Whitney Houston dead at 48

My only concern with opening up the forum again is that some of present content here could result in a number of complaints to forumotion. I'm thinking of j7wild here.

Either way, none of that is possible until M gets back.

Sharky wrote:

Either way, none of that is possible until M gets back.

Who's off solving the Euro Crisis no doubt.

Where's Fields when you need him?

Vesper wrote:

Where's Fields when you need him?

I could be wrong, but I don't think Fields has any more moderator/admin power than me, Brown, Khan, Tux or Python.

Perilagu Khan wrote:

Jack Wade wrote:

j7wild wrote:

HALF STAFF FLAG? FOR WHITNEY? WHY? SHE'D NEVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY NOR WAS SHE A GOVERNMENT FIGURE OR A POLICE OFFICER/LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY!! WE ARE GOING TO FLY FLAGS AT HALF STAFF FOR CRACK HEADS NOW?!? http://news.yahoo.com/nj-gov-strongly-defends-lowering-flags-houston-201942290.html

He's upset because in Texas, it's a day of celebration when a black person dies.

:roll:

Just when I thought you were halfway tolerable you remind me of what an imbecile you really are. Thanks. I shan't forget again.

It wasn't a particularly good jest, Jack. Not to mention that I fail to understand the relevance of Houston's race in her poor life choices. The far less talented Amy Winehouse was white and similarly threw away her life.

Not sure I'd agree on Amy Winehouse being "far less talented."

At least she didn't butcher a beautiful Dolly Parton song.

Salomé wrote:

It wasn't a particularly good jest, Jack.

Maybe so, but people take the Internet too seriously. No need for PK to get his panties in a bunch over a bad joke.

And regardless, it's not unlikely that what I said is what j7 is thinking.

Sharky wrote:

Not sure I'd agree on Amy Winehouse being "far less talented."

At least she didn't butcher a beautiful Dolly Parton song.

If the comparison is between their two voices at their respective primes, it's not even a discussion. Houston had one of the best and purest voices of all time.

As for their material, both owe their international career largely to the work of a producer. Clive Davis in Houston's case, Mark Ronson for Winehouse.

Jack Wade wrote:

Salomé wrote:

It wasn't a particularly good jest, Jack.

Maybe so, but people take the Internet too seriously. No need for PK to get his panties in a bunch over a bad joke.

And regardless, it's not unlikely that what I said is what j7 is thinking.

j7 is not a real person, so he isn't thinking anything beyond the enjoyment he yields from his "performance".

https://www.youtube.com/user/j7wild/feed

He "liked" this video on YouTube. Whomever is behind this character must be very devoted.

Jack Wade wrote:

And regardless, it's not unlikely that what I said is what j7 is thinking.

That's a strong accusation you're making about someone. Has J7 done or said anything that would make a person believe he, or the people of Texas, love it when a black person dies?

Salomé wrote:

Jack Wade wrote:

Salomé wrote:

It wasn't a particularly good jest, Jack.

Maybe so, but people take the Internet too seriously. No need for PK to get his panties in a bunch over a bad joke.

And regardless, it's not unlikely that what I said is what j7 is thinking.

j7 is not a real person, so he isn't thinking anything beyond the enjoyment he yields from his "performance".

the tragedy is that he is real though I question the business he runs, much of the time seems spent hoarding photos on the internet.

And this thing puts me in mind of when I had started my tour guide job in London and this black couple were asking me questions and I said, "Where are you from?"
"Oh, Dallas...in Texas." then some remark about being the only black Texans in London and possibly their neighbourhood back home.

Zut alors, I could've gone home with them.

Ahem, as you all were.

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

Jack Wade wrote:

And regardless, it's not unlikely that what I said is what j7 is thinking.

That's a strong accusation you're making about someone. Has J7 done or said anything that would make a person believe he, or the people of Texas, love it when a black person dies?

Oh come on, people. Take the sticks out of your asses. I was joking about the stereotypes of the South. It wasn't supposed to be some kind of high-brow attempt at humor. Plus, have you seen his comments about 95 percent of black men being woman-beaters?

Considering some of the stuff that gets posted on this forum this is no different really.

It's not the first time sarcasm's been lost on the internet.

Jack Wade wrote:

Oh come on, people. Take the sticks out of your asses. I was joking about the stereotypes of the South. It wasn't supposed to be some kind of high-brow attempt at humor. Plus, have you seen his comments about 95 percent of black men being woman-beaters?

The fact that I forgot his "95%" comment should show you how seriously I take what he says. However, in his defense, he's partially correct; according to NOW's website, African-American women receive the highest rate of violent abuse from boyfriends and husbands than any other racial demographic, though I believe NOW's statistics are always hyper-inflated to begin with (they claim that half of all women will be beaten, hit or raped by a man in their lifetime). And with 3 out of 4 black men in America allegedly on probation, on parole, or in jail/prison, it's not hard to see how J7 have come up with his statistics.

As a Southerner I find a lot of things about us funny. However, the stereotype of Southerners being racist towards blacks is outdated and is now just tiresome. A black person is The South is more likely to be raped, robbed, beaten or killed by a fellow black person than to have to worry about any violence or prejudice or racism from a white person.

I will be politically correct for now on.

Next year undoubtely Whitney will be baptised by the Mormon church. if they do it with Wiesenthal & Anne Frank she'll get a shot at their havengates too.

Funeral starts in 45 minutes. Live stream, if anyone's interested: http://www.livestream.com/aplive

This just breaks my heart. Whitney finally got the street cred she'd always wanted :(

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/on_day_of_whitney_houstons_fun.html

Newark gang leaders call for day of truce

Whitney Houston's funeral has inspired several of Newark's gang leaders to call for a day of calm today to honor the Brick City-born pop queen.

The push started after Hykine Johnson — a former high-ranking member of the Sex, Money, Murder Bloods who is better known around Newark by his street handle “HAK” — published a Facebook post Wednesday night, calling for citywide peace on the day of Houston's services at the New Hope Baptist Church.

"If anyone out there is gang banging lets show Whitney Houston respect by commiting no crimes on saturday ......No shootings No robbing No car jacking basically no crazy (stuff) let us show some respect she helped alot of people in Nj lets show lov," wrote Johnson, who now works as an author and filmmaker, publishing works intended to show young people the perils of gang life in the city.

Johnson’s message quickly circulated throughout the street community, largely among city and gang leaders connected to the Bloods. While Newark is home to a wide array of street gangs, the Bloods make up the majority of the city's gang populace.

Early Friday morning, an influential member of the large Mob PIRU Bloods set promised her crew's members would fall in line with the call for peace.

"We can guarantee there won’t be any violence from our end, and we just wanted to let him know we’re supporting this," said Jada, a "Big Sis" with MOB PIRU and founder of the non-profit group Nine Women Strong. "I intend on speaking to a couple of the other brothers from the other sets this evening. I believe that it’s gonna be a real quiet day in Newark.”

Jada asked that her name be withheld.

A member of the 135PIRUML Bloods, who asked to only be identified as Jiwe, said he would reach out to contacts in various gang sets to push the call for calm. While he acknowledged it's an unrealistic hope, Jiwe said it shouldn't take the death of a pop star to stymie the bloodshed in Newark.

"I wish we could do it every damn day, but I’m gonna send the word out to some cats on the street, they should really kick up hoping that nothing’s gonna happen," said Jiwe, whose mother attended New Hope Baptist Church with the Houstons. "I’ll send the word out. It’s crazy that something like this would get us to even do something like this, because obviously what you want is for generally nothing to happen.”

Johnson said he's received calls from several other gang leaders who said they agreed with the sentiment of his Wednesday night Facebook post.

“Whitney Houston did a lot for the community, so I feel as though everybody owes her this at least," he said. "I don’t condone the violence any other days, but that day right there ... If I’m ready to step up, all the other leaders should be ready to step up.”

National Enquirer has a "world exclusive" picture of Whitney in her casket. Go ahead. Take a peek. You know you want to:

http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/files/2012/02/whitney_enquirer.jpg


Frankly, I don't see anything tacky or wrong with this photo. Ms. Houston looks very nice. And there's something final and real about seeing her in the casket. And the family and "friends" were going to make money off Whitney anyway. Hell, Bobby is probably the one who took the picture and sold it to the Enquirer.

Accidental Drowning...

mmmm.... sure

http://news.yahoo.com/whitney-houston-drowned-cocaine-system-la-coroner-213436821.html

when you fall into a swimming pool or a lake or a pond or an ocean and drown, that's accidental drowning.

BUT NOT WHEN you have all that CRAP in your system

Quote :

An autopsy into Houston's death found that the cause of death was accidental drowning with atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use listed as contributing factors, Los Angeles County Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey said.

Harvey said toxicology tests also turned up marijuana, an anti-anxiety medication, a muscle relaxant and an anti-histamine in Houston's system.

It's because she's a famous celebrity that they ruled it like this.

If she was just a regular person like you and I, they would had ruled death due to drug overdose or caused by drugs!!

... or it's because she took those pills then got in a bath tub.

Gimme some time. I'll find a way to blame her death on liberal media.

Liberal media killed Whitney Houston because she was a strong, proud black woman.

As a strong, proud black woman I find this offensive.