Well, Seacrest and Hilton are decent answers. But, remember, America is overweigh, loud, self righteous, dim-witted and in debt.

I think the epitome has to hit all of those marks.

an amateur historian, a baseball fan and player, and a Cincinnati fan; I feel compelled to say something.

We've been talking about winning streaks.

FYI - the Cincinnati Reds have the longest winning streak in baseball. 120 games.

AND...

my nomination for "the epitome of our culture"

the lovechild of Moby and Tonya Harding

the layoff began with the big bang, ended in 1869 - and we STILL came out swinging.

I understand it's hip to bash the guy. I just can't figure out why. I suspect it's because he was never a part of the Daily Show intelligencia.

Go watch his HBO special and come back and tell me you don't like him. He's funny and successful.

hate hate hate

One hell of a ballclub. All around.

USC loses again.

Florida loses again.

Ohio State dominance. Who is going to take the baby steps now required to compete against the Bucks in the title game?

We really don't care who it is. It would just be nice if some other team could take care of business.

The Big Red Machine is the finest team to ever walk between the lines.

You think Pedroia fits into that lineup? Coco Crisp?

I once had an ex-girlfriend who would make a big point of letting me know how much she disliked the word. I wouldn't even say it and she would be like, "you know which word I don't like?" "uh, no, what?" "moist. It just sounds icky and I don't like it."

Thanks for bringing it up.

This all reminds me of something else. A girl sits behind me at work. She exclaimed the other day, "I wish they would quit publicizing everything Britany Spears does!" She even sounded serious.

So I said, "it's going to take a large effort by people to quit consuming that information. You can do your part by not reading US Weekly, or going to TMZ.com a couple times a day."

She said that she likes US Weekly and OK! and TMZ.

Well then sister, you're going to get more Britany.

I have another theory though. It's not moist, it's a fear of not being able to be moist which turns these ladies off the word. It's a pre-occupation.

I bet there are some viagraless dudes out there who wince whenever they hear 'hard'.

Hitters stay in the box between pitches and pitchers stay on the mound between pitches. That would make for a faster game. I have no problem if a game starts at 8. But, there is no reason it should last 5 hours.

And the God-Bless America song. Only in times of tragedy. (no, the Bush administration doesn't qualify as a time of tragedy)

Basketball Preview: Buckeyes.

Are so fortunate, that we have this debate.

Here is the answer: stop buying unnecessary crap. Don't overconsume. When you do buy, buy American.

Good topic. I'm not going to dive into stats.

One assumes that NL pitchers are better hitters than AL pitchers. While this is largely true - both are not good hitters.

One assues that AL DH's are better at DHing than NL players who are thrust into the role. This can have a much larger impact on a game than what the pitchers do with a bat. Those at bats are more important.

our brains are more pit than peach.

First you tell these liberals that buying a Prius ain't that sweet. Now you tell them that we are naturally discriminitory beings. What's next? Buying carbon offsets isn't saving the world? The U.S. is actually doing a lot for AIDS in Africa? George Bush has a soul?

Amazing article.

(If Larry Summers wrote it, I imagine a different response)

Because 14% of Americans have seen UFOs.

10% of Americans are gay. A more relevant question would be: Why are we talking about Gays?

(asking just for the sake of argument, not because I'm against homosexuals or pro-UFOs)

I'm a conservative, I watched the debate. I need to study these candidates because a Republican won't win. But, I kept noticing how complicit the liberal moderators were, and suspecting them of harboring an agenda.

They give Hillary questions like, "no president has cared about cancer, what do you think?"

and Kucinich questions like, "so, did you see a UFO?"

Hillary doesn't answer questions. At least Dodd does. So does Biden. And how about Edwards answering the hedge fund question. That answer alone should bar him from continuing to run for president. He was all like, "we need to hold these fat cats accountable" Uhh, hello, hypocrite. You worked for Fortress. Really! You! Worked! For! A! Hedge! Fund! At least acknowledge it like a real person. And offer some rationale. But no, "we should hold them accountable." Well then, how bout you give me your wallet pretty-boy!?

At least with Kucinich you know he cares about what is right, and not only what his people say he should say (Hillary).

Do we really need 1000 democratic debates? How about Richardson goes back west, and does his job. How about Hillary and Barack go to Washington and do their job.

Back to my original thought. It's interesting that more Americans have seen UFOs than Americans who are gay.

Once again, I'm a little nervous about Hillary. She's an artful dodger. But I fear that liberals are missing something. There are millions of American men who won't vote for Hillary just because of who she is (please take my word for it, and then go read the article about prejudice published in today's Salon). It would be the largest ever failing of the Democratic Party if Hillary is nominated and she doesn't win.

After watching the debate and not playing into the popularity contest/US Weekly election we're hurtling toward - I still support Ron Paul.

I used to like Barack, but he's starting to leave me with that Candidate-Lite aftertaste.