tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455129.post6206104735879033223..comments2008-06-27T11:23:54.789-07:00Susaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977938723351021767noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455129.post-2818852625671702932008-06-27T11:23:00.000-07:002008-06-27T11:23:00.000-07:00The common thread of O'Reilly, Coulter, Limbaugh (and Al Franken, Bill Maher, etc.) is that they are paid performers. Nobody pays to see tightrope walkers on a wire 3 feet off the ground. The balance must be just as good, but it just doesn't get the juices flowing the way absurd extremes do.<BR/><BR/>Anger is a funny thing... instead of being told to never be angry, we are told "be angry and yet do not sin" so clearly one does not necessarily mean the other (although it certainly can lead there.) As a parent there is the fine line of using anger as a motivator to your children while not scaring them too much. (They need to be a little scared, mind you. They need to fear my authority to punish them or they will pay no heed whatsoever to what I say, and I can really tell when they have no fear of me... it almost always leads to them getting into trouble.) <BR/><BR/>Stef, on the other hand, takes no guff from me <I>at all</I>.Mike Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119045198858883590noreply@blogger.com