Dresses belonging to Amy Winehouse, Kylie Minogue and Paris Hilton were modelled for a charity auction yesterday (04.03.08).
Video of the day: Cassius by Foals
The fashion show was held at London’s Sketch venue for breast cancer charity The Lavender Trust and to mark the release of romantic comedy '27 Dresses'.
Other stars who donated outfits include Mariah Carey, Renee Zellweger, '27 Dresses' star Katherine Heigl, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Thandie Newton. All the garments - which feature designs by Dolce and Gabbana, Armani, Gucci and John Galliano - modelled in the show are now up for auction on website eBay.
Some of the gowns have particular sentimental value to the stars. Amy Winehouse wore her black rouched mini-dress for her video-link to this year's Grammy Awards, where she picked up five prizes, while Spice Girl Geri Halliwell donned her Gucci number to host Breast Cancer Care's annual Fashion Show in 2006.
Geri said: "We know that us girls can never have too many dresses so I'm delighted to support the auction in aid of the Lavender Trust by donation one of my own personal Gucci favourites. It has fond and poignant memories for me."
The dresses will be auctioned off at three-day intervals at www.ebay.co.uk/27dresses until the release of '27 Dresses' on March 27.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Looks like we're stuck with McCain
In a previous post I said in reference to the March 4 primaries that it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings and she hadn't even cleared her throat. I said this in hopes that it would inspire Conservatives to rise above the allure of John McCain and support the true Conservative, Mike Huckabee. Well, that didn't happen, and the fact that it didn't doesn't bode well for Conservative members of the Republican party. It also doesn't say much for the intelligence or the Conservative credentials of those who support McCain.
Indeed, the fat lady has now sung, and her song is not music to the ears of true Conservatives. It contains the sour notes of Liberalism trying to disguise itself as Conservatism, and the shrill screeches of compromise. When will we ever learn? Will we ever learn??
Jim Chitty
Indeed, the fat lady has now sung, and her song is not music to the ears of true Conservatives. It contains the sour notes of Liberalism trying to disguise itself as Conservatism, and the shrill screeches of compromise. When will we ever learn? Will we ever learn??
Jim Chitty
Sunday, March 2, 2008
America hangs in the balance
I know, understand, and even to some degree share the frustration that many feel over the lack of stellar presidential candidates out there currently. I can even understand that lack leading some to not want to vote at all. However, voting is the best, really the only way that you and I, the average American citizen can affect change in the people and policies of government that we disagree with. To not vote at all is the exactly the same as saying you're perfectly okay with things as they are.
Not only that, but there is also the fact that many brave men and women have fought and died to protect and defend your right and freedom to vote. To not exercise that inalienable, God-given right cheapens their sacrifice. Don't make their efforts be in vain.
Equally as important as voting, is voting right. Voting for candidates and political parties that protect, defend, and boldly stand up for faith, family, and freedom. Voting for candidates who believe in respecting and defending the Constitution. Voting for candidates who believe in life, liberty, national sovereignty and security, lower taxes, and smaller, less intrusive government. Voting for anything less is bad for America.
As the March Primary and the November general election rapidly approach, America's future hangs in the balance. Please don't shirk your responsibility to vote. Now, more than ever, your vote and mine count in a big way. Our country is well-served by having active, informed voters. Educate and inform yourself on the candidates and the issues, then proudly and confidently cast your vote in the upcoming elections. America is counting on you!! Don't let her down!!!
Jim Chitty
Not only that, but there is also the fact that many brave men and women have fought and died to protect and defend your right and freedom to vote. To not exercise that inalienable, God-given right cheapens their sacrifice. Don't make their efforts be in vain.
Equally as important as voting, is voting right. Voting for candidates and political parties that protect, defend, and boldly stand up for faith, family, and freedom. Voting for candidates who believe in respecting and defending the Constitution. Voting for candidates who believe in life, liberty, national sovereignty and security, lower taxes, and smaller, less intrusive government. Voting for anything less is bad for America.
As the March Primary and the November general election rapidly approach, America's future hangs in the balance. Please don't shirk your responsibility to vote. Now, more than ever, your vote and mine count in a big way. Our country is well-served by having active, informed voters. Educate and inform yourself on the candidates and the issues, then proudly and confidently cast your vote in the upcoming elections. America is counting on you!! Don't let her down!!!
Jim Chitty
Despite popular belief, Huckabee can still win
The Republican elite establishment crowd would have us all believe that the race for the party's nomination is over and McCain has already won. He's their guy and they are heavily invested in making sure he wins. For this reason they are going to great lengths to try and discourage us all from voting for Mike Huckabee. After all, why vote for a guy who can't possibly win? Why not back the clear front- runner? WAKE-UP CONSERVATIVES!! Don't be lulled into a false sense of inevitability. Don't let these bozos cram a Conservative wannabe like McCain down our throats. There is a clear Conservative choice out there, and that is Mike Huckabee.
The truth is, if enough of us pay attention and vote according to our core values and beliefs we can propel Huckabee forward. We might even create enough of a backlash that we keep McCain from getting the number of delegates needed to lock in the nomination, thus causing debate and discussion at the Republican National Convention and forcing a vote among those in attendance. That could change everything.
Let's take a cue from the Democrats. Recently the polls showed Obama leading Hillary in New Hampshire. Instead of just lying down and accepting defeat, Hillary's people mobilized and got out the vote and she won the state's primary. We have been told for years that Hillary is the heir-apparent to the Democrat nomination. We have been told that instead of a nomination, there would be a coronation. She was the candidate of inevitability. Now Obama is the clear front-runner in that race because Democrat voters didn't succumb to the perceived inevitability and instead voted according to their beliefs and their conscience and not according to the edicts dictated to them by party leaders. That very same strategy can and will work for us.
The reality is, it ain't over until the fat lady sings, and she hasn't even so much as cleared her throat yet. It's not too late to vote for and nominate the only Conservative left in the race. He's not as Conservative as I would like in some areas, but he's far and away better than the liberal thinly disguised as a Conservative that is John McCain. Stand up and be counted!! Vote FOR America! Vote FOR faith, family, and freedom! Vote FOR Mike Huckabee!!
Jim Chitty
The truth is, if enough of us pay attention and vote according to our core values and beliefs we can propel Huckabee forward. We might even create enough of a backlash that we keep McCain from getting the number of delegates needed to lock in the nomination, thus causing debate and discussion at the Republican National Convention and forcing a vote among those in attendance. That could change everything.
Let's take a cue from the Democrats. Recently the polls showed Obama leading Hillary in New Hampshire. Instead of just lying down and accepting defeat, Hillary's people mobilized and got out the vote and she won the state's primary. We have been told for years that Hillary is the heir-apparent to the Democrat nomination. We have been told that instead of a nomination, there would be a coronation. She was the candidate of inevitability. Now Obama is the clear front-runner in that race because Democrat voters didn't succumb to the perceived inevitability and instead voted according to their beliefs and their conscience and not according to the edicts dictated to them by party leaders. That very same strategy can and will work for us.
The reality is, it ain't over until the fat lady sings, and she hasn't even so much as cleared her throat yet. It's not too late to vote for and nominate the only Conservative left in the race. He's not as Conservative as I would like in some areas, but he's far and away better than the liberal thinly disguised as a Conservative that is John McCain. Stand up and be counted!! Vote FOR America! Vote FOR faith, family, and freedom! Vote FOR Mike Huckabee!!
Jim Chitty
When in America, speak American
Not much annoys me more than hearing people who claim to be Americans, speaking languages other than American, or in other words English. I don't care if you're here from China, Japan, Russia, Mexico, the Middle-East, I don't care, learn English and speak it when in public.
What you do in the privacy of your own home or car is your own business and I couldn't care less. But at work, school, at the store, while riding public transportation, or anywhere you might come into contact with the general public, it is your duty, your responsibility to speak English. To do anything else shows a high disregard and a great deal of disrespect for America and for Americans.
Jim Chitty
What you do in the privacy of your own home or car is your own business and I couldn't care less. But at work, school, at the store, while riding public transportation, or anywhere you might come into contact with the general public, it is your duty, your responsibility to speak English. To do anything else shows a high disregard and a great deal of disrespect for America and for Americans.
Jim Chitty
Kudos to Hillary
A little over a week ago, Dallas Police motorcycle office Victor Lozada died in a crash while escorting Senator Hillary Clinton's motorcade through Dallas. Clinton canceled her Ft. Worth campaign rally and visited Lozada's family at the hospital where he was taken after the crash. This past friday, February 29, a memorial service for Officer Lozada was held at Prestonwood Baptist Church, and Senator Clinton was one of those in attendance.
Now some who oppose the senator and presidential candidate may accuse her of attending the service merely for the photo op and positive publicity. As harsh a critic as I have been, am, and always will be of Senator Clinton and her politics, I have to give her credit and the benefit of the doubt on this one.
As much as I disdain, dislike, and disagree with virtually everything the senator and her party promote and stand for, in this one instance, I am willing to say "hats off" to Senator Clinton. Political posturing or not, political stunt or not, her presence at officer Lozada's memorial service was very classy and I'm sure it meant a lot to his family.
However, with all of that being said, I still hope that Senator Clinton gets beaten like a drum in the primaries this Tuesday.
Jim Chitty
Now some who oppose the senator and presidential candidate may accuse her of attending the service merely for the photo op and positive publicity. As harsh a critic as I have been, am, and always will be of Senator Clinton and her politics, I have to give her credit and the benefit of the doubt on this one.
As much as I disdain, dislike, and disagree with virtually everything the senator and her party promote and stand for, in this one instance, I am willing to say "hats off" to Senator Clinton. Political posturing or not, political stunt or not, her presence at officer Lozada's memorial service was very classy and I'm sure it meant a lot to his family.
However, with all of that being said, I still hope that Senator Clinton gets beaten like a drum in the primaries this Tuesday.
Jim Chitty
The tax myth
It really shouldn't, but it never ceases to not only surprise me but also amaze me how many allegedly smart people actually whole-heartedly believe that raising taxes will somehow help spark our slumping economy. What amazes me even more is the seemingly ever increasing number of older people who believe this tax myth. I thought wisdom was supposed to increase with age?
You don't have to be a rocket scientist or even smarter than a fifth grader to figure this out. The more of our hard-earned money that government confiscates from us in the form of taxes, the less we have to put back into the economy by spending it on not just luxuries, but the bare necessities of life. Conversely, the more of our hard-earned money we are allowed to keep through decreased taxes, the more we have to spend on what we want and need. Its the increased spending that stimulates our economy.
Some say we should tax the rich more than anyone else. Penalizing and punishing people for their hard work or good fortune is about as un-American as you can get. Whatever happened to the land of opportunity? Now it seems that those who have made the most the opportunities deserve to be punished in the minds of some lame brains. Since when is it fair to take money away from people who have worked hard for it or from those who are the beneficiaries of the hard labor of a family member, and give it to someone who hasn't lifted a finger to earn it? Since when is it right or fair to take money away from those who have earned it and truly deserve it and give it to those who refuse to work, or to those who have knowingly, willfully, and flagrantly violated our laws to come here?
It is not right. It is not fair. It is not American, It never has been and it never will be. It must not be allowed to continue. The future of our country is at stake.
Jim Chitty
You don't have to be a rocket scientist or even smarter than a fifth grader to figure this out. The more of our hard-earned money that government confiscates from us in the form of taxes, the less we have to put back into the economy by spending it on not just luxuries, but the bare necessities of life. Conversely, the more of our hard-earned money we are allowed to keep through decreased taxes, the more we have to spend on what we want and need. Its the increased spending that stimulates our economy.
Some say we should tax the rich more than anyone else. Penalizing and punishing people for their hard work or good fortune is about as un-American as you can get. Whatever happened to the land of opportunity? Now it seems that those who have made the most the opportunities deserve to be punished in the minds of some lame brains. Since when is it fair to take money away from people who have worked hard for it or from those who are the beneficiaries of the hard labor of a family member, and give it to someone who hasn't lifted a finger to earn it? Since when is it right or fair to take money away from those who have earned it and truly deserve it and give it to those who refuse to work, or to those who have knowingly, willfully, and flagrantly violated our laws to come here?
It is not right. It is not fair. It is not American, It never has been and it never will be. It must not be allowed to continue. The future of our country is at stake.
Jim Chitty
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