Damn! This chick lies her ass off.

A creepy video on “Sarah Palin’s Churches and the Third Wave.”

Hendrik Hertzberg’s New Yorker piece, “Let It Rain,” points out the mean spirit in Palin’s speech:

According to Time, Palin’s acceptance address was drafted—by a former Bush White House speechwriter—before she was chosen and then retailored to fit her. Like almost every major speech at that Convention (Mike Huckabee’s being an exception), it substituted sarcasm for humor in its sneers at Obama. “I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities,” she said. “Al Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America, and he’s worried that someone won’t read them their rights,” she said, a little chillingly. “Listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or even a reform, not even in the state senate,” she said. This last was simply false; Obama’s legislative record, both in Illinois and (given its brevity) in Washington, is impressive. (Also, it’s McCain whose books have been “authored.” Obama wrote his.) But the speech was well crafted and more than competently delivered, with even its most mean-spirited lines accompanied by perky smiles and wrinklings of the nose.

The GOP has been criticizing Obama for lack of experience, yet when CNN‘s Campbell Brown questioned McCain spokeman Tucker Bounds regarding to Palin’s experience, he badly fluffed his way out. The McCain’s campaign got so upset that they canceled McCain’s appearance on Larry King Live. Brown punked them.

While I am still waiting for the debate to decide who to root for, anyone who could step up to the antediluvian O’Reilly earns my credits. Obama is doing a great job of holding down Papa Bear on the first part of the interview. Hopefully, Fox News won’t edit the interview and distort the truth like they always do.

The 2008 election is just around the corner and I have yet to make up my mind which party to rock with although I have been leaning toward the left. John McCain, however, got me excited when he announced Sarah Palin as his running mate. She seems like someone that could feel our pain. She’s a middle class who is married to a production worker. She has five kids. One is pregnant at seventeen and one requires special needs. We heard some buzz about her accomplishments as a governor of Alaska. She seems decent and not as evil as some of the republican old heads. Yet last night she released her demon on her acceptance speech.

The evilness in her smile and sarcasm when criticizes senator Barack Obama irked me. She was so hostile in her speech. I was not even sure why she was disrespecting the community organizers, but I am sure they are way more decent then most of the politicians, particularly Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani. In his speech, Romney said, “Just like you, there has never been a day when I was not proud to be an American.” How low do you have to go to attack a candidate’s spouse? Then again, you can’t really take any of these guys’ words seriously, especially when Guiliani claimed, “Sarah Palin has more experience than the entire Democratic ticket combined.”

I was hoping that Palin would stand out from the guys. I was looking for some real substances instead of lies and tough talks. After last night’s speech, the only thing that is different between Palin and and Guiliani is the lipstick.

A fundraising fashion show will be held on Saturday, September 27th at the Tampa Convention Center to help an 18-year-old Vietnamese girl who was raped and beaten to blind outside of the Bloomingdale Library. Because of the medical bills, her family is going bankrupt. You can read more about the incident here.

If you’re in Florida, come and support the victim and her family. If not, you can still donate online.

Maison Chance will be hosting concert events in various states, including Washington D.C. and Philadelphia, to raise money for the disadvantaged children and disabled people of Vietnam. Check out Maison Chance’s upcoming event page for more information.

If you’re in D.C. area, come to Fortune restaurant (6249 Seven Corners Center, Falls Church, VA 22044) on Saturday, October 11 to hear Tim Aline Rebeaud speaks about her journey in Viet Nam, enjoy the good music from the great folks at Quan Van Nova, and most importantly, give the less-fortunate people in Viet Nam a second chance in life.

With her new album, Nhip Dap (to the Beat), My Tam tries to take her fans back to the club one more time. After the failed attempt of Vut Bay, she has learned some valuable lesions. Gone are the rubbish rap verses, generic productions and Korean singings. She knows that a dance record has to be driven by the beat, but she also knows damn well not to let the beat overpowers her voice.

Nhip Dap spins off with Le Quang’s “Quen Di Ngay Yeu Dau,” a speedy cut with Andre 3000’s drum loop that will guarantee to groove you. Tran Tuan Anh’s “Nho Anh That Nhieu” features a flavor of sunshine Bollywood sound, but what make the tune works are My Tam’s swift flow and the way she rides the tempo. She has written three tunes for the album. The standout one is “Vu Dieu French Cho Anh,” a fantastic mix of Latin riff guitar and classical sample (Beethoven’s “Fur Elise”) over pounding beat. Mad proper to producer Cho Sung Jin for the hypnotic production.

Getting rid of her useless English singing is something My Tam has yet to learn. Ho Hoai An’s “Lac Loi” and her own “Do It (Niem Tin)” are perfectly ruined by interjecting one or two lines of English into the chorus. On the straight English “Tic Tac Toe,” her accent is somewhat forgivable though. Who wouldn’t even when she sings in imperfect English lines like, “Tic tac toe, trap you in the corner / Where you gonna go?” Wouldn’t you just want to stand there and let her grind you?

All kidding aside, My Tam has definitely upped her game with each release since her previous return. If Tro Lai captured your heart, Nhip Dap would move your feet.

What makes Celebrity Dancing entertaining is that singers don’t have to lip-synch if they don’t want to. They just have to dance. Before the show, I could see why they picked Nguyen Hung and Shanda Sawyer as judges. After the show, I could figure out why they picked Khanh Ly and Duc Huy. They were on the panel to provide comic releases. Among the judges, Sawyer gives the most invaluable criticisms from the way she compliments on the technical skills to body chemistry to facial expression.

Mad props go out to Huong Lan and Huong Thuy. They made my jaw drop, especially Huong Lan. I couldn’t even imagine she could pull it off the way she did. Mai Tien Dung got his swing on. He was such a lovely puppy. Minh Tuyet was hot in Salsa. She knows how to work her assets. Still the one that leaves me breathless is the mambo MILF Khanh Ha. Her dress was sexy and she has the groove as well as the attitude. He spanked her ass and she returned with a slap. Don’t mess with hot mama. Furthermore, her rendition of “Mambo Italiano” is gorgeous. She has the Italian accent down pretty well.

Mad kudos goes out to all the professional dancers too. They have done a great job of turning some of these singers whose feet have no rhythm into some viewable performances. Well, maybe not Tran Thai Hoa. The dude simple can’t dance. But when you watch the chick who was Luong Tung Quang’s partner, you just have to say: God bless dancing.