Swagger Of The South
By newsguy | March 30, 2009
97.9 The Beat Custom Car Show and Concert is back and better than ever! The Beat is taking over the Dallas Convention Center with over 200 of the Hottest Custom Rides in Texas on display. Plus 15 of the hottest Hip Hop Artists from the Dirty South will be featured on Sunday April 5th from Noon to 6pm. Some of the artists performing are Z-Ro,Bun B,Paul Wall ,Slim Thug,Chamillionaire, Mike Jones, Dorrough, Lil Will, G S Boyz, B-Hamp, BigTuck, Tum,Tum, South, Soulja Boy, Webbie, and Young LA. Here is a link where you can win some free tickets
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Free Flat Belly Diet web memberships
By newsguy | January 6, 2009
Kick off your new year with a free membership to the Flat Belly Diet website! Prevention is giving away 500 3-month memberships to this unique eating program!
To receive your free code, you must be a member of the Flat Belly Diet Facebook group. Sign up for the group here, and then follow the link at the top of the Facebook group to receive your free code.
http://buzz.prevention.com/community/flatbellydiet/facebook_application.html
The Flat Belly Diet is a unique eating plan with a secret ingredient that specifically targets belly fat. As many of us know firsthand, belly fat is often the most stubborn kind of fat to lose. What is this ingredient with the power to transform your tummy? Monounsaturated fatty acids, which we call MUFAs (MOO-fahs). There are five MUFAs: olives, avocado, nuts and seeds, oils, and our favorite–dark chocolate! These foods are not only flab-fighting, they also improve overall health, especially heart health. Learn how to put MUFAs to work for you in The Flat Belly Diet!
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The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
By newsguy | January 4, 2009
With 4,200 religions, one has got to wonder how can their be that much to believe? We all know the major religions with their holy book and their prophets, but what about the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster? I promise this is a real religion with adherents pledging their faith to an Italian dinner option.
This is a religion mirrored after Christianity, whether satire or not, illustrates the faults (and there are many) of religion. One god, a mixture of spaghetti and two meatballs, from which all men where made. He promotes the consumption of this particular dinner option and all it’s flavorful components while labeling vegetarianism/veganism as something akin to devil worship.
Though this concept is so utterly ridiculous to all who see (at least that is my hope), millions are still led into and equally bizarre religious trap. They pledge themselves to ideas perpetuation by man. They give their minds and ideas to an institution that is no longer for their good. Whether you are a Christian or a Pastafarian, you are still being led blindly.
Religion is not wholly bad, but man has tainted it with their wish for personal gain. Religion is to be questioned, not followed blindly, lest you find yourself worshiping a classic entrée.
This is just amusing.
Prayer to the FSM
Our pasta, who art in a colander,
draining be your noodles. Thy
noodle come, Thy sauce be yum,
on top some grated Parmesan.
Give us this day our garlic bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trample
on our lawns. And lead us not into
vegetarianism, but deliver us some pizza,
for thine is the meatball, the noodle,
and the sauce, forever and ever.
R’Amen.
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Burger King pledges to stop ‘Whopper Virgins Syndrome’
By newsguy | December 14, 2008
There are very few places in the world uncorrupted by modern consumerism, but Burger King is out to change that, the Whopper in hand.
Burger King’s new commercials ‘The Whopper Virgins’, which are appearing on a television near you, are a parody of documentaries that explore foreign cultures. Instead of remarking and informing on these yet untouched peoples, this fast food giant intends to exploit these rural people for a buck. The fact that they lack many of the accommodations of American lifestyle and live on little food means nothing to this corporation; they seem them an advertisement, nothing more.
They send film crews out to villages in remote areas and pick villages, dressed in local attire, to do a taste test; the Whopper vs. the Big Mac. They of course pick Burger King’s product, why else would they be of any use. Then these guinea pig villagers appear on American televisions, the anomaly in the system.
Though Burger King defends these ads saying that they did in fact strive to respect the culture. But how can they say they respect the culture when they are promoting one of the leading causes of death in America, obesity. Like the colonizers of old, this fast food regime is spreading disease amongst a foreign people, giving them everything they don’t need to survive.
Burger King has stepped beyond the line of the ‘civilized’ world and seems intend on bringing American consumerism to all corners of the world. Also in promoting these people as ‘Whopper Virgins’ they mock the focus of these their lives and deem American values as the only one for the world.
America is a land of greasy foods, unknown additives and an endless craving for what big business says we should want. Now we are taking our miserable way of living to the rest of the world with Burger King leading the way.
Here watch it, if by miracle you have avoided it as yet:
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Is your dog jealous?
By newsguy | December 8, 2008
“That’s not fair.”
This little phrase is as common as “no” in the toddler community, but you dog might also be thinking it too. The innately intuitive creatures we have grown to love and cherish are more human than we have ever expected.
A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that dogs get a feeling of jealously and resentment when the rewards aren’t equal.
They tested this with by using the command “shake my paw” with two different dogs in the same room. Both dogs happily obliged when they saw that all was equal.
However once they started giving one dog a reward and not the other they noticed a difference in the attitudes. While the dog that got the treat of course continued to respond well to the command, the other dog was more hesitant to oblige. Finally that dog gave up completely.
This study condemns the age-old idea of jealousy being a uniquely human trait. Now we see that this ‘man made emotion’ transcends into the animal kingdom.
Though I doubt this is any great surprise to pet owners. We can all see that our pets are more human than not. So remember be fair or you might just have an angry toddler on your hands.
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5 ways we are killing the earth
By newsguy | December 8, 2008
Silly right? Wrong!
Standby power, as called vampire power, which are common in DVD player clocks, coffeepot LEDs and cellphone chargers, are responsible for about 5% of the U.S.’s total residential electricity use. This number translates into $4 billion dollars in costs and tons of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. So don’t leave it running, turn it off when you are done.
2. Flying to your relatives
Yes flying is necessary, but it is also costly to more than your pocketbook. Aviation currently is responsible for 1% of the carbon emissions, but with more and more countries behind deemed tourist hot spots this number is expected to rise dramatically. So keep your wings clipped for the future (as to say fly as little as possible.)
3. Upgrade your iPhone (and all other phones too)
They are always making ‘new and improved’ cellphones, the must haves for all of a few seconds, but that instant satisfaction isn’t worth the environmental cost. Instead of just tossing out your phone think about upgrading less often and always recycle. Phones contain small amounts of precious medal, which if combined with the millions of other ‘old’ phones could help stop some damaging mining operations. Also dumping them lets harmful chemicals, like mercury, go unchecked. So wait a while before you get the next IT item.
4. Living in suburbia
Sure you get the nice lawn, and the nice house, with all the neighbors that know all the names of everyone, but you’re also causing a bit more damage to our planet. The lawns that we prize ourselves on are the product of sweat, brawn, and pesticides. All that people pour into them to get that pretty green color end up killing plants and animals and finding its way into the ground water. Also it usually takes a typical American suburbanite 25-minute commute to get where they are going, realizing tons of carbon dioxide emissions. So trade in green lawns for a green life.
5. Run! Don’t walk…from plastic?
Its true this toy and storage favorite has a much darker side. These non-biodegradable items don’t have anywhere to go, and create a huge mess. They have also been known to contain hormone disrupting chemicals and other toxins. So in the future take a reusable bag to the grocery story and opt for glass.
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Homelessness the next big trend
By newsguy | November 26, 2008
We live in a world of statistics with a number for everything and everyone. There are 301,139,947 people living in the United States, and counting. But not all of these people live on the same social and economic plane. Many of these people, (744000) go with out a roof and any form of security.
As our economy continues to sing deeper and deeper into a recession and jobs become more and more scares this number may very well skyrocket. Already families are enduring the hardships that go along with this current situation.
Shelters all over America are struggling to contend with this flow of needy people. There isn’t enough food, space, clothes and funding. In fact almost no funding is given out to shelters from the federal government. During Reagan’s term he cut all funding for homeless programs. He believed it is the states problem to deal with, but they didn’t and still don’t have the money to put into this problem.
The people on the streets are a widely diverse group. Many have substance abuse problems or mental/physical shortcomings. These issues make them unmarketable in the already stagnate job market.
Homelessness is such and overwhelming stigma that many people don’t even feel pity for these people. They wonder how they can be homeless, but it is a lot easier and common than they think.
With the economy heading as it is, we must keep a close eye on this alarming trend in social well-being. Who knows, you could be next.
Landis Grenville
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Pets feel our economic woes
By newsguy | November 23, 2008
Dogs are man’s best friends, cats their greatest companions. Birds and rodents, reptiles and amphibians are the pets that humans have grown to love and adore. But it seems our furry friends are only welcome when the economic climate is good.
As people find it harder and harder to keep money in the bank and maintain the lifestyles they have always know they can’t keep the pet they swore to love and protect. This is of course understandable as the family comes first to many people. However these animals are weathering a worse storm than their human counter parts.
As people spend less and less on the extra stuff, so goes the pet budget. Owners say they can no longer care for their furry friends. Some do the responsible thing and leave them at rescue centers. However, others just leave them behind. They move because their house was foreclosed on and they leave their pup in the backyard or their cat wondering on the streets. Others take their ex-pets far enough away that they can’t find their way home and just dump them there. There have been some extreme cases where people have even thrown their pets out of their cars as they drive.
Rescue centers are overflowing and turning away animals as more and more are left on their doorstep. So while the news covers human skimping on the luxury items in life, it’s the pets that feel the strongest hardship.
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Ya Basta! Mexico’s Underground War
By newsguy | November 9, 2008
Mexico has had enough and they are calling for support in their war. A war that can’t be seen nor fought through the use of tanks and bombs. They are fighting a war in the streets for their very lives. But each day, everyday at least 10 more people are kidnapped from their homes and held for ransom.
On the surface this country, though not a key player in the world circuit, appears to be sound and safer than that of Iraq or Iran. In reality Mexico is just as volatile and unstable as these countries without the press coverage.
With Mexico’s intense poverty levels people are turning to the lucrative criminal act of kidnapping for exorbitant ransoms. While their families are contacted and negotiated with, these victims are held in deplorable conditions. Kidnappers often use videos of the family member or even send body parts (fingers) to provoke the family to pay up.
What makes this recent phenomenon even worse is the corruption in Mexico’s police force. These men and women who have taken and oath to protect are often the ones helping or even performing the kidnapping. So there seems no safe place to turn.
Even if they are not a part of the kidnapping ring, they are not dedicated to the investigation of kidnappings/murders. Mexico doesn’t have investigators, they have prosecutors that handle the case from the comfort of a cubical, never seeing the real crime scene. For every 10 murders/kidnappings 9 will go unpunished and the 1 that is punished may very well be the wrong man. They just want to lock someone up, regardless of guilt.
This is a video that explains a bit more about this situation.
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Equality in Proposals
By newsguy | November 7, 2008
‘I do.’ To words that bind, the audible pronouncement of two peoples love. The start of a life together supposedly forever, until death do they part. Though love is universal man has made these words, this symbol of commitment, a subjective right. Only a man and a woman may partake of this innate desire for connection, or so we have decided.
In the U.S. same sex marriage peppers state ballets and people can’t seem to drop the subject. With 50 states all making their own decision, composed of gays/lesbians, homophobes, and heterosexuals that support, this issue can have a wide variety of outcomes.
A few states such as Massachusetts give this opportunity to all its citizens, declaring love and marriage to be the right of everyone. However, other states even those that seem liberal and open-minded are stuck in this prejudice rut.
Only days ago, both California and Florida banned same sex marriage, leaving many of their citizens without hope. This direct denial of people’s rights as human being is in my opinion innately wrong and in no way their choice to make. How can we as humans judge others for whom they love and wish to be with?
These new propositions that passed not only affect same sex marriage but also domestic partnership of gays, lesbians, and heterosexuals. Evening going so far as to deny them visitation rights if 
their partner were in the hospital.
America, though seemingly forward thinking, still has a lot to learn about how to treat others. Prejudice, racism, and sexism still run wild in the hearts and minds of this country’s citizens. Perhaps in the future people will begin to see that all men and women have the right to choose their own lover from among all people, not just the socially exceptable gender bank.
By: Landis Grenville
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