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Miss USA Rima Fakih Is a Muslim. Hallelujah!
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyLast weekend a Lebanese-American from Michigan was crowned Miss USA. With all the uproar that followed you'd think al-Qaeda just dropped a bomb on Las Vegas. Instead of wringing our hands, we should be popping champagne corks and queuing up to toast the soldiers who just might not have to march off to battle someday. Isn't this what we all wanted? Hearts and minds, assimilation, Muslim moderates drowning out the extremists? To quote Wikipedia: Rima Fakih's "family is Muslim, but they celebrate elements of both the Muslim and Christian faiths." Is this perfect, or what? Her story reads like ...
'Single Ladies' Dancers and Miss USA: The Sizzle Over Sex
By Judy Howard Ellis - Politics DailyEven though booty-shaking is a national pastime, much like McDonald's, SUVs and politicians with mistresses, we often struggle with our indulgences. Especially when our young people have an appetite for the very things that enthrall and seduce us. We get hot and bothered about child dancers gyrating on stage to Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)." But we're OK with Beyoncé herself performing at a White House state dinner because her alter ego Sasha Fierce stayed home. (What will be our thoughts when we see Liza Minnelli perform "Single Ladies" in "Sex in the City 2"?) We ...
Miss USA, Rima Fakih: Terrorist in a Bikini?
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyA new Miss USA, Rima Fakih, was crowned at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night. The first-generation Lebanese-American beauty queen moved to New York at 7 and as a teenager moved with her parents to the Detroit area, home to the largest concentration of Arab-Americans on the continent. Readers may recall that in previous years, Miss USA contests have been followed by controversy. When they were, contest owner Donald Trump took a very personal interest in protecting and marketing his brand. One year the real estate developer-showman extended compassion ...
Bird Brains Compete for 'Turkey of the Year'
By Buck Wolf - AOL NewsJust how did the turkey -- a bird native to North America -- become synonymous with thoughtless, annoying people, so often overstuffed with jive? Let's face it, some of our nominees for 2009 Turkey of the Year wouldn't be welcome at any Thanksgiving dinner. So, with no further ado, let's look at some of the year's most fowl personalities. AP Roguishly Raw: That ring you hear when your 15 minutes of fame are up must be a call from someone asking you to pose nude. Levi Johnston's offer came from Playgirl, and he promised the pictorial would be "tasteful." We now know that Johnston's ...
Mandy Moore and Miss USA Race for Cancer Cause in Washington, D.C.
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyMandy Moore, the actress and singer, and Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton were in Washington, D.C., on Sunday for the inaugural Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF)'s "Race to End Women's Cancer." Race participants could choose to run the half marathon, 5K or walk one mile through the city. Moore twittered at 6:30 a.m.: " Up early w/ @GSKUS to lend support to GCF's 'race to end women's cancer.' just doin' my part to help women fight cervical cancer." Moore chose to walk the one-mile course. Dalton twittered at 8:30 a.m.: "2500 participants at the GCF race today in DC!! Woohoo!!" Race witnesses ...
Miss California Just Lost Me
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyUp until now, I've been on Carrie Prejean's side on her answer to Perez Hilton's gay marriage query at the Miss USA pageant. While I disagree with her, she didn't choose the question, and has a right to her opinion. As she points out, her answer didn't differ much from the President's. In fact, her vision of an America where people can choose same sex marriage or "opposite marriage" is far more generous than the reality.Furthermore, Perez Hilton acted like a real a**hole about it, calling Prejean a number of misogynist slurs, and damaging the cause of gay rights in the process. Unfortunately, ...
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