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Britney Spears' Song Womanizer Proves We Love Celebrity Comebacks

Our celebrity-enamored culture loves a celebrity meltdown, and a good comeback story.When you combine the two, you get what I call the: Mike Tyson Effect: Past outbursts and tantrums raise your star power because AmerIcans are quick to forgive,and they're also eagerly anticipating your next meltdown. Look at Britney Spears, who topped Billboard sales this week for the first time since 1999.The four prominent examples of the Mike Tyson Effect.1.Mike Tyson: The original: No other figure in sports history has the rap sheet of this former heavy. A rape conviction sent him to prison for three years and when he returned for his first fight against Peter McNeeley, the fight broke Pay Per View records and grossed $96 million. He went on to challenge Evander Holyfield for the heavyweight title, but was disqualified for biting off a piece of Holyfield's ear.Since his loss to Holyfield, Tyson has endured a series of failures, including a loss to Lennox Lewis . His out of ring escapades in...
Originally from: http://www.marketingshift.com/2008/10/britney-spears-song-womanizer-proves.cfm

10.11.08 16:36, comment

Suitcase scandal moves from Miami back to Buenos Aires

Antonini: "the money was for the presidential campaign of current Pte. Antonini was a "hired good-for-nothing who they paid to say whatever, so anything is to be expected" Justice and Security Minister Anibal Fernandez told Buenos Aires-based television station Todo Noticias Tuesday.Antonini carried a suitcase filled with 800,000 USD into Argentina in 2007 and then went to the FBI and agreed to cooperate in the subsequent investigation. He testified the money was for President Cristina Kirchner de Kirchner campaign and was a key witness against his former business partner Franklin Duran, who was found guilty Monday by a US federal jury in Miami of acting as a foreign agent and on conspiracy charges.Cabinet member Fernandez accused the US of "intruding in Argentines' lives" and "besmirching, denouncing Argentina" by connecting the suitcase full of cash to Mrs. Kirchner’s presidential campaign.The angry reaction of the Argentine government followed Antonini’s statements in ...
Originally from: http://www.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=15096&formato=HTML

10.11.08 16:36, comment

Happy Birthday Marines!

Allah's Warriors Using 13 Year Old Girl for Suicide Bombing, Murdering Dozens of Civilians; NY Times Frets that U.S. The U.S. Marine Corps was founded on Nov. 10th, 1775. To my father the Marine, my grandfather who was a Marine when he was KIA, and all those who have served in the U.S. By order of Major Gen. Lajeune, General Commandant of the USMC, the following is read every year since 1921 to commemorate the Corps' birthday. MARINE CORPS ORDER No. U.S. The following will be read to the command on the 10th of November, 1921, and hereafter on the 10th of November of every year. On November 10, 1775, a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of Continental Congress. Since that date many thousand men have borne the name "Marine". The record of our corps is one which will bear comparison with that of the most famous military organizations in the world's history. During 90 of the 146 years of its existence the Marine Corps has been in action against the Nation's foes. This hi...
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