Thursday, September 30, 2004

CNN.com - Paul Begala's Debate Blog: Round 1 - Sep 30, 2004

CNN.com - Paul Begala's Debate Blog: Round 1 - Sep 30, 2004
"Bottom line: Kerry looked more presidential than the president did. Perhaps Bush believes his own spinners. He seemed surprised and a bit befuddled to be confronted not by the weak, waffling, French-looking wimp he attacks on the stump. Instead, he saw a strong, confident leader, in command of both the facts and the debate itself. Bush spent most of the night on defense -- and you don't win on defense."

CNN.com - Transcript: Who could best prevent another 9/11? - Sep 30, 2004

CNN.com - Transcript: Who could best prevent another 9/11? - Sep 30, 2004
"CORAL GABLES, Florida (CNN) -- The following is a partial transcript of the first debate between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry at the University of Miami. The topic of the debate is foreign affairs and the moderator is Jim Lehrer of PBS:"

The Rapid Reblogger System | Oliver Willis

The Rapid Reblogger System | Oliver Willis

Wednesday, September 29, 2004

John Kerry's Astrological Chart & Characteristics

John Kerry's Astrology Chart



This image of the Knight of Wands is from the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck.
This set of Rider Waite images was downloaded from Paul Caskey's website. Paul Caskey was granted permission by U.S. Games to make images from the Rider Waite Tarot Deck available in two sizes for illustrative purposes on websites.

John Kerry is a second decanate Sagittarius (known as the Sagittarius-Aries/Jupiter-Neptune-Mars-Pluto decanate).
In any tarot reading performed by Rhianna, John Kerry will be symbolized as the Knight of Wands.
Significators are always chosen from the court cards of a suit from the Minor Arcana. The suit of Wands represents the Fire Signs. The elemental attribute of the Knight of Wands is Fire of Fire. If there were ever a Fire of Fire Knight, it would be John Kerry as he is a Sagittarius with a Sagittarius rising (Ascendant), literally in terms of the Zodiac, a Fire of Fire. The Knight of Wands is a fiery individual, full of energetic leadership potential, creativity, with a zest for action and a determination to see things through.

The upcoming debates will be so scripted that it will be difficult for all of Kerry's enthusiasm to shine through in a slick, political type of way but there could be a surprising moment when the tables are turned. Keep in mind that during the Democratic primary, many did not foresee the sudden chain of events that would topple the favored Howard Dean. Events in a similar vein could topple the grasp of President Bush, but this race will be a close one, neck to neck to the finish.

The Moon in our Zodiac chart modifies the Sun sign as it plays a subconscious role, coloring our moods as we react to outside stimuli and this causes a reflection in how others see us. How we act and how we are perceived by others is not only a function of our reaction to what's going on, but is also a mix of memories, feelings, and the way these are countered by reflection, reason and logic. The Moon signifies an emotional and intellectual schema.
John Kerry's Moon is in Gemini which can signify a snappy type of intelligence which will help Kerry in the debates. The Moon is adaptable as it waxes and wanes and so Kerry will be adaptable during the debates. The problem is in the perceptions of others when one has a Moon in Gemini. Remember, although Gemini can be a sign of wit and brilliance, it also is the split sign of the mutable twins. This Moon in Gemini which magnifies the aura of Kerry's intelligence can also make him appear to others as distant and inconsistent. This Moon in Gemini is the root of what people perceive as the "flip-flop function."
This "flip flop function" is actually an indication of Kerry's intelligence even if it doesn't always seem that way.

The best praise of flip flop capability comes from Lawrence Lessig, a well known writer on intellectual property and technology, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and blogger of lessig blog:


Legal Affairs Debate Club


A trial Lawyer for Vice President?
[He's writing on Kerry changing his mind about Vietnam and about Iraq]
"This is not flip-flopping. It is evidence of a functioning brain. When you learn that the premise of your action was false, you should rethink your action. When you learn that the premise of a war was false, you should rethink the justification for the war. Being stubborn in the face of reality doesn't make you principled. It makes you Chairman Mao."





Mercury since ancient times has been associated with speed and communication.
The debates will allow Kerry to show what a lively and penetrating mind he has. The negative side of Mercury is that it can influence an individual to be overly critical and argumentative at times. Kerry will be on his best behavior during the debates. The debates will be so scripted (and even choppy in a way due to format) that he won't appear overly argumentative but Kerry must watch out for the Mercury in Capricorn detail trap. Mercury in Capricorn can be so methodical and deep in details that the influence can mire a person in the details. Mercury in Capricorn will influence Kerry to be very logical and very patient, Kerry has to be alert enough that he doesn't become very boring as well (Kerry, don't let the fire fizzle).

That's all the time I have for the analysis right now.
Stay tuned, more to come. :-)


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Something rotten in the state of Florida

News: "Pregnant chads, vanishing voters... the election fiasco of 2000 made the Sunshine State a laughing stock. More importantly, it put George Bush in the White House. You'd think they'd want to get it right this time. But no, as Andrew Gumbel discovers, the democratic process is more flawed than ever..."

Psychic Dogs Make Pick For President: From The Tampa Tribune

Psychic Dogs Make Pick For President: From The Tampa Tribune: "The psychic dogs have projected a winner in this year's presidential race."

Debate Plans Ensure This: Vapid Results: From The Tampa Tribune

Debate Plans Ensure This: Vapid Results: From The Tampa Tribune
"W hen you have to script exactly how two presidential candidates will approach each other and shake hands before a joint appearance, it's pretty obvious nobody will confuse the event with the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Gracious, the highly sterilized ``debate'' Thursday between George W. Bush and John Kerry will be lucky to rise to the intellectual standards of Hannity and Colmes.

~snip~

Oddly enough, the two candidates to lead the free world - men who promise bold, visionary, courageous presidencies - had to forge a debate contract more full of whereases, clauses, subclauses and sub-subclauses than Bill Gates' prenuptial agreement before they would agree to sit for questions from that Grand Inquisitor, Jim Lehrer.

A Vatican high Mass has more freewheeling spontaneity..."

US troops 'coerced to re-enlist'

BBC NEWS | Americas | US troops 'coerced to re-enlist': "According to local media reports, soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team nearing the end of their duty were told they faced re-assignment to units expected to be deployed to Iraq or South Korea unless they re-enlisted at the end of the month or extended their duty until the end of 2007."

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

THE ISSUES

CNN.com Specials: "President Bush is seeking a second term but Democratic nominee John Kerry and independent Ralph Nader want him out of the White House. Each has a range of views on the key issues involved in the November election."

CNN.com - Presidential debate sites chosen for 2004 race

CNN.com - Presidential debate sites chosen for 2004 race: "The first debate will take place September 30, 2004 at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, followed by a second meeting October 8 at Washington University in St. Louis. The final debate is scheduled for October 13 at Arizona State University in Tempe.

A debate among the major party vice presidential candidates will be held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland October 5.

All debates will be televised nationally starting at 9 p.m. Eastern Time."

Short-term benefit to the wealthy pumps up the Deficit Balloon

Tax cuts sound great until the big, bad, deficit is seen with a probing eye...

Brattleboro Reformer - Editorials: Taxes cut, deficit raised: "The huge federal deficit, created in large part by previous tax cuts, poses several economic and policy problems, including the danger of leaving the government ill-prepared to cover rising Social Security and Medicare costs as the population ages.

Even though the extended tax cuts were trumpeted as benefiting the middle class, an Urban Institute-Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center analysis showed they are skewed to the top 20 percent of taxpayers. "

Economist.com | War and the world economy: Don’t look back

Economist.com | War and the world economy
"Vietnam turned out to be much more expensive than anyone predicted at the time. The cost of the war in Iraq is equally uncertain. For a start, there will be no cash contributions from America’s coalition partners, as there were in 1991. Estimates of the eventual cost vary enormously, from $50 billion to several hundred billions of dollars. One analysis suggests it might be as much as 2% of American GDP for the next decade. This potentially huge extra burden will, in effect, be paid for by government borrowing."

Group: U.S. Health Care Worse Off

"WASHINGTON - American workers are paying more for their health insurance and getting less than they were four years ago, and the situation is particularly acute in several states important in the presidential race, said a consumer group that has been critical of President Bush.

Families USA also noted that the number of people without insurance jumped significantly since Bush took office, with more than 85 million people uninsured at some point during 2003 or 2004."

A wakeup call on America's future debt

Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Op-ed / A wakeup call on America's future debt
"Unless offset by long-term spending reductions, tax cuts are not tax cuts at all. Instead, they simply shift the cost of current programs on to future taxpayers. That's so because if the government must borrow to spend now, the dollars spent must be repaid later.

If the Bush tax cuts were made permanent and the increase in federal spending tracks economic growth, the federal government would incur an additional $90,000 in debt for every American household by the year 2014, the author warns.

Peterson, long a Republican, blasts GOP supply-siders for their almost theological devotion to tax cuts as appropriate in almost any circumstance. And he offers this damning judgment: 'This administration and the Republican Congress have presided over the most reckless deterioration of America's finances in history.'

But he's also tough on the Democrats for a desire to expand spending and benefits without careful consideration of the long-term cost. "

The Concord Coalition

The Concord Coalition
"The Concord Coalition is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization advocating fiscal responsibility while ensuring Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are secure for all generations. The Concord Coalition was founded in 1992 by the late former Senator Paul Tsongas (D-Mass.), former Senator Warren Rudman (R-N.H.),
and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Peter Peterson.
Former Senator Bob Kerrey (D-Ne.) was named a co-chair of the Concord Coalition in January 2002."

US administration?s interest payment on debts to touch $302bn in 2009

The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily
"By the Office of Management and Budget?s estimate, net interest outlays will hit $292bn in 2009 ? an amount larger than the government?s entire operating deficit in 1992.

The Congressional Budget Office?s projections are even grimmer, pegging net interest at $302bn in 2009 and $348bn in 2014...'It?s a bad sign,' said Bob Bixby, executive director of the bipartisan Concord Coalition, which says the higher debt service is another indication of the deterioration of the long-term budget situation."

Does anyone see the writing on the deficit wall?

Editorial RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL: And the deficit keeps growing

"While the Vietnam War was raging, first President Lyndon B. Johnson and then his successor, Richard Nixon, assured us that we could have both guns and butter — that we could fight a distant war without having to make any financial sacrifice. It wasn’t true. The costs of trying to have it both ways, coupled with Nixon’s disastrous attempt to slow inflation with wage and price controls, led to even worse inflation and the downfall (with the help of the OPEC oil embargo) of two presidents, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Both Johnson and Nixon were history by then, but their actions had serious consequences for the U.S. economy.

The failure of Congress to deal with today’s deficit will have serious consequences, too — maybe not tomorrow or the next day or the next year, but eventually there will be consequences. In the meantime, enjoy the tax cut."

Cool Guy Style Fools the Voters?

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Monday, September 27, 2004

Price of Admission is Way Too High

MoMA Returns To Renovated Manhattan Bldg: "Admission at the new space will be $20, up from $12. New features include a 110-foot atrium and a wall of windows stretching almost the entire height of the building."

TIME.com: Election 2004: The Battleground States

TIME.com: Election 2004: The Battleground States

Slashdot | Libertarian Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik Answers

Slashdot | Libertarian Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik Answers

Moms against Bush? Seniors Socked Out?

Pre-Election Protests 'Sock' It to Bush
Some anti-Bush protestors are coming up with unique events.
There'll be a fish fry picnic next to the University of Minnesota's coal-burning power plant to highlight health hazards of mercury pollution in Minnesota--too much in the tuna, right?
Read about Socked out Seniors and more!

San Francisco Examiner: Gearing up for debates

San Francisco Examiner: Gearing up for debates
"On paper, Kerry would seem to have just the right resume to thwack the president in this type of setting.But his greatest weakness, in the view of political scientist Bruce Buchanan, is 'getting tangled up in qualifying locutions of one sort or another. No clear, clean expository lines. Too many qualifications. Too many embellishments. Not enough editing.'

The president, by contrast, is rarely accused of offering too much information. He is militantly 'on message,' often repeating a few set points over and over."

Priests for Life Launches 30-Day, Million Dollar National Campaign to Influence the Elections

Priests for Life Launches 30-Day, Million Dollar National Campaign to Influence the Elections
Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life and President of the National Pro-life Religious Council, has initiated an amazing pre-election education program about the importance of respect for life. The Priests for Life will be working collaboratively with various Protestant denominations to educate people about the fundamental dignity of life throughout the entire continuum of life. Priests for Life's priests are hoping that they will be able to reach a million voters before the upcoming election. Priests for Life will be spending over $1 million on this educational campaign during the last 30 days before the election.
Each person's vote, regardless of religious background is important.
Each person's vote sends a message to the leaders in our government.
Some interesting links related to this educational kick-off from the Priests for Life are:

Badnarik's Statement on Iraq

Good for Libertarian Presidential Candidate, Michael Badnarik--at least someone comes out & says that war shouldn't have been waged in Iraq in the first place. Badnarik's statement begins with:

Badnarik/Campagna '04 for President: "The War in Iraq is a failure, and the U.S. government should never have waged it. As your president, one of my first tasks will be to begin the orderly process of bringing our troops home as quickly as can safely be accomplished..."

Saturday, September 25, 2004

Cool new cell phones can cause problems

Lawrence Lessig: AudioVox: never again
Read about the troubles Lawrence Lessig had with his new Audiovox — CMD8900.

Friday, September 24, 2004

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You're an Autum. You're much more laid back then
most and you're very comfortable in new
situations. You rather let things go with the
flow than try to change them. You have a lot of
close friends who love you because you can help
them with their problems. You're a very patient
person and it take a lot to get you rattled.
You're deffinately a lover not a hater.


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Intellectual Property, Cyberspace and Blogs

The latest scoop on intellectual property can be read in Professor Lawrence Lessig's blog
Please also note that Richard A. Posner has been a guest blogger in Lessig Blog (his entries are thought provoking).

There's controversy swirling around the appointment of Bruce Lehman as the Kerry Campaign advisor on IP Policy. Lehman's policies could affect you as a blogger, as a writer, and as a user of modern technology because he kowtows only to big, mega-buck, multi-national companies in terms of copyright legislation (with questions concerning "Fair Use" and the Public Domain among other issues) and the use of technology.

Lately Lessig's blog has been devoted to IP extremism.
Lawrence Lessig is a fascinating writer on copyright, intellectual property, and technology.

Rhianna regrets that someone like Bruce Lehman is an advisor on one of Kerry's committees. Lessig himself wrote:
"Lehman’s policies did more to encourage the war on technology that these past 8 years have seen than anyone else in DC. Let him serve on the 'last century protectionists' committee. Indeed, make him the chair."
Lessig has designated the url http://lessig.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/448 as the TrackBack Url for the discussion of “Lehman on Lehman”

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

"The Old Media vs. the Blogosphere" by John Hawkins

"The Old Media vs. the Blogosphere" by John Hawkins
" Jonathan Klein of CBS is quoted as saying: ''You couldn't have a starker contrast between the multiple layers of check and balances [at '60 Minutes'] and a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas writing.''

That mocking quote by Jonathan Klein has been adopted by the blogosphere and turned into an anthem by many of the same bloggers who have gleefully--and might I add successfully--dissected Dan Rather's fake memos like a high school science whiz carving away at a frog.

However, the snide quote from Klein has obscured a larger truth: that a network like CBS shouldn't have needed bloggers--pajama clad or not--to have pointed out that its story was less credible than a column about ethics in journalism written by Jayson Blair. CBS has an immense budget, a large and experienced staff, and the contacts and resources that they need to determine the truth of the story before it ever hit the airwaves.

So how did they get fooled?"

BostonHerald.com - Business: Networks commit to carrying all debates

BostonHerald.com - Business: Networks commit to carrying all debates
" More than 45,000 of the group's members signed petition letters urging the networks to air the debates. ABC, CBS and NBC have pledged to air the three presidential debates Sept. 30, Oct. 8 and Oct. 13, along with the vice presidential debate Oct. 5. NBC will switch``The Apprentice'' to Wednesday from Thursday to accommodate one debate.
The Fox broadcast network, however, has agreed to air just two. Fox will forgo the Oct. 13 debate at Arizona State University and the vice presidential debate at Case Western University in Cleveland in favor of Major League Baseball playoffs.

~snip~

Millions of Americans who don't get cable will rely on the broadcast networks and their local affiliated stations to view the debates.
Media For Democracy, a project run by MediaChannel.org, points to dwindling election coverage over the last 20 years, and says the networks are shirking their public service responsibilities."

Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Letterman gets big ratings boost from Kerry

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage
"As has become customary for major guests on the 'Late Show,' Kerry took over Letterman's nightly 'top 10' list with his own countdown, reciting his own list of tax reform proposals by President George W. Bush.

The list:

No. 10: 'No estate tax for families with at least two U.S. presidents';

No. 9: 'W-2 form is now Dubya-2 form';

No. 8: 'Under the simplified tax code, your refund check goes directly to Halliburton';

No. 7: 'The reduced earned income tax credit is so unfair; it just makes me want to tear out my lustrous, finely groomed hair';

No. 6: 'Attorney General Ashcroft gets to write off the entire U.S. Constitution';

No. 5: 'Texas Rangers can take a business loss for trading Sammy Sosa';

No. 4: 'Eliminate all income taxes: just ask Teresa to cover the whole damn thing';

No. 3: 'Cheney can claim Bush as a dependent';

No. 2: 'Hundred-dollar penalty if you pronounce 'nuclear' instead of 'nucular'';

No. 1: George W. Bush gets a deduction for mortgaging our entire future.'"

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Is Someone Staring at You in an Empty Room?

Study Reveals Why Eyes in Some Paintings Seem to Follow Viewers


http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/spew4th.pl?ascribeid=20040917.121323&time=03

"COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- You've seen it in horror movies, or even in real-life at the local museum: a painting in which the eyes of the person portrayed seem to follow you around the room, no matter where you go.

People have described the effect as creepy or eerie, and some have thought it supernatural. But now researchers have demonstrated the very natural cause for this visual effect.

All it takes for the effect to work is to have the person in the painting, or photograph, look straight ahead, said James Todd, co-author of the study and a professor of psychology at Ohio State University. Our visual perception takes care of the rest.

'The core idea is simple: no matter what angle you look at a painting from, the painting itself doesn't change. You're looking at a flat surface. The pattern of light and dark remains the same,' Todd said.

"We found that our visual perception of a picture also remains largely unchanged as we look at it from different vantage points. If a person in a painting is looking straight out, it will always appear that way, regardless of the angle at which it is viewed."

The study was conducted at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands in collaboration with Jan Koenderink, Andrea van Doorn, and Astrid Kappers. Their results were published in a recent issue of the journal Perception."


IMAGES: Images are available for this story. Please contact Jeff Grabmeier, above. The images can be seen at: http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/eyefolowpics.htm

The OkCupid Politics Test for Rhianna

Rhianna is a Social Moderate
(50% permissive)

Rhianna according to this test is an Economic Liberal
(33% permissive)

Rhianna can be described as a Centrist, she exhibits a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believes in economic fairness.

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The Sonnet

Deliberate Gentle Love Dreamer (DGLDf)
"Romantic, hopeful, and composed. You are the Sonnet. Get it? Composed?

Sonnets want Love and have high ideals about it. They're conscientious people, caring & careful. You yourself have deep convictions, and you devote a lot of thought to romance and what it should be. This will frighten away most potential mates, but that's okay, because you're very choosy with your affections anyway. You'd absolutely refuse to date someone dumber than you, for instance.

[Actually that's not true, he need not be a rocket scientist, but he needs charm]

Lovers who share your idealized perspective, or who are at least willing to totally throw themselves into a relationship, will be very, very happy with you. And you with them. You're already selfless and compassionate, and with the right partner, there's no doubt you can be sensual, even adventurously so.

You probably have lots of female friends, and they have a special soft spot for you. Babies do, too, at the tippy-top of their baby skulls.


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Monday, September 20, 2004

Oppose Return Of the Draft: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Oppose Return Of the Draft: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Americans opposed to a draft should make their voices heard loud and clear, starting now. Drafting teenagers to fight wars means taking those among us who are least qualified, least trained and least prepared and sending them into harm's way. A conscripted army is a less effective army. A draft also could bring angry Americans back into the streets for large-scale protests like those that tore the nation apart during the Vietnam War.

None of these risks is worth taking. The all-professional Army has been an extremely effective fighting force in each of the past several wars in which the United States has been involved. There are strains of late, but these are the fault of civilian officials in Washington, not the soldiers themselves. "

Should Nader be included in the upcoming presidential debates?

SouthBendTribune.com: Should Nader be included in the upcoming presidential debates?

Read the dialogue...you decide.

Scoop: Images: John Kerry Takes To The Offensive On Iraq

Scoop: Images: John Kerry Takes To The Offensive On Iraq

When you see the image of Vice President Dick Cheney, doesn't he resemble Nosferatu? If a re-make on the movie Nosferatu was having a casting call, wouldn't Dick Cheney get the role hands down?

John Kerry Takes on Cheney and Halliburton

Sunday, September 19, 2004

Yahoo! News - Kerry launches new attack on Bush's Iraq policies

Yahoo! News - Kerry launches new attack on Bush's Iraq policies
"In a new television advertisement six weeks before the November 2 election, Kerry accused Bush of diverting resources needed at home to fight the war in Iraq.

'Two hundred billion dollars. That is what we are spending in Iraq because George Bush (news - web sites) chose to go it alone. Now the president tells us we dont have the resources to take care of health care and education here at home,' Kerry says in the spot."

Bush, Kerry Reportedly Agree to Three Debates

Finally! It would be great for the candidates to discuss the issues!

Top News Article | Reuters.com: "The commission scheduled the first 90-minute debate on Sept. 30 in Coral Gables, Fla., with a second one set for Oct. 8 in St. Louis and a third Oct. 13 in Tempe, Arizona.

A vice presidential debate between incumbent Dick Cheney and Kerry's running mate, Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, was set for Oct. 5 in Cleveland.

Negotiations over the debates have largely been handled by Bush's lead representative, former Secretary of State James Baker, and Kerry's top debate negotiator, Washington lawyer Vernon Jordan.

The Kerry campaign wanted all three presidential debates, but the Bush campaign was concerned about the Oct. 8 event in St. Louis because questioners were to include undecided voters and the Bush camp did not trust the process for choosing them."

Kerry: Many Believe Bush Plans New Reserve Call-Up

WSOCTV.com - Vote 2004 - Kerry: Many Believe Bush Plans New Reserve Call-Up
"Sen. John Kerry said congressional leaders believe the Bush administration plans a 'substantial call-up of reservists and Guard units' -- and he said it would take place 'immediately after the election.

Kerry told a campaign rally in Albuquerque that the administration is hiding that fact until the election is over.

Kerry also said the Bush administration has turned a blind eye to waste and overcharging by Halliburton."


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Hollywood Actor Arrested In Lobster Tale

"A Hollywood actor was arrested and charged with public intoxication after he pulled lobsters from their tank and shouted in a Meijer grocery store, police said."

Saturday, September 18, 2004

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Thursday, September 16, 2004

Rhianna has that special glow...

HASH(0x8a7846c)
You have a beautiful soul! These are rare and very
special. One who has a beautiful soul had
beauty inside and out, and are always very
kind. You may be the one who always applies
make-up to look better and achieve certain
standards, but you look just as gorgeous
without makeup. You take pride in yourself
because you know that you are worth better.
Sometimes you preen in front of the mirror for
hours, but youre never too busy to help
someone. Everyone loves you and you love them
back, with a lot of friends, and popularity.
But you didnt get it because of your
clothes-you got it because there seems to be a
radiance around you, a sort of glow, that
attracts people to do better and be better.


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