If it helps, he’s still here and so are you. Take some time tonight and watch the Perseid meteor shower; that might help wrap up your day on a positive note. :-)

Absolutely, wholeheartedly agree (but I have to admit that I love how President Bush jumps out of airplanes with regularity).

Me, too. This story really pisses me off.

American soldiers in Vietnam who were quite possibly drafted vs a wealthy man who paid for the opportunity, then skirted the law to kill a lion?

Gross. This department should be bending over backwards to help this family right now, not circling wagons and slipping out bits and pieces of information.

Serious question (if you look at my comment history, you’ll see that I am reasonable and not a troll): the OP didn’t seem like a troll to me. I thought trolls were gross and vulgar and had nothing to add to the argument. I don't know what happened to Ms. Bland but the story stinks to high heaven to me. Having said…

You don't think it's a bit odd that she was pulled over for not signaling a lane change?

Wait-did I miss something? Was that a comment that was just removed? Who would do that? Ugh, no need to answer. THAT is a troll, much more than the OP.

Yeah, if she hadn't been arrested on trumped-up charges, she would probably still be alive. That's their fault. Period.

Yeah, it’s really heartbreaking. I couldn’t bring myself to watch the arrest video, knowing what I would see and that she would be dead three days later. The weird thing is that state troopers tend to be better educated and “cooler” (not saying much) than small-town Texas cops so the trooper's crazy anger speaks…

I get your anger and absolutely share it but this seems like a difference of opinion, not trolling. Wouldn’t a troll say something like, “Who cares? One less idiot in the world” or something inflammatory like that? When I read the comment, my first thought was that this was a therapist or healthcare worker who has…

Back in the 80s, low-fat food was all the rage but when one ate it, the feeling was like eating chocolate air. That's exactly what I felt like leaving this movie.

Outlaw country is the best country: Willie, Waylon, et al...

Why would one need to sneak in alcohol? Is it not allowed?

I would say the positive outweighed the negative but I remember thinking how chauvinistic it was at the time-and some were women! No one I knew personally but pundit/columnist types. Think “Princeton Mom” and you get the idea "Women shouldn’t be exuberant athletes who remove their tops-it’s unladylike!”

Yeah, it was obnoxious! People accusing her of being trashy, etc. I would have done the same thing if I had just won the World Cup.

I understand your point but I don't see Austin, TX being as generally racist as upstate New York or rural PA.

True; I encountered more racism in the east coast than here. Far more.

Absolutely agree!! Grew up in Sugar Land, live in Austin, have encountered far more racism of all kinds in Baltimore and Los Angeles.

You're thinking of Arizona; Texas has long been very integrated with Mexico, for all intents and purposes.