Selling The Girl Next Door – CNN Special Report

Some would consider a name such as PimpHop.com a bit edgy, yet with a title such as the one for this insightful CNN special report, it confirms that in the world of media, one must do what needs to be done in order to get the viewers to tune in and tell a friend, yet and still, now that I think about it, the girl that lives next door to me actually works at the local Metro PCS store and always has great hookups on mobile phones, but that another subject.

CNN’s Amber Lyon Investigates Teen Trafficking in America
Amber Lyon Reports for ‘Selling the Girl Next Door’

Selling the Girl Next Door takes viewers into the world of underage American girls caught up in the violent sex trade. Hundreds of thousands of girls under the age of 18 are ensnared into lives of prostitution annually, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Many are runaways or “throwaways” trapped in “the oldest profession” by pimps who sell them using modern sales and marketing techniques.
In a year-long investigation, CNN correspondent Amber Lyon reveals the devastating realities of the business of underage sex – speaking to a young teen runaway sold online from a Las Vegas hotel, the men that obsessively seek Internet sex connections, and women long into careers as sex workers who were trafficked as teens or children.

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To keep it brief and to the point, an interesting point of consideration is in the coincidence that the prime time slot on CNN is held by ex NY Governor Eliot Spitzer who may have had additional insight on the subject along with his expertise on matters of global social and economic unrest on the show Parker  Spitzer which is as of this week for undisclosed reasons, no longer featuring the likes of Kathleen Parker.

Kathleen Parker steps down from CNN after five months

3:06 pm February 25, 2011, by Rodney Ho

CNN announced the departure of Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Kathleen Parker from the network, leaving former New York governor Eliot Spitzer to host a new show dubbed “In the Arena.”

Source : Atlanta Journal Constitution

In regards to the expert advice provided by Dennis Hof, owner of
The Moonlite Bunny Ranch Brothel in Nevada, it has been recently announced by Senator Herry Reid that he would like to see an end to these legalized prostitution operations in his state all together, and although the call for this end has been met with a cold response, it could also indicate that there may be a need for a change in faces of the ownership and management for the businesses as indicated by the demand for change in leadership and management for the next two years and potetntially the next six years for the business known as The United States of America, along with it’s chief executive officer who campaigned on the subject of change itself.

The first African American legal brothel owner of the U.S.A.?

A different perspective to consider.

Diddy – The New Face Of Mercedes Benz?

“We make hits that’ll rearrange your whole set (that’s right)
and got a Benz that I ain’t even drove yet”
Cant Nobody Hold Me Down
Mase ft. Diddy

Welcome Home!
This entry is more for historical record than anything else as it captures a point in time that trend setters in urban culture have envisioned in years prior as demonstrated by the  lyrics in mind, heart, and soul, which led to  the music and videos, which interestingly enough have now in 2011 manifested into an actual reality, opening up an endless range of potential possibilities for those who believe as such.

On with the show!

A different perspective to consider.

Bob Parsons’ 16 Rules For Success In Business and Life

(Editors Note – 2.25.11)

The following discourse on the subject of success if from
Bob Parsons, CEO & Founder of GoDaddy.com, the largest and most widely recognized internet domain name registrar on the planet and an individual who I empathize with due to his belief that somewhere in the total scheme of things, Internet Business at the root and success in the industry has much to do with subject of sex and or the desire to be important with money as a means to each end.

The thought process appears to be as follows.
A.Start an online company that assists individuals in their online pursuits.

B.Display what some would consider as racy imagery in marketing which individuals will tune in to to form an opinion about whether positive or negative.

C.Create job opportunities for attractive women who can play the part in the process.

Sounds easy to me, so I hope that you find the information useful.
(End Note)


Bob Parsons’ 16 Rules For Business And Life In General

1.Get and stay out of your comfort zone.

I believe that not much happens of any significance when we’re in our comfort zone. I hear people say, “But I’m concerned about security.” My response to that is simple: “Security is for cadavers.”

2.Never give up.

Almost nothing works the first time it’s attempted. Just because what you’re doing does not seem to be working, doesn’t mean it won’t work. It just means that it might not work the way you’re doing it. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn’t have an opportunity.

3.When you’re ready to quit, you’re closer than you think.

There’s an old Chinese saying that I just love, and I believe it is so true. It goes like this: “The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.”

4.With regard to whatever worries you, not only accept the worst thing that could happen, but make it a point to quantify what the worst thing could be.

Very seldom will the worst consequence be anywhere near as bad as a cloud of “undefined consequences.” My father would tell me early on, when I was struggling and losing my shirt trying to get Parsons Technology going, “Well, Robert, if it doesn’t work, they can’t eat you.”

5.Focus on what you want to have happen.

Remember that old saying, “As you think, so shall you be.”

6.Take things a day at a time.

No matter how difficult your situation is, you can get through it if you don’t look too far into the future, and focus on the present moment. You can get through anything one day at a time.

7.Always be moving forward.

Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. The moment you stop improving your organization, it starts to die. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way. Remember the Japanese concept of Kaizen. Small daily improvements eventually result in huge advantages.

8.Be quick to decide.

Remember what General George S. Patton said: “A good plan violently executed today is far and away better than a perfect plan tomorrow.”

9.Measure everything of significance.

I swear this is true. Anything that is measured and watched, improves.

10.Anything that is not managed will deteriorate.

If you want to uncover problems you don’t know about, take a few moments and look closely at the areas you haven’t examined for a while. I guarantee you problems will be there.

11.Pay attention to your competitors, but pay more attention to what you’re doing.

When you look at your competitors, remember that everything looks perfect at a distance. Even the planet Earth, if you get far enough into space, looks like a peaceful place.

12.Never let anybody push you around.

In our society, with our laws and even playing field, you have just as much right to what you’re doing as anyone else, provided that what you’re doing is legal.

13.Never expect life to be fair.

Life isn’t fair. You make your own breaks. You’ll be doing good if the only meaning fair has to you, is something that you pay when you get on a bus (i.e., fare).

14.Solve your own problems.

You’ll find that by coming up with your own solutions, you’ll develop a competitive edge. Masura Ibuka, the co-founder of SONY, said it best: “You never succeed in technology, business, or anything by following the others.” There’s also an old Asian saying that I remind myself of frequently. It goes like this: “A wise man keeps his own counsel.”

15.Don’t take yourself too seriously.

Lighten up. Often, at least half of what we accomplish is due to luck. None of us are in control as much as we like to think we are.

16.There’s always a reason to smile.

Find it. After all, you’re really lucky just to be alive. Life is short. More and more, I agree with my little brother. He always reminds me: “We’re not here for a long time, we’re here for a good time!”

Bob Parsons' 16 Rules For Success In Business and Life

(Editors Note – 2.25.11)

The following discourse on the subject of success if from
Bob Parsons, CEO & Founder of GoDaddy.com, the largest and most widely recognized internet domain name registrar on the planet and an individual who I empathize with due to his belief that somewhere in the total scheme of things, Internet Business at the root and success in the industry has much to do with subject of sex and or the desire to be important with money as a means to each end.

The thought process appears to be as follows.
A.Start an online company that assists individuals in their online pursuits.

B.Display what some would consider as racy imagery in marketing which individuals will tune in to to form an opinion about whether positive or negative.

C.Create job opportunities for attractive women who can play the part in the process.

Sounds easy to me, so I hope that you find the information useful.
(End Note)


Bob Parsons’ 16 Rules For Business And Life In General

1.Get and stay out of your comfort zone.

I believe that not much happens of any significance when we’re in our comfort zone. I hear people say, “But I’m concerned about security.” My response to that is simple: “Security is for cadavers.”

2.Never give up.

Almost nothing works the first time it’s attempted. Just because what you’re doing does not seem to be working, doesn’t mean it won’t work. It just means that it might not work the way you’re doing it. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn’t have an opportunity.

3.When you’re ready to quit, you’re closer than you think.

There’s an old Chinese saying that I just love, and I believe it is so true. It goes like this: “The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.”

4.With regard to whatever worries you, not only accept the worst thing that could happen, but make it a point to quantify what the worst thing could be.

Very seldom will the worst consequence be anywhere near as bad as a cloud of “undefined consequences.” My father would tell me early on, when I was struggling and losing my shirt trying to get Parsons Technology going, “Well, Robert, if it doesn’t work, they can’t eat you.”

5.Focus on what you want to have happen.

Remember that old saying, “As you think, so shall you be.”

6.Take things a day at a time.

No matter how difficult your situation is, you can get through it if you don’t look too far into the future, and focus on the present moment. You can get through anything one day at a time.

7.Always be moving forward.

Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. The moment you stop improving your organization, it starts to die. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way. Remember the Japanese concept of Kaizen. Small daily improvements eventually result in huge advantages.

8.Be quick to decide.

Remember what General George S. Patton said: “A good plan violently executed today is far and away better than a perfect plan tomorrow.”

9.Measure everything of significance.

I swear this is true. Anything that is measured and watched, improves.

10.Anything that is not managed will deteriorate.

If you want to uncover problems you don’t know about, take a few moments and look closely at the areas you haven’t examined for a while. I guarantee you problems will be there.

11.Pay attention to your competitors, but pay more attention to what you’re doing.

When you look at your competitors, remember that everything looks perfect at a distance. Even the planet Earth, if you get far enough into space, looks like a peaceful place.

12.Never let anybody push you around.

In our society, with our laws and even playing field, you have just as much right to what you’re doing as anyone else, provided that what you’re doing is legal.

13.Never expect life to be fair.

Life isn’t fair. You make your own breaks. You’ll be doing good if the only meaning fair has to you, is something that you pay when you get on a bus (i.e., fare).

14.Solve your own problems.

You’ll find that by coming up with your own solutions, you’ll develop a competitive edge. Masura Ibuka, the co-founder of SONY, said it best: “You never succeed in technology, business, or anything by following the others.” There’s also an old Asian saying that I remind myself of frequently. It goes like this: “A wise man keeps his own counsel.”

15.Don’t take yourself too seriously.

Lighten up. Often, at least half of what we accomplish is due to luck. None of us are in control as much as we like to think we are.

16.There’s always a reason to smile.

Find it. After all, you’re really lucky just to be alive. Life is short. More and more, I agree with my little brother. He always reminds me: “We’re not here for a long time, we’re here for a good time!”

HOMEGIRL INDUSTRIES – Grassroots Literally

Lets see how to go about explaining this entry. What you see in the header image is what you actually get, which is a Homegirl in the HOMEGIRL GARDEN. How it came about is through a popular and innovative program in Los Angeles known as Homeboy Industries, which was founded by Father Greg Boyle  as a method of rehabilitating convicts through creating a brand and concept which trains ex convicts in the area of work and life skills and offers assistance for the purpose of helping them to become productive citizens that act with dignity and self respect. A sister program was then created for the female population hence you have the term Homegirl Industries.

Due to the recent budget cuts in the city, Homeboy Industries faced a potential setback in regards to their programs which caused the organization to have a need to cut much of its services due to a lack of funding.

As luck would have it, Ralphs, one of the largest supermarket chains in Southern California decided to keep some authenticity in the community by going into a partnership agreement with Homeboy Industries to offer
Homeboy Industries Chips & Salsa on their shelves as an excellent method of giving back to the community and giving the organization the sense of corporate validity and relevance.

This particular entry in the style section was inspired by a news segment that I viewed last month regarding the introduction of this new venture which offered some insight into the separate factions of the Homeboy and Homegirl Industry families and the friendly competition that takes place between each which I believe shows an excellent opportunity for growth because while the organization is most well known for the services and products offered by the Homeboy’s side of the organization, the actual ingredients contained within the salsa are grown in the Homegirl Garden, which is in the header image, and actually points to
the Homegirl Industries Cafe which is said to offer ““Latina flavors with a contemporary twist”.

The moral of the story is simply that somebody has to offer adequate and balanced support for the Homegirls, hence my fingers began to move on their own accord.

President Obama On Jobs Of The Future

President Obama joins Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Austan Goolsbee to answer your questions from WhiteHouse.gov as he participates in the Winning the Future Forum on Small Business in Cleveland, OH. In this segment, the President responds to a question from Roy in Temecula, California: “The economy develops in pockets and clusters. Why don’t we match this with our workforce development for the best results? We all know that people have many different jobs over their lifetime, and we need to retrain where and when it’s needed — keep it simple, buy it quickly, keep it local. The local aspect allows easy access for the people that need the training, and it’s tailored to the local environment and conditions.”

Freedom Of Speech vs. Freedom Of Thought – Can The Blind Lead The Blind?

And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
– Luke 6:39

Welcome Home.
Humpday it is and a bit of a gray one here in Southern California which has been known to inspire a philosophical mood hence you have the subject of today’s discussion.

The terms are such that I believe that we need not go to the dictionary to look closely at the definitions of the terms freedom, speech, and thought, yet when it comes to the term freedom, it is showing up as one of the most in demand statuses on Earth, and at this exact moment in time, it tends to begin with the ability to speak freely as granted by a democratic society.

Most are aware that the U.S. Constitution has an amendment clause which affords individuals of the nation the privileged of speaking freely whether their views are in line or at odds with popular opinion, yet every since I was an elementary school student I have wondered why the ability to think freely was not also added into the U.S. Constitution along with other so called unalienable rights and as grown up with a more logical and rational thought process, I have concluded that thoughts and feelings do precede my speech as demonstrated by the fact that my mind is thinking before the point in which my fingers are found to be moving around the keyboard.

It then leads me to ask if whether or not my thoughts are actually my own or those of others which I have then accepted as mine and whether or not there is a way to be able to tell the difference as the freedom is speech is somewhat nullified by a bondage of thought which precedes the speech and from my research and studies, it appears that the only rational way to conclude if whether or not ones thoughts are independent is to ascertain where the source of the thoughts originate.

Even that sounds a bit philosophical when I look at it, yet philosophical thought is often defined as original thought and the ability to think independently as indicated by the highest degree of western modern culture education systems known as a Philosophy Doctrine (PhD) granted to those who are able to form what is known as a thesis, along with the hypo-thesis, anti-thesis, and syn-thesis which form what is known as the scientific method, yet keeping it “P” on a level where most can relate, it appears that freedom of though hinges on an individuals independence from the need for validation from others and their thoughts in regards to the validity of ones own thoughts, and only dependent on that which is directly observed and experienced as reality by an individual.

In closing this matter only comes to the discussion table through a trend that I am observing with social media services which are said to be a primary element in the global demand for free speech as it still shows to point to a dependence on the thoughts and emotions of others for validation, which would nullify free speech and simply shift the source of the thought and feeling from one authority to another, which appears to be simply collective groups with no actual independent thoughts of their own other than to be free from the prior, or in more simplistic terms,

the blind leading and following the blind, with Facebook and Twitter as the primary global communication lines.

– Poor Instructions = Self Destruction
PimpHop Doctirne (PH D)

A different perspective to consider.

Parliament (P-Funk) – Mothership Connection

“Well, all right!
Starchild, Citizens of the Universe, Recording Angels.
We have returned to claim the Pyramids.
Partying on the Mothership.
I am the Mothership Connection.
Gettin’ down in 3-D
Light year groovin’
Well all right, if you hear any noise, it ain’t nobody but me and the
boys
Gettin’ down. Hit it fellas!

If you hear any noise
It’s just me and the boys
Hit me (groovin’)
You gotta hit the band

All right, all right, Starchild here
Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip
And come on up to the Mothership.
Loose Booty, doin’ the bump. Hustle on over here.

If you hear any noise,
It’s just me and the boys hittin’ it.
You gotta hit the band.
Ain’t nothing but a party, y’all.
Face it, even your memory banks have forgotten this funk.
Mothership Connection, home of the P.Funk, the Bomb.
If you hear any noise,
It’s just me and the boys, hit me
You gotta hit the band.
Doin’ it in 3-D.
Let me put on my sunglasses here so I can see what I’m doing.
When you hear seats rumble you will hear your conscience grumble
Hit me
You gotta hit the band
You have overcome, for I am here.

Swing down, sweet chariot
Stop, and let me ride
(x6)

Doin’ it up on the Chocolate Milky Way
What’s up CC? Have you forgot me?
Are you hip to Easter Island? The Bermuda Triangle?
Heh heh! Well, all right. Ain’t nothing but a party!
Starchild here, Citizens of the Universe
I bring forth to you the Good Time
On the Mothership.
Are you hip?
Sing, fellas!

If you hear any noise
It’s just me and the boys
Hit me
You gotta hit the band
(x2)

Starchild here, doin’ it in 3-D.
So good, it’s good to me.
Hit the band!

If you hear any noise
It’s just me and the boys
Hit me
You gotta hit the band

Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry you home!

If you hear any noise
It’s just me and the boys
Hit me
You gotta hit the band
(x2)

I don’t think they hear you!
If you hear any noise
It’s just me and the boys
Hit me
You gotta hit the band

Starchild here, citizens of the universe
Gettin’ it on, partying on the Mothership.
When Gabriel’s horn blows, you’d better be ready to go.

Swing low
Time to move on
Light years in time
Ahead of our time
Free your mind, and come fly
With me
It’s hip
On the Mothership
Groovin’

Swing down, sweet chariot
Stop, and let me ride”(x 7)”

Parliament – Mothership Connection