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BTW, I should add that the reason I feel as strongly as I do about this is because I have a friend with a mental illness, and I've worked with people who have mental disabilities, ranging from mild to quite profound. None of them have violent tendencies, but what separates those that do from those that don't has always interested me. We need better health care in this country, especially in the mental health sector. I'm never going to stop banging that drum.

Well, I do care about the kind of life he had, because it's a piece of the puzzle that unlocks why he committed such a heinous act, and if we can get a bit more understanding into the minds of people like him, we can prevent more senseless shootings like this. The guns belonged to his mother, and they were legally obtained by her. So this isn't a gun control argument anymore. Now it's a mental health argument, and what more this country needs to do to help those who are on the brink of completely snapping. There are tens of millions of people in this country in exactly the same place he was in before he decided to do this. What can we do to keep them safe? I can be angry and full of rage for the atrocity he committed, but I can also hope to find out more about WHY so that it doesn't happen again.

His issues are why he did this. Not talking about those issues leads to more incidents like this. I believe that the United States is in the middle of a crisis and it isn't the fiscal cliff. It's a crisis that no one wants to talk about; no one wants to address. It's a mental health crisis. I don't know what the cause or the solution is but we need to face up to it. Is it the stigma of mental illness, the lack of health insurance, too much stress, a combination of factors; I don't know. But there are too many individuals on edge and I believe this kind of violence will continue to occur and all this talk about evil and gun control I think ignores the greater problem. I just hope that we go beyond symbolic gestures that in the end are well-intentioned but ultimately empty, and face the epidemic of declining mental health head-on. We absolutely should talk about the victims, but the shooter was a victim too. That's not saying we shouldn't feel rage and anger for what he did, but an understanding about why he did it is essential to preventing it from happening again.

Edit; I had something here in response to the person who posted above me, but I realized this thread doesn't need this crap, and it should be left to talk about the school shooting.

To quote Kurt Vonnegut, Mike Huckabee can go take a flying eff-you-see-kay at a rolling donut. He's a fat piece of fundamentalist slime. I'd think that even if I wasn't an atheist.

The shooter, according to reports, had a lot of mental health issues. When oh when are we going to have a cogent discussion about psychiatric help in this country? Too many people, young and old, are allowed to fall through the cracks because of Ronnie Raygun pushing for de-institutionalization in the 1980s Close to 1/3 of the homeless in this country have mental health issues they cannot afford to take care of, or they lack the support structure to continue treatment. More and more kids who have serious personality disorders are drugged up on Ritalin and passed through the system, not getting any kind of counseling or family help. While a cogent discussion about gun control needs to happen as well, the root of a lot of these mass shootings is mental health, and if we do more work to help the people who need it, less people will snap and shoot up a kindergarten.

I couldn't possibly break it down into percentages, I don't pay that much attention. Usually on Christmas Eve I'll put on an Internet radio station that plays Christmas music. Otherwise, I don't really listen to it at all.

1. Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys (1989) 2. Yet Another Movie - Pink Floyd (1987) 3. Longest Time, The - Billy Joel (1984) 4. Rocky Ground - Bruce Springsteen (2012) 5. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown (1966) 6. Come Go With Me - The Del Vikings (1957) 7. Blue Rondo A La Turk - Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959) 8. Allison Road - Gin Blossoms (1994) 9. Dancing with Myself - Billy Idol (1980) 10. Love Bites - Def Leppard (1987)

YouTube still exists. Search for the artist's name and see if someone uploaded the album or some tracks off the album. You don't need *just* streaming audio services.

"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor was originally the B-side to her cover of The Righteous Brothers' song "Substitute." DJs flipped the record over and started playing it, and it became huge. The single was then re-pressed with I Will Survive as the A-side. Some other B-sides that became bigger hits than their A-side counterpart were: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (A-Side: My Bucket's Got a Hole In It) - Hank Williams, Sr. I'll Be Around (A-Side: How Could I Let You Get Away?) - The Spinners Roadhouse Blues (A-Side: You Make Me Real) - The Doors Unchained Melody (A-Side: Hung On You) - The Righteous Brothers Tequila (A-Side: Train To Nowhere) - The Champs Green Onions (A-Side: Behave Yourself) - Booker T. and the M.G.s Rock Around The Clock (A-Side: Thirteen Women [And Only One Man In Town]) - Bill Haley & His Comets

AOR means "album-oriented rock." Think deep cuts instead of just singles. AOR stations played more albums in full, and were less reliant on playlists of specific songs; they could play whatever they wanted from that album. Clearly at one point Billboard had a chart for songs featured on this kind of radio format, but they don't anymore. I don't really think it matters.

How about songs with winter weather in the title? Blizzards, cold, ice, snow, even the word winter...stuff like that? The Longest Time - Billy Joel (1984) Yet Another Movie - Pink Floyd (1987) Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys (1989)

It's in the 60s and humid. Not typical December weather. It's supposed to be near 70 tomorrow, two weeks before Christmas. The weather is schizophrenic.

1. Mighty Rivers - Kylie Minogue (2010) 2. Up In Flames - Coldplay (2011) 3. Two Black Cadillacs - Carrie Underwood (2012) 4. Crazy - Aerosmith (1993) 5. Raindrops - Dee Clark (1961) 6. Lollipop - The Chordettes (1958) 7. Running Scared - Roy Orbison (1961) 8. Think Twice - Brook Benton (1961) 9. Angry Eyes - Loggins & Messina (1972) 10. Lookin' For A Love - J. Geils Band (1971)

Mighty Rivers - Kylie Minogue (2010) Up In Flames - Coldplay (2011) Two Black Cadillacs - Carrie Underwood (2012)

Nope, that was DDL in There Will Be Blood.

I'm a Libertarian Leftist as well. Same as I said a couple of years ago....not much of a surprise.

I'm surprised he doesn't know who DDL is; he's a pretty prolific actor with two Oscars under his belt. He was Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York, and he was in There Will Be Blood, where he delivered the famous, "I drink your milkshake, I drink it up" line. In any event, it's beyond worthwhile to see this film. When Lewis becomes a character, he becomes the character. He looks so much like Abraham Lincoln, it's frightening.

Lincoln 10/10 If I could give this movie 100/10, I would. I just got back from the theater about 30 minutes ago. I'd pay the $7.25 matinee price to see Daniel Day-Lewis read from the phone book for 2 1/2 hours, that's how much I like him and the work he does. His transformation into Abraham Lincoln was nothing short of masterful, and the first of many Oscars this movie better get should go to Makeup and Costume. Historical descriptions of Lincoln's accent, tone of speech, and phrasing are often ignored for the more thunderous way of speaking we see from actors portraying the President, but every account that exists of what he sounded like matched what DDL delivered in this film. The film centered on the fight to pass the 13th Amendment in the House of Representatives, and the behind-the-scenes politicking that was required to get it done. If you know anything about American history, you know it passes, but how it got passed is the story. It was based upon the book by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals, which is a great read if you're looking for Christmas suggestions. I cannot rave enough about this film, and implore everyone, American or otherwise, to see this film.

1. Ramrod - Bruce Springsteen (1980) 2. Blue Eyes - Elton John (1982) 3. Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans (1976) 4. Good Times Roll - The Cars (1979) 5. Big Pimpin' - Jay-Z (1999) 6. Roam - B-52's (1989) 7. Picture This - Blondie (1979) 8. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard (1956) 9. Rover, The - Led Zeppelin (1975) 10. 1969 - The Stooges (1969)

I had always heard it was Southern slang for being knocked up.

One Fine Morning Lighthouse Released in 1971, it features on the album of the same name. It was a hit in Canada, peaking at #2 on Canada's Singles Chart and was a hit in the United States as well, getting as high as #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #30 on the Adult Contemporary charts. Incidentally, the album One Fine Morning went to #80 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. Information taken from Wikipedia

Blue Eyes - Elton John (1982) Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans (1976) Ramrod - Bruce Springsteen (1980)

1. Cisco Kid, The - War (1972) 2. One Fine Morning - Lighthouse (1971) 3. Endless Wire - Gordon Lightfoot (1978) 4. This Time Tomorrow - The Kinks (1970) 5. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard (1955) 6. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera (2002) 7. Angel of Harlem - U2 (1988) 8. Apologize - One Republic (2006) 9. In Dreams - Roy Orbison (1963) 10. Those Shoes - Eagles (1979)

I broke my leg in a bike accident back in '99. Front wheel of my bike clipped the corner of a square cut-out in the sidewalk and pitched me over the handlebars. My left tibia broke in a herringbone pattern right below the kneecap and caused said kneecap to depress below the bone, and I needed a plate and six screws to hold everything in proper alignment so that I could walk again. The funny thing is, it didn't hurt. I felt absolutely no pain in the leg at all, even when lying on the sidewalk in a crumpled heap. My arm hurt, but that's because I fell on it - though nothing broke. My orthopedic surgeon thought it was amazing that I had this really severe break, and it didn't hurt me. What's hysterical about it is that I have a low pain tolerance and a paper cut causes me to tear up. Maybe I was just in so much shock that it didn't register in my head. Now, after surgery......WHOLE other story. I was ever, ever, EVER so grateful for that morphine drip, let me tell you.