Former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM (real name Adam Goldstein, the former fiancee of Nicole Richie) have both been critically injured in a Learjet crash in South Carolina.
FAA Spokesperson Kathleen Bergen confirms that the plane, which was carrying 6 people, was departing shortly before midnight last night en route to Van Nuys, CA when it veered off the runway and crashed on a nearby road before being engulfed in flames.
Associated Press
A hospital spokeswoman, Beth Frits, says Barker and Goldstein have been taken to a burn center in Augusta, GA.
Trav and AM have been doing a series of shows together recently and were even the “house band” at the MTV VMAs earlier this month. Other musicians, such as Gavin DeGraw and Perry Farrell were among those playing the same show in South Carolina, although it is unclear at this point whether either of those artists were on board the aircraft at the time of the crash. Officials will only confirm that the four dead are two crew members and two passengers.
Ahh, Britney. I’m so happy to see her functioning and looking decent again. I can even excuse the fact that her new song “Womanizer” is less than stellar. Then again, I guess her music has never been about being “good” per se, more catchy than anything.
“Womanizer” isn’t set to be officially released until next week, but go ahead click here and have a listen.
If this gets stuck in my head as bad as “Piece of Me”, someone’s gonna get slapped
Do yourself a favor and watch the entire video, John Stewart takes the piss out of a lot of people involved in the election as only he can.
Also, if you found yourself moved by Palin’s “stirring” speech last night (you know, the one in which she didn’t mention Afghanistan, healthcare, college tuition, unemployment, etc), you might like to know that her speech was riddled with half-truths, among them:
FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE: Palin “got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States.”
THE FACTS: A whopper. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor’s election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.
Honestly, I only WISH I could say that I was shocked to hear that much of the speech was hot air.
The first trailer for “Labor Pains” has been released:
Just what I want to spend 10 of my hard earned dollars on. Lindsay Lohan parading around in a fake pregnancy belly. Looks like a sunning piece of film.
In case you missed it, La Lohan chimed in on the controversy surrounding Bristol Palin’s pregnancy, taking to her blog to say:
I’ve been watching the news all morning, like everyone else - and i keep hearing about the issues related to ‘teen pregnancy’- It’s all related to Sarah Palin and her 17 year old unmarried pregnant daughter. Well, I think the real problem comes from the fact that we are taking the focus off of getting to know Sarah Palin and her political views, and what she can do to make our country a less destructive place. Its distracting from the real issues, the real everyday problems that this country experiences.
I am concerned with the fact that Sarah Palin brought the attention to her daughter’s pregnancy, rather than all world issues and what she believes she could possibly do to change them-if elected. I get Sarah Palin’s views against abortion, but i would much prefer to hear more about what she can do for our country rather than how her daughter is going to have a child no matter what.
Maybe focus on delivering some words and policy with stronger impact like Joe Biden.
See below for Barack Obama’s thoughts:
From Alexander Marquardt
CNN
MONROE, Michigan (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama said firmly that families are off-limits in the campaign for president, reacting to news that GOP running mate Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.
“Let me be as clear as possible,” Obama said. “I think people’s families are off-limits, and people’s children are especially off-limits. This shouldn’t be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin’s performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president.”
Obama said reporters should “back off these kinds of stories” and noted that he was born to an 18-year-old mother.
“How a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn’t be the topic of our politics, and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that’s off-limits.” ยป
On another note-the last note- i heard a woman say on TODAY on NBC that teens are feeling as if they have to grow up faster. Really? Because, i think that girls that are CHOOSING to be sexually active and are making a conscious decision to grow up faster….. I think that parents need to recognize how important it is to talk to their children about the things that can result from being sexually active if they aren’t protecting themselves (birth control, condoms, etc.)
So-those are my thoughts for the day. Enjoy the music :) xoxo
She’s brainiac that one, isn’t she? At least she’s talking about something going on in the news instead of seeing how many grams of coke she can fit in each nostril.
Here we have a clip of the ever-engaging James Carville debating Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) as to whether Sarah Palin was a good VP pick for McCain.
As entertaining as I find that exchange to be, it troubles me that some people are quick to jump on the Palin train (no, that had nothing to do with her daughter. Zing).
