back in the 60's it wasn't an issue

my mom used to dress me in cut-off camo shorts, flannel, wallet with a chain and doc martin, leather-free vegan boots

does that offend you?

b stabby said:

blacks ought to be offended by lil wayne, not this costume

big bro 79 said:

Aw, mommy's little porch monkey!

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/1143/porchmonkeylr5.jpg

crToonZ said:

totally.

back in the 60's it wasn't an issue

Hi Whitney,
"..The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1 Sam 16:7 NIV

Please do not give negative people and their thoughts free rent in your head. You are a young beautiful talent with a bright future ahead. I continue to support you and the DCC with all of my heart! As difficult as it may seem, please stay strong and prayerful. You WILL weather this storm. God Bless!!!

Ivory

Um.... yeah sure. I think you lived in a different 60's than I did.

whatever...I'm telling you that where we lived in Mass, it was not uncommon....

whatever...I'm telling you that where we lived in Mass, it was not uncommon to see kids dressed up as something that is now considered "taboo".

MisterZero said:

Well Boston is the most racist city I've ever been to.

back in the 60's it wasn't an issue

MisterZero said:

Well Boston is the most racist city I've ever been to.

Man accidentally ejects himself from plane

Nov 03 2009 07:18

It probably is best not to fiddle with switches or controls when riding in the back seat of an air force plane.

A man who failed to obey that principle found himself hurtling out of the cockpit, smashing through the Perspex canopy and into space after grabbing the black- and yellow-striped handle between his legs. He had inadvertently pulled the eject lever and found himself blasted 100m into the sky on his rocket-powered seat.

The South African air force has confirmed the incident that took place last Wednesday, when the passenger took off for a flight with an experienced pilot from South Africa's Silver Falcons air display team. Investigators are assuming that the passenger tried to steady himself while the pilot was putting the Pilatus PC-7 Mk II through its paces by grabbing the eject lever.

"Much of the information has yet to be tested, but it is confirmed that a civilian passenger unintentionally ejected from a Silver Falcons Pilatus PC-7 Mk II Astra during a general flying sortie out of Langebaanweg air force base this week," a South African air force spokesperson said. "The passenger was recovered [by helicopter] unharmed, and returned to Langebaanweg. The aircraft landed safely."

The spokesperson said the flight had been cleared and all procedures adhered to "prior to the passenger boarding the aircraft", making it unlikely charges would follow.

A retired SAAF instructor pilot said the passenger was extremely lucky to have survived the ejection with barely a scratch.

"We train for this and if you don't get it right, and are not in the correct ejection posture, you can sustain severe spinal cord injuries or even worse."

He discounted the possibility that the seat fired of its own accord, as too many safety features were built into the system.

"All it takes is for the firing handle [the rubbery black- and yellow-striped loop] to be pulled up about 2,5cm and you're on your way out."

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He said the ejection would have been dramatic. "You get one almighty kick under the backside and then you're gone. The seat separates from the pilot automatically and the chute opens," he said. "This is in case the pilot is incapacitated during the ejection."

Passengers would have been briefed on the ejection sequence and warned that the "loop" between his legs was not to be touched unless the pilot called "Eject, eject, eject" during the flight. Such a briefing is done routinely, even when two qualified pilots are involved in the flight. It is likely the rear cockpit was extensively damaged by the firing of the cartridges and rockets during the ejection.

The Silver Falcons are the SAAF's aerobatic team that perform precision formation and aerobatics displays at airshows around the country. The five pilots are all serving instructors at Central Flying School, Langebaanweg.

As one observer said: "What a trip. That guy took off in an Astra, came down in a parachute, and landed back at base in a helicopter. Not bad for a for a single flip."

Cops: Man hanged kitten, made video

Girlfriend finds footage of struggling animal on her camera, police say

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Police are accusing a 22-year-old upstate New York man of hanging his girlfriend's four-month-old kitten with a belt and making a video of the animal struggling.

Joanne Cichy told Syracuse police she couldn't find her kitten when she returned home Halloween night after going trick-or-treating with her children.

The next day she found a video on her digital camera showing the kitten hanging from the apartment door with a belt around its neck.
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Police said the video showed the kitten struggling before going motionless and Cichy's live-in boyfriend, Rascell Williams, stepping in and out of the video.

The injured kitten was later found alive under the porch.

Williams was charged with unjustifiable animal cruelty. Police did not know if he has an attorney.

Williams was charged with unjustifiable animal cruelty.

wish more kids'd gone as Lil Wayne instead of the flood of Lady Gagas I seen runnin' around.

loosetongue said:

Fucking assholes that are cruel to animals. He should be hung with the same belt

Police: N.C. developer kills family, self
Family known for being active in church and children's religious high school

updated 1 hour, 23 minutes ago

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina - A real estate developer known as an active member of his church shot and killed his wife and two teen children and then committed suicide in their home, North Carolina police say.

Authorities did not hint at a motive into the slayings by William Maxwell in an upscale neighborhood of the city Monday night.

Police said Tuesday that 47-year-old Maxwell killed his wife, Kathryn, and their children, 17-year-old Connor and 15-year-old Cameron, before turning a gun on himself.

The Maxwells were a friendly family who kept a meticulous yard and were active in their church and their children's religious high school, friends and family say.

William Maxwell was a builder and land developer who built residential subdivisions in Cumberland and Harnett counties, said John McKinney of Fayetteville, who described himself as Maxwell's business partner and friend for more than a decade.

"He was a devout Christian and I really loved his family," McKinney said. William Maxwell also owned a couple of local car washes, while his wife was a stay-at-home mother who taught Sunday school at Snyder Memorial Baptist Church in Fayetteville.

Son Cameron Maxwell attended 9th grade at Village Christian Academy in Fayetteville and his sister Conner was a senior.

In a neighborhood with well-manicured lawns where many houses sit on hill tops, a steady stream of cars drove by the house on Tuesday, slowing for drivers to gape at the crime scene.

Evelyn Diaz, a Maxwell neighbor for about a year, said she remembered the father and son working on the meticulously-kept lawn.