black people during Black History Month and the young lady wore a shirt that
said "Be Happy, Not Black." Or maybe, on Cinco de Mayo - she wore a shirt
that said 'Be Happy, Not Mexican." Is that considered protected speech or
is it hateful speech?
Until we, as a society, start believing that being gay is NOT A CHOICE will
will continue to face narrow minded people. Whether you are Black, Mexican,
Asian or Gay... we were all born that way. We can no more change who we are
than Blacks, and others, can change who they are. Just as we should not be
prejudice against other races, we should not be prejudice against gays.
Moderator: I understand free speech. But, i wonder if the hate crime law that was signed by obama prevents such hate. I guess, since the US Supreme Court just ruled the westboro (anti-gay church) can protest military funerals, than people can wear hateful shirts. .....It is sad. .....jake
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Phil Harris <phil.harris39@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> *You're a hottie, Jake.*
> *Thanks for sharing your site with us.*
> *Pompano is right next to our gayest city, Wilton Manors; not to even have
> to mention Fort Lauderdale.*
> *I'm sure that you have a busy life.*
> *By the way, you do have an awesome ass! *
> *Hugs,*
> *Phil
>
> *
> --- On *Thu, 3/3/11, Phil Harris <phil.harris39@yahoo.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Phil Harris <phil.harris39@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Peckers_Pics] Model Wars, PICS; Mar 3, 2011-Safe PICS For All
> Ages
> To: Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 8:19 AM
>
>
> Jake,
> Send in a picture of yourself in all of your blonde glory, and I'll give
> you a 10.
> Hugs,
> Phil
>
> Moderator: I have my photos in my yahoo profile @
> http://profiles.yahoo.com/jakewest_tn ....jake
>
> --- On Wed, 3/2/11, Phil Harris <phil.harris39@yahoo.com<http://us.mc1117.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=phil.harris39%40yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
>
> From: Phil Harris <phil.harris39@yahoo.com<http://us.mc1117.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=phil.harris39%40yahoo.com>
> >
> Subject: Re: [Peckers_Pics] Model Wars, PICS; Mar 3, 2011-Safe PICS For All
> Ages
> To: Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com<http://us.mc1117.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Peckers_Pics%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 8:41 PM
>
> Â
>
> Adam Miller is stunning!
> Blondes are rare, and rarity usually adds value.
> Phil
>
> Moderator: Thank you! I am a natural Blond. For real! ....jake
>
> --- On Wed, 3/2/11, Jake <jakewest_tn@yahoo.com<http://us.mc1117.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jakewest_tn%40yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
>
> From: Jake <jakewest_tn@yahoo.com<http://us.mc1117.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jakewest_tn%40yahoo.com>
> >
> Subject: [Peckers_Pics] Model Wars, PICS; Mar 3, 2011-Safe PICS For All
> Ages
> To: Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com<http://us.mc1117.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Peckers_Pics%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 6:30 PM
>
> Â
>
> Model Wars, PICS; Mar 3, 2011
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> Cell Phones And Brain Cells: Where The Two Meet
> Â
>
> David Katz, M.D..Director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center /
> March 2, 2011 / Huffington Post
>
> Whether or not there is bona fide danger in routine use of cell phones is,
> in fact, still unresolved. As often happens when the stakes are high and the
> science murky, passions and convictions tend to be running ahead of the
> data. There are, and have long been, scientists and citizens convinced that
> cell phones pose a significant threat; and there are, and have long been,
> counterparts convinced that we all have far more important things to worry
> about.
>
> Both sides recently received another ear full of information to consider,
> courtesy of a study published in JAMA.
>
> Investigators from the NIH asked 47 healthy adults to lend them their ears
> -- their right ears in particular. The researchers put cell phones to both
> ears and conducted PET scans of the brain (an imaging technique that
> measures metabolic activity in the form of glucose consumption) with both
> phones deactivated, and with the phone adjacent to the right ear activated,
> in random sequence. Activation of the right cell phone was in mute mode so
> that participants were blinded ('deafened'?) to the intervention.
>
> The study generated three take-away messages that will likely do little to
> resolve the cell phone controversy any time soon. First, whole brain
> metabolic activity was unaffected by cell phone activation. Second, brain
> metabolic activity directly adjacent to an activated cell phone was
> significantly increased. And third, the researchers have no idea what, if
> any, clinical significance this has. Yes, they actually said that.
>
> Which leads immediately to a question the rest of us need to grapple with:
> what do we do with this information in the mean time? For whatever it's
> worth, my suggestion is to accord it calm respect.
>
> The calmness is easy to justify. A study that shows a change in glucose
> utilization by brain cells does not indictment of cell phones make. Brain
> cells routinely burn glucose for fuel, and do so faster or slower based on
> the work they do. REM sleep, an important indicator of sleep quality and
> essential to sleep's restorative powers, increases brain glucose utilization
> on PET scan. As, for that matter, does reading. So if increased metabolic
> activity in the brain is a cause to fear cell phones, I suppose it might be
> cause to stay away from your books and your bed as well.
>
> But on the other hand, consider what this new study implies. Increased
> brain cell metabolism was unrelated to the usual work of the brain, namely
> thinking. In REM sleep, we are dreaming -- so the brain is at work. When we
> read, the brain is at work. But why should a radio-frequency-modulated
> electromagnetic field we don't even know is there -- and thus, can't be
> thinking about -- change brain function?
>
> It does. The fields emitted by cell phones affect the cells of the brain,
> no thinking required. Should we be comfortable with this? Can we afford to
> be complacent when we, and to a greater extent our children, spend an ever
> increasing proportion of our lives in close proximity to fields we now know
> silently, insidiously change our brains? My answer is no, which is why we
> owe the new study some respect, particularly given its context.
>
> We have long known radio-frequency waves penetrate our bodies, as we now
> know they activate brain activity, but there is no clear evidence they harm
> us in the process. We are left with a mechanism by which cell phones could
> conceivably do harm, but no real indication that they do.
>
> The published data, based on many studies and observations in hundreds of
> thousands of people, remain open to interpretation. One study in the
> Netherlands examined the issue in over 400,000 people, and found no evidence
> of harm. A meta-analysis in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, however,
> concluded there was possible evidence of increased risk of brain tumors from
> extended cell phone use demonstrated in studies least subject to bias.
> Invariably, mention is made of the need for more research.
>
> Cell phones have only existed since the 1970s, been in use since the 1980s,
> and been truly popular since the '90s. So we only have a decade, or at most
> two, of meaningful data to analyze. Some cancers take two decades or more to
> develop, so it's possible, if unlikely, that we are waiting for a slow
> accumulation of damage to start revealing itself. We must therefore consider
> that absence of evidence is not tantamount to evidence of absence.
>
> And, of course, we don't have intervention studies, with large groups
> randomly assigned to use cell phones, or place their calls on placebos
> instead. I'm not sure how placebo phones would work, but I have a sneaking
> suspicion the study subjects would catch on.
>
> History suggests the possibility of seeing risk that isn't really there.
> The silicone breast implant controversy persists, despite consistent and
> rather compelling evidence that the implants do not cause autoimmune
> disease. The notion that immunization causes autism won't seem to die no
> matter how decisive the weight of evidence against any such association.
>
> But a great deal of historical precedent cuts the other way. We have cozied
> up to an impressive array of genuine hazards with a misguided sense of
> security, including the radioactive radium that made watch faces glow in the
> dark but caused cancer; mercury used in hat-making that caused neurological
> disease; lead used in cookware that damaged nerve cells; asbestos in
> buildings and clothes that is still causing asbestosis and mesothelioma;
> thalidomide, a sedative that caused birth defects; Vioxx easing joint pain
> while causing heart attacks; and the list goes on.
>
> If cell phones cause harm, the risk appears to be small, and the harm long
> delayed. But even one extra case of cancer in 100,000 people after 10 years
> of use would eventually turn into a huge and unacceptable public health
> toll. Such a hazard would be very hard to see at this point.
>
> Let's turn to the practical. I will keep using my cell phone, and my kids
> will keep using theirs. I do think any risks are small. But I cannot be sure
> the risk is nil, and I am not wildly enthusiastic about the cells in my
> kids' brains being activated by anything other than thinking. So I will
> encourage my children to use their phones for good reason, rather than make
> them a permanent extension of their heads. There is certainly no cause for
> panic, but I'm not a fan of presumptive complacency.
>
> The 19th century philosopher George Santayana wisely noted that those who
> do not learn from the follies of history are doomed to repeat them. The
> folly of rushing into hazards of our own devising with a false sense of
> security has filled many pages of our history books. Whether cell phone use
> will prove to be another example is far from certain. But when precedent
> calls, it is at least prudent to lend our ears.
> Take Action:
>
> Boycott advertisers of Glenn Beck - Fox News. Glenn Beck is anti-gay
> rights.
> Update: DADT has been repealed. President Obama has kept his promise!
> Boycott Bill O'Reilly and FOX News and their advertisers. Bill discussed
> a French commercial by McDonalds that was meant to show that McDonalds is
> Gay Friendly. Bill said what is next? Is McDonalds going to be Al-Qaida
> friendly as well?  Imagine - Bill O'Reilly compares Gays to Al-Qaida!
> Boycott Arizona the home of "hater" - U.S. Senator John
> McCain. Arizona's Hateful anti-Immigration Law - encourages racial
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> political candidates/organizations. Update: (12/26/2010): Target is
> continuing to donate to anti-gay groups/causes/politicians.
> End DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act).  Prevents Federal employees and Gays
> in the Military from gaining equal benefits. Prevents Gay Partners from
> gaining equal benefits.   Â
> Pass ENDA (Employee Non-Discrimination Act). ENDA would prevent
> employment discrimination of LGBT workforce.
> Boycott Salvation Army as they will not hire Gays! "DO NOT DONATE TO THEM."
>
> BOYCOTTÂ "Chick-fil-a" for donating to anti-gay marriage groups.
> BOYCOTT KOCH INDUSTRIES PRODUCTS- to include their products: Angel Soft
> toilet paper / Brawny paper towels / Dixie plates, bowls, napkins & cups /
> Mardi Gras napkins and towels / Quilted Northern toilet paper / Soft 'n
> Gentle toilet paper / Sparkle napkins / Vanity fair napkins / Zee napkins /
> Georgia-Pacific paper products & envelopes / All Georgia-Pacific lumber &
> building products (INVISTA Products) / Lycra / Stainmaster Carpet.  The
> billionaire - Koch brothers are ultra republican - tea bag
> founders/supporters that do not support causes of the LGBT community.
> Boycott WALMART - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force,
> force criticized Wal-Mart for denying employee benefits to
> same-s-x partners and for failing to prohibit discrimination based
> on gender identity. By comparison, the group said two other chain stores
> with a strong presence in New York, Costco and Walgreens, did much better.
> Remember David Kato, Gay activist - Uganda, who was slain because he is
> gay!
> And Now, Model Wars!
>
> This group is called "Peckers Pics."Â The English - Â slang definition of
> "pecker" is to pluck at the truth. Therefore, we peck at items such as Gay
> Men's Health, Male Fitness, Gay (LGBT) Politics & Issues. In this section
> you may peck at each photo in order to decide the winner of the "war of the
> fittest!"Â Â Whereas, who is the model that may inspire you to exercise and
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> Â
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>
> Â
>
> Adam Miller
> Â
>
> VS
>
> Michael Witt
> Australian professional rugby league footballer and Male Model
> Â
>
> You Decide!
>
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>
> Appeals Court: Naperville Teen Can Wear Anti-Gay Shirt To School
>
> Mar 2, 2011 / Huffington Post
>
> In 2006, Naperville's Neuqua Valley High School allowed students to
> participate in a nationwide "Day of Silence," which promotes tolerance of
> the gay community. While some students decided to wear shirts that expressed
> that tolerance, one student showed up in a shirt that read: "Be Happy, Not
> Gay."
>
> School administrators demanded the student, 17-year-old Heidi Zamecnik,
> either remove the shirt or be sent home for the day, according to the
> Naperville Sun. The school ultimately settled on blacking out the "Not Gay"
> portion of the shirt, leaving it to read "Be Happy."
>
> Zamecnik, however, was not pleased with the change. After the incident, she
> filed a lawsuit against the school district claiming they violated her civil
> rights by not allowing her to express her opposition to homosexuality.
>
> "Pursuant of her earnest religious convictions, Heidi sought a way to
> communicate her belief that homosexual conduct doesn't lead to happiness,"
> Zamecnik's lawyer Nate Kellum told MTV when the suit was filed in 2007. "She
> wanted to wear a T-shirt communicating that idea."
>
> On Tuesday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Kellum.
> Â
>
> The Naperville Sun reports:
>
> In its opinion, the court said a "school that permits advocacy of the
> rights of homosexual students cannot be allowed to stifle criticism of
> homosexuality."
>
> "The school argued (and still argues) that banning 'Be Happy, Not Gay' was
> just a matter of protecting the 'rights' of the students against whom
> derogatory comments are directed," the court said. "But people in our
> society do not have a legal right to prevent criticism of their beliefs or
> even their way of life."
>
> Zamecnik was represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal
> group. The American Civil Liberties Union also filed a brief on the
> student's behalf that said her 1st Amendment rights had been violated,
> according to the Chicago Tribune.
>
> In the opinion, the judge writes that the defense provided "no indication"
> of how the shirt would negatively effect homosexual students.
>
> "Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the
> turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to
> those who will face the same challenges."
>
> ....JakeÂ
>
> Â
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