All categories - 5 July 2007

Who is the biggest sellout band ever?

2007-07-05 15:49:32 · 5 answers · asked by Brian V 1 in Polls & Surveys

blonde moments are cherished forever =D

2007-07-05 15:49:27 · 8 answers · asked by Wil 2 in Polls & Surveys

I applied for an apartment and paid $100 application fee.I was not shown the 3 bedroom model that I wanted because they claimed it was still occupied.I was shown the 2 bedroomed.The offered me the 3 bedroomed and I was due to move in august 1. I paid the deposit. 2 days later I called to tell them that I was withdrawing the application and they have charged me $250 for 6 days which is the time they say the took off the apartment off the market.This apartment is still occupied until end of the month. help

2007-07-05 15:49:13 · 3 answers · asked by mimi 2 in Renting & Real Estate

im looking at a 94 saturn and it has a crack in the windsheild my parents said it has to be replaced......i was wondering how much it will cost to replace. any advice????

2007-07-05 15:49:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-07-05 15:49:10 · 6 answers · asked by Candidus 6 in Philosophy

Romney criticized for hotel pornography By GLEN JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
Thu Jul 5, 5:01 PM ET



BOSTON - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, who rails against the "cesspool" of pornography, is being criticized by social conservatives who argue that he should have tried to halt hardcore hotel movie offerings during his near-decade on the Marriott board.

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Two anti-pornography crusaders, as well as two conservative activists of the type Romney is courting, say the distribution of such graphic adult movies runs counter to the family image cultivated by Romney, the Marriotts and their shared Mormon faith.
"Marriott is a major pornographer. And even though he may have fought it, everyone on that board is a hypocrite for presenting themselves as family values when their hotels offer 70 different types of hardcore pornography," said Phil Burress, president of Citizens for Community Values, an anti-pornography group based on Ohio.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a leading conservative group in Washington, said: "They have to assume some responsibility. It's their hotels, it's their television sets."

During a recent Associated Press interview, Romney said he did not recall pornography coming up for discussion while he was on the Marriott board from 1992 to 2001. Despite being chairman of the board's audit committee, he also said he was unaware of how much revenue pornography may have generated for the hotel chain.

Romney said his current concern is not about pornography per se, but children unwittingly stumbling upon it on the Internet or television.

"I am not pursuing an effort to try and stop adults from being able to acquire or see things that I find objectionable; that's their right. But I do vehemently oppose practices or business procedures that will allow kids to be exposed to obscenity," the former Massachusetts governor said.

Pornography is a lucrative business for various hotel chains. Estimates vary widely, up to $500 million annually industrywide by one opponent, John Harmer, who served as California's lieutenant governor under Ronald Reagan.

Marriott and other major hoteliers say they offer pay-per-view pornography because their customers demand it and entertainment service contracts require it to underwrite first-run movies and free television.

"It certainly would have been wrong to impose his own personal beliefs if they were contrary to the financial interests of the company," Marriott spokesman Roger Conner said of Romney.

Marriott had a contract with On Command Corp. for its television and movie services during Romney's board tenure. Conner said the contract was signed in 1991 — the year before Romney joined the board. He served until 2001 and was paid $25,000 annually, plus stock.

When Romney left to take over the 2002 Winter Olympics, a Marriott statement described him as an "active, hands-on director."

Marriott refused to say if its contract with On Command was ever discussed or voted upon by the board, saying the directors' votes and meeting minutes are proprietary.

Marriott now contracts with LodgeNet Entertainment Corp., which bought On Command last year.

Gary Glenn, president of American Family Association of Michigan, a conservative group, said: "The Marriott Corporation may be tap dancing around this subject, but a candidate for president should not be able to."

Marriott International has more than 500,000 hotel rooms and annual revenues exceeding $10 billion. While the Marriott name is on more than 2,800 buildings, the corporation owns only about a dozen hotels. The rest are owned by franchises, lessening corporate control over their activities.

Romney, 60, has close links to the corporation, which opened its first hotel in 1957. Not only did he serve on its board of directors, but his given first name — "Willard" — is in honor of the hotel chain's founder, J. Willard Marriott. Marriott and Romney's father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney, were friends and rose through industry together.

In June 2000, J.W. "Bill" Marriott Jr., the son of Marriott's founder, defended the distribution of pornographic movies, saying they were inseparable from the rest of the chain's TV offerings.

"The in-room entertainment operators who provide our systems rely upon a certain volume of movie types in order to be economically viable," Bill Marriott wrote to Bill Johnson, executive director of the Michigan-based American Decency Association. "If we were to eliminate the 'R' and non-rated offerings, the systems would not be economic."

No all hotel chains have the same policy. Omni Hotels announced in late 1999 it would no longer offer pay-per-view movies in its rooms. Ritz-Carlton, the hotel name synonymous with luxury, also does not offer in-room pornography — even though it is owned by Marriott International.

Daniel Weiss, media analyst for James Dobson's "Focus on the Family," said this week in a radio broadcast to Focus members: "If (Romney) made money off pornography in the past, is he going to turn a blind eye to it if he's president? Because as chief executive of the nation, it's his responsibility to make sure our nation's obscenity laws are efficiently and vigorously enforced."

Romney linked the prevalence of pornography to the Virginia Tech shooting spree that left 33 dead.

"Pornography and violence poison our music and movies and TV and video games," Romney said May 5 during a commencement address at Regent University, the evangelical Christian school run by Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson.

"The Virginia Tech shooter, like the Columbine shooters before him, had drunk from this cesspool."

2007-07-05 15:49:10 · 8 answers · asked by ὀκτάπους 5 in Politics

2007-07-05 15:49:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family

In marraige there are stages you go through the honeymmoon stage where you cant get enough of eacother, The I dont like being married stage, the we have been through a lot stage and also the stage of being true companions and loving one another with out all the high expectations.

My husband and I are at the companion stage and I dont feel all that romantic I love him dearly and would die for him but at this point with all I have been through this year being friends in enough at this point.

My question is have you ever been thorugh these stages of marraige and is it normal for marraige to be common place and ordinary at times? Society emphasizes the romantic part of a realtionship but that does wear off. What is the best way to enjoy the season of marriage that you are in?

2007-07-05 15:49:07 · 9 answers · asked by encourager4God 5 in Marriage & Divorce

I have this friend and he is a guy and every time I talk to him he stares at my chest. I try to put my books in front of them or cross my arms but he keeps staring. It's kind of like he is looking into space or past them, but some times it looks like he is so interested in my boobs hes not even listening to what I'm saying. There not even big! What do I do?

2007-07-05 15:49:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

Im married and now that I have turn 30yrs old. My sex drive is very high. My husband cant keep up and he's only 2yrs older than me. I sometimes take care of myself but I need the real thing. What do I do?

2007-07-05 15:49:02 · 11 answers · asked by UARETAKEN 2 in Marriage & Divorce

a 1% interest
b. 1.5% interest
c 4%interest
d different rates of interest

2007-07-05 15:48:59 · 1 answers · asked by editing l 1 in Personal Finance

i currently work from 8am to 6 now i'm going to start 9pm to 7am

2007-07-05 15:48:46 · 4 answers · asked by crown7521 1 in Diet & Fitness

2007-07-05 15:48:39 · 38 answers · asked by Summer Rain 4 in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-05 15:48:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I have been in college for 6 years now with an almost done
BA in liberal arts, should I...

1. Take the GRE's and try to get into lawschool (with a gpa
of 2.7)

2. Take the prereq's for business school and try to get an
MBA

3. Take film classes (my passion) even though I don't need
anymore lower level credits.

4. Get some programing certs and try to get in IT

2007-07-05 15:48:25 · 5 answers · asked by Okay Hero 2 in Higher Education (University +)

mine's We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel

2007-07-05 15:48:20 · 16 answers · asked by Lollipop 4 in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-05 15:48:17 · 4 answers · asked by Summer Rain 4 in Polls & Surveys

i started my period on the 2nd and it was red medium flow but had no clumps (i usually have clumps-gross sorry :( ) then on the 3rd it was fairly normal all day but at night i went to change my tampon and there was barely anything there, so i just put a pad on to sleep in, when i woke up there was nothing, and today (5th) there has been very light brown spots. my period ALWAYS lasts for 6-7 days...

could i be pregnant? we have been trying for a while. :) please tell me what you think, and i apologize for being so graphic!

btw i just checked again, one single spot of brownish pink...? thats all there has been all day.

2007-07-05 15:47:56 · 10 answers · asked by lovernotafighter 1 in Pregnancy

when flirting?

2007-07-05 15:47:47 · 28 answers · asked by Scorpio 1 in Singles & Dating

2007-07-05 15:47:42 · 9 answers · asked by Nitz Frugent 6 in Polls & Surveys

I've been considering all kinds of rodents, and I still can't decide which kind I should have as a pet. I already have guinea pigs, so that doesn't count. I've been thinking about either rats, mice, or a hamster... which should I get?

2007-07-05 15:47:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Rodents

self explanatory folks

2007-07-05 15:47:41 · 37 answers · asked by Wil 2 in Polls & Surveys

I have sole custody.

2007-07-05 15:47:35 · 5 answers · asked by sumgurl 2 in Marriage & Divorce

Is is possible to discount the miracle of Creation, but somehow accept the miracle of Jesus' physical return to life after His death on the Cross?

2007-07-05 15:47:12 · 35 answers · asked by realchurchhistorian 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-05 15:46:54 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-05 15:46:53 · 1 answers · asked by james m 2 in Chemistry

well im just typing w/ my right hand right now so sry for the errors

2day i was playing soccer(for fun, not officially). i ran after the ball an was running side to side with this kid from the other team, he pushed me and i fell over. the first thing that hit the ground was my left wrist. when i got up it didn't hurt that bad but my wrist was throbbing. my friend told me that if i could make a fist its not broken just really sprained, so i made a fist but barely.

i soaked it in iced water for 25 min and then put it on a pillo for 20 min.

wat it looks like right now: swollen all around the wrist but the swelling has gone down a bit. its still throbbing its extremly swollen by my vain and its hard there, if i lay both my hands on a flat surface, my left hand is slanted to the right while my right hand is straight

2007-07-05 15:46:21 · 3 answers · asked by RICHARD S 1 in Injuries

I havent had a job for the last two years, and I have a $20,000 credit card debt to need to pay off, what shall I do until I find a job? my credit card company stricktly forced me to pay off eventhough I don't have a job? could you tell me the best way to do at this time since I don't have eaither a job or money?

2007-07-05 15:46:19 · 8 answers · asked by dessalegne a 1 in Personal Finance