..it’s impossible to tell what is real and what is reality tv for this family..

Amen. Boomers made a deal with the devil (neo-cons) in the 1980s and the chickens have been coming home to roost ever since. Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better, I’m truly afraid.

Its really fucking frightening. What do you think is his intended next step?

This is so well articulated. I agree 100%.

I really love the show and hope it comes back. I think the chances though, are probably like slightly better than 50/50. Ratings were consistently low, but Fox doesn’t have a whole lot to work with either. Ratings in general have been down for them. I think they should renew and put the first season on Netflix in the…

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Does ‘Growing Pains’ count as comedy?

Agreed. The reality is, he will reach a lot of people who might not otherwise care to learn more about the realities of climate change. People can snark on him all they want, but he has a sizable platform which he is using for a good cause. Good on him.

No offense taken. I think the same thing about you.

(At the time he was shot, Martin was perched atop Zimmerman’s chest raining down punches on him.)

Zimmerman was not “beat to shit” in my estimation. He lost a fistfight and incurred a broken nose. He refused to go to the hospital that night when the cops offered.

I agree with most of this, and most importantly your bottom line about the law being fucked up. I can understand people who think the jury came to an appropriate conclusion under the law, but don’t like the law. I’m in that boat too, though I will maintain that the prosecution was flat out incompetent and they could…

Zimmerman’s injuries were minor, the worst of which being a broken nose. Same thing that happened to Marcia Brady when Greg accidentally threw that football at her. Zimmerman didn’t want treatment that night beyond what the EMT gave him. He looked like he had lost a fistfight, which he had, and which is what the…

I don’t think he’s too old for it. Maybe he “should” be, or like 10 years ago everyone would have thought so, but I know lots and lots of 30ish year olds who are still figuring life out and don’t have full fledged careers.

Have you read the recent ‘exit interview’ in Vanity Fair of Obama by Doris Kearns Goodwin? In my mind it totally confirms your first paragraph. He is very aware of both his strengths and his shortcomings.