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Attention seekers like the Salahis, and before them the Heenes, suffer the opposite delusion: believing that their success in the world of pseudocelebrity insulates them from real-world consequences. In a state of media-induced temporary insanity, you might forget that people could get annoyed at you for faking your kid's balloon accident or that the feds would not laugh off a breach of the President's security as a hoot for a reality show. You close your eyes and hear the crowd cheering for an encore when they're actually gathering torches and pitchforks...
...forget Pelé, another poor kid who became a global legend. No question that Tiger has revolutionized golf as a sporting event - you can see it in the television ratings. But by some respects, he'll only become a bigger attraction. Tiger's on the cover of People. He's now moving up in the Jon and Kate-Brad and Angelina celebrity solar system. You know what happens next: an appearance on Oprah with his wife Elin, national contrition. And even bigger ratings at his next tournament. Unless, of course, Mrs. Woods throws...
...this end, the Crimson Arts Board proudly presents to you its annual Best of the Year Poll. For a glorious, fleeting moment, it will make you forget all the papers you're supposed to be writing. Then you can get back to watching this on repeat...
...easy to forget that when this war began, we were united - bound together by the fresh memory of a horrific attack and by the determination to defend our homeland and the values we hold dear. I refuse to accept the notion that we cannot summon that unity again. I believe with every fiber of my being that we - as Americans - can still come together behind a common purpose. For our values are not simply words written into parchment - they are a creed that calls us together and that has carried us through the darkest of storms as one nation...
...shopper asked him how he broke his leg. "Iraq," Waddell answered. The reply: "Was it a car wreck or a cycle wreck?" Colorado Springs psychologist Kelly Orr, who is treating the ex-Navy SEAL, says, "We get all excited when Johnny goes marching off to war, and then we forget about him a few days later when our favorite football team loses a game." This, says Orr, adds to a returnee's well of anger and loneliness...