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I’m boutaa cop a 5 = I am going to illegally obtain a small amount of marajuana. // He stay cappin = He has the tendency to stretch the truth // “I’m out chea husltlin” = I need a real job. // give me about 15 minutes = I will be ready in the next hour in a half // “When we gon chill?” = “When would you like to have sexual intercourse with me?” // “You straight bruh? ” = “Are you ok my friend?” OR “You looking to buy any drugs?” // “I’m an entrepreneur.” = “I sell many types of illegal and prescription drugs.” //She Thirsty , = She secretly wants me but is scared to say it . // “U Got Me?” = will you cover my expenses with no plans of reimbursement? // Hol up biitch its fina go down= please hold my purse,earrings n cheap weave while i attempt to assault this individual // where the hoes at?= where are the young ladies with no morals, goals, or standards? // baldheaded hoe = a female who demonstrates a lack of length in hair, resulting in her ponytail not having any hangtime // You not bout that life = You & I know that you would not partake in that situation due to your prior behavior & actions // You doin da most= Please calm your nerves down , you current behavior doesn’t quite match the person who you really are.. // “WEEEEHHHHHSSSS” =i live on the western part of my county // Bruh, Hood, Kid, Buddy = Friend, Person I’m Talking To At The Moment // Scrap Bout It Den! = Instead Of Talking Our Problems Like Civilized Citizens, Lets Fight About It To Raise Our Hood Stats. // Whats The Moves Bruh ? = What Do You Have Plan Today ? // “who did your hair?!” = Your weave looks terrible! // Shawty Got The Cake =That Female Has A Overtly Decent Size Gluteous Maximus // Wolley World=Walmart // we got that illegal cable = i cant afford to pay my bill so i steal my neighbors cable // trap life= severe dangerous employment opportunity where freedom and life is put at risk // Is yo mama at home? = If you mother isn’t at w/ you at home I’d like to come over & particpate in sexual activity w/ you // wuts poppin= i am a member of the gang know as blood and if you are from an apposing gang lets duel to the death // Don’t do me = C’mon don’t engage me in foolishness. // I’m bouta be SmackedHeem’ = I’m about to go participate in a drug related activity and be on “Cloud 9”. // “Come on moe my tracks is itching.” = the hair that is not mine currently is bothering me and I need to scratch it. // “Obama” = I can eat this whole bag of chips Obama self. // “Where Duh tree at?” = do you know where we can possibly get an illicit item known as marijuana? // party in the ghetto= we go to a rich catholic school and were going to the student neighborhood to drink too much // Caint turn a hoe to a house wife = She likes to sleep with numerous people. She will not be a wise choice for a wife. // ima fool wit it= im extremely good at doin summ // its hard out here-the economic and social situation I am in is very difficult to handle // When a Ghetto Fabulous homeskillet takes her hoop earings out = She’s about to go ham and she’s not playing around // lemme borrow that= yu know im never gonna return this right?? // “That Lotus Flower Just Ain’t Right” = That Hoe Pussy Stank // “Snow”= not the weather; referring to hard drugs // “bih you know you going” = we’re not calling you a hoe but you do settle for whatever or whoever comes your way // I got racks = I still live with my mom but instead of saving to move out I buy meaningless objects to impress my friends // “I’m getting thick.”= I’ve been eating foods that will give me more celluite in my hips/ thighs/ butt ect… // For shizzle ma nizzle = Sure, my African friend // Twerk = to partake in moving the body in a sexually suggestive twisting fashion / “snakes is everywhere”= people who can’t be trusted are heavily populated // ” i put this on my mama”= the next words that comes out my mouth is obviously the truth // Translations are borrowed from twitter // Pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives,Georgia State University Library” // Selah

Have you ever wondered why your ancestors owned other human beings? How can you justify something this cruel? In an NPR interview to promote a new book, 1861: The Civil War Awakening, Adam Goodheart has an answer.
It was economics. “But I think we think of it differently when we realize that the value of slave property, some $4 billion, enormous amount of money in 1861, represented actually more money than the value of all of the industry and all of the railroads in the entire United States combined. So for Southern planters to simply one day liberate all of that property would have been like asking people today to simply overnight give up their stock portfolios, give up their IRAs.”
Mr. Goodheart compares it to the situation today with fossil fuels. “many of us recognize that in burning fossil fuels we’re doing something terrible for the planet, we’re doing something terrible for future generations. And yet in order to give this up would mean sort of unraveling so much of the fabric of our daily lives, sacrificing so much, becoming these sort of radical eccentrics riding bicycles everywhere, that we continue somewhat guiltily to participate in the system. And that’s something that I use as a comparison to slavery, that many Americans in the North, and even I believe sort of secretly in the South, felt a sense of guilt, felt a sense of shame, that knew that the slave system was wrong but were simply addicted to slavery and couldn’t give it up. “
When the economic pressure is there, people will find a way to justify their actions. Slavery was justified in a number of ways. Today, there are people who deny the ill effects of using fossil fuels, and they have an eager audience. The payback for the environmental horror is in the future. This is similar to the way people today are paying … with racial turmoil … for slavery.
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.

so where’s the food ? // you gon learn TONIGHT! // Practice on Somebody else // I’ma Let You Finish… // ET wanna go home? // Gotta tweet bout this // Hand me the lotion. // so whatchu boutta do??? // I Need A Blunt. // lock it behind u! // you want some juice?” // You’ve Just Been Unfollowed!!! // “your bandmate was better” // that’s all you’ve got // Pass me my phone. // ” am I being punked ” // was that really it ? // well that was disturbing.. // “I demand a refund!” // i took your virginity? // you have to go // That cant happen again // so where’s my clothes ? // you need cab fare? // Time to go home… // add me on myspace // There is the Door. // Can you leave now? // “Get your clothes. LEAVE” // I wasn’t high enough. // “I cheated for this ?!” // “Hey, U MAD BRO?” // Soooo When You Leaving??? // “The Cabs are Heeree” // Hey It’s Been Real // how you gettin home // blocked reported as spam // I should have masturbated. // watchu bout to do // “this did NOT happen” // WHERE YO GRANDMA AT” // I cheated for this // please delete my number // ..better not tell anyone // yea them feelings….Gone // I Didnt Learn 2day // i didn’t feel anything! // you sure you done?? // what time u gettin picked up ? // delete my number please // ight , time to go ! // im going to bed // lose my number hoe ..// ummm that was it? // you can go now // im gonna please myself // i ddnt evn finish // Where my keys at? // that shitt was terrible ! // my grandma just died” // it didn’t stay wet // What’s your name again? // you took remedial classes? // don’t you got curfew ? // make me a sandwich // wait, your cross eyed? // Poppers make me sick! // “what time is it” ? // “u cant be serious”// better luck next time // I need more chicken // this my first time” you must say that a lot // make me a sammich. // it styll aint official.. // is McDonalds still open? // your wig smelled better // what yu finna do? // let’s just be friends // see you later (insert wrong name here) // I wasted my transfer // next time… paper bag // dont miss your bus // No Wonder You’re Single. // Blame it on twitter

This story keeps getting better. Last October, BHO announced he was sending 100 American “advisers” to Central Africa. They were going to aid in the search for Joseph Kony. This decision was cheered in a currently viral video.
On October 14, 2011, the EIB WEB PAGE DISGRONIFIER was published at the internet home of The Rush Limbaugh Show.. The headline was “Obama Invades Uganda, Targets Christians”. (BTW, Kenya does share a border with Uganda.) In the transcript, we see “So that’s a new war, a hundred troops to wipe out Christians in Sudan, Uganda, and… no, I’m not kidding.” The dittoheads launched a twitter offensive, braving the disdain of the liberal media.
“#Obama sending troops to kill christians in africa!”
“Shorter Obama: Troops will be in Uganda until the Christians are dead or converted.”
“Rush; from @jaketapper Obama sending troops to kill Christians protecting themselves from Muslim genocide in Sudan”
“Obama sends our troops to kill Christian militia in Uganda in support of murderous Muslim tyrannical regime, also killing Egypt Christians”
“#Rush Obama sends 100 US troops to take out Lords Resistance Army (Christians) in Uganda fighting agst muslims.”
HT to Little Green Footballs. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
Media Matters has an audio file of the broadcast.

The Kony 2012 video is a slick piece of work. It pulls at the heartstrings, and has motivated many people into action. Some look at this emotional outpouring, and wonder, what is the catch?
There is little doubt that Joseph Kony is not a nice man. (He also has a name that is easy for Americans to pronounce. Most of the rest of the players here have jawbreaker names. Americans love to hate marquee bad guys, and having a simple name helps.) The people he is fighting (and who would benefit from American intervention) are little better, and may be worse. There is also doubt as to the benefit of arresting one man. The Palestinians did not give up their struggle when Yassir Arafat died.
The world is full of suffering. The children of Gaza can tell a few stories. The Democratic Republic of Congo has been through hell since the Belgians decided they wanted an empire. The DRC (a possible refuge today for Mr. Kony) was the scene of what some call the African World War. “The war was a conflict which, according to a report released in January by the International Rescue Committee relief organization, killed an estimated 5.4 million people between August 1998 and April 2007— many from health-related concerns caused by the social and economic disruption of the ongoing conflict.”
The war began as a rebellion against the kleptocracy of Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga. “In late 1996, using a rebellion by the Banyamulenge as cover, an umbrella group of Congolese rebel factions calling themselves the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (AFDL) launched an insurgency to oust Mobutu with extensive Rwandan and Ugandan backing. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni were both eager to see the duplicitous Mobutu fall so that they might pursue their own interests in Congo—a country of vast mineral wealth.
With longtime rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila at the helm, the AFDL and their foreign patrons made quick progress across Congo’s vast interior, marching westward to the capital, Kinshasa, with tacit approval provided by the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton, still stung by its failure to do anything to halt the Rwandan genocide two years earlier.”
5.4 million people is a lot. While this conflict was raging, attention in America was focused on Monica Lewinsky, the twin towers, and keeping “next Hitler” Saddam Hussein from getting weapons of mass destruction. (In the video, Mr. Kony is compared to Hitler.) Considering how well our attempts at regime change worked in Iraq, we might have made the right move in staying out of the DRC.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni is the opponent of Joseph Kony, and his Lord’s Resistance Army. Mr. Museveni has largely driven Mr. Kony out of Uganda. There has been a lot of collateral damage, which can be expected to increase with more western intervention.
Getting back to the video, it is not a calm discussion of the facts. It is a fund raising plea. It is widely reported now that 32% of the money raised here goes to actual relief efforts. They did not scrimp on the production of the video.
One thing the video does not mention is that Jason Russell, the narrator, is an aggressive Jesus Worshiper. So is Joseph Kony. Their methods of evangelizing are different.
Pictures are from ” The Special Collections and Archives,Georgia State University Library”.

PG heard a radio show, on his way to dinner. A caller made a point. William Henry Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, and George W. Bush have three things in common. They were elected President, they have a name starting with H, and none was re elected. PG thought this would be a good excuse for some text, to go between the pictures. (Pictures are from The Library of Congress )
When he got home, PG found a POTUS inventory, and quickly found an exception. Harry S. Truman (who became President after the death of Franklin Roosevelt) was elected to a full term in 1948. A call to the radio show was called for.
Mark Arum was filling in for Erick Erickson at WSB, which hosted the show. The screener answered the first time PG called. He was going to talk about the H issue, and the screener said that had already been discussed.
PG turned down the radio, and waited a few minutes for his turn. He said that conservatives were creating a backlash with the constant bashing of Barack Obama. If people want to defeat BHO, they should lay off the non stop bashing barrage. He was cut off before he could hear the reply of the host.
The radio was turned back on, and PG heard himself talking. It seems as though there is a tape delay, to prevent people from cussing over the air. After PG finished, the host said was that liberals said a lot of rude things about George Bush.
There are two things to say about this. Two wrongs do not make a right. And Mr. Bush won the election in 2004.
Mr. Arum went on to say that talk radio is a ratings driven business. The whiners are told to be as crazy as possible, to get the ratings and advertiser dollars. “That’s the world that we live in”.

Why did the cow cross the road ?The chicken was on vacation.
Knock knock. who’s there? boo. boo who?. Don’t cry it’s only a joke…
It’s six of one, half a dozen of the other.
A man walks up to a horse and says, “Why the long face?”
Two pretzels were walking down the street. one was a salted.
“He who laughs last thinks slowest.”
“Raise your hand if you’re here.”
Two nuns walk into a bar; the third one ducks.
Q: What did the radio say when it was dropped? A: “Ow. That hertz.”
What did the ranch say to the refrigerator door? “Close the door, I’m dressing”
Why don’t blind people skydive? It scares the heck out of their dogs…
What did the fish say when it ran into a wall? dam.
“I see.” said the blind man as he peed into the wind… “It’s all coming back to me now.”
What’s the last thing to go through a bug’s mind when it hits the windshield? Its butt.
You can tuna guitar, but you can’t tuna fish.
What do a duck and a bicycle have in common? They both have wheels… except the duck.
What’s brown and sounds like a bell? DUNGGGGG.
What’s brown and sticky? A stick
When people ask the mortician what he does for a living, he says he is a “boxer”.
What did the shy pebble say?… I wish I was a little boulder! .
What do you call an arrogant criminal falling out of a tower? Condescending.
Two guys walk into a bar… you would think the second guy woulda ducked.
A woman walks into a bar holding a duck. Bartender says, “What’s with the pig?”
Woman says, “It’s a duck.” Bartender says, “I was talking to the duck.”
Why do flamingos always lift one leg when they’re standing?
Cause if they lifted both, they’d fall over!
Q: How many Surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb? A: To get to the other side.
Did you get a haircut? Actually, I got them all cut.
One mushroom said to another mushroom, “Hey – you’re one Fungi!”
What do you call an arrogant criminal falling out of a tower? Condescending.
A dyslexic man walked into a bra …
Q: What do you call a midget, psychic, prison escapee? A: A small medium at-large.
A mule walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Hey, buddy, why the long face?”
“Because my dad is a jackass.”
I have one about the roof but its over your head.
Shall I tell you the one about the skunk? Never mind, it stinks!
There’s nothing like a good joke… and that was nothing like a good joke.
A rabbi, nun, lawyer, mime, and horse all walk into a bar.
The bartender says, “What is this, some kind of joke?”
When’s the best time to eat reindeer meat? …. When you’re hungry.
These stories are borrowed from 22 words. Pictures are from The Library of Congress.

A facebook friend had a link to a petition. The “signatures” are being collected by an outfit called signon, which is connected to moveon.org. (It pays to read the fine print.) The message being sent is Clear Channel: Discontinue Rush Limbaugh’s radio talk show.
Last week, Rush Limbaugh stuck his foot in his mouth, again. The oxycontin is kicking in. Some say he should be kicked off the air. Others disagree.
I stand with Rush has another petition. “I stand with Rush Limbaugh and appreciate the massive contribution that he has made to the conservative movement and our nation over the last 25 years. Rush has apologized. But the radical left will never accept it because they despise him and want him off the air. I condemn attempts by radical left-wing organizations and the media to censor Rush and his commonsense conservative message.” (HT to JoemyG-d.)
PG is what some would call a liberal, even if he does not claim the label (libel?). To him, Mr. Limbaugh is a clown. Every word he says makes the “conservative movement” look a bit worse. The best thing that “liberalism” can do is to allow Mr. Limbaugh his first amendment right to make a fool of himself, for three hours a day.
The comments on the facebook thread tell the story.
Not passing judgement. It is not what I do….If I do, then I am him…
I love rush and listen to him daily and will continue to do so…..has the left apologized for the names they called sarah palin…..it just amazes me what a double standard the left has…
He is a bigot!…
Well what do you call people like bill mahr and mike malloy??…
Yep…this buttwipe has had it coming for a very long time (Gee…I’m a lifelong Republican too…lol)… I listened to him for years and I know that he has a fervent and devoted following, but anyone who has the ability to step back and take a broader view of his rhetoric can see that he is a part of the problem. We are a house divided and torn. We need people like this (okay if you want to use obsolete paradigms then I am speaking about both “left” and “right”) out of the way and real work to be done in Washington, because before there will no longer anything to fight over…
The longer he stays on, the worse the Repubs look. Keep him on…
Im a republican and very prud of it….
Videos courtesy of WTF Japan Seriously.
Pictures are from ” The Special Collections and Archives,Georgia State University Library”.

Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the Oreo. The cookie sandwich was first sold in New York on March 6, 1912, in the Chelsea neighborhood. Over 491 billion Oreos have been sold.
About.com 20th Century History has a few details on this important anniversary. In 1898, several baking companies merged to form the National Biscuit Company (NaBisCo), the maker of Oreo cookies. By 1902, Nabisco created Barnum’s Animal cookies and made them famous by selling them in a little box designed like a cage with a string attached (to hang on Christmas trees).
In 1912, Nabisco had a new idea for a cookie – two chocolate disks with a creme filling in between. The first Oreo cookie looked very similar to the Oreo cookie of today, with only a slight difference in the design on the chocolate disks…
So how did the Oreo get its name? The people at Nabisco aren’t quite sure. Some believe that the cookie’s name was taken from the French word for gold, “or” (the main color on early Oreo packages). Others claim the name stemmed from the shape of a hill-shaped test version; thus naming the cookie in Greek for mountain, “oreo.” Still others believe the name is a combination of taking the “re” from “cream” and placing it between the two “o”s in “chocolate” – making “o-re-o.” And still others believe that the cookie was named Oreo because it was short and easy to pronounce. (This source says 362 billion Oreos have been sold.)
In the early sixties, Oreos had a great commercial. Youtube apparently does not have a copy. The song went “Girls are nice but oh what icing comes in oreos. Oreos, the best because it’s the grandest cookie that ever was. Little girls have pretty curls but I like oreos; Oreos, the best because it’s the grandest cookie that ever was…”
HT goes to the always entertaining site, The Field Negro. There is an unfortunate urban usage of Oreo, about people who are black outside, but white inside. Field lists ten people who qualify. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.

Here is part five of state laws that some might find peculiar. Parts one, two, three and four have been posted previously. Today will will look at Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, and Nevada. These regulations are borrowed from Bored. Michigan A Michigan law states that a wife’s hair legally belongs to her husband. // Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony. // In Clawson, Mich., there is a law that makes it LEGAL for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens. // In Detroit, couples are not allowed to make love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple’s own property. // In Detroit, Michigan it is illegal to sleep in a bathtub. // In Rochester, Michigan, anyone bathing in public must have his or her bathing suit inspected by a police officer. // It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house. // It is illegal to loiter in the city morgue in Detroit. // It’s illegal in Michigan for a person under the age of 21 to give a gift of alcohol beverage to anyone, even to a person of legal age. // Permitting diners to take home an unfinished bottle of alcohol beverage, rather than consuming it all before leaving to prevent “waste,” encourages moderation and discourages intoxication. However, this is prohibited in Michigan. // Smoking while in bed is illegal. // The use of the names of dead presidents to sell alcohol in Michigan is prohibited. // Under an 1889 law, the health officer of East Jordan, Mich., could send any nonresident with an infectious disease back to where he came from, as long as the person could travel. If not, the officer could rent a house for use as a pest house. // You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan. // Kalamazoo: It is against the law to serenade your girlfriend. Minnesota A Blue Earth, Minnesota, law declares that no child under the age of twelve may talk over the telephone unless monitored by a parent. // A Minnesota tax form is quite thorough. Some would say too thorough. It even asks for your date of death. // A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head. // All bathtubs must have feet. // All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts. // Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head. // Every man in Brainerd, Minnesota is required by law to grow a beard. // Grand Haven: No person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a five- dollar fine for each offense. // Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays. // Harper Woods: It is illegal to paint sparrows to sell them as parakeets. // Hibbing: It shall be the duty of any policeman or any other officer to enforce the provisions of this Section, and if any cat is found running at large, or which is found in any street, alley or public place, it shall be the duty of any policeman or other officer of the city to kill such cat. // In Duluth, Minnesota it is illegal to allow animals to sleep in a bakery. // It is illegal to sleep naked. // It used to be legal in Minnesota to sell rolled candy on Sunday, and illegal to sell flat candy. The wafer people have gotten this one repealed. // Minneapolis: Red cars can not drive down Lake Street // Minnesota has repealed its so-called “Twinkie” law, under which a Minneapolis City Council candidate was indicted for dispensing $34 worth of Twinkies, Ho-Hos, cookies, Kool-Aid and coffee to some senior citizens. // Minnesotans are forbade from teasing skunks. // No man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic, onions, or sardines on his breath in Alexandria, Minnesota. If his wife so requests, law mandates that he must brush his teeth. // Oral sex is prohibited. // St. Cloud: Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays. // There is a 10 cent bounty for each rat’s head brought into a town office. // Virginia: You’re not allowed to park your elephant on Main Street. // Wayland: Anyone can keep their cow on Main Street downtown at a cost of 3 cents per day. Mississippi Adultery or Fornication (living together while not married or having sex with someone that is not your spouse) results in a fine of $500 and/or 6 months in prison. // Cattle rustling is punishable by hanging. // Columbus: The fine for waving a gun in public is higher than actually shooting it. // Horses are not to be housed within 50 feet of any road. // In Brandon, Mississipi it is illegal to attempt to stop someone from walking down the sidewalk by parking a motorhome in their path. // In Temperance, MS, you can’t walk a dog without dressing it in diapers. // In Oxford, Miss., it’s illegal to “create unnecessary noises.” // It is illegal for a male to be sexually aroused in public. // Oxford: It is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in a single session. One may not spit on the sidewalks on the square. Motor vehicles on the square are prohibited. Horn honking is not permitted as it might scare horses. // Tylertown: It is unlawful to shave in the center of main street. // Unnatural intercourse, if both parties voluntarily participate, results in a maximum sentence of 10 years and $10,000. // Vagrancy is punishable by either 30 days in prison or a $201 fine. Missouri Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri. // Buckner: In this small town of only 4,000, yard waste may be burned any day except Sunday. // Excelsior Springs: Hard objects may not be thrown by hand. Worrying squirrels is not tolerated. // Hard objects may not be thrown by hand. // In Ballwin, Mo., the only place you can use vulgar, obscene or indecent language is in your home. // In Merryville women are prohibited from wearing corsets because “the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male.” // In Springfield, door to door salesman are prohibited from selling their goods while standing in the middle of the road, screaming at passing vehicles. // In St. Louis, a law on the books makes it illegal to park your car without turning off the engine. This was to avoid scaring horses. // It is illegal to have oral sex. // It is not illegal to speed. // Kansas City: Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however they may buy shotguns freely. Installation of bathtubs with four legs resembling animal paws is prohibited. // Marceline: Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters. // Marquette: It is illegal for more than four unrelated persons to occupy the same dwelling (The Brothel Law). // Mole: Frightening a baby is in violation of the law. // Natchez: It shall be unlawful to provide beer or other intoxicants to elephants. // Purdy: Dancing is strictly prohibited. // St. Louis: It’s illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket. This law refers back to the extinct Italian celebration, Hill Day, when beer was served in buckets. A milk man may not run while on duty. // University City: Four women may not rent an apartment together. Montana It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone. // In Billings, Montana it is illegal for employees of the city’s communications center to program their phones with speed dial. // It is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious crime in Montana. // Bozeman has a law that bans all sexual activity between members of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown — if they’re nude. // Seven or more Indians are considered a raiding or war party and it is legal to shoot them. // It is illegal for a man and a woman to have sex in any other position other than missionary style. // In Montana, it is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all. // It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone. // Excelsior Springs: Balls may not be thrown within the city limits. // Helena: No item may be thrown across a street. // Helena, Montana, mandates that a woman can’t dance on a table in a saloon or bar unless she has on at least three pounds, two ounces of clothing. // Salisbury: Pop bottles are not to be thrown on the ground. // Whitehall: It is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice picks attached to the wheels. // Montana just legalized the production of caviar. Nebraska Barbers are forbidden by law from shaving a man’s chest in Omaha, Nebraska. // If a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested. // It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license. // It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup. // It is Illegal to go whale fishing. // It is illegal to sleep naked in a hotel/ motel room. // Lehigh: Doughnut holes may not be sold // Omaha: Sneezing or burping is illegal during a church service. // The owner of every hotel in Hastings is required to provide each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even if they are married, may sleep together in the nude. Nor may they have sex unless they are wearing one of these clean, white cotton nightshirts. // Waterloo: Barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7 A.M. and 7 P.M. Nevada A man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three people other than himself at any one period during the day. // Clark County: An ordinance makes bringing a concealable fire arm into the county illegal unless it is registered with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. In order to register a handgun, however, it must be brought in to the police station. Furthermore, you may not register a gun on the weekends, but the police may prosecute you at that time. // Elko: Everyone walking the streets is required to wear a mask. // Eureka: Men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women. // In Las Vegas, Nevada: It’s against the law to pawn your dentures. // In Las Vegas you can bet on any team–except The University of Nevada at Las Vegas. // In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal. // In Nevada until the 1960s it was illegal to sell liquor at religious camp meetings, within a half-mile of the state prison, in the State Capitol Building or to imbeciles. // In Reno, Nevada staging a marathon dance is illegal, although posting a notice on a fire hydrant about illegal dance marathons is not. // In the old days in Nevada a man caught beating his wife was tied to a stake for eight hours a day with a sign that read, “Wife Beater” fastened to his chest. // It’s illegal in Nevada to have a “house of ill fame” within 400 yards of a church or school. // It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway. // It is illegal in Reno, Nevada to conceal a spray-painted shopping cart in your basement. // It’s still “legal” to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property. // Nyala: A man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three people other than himself at any one period during the day. // Saloonkeepers had to post the names of habitual drunkards if so requested by the local sheriff or members of the imbibers’ immediate families.

March 6 is the Georgia Presidential Primary. It is part of the “super tuesday” collection. Voters can choose between five men. Incumbent Barack Obama is unopposed in the Democratic race. It the Republican race, we have Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum. These are not inspiring choices. There is a saying, if you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything at all. This might be a short post.
Tuesday is the only time Georgia voters will get a choice. In November, the electoral votes are all but guaranteed to go Republican. If you want to have a sayso in the Republican race, this is the time. Georgia has “open” primaries, where anyone can vote. The only rule is, if there is a runoff, you have to vote in the same party election as before. There is a good reason for this rule.
In 1966 Lester Maddox ran for Governor. In the runoff, Republicans voted for Mr. Maddox. They thought he would be an easy opponent for Republican Bo Calloway. Horrified Democrats wrote in Ellis Arnall, and nobody got a majority of the vote. The state constitution mandated the Legislature choose the new Governor, and Mr. Maddox moved into the Governor’s mansion. Strategic voting is a risky business. Voting for a clown, in hopes that he will be an easy opponent, can backfire.
This commentary will be in alphabetical order.
Newt Gingrich used to represent Georgia in Congress. He has stage presence. He still has all his hair, and does not dye it. Callista Gingrich has great hair. The daughter of Mr. Gingrich defended him, regarding his divorce from wife number one.
Barack Obama has killed more men with beards than any Republican.
Ron Paul is the only candidate to have served in the military. He is opposed to the promiscuous use of US military power. Bruno thinks Dr. Paul is much more handsome than Enrique Iglesias.
Mitt Romney has the most money of any of the candidates.
Rick Santorum has the most children of any candidate. Mr. Santorum is sometimes confused for a frothy mixture. The spell check suggestion for Santorum is Sanatorium.
Mr. Romney is the front runner at this point, but the outcome is far from assured. A vote for Mr. Gingrich, or Mr. Santorum, could keep Mr. Romney from winning the Georgia primary.
The voting will take place at Ashford Park Elementary School. PG was a student there. There is a sepia picture of Dr. Thomas, who was the Principal. Seeing an antique looking picture, and realizing that you knew the person, makes you feel old. The voting is sometimes held in the cafetorium. It is not the only time PG has held his nose in that facility.
This is the second Presidential election since Chamblee54 was created. The rule about not saying negative things was not followed in 2008. On super tuesday 2008, the connection to Blogspot had been broken. It was one of the last posts before Chamblee54 went to WordPress. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.

Several movies have had a world premiere in Atlanta. We will take a look today. Pictures are from the ” Special Collections and Archives,Georgia State University Library”. Information about the films is from the Internet Movie Database. This is an encore presentation.
As some of you may know, “Gone With The Wind had it’s world premiere at the Lowes Grand Theater on December 15, 1939. The Lowes Grand site is the current location of the Georgia Pacific building. There is a vacant lot next door, on top of some MARTA paraphernalia. This lot was the site of the Paramount Theater, another movie palace that did not survive.
The GWTW premiere was a big deal. Ten year old Martin Luther King Jr. sang with his church choir. Clark Gable requested a private meeting with Margaret Mitchell, who became the envy of every woman in America. When Mr. Gable checked out of his hotel, a lady was going to be given his room. The clerk asked for a minute to change the sheets on the bed, and the lady said, no, I want to sleep on the same sheets as him.
It was the golden age of movies, and the next year Atlanta hosted the first showing of “Who Killed Aunt Maggie”. The premiere was at the Rialto, on October 24, 1940. The review at IMDB said it was an enjoyable mystery, even if it was a cliche fest. It is not often seen today.
In 1946, “Song Of The South” had it’s premiere at the Fox Theater. SOTS is a controversial item these days. It was based on the Uncle Remus stories, which were written down by Joel Chandler Harris. For those who don’t know, these stories were told by the rural black people that Mr. Harris knew when he was growing up near Eatonton GA. As Wikipedia tells the tale “Controversy surrounding his southern plantation themes, narrative structure, collection of African-American folklore, use of dialect, and Uncle Remus character, however, has denigrated the significance of Harris’ work”. In other words, Brer Rabbit is not politically correct.
The reviews at IMDB tell a different tale. To them, SOTS is a happy children’s movie. The Disney company seems to wish it would go away and be forgotten. Copies are tough to come by these days. PG would say to see it for yourself and make up your own mind, but Disney won’t let you.
The female lead in SOTS was Ruth Warrick. Miss Warrick was a versatile talent. Her first movie role was in “Citizen Kane”, as Kane’s first wife. She was in many movies, before moving to television. She was perhaps best known as Phoebe Tyler, in the soap opera “All My Children”. Wikipedia tells a story about her, that is ironic for the female lead of “Song Of The South”
“In July 2000, she refused to accept a lifetime achievement award from the South Carolina Arts Commission because she was offended by legislators’ decision to move the Confederate flag from the state Capitol dome to another spot on the grounds in response to a boycott of the state by flag opponents. A lifelong supporter of African-American rights, she felt the flag should be removed completely, and commented, “In my view, this was no compromise. It was a deliberate affront to the African-Americans, who see it as a sign of oppression and hate.”
In 1949, the Paramount had the first screening of “The Gal Who Took The West”. The female lead was Yvonne De Carlo, who later achieved immortality as Lily Munster. In November 1951, the spotlights returned to Lowes Grand for “Quo Vadis”.
The last film in the GSU picture collection is “The Last Rebel”. This western had it’s premiere at the Rialto, May 27, 1958. The movie was a return to Atlanta glory for Olivia De Havilland. The film is the story of a man, whose wife dies in a fire during the war between the states. PG questions the use of the Stars and Bars on the marquee.
In 1974, Ringo Starr produced and acted in “Son of Dracula”. The movie had it’s world premiere at the Cherokee Plaza Theater. Cherokee Plaza is a shopping center on Peachtree Road, just east of the Atlanta city limits. The theater was torn down during a renovation, and the space is currently the produce department at Krogers.
A local radio station hired a band to play in the parking lot at the premiere. At some point, a long limousine pulled up to a stage, and Ringo Starr and Harry Nillson got out. Both were wearing sunglasses, even though it was after dark. Ringo got on the stage, waved a wand at the crowd, and said “I am turning you into frogs”. He went inside to see the movie, the crowd went home, and the movie was mercifully forgotten.
In 1981, PG went to a supper in an apartment building (now a vacant lot) across from First Baptist Church on Peachtree Street. There was a commotion down the street at the Fox, and PG went to see what it was. “Sharkey’s Machine” had it’s World Premiere that night.