The violations commited by Lambert were only exceeded by the complicity of the refs in not calling it.

That said, those who seek to minimize her play by pointing at men's soccer are using a strawman argument. Those fouls, a couple of which could have resulted in serious injury, should be condemned regardless of the perpetrator's gender.

People who think it's OK should have their heads examined. Our spinal cords (or any other part of our bodies) aren't made of titanium.

Lambert seems like a decent person, but she needs to rethink her priorities. Some have said the BYU players incited her actions, but I haven't seen anything that would even remotely justify that kind of reaction.

Granted, no new ground was broken, but they seemed to be having fun and it was good to hear Roy Orbison one more time.

I like all varieties of music, but I don't need to search my soul or probe my intellect every time a song is played. Ease up!

Moral of the Story: don't make subjective pronouncements on subjective topics (music) when trying to make an objective political point. It's distracting.

From my experience, those who call other people "pussies," are the biggest pussies of all.

They like to act tough and make macho statements, but when they get a little of their own medicine (if they dish it out at all), they go running home to mommy.

I just hope the day doesn't come when someone sends one of your kids to the hospital with a spinal or other critical injury, and you have to eat all that big macho talk you like to spout off.

What goes around comes around, asshole.

Hey asshole, are you a parent? Let's hope not, for the good of humanity.

You seem to think this all great fun, people getting their necks snapped around or getting slammed to the ground. I've seen kids go to the hospital with serious injuries after stunts like that.

Face it, dirty players are SHITTY players. They retaliate with violence because they can't outplay the opposition. Furthermore, they escalate violent olay until someone gets seriously injured.

Good on you, Ms. Lambert? What an asshole.

Do the world a favor and get a vasectomy.

Sorry, Felipe, but what that girl did WAS egregious, and it would have been just as egregious if a guy did it. You need to look at the tape again. EVERY reponse to mildly physical play was far disproportionate to whatever contact preceded it.

I don't follow soccer, but what I've seen hasn't approached that kind of viciousness. Pulling the hair could have caused some nasty whiplash and the last clip, where she face-slammed an airborne player, could also have caused some serious injury.

Having played waterpolo in high school and college, I'm no stranger to physical play. But the brand of "defense" this girl plays can cause serious injuries (especially with no pads or other protective gear).

That shit doesn't come out of a vacuum. Behind that is some parent or coach who deemed it healthy, aggressive play.

I call bullshit on that.

This girl should seriously consider getting out of competitive sports. Furthermore, now that she's gone "viral," she's pretty much as a bullseye on her back and could receive a lot of comeuppance in future games.

Damn, Glenn, you need to trademark/copyright that phrase. Brilliant!

I second the point made by ncarey. Temporary losses from events like swine flu just provide a platform to increase future premiums and and deductibles. Will the increases come back down once the "costs" have been paid? Never in a million years.

That's the insurance game. Nothing happens you pay premiums. Something happens, we raise premiums going forward. Something BIG happens, we raise premiums and deductibles, but only after going over your application with a fine tooth comb and reviewing all policy exclusions to deny coverage.

"When police arrived on the scene, they chased several boys off the scene . . . "

I'm hoping that isn't the case, because anyone who was on the scene watching should be charged as an accessory. I'm hoping the correct wording is "When the police arrived on the scene, they pursued but failed to apprehend several boys . . ."

Kids need to understand that you are almost as guilty standing idly by watching someone perpetrate a crime as the perpetrator.

Disgusting.

The only statements I've seen from the Obama administration concern their view that FNN is not a news organization and is a tool of the GOP. Nowhere have I seen a statement from an Obama rep. that they would be excluding FNN from anything.

I even recall a statement from Anita Dunn to the effect that if Obama did an interview, he would consider it as a debate with a partisan opponent, not an interview with an objective news outlet. That implies consideration of engaging Fox in the future.

Please show me statements from Obama officials that they intend to exclude FNN from media events. Provide links to the source material or you're full of shit.

This is a man whose endorsement John McCain sought as part of his presidential campaign.

Every morning I wake up and thank god John McCain is not in the White House.

It's not surprising that the healthcare insurance agency is fighting to maintain the status quo. The question is are you stupid enough to believe what they're peddling? And do you really think healthcare executives are doing it out of concern for all their employees?

I'm glad Sen. Snowe has decided to vote for a bill that should be immediately euthanized as soon as it leaves the committee chambers.

I am under no delusion that she would vote for any bill that enacts meaningful healthcare reform.