Thank You Represenative Anh Cao for Being Your Own Man

The man who took a courageous stand for his constituents,
Rep. Anh Cao(R) LA.

"I know that voting against the health care bill will probably be the death of my political career," Cao said. But, referring to his opposition to abortion, he said, "I have to live with myself, and I always reflect on the phrase of the New Testament, 'How does it profit a man's life to gain the world but to lose his soul. ''~ Anh Cao (R)LA

If you care to find out who they are and how they voted, check here.

"The bill passed by a 220-215 margin and garnered the unexpected backing of one Republican, Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana.

I was happy for Rep. Cao when he won the election because I knew: (1) he is a very smart man and (2) he represents a district in which "twenty percent of the people are uninsured and they have tremendous health care issues and he believed this is good for the people of his district.

Rep. Cao should feel courageous for what he has done, if he represents the people, then the people will re-elect him. He answers to the people who elected him and not the Republican Party, I'd rather have a real man representing me than a coward any day of the week. There's no need for him to worry about not getting re-elected because his actions showed more powerful than words that could ever be spoken.

The other's don't represent the people, but instead , special interest, big business and the status quo. If any of our elected officials claim to care about the well being of each and everyone of their countrymen, then they'd better show me better than I can see what they actually do. All I hear is just lip service and see selective support.

Where was Senator Mary Landrieu?? I want to know where was her vote and why was she missing from all of the action? It appears to me that she would rather hide than have the courage than take a stand. Since Sen. Mary Landrieu has received $1.3 million from the health sector since 1995 that may be the reason for her absence.
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What In The Hell Did Sammy Sosa Do To Himself? ¡Sammy Sosa es ahora un Blanco!

Una vez pensé en Sammy Sosa como un hermoso hombre como hago de la mayor parte de hombres de Latinoamericano. Él era hermoso, no puedo que ahora porque él ha destruido su cara.







Sammy Sosa then.

Sammy Sosa then.

WTH! ¡Sammy Sosa es ahora un Blanco!

Sammy Sosa, like most people of African descent have a serious problem with being who they actually are. Millions of people of African descent throughout the Diaspora are subject to racism on a daily basis and are living in some of the most deplorable conditions known to man. In the Latin American countries they are ridiculed for their hair, skin color and physique, in which that places a heavy burden on them psychologically.

Sammy apparently did not like what he looked like and there was nothing wrong with him but apparently he has some deeper issues with the way he looked. The majority of people of African descent want to be accepted throughout the world and will deny their own heritage in order to do so. When you deny who you are, you deny your own existence.

Some of us can pass for Caucasian and some of us can not deny it even if we tried. The hatred that man has shown to us for centuries has destroyed the psyche of billions of people who have then passed this on to their own children. Poor Sammy and all of the other poor Sammy's of the world who hate themselves because they feel that their African Heritage makes them less than are pitiful. No one else will love you or embrace our beauty until we learn to love what GOD created.

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Shala Monroque's Style is Finally Being Recognized

Shala Monroque has made the Vogue's Ten Best Dressed for the third or fourth time and that's a good thing. The writer at The Pop magazine is certainly a stylish fashionista and the best part about it is, that she's not a celebrity. I like her style because it's fresh-innovative-polished with a mix of elements...always feminine and accessorized with her smile. She definitely deserves an article in Vogue. I like to highlight the style of lesser known women who certainly leave a fashionable imprint on me. Stay tuned for more.

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Christian Louboutin Always Delivers Or Does He?

Oh my aching feet! My feet hurt just by looking at these shoes and I'm a "shoeaholic."

Okay shoe lovers feast your eyes on these beauty's from Christian Louboutins 2010 Summer Collection. When it comes to fashion we can forget about being demure and also comfortable when it comes Christian Louboutin's sexy shoes or any of these "stiletto's of pain." These shoes are all about the allure and glamour. These shapely and towering stilettos will have even the most seasoned fashionistas tottering in them.

 For some, the bolder and higher the heel, the better. Not for me when comfort is key and those days of enduring excruciating pain for the sake of fashion are over. Give me something I can walk in with my big feet planted firmly on the ground. They are kind of cute, especially the black and gold ones...but, I'll leave wearing them up to Mariah Carey because she loves her "Chrissy Lou's."

And how about these monsters from John Galliano. I know a lot of men are now into wearing woman's high-heels, but these designers have taken their fantasy a bit too far. When and if I see them sporting these bad boys, then I guess they'll know our pain.

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Glamour Magazines 2009 Women Of The Year

Actress Amy Poehler

                                The Women of Irans One Million Signatures Campaign

                                 Journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.

                                               U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice

                                              Living Legend Maya Angelou

                                                Champion Athlete Serena Williams

California First Lady Maria Shriver

“There’s no magic to being here”--that with hard work, any one of us can rise to greatness."~First Lady Michelle Obama


Mrs. Obama with seven interns from the East Wing.


The First Lady's Glamour Magazine Cover.
(All Photos:Glamour Magazine)

The First Lady will grace the December issue of Glamour magazine which is due to hit the shelves November 10th. The December Women of the Year issue will feature five different covers with the top five influential women from around the world.This is also the first time in Glamour's 70 year history that a First Lady has graced the cover.

Mrs. Obama was also given a special award for her commitment to mentoring young women. The First Lady is establishing mentoring relationships between top women in the administration and girls in need in the DC area, and is encouraging women leaders around the country to do the same where they live.

Singer Rihanna Fenty is being honored for being the voice of a woman who has overcome domestic abuse and taken control of her career.




Rihanna's Cover.

You may read about the other phenomenal women here.

For the past 19 years, Glamour has saluted inspiring, high-achieving women through their Women of the Year Awards. This annual event has had an astonishing impact on politics and society—changing lives.

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Look What I Found!

I know and most of you know by now that a woman does not have to spend a fortune to look good. I've been on this quest lately to find beautiful pearl necklaces, especially those made with extremely large resin or glass pearls. I have yet to find any that are at least 20-25mm, but I've found some beads that are beautiful and I'll make a beautiful necklace out of them when I have the time. In the mean time I'm willing to buy what I want for now.



The always stylish Shala Monroque is wearing the type of necklace that I'm looking for.


Over the years, I've invested in a strand of Mikimoto Pearls for myself and my mother and I still have them. Before the dollar took a nose dive, serious shoppers could travel the globe and find bargains. In those days before the Euro, the Dollar was worth a few Deutsche Mark's, so I stocked up on a lot of classics. Today, I found two beautiful multi-strand necklaces at Forever-21 that will look great for work and after dark.




Both necklaces costs $8.80 from Forever-21.


I know...I know, go ahead and shoot me, this is what's on my wish list. I've got the earrings but I want the necklace. Don't ask me why, because I'm materialistic just like everyone else, but I'm trying to recover from it, I honestly am.(wink, wink)

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It Will Take The Children Of The World To Change The World

The children of Rio are taken it to the streets in protest of the violence in their country.


The children of Rio de Janiero have taken to the streets to protest the killing of one of their young comrades. Children of Mandela shantytown in Rio de Janeiro are now marching to protest against the violence that caused the death of a young student last week, who was caught between the police firing at drug traffickers. It will take the children of the world to possibly change a world that wants to exclude them from reaching their full potential by only regulating them to the bottom rungs of society. The adults don't want to do, so it's up to the children to claim their future. I guess parents all failing all over the world and it's showing.

Rio has won the right to host the Olympics, but will it change centuries of economic segregation that isolates the cities poor from the wealthy inhabitants. The citizens of the city have also said that Rio is not ready to host the Olympics until they retrain their police force, if not it'll be travel at your own risk for some tourist. The only time they want to include the people of color is during Carnival and in soccer, other than that it's back to the "Favelas" they go.

While watching an Oprah show a few weeks ago, they were highlighting the way women live around the world. She interviewed a Brazilian woman who also had a housekeeper who was clearly "raça misturada" and she had the audacity to say that her children visit the housekeepers neighborhood by hanging out at the nightclubs in the area and she said her favela was better than most favelas. I was like, is she for real? I thought for sure that she would be honest enough to highlight the economic and extreme racial disparities that the Brazilians of African descent suffer at the hands of the wealthy Brazilians.

It's amazing that our ancestor's created the majority of the wealth that many people of the world now enjoy and we aren't allowed to, that concept has got to change. Some say it takes a village to raise our children, there are lot of children who need our help, pick one!Sphere: Related Content

Now I Understand Why Magazines Are Becoming Extinct

While enjoying a wonderful day off from work, I realised why the majority of magazines are losing readers and are now becoming extinct, they don't offer any refreshing, creative and diverse content. In other words, there are Blogs that are better than a lot of today's magazines and are putting them out of business. Those that are still surviving are giving their readers good content, while those that are still relevant are hanging on by a thread.

Everyday I'm finding newer and very creative blogs on the web that are providing what a lot of magazines don't, diversity and inclusion and that's a good thing. People, especially women want to see themselves in the pages of magazines and when they don't, that turns them off. Sure magazines are suppose to rally consumers to purchase their advertisers products, but that's wrong if different ethnicity's are excluded from it's pages.

I love the wonderful Blogs on the web and their are millions of them who are far more better than any magazine in print. It's gotten to the point where I hardly ever go to any of their websites anymore because they are boring and nothing like these newer fashion Blogs. These Blogs are creative, honest, straight forward, innovative, engaging, artistic, funny, stylish and just plain old , fantastic! They offer something for everyone.

Even though I've still have not found one that fully addresses us women over forty because everyone seems to be obsessed with youthfulness. I want to find that one that is just as creative and is not trying to reverse the aging process, but instead celebrate and embrace it, so I'm working on that one myself.

I wonder will the day come that they'll start charging for subscriptions to read their blogs? If so, then that's the end of a good thing. I do this for fun and relaxation, I'm no journalist and I'm not trying to be one either. I'm sure those journalist and writer types probably cringe at my use of the English language. Anyway most of us don't write Blogs to be critiqued and judged by them and as long as we get the point across to our readers it doesn't matter. Keep Blogging people, the world loves you and so do I.Sphere: Related Content

Geaux Saints! Who Dat Say Dey Gon Beat Da Saints?

The New Orleans Saints Logo.


Me, wearing my N.O. Saints shirt, baby!





Now on to something for a little fun. The N.O. Saints are now 7-0! I'm so proud of my team and no, I've never abandoned them even when they were the "AINTS." No matter where I lived in the world I kept up with the news of my team. I would definitely like to see them win a NFC Championship and the Super Bowl in my life time because as long as they continue with this winning streak anything is possible. When and if they do, I want to be in that number on Rue Bourbon celebrating.Sphere: Related Content

Rama Yade Means Business! But They Still Want her To Step Down If She Continues To Speak Her Mind!

French Secretary of State for Sports, Rama Yade



President Sarkozy and Rama Yade caricatured as puppets.


Ever since French politician, Rama Yade was demoted to her present position she has had nothing but drama from her colleagues to include President Sarkozy. She is now the Secretary of State for Sports since she lost her job as the Secretary of State for Human Rights because of her outspokenness. As one of the countries most popular politicians, I guess they just want her to be a part of the Sarkozy administration and say nothing.

I guess politics are politics regardless as to where you live in the world. If we feel strongly about something they better recognise that we don't back down when it comes to doing the right thing. What they want her to do is resign, that's where all the unnecessary pressure comes from.

Now they want to move her to a different voting district, if she protest will this be the end of her political career? Maybe she can serve the residents of the area better than the former politicians have in the past. That area was the battleground for the protest many of the young immigrants raised hell in years ago because they were shut out.

Sarkozy at one time thought of her as possibly the next Condoleeza Rice or someone of that magnitude. Why can't she just be who she is, why do we have to be the next anything and make our own mark in society?

Continue on Rama, you are still young, beautiful, very intelligent and above all... you speak whats on your mind, which seems to be a rarity in Sarkozy's administration. We have more than enough "of shining pumps" in our beautiful country! France should be glad that there are still people who have the courage and convictions to take a stand!Sphere: Related Content

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Anybody Want to Look Like Amber Rose for Halloween???

While enjoying a relaxing day off, I clicked over to the BV's website out of boredom and boy was I in for a surprise from their selections for Halloween ideas on costumes. Even though I'm too old to celebrate Halloween, but to suggest to women to dress up as Kanye West's model girlfriend is a bit of a stretch. I love Amber Rose because she's a style maverick, but I don't worship at the thrones of today's "pop princesses" like so many people do today. I like who I like, but my life does not revolve around them. She's a beautiful woman who has been said to be of Cape Verdean ancestry, I don't know how true that is and it's not that important.

My issue is that we seem to suggest to women that they must appreciate the looks of celebrities and other cultures before they accept their own. It's as if the mainstream culture doesn't celebrate us then neither should we. Why must everything we do have to have the "stamp of approval" from the dominant culture? First it was said that it was Bo Derek who started the corn row hairstyle, even when we had been wearing the style forever.


Lately it's been said that Amber Rose started the trend of African American women shaving their heads, some even went so far to say that Solange copied off of her-that's not true because we've been doing that one for a while too. They said the same thing about Sinead O'Connor when she wore her hair in this style. There are hundreds of women who rock this style on a regular basis. Could it be since they're not pseudo celebrities they don't get the recognition. I can think of a lot of well known women that made this look famous,does Pat Evans ring a bell?



It's even now acceptable for us to have a large gluteus maximus(large buttocks) because of J-Lo-also not true. We've had those for a while because it's a part of our physical make-up.



I've even read on some Blogs that Kate Goselin and Victoria Beckham started the "Bob" hairstyle. I was like what? We've been wearing that one since the 1920's, ever since Madame C.J. Walker invented the hot comb.



I guess it will now be acceptable for us to wear huge Afro's because at the latest Louis Vuitton Fashion Show the models wore the large Afro wigs, even though there's a "Natural Hair Revolution" going on? We've been wearing that look forever and I've been wearing it on and off for most of my adult life.




We are often duplicated, but never celebrated as the real trendsetters. Can't we just be who we are without attempting to look like some celebrity or a celebrity wannabe? It's like we can't even think for ourselves anymore because some people are obsessed with pop culture. It seems that we can't appreciate our own beauty unless the mainstream population does.That's why self-definition is key in defining who we are as women. I don't need any ones approval to accept me.Sphere: Related Content

Fashion Icon: Lu Celania Sierra Still Has It!

The star model of the fashion show, the iconic, Lu Sierra of New York City, makes her final appearance, Lu was flown in to rock the show and rock she did.










I love wearing black clothing, sorry kids (they want to see me wearing other colors) and this outfit is perfect for me. This is a favorite piece... must have it.




The iconic, Lu Celania Sierra before, in her earlier years on the runways of YSL and French Fashion Magazines and today, still rocking the runway and showing them how it's suppose to be done.(Photos:YSL Foundation and Wireimage)


While watching the season finale of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, trying my best to stay up an watch Sheree's fashion show I nearly fell out of my seat when she featured fashion icon, Lu Sierra at the end of her collection. While watching the clip I knew that this was no ordinary model. I know my eyes are getting bad, but I know my fashion models from the 70's and beyond and I knew that had to be her. There was no way that could not have been her and I then set out to find out if my eyes were not playing tricks on me.



After an exhausting search, my question was answered and it was indeed the still fabulous Lu Celania Sierra. Lu was also one of the many "Super Models of Color" who worked for YSL and others during the 80's and 90's in Europe and the USA. I long for the day when we'll see diversity on the runways and in fashion magazines again. Lu Sierra is still a model, lecturer and now the etiquette coach for Donald Trump's Miss Universe Organization.



Sheree's fashion show held at the W Hotel in Atlanta was even better than the one held during NYFW. It seems that Dwight Eubanks was not "D-wrong" in showing us the many talents that he possesses and his P.R. man, Glenn Bean, CEO of Atlanta-based VIP Distinct, was recruited to manage all the logistics for celebrity red carpet arrivals, pre-show gathering, casting, volunteer recruitment and run-of-show for the production of a 15-minute fashion show that was taped for the cable TV channel Bravo to air across the globe in over 200 markets on one of Bravo’s popular reality TV show.



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It Girl, Shala Monroque

Don't Hate Her Because...


She's a beautiful, fearless, jet setting woman who also happens to date mogul art dealer, Larry Gagosian. Sure, everyone knows of Maggie Betts and the ever stylish Genevieve Jones, but Shala is also a part of the "socialite" night crew.

I remember the first time that I saw Shala on the site NYSD, I was like who is this woman with the smooth cocoa skin and the main thing which attracted my attention was that she wore her hair natural.

I hear that there is a fashion line on the horizon, hopefully it will be one that greatly reflects her style and consist of clothing all women will want to wear. In the March issue of Avenue magazine, she was featured in their 7th Annual Best Dressed List along with Michelle Obama, Kim Heirston-Evans, Susan Fales-Hill and Genevieve Jones. She has also made the Vogue 10 best dressed women of the week and has been appearing in Vogue now quite frequently.

It seems that her fashionable sense of style is finally being recognized. So many people don't realize that there are a lot of stylish women who walk among us who are not celebrities. I like her style because she appears to be setting newer trends instead of following them and that's a good thing.

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Spike Lee Vs Tyler Perry?

Spike Lee has dismissed Tyler Perry's TBS sitcoms "Meet the Browns" and "House of Payne" as "coonery and buffoonery."

When Hollywood refused to produce his films his way, Tyler Perry started his own studio in Atlanta. Now his movies are drawing huge audiences who want to hear and need messages of hope and inspiration.


Perry answered that criticism in a Sunday interview on "60 Minutes."


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I had no idea that Tyler Perry had so many haters until lately. I spend a lot of time on the web and I can't believe the amount of people who actually dislike this mans movies and TV shows. Damn, people it's just comedy and when did one person have the power to reveal who we actually are? As I often say, we are not monolithic and no one person can represent who we are. If the homophobes aren't out in a witch hunt concerning his sexuality, they're out to bash his next movie in his portrayals of African Americans.

I love Tyler's movies and he is doing a lot to keep many of these actors employed after Hollywood has no use for them anymore. We're not the only people who watch Tyler Perry's movies, because his fan base is broad and diverse. When I read some of the comments written by his distractors, I often say to myself, what are they doing to get the messages and our stories out to a mass audience? What are they doing the change the imagery that the mainstream media beams to the world concerning our identity? They're doing absolutely nothing but paying the usual lip service and waiting for an opportunity to fall in their laps.

Instead of him criticizing Mr. Perry, in which he and others have a right to do so, maybe they can work on some kind of project with him in the future? I swear, we are our own worse enemies the majority of the time. That's why we can't get anything accomplished because no one wants to work together and is always jocking to be number one. Why are we so caught up in our imagery when the world sees what most us of do everyday. It's not so much what others think of us, but how do we see ourselves? Each and everyone of us has a different view of the world.

They still haven't realised that there is room at the top for everyone and give us something we actually want to see. Tyler has proven to Hollywood that the majority of people don't need to see movies with gratuitous sex and excessive profanity to be viewed as entertainment. He's got a huge audience and his numbers speak volumes. Keep opening doors Tyler, and making an impact on Hollywood.
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Have Megan Williams' Lies Come Back To Hunt Her Or Are They Exploiting Her Again?

Malik Shabazz greets the crowd with alleged
torture victim Megan Williams at his side.

Remember Megan Williams, the black woman at the center of a 2007 torture case that raised questions of racism in West Virginia? Well this mentally disabled woman is now being led and paraded around into the center of controversy again, this time, she now says she lied about being a victim of the alleged crimes committed against her.

Megan Williams told West Virginia authorities in 2007 that seven white people had raped and tortured her over several days in a racially motivated attack, and minority rights groups rallied to her support. Now more than two years later, Williams says it was all a lie designed to exact revenge against her boyfriend, who was one of the accused attackers. All but one of the accused went to jail.

The details of the story told me that she was dating one of her accusers and personally, I really don't think her mother approved. I just could not get it out of my head that days prior an individual assaulted her and she goes back for more? I had no knowledge of her mental condition and wondered where were her parents when all of this was going on?

I analyse all information presented to me and I'm just one of those people that you can't tell me something and expect me to believe it. Just like the majority of you who were duped by the news media concerning "Balloon Boy," Megan Williams' story just did not sit right with me and now the "truth" has come out. As I often say, the truth will always come to the light and right now that spotlight is glaring so bright on her that you can see it from outer space.

Does she need to get on national TV along with her attorney and apologise? Or does Malik Shabazz, along with Al Sharpton and anyone else who came to her defense need to apologise for manipulating and exploiting her? I see Sharpton as an opportunist and once he pleads your case, it's out you go, tossed out by the wayside!

Since I don't watch the news media, I wonder are they showing this woman some love at arms length? Believe me, she will see some jail time for this if this proves to be true! They don't care anything about her mental capabilities and I wonder who'll come to her defense then? What really bothers me is that those in the Civil Rights organizations are so quick to go after any events concerning Caucasians against us, but disregard the numerous Black on Black atrocities that are occurring everyday in communities around the nation.

What I get from their reluctance to speak out against these brutal acts by cowards is that it's okay for them to do so, just as long as they're not of some other ethnicity committing these acts of violence. They're silent against them and so are the victims and the victims families. Why? Criminals are criminals regardless of who they are!

Now, when Black women claim that their are attacked or assaulted, no one is going to believe them ever again! This is not a good look for those who have cried "wolf" in the past by attempting to cover up their own wrong doing. The misogynist are having a field day with this news. Since there's no one out there to protect my daughters and I, I'll just keep depending on Mr. Beretta and Mr's Smith and Wesson to do so.

It's kind of silent in the "blogosphere" on this subject. Hmmmm, and I wonder why? In a January interview with the Call & Post, a newspaper in Cleveland, Williams acknowledged she had been mistreated but said her mother, Carmen Williams, who has since died, made her embellish the story for exposure and financial gain.

I refuse to be duped by anyone! Do your research before any of these people reach out to you for sympathy, most of the time it's really a sham and these radio and TV personalities don't even have a clue because they also want to cause controversy and bring in listeners. And once they do their bit, they're done with them also.Sphere: Related Content