i need to be clear: i really don't like guns. people get angry, they get emotional, they stop thinking, they operate on impulse - i don't want one in the house, or want to be anywhere where they're present. but, is the argument that it's ok to be hateful at this level, so long as you don't have a weapon? so long as you keep it to your klan meetings? it's very cynical. i'd like to think that most of us can handle guns (even if i don't like being around them...) without turning into genocidal maniacs.

i don't have an answer. not to this. but, let's not lose focus. the issue is the hate, not the guns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwRPJUlUh5M

yeah, you can't just let a bear hunt in your back yard. it's just as bad as feeding it. it will come back to where it knows food is - and you might be on the menu.

you're basically left with the option of killing the bear or moving to a different house.

the more people question her relevancy, the more she's going to attempt to demonstrate otherwise. it's the nature of conquering the world - you can't just take that away. like any revolution, any generational overturn, there's going to be a struggle. she seems to have her minions in check, but you'll notice a glaring cameo absence.

this is pretty much everything she could have possibly done to reassert relevance, from cameos with multiple young pop stars to kids for kids to identify with to heavy, heavy video editing. people commenting on her appearance should realize they're commenting on a computer-generated image.

i'm not the first person to speculate that we may very well get madonna videos until the energy crisis comes to a peak, by converting her into a computer program. madonna might be the first person into the matrix. and, there may not be an end point, where we are no longer subjected to this.