@jerseygirl7

Those dismissing this article based on the reference to malpractice in Scott's own health care network are missing the point.

Of course we understand the occurrence of medical malpractice suits and claims in the health care industry. But why does it seem fair to you for Scott to cite examples (which may be potentially bogus) to undermine universal health care but not when Salon cites an actual case against Scott's own business to undermine his argument?

He is essentially promising that this wouldn't happen in his own health care network and claiming it is reason enough to abandon universal health care and support him.

What are you missing here?

Dick Cheney's interest was and is in fighting the global war on terror.

Images of Don Quixote charging at windmills immediately spring to mind.

I mean, let's face it, just the concept of two straight dudes getting it on -- is that believable in any way?

Mr. Duplass, I present you with craigslist.

Chris, you should really avoid posting unsubstantiated rumours of drug use. I've never heard that about Holliday--it's unlikely she could've finished her run, if that were the case. And, frankly, liking Dreamgirls without liking Holliday's rendition of And I'm Telling You is like saying you like oatmeal but not the oats. It certainly doesn't bode well for your sense of taste.

As for Holliday, there wouldn't even be Dreamgirls without her. The original production was the first B'way show I ever saw (age 15) and I thought they were all going to be like that--they aren't. Bennett's staging was phenomenal but without Holliday at its core, Dreamgirls would've been just a slick shell with a very hollow centre. (Which is practically what it is without her.) She gave that show some much needed substance.

And outside of the show, in her concert performances, Holliday is all substance. Where are the other great Holliday performances? Well, if Geffen Records hadn't buried her second studio recording, Say You Love Me, and at least release it to iTunes, maybe we could hear some of them including her Grammy-winning performance of Duke Ellington's Come Sunday (available on most Holliday collections) and the irresistable 1980's floor filler, No Frills Love (also available on other collections). The whole album is one satisfying number after another, including the title song, much of it unavailable.

Jennifer Holliday pigeon-holed herself? When has the record industry ever known what to do with a big-voiced, black diva? If anything, isn't their failure to market such a talent what Dreamgirls is about? Maybe we should ask Martha Walsh or Joycelyn Brown? Decades on, Holliday's voice is still the most distinctive thing about Foreigner's I Wanna Know What Love Is and her recordings of Peace In Our Time (from the 1984 Olympics album) or Always On My Mind are standouts, worthy of rediscovery. Exactly how was Jennifer Holliday going to compete with the template of Whitney Houston? (Houston even used to sing I Am Changing in her concert.) No one was going to pose Holliday in a white, one-piece bathing suit on her album cover, were they?

To give all the credit to Michael Bennett is precisely how Michael Bennett would've wanted it. But it's unfair to Holliday. Even the producers of the film version of Chicago had the class to include Chita Rivera in the film--the producers of Dreamgirls could've figured Holliday in there somewhere.

P.S. One of my favourite versions of the song is when Peter Krause as Nate Fischer in Six Feet Under belts out a punk rock version--as a young gay white boy growing up in the suburbs of Detroit, I know I spent at least one summer doinng the same (much to the neighbour's consternation, I'm sure).

"Five years after 9/11, the worst attack on the American homeland in our history, Democrats offer nothing but criticism and obstruction and endless second-guessing," Bush said.

And, of course, Bush can get away with saying this since most Americans do not understand that the minority party in gov't are supposed to oppose and criticise the majority in order to strengthen policies and legislation for the good of the people! It's their job!

...do not look to the U.S. for influence as one nation under god. We just keep watching for the sheer comic absurdity of your nation.