Taken from
Media Matters for AmericaBill Bennett: "[Y]ou could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down"
Addressing a caller's suggestion that the "lost revenue from the people who have been aborted in the last 30 years" would be enough to preserve Social Security's solvency.
Bill Bennett dismissed such "far-reaching, extensive extrapolations" by declaring that if "you wanted to reduce crime ... if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down." Bennett conceded that aborting all African-American babies "would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do," then added again, "but the crime rate would go down."
The man is entitled to his opinion and obviously he has quite a few people who are in agreement. Here are some facts that make what he said and that fact that he feels this way quite scary:
Bill Bennett's Morning in America airs on approximately 115 radio stations.
He has an estimated weekly audience of
1.25 million listeners.
He served as United States Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988.
Member of the
Project for the New American Century(sounds like a branch of the Klan).
On a television show, he said that a listener's suggestion to behead drug dealers would be 'morally plausible'.(does this include the legal ones like doctors?)
In 2003, it became widely known that he was a high-stakes gambler who had lost millions of dollars in Las Vegas...
But he claims he has this under control,
just like someone who drinks a lot of alcohol. Point being this is a man who has power in America.
He represents a public consensus.
That is scary.
VH1's Hip-Hop Awards show...
We totally had to jump on the bandwagon of everyone else blogging about this.
I mean most of the rappers who we
adored where performing! To get the complete listing of who was awarded please check out
Nastack who explains hip-hop well!
Anyway, we have a little commentary to add:Darkness in all his splendor!His flat top ruled in '89 . He lost weight and is back to his old self. He still looks good. 
What look is Ice-T trying to accomplish? Hard core because he has no sleeves? Which leads us to his wife, Coco. Why?
How much make-up is LL wearing? Or is it permanent? The mascara was a nice touch though. Also his wife needs to stop. Why are you hanging on so damn tight? You have fifteen kids for the man...
Either Jazz looks good or we are getting old?
We don't care what anyone says, David Banner is attractive.
And here is our GIRL Wendy Williams!
All that plastic surgery and this is what you have to offer viewers? Scary...
Kwame is cute!
ANYWAY The Office is on. This shit is hilarious!
A Kenyan man just swore in to get his citizenship for America and denounced his homeland in Africa and guess what?
He won the lotto.WOW! This is all 2 Girls and a Blog can say.
This is amazing. Can he drop his wife now or is it too soon?Whatever.
Let's keep tabs on this character.If
we won the lottery
quiet would be kept.
No announcing shit to the media.
No telling the spouse.
...And Especially NO telling the government. Shit. Dummy.You are now the King...of the jungle.
Okay, the show is funny.
Jason Lee (cutie that he is) is funny.
The show can go on forever! It's just like
Joe Dirt.
This TV season is going to be quite interesting. Hopefully the reality tv craze is dying down (soooooo over)?
So 2 Girls and a Blogs say
bring on the cold weather because we already have a listing of MUST SEE TV to keep us occupied:
The Office The antics of Dunder-Mifflin is straight out of any office in America (and worldwide since it began in the UK). The season started out with the office
IDIOT telling the ladies that they would not get bathroom privledges if they did not tell him what was written on the wall, of the the ladies bathroom. Okay just watch it.
ROME on HBO
This is a great show. It even makes up for ending 6 Feet Under (well a little). Of course it follows along with the whole violence, cussing and sex that we look forward to watching on HBO. This show is right up there with OZ in all it's sordidness.
Something we thought was interesting. If you have ever seen
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love then you will recognize this woman (this movie is highly recommended by the way, it usually plays on IFC).
Finally she is getting the recognization she deserves!
Curb Your Enthusiam Is coming back.
Larry...Larry David is back and he looks
fierce (what episode was that from?). He'd better be funny because he has not missed the mark yet.
Weeds is actually a funny show. It's on Showtime and Velma suggested it (since
some of us can't leave HBO). You can't go wrong when a mother looks at her teenage daughter and says "I should have had an abortion" (
OUT LOUD!!!!)on the very first episode. We're hooked.
Everybody hates ChrisIt's Chris Rock. Enough said.
Nip TuckIs back. We missed the second half of the first episode. Fell asleep. Was it any good?
We thought Christian was dead. Noooooooooo! But it was just a dream. Damn them.
HBO needs to steal that script from boring old Fox right away! We need more nudity (especially with the doctors that we love so much *sigh*).
We are still wondering why they let "The Comeback" have a whole season (story taken from
The Corsair)?
What was that about? Well it will be no more very soon (it hurt to watch that show).
A day of Mourning & Laughter
Today, Velma is in mourning for her Grand M'Ma; she passed yesterday. I had previously posted that I wanted a return to how things used to be but of course we can never go back. My eyes are swollen and dry as all hell from crying but I laughed alot yesterday as well. If you are like our typical family, when you all get together for family events (cookouts,funerals, weddings) it can sometimes be a three ring circus.
We were gathered in the lobby of the hospital waiting for other family members to arrive before they removed grand m'ma's life support and there were my aunts and uncle talking about the people passing by :
"Look, look, do you see that? Now you know she ain't right for wearing that short ass shirt with all that belly hanging out"
"Pleeease, you missed that other girl in the flip flops with them tight azz shorts-Unt unnn no she didn't"
Velma is sitting there dying because it all seems surreal. We were about to say goodbye to one of the most important women/people in
all of our lives and there we sat talking about folks; but hey, that's my family--you gotta love 'em.
Can I just talk about how my 2nd cousin and husband work at the hospital. Obviously her mother wanted an update on her sister's condition so she sent the son inlaw back down to the hospital after hours Sunday night. Earlier (while
they were all there) my immediate family asked that there be no more visitor's as grand m'ma was a private person and as her condition worsened, she looked horrible--we didn't want them gawking . Anyhoo, this fool gets the update, reports back to his mother in law and common law wife of like 30 years--what the fluck are they waiting for??--
and then proceeds to come by my family's house
(stumbling and drunk- and says the following-
"You know I loved your mother-*slur slur*-and I love you too *attempts to stand and give a hug, misses the chair when sitting back down- he's about 6'3"* I just came from the hospital and things don't look good at all, she looks bad. I just want to say I'm sorry and give you my condolensces" WTF?? She wasn't dead yet you azz!! Velma had to suppress a laugh as my Uncle is very sensitive when it comes to his mom but that ish was funny as all hell!!!
Please check out "Daddy's dying...Whose got the will?" to glimpse what the next few days will be like for Velma. I think it will be that and "Kindom Come" all rolled up into one. It should be HILARIOUS!
Laughing is much better than crying.
This shit is not funny at all!From the AP:
NEWARK, N.J. - Three mice infected with the bacteria responsible for bubonic plague apparently disappeared from a laboratory about two weeks ago, and authorities launched a search though health experts said there was scant public risk.
WHERE ARE THE MICE and why let this story out if you think the mice are dead or eaten???Okay people of the tri-state area of NY-NJ-CT-PA, here are things you should know about this
gross crap (taken from the
CDC website):
How is plague transmitted?By fleas that become infected with bacteria Yersinia pestis that cause plague.What is the basic transmission cycle? Fleas become infected by feeding on rodents, such as the chipmunks, prairie dogs, ground squirrels, mice, and other mammals that are infected with the bacteria Yersinia pestis. Fleas transmit the plague bacteria to humans and other mammals during the feeding process. The plague bacteria are maintained in the blood systems of rodents.Could you get plague from another person?Yes, when the other person has plague pneumonia and coughs droplets containing the plague bacteria into air that is breathed by a non-infected person.We won't get into all of it, but
know that this shit is alive and well in 2005.
Although it's curable,
it's a disgusting thing to have.
It's just a dirtmongers sickness! And in this day and age people have such a great way of
camouflaging their filth that we really don't know who is a pig and who isn't!
Just BEWARE...
Sean Paul > Shaggy & Shabba
Sean Paul is "way better than" Shaggy and Shabba! We just saw his most
wonderful video where he
danced and just acted
sexy and he gave the
guys (and girls who like swing that way) PLENTY of
eye candy.
He is cute like Shaggy and can dance like Shabba. I know we are taking this real far back but...Here is Shabba Ranks (
he had the biggest nostrils in the universe).
Trust us the photo with the shades was the best one.Shaggy:
Okay maybe not Shaggy because he is still fine and still going strong.ALSO:
Why is Jason Lee doing this to us? 
We love him and he can do so much better!
Did he piss off the
Lucky Bastards Duo (insert picture of Ben Afleck and Matt Damon)who made it in a time where American had nothing better to worry about then boys from Boston who where so poor they had to share a 1 bedroom apartment?
He is better than both of them. REALLY!
MY NAME IS EARL? WTF?
Are WE ready for some FOOTBALL?
Not really.
We are attempting some fantasy leagues.
Well Moosh has her leagues all set but Mealone just doesn't know what to do after the
automatic draft.
Anyway it's Sunday and one of America's favorite pastimes is back in business.
We at two girls cannot stand being ignored for somthing like this so we figure if we can't beat em, join em.
So while we are stuck
impressing some guy or spending time with spouses we have been able to also make a note of some of the sexiest football players in the NFL today:
The Barber brothers (above).
Of course. One for Velma one for Mealone (
Mealone calls Rhonde).
Curtis Martin.(
You got this Moosh.)
Amani Toomer from the NY Giants.
Where has HE been? Just too sexy for his suit!Gotta love the players...We will keep you posted with further pictures.
Vacation
One third of Two girls has been on vacation... in every sense of the word! Litterally I just got back from Nova Scotia by way of Carnival..it was short and sweet and now I am back to the land of reality and ever rising gas prices.
Metaphorically, I feel like the rose colored glasses have been removed and we are definitely
not in Kansas anymore.
As I observe the state of things around me, I realize that I had a wonderful childhood. You could walk to the store around the corner and not worry about some one lurking in the shadows. I grew up in the '70's (don't go calculating Velma's age smart azzes) and life was just different in my 'hood. About the only thing I worried about was the
Atlanta Child Murders, the
Tylenol scare and of course getting electrocuted if you diddn't turn off all the lights or get off the phone during a storm (Yo, Grandma said it could happen and I listened--I'm still here, ain't I?).
Other than that, ish was lovely and I am so yearning for it now! I want to roller skate up and down my old street until the street lights come on.
I want to play hide and seek with the kids next door and hope I get to share a hiding spot with Jerome who was oh so cute at 8 (like me) I was his earth (His name was Supreme and I was Asia) and swore off swine for like a week. Grandma's pork chops started calling to me come Sunday and it was a wrap. LMAO
I wanna sell Kool-aide for a nickel on my front lawn and split the proceeds with my siblings so we could buy 54 cent sodas and potato chips that actually had chips in them and not just air. Where penny candy was really a penny and they had like 30 different varieties to choose from. Tell me pineapple flavored now-a-latas wasn't
the bomb?
"I wish those days, could, come back once more, why did those days, Ev-er have to go cause I love 'em so" Sing it with Velma!!
Why is Velma so nostalgic? This what I have observed over the last two weeks:
1. A blond haired blue eyed freak decided to free willy near my daughter's nursery school. (Where is Lorraina Bobbit when you need her?)
2. Five kids between the ages of 6 and 12 jumped a boy who appeared to be about 12 or 13 and commenced to stomping his head and kicking his ribs. The grown ups who were sitting on their porch not 10 feet from the malay continued to sit on their laurels of do nothing.
After about 5 seconds of oogling, you
gotta break that ish up, he could get a concussion and die (He sure was gettin' his azz whooped but I just can't respect the wolf pack mentality.) That little white boy was kinda deisel. The lil b*tch azz knucka that jumped him might not have been able to handle him alone had he not brought his minions. I thought you couldn't jump in until your man/girl was getting her azz kicked,
not before? Who changed the rules? I guess fair fighting went out the window with Evander's ear tip (grrrrr)
3. And of course the aftermath of Katrina and the rising gas prices have got Velma's stomach all knotted up.
and lastly Grandma's in the hospital (3rd surgery in a five day period) and them MOFOs are partly to blame (but that will be another post if things go downhill)
"Mercy, Mercy Me. Things ain't what they used to be"
Another day
We found this story courtesy of
.mr.kamoji:
New Orleans Couple Weds in Miss. ShelterNow by the looks of the woman we
understand her urgency but in the shelter?
He also pointed out an article from the
National Geographic dated
Oct. 2004 regarding the state of affairs in New Orleans and how it was a
disaster waiting to happen.
We, in the tri-state area, live next to
Indian Point so we can not judge the people of New Orleans and condemn them for not leaving a city that was predicted to be under water.
As a matter of fact, unlike the people in NO, we wouldn't even know
where we could run if there was an attack on Indian Point (
not smart, we know).
Here are a couple of things that we are going to stop talking about (and hope others will too) because they are really becoming quite monotonous:
Kanye West and his outburst (no link, it's all over the internet).
George Bush and his reaction to the Hurricane.
Don’t worry. Michael Moore make a movie about this and everyone will be in an uproar, and then our
wonderful fellow countrymen will proceed
by putting another donkey in office
despite the current one having
fucked up on numerous occasions (
and he is not the only one to blame. It’s the whole administration-all parties.
We need a political cleansing).
The price of gas. Yes, it’s high. We are the only country that has been paying as low as (in some parts of the country) $1.50 for gas. Get over it or get a Hybrid (
or get a horse)
The STARS that donated to the relief fund. It's really not that awe-inspiring or awesome. They have the money and the ability to write it off. Matter of fact, what did the
EVIL Wal-mart give? The owners are, after all, in the top 10 of Forbes billionare list.
Guess what (like we said, last mention of this)? Just like during the Tsunami, the animals got the hell out of dodge.
In this case they where transported, but we are sure in most cases there was not an animal of natural habitat to be found (
except the gators *shudder*
but that is another story in itself).
One Nation under BULLSHIT!
Now if anyone can describe the make-up of 2 Girls and a Blog you would realize that we are passive activist(<-we are not really radical).
If we are against someone's point of view...
ignore them.
Against the policies of certain business practices...
Don't shop there.Against the war in Iraq...
drive a Hybrid.
But this has gone too far.
We can't just hope that all this will
go away because it's not.
We watched
Bill Maher last night and although we are not a fan of
Michael Eric Dyson, we must admit, the man has a point.
We listened to what
Michael Moore has to say (thanks
Trini Princess).
Then we followed some really
intellectually stimulating debates regarding this issue of New Orleans and how the government is wrong, and the people of America are morally wrong for ignoring the poor people of this country.
We have come to the conclusion that we can no longer just turn off the news or think of only
happy things.
This can happen to any of us at any time. Regardless of our
economic standing.
Regardless of demographic location (peep the part about Jeb and FL).
The government is not on our side.
We have to take matters into our own hands and if it affects others in any way, then they will surely
step in and take all the glory regulate whatever we are doing.
But for the most part, we are on our own.
Here are some news stories that are not reported because everyone is worried about the
big bad looters (2 Girls and a Blog must thank all the blogs we frequent and have enlightened us, which are on our blog lists):
Castro offers US medical help...AGAIN. (
He has a medical program offering to help poor students in the south become doctors)
Russia offers help to U.S. after Hurricane Katrina...We wonder if that help was accepted?
Canada Offers Help to USA ...You would think these motherfuckers would have just been here. Fuck the offer.
Your ALL up in Haiti's business
aiding and abetting in the pillaging and raping of the country(
why a neutral country has troops is another post) as a whole.
Why not take a time out from all that and
just help?
Governor Gives Troops Shoot-to-Kill Orders...The White House announced it would have zero tolerance for looters - even for those taking essential items needed to stay alive.
Louisiana Governor's Kathleen Blanco said "These troops are fresh back from Iraq, well trained, experienced, battle tested and under my orders to restore order in the streets. She went on to say "They have M-16s and they are locked and loaded. "These troops know how to shoot and kill and they are more than willing to do so if necessary and I expect they will."
We are so happy this is in print and all over the internet for future playback, but we are still tearfully shocked to read this.
***New Orleans is not the only city/place in America*** where people are living well under the poverty level.This is the
harshest reality to face as an
American. How dare we fight other people's battles when our own country is a mess?
Once again we realize that the internet is the
best thing ever(fuck sliced bread it's bad carbs anyway):
Craigslist: offering
shelter to people (again *tears in my eyes* for the good people of America), and
Volunteers.
Indy Media has a whole list of relief efforts (We LOVE the Liberals in times of crisis).
P-Diddy and Jay-Z Donate 1 Million dollars and clothes toward relief efforts. Also many other people in the Hip-Hop world stepped up.
Jay & Puff said that
whenever they go to New Orleans to perform their shows are
ALWAYS sold out. This is just the beginning(
Hip-hop is not just music it's a movement!).
