because andre was one of the awesomest dudes who've ever lived and it's impossible to live up to the andre standard?

weirdly, wonderfully legit

free speech is in the constitution, too ... and yet we all accept that that right must be subject to compelling, competing interests, such as public safety

good point ... and to be fair, the reporters on the ground are probably having difficulty keeping their distance from this story, and they've probably been forced to shut down their personal judgement on this one, just to keep going

i am sitting here in chicago thinking that there's no way in hell i would have allowed my child to be used like this, but i am hesitant to judge parents who are in the middle of a mind-blowing trauma

i don't really see the difference between creating the videos and exhaustively re-posting ... either way, you have failed to respect these young people, their families, and the families of the victims ... so maybe you can answer your own question?

chuck todd has already mentioned video games and tv/movies ... i think we can expect congress to put aside political differences and enact a politically-innocuous ban on video games to "solve" this problem

last summer, a huge dogfighting ring was busted in my chicago neighborhood, and it horrifies me to think that i live among humans that can do such things ... i want go live at the dog park, where the humane critters hang

thank you ... i am gonna work at remembering ... smiling and remembering!

i love it when people dismiss this country's crimes against native peoples as being in the distant past, or worse, that it's time to stop giving them "handouts", when in fact we are required, by treaty, to provide them safety, housing, healthcare, and education ... obligations that we violate every freaking day by…

omg, i forgot about that! that was some evil-genius-grade social irresponsibility

yeah, right ... like ann is gonna let facts and logic get in the way of bashing one of her left-wing boogie men ... no doubt he'll be blamed for causing her to leave the "christ" out of "christmas", too

i think i got a little corny in my eyes ... it's making them water

it was weird, right? because i know oprah ain't stupid, and i know she ain't naive

thank you, dear ... i know that you are right ... and i'd rather see my daughter fulfill her potential in life than look good for shallows

thank you, truly ... oddly enough, since i chipped a couple of my hillbilly teeth on microphones while in rock and roll mode, i don't feel so bad ... yeah, my grill looks even funkier, but whenever i look at myself in the mirror, i see the memories

according to mia's blog, "it started as a voiceover demo that morphed into a crazy video project" ... she did all the vocals, hair, makeup, and costumes, and a friend shot and edited it

john krasinski didn't tweet that ... jimmy kimmel did as a prank, but also as part of his christmas gift ... kimmel bought krasinski, a friend and neighbor, his twitter name from the girl who'd grabbed it before krasinski could ... this was the first tweet, made while kimmel was presenting the gift to krasinski last…

oprah's recent, culturally-obtuse broadcast on india leaps to mind

i worked on the talent side of the biz for many years, but i got tired of the feeling that actors were just furniture being moved around, and i switched to the other side of the camera ... yeah, i still have to deal with users and abusers, not to mention watching people who are total assholes or dumb as bricks get…