But, the refrain is the best singing I've ever heard from her.

So true. I think it's the lack of autotune.

This is a really depressing statement.

"Best Dressed White Girl, 1987 also Most Beautiful White Girl, 1986"

Is attempting to reach jaw that seems to have relocated to the floor.

And I am from the South.

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"Best Dressed White Girl, 1987 also Most Beautiful White Girl, 1986"

Did they also have a Best Dressed Black Girl and Most Beautiful Black Girl? Because while horribly horribly horribly wrong, I could see that they're thinking, "We need to be equitable and have 1 white/1 black of each thing." Misguided, but coming from a good heart.

Because while horribly horribly horribly wrong, I could see that they're thinking, "We need to be equitable and have 1 white/1 black of each thing."

See, I think they wanted to avoid angry calls by parents of white children if a black child would ever win.

ChiKat, I think so.

I should note plenty of places in GA have segregated proms, still. [link]

And oh my god I ADORE that Cee-lo Fuck you song. Yet another thing I msut not sing in front of my kids.

The update to that story on Jezebel shows the school handbook (must be the high school) that allows for a black and a white homecoming court.

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U.S. Birth Rate Sets Record, Hits Lowest Level In A Century

The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children. The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century.

Births fell 2.7 percent last year even as the population grew, numbers released Friday by the National Center for Health Statistics show.

The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children. The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century.

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The situation is a striking turnabout from 2007, when more babies were born in the United States than any other year in the nation's history. The recession began that fall, dragging stocks, jobs and births down.

"When the economy is bad and people are uncomfortable about their financial future, they tend to postpone having children. We saw that in the Great Depression the 1930s and we're seeing that in the Great Recession today," said Andrew Cherlin, a sociology professor at Johns Hopkins University.

Did they also have a Best Dressed Black Girl and Most Beautiful Black Girl? Because while horribly horribly horribly wrong, I could see that they're thinking, "We need to be equitable and have 1 white/1 black of each thing." Misguided, but coming from a good heart.

That's what I feel like this thing is like too. "Let's make sure we have both white and black kids in the student government by assigning race to the positions!" Except there's no excuse for making the President white every single time.