PULL YO PANTS UP BRUH!

As you can see from the title. PULL YOUR PANTS UP BOYS! I mean seriously. I don’t want to be looking at what boxer shorts you picked out today. Also I notice a lot you like to wear basketball shorts over your boxers and under your pants. Doesn’t your butt get hot? I mean I’m a girl and I wouldn’t know, but seriously that’s three clothing items on your bottom, it MUST get hot.

I mean I don’t know what’s so embarrassing about wearing your pants where they belong. I find it embarrassing wearing them under your ass. You know that saying “Oh he has a face only a mother could love.” Well I apply that to butts. “You all have butts only a mother could love.” Which sounds dirty, but its very much true. I have heard a lot of people say its sexy. I don’t understand. I really don’t, like I don’t look at a boy and see that they have boxers with hearts on them, and basketball shorts, AND way baggy pants and say “Oh he lookin’ good I wanna do unspeakable things once I get all of his pants off.” No I say “What the hell chemical is that boy missing in his brain to think that I or anyone else wants to see his ass.” Here’s a new rule: If I can tell what design is on your boxers you don’t have your pants up high enough.

In 1822 Albert Thurston invented something I absolutely love to wear, the suspenders. Let me walk you through how they work.

Step one: Put on pants.
Step two: Tuck in your shirt.
Step three: Now that you have completed the first two steps you are ready to wear suspenders. Take your newly bought suspenders and you see the side with just one clasp on it? Clip that to the back of your pants.
Step four: Now once you have done that the side with two clasps should be behind you. Take one in each hand and bring them over your shoulders.
Step five: One at a time clasp both to the front of your pants.
Step six: Adjust to your height so that they keep your pants up.

Suspenders are a great way to keep pants on and have the ‘nerd’ look. You don’t want the nerd look? That’s okay I have an alternative to suspenders if you like. Its called a belt. The belt has been around since biblical times. It has evolved from being braided rope to being made from leather, plastic, or other materials. Now the belt is a lot less nerdy if that’s what you would like. Here are steps for wearing a belt.

Step one: Put on pants.
Step two: Take your new belt, and the end that does NOT have a big metal thing on the end put in through the first loop on the left side of the button on your pants.
Step three: Keep looping through all the loops until you get to the last one on the right side of your button.
Step four: This is where things might get complicating. The end without metal, stick in through the metal part and pull. Pull to a comfortable hole that will keep your pants up.
Step five: Now all that you have to do is put the metal rod part into the hole and presto! You have just successfully put on a belt. (Go ahead and laugh at the phrasing. You are a boy I know you want to. Hahaha) 

You have the option to tuck in your shirt or not when you wear a belt. If you are wearing suspenders it looks and works a lot better if you wear your shirt tucked in.

There is a third alternative to both of these. I know you know its coming. Ahem… BUY PANTS THAT FIT! A lot of you that wear your pants around your knees spend a lot of time picking out your too-big-pants at the mall. At the mall you are surrounded by pants all day I am positive you can find a pair that fit on your waist.

My mom works at the hospital and I must admit that I love her stories about people who tripped while running from the cops. I mean seriously if you are going to run from the cops at least pull your pants up enough to out run them. I know that cops aren’t known for their running skills, because most of them are picking up doughnuts at the krispy kream, but they will catch you if you have your pants so low that you trip and fall or get stuck on a fence. This is just something to keep in mind when you wake up in the morning and think ‘I want to commit a crime.’

I asked ten girls what they thought about guys who wore their pants sagging. Ten out of ten said they did NOT like it. So if you are trying to impress the ladies buy showing them your ass. They don’t like it. Most of them I’m sure want a gentlemen who has the decency to keep what their mama gave them inside their pants. So keep that in mind also next time a girl rejects you.

If none of that convinced you that you should start wearing proper pants I am sure this will. Back in the day it was believed that in prisons some inmates would sag their pants to indicate that they were gay and ‘open.’ I know from personal experience that a lot of guys do NOT like being called gay so if that’s the case pull them up and you wont have the problem of someone calling you gay.

To close this blog off I am going to quote our president Barack Obama: “…brothers should pull up their pants. You are walking by your mother, your grandmother, your underwear is showing. What's wrong with that? Come on. Some people might not want to see your underwear. I’m one of them.”

So please do us all a favor and pull up your trousers.

-Madi

I also want to clarify that this is directed towards ANYONE who sags their pants. Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, AND FEMALES. Girls I don’t want you sagging your pants so I can see what color your G string is. I’m just saying.
Ok bye.

My old grad paper.

Equal Rights for All.

All men are created equal, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, is the basis of the entire belief system of the United States of America. This country has granted religious and political freedom to thousands over the last two hundred plus years. The United States of America has fought wars to free slaves that were persecuted within the United States and around the world. America has given women more rights than dozens of other nations, as many rights as men. Yet we continue to deny our basic rights and freedoms to thousands of our own citizens based solely on their sexual orientation. Gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and trans genders should be able to marry and their sexual orientation should not have any effect on the right to marry or any of the other legal rights that come with that.

 In 1779 a law was proposed by one of our country’s founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, that stated gay men would be castrated and gay women would have their noses mutilated. That law was proposed in 1779 but it was not until 1965 that the first march for gay rights took place. One hundred eighty years later. Gays have come a long way to earn the rights they deserve (Head). During the time of the 1950’s activism for gay rights of any kind was extremely dangerous. In 1951 the first pro gay organization formed was a very small group of homosexual men who protected themselves by using street comedy which revealed flaws of characters representing societal norms (Head). In 1993 Hawaii allowed same sex marriage, but soon after the law was over turned. In 1998 past President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 13087. Executive Order 13087 basically said that the Federal Government cannot discriminate based on a persons sexual orientation inside of a work place (Head). This is seen as a huge step forward for the gay community giving them the knowledge that they don’t have to worry about being abused in any form in their place of work. As wonderful of a step forward as that signing was they still have to worry about making ends meet with their spouse and child if they were to form a family. Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same sex marriage. Statistics say by gender forty one percent of men favor same sex marriage and fifty four percent oppose. Women are almost fifty-fifty with forty-seven percent favoring and forty-six percent opposing gay marriage. By political party, republicans have eighty three percent opposing and only fourteen percent favoring; Democrats are sixty percent in favor of gay marriage and thirty three opposed. Nationally only thirty percent of people are in favor of and sixty two percent are against same sex marriage. Statistics also show that younger people around ages eighteen to thirty are for gay marriage and older people over sixty five are against it (Seattle Times). Between 1995 and 2002 one thousand five hundred twenty six gays joined together as partners in the United States.


In an interview with David Hudson who is a gay man and also a nurse educator for Carolinas Health Care System says that he “Feels very isolated, not lonely, but very alone because of peoples response to my homosexuality”, when it comes to the issues for gay rights. David has a son from a former marriage to a woman and said, “If my wife was to bring up the fact I was gay in the courts during the divorce proceedings I would not have legal rights to my son. I may have never been able to see him.” In North Carolina the law states that a homosexual parent has no legal rights as a parent in a custody case. David says that gays have come a long way, but “North Carolina isn’t San Francisco. Our activism isn’t as in your face like the civil rights movement.” David says that he believes one of the biggest issues in North Carolina regarding gay rights, especially marriage, is the long standing conservative political views as evidenced by the multiple terms of representatives like Jesse Helms. When asked if North Carolina has improved in its views of gay rights Mr. Hudson who is six feet and four inches tall and weighs two hundred eighty five pounds replied “We’ve come a long way, but I still won’t walk down the street holding a mans hand for fear of my safety and the safety of my family.” Mr. Hudson then added “I like to think choosing this as the topic for your paper will not affect your grade, but I’m concerned that it might.”


Joy Spring and Carla Barbano have been together for seven years. Like many couples, they are excitedly anticipating their wedding day, but it has to wait until Governor Deval Patrick signs a bill that will repeal the 1913 law that will not let homosexual couples marry in Massachusetts if they have not established a residence in the state. That is how many homosexual couples spend time; They wait for laws to be passed that give them a right to live and love like everybody else in this country. Only two states in this country allow gay marriage; Massachusetts, and Connecticut. For a short period of time gay marriage was legal in California, but because of the recent passing of Proposition 8 it is no longer an option for homosexual couples to marry in the state of California. Vermont is on its way to being the third state to allow same sex couples to marry legally. Vermont was the first state in our nation to allow civil unions, and if the law allowing gay marriage is passed it will be the first state to allow same sex marriage without court intervention because of someone filing a law suit first. Republican, Jim Douglas governor of Vermont says he opposes the bill and does not know if he will veto it if it gets to him. Although several states have civil unions for homosexual couples, the couples are still being deprived of the right to marry and the many advantages that come with the institution of marriage. The argument that gay marriage is a “historical contradiction” and should therefore not be allowed, ignores the fact that historically, laws have been changed as times change (Vestal). At one time women and slaves were considered property (Vestal). Now women have the right to vote and no one is a slave in this country, blacks can now own property, vote and do anything a white man can do. Had those laws not changed, the United States would not be the great nation it is today. Some people believe that the state taxpayers should not fund the financial benefits of gay couples (Sprigg). Gay couples should not be denied any benefits that their heterosexual counterparts are allowed. A gay person is expected to pay the same tax rates and suffer the same criminal sentences as heterosexuals do. They do the same jobs for the same companies that offer benefits, yet are denied the rights to those benefits, unlike their heterosexual counterparts.


Some of the states that are allowing gay partners to adopt children are also the same states banning same-sex marriage and civil unions (Padgett). Some states, such as Florida, prohibit homosexuals from adopting (Padgett). The conservative group Focus on Family states that gay adoption is harmful to the child (Padgett). However, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Child Welfare League of America cite research that states children raised with homosexual parents fare as well as those raised in a traditional family (Padgett). There are more than twelve thousand children abandoned in this country and in need of a home (Padgett). Child welfare organizations are banding together to have legislation passed allowing any qualified parent to adopt regardless of sexual orientation (Padgett). In 2006 the Pew Center Poll was taken. It stated that thirty-eight percent of Americans supported gay adoption in 1999. The same poll showed that in 2006, support was at forty-six percent. This proves that support is on the rise. The opposing side fell from fifty-seven percent to forty-eight percent (Padgett). Other states such as Colorado have banned same sex marriage, but Colorado has given the right for a gay couple to adopt a child. Some say that the reason the bill that was passed in Colorado to allow same sex adoption is that the bill was a second partner adoption bill. Which means that a heterosexual unmarried couple can adopt a child together(Padgett). There are many states including The District of Columbia, that have second partner adoption, which also allows gay partners to adopt. All of those states have taken a different view on same sex marriage. Yet the only state in the country that bans same sex adoption under every situation is Florida (Padgett). With so many children in need, it would be cruel to refuse them a home with two loving parents based on sexual orientation. With marriage by gays being viewed as something that can not benefit society, certainly allowing them to give a home to one of the thousands of abandoned children out there should be considered a much needed benefit to our society. Many argue that gays shouldn’t adopt a child, but a couple that can’t produce a child naturally can adopt just because they are heterosexual.


In many same-sex couples both of the partners have to be able to work full time to secure health insurance for both of them (Armour). Today holding a job may be harder than it was 10 years ago for some gay families as it is for most other families. If only one of the partners has a full time job and health insurance their spouse or child does not benefit in anyway because of the fact they are not heterosexual and can not get married in most states. One person in a heterosexual married couple can hold a job and their health insurance can cover them and their spouse and children. Due to the fact that most same-sex couples are not married but some are in a civil union most don’t get health care benefits for their partner (Armour). Also if a homosexual couple could adopt they would need to spend extra money to others to provide care for their child because if they both had to hold a job neither of them would be home to take care of their newly adopted child. If you do not have health care benefits for your significant other it is almost like making a smaller salary. A lot of people take jobs not only for how good the salary might be but also for the fringe benefits and insurance and if a homosexual couple can’t have the same benefits they are forced to take money out of their own pockets to pay for any health problems that their spouse or child may have. That’s not fair to gay domestic partners because they are spending their own money to care for someone they love while the heterosexual couples employed by the same company have insurance to cover their spouse in the event of a medical need. There are only twenty-three percent of companies in the United States that offer benefits for same sex couples (Armour). Some of the rights that they are denied in health care consist of: Homosexual domestic partners cannot take leave if their partner falls ill, and if the partners were lucky enough to adopt a child there are very few companies that let one of the spouses put their child on their health care insurance (Armour). One couple that suffers due to health care benefits and insurance is Mike Holloman and Tim Surratt. Mikes job has domestic partnership benefits but states that Tim and the couples adopted son Tommy cannot be put on Mikes insurance because they all have to live together for more than two years for Tim and Tommy to actually benefit from Mikes health insurance there is no time restriction for heterosexual couples covered under the same insurance plan, as soon as the couple are married, the spouse and any children are immediately covered.


In a traditional heterosexual married couple when one of them dies the other (survivor) gets a pension among other possible benefits. Usually Social Security death benefits or retirement savings plans. Most of the time homosexuals don’t have access to their spouses money after death, any benefits such as pension plans and retirement plans are lost. Even though in most couples when someone dies their money goes to their family and loved ones, but since they are gay and many are in civil unions a spouse in a homosexual relationship has no rights to have the money of their deceased loved one. If this gay married couple was able to adopt a child and one of these parents died the survivor would not be able to have the money that their partner had earned and left to them, and their child might also not be allowed access to that money and may not be taken care of as easily as in a heterosexual marriage. This is why gays need these rights. They are every bit as capable to do what non-gays do, but they are being deprived of these rights. To be allowed to live as other citizens of the United States of America live, the not only deserve, but need these rights. It is constitutionally not right to deprive them of the same rights others are given simply because of who they choose to spend their lives with. In a normal family usually a wife, husband, and between one and three children have adequate coverage. The mother and father would both work and most likely live in a fairly nice house with their children. If either the mother or father were to die, that person would most likely have left money for his spouse and children. In a homosexual couples family it’s a man and a man (or woman and woman) and if they happened to have been lucky enough to live in one of the states that allows homosexual couples to adopt a child, they may have children. If one of the spouses died and in their will everything they had was left to their lover and child to take care of them there is a guarantee that they will not receive any money due them from federal benefits such as social security ,or in the event that the deceased spouse was an employee of the federal government ,their pension. Even though its left to them the government will keep the money.


In conclusion, The Declaration of Independence states that all men are equal with certain inalienable rights. Gays are deprived of many of the rights that they should have based on the Declaration of Independence. The fact is that if a homosexual decides to marry the government takes away any death benefits, health insurance, and the right to adopt a child. These are rights that every other American citizen has. If an individual is expected to pay the same federal, state and local taxes, pay the same amount into Social Security, pay the same amount for property tax, work the same jobs for the same amount of money and obey the same laws as every other citizen of this country, they should be endowed with the same rights no matter what their sexual orientation these rights should be granted to all people of the United States. We are all endowed with the same inalienable rights, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Who is to say what happiness is to anyone? To many homosexuals happiness is having the right to marry the person they love and spend their life building a home and raising a family just as every other person in this country can.

On the matter of the decleration of war against Justin Bieber haters.

Ok. So a lot of you may know by now about the Youtube video that a kid named Eric Douglace has made as a 'Declaration of war against Justin Beiber haters.' Now because I do not have a camera to make a vlog post about his video I have started a blog. This blog will be about anything and everything. But for today I shall speak about this kid and how ridiculous his video is. Let me make a list of the points I would like to hit, and then I shall elaborate on those points.
1. The Bill of Rights.
2. Quotation: "Metal fuck heads"
3. I don't HATE Justin Beiber.
4. This is a big planet with a lot more going on.
5. The internet is forever expanding.
6. People are mean
7. I am not jealous
8. It gets better!
9. FBI
10. Prank calls
11. I am offended that you did not say "tough guy/GIRL"
12. The birdie
13. This is NOT a war
14. If you don’t want to be famous don’t post youtube videos
15. Justin doesn't care
16. Sour patch kids
17. Parents
18. True artist
19. I respect ALL music
Darn I only had 19. Oh well. On with the show. My first point was Bill of Rights. Now most people who have been in middle school have learned SOMETHING about the Bill of Rights. If you ask pretty much anyone in America they will tell you that their favorite right is either the right to bare arms OR freedom of speech. Now let me enlighten you on that. I have the freedom of speech so I can go out anywhere (in this country) and say "I hate George Bush." "I love Obama" or anything else. Someone might be mad at me for saying that, but they cannot legally do anything with my words. So for you to think you are above that right, I am sorry little boy. You are mistaken.

Ok I am going to kill point number 2 and 11 together. You said "metal fuck heads" Well I am a little hurt by that because I don’t listen to Justin Beiber OR metal. So are you not going to yell at me too? Well that’s not fair. I don’t like Justin Bieber either so yell at me too! There are TONS of different types of music not just metal and pop. Also at the end of your video you made a reference to tough guys. Well that’s not right either because I am of the female population and I don’t like Justin. Because I am a woman I can't be mentioned in your video? Well females already don’t get paid as much as men I at the very least want to be yelled at equally.

I don’t HATE Justin Bieber. For one simple reason. I. DO. NOT. KNOW. HIM. I have not met this kid a day in my life. I don't really care to. Now I can say "I hate his music. And his dancing. It's silly." But I don't hate him. I just don't like or care for him.

I know that you are only 14 and Justin is the world to you. But please you will sing a different tune if you do some research. Haiti is still rebuilding from their earthquake, there are tsunamis in parts of the world killing thousands of people, AIDS, cancer, our country is currently in a recession and all you and other teenyboppers seem to care about is Justin Biebers hair. Its a little sad and disturbing that the youth of this country does not see the world in all its destruction and glory.

Alright. I like to compare the internet to the universe. I am a big science nerd, so bare with me. Cosmologists say that the universe is forever expanding. Meaning that it is getting bigger and bigger with every passing second at an exponential rate. Our internet is going through the same cycle. I don't know if it has the same fate as the universe, dying with a whimper, but I do know that once something has been posted on the internet it is never forgotten. We post so many pictures of Facebook, and Myspace that we don't realize that those pictures will be forever out there. So just because you want to get rid of all the sites 'geared towards hating Justin' doesn't mean they will be gone forever. They will always be out there somewhere.

This is a mean world. People are always going to have opinions. The way to deal with it is to LET IT GO. Someone is always going to say they hate Justin Bieber just like someone is always going to say they hate All Time Low or Charlie McDonnell, but when someone talks about them I just let them say it because it has no profound effect on me.

I am not jealous of Justin Bieber. I am not entirely sure what I would be jealous of. I am not lesbian so I don't know why I would want little girls chasing me. But I can assure you that I nor most dislikers of Justin Bieber are jealous of him.

In 20 years you are going to look back at the video you posted and regret it. Because your life gets better. Everyone's life gets better. High school and middle school is not your whole life once you are out you will realize THE WORLD. Justin Bieber will be a faint memory and you will have a life. I hope.

I have an odd obsession with the FBI. I think they are fascinating. But I also know that their job does not consist of chasing down teenagers that don't like Justin Bieber. Their jobs consist of stopping terrorists and crimes taken place on our soil. So please do not say you have the FBI on your side when anyone who watches crime television knows that you do not.

In your video you also mentioned prank phone calls. I want to enlighten you on a little feature we have on phones. It is called the off/end button. When someone calls your phone you press the talk button and if you don't want to talk to them you press the end button. Also today a lot of phones have this REALLY cool thing called caller ID. Where you can see the number and name of the person calling. If you don't know the number, don't answer. So prank phone calls really isn't a scary or threatening thing to say.

You say that you are 14 years old. I am almost 19 and I do not use the birdie. I think its rude and extremely disrespectful of you as a child to put your middle finger up to the world. So from an adult to a child. Put the finger down.

This is not a war. You do not have soldiers marching out to die for a cause. The Civil war, Spanish American, Revolutionary, Vietnam, Korean. Those are examples of wars.

If you didn't want to be famous you really should try not posting videos about how you are going to hack peoples information. If you just sit at your house and do homework and watch television like other 14 year olds you would not be famous.

Justin Bieber doesn't care. He could care less that people hate him or that you are defending him because he is rollin' on up to the bank and cashing in those big fat checks he gets. So if you think that Justin cares or is at all hurt about the jokes made about him, he doesn't.

I just wanted to say that after some light reading I found out that at that concert where people were saying that someone threw a bottle at Justin, it actually was a fan throwing his favorite candy. I am a little upset with this because Sour Patch Kids used to be my favorite candy, but now that I know that it is his I am no longer gaga for Sour Patch Kids. =[

Try giving your parents some love and respect by not posting your videos because God knows that they love you more than Justin Bieber does.

You said that Justin works hard to make his fans happy. I just wanted to respond with this little tidbit of information: "A true artist doesn't need to work hard to please their fans. They should work hard to fulfill themselves." And yes you can quote me.

My moms friend a few years ago told me that "You don't have to like all music but you must respect it." So I do respect your taste in music just fine. I hate it, but I respect it. But don't think for that second that that means I respect you.

-Madi