Frank Ocean And The Eagles' Don Henley: Odd Future Member Caught In 'Hotel California' Dispute

Where's the mention of Don Felder? He wrote the music for Hotel California, arranged it, and did the stunning acoustic revisit later. He has first position in the writers' credit, followed by Henley and Frey, who together wrote the lyrics. Yet it's always about Henley. Just like the Eagles are always about the two reigning egos, the rest are nameless support dogs who eat their scraps. The new guitarist on their last tour played all the notes, but the finesse and magic were missing. Felder gave the music its heart and soul. Without him the Eagles are largely just a nostalgia act.
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Black LGBT Celebrities: 11 Living Legends (PHOTOS)

Seems a little one-sided when some races and groups are encouraged to celebrate themselves­, wave banners, put up icons and heroes and shout to the world how wonderful they are for their particular difference­. But if other races and groups did the same thing there'd be cries of intoleranc­e. In a time when we need to work together more than ever, we continue to separate ourselves. Us vs them. Tolerance can't be won that way, but through taking down walls, shaking hands and sitting together at the table.
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Rick Santorum On Opposition To Abortion In Cases Of Rape: 'Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation'

I think abortion should be treated as a serious issue, a last resort. Too many use it like another form of birth control. A casual fix for an inconvenie­nce.



There are situations where it should and must be considered­, as should other alternativ­es, like the long waiting lists and high fees for those who want to adopt.



But no one has a right to force their beliefs on everyone. And how can someone honestly expect a child, or anyone else, to love and raise a product of ra. pe or in cest? How can they guilt anyone into a life of continual renewal and reminder of the crimes against them? How can any decent person condemn a child to never being able to receive the love and nurturing they need to grow up healthy and whole? And there's the answer... this candidate has no decency. He puts on a show to pander for votes, but in the end he cares nothing for anyone but himself.
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Romney's Religion

Most polarizing­? On any given day, look at these forums under any topic and see how many of the comments promote the "us vs them" philosophy­, and what the difference is. At the top of the list is political party. Every page has folks spewing venom at others because of their party. 2nd to that is religion.



The problem is, we attach labels to others that carry all this animosity without knowing or caring what kind of person they really are. We don't like what a politician did, and he has a (R or D) after his name, therefore everyone who has that letter is a ... (insert epithet here). We do the same thing with all our difference­s. I had a bad experience with a ..... so they must all be ..... Works for atheist, religious, ethnic, political, sexual, gender, any of the difference­s we all have. The more we try to prove our own view the more we become tainted by the very bi @s that Rep Grayson is talking about.



I won't be voting for Mitt, but it has nothing to do with his faith.
About Mitt Romney
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Black Folk Don't Like To Be Told They're Not Black

After all we've been through as a country, and all the battles for civil rights, you'd think we'd have learned to be unified as Americans, but no, we're still calling our attention to race difference­s, labeling each other, drawing lines in the sand. Most of us are mixed breeds anyway. What makes us think we can just pick one and use that for our identity as if it were a pure bloodline, and then use that to accentuate racial difference­s? Instead of painting ourselves into faux single colors we should be proud to be part of the great melting pot, Americans and neighbors first & foremost.
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Arne Duncan Boosts Merit Pay At Teaching Conference [UPDATED]

1. Merit pay would be a good way to give teachers a bonus, but NOT a salary. They deserve so much more than we give them it's pitiful.



2. A huge slice of the education budget is funneled off for administra­tion. Districts, boards, over-educa­ted blowhards and their staffs, big buildings and properties­.... they make real salaries and never get left behind when the money train chugs in. And what they do could actually be done by a handful of midlevel folks in a shared office.



3. We pay the biggest wages to, and idolize, our court jesters. Adults (not really) who play children's games for millions, people who dress up and play pretend in front of movie cameras, anyone who can yell and swear into a microphone or do a stage production dressed like a you-know-w­hat. We pay the lowest wages to the ones who really make a difference in our lives... teachers, firefighte­rs, cops.



Until we redo our priorities teachers will always have to do it for the love, not the money, and do more with less support & supplies.
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Meet The Climate Reality Project

They may have unlimited resources, but so do you! Your carbon offset speculatio­n and trading industry is making money hand over fist. Every speech, movie, presentati­on is a sales call. The more folks get upset the more they give. They think they're erasing their footprint on mother earth. In reality, what doesn't go into the profit pot often goes to projects that don't benefit us. How's that uber-expen­sive hybrid roadster coming along? You got congress to cough up a half billion of our money for that one. Money and jobs that would have benefited Americans being funneled away for something so expensive a limited few will ever be able to afford one.



Don't get me wrong, I'm not a denier. We need to take better care of our earth. But I get suspicious of anyone who makes profits when they preach doom and stir panic. And I don't think paying indulgence­s to a trading company absolves us of the damage we've done. That's the easy diet pill approach. It never works, but someone gets rich.



We have great minds and hard workers. We can solve the energy crisis and clean up much of the damage. To get it done we need to turn our backs on the energy barons and fear mongers, get off our butts and get our hands dirty. We have to want it bad enough. Otherwise, we can all just keep polluting, buying overpriced fuels and feeling good because we mailed a check somewhere.
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