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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    09/04/09

    In reply to Chris Brown Will Not Tolerate Oprah's Lip
    PS: Just what the world needs, a fucking DJ AM shoe line. Because nobody knows shoes like a gastric-bypassed drug addict. Put it on the shelf next to Paris Hilton's 52-Piece Wrench Set and the Dr. Phil Catamaran.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    09/04/09

    @NigelAstydameia: To be fair, I found myself standing next to him during an LCD Soundsystem set at Lollapalooza a few years ago, and he was wearing really, really awesome shoes. I told him that they were awesome, and he looked at me snottily.

    He didn't seem very nice.
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    09/04/09

    In reply to Chris Brown Will Not Tolerate Oprah's Lip
    But to Chris, a slap in the face is no big deal, so maybe he meant it like "Yeah, that show was a slap in the face ('got my attention.') I'll have to beat the fucking crap out of Oprah ('talk to her about it') next time I see that fat bitch ('weight challenged TV host')."
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/04/09

    In reply to Chris Brown Will Not Tolerate Oprah's Lip
    Note to Chris Brown: "Slap in face" -- not the best phrase, is it?
    Was it more like a headlock? Or maybe a punch in the face? Oh, wait. You only dish those out, so you don't really know what they're like.
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    Image of jackvinyl jackvinyl
    09/04/09

    @Novaload Is Just Plain Novaload Again: Chris Brown should be looking over his shoulder... I mean, shit, has anyone seen or heard from Stedman in like 9 years...? He's probably buried out back of the Harpo Studios between a couple of old cocker spaniels...
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    Edited by jackvinyl at 09/04/09 11:42 AM jackvinyl was starred jackvinyl was unstarred
    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    09/04/09

    @Novaload Is Just Plain Novaload Again: And who says irony is dead?
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    09/04/09

    In reply to Chris Brown Will Not Tolerate Oprah's Lip
    Oprah annoys me. Yes, I said it. She's grating and irritating and her power reign over (the world) is almost silly. She has a talk show. and. that. is. all. So I could care less that he made a comment about her. I'm more inclined to think that Chris Brown shouldn't be talking about how upset he was after hearing the reaction, no matter the source, to his domestic violence issues.

    Own your problems. Get help. Grow up. And be quiet, stupid boy.
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    Image of sassypants sassypants
    09/04/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Word. She annoys the holy hell out of me too. And Chris Brown should just simply stop talking altogether.
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    Image of SuperBien SuperBien
    09/04/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Yes, but her hair looks like it smells nice.
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    Image of Paul.B.Dodd Paul.B.Dodd
    09/04/09

    In reply to Chris Brown Will Not Tolerate Oprah's Lip
    Chris Brown, the kid is done. Look at the list of enemies Oprah has laid to rest, James Frey, the Texas cattle industry and Hilary Clinton. Each one is bigger than the next. The Oprah will probably send Gayle King to finish him after the long weekend.
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    Image of Lucia Toledo Lucia Toledo
    09/04/09

    In reply to Chris Brown Will Not Tolerate Oprah's Lip
    Chris Brown is so comically child-like! He expected immunity, as on a reality TV show! Kinda priceless, in its smack-on-trend lunacy!
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    09/04/09

    In reply to Chris Brown Will Not Tolerate Oprah's Lip
    Taye Diggs's and Idina Menzel's son is named Walker, not Walter. And damn, if that kid can't sing or act, it might be a bigger embarrassment than it might've been if Shiloh were born unattractive.
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    Image of Front_Towards_Enemy Front_Towards_Enemy
    09/04/09

    In reply to Chris Brown Will Not Tolerate Oprah's Lip
    I guess the powder blue sweater & bowtie didn't work for Mr. Brown after all.
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    Image of HowardRoarkLaughed HowardRoarkLaughed
    09/04/09

    @Front_Towards_Enemy: Who knew that Howdy Doody was a wifebeater?
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    blix promoted this comment HowardRoarkLaughed was starred HowardRoarkLaughed was unstarred
    Image of blix blix
    09/04/09

    @HowardRoarkLaughed: Captain Kangaroo? Notorious tip-stiffer.
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    Image of Atilla the Bun Atilla the Bun
    09/04/09

    @Front_Towards_Enemy: Which is sooo surprising. The outfit as a whole just screamed "somber contrition," particularly the huge diamond earrings.

    Message to his idiot publicist: There's a reason most male defendants at criminal trials and mourners at funerals are dressed in dark suits and ties.
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    Image of Atilla the Bun Atilla the Bun
    09/04/09

    @blix: Don't even get me started on the barnyard antics of Mr. Green Jeans...
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    blix promoted this comment Edited by Atilla the Bun at 09/04/09 11:42 AM Atilla the Bun was starred Atilla the Bun was unstarred
    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    09/04/09

    @Atilla the Bun: I suspect the pastel sweater and bow tie combo was supposed to make him look young and harmless, like a kindergartener posing for school pictures. (Still no word on when and why men in the R&B and hip-hop world decided Palm Beach hausfrau earrings were a necessary badass accessory.)
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    Edited by City_Dater at 09/04/09 12:11 PM City_Dater was starred City_Dater was unstarred
    Image of blix blix
    09/04/09

    @Atilla the Bun: Bunny Rabbit? Klepto.
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    Image of Atilla the Bun Atilla the Bun
    09/04/09

    @City_Dater: I associate bow ties with Mad Hatter-like creepiness, myself.
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    Image of MsMuffinMcGuffin MsMuffinMcGuffin
    09/04/09

    In reply to Chris Brown Will Not Tolerate Oprah's Lip
    I'm bored with Chris Brown, and I couldn't care less about his hurt feelings. I know there are plenty of other talented people who can, (and will) replace him, who don't choose to knock around women. He had it all and he threw it away. It's an old story. Yawn.

    Time to slink away into obscurity now.
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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    09/04/09

    In reply to Chris Brown Will Not Tolerate Oprah's Lip
    Chris Brown, you know what's a real slap in the face?

    A fracking slap in the face. Which lately you've been giving, not receiving. Please STFU.
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    The One promoted this comment Edited by curiousgeorgiana at 09/04/09 7:47 AM curiousgeorgiana was starred curiousgeorgiana was unstarred
    Image of The One The One
    09/04/09

    In reply to Chris Brown Will Not Tolerate Oprah's Lip
    Idina and Taye's kid has got to be gorgeous! No chance of him being otherwise, with those parents.
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    Image of baconismyaesthetic baconismyaesthetic
    09/04/09

    @The One: Good thing, too, because with a name that conjures up hardboiled newsmen from the 1940s, he's going to need a little extra pretty.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    09/04/09

    @baconismyaesthetic: The kid's name is actually Walker, not Walter, so he's a little safer on that front. Although "Walker Diggs" sounds kind of like a caveman narration.
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    06/09/09

    In reply to Bob Woodward, Nixon Man
    Judge Sotomayor's non-voting record is far more shocking than some reporter's.
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    Image of ipaidipod ipaidipod
    06/09/09

    In reply to Bob Woodward, Nixon Man
    From All The President's Men, published in 1974:


    "Woodward, a registered Republican, did not vote. He couldn't decide whether he was more uneasy with the disorganization and naive idealism of McGovern's campaign or with Richard Nixon's conduct. And he believed that not voting enabled him to be more objective in reporting on Watergate- a view Bernstein regarded as silly."


    Oh, yes. Big news.

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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    06/09/09

    @ipaidipod: I'm forced to guess at what your point is.


    Hamilton Nolan had a point when he said that it's hard not to form an opinion of who's better when you're a reporter. Especially in the last election. That was a pretty clear decision, wasn't it?


    Furthermore, Woodward is confused, which doesn't jive with his status as a highly respected legend in journalism. He confuses objectivity with journalistic integrity and transparency. Just to make it clear, let me outline the difference: Your objectivity is instrumental in your being able to pick a side to vote for, your journalistic integrity requires you to be fair to both parties even after having done so and your transparency requires you to be upfront your reasons for having done everything. That's my definition of a good journalist. Woodware conflates everything into one term, which makes it completely meaningless.

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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    06/09/09

    @i'm a bottle: ...that's my definition of a reporter with integrity, not a good reporter, as I wrote.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    06/09/09

    @i'm a bottle: @persimmon: Oh, I stand corrected.
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    Image of ChillbearLatrigue ChillbearLatrigue
    06/09/09

    In reply to Bob Woodward, Nixon Man
    If anyone has Woodwards number, I would like to call him about coming to my "battleground state" and registering as a Republican so that there will be two of us in 2012.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    06/09/09

    @ChillbearLatrigue:


    He more than did his part to get Bush re-elected in 2004.


    [www.amazon.com]


    Contrast this with the books he published after the election.


    [www.amazon.com]

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    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    06/09/09

    @ChillbearLatrigue: Joan Didion has his number. From Political Fictions:
    "What seems most remarkable in this new Woodward book is exactly what seemed remarkable in the previous Woodward books, each of which was presented as the insiders' inside story and each of which went on to become a number-one bestseller: these are books in which measurable cerebral activity is virtually absent."
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    Image of Dickdogfood Dickdogfood
    06/09/09

    In reply to Bob Woodward, Nixon Man
    This only encourages me to think his whole "uncovering Watergate" thing was just a delicious bit of luck and it coulda been done by a spunky Muncie Star Press obit writer.
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