007.

Odds are greater that people in this state know someone that went to UGA than there are people who know people that went to GT. With that difference there will be more alumni and friends of alumni. Most people who scream ” Go. Dawgs. Sic’! Woof! Woof! Woof!” didn’t even go there.

ALSO I am SO loving the drama in South Bend, IN. I think that Notre Dame did Ty Willingham so wrong and they are getting what they deserve. Weiss doesn’t look like a genius without Tom Brady, does he? I feel sorry for the kids, but I love seeing the disgust on my Notre Dame grad classmates when I mention their past two seasons.

By Leggs

December 1, 2008 4:15 PM | Link to this

ForReal, that story sounds feasible!

By Velonese

December 1, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this

Q: How do you think we as single people, specifically, can make a difference?

A: Don’t have sex till marriage and don’t do drugs, simple.

Q: Do you know anyone who has AIDS? A: Yes

Q: Are you living with HIV/AIDS?

A: No, I get myself checked every 6 months. Even though I’m not having sex, with all the wacko’s in this country, it’s good to have a piece mind.

Disclaimer: People of America should be excluded from World Aids day. Their are many other counrties that don’t even have the Tec to even make aware or battle Aids. Majortiy of people here who get it are screwing everything that moves and sharing needles or using their Aids in a saltly mindless way of vengence to spread it of their own mistake.

Maybe this is good thing for the rest of the world. But in the land “Take everything for granted cause we can” we set such a p** poor example that my concern for those really in need here, is gone.

And again, this is brought to you by the letters F and U.

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this

PG, I too am watching this ND drama with GLEE. I especially loved it when “Pear Bryant” (thanks Jason Whitlock) fired his offensive coordinator then LOST to Syracuse! It was the first time in ND history that they’d ever lost to an 8 loss team! Ha!

They want to fire him, just like Ty and Davies but there is too much time and $ left on the contract. I don’t think they should be so hasty, but since they did Ty like that, they should do Charlie like that.

I’m also laughing at Michigan. Losing to Ohio State, Mich State, ND all in one year. I’m tired of all these Big East traitors. Bigger ain’t always better. Hee hee hee…

By Poppa Grande

December 1, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this

Dan

That could be anybody, though. Especially, if you are flashing your dough.

Remember OutKast song “Red Velvet”? Anybody could do that, not just strippers.

I spent many of my early 20s in the “Gentlemen’s Club”. Most were about getting money. Most sould calculate how many dances would get them something that they wanted or needed. “15 dances gets me these boots that I saw, 10 pay for daycare, etc” Keep in mind at the Gentlemen’s Club the dances were $10 and 15 dances equalled 150.00.

Most were actually scared of getting robbed themselves. Everyday is payday for most of them.

*EVERYDAY is like payday for them since they get CASH tips most days that they work. *

Now if you talking about chicks like those at the *Foxy Lady on Moreland…. than heyal to the nawl they don’t get to know where I stay*

By Angie

December 1, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

poppa that was one of the things that i didn’t get to do while in atlanta. i wanted to visit one of the popular spots and get a lap dance. lol. just something i wanted to say i experienced. leggs used to crack me up with her lunch trips to the strip club.

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this

Keep in mind at the Gentlemen’s Club the dances were $10 - PG

Shoot, I’d rather work the fryer or at the call center then!

By Jamoca

December 1, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this

it’ll be taken care of in due time…

That was just me thinkin’ back for a spell. Of course, it’s a known fact for ALL THAT WE DO/HAVE DONE has the potential to make or break us.

Ya’ll have a good one.

By Dan

December 1, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this

I too spent time in gentleman’s club’s, PG. Long enough to get hip to the game these women run.

I dated a dancer for a while and bruh, the conversations they had about the number of ways they were getting money from cats - ridiculous.

From the out and out “getting bills paid” to the “letting-the-homeboys-know-where-we’ll-be”, to even smash and grabs at the nice house he took her back too.

All in the name of getting money. So I don’t put nothing past ‘em. None of ‘em, dancer or not.

@Truth

That the Federal Reserve was established was in response to the different states, cities, counties, families having different currencies.

The idea of a “central bank” had been floated since Andrew Jackson’s days. But the individual banks in the those times lobbied hard against it.

The role of the Fed is for setting a standard currency. The debate about the gold standard I’d be happy to have with you, but unless you want Truth’s Bucks to not be accepted by The Gentleman’s Club not be transferrable and only have value to you, then have at it.

But, the Fed doesn’t even print the money, they set policy. The Secret Service prints and protect the actual currency under the auspicies of US Department of the Treasury.

By Poppa Grande

December 1, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

AR

I’m also laughing at Michigan. Losing to Ohio State, Mich State, ND all in one year.

I expected Michigan to have a bad season. They didn’t have the personnel to run Rich Rodriguez’s offense. I only predicted that they would win 1 game this season know that they were changing systems and Rich Rodriguez didn’t get the prize recruit that he was seeking to run his offense (Terrell Pryor). Terrell is now running Ohio State’s Offense.

It was like Michigan took a knife to a gunfight. It wasn’t even fair this season to even judge them.

By Dan

December 1, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

@ARed

I’on know, other than the “getting nekked part” those ladies make gwap, most of it non taxed.

By Cemeeli

December 1, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Salutations folks…

long, busy day… Who else is cyber-Monday shopping?

My post-Thanksgiving cool down? We got into watching black movies over the holiday break… We watched: Friday, Friday after Next, ATL, Roll Bounce and couple others…

This cold weather is sending me into‘black-flick’ frenzy. Tonight, I’m thinking about watching The Great Debaters, American Gangster, or Coming to America…

….jack frost is dead serious about sending his greetings down here in the south…..my goodness!

I hope everyone has returned safely, and found well.

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

I’on know, other than the “getting nekked part” those ladies make gwap, most of it non taxed.

Dan - So? Still doesn’t change my response.

By The Truth

December 1, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this

Dan so not true. The government gives the feds a treasury bond and the feds then instruct the printers to fire up the presses.

The issue of multiple currencies had long been solved when the Fed Reserve Act was passed in 1913 and the secret service has nothing to do with the printing of money.

The US contsitution forbids a central bank.

By SexyCool

December 1, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

anybody know where coach and i can find a spades game on a monday night?

By Angie

December 1, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

I’on know, other than the “getting nekked part” those ladies make gwap, most of it non taxed.

that’s amazing how you don’t get it. :-/

By Poppa Grande

December 1, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this

AR

Some places are $5 dance places such as the Blue Flame.

If you go into the VIP the price really jumps up, but I’ve never done that. So I don’t know what that costs. Back in the day it was like a fee to get a room in the VIP and the dances were like $20.00 per song. It could easily run into hundreds of dollars. I saw the logs and such. There were women making most of their money in there.

Angie

You’d be surprised. Magic City seems to have more women in there when I go. (which is like 2-3 times per year). They buy dances and go into the little VIP area.

Guys are much more stingy with our money when we are in the club than you think. I’ve seen more women “make it rain” than men.

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this

Some places are $5 dance places such as the Blue Flame.

PG, that’s simply amazing to me. I always thought the prices were higher. You gotta clear a lot of volume with those prices. LOL. I hope their pole game is tight then! LOL

Though I’ve seen those documentaries on HBO and those chicks are selling their bodies for bargain rates too, so I guess I’m not really surprised.

By Dan

December 1, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

@Angie

Never said I didn’t get it. I often promote that “line of work” to women. It’s a two way street, she get money, guys (that go) get fantasies fulfilled.

@ARed

I’m just saying. Besides, there are states (Alabama) with no nudity, you just have to work extra hard.

In TX, the ladies are topless where alcohol is served and nekked where it’s BYOB.

Besides, most dancers drive across town to work. Nobody knows them there anyway.

But, as always do you, just throwin’ it out there?

@Truth

No where in the Constitution is a central bank prohibited.

Treasury Bills are how the US is financied (See China).

And the Secret Service does have responsibility for money as a part of the Department of the Treasury.

That’s who they work for

By Angie

December 1, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this

and go into the little VIP area.

what for? lol. nobody said nothing about going back to the VIP room!!!

By Conspiracy Theorist

December 1, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

For all you Conspiracy Theorists out there…

By Leggs

December 1, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Good night…I now have a stomach ache!

By Angie

December 1, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Besides, most dancers drive across town to work. Nobody knows them there anyway.

that’s funny, cause the men/husbands/bf/fiances are going across town too. everybody’s gonna bump into somebody one day. lol.

By The Truth

December 1, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this

Dan the constitution clearly states only congress can produce money whick prevents private parties from doing so.

By Poppa Grande

December 1, 2008 5:06 PM | Link to this

I don’t promote stripping, but I don’t promote welfare either.

Therefore, as long as it is legal, I ain’t trying to stop someone from taking care of themselves and their families.

By AmazonRed

December 1, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

Dan - Again…so?

By Dan

December 1, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

@Truth

Then why was the Federal Reserve Act passed?

By Conspiracy Theorist

December 1, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

Truth The Fed doesn’t produce money; it controls the amount of money in the system by expansion or contraction of monetary policy. Those are two different things. Congress has the power to coin money and it also has the power to make new laws as deemed necessary and proper to execute their power, including creating entities that can print money.