Right off the bat, I take issue with that characterization. The "Cleaver" family existed only on a Hollywood back lot and sound stage. They were fictional characters who portrayed a false idealistic image of what American life was like 45 years ago. It never happened.

It was as unreal then as it is now.

Who the hell do you think you're kidding? You want to go looking for fictional characters more true to life? Read Steinbeck or Dos Passos. You like documentary, read Studs Terkel, and all the authors who pulled back the covers on the "American Dream" and got down to the hard times that cycle through America from time to time. They are stories of struggle, despair, injustice, real racism, and failure in spite of giving the best effort right down to the last breath. Some made it, some didn't.

And it can happen, it will happen, again. There are no guarantees.

That's right Beaver, just because you were born here or even managed to get to these shores somehow, you are not entitled to a damn thing. During the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s everybody was struggling and in despair. You can fail here too, Beaver. Remember that.

It makes me sick to read some of this horse shit about what you are entitled to and what you deserve because you are a human being.

If you are an immigrant, come in the front door and get in line. Or as a much better alternative, go home and overthrow your government. Make your place of origin part of the solution instead of part of the world's problems.

Mexico, Palestine or Ireland, it doesn't matter. If you aren't willing to fight and die for your own land, I don't know what it is that you expect to find here.

This is 2006 and the free lunch counter is closed.

You just made my point for me.

"Palestinians would not care much about immigrating to the US if they had a home country and a safe environment to raise their kids and grow the culture and the economy."

Oh but you can't. Boo hoo hoo. The big bad evil United States is keepin' you down. It's always the same: It's always the fault of the United States.

Tell you what, KJ. Instead of shooting Israelis, Palestinians should start shooting each and every asshole in the Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigade and Hamas until they get down to a set of leaders who are going to work for them.

Palestinian people should have taken that son of a bitch Yassar Arafat and put a bullet in his demented brain 20 years ago.

I don't get you: "Before you say, the lunch counter is closed, explain why the American government killed 10s of thousands of Iraqis and made a lot more homeless?"

What the hell does that have to do with anything?

Why do "we" keep arming and supporting Israel? Well, duh. Who should we support, a bunch of goddamned lunatic suicide bombers?

That's right, KJ, immigrate "somewhere else."

Try China. How about New Zealand? Norway's nice. I hear the weather is pretty good in the Sudan, if you don't mind the flies swarming on the dead bodies.

I guess the United States is responsible for that mess too.

We just can't please you.

I must plead guilty. Every time I see the Chimp and Ms. Pissy together doing something stupid like picking their noses and eating the boogers (It's out there, Google it), I just all tickled inside.

What kind of porn do you like, Joe? Dead American soldiers?

Iraqi children murdered? (It's out there for you Joe, try Ogrish.com).

Hey Olbermann, I know you are reading this and you've heard it before from me, but here goes again:

I love the first two segments of your hour-long show.

Then it turns into total useless shit.

Top Three Soundbites

Celebrity News

News My Producers are Forcing me... (bullshit)

Worst Persons in the World

I know you like Channeling Edward R. Murrow, but if ever came back to life and saw what you do, he'd strangle you on the air.

Murrow hated the whorehouse that broadcasting turned into. It helped make his decision to walk away from it.

Do you really want to be like Murrow? Then cut out the frivilous crap.

When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.

Joe, there's hope for you yet.

SR? Are you the same SR I gave such a hard time to about Cuba? My apologies. I've liked many of the things you have written since then.

As for the Draft, I've got some experience to lend. I was drafted into the Army. The only thing really bad about it was seeing that it really cut along socio-economic and race lines.

There were too many ways that the wealthy could get out of it. And even if they didn't get out of it, it seems like they had their pick of the choice places to be -- usually far from the bullets.

If the draft were reinstated today, even if they gave lip service to equal risk and service for all, the rich would still find ways to save their kids from the horrors of combat. That's the way it's always been and that's the way it's always going to be.

There was a time in this country when each side put forth their best.

Now it's down to who spit first.

I just read Olbermann's editorial again this morning and except for his unfortunate veer off into the Twighlight Zone to reinforce a point that stood on its own, he was brilliant.

This country has been cleaved in half and the gap is getting wider all the time. The dialog has become shrill and the American people are fighting among themselves.

It's just what Bin Ladin wanted.