Just wondering -- did at least some of the voters for Obama think they were getting Sydney Poitier?

As others before me have posted, he was not desecrating anyone's memory, he was talking about rights that still exist in the Constitution.

What the other posters have said - I, too, had a close relative (my brilliant grandmother) suffer from "the long farewell" for several years before she died -- definitely not a laughing matter. The remark was, as Nolte correctly put it, designed to put him at the "cool kids' table" (what? No lung cancer jokes for Paul Newman?)

Let's not just vote out the bums, but let's pressure our states to exercise their 10th amendment rights and opt out of this monstrosity - and repeal the 17th amendment besides. It'll be a tough climb; states are too addicted to federal largesse.

What a pleasure to read. So many of the "remembrances" on the 'net are vague speculations about drug use and comparisons to Lindsay Lohan. She was a talented young actress who died too young.

I watched about 2/3 of this week's episode. I too am a Kelsey Grammer fan, and he's the only thing worth watching on this show -- so far. I've had my fill of sardonic wives and smarta-- kids on the tube. Let's hope the show evolves.

Heh - I did MM also in community theater. I was sixteen, but because I looked young and was short I was cast as one of the little kids (let's not talk about what I had to do to my chest every night). I still can't hear "76 Trombones" without getting hives, but love "Iowa Stubborn", "Rock Island" and, of course, "Trouble."

A real triple threat: Beautiful, could act, and could sing better than about anyone. If I had leanings in that direction, I'd be in love with her. And a conservative!! Bonus!

I have just recently discovered "Frequency." Not quite a time travel movie, but a really fine movie. I'll add my votes for "Time Bandits" and "Planet of the Apes" (mostly 'cause I'm a fool for Charlton Heston movies)." One movie that could have been, but wasn't was Michael Crichton's "Timeline." Decent novel. Abysmal movie (when Gerard Butler isn't on screen).

I'm one of those who can't watch a performer any more after the "star" has made his/her political beliefs known. Similar to other commentators, I tire of my "peeps" (conservatives) always being the bad guys in the movie. There have always been liberals in Hollywood, but perhaps the temptation of spouting off at every available microphone was somehow better controlled (no Entertainment Tonight back then). The recent movies I've enjoyed ("Taken" and "Star Trek" to name a couple in 2009) have leading actors whose politics I konw nothing about. I kind of like it that way.