As the title says; what it your favorite movie of all time.

If you have a favorite line, a quote, a scene, an actor/actress, whatever! then we want to hear about it.

I have two favorite movies.

One is The Matrix

I love this movie because it really gets you thinking for a minute, and the special effects are out of this world. In all, I thought it was a great trilogy.

My number two is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

I watch this movie time and time again. I guess I grew up with it. It's an all time classic.

Now you...

State's first black mayor elected

A Nigerian man who arrived here seven years ago seeking asylum has become Ireland's first black mayor.

He was elected under a mayoral pact that sees the position rotate among the Fine Gael/Sinn Féin/independent members of the council.

Speaking to The Irish Times yesterday, Mr Adebari said he wanted to use his year as mayor to say to immigrants that Ireland is a "land of opportunities, and it is a country that is described as a place of a thousand welcomes".

Mr Adebari arrived in Dublin with his wife and two children in 2000 fleeing religious persecution and later settled in Portlaoise.

He was elected to the town council as an independent in 2004, polling 321 first-preference votes.

Since then he has set up Optimum Point, a consultancy that trains companies and educational institutions in cross-cultural awareness. He has a Masters in Intercultural Studies from Dublin City University.

Mr Adebari works for Laois County Council co-ordinating an integration project for local immigrants.

Green Party leader and Minister of State Trevor Sargent congratulated Mr Adebari on his election as Mayor of Portlaoise.

"His new position as mayor and first citizen of Portlaoise will, I hope, be an encouragement for more people to get involved in politics and bring about greater representation for Ireland's new communities," Mr Sargent said.

"Cllr Adebari's personal story of fleeing religious persecution in Nigeria and creating a new, productive life for himself and his family in Ireland, is extremely inspiring. I wish him the best in his year in office and hope that he achieves his mission of dispelling prejudices and fostering a greater understanding of, and engagement with, immigrant communities in Ireland."

Ok, We need an official motto for woyano....

Best one wins a prize.

Haven't figured anything else out yet, but give it a try...

Welcome to Woyano, where our motto is.........[motto]

I am conducting a survey on what the average person/family spends each week/month on groceries.

Include your location, amount of people, and any luxuries that are included in the sum.

The national political press corps has plenty of reasons to be fascinated by the prospect of (newly) independent New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg running for President next year.

 I know he stands a bit of a chance in the 'oh, so blue, states, but the red......... hmmm

Does he stand a chance?

You never know what you're gonna get........

JAMES CONNOR & CO.CHAMBERS
(ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW)
FEDERAL HIGH COURT NIGERIA
WHITE-HOUSE BUILDING,
14 OLD BOND CRESCENT, NIGERIA.

Compliments!
I am Barrister James Connor the Personal Attorney to late Mr. David, who was a contractor here in Nigeria, who, on May 2002 with his entire family perished in the Air-Crash on board From Kano state.

As a matter of fact, my client made a fixed deposit Amount, valued at (US$10.5 million dollars) with a Bank here in Nigeria, and upon the duration time of their agreement, his bank started contacting him but no response. Consequently, the Bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to the deceased or his account will be confiscated after five years.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at (US$10.5 million dollars) could be transferred into your account. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us make this great benefiting transaction successfully.

Please get in touch with me through ( jamesconnorchamber4@yahoo.com ) to enable us discuss further.

Due regards to your family.
Hon: James Connor Esq.,
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

more to come...............

June 9, 2007 -- AL Roker apologized yesterday for joking about epileptic seizures on Thursday's "Today" show. "Remember that controversial Olympic logo for the 2012 Olympics in London? Some folks have complained that the campaign actually sent them into epileptic seizures," Roker said on Thursday's show. "Well, we asked you to weigh in on our Web site in an informal poll; those of you who could get up off the floor after shaking around were able to actually log in . . . " Yesterday, Roker said he was sorry. "I started joking about it. I want to make this clear - I was not joking about epilepsy or anyone who suffers from epilepsy," he said at around 8:04 a.m. while he was delivering a weather report from Milwaukee. "We understand and know that this is a serious affliction and would never joke about that. "We were joking about the logo - not about epilepsy. If anybody was offended, I heartily and really humbly apologize." 

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Now, correct me if I am wrong, but, no matter how many times I read this quote, in context, out of context, whatever! Al Roker is mocking this serious disease.That being said; Al Roker was the same person who, when radio host Don Imus said something in jest about a certain basketball team that was offensive to a certain group of people, went to NBC heads and called for the firing of Don Imus and all of his staff.One week later, Don Imus was fired from his radio show.Now, if Al Roker was to live by the standards he sets for other people, then he should step down from his position as Today Show co-host.Show your support, email your complaint to today@msnbc.com

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FOR THOSE  OF US BORN BEFORE 1986

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably couldn't have survived,because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans.

When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same.

We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outsideplaying.

We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no-one actually died from this.

We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded.
   
We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones,no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet chat rooms.

We had friends - we went outside and found them.

We played elastics and rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt!

We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits.

We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.

We played chap-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the owners catching us.

We walked to friends' homes.

We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls.

We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood.

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of...They actually sided with the law.

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

And if you're one of them. Congratulations!

Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow as real kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.

For those of you who aren't old enough, thought you might like to read about us.

This my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and it might put a smile on your face:

The majority of students in universities today were born after 1986........They are called youth.

They have never heard of We are the World, We are the children, and the Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel. They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena Cherry or Belinda Carlisle.

For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam.

AIDS has existed since they were born. CD's have existed since they were born.

Michael Jackson has always been white.

To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance.

They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films from last year.

They can never imagine life before computers.

They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, RedHand Gang or the Famous Five.

They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It or Why Don't You.

They can't believe a black and white television ever existed. And they will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone.

Now let's check if we're getting old...

1. You understand what was written above and you smile.

2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night out.

3. Your friends are getting married/already married.

4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers.

5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.

6. You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time around.

7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good old days, repeating again all the funny things you have experienced together.

8. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too...

Yes, you're getting old!!