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Is anyone else tired of seeing women who are a mess with tattoos?

Talk about a stinging endorsement! A tattoo shop in Moore, Oklahoma is giving Barack Obama tattoos for free. The tattoo has a picture of the senator with "Obama 2008" to the left. The shop owner says it's his way to show support to the democratic presidential candidate. "I don't have any extra money to donate to the cause," said Phillip Calfy, tattoo shop owner. "I'm a tattoo artist and a lot of people that are into the tattoo thing like free tattoos." The owner says he's done around 100 of the tattoos.

CBNNews.com - A fresh wave of ink is hitting the U.S. right now: tattoo ink. Almost half of all Americans under 30 have one, and 40 percent of adults 26 to 40 have a tattoo. It's big business for enterprising tattoo artists like Chris Bowman who sees a variety of clients. "You get all the way from the stay-at-home mom who just wants a little tattoo on her ankle, to the businessman, to the biker," he said. The Appeal of Tattoos A 2004 Harris Poll shows a third of tattooed Americans say tattoos make them feel sexier. "It's like people...

I took my future stepdaughter to her high school orientation a few weeks back. When we got to our designated area and as we were waiting in line I noticed that the student volunteer who was handing out our group's schedules had her ass hanging out of her pants, clearly displaying her lower back tattoo. In any other situation I'd be thinking something else, but in this particular one I was none too keen on having my future kid see this. Once all the schedules were passed out the student got up to talk to the group, and as it...

<p>The prestigious Council on Foreign Relations is about to get a jolt of sex appeal.</p> <p>The exclusive, Manhattan-based foreign-policy group has decided to admit actress Angelina Jolie, a U.N. goodwill ambassador who has taken more than 30 trips worldwide to advocate for refugees, AIDS orphans and disaster victims.</p>

Tattoos and piercings are ways for an individual to express their personality, but most employers are looking for presentable employees. "I think that appearance is very important, [because] it lets the employer know that you know how to take care of yourself," said Eric Constantine, the manager of Athlete's House in Nashville. It can be a very difficult choice whether or not to have your ears pierced or to get a tattoo, as Lisa Stevens, a freshman, found out. "I really wanted the lifeguard job at the local pool back home," she said. "The only thing was that I also...