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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Friday, September 17, 2010 - 10:00 am
They know better??? sigh
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Friday, September 17, 2010 - 10:59 am
Unless you live here, people from other parts of the country are not actually seeing how the South has evolved over the last 10-20 years. The vast majority of people 50 and under are not strong fundamentalist Christians as stereotypically portrayed by the news media. Very few of the people I talked with about the show are internet boarders, so I wouldn't say that only internet Southerners loved him. So please, everyone take Annie, my, and every southern TVCH poster's word that it is not as it appears on the news or how you judge it to be based on whatever information you have received. It is a new South and a wonderful place to live and to visit. So come on down and we will show you what the real South is in 2010. Now back to the show, didn't Jewel look absolutely fantastic?! She looked like she had her teeth fixed and her legs looked a mile long. I wonder if she will ever give DWTS another try since she never made it out of the practice rounds?
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Friday, September 17, 2010 - 1:21 pm
heck, Beach...we're all still rednecks who ain't got no sense! LOL and as far as gays 'knowing better' than to show their true selves...you obviously have not been to the gay pride parade here or taken a walk around town! LOL heck, we even have corporations with openly gay managers, presidents and owners....
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, September 17, 2010 - 1:43 pm
Why should someone have to "know better" and conform to some imposed standard?
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Friday, September 17, 2010 - 2:44 pm
The g/l people here are just people. They do not conform to anyones lifestyle other than their own. They are just people. My neighbors. I wonder who is actually conforming?
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Jgalt
Member
02-17-2009
| Friday, September 17, 2010 - 4:44 pm
I'm just so tired of the whole gay thing. Why do we make such a big deal about someone's sexuality. I'd like everyone to keep their sex lives to themselves, gay or straight. It's none of my business what a person does behind closed doors. I think it should be enough people accept gays just as they accept heteros, I don't think people have to love and embrace and worship gays. I'm tired of getting hit over the head with a lead pipe about everything gay. Okay, people are gay, that's fine, now move on. I've been to San Fran and saw gay pride parades, and I don't know why the gay community has to be so overtly sexual, it's not something you'd want young children to see, at least I hope not. Geesh, everything is about gay this and gay that, enough already. Be gay, be straight, just do it with dignity and a bit of decorum, that's all I ask.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, September 17, 2010 - 5:23 pm
way to say it.....Jgalt We don't advertise that we're hetro......don't advertise that you're gay............what we do behind our own closed doors is our own business! Don't put your business on the street!
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Friday, September 17, 2010 - 5:42 pm
Point proven. Be who you want, but don't let us know about it. People can be as gay as they like as long as there is no mincing, no wrist flapping and women dress the way women are "supposed" to dress. While many people in rural areas might be open to alternate lifestyles, apparently there is still a lot of prejudice out there. I don't mind that the very talented Michael Grimm won, I still think Prince Poppycock is a much better choice for a Vegas show.
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Jgalt
Member
02-17-2009
| Friday, September 17, 2010 - 6:55 pm
There is a huge difference between being prejudice and personal preferences, likes and dislikes. You can like something without hating something else, you can dislike something but don't mind at all if other people like what you dislike, it's called freedom of choice, freedom of speech, and tolerance. I hope the young girl has success in her future. I think my husband is in love with Sarah Brightman, what a great voice. Thanks Texasdeb....
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, September 17, 2010 - 7:41 pm
Grimm was on Ellen today. He proposed to his GF of three years Lucy. She said, "YES!"
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 4:01 am
Is it just possible that PP lost because like Pierce said, he blew it at the finale? Why does his loss have to have some other meaning?
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 5:05 am
NBC’s America’s Got Talent $1 million is actually worth $25,000 a year, or maybe just $375,000 America's Got Talent 2 » by Andy Dehnart / August 3, 2007, 9:23 AM Although NBC’s web site promises that “one act will walk away with a million dollar prize” on America’s Got Talent, the prize is actually worth less than half a million in today’s dollars. The fine print dictates how the money will be distributed. During the end credits, the following disclaimer flashes on the screen for a couple of seconds: The prize, which totals $1,000,000, is payable in a financial annuity over forty years, or the contestant may choose to receive the present cash value of such annuity. In other words, the prize is like many lotteries: take a smaller amount of cash now, which over time will earn enough interest to make it worth the big amount, or wait for the full amount to trickle in over time as inflation makes each payment less and less valuable. reality blurred’s math consultant Jeff Hamrick, a principal at Bulwark Capital Management, explained that if we assume the annuity pays a fixed 5 percent interest rate, that would make the one-time payment worth $450,426. That, of course, would be subject to income taxes, so maybe the prize is worth $375,000, about a third of the advertised $1 million. Otherwise, $1 million over 40 years would yield $25,000 per year, assuming that whoever’s paying it out is still around after 40 years. Contestant Terry Fator, for example, is 42; if he decided to take the payments, he’d be 82 when his last check of $25,000 arrived, which in 2047 will probably be enough to fill up a gas tank. There is an upside to the other option: Taking the lump sum and investing it wisely could make far more than $1 million over 40 years. Advertising a big prize and screwing the recipient in the fine print isn’t exactly new. FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen has failed to award the announced prize during its first two seasons, while NBC’s For Love or Money offered a $1 million prize over 40 years, or a one-time payment of $800,000. And The Amazing Race once offered free gas for life, which turned out to be limited to $1,200 a year for 50 years.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 8:46 am
That is so nice about Michael and his fiance. Alaginger, there should be some truth in advertising required for the public since they never mention that on the broadcasts. I guess it is covered in the fine print of the contract that contestants sign once they make it to the Las Vegas or Hollywood rounds.
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 9:24 am
The write-up above, at the end of the first paragraph, says "the following disclaimer flashes on the screen for a couple of seconds: The prize, which totals $1,000,000, is payable in a financial annuity over forty years, or the contestant may choose to receive the present cash value of such annuity." I think the public is mislead, but there is a disclaimer there for us, if we just happen to be watching the end credits and can read all of that in a couple of seconds (LOL). Howard Stern also has an article on this same subject that I got when I googled what the prize was, but I brought the other one over since it didn't have any of Howard's foul language attached (not that I mind, but other's do). I asked my hubby this morning which he would take, and he said at his age he would take the lump sum. I had to laugh at that, because neither of us will be around in 40 years. Then I asked if he was 30 which he would do, and he leaned to the $25,000 a year (before taxes). At Michael's age, I would imagine he would take the lump sum, pay the taxes and get his grandparents set up. I believe their home would have to stay in his name, otherwise it would be a gift and then gift taxes might come into play...but not sure anymore what the limits are on gift taxes.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 9:33 am
WOW! FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen has failed to award the announced prize during its first two seasons, that's amazing, did the "winners' sign something that they wouldnt complain if they never got the advertised prize? thanks for posting the fine print!!
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 6:28 am
Apparently(according to Prince's partner) Prince was told he couldn't perform the patriotic number for the final performance show. Also Michael Grimm wasn't really sick.
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Shelb724
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 7:55 am
I think PP should have done Last Dance by himself for the final performance show. He could definitely have carried that off. There was a lot wrong with it, as far as technical stuff, but wow, he can definitely do modern as well as opera.
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