I am part of that army! Every day I read Cary. I don't know what moniker you've chosen when you post, but I will look for you, as I do several on my fave short list. Often I try to picture them, what their days are like, where they live.... then pc. it together with their words. I want to see the big picture to enrich the experience of sharing words, with virtual strangers. (Well, complete strangers.) I enjoy when they tell their stories, yet others spit, "narcissist" or "self-absorbed".

How do they leap from experiencing someone's story to attacking the person for that story, the one they just chose to read? Often it isn't even a story, but a bit of news and all hell breaks loose.

The projection has always been outrageous. Like rioters, they join in, kicking the kid with the bow tie and briefcase. They then move along and kick another person they've projected onto. It's a strange phenomenon of this techno society to be so far removed from the other.

This reminds me of a much more interesting and useful group of images a photog friend worked on called "The Belly Project". It had tight shots of waistlines, naked and in bright light, listing the number of pregnancies, births, miscarriages, etc. Some had scars, some sagging... every age and race represented. It was a real departure from the airbrushed 15 year old models in every other glossy we were used to seeing. It reminded the viewer that a body is human and has the possibility of giving life instead a perfect machine.

But just seeing the headline on this one, all that comes to mind is people checking out boobs. (Yes, boobs or tits, not breasts.) Maybe those types will be drawn to this site, however pitiful. Then again, nudity is no big deal and America has always been a little uptight about bodies.

Very funny! I like it.

...of bottles with a filter in the lid. You can add tap water and have your bottled water without the extra plastic.

Finding a site that was so silly and just wrong last week, I marveled at the time and money that went into it. It was unimaginable! I became angry that those posers got to publish such sophomoric hack work. Next I got so busy I forgot about it. Upon remembering it today, I am just grateful we live in a country that has freedom of speech.

Even the fools have to have places to go. Those poor fools.

Oh, while you are reading something stupid and nasty like gossip sites, Rush Limbaugh-esque BS, someone is spewing their misdirected hate, or you just got screamed at over a parking spot that you didn't want anyway, and your co-worker is being painfully difficult, (or insert gripe here), you may want to put on a little song by the Beastie Boys:

It's called "Hey, F*** You!"

"...cynically using race to shut down Hillary from challenging him as she would any white candidate is DESPICABLE! The white media uses a form of soft racism to not challenge him."

These thoughts are so true. Let's treat people as people, simple and clear, then we can have a good fair fight, not baiting and taking things out of context to spin someone else's words for the sole purpose of causing damage.

I bet Obama is tired of people talking about race. I bet Clinton is tired of people talking about gender.

I was originally excited people were having these conversations, these open-ended dsicussions about what people really think about these topics, but now it's just anti-productive. We've got miles to go in this country. We are still in a war, hemorrhaging money and lives for God's sake! Has anyone noticed we are in a housing market that is tanking, the dollar is embarrassingly weak, we've got people without healthcare and were squandering time... on what? Who has a penis or a vagina and who is black or white!

Get over it and let's get on with it. We've got some work to do!

I've got a little list in mind of posters I won't respond to (nor read or even give a thought to), so this:

"Wouldn't it be lovely if trolls were perceived as tiresome rather than infuriating?" is already truth and yes, it is lovely.

Lovely Lovely

People who are saying "I don't want to vote for Hillary or Barak, so I am going with John McCain" must be new voters. Their voting records and their platforms could not be more different.

On the Dem side, Edwards is a populist, and Clinton and Obama are very close on most issues. The one Republican who keeps coming up, McCain, is very conservative, as his history shows. To say that you'd vote for Obama or McCain as voters were saying early in NH shows you are not even paying attention.

Getting involved in the personal details of each and picking them apart is not going to help you decide which will lead the way you see fit. You have to go issue by issue. The misinformation is so easy to believe and how we all want to believe! Gossiping like a bunch of high schoolers.

Would it be too difficult to choose the issues closest to your heart and mind and vote on those? The single person called President is just tip of the iceberg. Look at how much power Cheney has, look at past cabinets and what they did, notice who is exchanging money and the beware the the lobbyists. There is sound information out there without getting caught up in this distracting drama.