(If you're not familiar with this show, try this primer:
http://independentrage.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-reality-show-what-chilli-wants.html)
Bottom line nutshell: Tonight Tionna Smalls (pictured immediately above) interviews a bunch of men, applies the Chilli Checklist, and makes her best effort to match up Chilli (first pictured above) with a guy -- but the results simply do not work. But alas, it really is a lot more complex than that:
Segment 1 (the longest and most loaded segment of the episode): Tionna, in an effort to get Chilli "out of her safety zone," has Chilli throw out the first pitch at an Atlanta Braves game, and then has the PA announcer say that anyone who might be interested in dating Chilli should head to a certain luxury box. Little do the responding dudes know that visiting such box puts them face-to-face with Tionna for a good old-fashioned grilling. And as you might expect, Tionna was on a roll! Her questions to the dudes included (keep in mind that she was simply trying to apply the Chilli Checklist): "Are you well endowed?"; "Have you ever done porn before?"; "Are you a citizen?"; "How you like fake hair?". Funniest thing in this segment: Tionna asks some dude to divulge the funkiest thing he's ever done. His response: "Having sex in a dumpster." Classic. Sorry, that gets me rolling over here! Tionna also comments, "you're 6-3? 6-3 is sexy -- I like it." (I just mention that b/c The Independent Rage is 6-3, and so I thought that was cool). So let's get down to brass tacks: Finally, Tionna interviews this dude named Dolvette or Dalvette (they didn't put the spelling on the screen, and so I'm just doing my best phonetically -- I'll go with Dolvette). He meets a lot of Chilli's criteria from her Checklist (Tionna describes him as a "good piece of chocolate man"), and so Tionna sends him on to meet Chilli.
Segment 1 Endgame: So Dolvette heads up to meet Chilli and several of Chilli's old friends (in a different luxury box). Chilli and friends don't like the dude from the beginning. Chilli comments that he's not her type and that it seems like Tionna served him up like "meat on a platter." Tionna is shocked and frankly a bit put off by the very quick dismissals of Chilli and her friends. Says Tionna, "Trying to come at me! But I'm from Brooklyn. I don't play that!"
Segment 2: This was a real short segment in which Chilli's "so far just friends" dude Floyd Mayweather (yes, the great boxer) is apparently in The ATL and takes Chilli out rollerskating. Tionna describes Floyd as "Chilli's comfort", which I think is a great description since I think Chilli views him as being attractive, a fellow celebrity, and someone she gets along with -- nevermind that he seems most interested in just keeping their relationship at friends. So anyway, nothing overly romantic occurs, and Chilli and Floyd resolve to meet up in Vegas (where Floyd lives) when TLC performs an upcoming show there.
Segment 3: Despite her negative first impression, Chilli goes on a date with Dolvette. This thing runs off the tracks from the beginning, with Chilli being turned off at every turn. First, Chilli is turned off by the fact that he doesn't talk to his son (over whom he doesn't have primary custody) on a daily basis. Second, Chilli is turned off by his alleged "1-900" voice. Third, dude pushes her against her will to participate in this high-off-the-ground outdoor thing. HERE, as a dude (just like Chilli) whose primary fear in the world is a fear of heights, I totally agree with Chilli: Dude should have layed the hell off when she expressed how uncomfortable she was with this situation. But he just kept pushing. Chilli really has a point on that one. Fourth, dude started talking about seeing Chilli's son Tron and called him by his short name ("T"), which was also very off-putting to Chilli since he's never met the young man. After the date, Chilli said that she will not go on another date with Dolvette again, that she found him to be egotistical, that she's adding "no egos" to her Chilli Checklist, and that she officially "enjoyed not one moment of that."
Final Segment: Dolvette has a similar take on the date with Chilli: He says it was one the hardest dates of his life and that Chilli was "guarded, defensive, and judgmental." Then Chilli invites Tionna over to meet up with Chilli's friends again (since the meeting at the Braves' stadium didn't go so well). Chilli promptly rolls in a muscle-bound male stripper known as Luscious. Chilli indicated that Luscious was her kind of guy, but Tionna was the one who really enjoyed him -- "Lord Have Mercy!" and "He went and picked my big ass up!". Actually, that was the second-funniest moment in the episode, as this stripper raises Tionna up the air on his shoulders as she plasters dollar bills all over his cranium! The episode ends after the stripper party, with Chilli admitting that, "Yeah, I could see myself with Floyd."
Upcoming episodes: Chilli goes on a second date with Christian "Chris" Harrington (frankly, I thought it was a bit of a mistake to not have anything about that dude in the Second Episode after he and Chilli had such an obvious connection in Episode 1). Plus Chilli performs with TLC in Vegas and meets up again with Floyd.
Final impressions: I don't think there should be any animosity or distrust between Chilli and Tionna as a result of the events of this episode. Tionna did her best to apply the Chilli Checklist and send a dude Chilli's way. The dude did not work out. Well guess what, in the dating world, most people don't work out! So both of them need to just to move on to the endeavor of looking for the next guy for Chilli. Move on to the next one!
Methinks Venezuelan socialist dictator Hugo Chavez is about to have a few more "followers" than just Danny Glover and Sean Penn. It's being reported today (link below) that Chavez is about to join Twitter. Says Chavez: "I'm going to have my online trench from the palace to wage the battle." And he's not just joining -- "he wants to dominate it," says CNN. One of Chavez' Venezuelan media henchmen is quoted as saying, "I'm sure he'll break records for number of followers."
So-called "Independent" Joe Lieberman (who caucuses with the dem party in the Senate and who voted for Obama & The Dems' health care monstrosity against the clear will of the American people) says today that he may run again as an Independent in 2012, but then again he won't "rule anything out" and might run as either a dem or repub (link below). Wow! How's that for some real conviction and guts!
(If you're not familiar with this show, try this primer: http://independentrage.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-reality-show-what-chilli-wants.html)
As Obama & The Dems have lost Independents in waves over the past year as a result of their far left policies and incessant reprehensible conduct of governance, a number of long-considered "safe" congressional seats are even in danger of being lost in the November midterm elections (as reported today in TheLedger.com, first link below). Prominent among such seats is the one held since 1977 (can you say term limits now) by Missouri representative Ike Skelton (pictured above with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi). Skelton holds the very powerful position of running the House Armed Services Committee.
I would have thought that kickball was one of those kids' games buried somewhere in the distant past, but apparently not. A 2500-member league known as "BigBalls Kickball League" is in the news this week in St. Louis (link below). It seems that BigBalls has been kicked to the curb by the park in which the league has played since 2007. So why in the world would the park want to do something like that?
(Link below to story from today's Politico.com). Hoyer, the House Majority leader (previous picture with Pelosi above), today spoke in opposition to a republican effort to push a floor vote on a resolution that would declare that earmarks should be banned. Before giving some lip service to his contention that eliminating earmarks would "cede too much authority to the White House," Hoyer first rolled out his primary talking point, i.e. classic democrat/republican "two wrongs make a right" rhethoric. That is, politicians in both these parties absolutely love to ignore or pay scant attention to the substance of the issue, and instead rely on an implied "hey, you guys did it and so we can too" justification through cries of "HYPOCRISY!"
(Story linked below). What's with some of these little league coaches? It reminds of Walter Matthau's Coach Buttermaker character (pictured immediately above) from the original "Bad News Bears." He would get falling down drunk while throwing batting practice to the kids and supplied them with beer after they almost won the big championship game. That brings us to the Larry King story. There, the little league coach (31-year-old Hector Penate) -- whose team includes the two sons of Larry King and his 51-year-old wife Shawn Southwick (pictured above) -- alleges that he (Penate) had a torrid affair with Southwick that often included the two of them gettin' it on in King's own bed. Said Penate: "We had sex in Larry's bed -- a lot. I had sex with Shawn while Larry was on TV. Our sex life was real good."
Consistent with being the most thin-skinned and criticism-loathing president of my lifetime (topping even Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon in that regard), Obama last night actually tried to verbally engage gay rights hecklers who were shouting at him at a dem fundraiser for Sen. Barbara Boxer (links below). Gay rights proponents are upset that Obama's administration has drug its feet on his campaign pledge to repeal the 1993 military policy often referred to as "don't ask, don't tell."
Fans of late rock music legend John Lennon have been searching for something that (legend has it) is buried in the yard of one of his old homes. Money? Treasure? A long-lost song he wrote? A Paul McCartney voodoo doll? Nope, none of those things. Instead: An LSD stash! And a group of fans claims it found the stash this week (link below).
(If you're not familiar with this show, try this primer: http://independentrage.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-reality-show-what-chilli-wants.html)
Florida Governor Charlie Crist is widely considered to be a "moderate" republican (i.e. one who does not mindlessly agree with conservatives on every single issue). He is running for the U.S. Senate, but -- in the current volatile political climate in which the "tea party" seeks to run all "moderate" republicans out of the republican party -- Crist currently trails republican primary challenger and conservative golden boy Marco Rubio by a whopping 20-30 points in the polls (depending on which one you look at). Put another way, Crist (a very popular political figure in Florida) likely will not be able to beat Rubio in the GOP primary this year in the Senate race. However, polls are showing that he could very well beat Rubio and democrat Kendrick Meek in the general election if Crist runs as an Independent. And that's precisely what Crist is considering doing at this moment (link below).
Actor Danny Glover gets arrested this week in Maryland for trespassing during a labor union protest at the headquarters of a food service company. He does really seem to be enjoying himself, however. Isn't this sort of thing -- coupled with his recent visit to see Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez -- that which is sometimes referred to as an old person "acting out"? It is entertaining, nevertheless.
Today's Washington Post column is from former dem pollsters and so-called "moderate" democrats Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell (the far left really hates these guys, BTW). They speak of the importance of Independent swing voters in November and how Obama & The Dems had better do some drastic refocusing lest they wish to face massive losses in the November midterm elections. Here's two excerpts:
This came out within an hour or so of my previous post (I guess some other candidate will have to pick up on the "formaldehyde fight"). Actually, this is fairly surprising. Who schedules (well in advance) a press conference for Tax Day (of all days) to announce whether he/she is running for office and then says, "Nope, I'm not runnin'"? Obviously, it was just huge publicity stunt (is that so wrong?), but given the circumstances listed above, I still find it surprising that she's not running. And it's disappointing, too, because it could have been so entertaining to follow!
This whole story reminds me of infamous funeral parlor owner and professional wrestling manager Paul Bearer (pictured holding the urn above), who formerly managed The Undertaker. Bearer was once accused by the late Road Warrior Hawk of using the embalming liquid formaldehyde as aftershave based on the nature of Bearer's alleged stench. But I digress.
These are subject to change, of course, as news and events unfold in the months to come. First, I am going to go ahead and predict that the repubs will seize a majority in the House. Is it entirely possible that such will not occur? Certainly, but I think the GOP will be able to pull that one off. Second, I do not think the repubs will win a majority in the Senate (where only one-third of the seats are up for election in November). It's possible they could, but I think it's a real longshot. Let me put it this way: I think the chances of the repubs winning neither the House nor Senate are greater than the chances of the repubs winning both. I'll also throw in one other prediction: Look for dems in October (as well as after the elections) to claim huge victory in only losing the House. I mean, if Nancy Pelosi can claim victory after the dems' gubernatorial defeats in NJ and VA last year, I think these dems will claim victory in just about anything.
Hills reality star Heidi Montag shows up in Vegas this week to let people gawk at the results of her most recent plastic surgeries (pic above/link below). But if you couldn't make it, don't worry: Since she plans to continue to tinker with the tools through more surgeries (she says she's not entirely satisfied yet), the current Heidi is not yet a final draft, and so you'll be able to catch that later. Her top priority? Well, she's not satisfied with the size of her breasts and actually wants to keep adding on! (She claims she currently has the largest fake boobs allowed by law -- although I had never known before that there was any such limit!)
The show features TLC's Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas (first pictured above) in her search for the right man, with renowned relationship specialist and blogger Tionna Smalls (second picture above) trying to help Chilli find that perfect dude. (BTW, Tionna has actually visited and commented on this blog before, which was very cool!) Some observations from this inaugural episode:
On today's one-year anniversary of this space, let me just say that it's been such a pleasure over the past year blasting the far left and far right and keeping a close eye on the ruling Obama & The Dems in Washington DC. So much so, in fact, that I think I'm just gonna have to keep it up! Besides, I think the next seven months counting down to the November midterm elections are going to make the last eight months since the August of Discontent look like a church picnic.
Instead it's a reference to what's being described as a despicable, systematic and ongoing culture of "gendercide" in "The People's Republic" of China -- which, BTW, is by far the largest holder of American debt from among the world's nations. From a column by Peter Hitchens (younger brother of writer Christopher Hitchens) appearing in today's Daily Mail of Britain:
Don't mess with the cyclists. First, they have a right to be out on the road. Second, they might just kick your ass, as allegedly occurred in New York City yesterday. The linked New York Post item tells the story of the alleged "psycho cyclist" -- 20-year-old Perzeus Forte (pictured above) -- who is also variously described as the "raging cyclist," "the belligerent biker," and the "bike messenger-gone-wild" (you have to love The Post!). The cycler, who claimed he was grazed by a limo on a Manhattan street, allegedly "flipped out, ditching his wheels and sprinting 100 yards" after the limo (BTW, wouldn't it have been faster to chase the limo on the bike?). And that's when business really started to pick up, as a "savage road rage attack" allegedly ensued.
Topping the Million-Hits-A-Day DrudgeReport tonight is this silly string of right-winger utterances:
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