If Mama Ivent's Not Happy, Neither Am I

Tina Turner-My mama aka "Mama Ivent" has but one Question:

What in the Monkeydoodledandiness have you done to yourself, Tina?!

WHYYYYYYYYY???
(ok, so it's more than one-get over it-we're in shock here!)

Why did you succumb to the pressures of fame, and jack your face up?!
The unnatural arch of your eyebrows and your shiny, prominent cheekbones, in addition to the breasts that rightly belong to a 22 y/o seems to be signs of visits to a plastic surgeon!
Quoting Mama Ivent in reference to you, she said:

"Why would she do that to herself?! She was aging so gracefully!!!"

My mama is convinced that wasn't you performing on the Grammy Awards a minute ago with Beyonce! You didn't look like your original self:




I had to convince Mama Ivent that was indeed you, the original Tina Turner-cuz Beyonce will not perform with anyone who's less than an A-lister, unless they are members of Destiny's Child!

Thank you Tina Turner-at the age of 62.5, my mom has few women in Celebrity-Land who was representing and keeping it real with their age...and now she has to scratch you off of her list. You'll be 69 this year...it's ok to have a little crow's feet etc. And I won't even tell you about the potential risks you exposed yourself to by undergoing your procedures.

Needless to say, Mama Ivent's TRAUMATIZED!!

I-I-I, I'm just at a loss...my mom will be ok..but will you? When will you accept yourself for the beautiful woman that you truly are?!
smh

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UPDATE: God Don't Like Ugly

AJC
Earl Paulk
Archbishop Earl Paulk expected to turn himself in
(p.s. as of 10am today, he still had not turned himself in)

Archbishop Earl Paulk, one of Atlanta's preeminent religious figures through the 1980s and 1990s, was supposed to turn himself in to Cobb County today on a perjury charge, but had not as of this afternoon.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation issued the warrant Monday. Paulk is charged with lying during a deposition in a sexual misconduct lawsuit. Paulk said Mona Brewer, the woman suing him, was the only sexual partner he had outside of his marriage.

The deposition in the case was taken in Cobb County, which is why the warrant was issued there.

John Bankhead, a GBI spokesman, said at 1:45 p.m. that Paulk was supposed to turn himself in at 10 a.m., but he had not shown up.

Nancy Bodiford, a spokeswoman for the Cobb County Sheriff's Office, said Paulk had an agreement to turn himself in within 48 hours after the warrant was issued about noon Monday.

Paulk could walk in at any time of day or night, she said. "When he and his attorney are coming in, I don't know," she said.

Paulk's criminal attorney did not return calls.

The perjury investigation began last summer after a DNA test showed Paulk fathered a son with his sister-in-law.

That son, the Rev. D.E. Paulk, now pastors the Cathedral at Chapel Hill in Decatur, the church in which Archbishop Paulk built his reputation.

Brandi Paulk, D.E.'s wife and a minister at the church, said the family had no comment about the arrest.

"We were caught off guard," by the warrant, she said.

"The news knew about it before our attorneys did. We are still in the process of sorting it out."

Archbishop Paulk built an interracial mega-church and a TV ministry in Decatur that attracted national attention and more than 10,000 members.

He also started an association of independent charismatic churches that had member churches across the nation.

His career has been plagued with rumors and charges of sexual indiscretions.

Mona and Bobby Brewer, former staff members at the church, sued Paulk in 2005. They dropped the suit last year for legal strategic reasons, and each filed their own suit against him and the church weeks later.
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This man is just nasty.
He had an affair with his bro's wife and sired a child with her.
The child thought Paulk was his uncle, but was later told-he was his father.
Ewwww gross.
Wherever Paulk goes, hotmessness has his back, like his favoritest homey.
Too bad he's 80.
I wish he could've been put under somebody's jail like 30 yrs ago.
He's too old to care now.



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Mother Soul Calls into C-Span and says "Black" Cannot Run A Country...I Agree

Drumbeat to my sis Rosemarie of Miscellaneous Matters, for hookin' me up w/this post..

"Mother Soul," the pseudonym I've assigned to the anonymous caller on C-Span, told it like it T.I. iz.
Do not be misconstrued.
Mother, did not say "a black" cannot be president.
She said "black" cannot run this country.
It takes more than being black in order to be president of the USA.
And to vote for Obama, simply bcuz he's black is ridiculous (IMHO)
If that's who u choose to vote for, fine. Just know what he stands for, and if u agree-do ur thang. Just have a foundation that entails more than the hue of his skin.
In Detroit, we're often advised to "buy black."
My reply: "I'll buy from whoever has WHAT I need, WHEN I need it, AT A PRICE I'm comfortable paying." Do u know how many times I've patronized black biz, only to be told "we're out of this. we're out of that too, we don't have anymore..."
etc etc
I'm proud of my blackness, and I'm EXTREMELY proud of black and other minority entrepreneurs...but if my opinion differs from yours...so what?
It's MY opinion.
Having said that, Mother Soul eloquently expresses her opinion...check out the video...and remember:
We Can Agree To Disagree. Disagree Correctly, or I'll delete your comment...
ya dig??

Almost, But Not Quite Gone (2007) A Year For the Books!

NOT SO FAST! Before we say goodbye to

A review of 2007 is in order!

Remember??

Iphone & David Beckham (yes!)* Lisa Nowak (astronaut in diaper-NOT)*"The Departed" won best film (excellent!)* Viacom sued Google/Youtube for $1b (yep)* Couldn't sell your house to save a life!* Do I need to mention ARM(adjustable rate mortgage)?* Record number of foreclosures* Virginia Tech rampage* 18yr old in Finland goes on school rampage* Love or hate him Barry Bonds hits 756th homerun* Michael Vick-smh* US Atty Gen. Al Gonzales resigns* Millionaire Steve Fossett missing after plane took of in Nevada (missed that news)*Outrageous GAS prices! Mattel+China+toys=RECALLS* China+anything shipped to U.S.A=HOTMESS* Luciano Pavarotti passes* that dang O.J.*Merrill Lynch kicked CEO Stan O'Neal to the curb (he looks A.A!)* Jena 6*Hideous stock performances* Lynching* TWB (tased while black!)* Britney Spears-(too much to recount)* Jamie Lynn Spears (teen pregnancy BUT STILL RICH!)*Lynn Spears' book (get counseling honey)* where's daddy Spears?* Gawd awful celebrity plastic surgery* celebrities getting pregnant and popping out chirren like pez candy* celebrities picking up DUI's & tethers like Swag (GET A CHAUFFEUR DUMB,DUMB!)* Amy Winehouse needing rehab-yes yes yes* LoLo Lohan finishing rehab* Chris "Strokes" Stokes molestation allegation* Raz B & Ricky Romance-Stokes accusers*Al Sharpton, Bad Boy Michael Baisden & BLACK BLOGS pushing Jena 6 to forefront* Eddie Murphy IS ANGEL IRIS' FATHER!* Mel B has last laugh (I think)*Benazir Bhutto's killed* Detroit considered most dangerous city (get a life, statistician!)*Tiger at zoo goes on the wild*Al Gore help Al Jr with his drug problem b4 helping w/global warming-at least Jr was driving a hybrid!* kids saved parents' lives dialing 911, taking bullets, identifying suspects*Fluff daddy still a hot mess* Brandy's not responsible*"leaked" celebrity sex tapes (yawn)* young black man w/beard wearing women's clothing*Men sealed in Utah's mine collapse*Minnesota bridge collapse*Cali & Greece (not grease) fires*Federline better parent (say what?!)*Husbands killing pregnant wives*Natalee Holloway*Drew Peterson police/wives killer*Anna Nicole*Dannielynn turns 1*child,Madeline McCann disappears*MISSING BLACK WOMEN GET NO LOVE FROM MAINSTREAM MEDIA*Sen. Larry Craig is not gay, but gay*Illegal Aliens*KICK ROCKS Harry Potter Books & Sopranos sucky finale*Chris 'Leave Britney Alone' Crocker*Tay 'Chocolate Rain'Zonday*Phil Spector-hung jury, many hairstyles*Mitchell's list of MLB steroid users*Mary J Blige 'Growing Pains' CD*Keisha Cole 'Just Like U' CD*Justin Timberlake-Beyonce 'Until The End of Time'* Poor Kelly Rowland*Clash of the Choirs* UGLY BETTY STILL RULES!*Queen Latifah 'Trav'lin Light' CD*Janet J STILL LOOKS GOOD!*Rihanna blows up with haircut, umbrella, foot cast & cane*YouTube*GodTube*Mozilla Firefox Browser ROCKS!*IE Browser-NOT!*Thank goodness 4 Tyler Perry!*Eurweb.com & BlackAmericaWeb.com, cool*ConcreteLoop, The YBF, Crunktastical, Bossip, Babes-Blings&Booze*Bria becomes a BLOGGER!*EVERY BLOG ON MY BLOGROLL OF FAME-SHEER HOTTNESS!*Yes-Fuel My Blog, Mybloglog,blogcatalog,technorati*Windows Vista-NOT!*new 'it girl' Kathy Heigl*who cares Eva & Tony??*poor Tara Reid*Isaiah Washington*Isaiah Thomas*Urshmeka*Halle got her baby!*Solo & 'Yonce darker hair (loves it)*Chaka Khan's 'Funk This' CD*Yolanda King (MLK's daughter) passes*Oprah's school scandal*Barak*Thompson/Huckabee ^5*Jordin Sparks*Jesse Jackson still talking*Ike Turner's playing guitar...somewhere*Don Imus & Doug 'Dog' Chapman(i 4giv them)*Rutgers Women Basketball team-U GO GIRLS!*Bill Reilly's stupidity*Get some sleep, Beyonce-you're making ME tired!*Katrina's flood victims STILL neglected*Kim Kardashian & assets* JLO and worse kept secret (pregnancy)*Miley Cyrus (i'll never understand that)*Brangelina*Knut the Bear*Sanjaya*Megan Williams*FALSE: PASTORS , PROFITS(prophets), TEACHERS, PROSPERITY GOSPEL, INCLUSION, ONENESS*'pastors' Randy/Paula White's imminent divorce* Sen. Grassley holding ministers accountable ^5*'bishop' Long, Dollar , White and all others who snubbed Grassley's request-smh*
Which brings us to
-the hottest
-the funkiest
-the stankiest
-the tackiest
-the pettiest
-the most carpet pulled back revealing story
(not including the nasty pedophile, sexually abusive pastors-yechh)
-the most ridiculously, embarrassing (but provided lots of material for bloggers) and foolish acting in THE PUBLIC'S EYE/MADE TO LOOK LIKE ABSOLUTE NINCOMPOOPS in the media-the biggest news to come out of GA in 2007
(2nd- GA's drought, 3rd- Dollar & Long's refusal to comply w/Grassley) yes-it was a NEWSWORTHY YEAR FOR GA!
...but there can only be ONE, #1 story that captivated America.
This story captivated America and her churches...

From beatdown to put down, from $5k pens to begging for $200k for a threshing room, from getting stomped on in August to stomping the yards at every opportunity to make her story known and declaring herself the "Face of Abuse"-the Weeks are the church's black "Alec Baldwin & Kim Bassinger."

They've been sued every which way but loose-
by church members, creditors, tax liens, bad credit, evictions, divorcing but not according to the courts, to a recent judgment being handed down in amount of $200k against Juanie B for not paying TV crew according to internet's Mo'Kelly.
No one wants 2007 to kick rocks like the Weeks'...while Juanie has covered Essence and given them her side, Weaks covered the video medium and radio.

They're reminiscent of the energizer bunny named Beyonce: You get tired of seeing her all over the place, but u can't help but be fascinated by her.
Let's hope bootylicious 'Yonce is in the news more in 2008, than the Weeks!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, FAMILY!

Sources:
Reuters Black Voices CNN Google Images

Whose Child Was This???

Composite sketches released of girl stuffed in box
(edited by Ivent)
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The sketches, released Friday, show a girl with long blond hair, in a pink shirt and a matching skirt -- clothes she was reportedly wearing when she was found.
A forensic dentist has narrowed her age to between 2 and 3, the Galveston County Sheriff's office said.

Earlier, a self-described "cynical old cop" gently held a tiny shoe decorated with purple flowers as he begged for help in identifying the dead child Galveston police have dubbed "Baby Grace."
"She is more to us than just a case number, more to us than just an unidentified body. She is very much a human being," said Maj. Ray Tuttoilmondo of the Galveston County Sheriff's Office.

"She is someone's child, someone's grandchild, someone's cousin, someone's best friend, and to us, that is the most important part about this case," Tuttoilmondo said.
"We have adopted the name of Baby Grace because, there again, that is part of the emotional part of this case for us," he said, holding the sneaker identical to one of those the child was wearing when she was found Monday.

A fisherman became very upset after discovering the girl's body, in a large blue Sterilite plastic container, on an uninhabited island in Galveston's West Bay, Tuttoilmondo said.
Contact Sheriff's OfficeTo offer tips, contact the Galveston County Sheriff's Office at 409-766-2222 or 866-248-8477.

A fishing tournament with hundreds of contestants was held over the weekend in the area where the girl's body was found. Police said they hope to track down contestants who may have seen something. Some of them may have fished near the site of the discovery.

"If we can get to every single person, that's exactly what we're going to do," Tuttoilmondo said.
The Galveston County medical examiner has said the child suffered skull fractures, but that he found no other broken bones.

"Anything relating to chronic abuse, old injuries, things like that, those are parts of the investigation that we still need to look at," Tuttoilmondo said.
The Houston Chronicle reported that the medical examiner said the girl had been dead for at least two weeks when her body was found.
"I don't often make an appeal of emotion, choosing to stick with the facts of the case as we should," Tuttoilmondo wrote in an e-mail to local reporters.
"However, a case such as this draws out emotions in all that touch it, even us cynical old cops. I ask that you buck the system and include the emotions you, like me, are experiencing in looking at this case, as a parent, a child, one who has children as part of your life or just as a human being."
Police have received hundreds of calls about the case, he said. "A number of them we followed up on have led us to go check on other children. Fortunately, we found all of them safe and sound, but nothing that's absolutely made a home run hit yet."
Other callers have wanted to know how they can help. Some have offered to donate graveyard plots for the child and have volunteered to help sift through information.
"The community where we are is a very close-knit, solid community, and they're all more than willing to help," Tuttoilmondo said.

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Tragic. God bless that baby.

What's Happening Around My Neck Of The Woods: So Unbelievable, It Must Be True

Mom, Dad Accused Hours Apart Of DWI
Each Parent Had Child In Car
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(pic courtesy of Google Images)

YPSILANTI, Mich. -- A married couple were arrested within hours, each on suspicion of drunken driving.

First the husband, then his wife were arrested.

Police in a Michigan town said they stopped the man and gave him a preliminary breath test after watching him allegedly run a red light.

Police said the test registered above the legal .08 drunken driving limit.

He had his 12-year-old son in the car with him, and police told the boy to call his mother to pick him up.

After she arrived, with her 9-year-old daughter in the car, police said, the woman was tested and also found to be legally drunk.

Both children were turned over to a relative until the parents were determined to be sober.

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Hmmm, sounds like a match made in hell.
Despite the shaky foundation these parents have given their children,
I'm hoping the siblings will be able to overcome their circumstances.
Being the "child" of an alcoholic, is not a walk in the park-I have first hand experience. I put quotations around the word "child" because when your parent is an addict, regardless of their drug of choice, you're no longer a child once you're aware of their dependency.
You become the parent, and they become the child.
I pray these children make it.

FEMA: SYNONYM FOR "FOOL"

Another embarrassment for FEMA

At the height of the fire disaster in California, FEMA officials staged a fake news conference. source
(image courtesy, Google Images)


WASHINGTON - The homeland security chief on Saturday tore into his own employees for staging a phony news conference at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

"I think it was one of the dumbest and most inappropriate things I've seen since I've been in government," Michael Chertoff said.

"I have made unambiguously clear, in Anglo-Saxon prose, that it is not to ever happen again and there will be appropriate disciplinary action taken against those people who exhibited what I regard as extraordinarily poor judgment," he added.

Asked specifically if he planned to fire anyone at FEMA, which is part of his department, Chertoff declined to say, citing personnel rules.

"There will be appropriate discipline," he told reporters at a news conference with New York's governor where they announced an agreement on a driver's license plan.

Chertoff said he knew nothing about the matter until after it happened and that he "can't explain why it happened."

The White House on Friday scolded FEMA for the faux press conference about assistance to victims of wildfires in southern California.
The agency — much maligned for its sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina over two years ago — arranged to have FEMA employees play the part of reporters at the event Tuesday and question Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson, the deputy director.

The questions were soft and gratuitous.

"I'm very happy with FEMA's response," Johnson said in reply to one query from an agency employee.

FEMA gave reporters only 15 minutes notice about Tuesday's news conference. But because of the short notice, the agency made available an 800 number so reporters could call in. Many did, although it was a listen-only arrangement.

Johnson said in a statement Friday that FEMA's goal was "to get information out as soon as possible and in trying to do so we made an error in judgment."

"Our intent was to provide useful information and be responsive to the many questions we have received," he said. "We can and must do better."

Remember the video you're about to watch is FAKE, STAGED, FRAUDULENT, A FARCE:view video

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You have GOT TO BE KIDDING, RIGHT?!

How stupid, or lame-brained do they think the public is?

Better yet, what was Harvey Johnson, thinking?!

If you performed your assigned tasks, at optimal level there would be no need to "fake a news conference!"

FEMA, are you implying that no improvements have been made since Hurricane Katrina??

*sidebar-due to a hot tip from Mama Ivent (my momz!) I have another unbelievable post on the way regarding FEMA, and disparity between socioeconomic classes, stay tuned-now back to the regularly scheduled post!*

It's insulting to believe that A GOVERNMENT AGENCY would go to such great lengths to pull off a ruse such as this!!

Heads are sure to roll in the aftermath of this DEBACLE!!