ChickOn2

So she is still protesting, even with the change of presidentials?? AWWW SNAP!

iGiggled!

What good am I if I can't be helpful? Just trying to help him raise some quick capital. After all, he absolutely MUST get to Cedar Point.. the question is... how bad does he want it? Does he REALLY want to ride the Magnum?

I'm just trying to help a brotha' out, get him past this rough patch. I mean, if he's got the right credentials, why not leverage them? all I ask is a small donation/finder's fee.

**extra sad face** at the idea of my grandma, my mom, me and my children are leading humanity down the path of destruction. And here I thought we were sittin' pretty and doing good. Just want to point out though, as far as my specific family is concerned, the mixing started in the early 1800s in good ole southern Ohio. Gallipolis, Oak Hill, Jackson area.

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BWAAHAHAHahahah!! not Gummo!! ohhh nooeessssss Disclaimer 1: I'm live in Xenia, but I'm from the booming metropolis of Urbana Disclaimer 2: Gummo was actually shot in Tennessee, thankyouverymuch! LOL

and that's honestly because it's apparent I won't agree with you! And "finished" sounds GREAT to me! NEXT--------->

He can be a male escort... there's money in that, I heard...

+1 that your folks probably wont lose EVVA-REE-THANG with the bankruptcy. People often keep their cribs and cars after bankruptcy, just depends. Don't panic just yet, but there's still not a damn thing wrong with streamlining your expenses, and living within your means the best you can... @Likwid... can you expound on the part about it not being important to save anymore? I'm a word girl, not a numbers girl... and that blew right past my meager ability to understand, bro...

Biggest mistake being, thinking that some people are willing/able to listen to reason that may not be in line with their own. Silly me! LOL My problems...? My mistakes, my fucked up life... ? BWAAAAAHahahahahahaahahahahahahahHAHAHAHAHAHA *breathe breathe* TAAAAAHahahahahhaahahahhahaahahah *wiping tears* *pant... pant...* OK. Alright bro... you assume... a LOT. a WHOLE lot. I KNOW you're going to deny this... but it really LOOKS like you have already decided who I am, and what my status is, based on what you know about my demographic and political standpoint. And that's OK... I'll be that. Hmm ok class, what do we call making a snap superficial judgment about someone based on what we see on the outside...? It's a little word... it starts with an "R"... OK, OK I'm sorry Todd. I know this is a hot-button for you, yet I keep pressing it. I'm going to take my dominatrix leathers off now. You win. Time for me to help my girls get READY FOR SCHOOL TOMORROW BECAUSE IN THIS HOUSE, EDUMACATION BE IMPOTENT!

damn you for putting that song in my head!! errghhhhhh

Well don't just take my word for it. If you're really curious, test it out one day. Time the length of a local broadcast story topic. See if it stays around 30-45 seconds. Maybe a minute tops, if the story is really 'hot.' I wouldn't start no conspiracy theory over it, it's just the way the business works.. Digesting Media output is just like deciding to get a stripper as a girlfriend... just be aware of what you're getting so you can know how to handle it YOU, shugga britches!!

Glad you're not mad! and yeah it IS rough. It's rough when some of us STILL have to deal with people's denial and attitudes, all the way in 2009. Minimizing the problem of racial inequality is one of those... They deny and deny and deny the underlying problem... yet their words/actions 100% back up the original assessment that they MAHT BE a lil ole fashioned © J. Foxworthy Even MORE taxing is when you specifically answer those people's questions, but they are a smidge on the narrow-minded side (whether it's upbringing or lack of diverse life experience, or what, ionno), and if it's not the answer they WANT, then it's a non-answer to them. whoo it's tiring, let me tell you! **SIGH** For that matter "playing the race card" is a lot of work, too, and sucks that it even exists. Especially since for me and mine, it's not a game, it's not fun, not at all. For you, the 'race card' problem goes away after you log off the innanets. For me, not so much. So I do apologize if bringing up the race issue annoys you. But believe you me, it's an annoyance for ME to say the very least. So when the denial stops, I'll stop. Promise! Then we all haz winnar! But it's all good... no hard feelings on my end. Our opinions are different as our experience, and until you can see MY experience (or I, yours), we're just going to see shyt different, and that's that.

You speak the truth, sir. And your point illustrates why the media is suffering so much now. (why do you think there are SOO many reality shows now? Or how so many 'no-names' are on TV shows now? Because they are super cheap to produce... fewer 'big names' to pay huge salaries to.... and media outlets are hemmoraging money right now). Point being... name another industry where the consumer expects to get the core product for free. We cringe at the idea of paying 50 cents for a newspaper, and go online or flip on the TV for as much information as we can handle. Imagine your annoyance if you went on CNN.com to see what's up with the vote on healthcare reform and are asked for your credit card numbers. The industry is cannaballizing itself. we are beginning to reap what we have sown. I haven't been able to hire in 2 years, and I've had to lay people off several times. I'll tell ya, this really got bad after 9/11. Since then, it seems like 'overkill' has turned into business as usual. Why? (and this is going to sound terrible but its the truth) Because during the events of Sept. 11, 2001, news media outlets (local and national) saw HUGE HUGE unprecedented advertising profits. Bad news makes for high readership and viewership... which means the advertiser is happy to pay for the spots. 9/11 and follow up coverage was almost as good as the Super Bowl, from a marketing exposure standpoint. If you all think back, you remember they would be in the middle of a feed showing people leaping to their death... but they would STILL cut to commercial. Further ... (y'all shouldn't have got me started) They made promo and lead-in material including the most jarring, gruesome images they could and slapped on theme music and a slick title. (stop me if I get too media jargon-y) To answer your question... just keep in mind that we learned from 9/11 thst whoever can deliver the bad news the MOST and the FASTEST and with the ickiest details will win the viewership and the biggest ad contracts. So just pretend you heard about H1N1 ONCE, instead of 50-leven times. If you really listen, you are getting only ONE set of information, multiple times. I give him a hard time, but he knows I heart him!!

I know I touched a nerve, apparently. Him mad at me.

You better believe they do, sugar britches... see above posting

Today.. try forever. Since I've been in the business, we have to write to our market. It's not to sell papers or get more viewers.. it's to sell advertising. It's not the news content that keeps the machine going... its the advertisers. It's part of my job to provide printed and visual content that our advertisers will want to buy time and space to be close to. The 50 cents you might shell out to read the sunday comics doesn't do a thing for our profit. But the $2.5 million a year that the big electronics store will pay to be in a display ad near the comics is a different story. As such, if I piss off a reader/viewer/listener by publishing the 'wrong' story in the 'wrong' place, the advertisers get word, get pissed, and pull their ads. Which gets a sista' in a whole heap of trouble. Test it, and see if I'm making it up. If any of y'all are lucky enough to live in a part of town that's mostly well-to-do homeowners, look closely at the advertising in the paper and on TV, also the junk mail (the media prints and distributes a lot of the junk mail, delivered by USPS). wealthier areas get ads for furniture galleries, Acura, Lexus, expensive senior assisted living, replacement windows/doors/etc., high end retailers. The 'hood' (lower income, rentals instead of homeowners, etc) gets ads for buy-here-pay-here lots or Chevy Cobalts for $199 a month (plus tons of fine print), check cashing places, income tax return services, and pizza and chicken coupons. And my media outlet is small 'taters compared to something like General Electric (owns MSNBC), News Corp (owns Fox), Time Warner (owns CNN, Time, ESPN). Those 3 companies are direct competitors, so it makes sense for them to keep the division among their viewership going. It's highly profitable, and makes for great TV/reading. With all of that said (and probably with Media Black Ops going to disappear my ass after this), for those of you who want to try to get virgin unspoiled stories usually straight from the reporter doing the research, look for material distributed by the Associated Press. It's what we in the biz call "the wires." The AP is a nonprofit organization that serves as a collection point for news stories from all over the world, which makes it harder (but not impossible) to write to order. However, keep in mind that we media folks gather info from the wires and then package it. So if it's already printed in your local paper (or the paper's Web site), keep in mind that it might have been worked on already. Look more for the actual facts, instead of the order the facts are presented in... and also remember that the average AP story is 700-800 words long, but we often only have space for 200-300 words.

Beats the hell outta me, but someone, somewhere is hittin' that.

nope... I was just demonstrating to Mr. Todd what a diversionary tactic was besides, my dewd is on OR... if I get in trouble, I'll have to spend the rest of my holiday weekend getting a spanking.

Now THATS something we can all agree on!! I'm a big hugger! Not trees, people!! 3 negs, 2 unsigned 3 positives, all signed by Lurky McLurkersons LOL. Lurk all you want, I'm not taking my top off! Unless encouraged.

oh lawdy. ok, darlin'. you got me. I ONLY do that when referring to GWB. that's the only time, ever.

Indeed. Excellent point. Which is why we should absolutely go a different direction. The only thing I can assume, based on the amount of unsigned negative rep, is that I touched a nerve with some people on here LOL but that is perfectly fine. In my line of work it happens all the time, and it don't mean a thing, except people are scared shitless, uncomfortable and insecure. But I love people anyway! MUAH!!

Absolutely not. I told my dad that was a messed up reason to vote for anyone. If that was the case, I would vote for Jay Z. Black and charismatic, sure. Qualified for president, hell the fuck nawl. Sorry to say but part of being an effective POTUS is being able to sound coherent and communicate a clear, concise thought that makes sense. Idiot, no... I'm sure his intelligence is average. Terrible speaker... mehhbee I didn't say that either. He is, after all, black as the night that covers me. I don't care that he's halfsies... if he showed up on your doorstep to pick up your sister, he is surely black at that moment. ... And how do you know that's not how I talk..?