They call women names and expect a woman to want to have them on her show. They insult her, and expect her to cave? I am reminded of the criminals who act up, try to steal your stuff,try to hurt you, stab you in the back, and then when you call the cops or defend yourself, have the nerve to go "Sister, how can you do this to a (fill in the blank)."

This is a head game, and I'm glad Oprah Winfrey is not playing. If they want to get to her 20 million + audience, respect women. She's got more power than any of these fools. She doesn't need to play their little ghetto games.

That these fools have the nerve to say this after all of the "ho and Bitch", slap'em up and other nasty things they have said in their lyrics is ridiculous. They may be "not meaning it" or "just playing the game" and "saying what the others want to hear", but we don't have to buy it.

Oprah has had social consciousness rappers on her show. She's not a hater- she likes good rap, and Ludacris is not exactly good. I am glad she's putting economic might behind social consciousness rap, and denying the marketing to the misogynistic stuff (she doesn't do Tommy Lee, or any of the misogynistic rockers, either).

I love Leonard Pitts, and he's exactly right. Ludacris, Cube and little Mr. Marketing Hype (50 Cent) need to grow some actual balls instead of boasting about having them. If you insult someone, don't expect to be invited to their house, and don't whine when you get left out.

It's ironic that Ice Cube talks so much about manhood. The men around me don't see this as manly. Then again, this trio is not fit to pick up their dirty jock straps. I know good black men, and these guys don't measure up.

The extreme conservative train of thought goes as such: the new Superman explores his feelings; therefore Superman is emasculated; therefore Superman is gay.

Someone failed their intro logic class. You have to fit the definition first. First off, straighten up the facts. Superman went to go deal with leftover debris from Krypton, and some stuff having to do with the planet's explosion.

Men's feelings don't lead to emasculation, unless the men in a whole lot of WWII war movies are emasculated (The Battle for the Bulge, Bomber COmmand, Big Red One, Saving Private Ryan, etc.), and I think anyone calling John Wayne, Dana Andrews, gregory Peck, etc emasculated is in serious delusion. Feelings have to be channeled into positive action (from Rambo to Walking Tall, Death Wish to Dirty Harry, all of those charcters had feelings they channeled into "positive", or at least successful, action).

Second, where did all of the "slut and gay" talk come from, and whose over-sexualizing Superman this way? Dingy woman is titallating herself, not critiquing a movie. She probably gets off on the notion that Lois is a slut. Criticizing fictional characters allows her to fantasize and discuss these subjects in the only way allowed by her own narrow thought process.

If your kid takes his or her role models from cartoons, you have bigger problems than Hollywood.

Burgundy versus red? Who cares?

The bottom line is that people who psycho out over fiction deserve to be treated like the crazies they are. Reason 6071 why I don't watch "Scarborough COuntry".

They are banning these games over liability issues. Parents like to sue for accidents they claim come from poor supervision. Notice it is affluent schools doing this, not the poor ones. The poor parents are actually less prone to sue.

It is hard to supervide the playground. Eliminate recess and these games, and you eliminate many of your lawsuits.

It is a shame, because kids need recess to blow off steam. But as we scream about he trend, look in the mirror. We parents have only ourselves to blame. This is the result of the helicopter, Type A, over protective parenting style affluent parents all too often are adopting. We need to pass immunity laws for the schools, or make these idiots sign waivers. That's the only way to save recess and foursquare. Sane parents need to get in the overprotective parents' face and tell them to stop.