Well, that frees up MY day!

Let's start with the first generation of broadcast giants. Here's a list of what their fathers did for a living:

Most came of age during the late stages of the Depression or World War II/Korea. Some, like ABC's Frank Reynolds, won a Purple Heart. They may have trended toward the Democrats because of their working class roots, but in that way so did another broadcaster by the name of Ronald Reagan. And the Democratic Party of their generation was much different. Only Peter Jennings was the son of another journalist.

Today the media doesn't have that working class base. They are kids of socialites (Anderson Cooper),  judges (Diane Sawyer), and businessmen (Brian Williams & Scott Pelley).

And now they've married and bred into politics.

Children do not make you happy or unhappy - they are what they are. What you are talking about are idiot fantasies vs stark realities. And this is not limited to children. We could be talking about marriage, careers or the purchase of a material object.

If your desires are driven by fantasy then you are doomed to a miserable existence. Man has known this for thousands of years and its expression in literature goes back hundreds. Goethe wrote, "Beware of what you wish for in youth, because you will get it in middle life.” but most of us know it from our own parents admonitions to "be careful what you wish for."

The idea of "If I could just get X and then I'll be happy" is just crazy.

How many gays have said, "This will be so much better when we can legally marry and be accepted!" only to have the relationship fall into misery and divorce? (Jane Lynch, Ima lookin' at you)

Happiness is internal, not external. Studies show that studies like this are bullplop and best ignored to begin with.

Mendel - The ink press has always been partisan. That's why there's an editorial page. For the electronic journalist this is new.

It's not that our "watchdog press" have become lap dogs. It's that they're now litter mates. And progressive politics is a big prolific bitch.

After this y'all probably wish I WOOD go away again... (Place "ROOT of all evil joke here.)

Umbra - Mulchus gracias. (Spanish moss edition)

Bottom line: The president of CBS News and Obama's Director of Communications are brothers. End of story.

Pseudo - Sometimes when you try to top me you make an ASH of your yourself. Then there are times I PINE for your steady wit.

Board shorts made of wood? Talk about your political splinter group!

7 different species of right-wingers? I always felt I was a species unto myself. (Photoshoppus conservatus)

"A previously unreleased White House photo shows 26-year-old Barry Obama, seated behind First Lady Nancy Reagan, as President Reagan calls for the destruction of the Berlin Wall. Reagan cited the young Constitutional lawyer as his inspiration for the speech. Obama stopped in Berlin on his way home from healing the entire continent of Africa while visiting his grandmother in Kenya."

"Mr. Putin, can you give the Super Bowl ring back? Please? Pretty Please? With cherries on top?"

What we need is an INTELLEGENT late night comedian

I don't like the legal parsing of this.

The problem: Nutjobs with guns. Only solution: Your mental health records online in the hands of the FBI and ATF. Any more questions?