...and after working in today's middle schools and high schools, the answer to that question is becoming more and more clear, and frighteningly so. It is because the adults around them refuse to grow up. Nowadays, adults are absolutely reluctant to act as models of behavior. Because this is so, kids are raised literally lost.

I find it incredibly ludicrous of this blog to defend this organization that receives tax dollars from you, me and everybody we know. Being that there is a lot of work to be done in their supposed field of specialty, "community organization", why doesn't ACORN (if it must exist) stop whining and redeem its existence by actually acting as a constructive entity and work towards decreasing violence in school violence and teen pregnancy. Here's an idea, start in Obama's old community activist stomping grounds. In Chicago last week there was the fatal beating of an honor student in front of his high school while he was being videotaped dying, and there was the announcement of a Chicago high school with 115 pregnant students. ACORN make yourself useful, then talk about receiving the public's hard-earned money.

As for this Valenti woman getting married...assuming you are all adamantly pro-choice, isn't she free to make such a choice? Why is this an issue? There is more, uhm, blog uproar(?) over her choosing to get married than if she chose to say, terminate a pregnancy. I'm sure no one here would be debating her right to do that. The fact that her choosing to marry her partner is upsetting to people is just very weird. And I never even heard of the woman.

Yes, I am certain that there is a significant number of people who dislike Obama purely based on his skin color, just as there is a significant number of people who like Obama purely based on his skin color. But that is exactly what I am saying, let's get beyond that. This article argues about how Obama's skin color and opposition to nationalized health care is inextricably linked, and that is just not true. Why did it fall apart with Clinton? Why couldn't any previous President (all white) make it work? The argument is juvenile.

Tagging an article with a headline like, "White America has never liked social insurance for people of color" period, is just too obvious an incendiary remark looking for all comers. And I've obviously fallen for it hook, line and sinker.

Can the folks at Salon get a bit more creative, pretty please? Even the NYT's has their umpteenth article about whether people oppose Obama purely based on their racial prejudices. The fact of the matter is that everybody is, in fact, prejudiced. We all make judgments based on looks, background, accent, education, town of birth, what have you. However, the reason people don't agree with Obama is because they DO NOT AGREE WITH OBAMA. Why is this so difficult to understand? They don't agree with him, or his policies for this nation. He seems like a very nice man, but some just don't agree with how he wants to steer this country. As far as health care goes, plenty people were against nationalized health care before Obama stepped into the picture, and will continue to be so afterwards. This, "Oh, it's because of his skin color" is plain dull and useless. Let's heighten the discourse. If it was Gavin Newsom up there as President (shivers...), people would be just as against this, perhaps even more so because at least Obama is likable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo

...and the most obvious answer to all of our societal ills. Everything revolves around race, and all conservatives just hate black people. Why?? Because, like, they just do!!! It's really annoying. But they are dumb, so whatever! The enlightened libs need to school the stupid conservatives, and that's why it's important for Obama to speak directly to all the children and tell them to stay in school. They should project him on a big TV screen in the school auditorium, just like they did with Hilary in that "1984" Obama advert...but wait, in that scene, didn't the Obama supporter throw a hammer at the screen, and it all exploded or something? Whatev!

Picking on an 11 year old girl now? Posting a close-up of her pained face, and a video so that you can all gawk at her like a circus freak, with all you moral superiority? And you wonder why Jackson turned out the way he did??

You make me sick. Remove the damn picture.

Seriously, enough. Larry King, Mr. Sanctity of Marriage himself, asking this teenager where he had sex on national tv...ugh...man, we have sunk low.

I'm really surprised by all this...telling her to change her name, disown her family. Or what? The liberal lynch mob is gonna come and hogtie her until she screams for mercy and agrees with your opinion of her cousin? Do you recall that this is a free country? What the hell is wrong with you people? Sorry, R. Limbaugh is a radio personality, not a murderer, not Hitler. You people are deeply delusional, and as evident on this board, frighteningly so.

God bless the pilot and crew. Brilliant flying indeed. Seeing that plane in the middle of the Hudson river, passengers huddled on the wing, ferries racing over to collect them - incredible. I truly can not believe there were no fatalities. Miraculous. Congratulations on a job very well done.

So, the 1993 attacks were not on U.S. Mainland?? Okay, whatever, ehh besides that, you are honestly going to defend Fannie and Freddie on this here thread, because, ehm, to not extend mortgages to people who couldn't afford them would be RACIST????? Wow, stunning. This sort of rationale, my dear, is why we are currently in a world of shit. Look into it.