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Comedienne Kathy Griffin may be doomed to life on CNN's S-list after answering a heckler with a shrieking, vulgar tirade during the network's live New Year's Eve broadcast.

Bernie Mac said some things that didn’t jive with Obama’s crowd and got a negative reaction for it. Bernie Mac’s show at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Chicago didn’t fly so well on Friday night as he appeared for a fund-raiser for Barack Obama. In one of his jokes he said, “My little nephew came to me and he said, ‘Uncle, what’s the different between a hypothetical question and a realistic question?’ I said, ‘I don’t know,’ but I said, ‘Go upstairs and ask your mother if she’d make love to the mailman for $50,000,’” reported the Associated Press. This...

A Maui TV station that has not been completed has been given a very VULGAR TV CALL SIGN -- K--T. The same company that owns the Maui, Hawaii, TV station, was also given a second call sign that is an acronym used with vulgarity -- KWT-. The company is asking the FCC to assign different call letters to the two TV stations.

(AP) LAKE STEVENS, Washington -- A woman was charged with manslaughter in the death of her 4-month-old son after she told authorities she taped a pacifier to his mouth to keep it from falling out. Bonnie M. Desmond, 19, was charged Tuesday in the death of Noah James Petersen. Bail was set at $500,000. Desmond called 911 Monday and said her baby was unconscious, but paramedics found the boy had been dead for hours, Fire District 8 Deputy Chief David Lingenfelter said. Prosecutors wrote in reports that Desmond later indicated a pacifier had been taped to the child's mouth but...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Civil War ended nearly 142 years ago, for most of the country anyway, but bitter battles over how zealously that war should be remembered are erupting in Austin, the Texas capital. First, rock musician Ted Nugent wore a T-shirt featuring the Confederate battle flag — a banner sometimes employed by Southern white-supremacist groups — at the Jan. 16 inaugural ball for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, prompting criticism from civil-rights groups. A few days later, the state's elected land commissioner, arguing for a more "balanced" view of history, marked Confederate Heroes Day — an official state holiday...

SOLANA BEACH – An annual fun-filled fiesta quickly turned into a fiasco Sunday when entertainer Hank Williams III spewed profanities from the stage and encouraged slam dancing that sheriff's deputies tried to stop for fear of massive injuries. Yesterday, city officials were still recovering from the debacle, which happened at the end of the two-day Fiesta del Sol. snip The Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce produces the annual fiesta that features live music, arts and crafts, children's rides and international food. snip The singer, grandson of legendary country star Hank Williams, is known for his hard-driving songs and off-color language....

The filmmaker who ate nothing but McDonald's meals for a month for his Oscar-nominated film "Super Size Me" gave a profanity-laced, politically incorrect speech at a suburban Philadelphia high school, but not everyone was lovin' it. Speaking at Hatboro-Horsham High School's first-ever health fair, Morgan Spurlock joked about the intelligence of McDonald's employees, about "retarded kids in the back wearing helmets" and teachers smoking pot in the balcony. The special education students in the back row were led by teachers out of the hourlong presentation. "If you put the whole package together, the use of the F-word and poking fun...

Vetting advertisements for a magazine is always a little tricky. Editors have a financial responsibility to keep the publication going, and it’s a fairly well-established practice in the trade to accept ads that don’t necessarily match the magazine’s editorial line—I suppose on the principle that if, say, the people at MoveOn.Org somehow believe their money is well spent trawling for converts with an ad in the John Birch Society’s newsletter, it’s not the business of the John Birch Society to correct them. Still, there are limits. Take, for example, the ad on page 36 of the December 5 issue of...

Iconic comic genius, Richard Pryor is dead today at 8:35 after a 19 year battle with multiple sclerosis. Born Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor, on December 1, 1940 the multi-talented star was pronounced dead of a cardiac arrest at 8:00 am at a hospital near his home. He is survived by his wife Jennifer Lee Pryor and his six children; Richard Junior, Elizabeth Storder, Rain Kindlin, Kelsey, Steven and Franklin Mason, and his three grandchildren. Funeral services will be private with a memorial service by invitation

You work hard to raise your kids in a moral environment, only to catch them singing the latest Eminem lyrics they heard on the radio. You switch on the TV at 8pm, only to quickly switch it off again after the first few sexual jokes, wondering whatever happened to "family-friendly TV." And when not deluged with immorality, you instead get liberal politics shoved down your throat on sitcoms, in movies, and on supposedly unbiased newscasts. Doesn't it often feel like an uphill battle? We're fighting hard to lead our lives and raise our children according to our own values, but...

Fourteen-year-old James Watkins says he was just trying to be funny. And, he says, plenty of other kids and passers-by thought it was funny, too. Steilacoom school officials didn’t. They suspended the teen for three days for what Watkins considered a hilarious practical joke: wearing an inflatable penis costume on school grounds. James, a Pioneer Middle School eighth-grader, donned the outfit and showed it off to teens at a Saturday night homecoming dance at Steilacoom High School on Oct. 8. He and a friend, clad in regular clothes, didn’t go into the dance, but walked near the school entrance and...

Iran's New President Glorifies Martyrdom The act of martyrdom is often celebrated by the Iranian theocracy. Most recently, Iranian President-Elect Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, in his second TV appearance since his election victory, spoke July 25, 2005 on Iranian Channel 1 in praise of "the art of martyrdom." The day after Ahmadi-Nejad's TV appearance, the London Arabic-language daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat published a report about his spiritual advisor, Ayatollah Mohammad Misbah Yazdi. The report advised Iranians on how to volunteer for the Iranian regime-sponsored volunteer martyrdom squad, and mentioned an Iranian women's volunteer group that is dedicated to carrying out martyrdom operations against...

To put the Supreme Court's recent ban on the Ten Commandments display in perspective, here is a small sampling of other speech that has been funded in whole or in part by taxpayers: — Graphic videos demonstrating how to put a condom on and pep talks by "Planned Parenthood educators." — sex education classes at public schools across the nation — Korans distributed to aspiring terrorists at Guantanamo. — U.S. military — "If there was a better, more effective, or in fact any other way of visiting some penalty befitting their participation upon the little Eichmanns inhabiting the sterile sanctuary...

MAY 5--Months after members of "Al Pieda" marred a campus speech by Ann Coulter, another appearance by the controversial conservative commentator has been disrupted by a protester. During a speech last night at the University of Texas in Austin, a 19-year-old UT student was busted after asking Coulter a lewd question, which he followed up with equally inappropriate hand gestures, according to the below police affidavit. The student, Ajai Raj, was arrested by campus police and hit with a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge. The police affidavit notes that Coulter's lecture was attended by "several children under the age of...

Hanover, Penn., – Moral values are being undermined at 30 Catholic colleges during the weeks surrounding St. Valentine’s day. In fact, many students are afflicted by a play called “The V***** Monologues,” which is scheduled to be held on Catholic campuses throughout the country. (Asterisks added for the sake of modesty). TFP Student Action – a conservative organization of Catholic inspiration – is opposing the play, urging its members on 375 campuses to protest. According to the group’s web site: “In one scene, a woman describes her seduction by a lesbian woman when she was 16 years old, declaring it...

The question in this title may seem strange, but there is actually a very strong coincidence. A coworker of mine went last week to Chile to participate in the Pucon half Ironman triathlon, which took place on the same day as Chavez’ sexist remarks about Condoleezza Rice. Since Sunday, I have been trying to find news in the international press about both events, with very limited success. In the case of the triathlon I was trying to find out how well she did in her category (over 40, ladies) which was never reported by the official website. But so far,...

It is a book with graphic sexual references and descriptions of male anatomy, and an 11-year-old girl checked it out from a school library in McAllen, Texas. The title: "Lady: My Life as a Bitch" In the book, Sandra (a.k.a. Lady) is dismayed at first, but quickly discovers the pure joys of unfettered freedom to do whatever she wants and have sex with whomever she pleases--a seemingly perfect scenario for a devil-may-care young woman who would "have shagged [Wayne] up against the wall for a bag of jelly beans a month ago." (Amazon.com) The librarian offered these quotes (off-camera) as...

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has long been rumored as desperately seeking the democratic nomination for president in 2008. And while many political observers fully expect the power hungry former First Lady to hit the campaign trail within only a few months of being re-elected as a US Senator in 2006, US News & World report claims to have a confirmation of sorts. From USNews.Com's Washington Whispers: Hillary's in… You don't have to take it from us about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's desire to run for president. Her brothers, Hugh and Tony Rodham, say it's true. Friends...

TFP Student Action Launches Protest Scandalizing students nationwide, 518 colleges and universities intend to allow performances of the lewd "V***** Monologues" play on their campuses, a piece replete with sexual encounters, lust, graphic descriptions of masturbation and lesbian behavior. Perhaps the most disturbing fact is that dozens of prominent Catholic universities have permitted this play on campus year after year during the months of February and March, including Georgetown University, University of Notre Dame, Saint Louis University, Saint Francis University, Fordham University, Loyola Marymount University and others. It is difficult to fathom how any Catholic institution of higher learning would...

A blogger on the official John Kerry campaign Web site has offered a telling insight into the Kerry campaign in her account (since removed) of a December campaign party. "We had 200 guests eating, drinking, and watching the MoveOn documentary 'Uncovered,' featuring Joseph Wilson and Rand Beers from the Kerry campaign," wrote blogger Pamela Leavey, describing a Kerry event that did not include John Kerry himself. "When Theresa Heinz-Kerry arrived, she handed me a pin that read in the center: 'Asses of Evil' with 'Bush,' 'Cheney,' 'Rumsfeld,' and 'Ashcroft.' surrounding it." Asses of Evil — get it? And how fitting...

O'REILLY ACCUSER DEEP IN DEBT The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained O'Reilly accuser Andrea Mackris' financial records which show a combined debt of nearly $100,000... Developing...

Putin: Ally or Terrorist? by William F. Jasper Counting Vladimir Putin as an ally against terrorism ignores his career in the murderous KGB/FSB and his ongoing support for terrorist regimes and organizations. ‘‘Lena Goncharuk, aged 38, said that she was the only one to survive out of a group of six who were ordered out of the cellar where they had been hiding and shot at point blank range. Resting in her hospital bed, her voice barely rising above a whisper, she said she had survived only by pretending to be dead." So reported Paul Wood from the Chechen border...

Do you ever wonder why the internet is so polluted with pornography? The Supreme Court just reminded us why: it blocks every attempt by Congress to regulate the pornographers. From its ivory tower, the Court props open the floodgates for smut and graphic sex. Over the past five years, it has repeatedly found new constitutional rights for vulgarity, most recently invalidating the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). This latest judicial outrage happened on the final day of the Supreme Court term, after which the justices headed out for a long summer break. Lacking teenaged children of their own, the justices...

<p>First there was no way that 1.15 million people were there, as claimed by the organizers. They are lying and they know it, 200,000 tops. I was down on the mall for the "Promise Keepers" event, and there was well over 4 times the number of people for that event.</p>

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED MARCH 24, 2004 11:25:38 ET XXXXX The nation's top TV show is at the center of a fresh decency debate after AMERICAN IDOL judge Simon Cowell gestured a one finger salute during Tuesday night's broadcast from Hollywood. The obscene gesture came during a heated exchange with fellow judge Paula Abdul. Cowell held his middle finger to his cheek as Abdul railed against comments made about a contestant. The image came close to being cut, a top FOX executive tells the DRUDGE REPORT. "We were not sure he was doing what he was doing, quite frankly,"...

U. NOTRE DAME HOSTS GAY FILM FESTIVAL The University of Notre Dame (IN) is hosting the first ND Queer Film Festival, which began yesterday and runs through Saturday. (See www.nd.edu/~lsayre/NDQFF.) Films include “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” described as an “anatomically incorrect rock odyssey,” and “Go Fish,” a movie about a young lesbian seeking love. Although Notre Dame has refused to recognize a homosexual student club, it has allowed the film festival because it is co-sponsored by an academic department, the Department of Film, Television and Theatre. Funding for the event comes from GALA, an association of homosexual Notre Dame...

<p>February 3, 2004 -- EVERYONE'S disgusted by Sunday's halftime? They're sickened by the latest pop- cultural national TV ambush? Enough is enough? If that's the case, then a good on ya, both, Janet and Justin! You've accomplished, in a matter of seconds, what proponents of common sense and common decency have failed to do in years of trying.</p>

Putin's language is becoming the talk of the vulgar By Julius Strauss in Moscow (Filed: 08/11/2003) President Vladimir Putin has a reputation for foul-mouthed asides, but Italian journalists sitting in straight-backed chairs in a Kremlin reception room cannot have expected what was coming. Opposite them, Vladimir Putin, immaculately dressed and statesmanlike, answered a question about one of the country's notorious billionaires. The interpreter's voice petered away into embarrassed silence. "You must always obey the law, not just when they've got you by the balls" is a rough equivalent of what Mr Putin had said. For a western politician such a...

Cops bust two 'massage parlors'NE houses said to offer sex servicesBy CATHERINE LUCEYluceyc@phillynews.com Jennifer Midberry / Daily News Police arrest a woman on prostitution charges after raid on a massage parlor in the Northeast. A number of erotic Asian massage parlors are popping up in Northeast Philadelphia, where about $40 will buy you a full body massage and a h*** j**, according to police.Cops shut down two of these small-time sex establishments yesterday and arrested two women for prostitution.Lt. Mark Green, of the Citywide Vice Enforcement Unit, said they have closed four other similar parlors in the far Northeast in...

Shady Language in the Pulpit By E. L. Bynum There is a growing tendency among some preachers to use shady language in the pulpit. Some of the synonyms for shady are "dark," "dishonest," "dishonorable," "dubious," "questionable," and "sleazy." Webster's Dictionary gives the following meanings of shady: "of darkness, secrecy, or concealment; of questionable character or honesty." Lest there be any doubts what I am talking about, let me explain in as simple terms as I can. Preachers tell stories or use illustrations that could easily have a double meaning. They skate just as close as possible between what is proper...

<p>"EVERYBODY Loves Raymond" star Patricia Heaton has a message for the raucous Osbournes - shut up, already!</p> <p>Heaton, incensed over the family's lewd and profane language at the American Music Awards on Monday, stormed out in the middle of the show, refusing to go on stage for her segment of the ABC- televised event.</p>

This movie review was sent via email from an acquaintance who works for the gay newspaper. I don't believe it's been published yet. Thought it might interest freepers, especially parents. >DOES STRAIGHT AMERICA KNOW? THEIR BELOVED "JACKASSES" ARE GAY > >By (name), >Contributing Writer > > America's number one boxoffice hit, well on its way to the hundred >million dollar mark (made for the teeniest fraction of that), "Jackass, The >Movie," beloved by straight jocks as well as various and sundry hipsters, >"kids of all ages," and the "party down and party hardy" bunch, is >Gay-produced, with an all-Gay cast,...