The Ida Express

Wow they must REALLY love basketball! For the first time in 3 years, The Philadelphia 76ers are in the playoffs, so why not sell your gas for $3.00 less than its worth? Makes sense to me! I’m sure the residents of the Philadelphia neighborhood didn’t refuse the deal even if they couldn’t care less about a stupid game. In fact hundreds of drivers began lining up at 6:30 am! Some even catching a cat nap in their cars as they waited.
Oh, but there was a catch ofcourse, the offer only lasted for exactly 76 minutes(I think they are a little obsessed with this team) starting at noon yesterday. Only 100 cars made it through, before the line was cut off. Now the price has gone back up to $3.69 for regular unleaded.

Winehouse spent last night at Holborn Police Station in central London after arriving for questioning about reports that she hit a man who got in her way while she was playing pool and also that she head-butted another man who was hailing her a cab on Wednesday morning.

I don’t know why, but this just makes me laugh. Maybe she hurt these guys, maybe not, but of course they are going to take it as far as they can. She is Amy Winehouse. They will now get loads of money from Tabloid Magazines and papers that want their “story”. This is how many people make a living here in the UK. Some D list celebrities only get married so they can then sell the pictures to mags like Hello and OK . Every week there is some cheesy spread about some one’s newly redecorated house or brand new baby. The entire family will then slap on a few pounds of make up and pose in front of their couch, their refrigerator, the fire place, the big screen TV and of course out in their beautifully landscaped garden. Most of these people are former pop stars, but some of them are guys who got hit accidentally by a famous person playing pool.

Anyway, Amy was let off with just a warning. No charges were made, but she did finally get a decent nights kip inside a police station.

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The 45 year old actor, Wesley Snipes, was sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion. Prosecutors described him as a “truly notorious offender” in Ocala, Florida before requesting the maximum sentence.

Some people are saying the court is setting an example with Snipes because he is a wealthy actor. Some are saying they are giving him 3 years just because he is black. But why is no one saying it is because he evaded over 15 million dollars? People never want to believe the truth! He got put away because he broke the law, time and time again, and got away with most of it.

“For nearly a decade, Snipes has engaged in a campaign of criminal tax conduct combining brazen defiance with insidious concealment,” the prosecuting attorney, Robert O’Neill, told the court in a sentencing memorandum. “In the defendant Wesley Snipes, the court is presented with a wealthy, famous and inveterate tax scofflaw. If ever a tax offender was deserving of being held accountable to the maximum extent for his criminal wrongdoing, Snipes is that defendant.”

Alright? It reminds me of when OJ Simpson was on trial. African Americans across the country wanted to believe that OJ was a victim of a racist attack, never mind the fact he killed two innocent people. I wonder if OJ had killed two African Americans, would they have all still been on his side? …food for thought.

Monday, November 20, 2006

Stages

I am so thrilled she won Pennsylvania! I guess it isn’t a race factor anymore Obama, since I don’t know, Pennsylvania is 10% Black. You know what is really annoying to me.
Obama is assuming the color of his skin will landslide him knee deep in victory. I hate it when certain people play the race card. This is a serious race, I really don’t think people will ignore all of the policies of a candidate, and vote for them just because they are black or white. The same goes for the sex of a person, if that were the case, all women (black and white) would be voting for Hillary in spite of whether or not they disagree with her saying, “we’re gonna squash Iran”. She is obviously getting a little desperate to appeal to the more conservative voter. I think that is a shame, but understandable. That interview was completely out of character. She told Chris Cuomo on GMA yesterday morning that if Iran attack Israel , “I want the Iranians to know that if I’m the president, we will attack Iran…In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.” Obviously appealing to the Mcain supporter there. But what if, Hillary, you did win, you became president, then come January 2009 Iran attacks Israel with a nuclear weapon…will you really, “completely obliterate them”? No. You will then be a hypocrite because you are not a complete asshole after all. Why can’t these politicians just tell the truth? Don’t make stuff up, don’t go schmoozin with only your race in Philadelphia diners, don’t become overly feminist, and don’t LIE just to win over voters!

She may be 10 million dollars in debt, but I still think she can win it. By the way Obama, why are you 3-1 against Hillary? Where are you getting all of this dough? Secrets. Secrets. Don’t worry they all come out eventually, don’t they?
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There have been constant debates on youtube, myspace, facebook, etc. all weekend about Miss Clarkson. She sang the Ave Maria for the Pope at the Youth Rally on Saturday. Any trained musician could hear that she didn’t know the song, her Latin was poorly pronounced, her breath control was pathetic for a professional singer and the ending three notes were weak and out of tune. Not to mention the fact that she was unable to hold a note very long, and for Schubert’s Ave Maria, you have to.

So what? I guess we should all pretend that it was fantastic? Well that is what all of Kelly’s supporters say, along with death threats and some crude language, to the classically trained ear.

One of the reasons I was a little annoyed was there are thousands of people who could have done a better job. Why didn’t they get someone who is studying opera at Julliard, someone who could have benefited from the exposure, someone who is actually CATHOLIC? Do you know how many young and older Catholics out there pay hard earned money each week for their voice lessons in New York City? Classical singers fight tooth and nail for jobs, for any kind of “break”, so I take this as an ignorant snub to the real musicians out there. And most of them can sing the Ave Maria properly!

OK, Kelly is famous, she has power in the music industry, she has a very large “tween” network of supporters, but after she sang her three pop songs, someone else should have come out to sing the Ave Maria to the Pope. Why was Kelly singing at a Catholic conference anyway? She is a non-practicing Baptist. Was she just a pawn in a game of, “Let’s draw as much attention to the Youth Rally we can get”? Well, Cardinals, you already had the Pope there. If you really think you needed more publicity you are doing it for all of the wrong reasons.

One end note to all of the people out there threatening us Classical Musicians who didn’t like the performance, what ever happened to freedom of speech?

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