Mariah Milano - The Pornstar Foodie :)

[Jack Davenport]

no worries. I am a registered Republican but my views have changed in in recent years. Both sides are severely flawed but the right just lost me and the left will never have me as long as they remain soft on crime. However, I cannot put my trust in anyone who would allow another person to die because they can't pay for medicine yet call themselves Christian and be all in favor of war. Simply look at the promises made by the candidates in the last election. Get rid of the EPA, get rid of the minimum wage, require women who want an abortion to get a Vaginal probe yet proclaim they want government out of our lives (<---LMFAO!!!!!!!), and the list goes on.

I see valid points in both parties, but when you look at the tremendous decline of our country and the shrinking number of people who are benefiting from what the US has to offer you have to step back and realize that big changes have to be made. The right claims its taxes and regulation and morality, yet we live in a time when our taxes are the lowest they have EVER been and fewer regulations than there have EVER been. The tea party rants that we need to return to the way of life of the 1950s when times were good and America was at it's greatest. But when you take an honest look at the 1950s it was NOT even close to that!

in 1952 the highest earners were taxed 72%

the government regulated the price of gas, the price of milk, eggs, travel, radio, schools, wages and the price of insurance and health care and countless other things that they do not regulate at all now. And yes there was a thriving middle class at that time, our economy was booming but that's because everyone had money to spend. A guy working as a telephone repairman could afford to live and pay bills and his wife could stay home and care for their kids and they could take a vacation every year AND save money for college and his daughter's wedding. The cost of living has increased over income at a rate of 96 to 1. How can that be sustainable? It can't, but if you ask Hannity or any of the others they all say that's the answer. It's fucking insane and even idiots like Glen Beck are realizing it's a dying cause. That's a scary day

A couple of points:

I can't speak on the 50's as I wasn't born then. I haven't heard anyone that I know or associate with long for the days of overt racism and denial of basic civil rights that was prevalent at that time. There is to a certain degree of those within the party that are evangelical that would like to see a return to basic family values of that era. Not saying that I agree with those sentiments but those feelings are there nevertheless. As for jobs at that time, the undeniable fact is that a man could afford to take a vacation on a phone technician's salary was because all of our jobs were not being shipped overseas or outsourced as they are now. There was more of a sense of job security at that time.

As for government interference in our lives, are you sure that those that want women that seek an abortion to undergo a vaginal probe aren't asking for that if the abortion is funded under medicaid? I can see that requirement in that instance.

Back in 2008 the mantra by those on the left was that conservatives were taking away our basic civil liberties. I don't see any change from the Obama administration in regards to civil liberties, in some instances we even have less now than under GWB.

I am not sure if you are placing the blame at the feet of Republicans or not when you say that those that can't afford medicine are hung out to dry and left to die. President Bush and republicans brought forward the prescription drug bill that are helping a lot of seniors and I know this to be a fact. As far as tax rates are concerned, it is true that tax rates were high for the highest wage earners but it was a conservative (Ronald Reagan) that lowered the rates and it resulted in the greatest peacetime expansion in US history. Although I have a real problem with Reagan's spending and GWB's for that matter.

It is not the rate of taxation that is the problem (I myself have no problem with paying more) but when the extra revenue is spent recklessly it is like giving more blood to the badly wounded patient before you close the wound.

Again I apologize for the political turn, this thread is so much more enjoyable without the petty political discussion.

 

[Jack Davenport]

That sucks that he's not around. Hopefully he got a check and is rebuilding!

There are so many places here in Tampa that are incredible for roast pork and Cuban sandwiches. There is this little bakery by the airport that I always hit on my way in or out that has the BEST cafe con leche and cuban sandwiches. whenever my mom visits she requires me to stop there for her!

Are you talking about the Cuban deli that is inside of the Shell station in Town and Country? That is near the airport and they make one of the best Cubans there I have ever tasted. It may seem silly but the place is really good and authentic.

 

[Mariahxxx]

medicaid does NOT fund abortion and never will and that has zero to do with their desire for the law

and as far as the drug bill that is for seniors, watch ANY right-wing rally and they rant about getting rid of Obamacare and any and ALL social program for health care, except of course medicare. They say health care for the poor should be paid for with donations and Americans shouldnt be required to pay for other people's health care. But then again, we should rebuild Iraq and socially engineer other countries and pay for their health care? Fucking PLEASE give me a break! New Orleans sits with less than 40% of the infrastructure rebuilt but Iraq has new EVERYTHING! The right is 100% absolutely to blame for our health care condition in this country. 272 of the fortune 500 companies are health care related, either insurance or pharmaceutical and the right believes that taxes should not pay for health care for those who cannot pay for it themselves. You surely cannot deny this to be their stance??? GWB should be in prison for his carnage of civil liberties and the economy and his absolute dick sucking of corporate America. Guess who wrote the bankruptcy reform act? The lobby firm of MBNA bank, the largest holder of credit card debt in the United States. he changed laws allowing private companies to create and manage databases on every American under the guise to collect debt. So the right to privacy went down the shitter too. They are permitted to compile a file on every US citizen with known friends, family, neighbors, employers, ex spouses, medical and criminal history. Not much different than the days of the KGB. he trampled on the people of this country while Haliburton was awarded nearly $100 billion (BILLION!!!!!!!!!) in no-bid contracts in guess where? Iraq and Afghanistan.

You can say "Well Obama has done nothing about it" but that is simply excusing bad behavior with other bad behavior, even though Obama has withdrawn troops and has committed to an end date while the right all want to stay indefinitely.

The Bush admin took away more civil liberties than all previous presidents combined. and you are right, Obama has done very little to address it or fix it.

And who ships jobs overseas? corporations and who's on the side of big business? Job security was good then when the % of our GDP in 1952 was 100% look at it today, it's very close to single digits and that is due to the obliteration of regulations on businesses.

Reagan reduced the tax rate from in the 70 percentile to 27% so of course there was a huge boom...but look at the decimation of the middle class during his presidency. there were a lot of people who got very wealthy during the 1980s, but remember the crash in 1987? We also have had the right refuse to even discuss addressing the infrastructure of our roads and bridges which are so out of date and so susceptible to hacking that we are classified as 3rd world when it comes to infrastructure which is unacceptable.

Let's not even get into this retarded fight over background checks and gun laws. Im a gun owner, proudly but how can ANYONE deny there needs to be gun reform? a law written when muskets were the only thing and there were 13 states is clearly outdated, yet the right refuses to budge or even acknowledge a problem.

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no it's on Hillsborough

 

[Jack Davenport]

Medicaid funds abortion in 15 states the last time I checked and it could be more now under certain guidelines.

The Shell Station with the deli is on Hillsborough just down from the CVS and across the street from a hotel. Near Veteran's Expressway and Hillsborough.

 

[Jack Davenport]

medicaid does NOT fund abortion and never will and that has zero to do with their desire for the law

and as far as the drug bill that is for seniors, watch ANY right-wing rally and they rant about getting rid of Obamacare and any and ALL social program for health care, except of course medicare. They say health care for the poor should be paid for with donations and Americans shouldnt be required to pay for other people's health care. But then again, we should rebuild Iraq and socially engineer other countries and pay for their health care? Fucking PLEASE give me a break! New Orleans sits with less than 40% of the infrastructure rebuilt but Iraq has new EVERYTHING! The right is 100% absolutely to blame for our health care condition in this country. 272 of the fortune 500 companies are health care related, either insurance or pharmaceutical and the right believes that taxes should not pay for health care for those who cannot pay for it themselves. You surely cannot deny this to be their stance??? GWB should be in prison for his carnage of civil liberties and the economy and his absolute dick sucking of corporate America. Guess who wrote the bankruptcy reform act? The lobby firm of MBNA bank, the largest holder of credit card debt in the United States. he changed laws allowing private companies to create and manage databases on every American under the guise to collect debt. So the right to privacy went down the shitter too. They are permitted to compile a file on every US citizen with known friends, family, neighbors, employers, ex spouses, medical and criminal history. Not much different than the days of the KGB. he trampled on the people of this country while Haliburton was awarded nearly $100 billion (BILLION!!!!!!!!!) in no-bid contracts in guess where? Iraq and Afghanistan.

You can say "Well Obama has done nothing about it" but that is simply excusing bad behavior with other bad behavior, even though Obama has withdrawn troops and has committed to an end date while the right all want to stay indefinitely.

The Bush admin took away more civil liberties than all previous presidents combined. and you are right, Obama has done very little to address it or fix it.

And who ships jobs overseas? corporations and who's on the side of big business? Job security was good then when the % of our GDP in 1952 was 100% look at it today, it's very close to single digits and that is due to the obliteration of regulations on businesses.

Reagan reduced the tax rate from in the 70 percentile to 27% so of course there was a huge boom...but look at the decimation of the middle class during his presidency. there were a lot of people who got very wealthy during the 1980s, but remember the crash in 1987? We also have had the right refuse to even discuss addressing the infrastructure of our roads and bridges which are so out of date and so susceptible to hacking that we are classified as 3rd world when it comes to infrastructure which is unacceptable.

Let's not even get into this retarded fight over background checks and gun laws. Im a gun owner, proudly but how can ANYONE deny there needs to be gun reform? a law written when muskets were the only thing and there were 13 states is clearly outdated, yet the right refuses to budge or even acknowledge a problem.

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no it's on Hillsborough

So much to respond to there and I don't feel right doing it on this thread. You should visit the political forum more often if you don't already. It is refreshing to see an OCSM with passionate views about the state of our country whether I agree with everything you say or not.

 

[Mariahxxx]

Well there are fundamental facts that supersede opinions sometimes, and people like Hannity refuse to admit that or acknowledge that because he is afraid to piss of people who are of like mind. Look at what happened to Governor Christie for simply paying the Pres a compliment. Sean would be thrown to the wolves and Fox would drop him like a bad habit.

 

[Chopper3000]

Foodie, Foodie, Foodie site. Food guys and girls. Gone a bit leftfield myself but hey ho follow the title

 

[Mariahxxx]

hahaha agreed!

 

[Chopper3000]

I fucking hate politics, you may have guessed.

 

[Mariahxxx]

I enjoy politics I just HATE the state of US politics today. I hate the fact that reporting news has become a business so people who report the news now have to take a stand no matter the truth, and spew bullshit and mis-inform the people only to increase profits. Its sickening and everything that the constitution is against. this is supposed to be "A government by the people, for the people, of the people" and it is absolutely not and I hate it.

 

[squallumz]

oh god, politics. im out.

 

[bobjustbob]

1. That shrimp watermelon cucumber thing looks just elegant. This is another "You can do this" type of thing that I love seeing from you time and again. I don't do much summer back yard entertaining to present this, but if I get a last minute call to a friend's house for a BBQ, I'm bringing this over.

2. Keeping this to a food thread, I love the "Don't you know who I am" card. Anyone, ANYONE can use it for a win or lose. When it works it's great. When it doesn't it is a hard pill to swallow. I would love for some high profile celebrities to post times when it didn't work. And it has happened to all of them. Look, if I'm seating patrons at a restaurant today for The Kentucky Derby, these seats have been reserved for up to a year. If your name is not on my list then I'll get a plate made for you and you can eat it in your car. That celebrity shit only works if we have the room for you.

3. We would so enjoy your participation on the political board. I am another Conservative that wants to know what the fuck is going on here?

 

[Mariahxxx]

I was at Georgio's in Malbu one night for dinner and saw the GREATEST celebrity snub of all time. It was a Saturday night, slam packed. Mel Gibson and Pierce Brosnan were there and as we sat at the bar waiting for our table, Barbara Striessand walked in with 4 or 5 people. Her assistant went up and asked for a table using the name, and was told it would be 45 minutes. She went back to Babs, told her and you could see the conversation without hearing it, and then returned to the maitre d' once again saying who the table was for....again, she was told to wait. We could hear her conversation with the maitre d' just not the one with Babs. So then, Barbara herself walks over and asks again for the table, again told there was nothing that could be done and she would need to wait. She said and I quote, "Do you realize who I am?" and he said and again, I quote "Why I believe you are James Brolin's wife" and excused himself to seat someone else.

She waited. it was beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!


and yes the watermelon shrimp cocktail was soooo good and refreshing and yes very simple to make!

 

[Rex Hermaykup]

I had a viewer email and challenge me to make something good and original with only 1 lb of ground beef, 1 potato and only 3 additional ingredients of my choice!
I knocked it outta the park this time by making meatloaf cupcakes with mashed potato frosting! Honestly, I wasn’t sure how it would turn out but it was incredible!
What You’ll Need:
1 lb ground beef
1 potato
bread crumbs
onions
garlic
I did cheat a bit and added some butter & cream to make the mashed potatoes but it is MY show after all

for all my cooking videos checkout http://www.dinnerwithmariah.com
xoxo
Mariah Milano

Genius!! Such a great idea and winning combo in my book.
Kids would love these. My boys are teens now but I bet if I surprised them with this they would freak. Of course they would need ketchup too.

 

[Mariahxxx]

what's the link to the political thread?

ok heads up....new update coming you'll like

 

[Mariahxxx]

Whenever I go out on the boat I bring something that will do well in a cooler and still taste great in a container, and is easy to eat! As well, it’s usually hot as hell so something cold and refreshing is the best thing to bring with you!
So I put together some leftover penne pasta with some other goodies and came up with this pasta salad that is a really awesome thing to put in your cooler or pack in your lunch!
What You’ll Need:
Penne Pasta cold
Roasted Red Peppers
Sun Dried Tomatoes
Parmesan Cheese
Sopresatta
Cherry Tomatoes
Fresh Mint
Carrots Julienne Cut
Apple Cider Vinegar
Pepper
Salt

Great for any reason, but PERFECT on a hot summer day!
RIP Skip – Mommy Loves you so much!
for all my cooking videos checkout http://www.dinnerwithmariah.com
xoxo
Mariah Milano

 

[larss]

what's the link to the political thread?

ok heads up....new update coming you'll like

It's a sub forum of the Talk forum - http://board.freeones.com/forumdisplay.php?147-Politics

 

[squallumz]

what's the link to the political thread?

ok heads up....new update coming you'll like

i wouldnt go in there if i were you. you will be fighting with people in no time.

 

[Petra]

ta long time ago, i worked as a fisherman, then tried my hand at selling the stuff after that.

i lived in a small fishermans town and worked off the bay. we would get tourists like crazy in the summer and on weekends. anyway, long story short, there was a few amusing stories just like yours.

one fucking nut-job woman actually bought 23 dollars of salmon to let go into the bay. oh, did i mention it was a fillet? idiot.

another bought maybe 50-100 bucks of live crab to let free. sammy, our local harbour seal had a literal crab buffet. especially when you drop a box full of live crab off a 20-30 foot pier. at least half died from impact from hitting the lower dock. idiot.

same shit with the lobsters. our lobsters don't have claws (and are superior and every way to the ones that do, mind you ). we had several people who spent near 100 bucks to accidentally feed sammy. this would happen several times a year. sammy was super tamed it was horrible.

the salmon fillet lady was just the best though. what a dumb idiot.

Setting a $23 salmon fillet free....priceless.

Well, I convinced kids at the juvenile jail that their chocolate milk came from brown cows. That is until the head of the camp found out what I was telling them and set them strait. :eek:

i wouldnt go in there if i were you. you will be fighting with people in no time.

She's a big girl. And I'm almost 100% sure her e-dick is bigger than most of the members who haunt the political section. :angels:

 

[Mariahxxx]

why thank you Petra I'll be fine