Thanks for all your hard work Karen! Can't wait to read it in its entirety. Jodi-

Some of you are so mean...she's drunk, dosen't wash her hair, fights with her husband, has stitches, and is ungrateful. Sheesh she was shocked and probably scared with that banshee screaming in her face. And nothing would peeve me off more than a freak screaming at me about how I should feel about my great fortune, like some charity case or something. It's cool to win..but sheesh umm to say it in the worst way possible (what I was thinking while watching STFU woman!) A good hostess would have seen she was overwhelmed; she should have lowered her voice, put her arm around the poor woman and said something about her obviously being in shock instead of continuing to scream in her face. That would have helped the woman calm down and then develop a proper reaction that would make America happy. Normally for programs like this they call the winners and tell them that they're winning a prize in the show so to be prepared, but not that they are winning THE prize. That's how they get the house staged and the correct signatures authorizing the show (ie everyone in the house had to agree it was ok to be on film). The hostess belongs on HGTV. She was unprofessional and obnoxious and very low class, much like the majority of HGTV shows now a days. It was actually hard to watch, painful really. I feel for the poor woman. I'd personally like to help her financially if she needs it but I guarantee, she's getting calls like that every 30 seconds (I banked 4 lottery winners...I know the drill). She's probably now more overwhelmed, and depressed after America's beat the he!! out of her. She deserves a hug and some sound financial counseling, and some time alone (and probably not in the US where we beat people up for not acting like Lauren Lake).

Good point of view sleeper - there ARE probably more good than bad things going on out there... That said, many civilizations have been destroyed in history. We are not immune - it is on those of us who recognize there is a problem to do what we can to preserve a sense of morality. I bet that even that word "morality' ruffles feathers. It's unfortunate - All I can do is state my thoughts respectfully, without being over zealous, and teach my own kids and those who hang out at my home what my expectations are and why. I had a crowd of 16 year olds on my lawn this week, and one kid who didn't know me exclaimed something with the efff word. All those boys looked at me, and I didn't need to say a word. I did, of course, LOL - they know how who I am and that there is a tiny pocket in the world that expects respectful behavior and won't hear profanity from children. I'm not perfect in any way, but we each can have a positive influence if we choose to take a stand.

Paul Winchell Quotes American - Entertainer December 21, 1922 - June 24, 2005 Children are so used to seeing puppets that when they see a real ventriloquist they don't understand it. Paul Winchell I first met Walt Disney 25 or 30 years ago. Paul Winchell I think television defeats ventriloquism. Paul Winchell On television, everyone talks and they don't care about the mechanics. Paul Winchell Ventriloquism today is in a slump. Walt gave me a VIP tour of the studio. I remember people doing voices. Paul Winchell Edward Hoagland Quotes American - Author Born: December 21, 1932 Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on the principle that it is long, and savor variations of the kind best appreciated if most days are the same. Edward Hoagland In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog. Edward Hoagland Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts. Edward Hoagland Once I climbed into a mountain lion's cage and she bounded at me and put her paw on my face, but she kept her claws withdrawn. Edward Hoagland City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead. Edward Hoagland The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying. Edward Hoagland Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents. Edward Hoagland Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run. Edward Hoagland Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without the genocide of those Old Guard, bristling Indian tribes? Edward Hoagland Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans. Edward Hoagland There were periods during my childhood when I stammered so badly I couldn't talk at all. Edward Hoagland When I was 18 I worked with the Ringling Brothers circus, taking care of menagerie animals. I used to rather deliberately risk my life with the big cats. Edward Hoagland Black bears, though, are not fearsome. I encountered one on the road to my house in Vermont, alone at night. I picked up two stones just in case, but I wasn't afraid of him. I felt a hunter's exhilaration and a brotherly feeling. Edward Hoagland Phil Donahue Quotes American - Entertainer Born: December 21, 1935 Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Phil Donahue Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval. Phil Donahue I have moved from certainty to doubt, from devotion to rebellion. Phil Donahue December 25th has become guilt and obligation. Phil Donahue Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery. Phil Donahue Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They're like the people who become successful and then don't want to be reminded of the old neighborhood. Phil Donahue At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous. Phil Donahue I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock. Phil Donahue Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas. Phil Donahue To a journalist, good news is often not news at all. Phil Donahue Miss Child is never bashful with butter. Phil Donahue I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana. Phil Donahue Marlo taught me things I thought I knew. Phil Donahue I tip like crazy. They'll remember me. Celebrity can be expensive. Phil Donahue Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them. Phil Donahue A large psychic void is left by a loss of faith. So many Catholics have tried so many things to replace it. Phil Donahue The Tube is a vehicle for selling things, not for exploring ideas. Phil Donahue I have had time to analyze my feelings. I am certain that they are totally neurotic, sexist, silly, and a big waste of time. Phil Donahue We should not use crippled children to sell hamburgers. Ever. Phil Donahue The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar. Phil Donahue Television is not the exclusive target of promoters. Is Superman really worthy of a Newsweek cover? Phil Donahue Recognition should come to the reporter who uncovers public cheating or proves a convicted man innocent. Phil Donahue In reality, the most important things happen when you don't look for them. Phil Donahue When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption. Phil Donahue When we had been married five years, we had six children. What, in God's name, was wrong with me? Phil Donahue Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable? Phil Donahue In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame. Phil Donahue I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others. Phil Donahue I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother. Phil Donahue They were terrified that we were going to become an anti-war kind of platform. Phil Donahue Everybody is under pressure to shut up and sing. Phil Donahue In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history. Phil Donahue I could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remember being bewildered about that. Phil Donahue Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed. Phil Donahue Saddam was a bastard, but he was our bastard. Phil Donahue Frank Zappa Quotes American - Musician December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993 Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. Frank Zappa Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. Frank Zappa There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. Frank Zappa You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Frank Zappa Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Frank Zappa If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library. Frank Zappa Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. Frank Zappa You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream. Frank Zappa Without deviation progress is not possible. Frank Zappa I searched for years I found no love. I'm sure that love will never be a product of plasticity. Frank Zappa A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians. Frank Zappa The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows. Frank Zappa Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. Frank Zappa It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. Frank Zappa Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. Frank Zappa The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. Frank Zappa Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, uses that something to support their own existence. Frank Zappa All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. Frank Zappa Music is always a commentary on society. Frank Zappa I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird. Frank Zappa There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another. Frank Zappa Love, Music, You Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read. Frank Zappa One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds. Frank Zappa Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something. Frank Zappa No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to. Frank Zappa