Ben Hanten

Low of 23F tonight.... What a terrible year for allergies. Good riddance. - Ben Hanten

I wish. Here in SoCal, it's my 2nd bout. After the winds die down, I spend 3 weeks with burning eyes. - Anika

The hard freeze also means more opportunities for Dead Fly Art. http://friendfeed.com/benhant... - Ben Hanten

If I had one Ben, you could have it. - Derrick

I know people have nominated me, but apparently people who live in my zip code are never getting this service. Or something. I'm so close to becoming a Bing prophet... - Ben Hanten

I got on! Thanks for the nomination, Roman. - Ben Hanten

Lots of nominations seem to be coming through at the moment. - Christopher A Carr

Can't figure out why the audience keeps laughing. They obviously didn't know... - Ben Hanten

why is it interesting? - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

You didn't hear? Somebody tried to extort him for $2 million to cover up a sex scandal. He admitted it all. - Ben Hanten

Really not sure *shrug* - JSNFLMNG from iPod

nope. when did this happen? - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

He just revealed it, but of course the show it taped, so CNN and Huffington knew about it earlier. Top story on most websites. - Ben Hanten

disappointing as he's been with his wife for ages. they don't reveal dates but i'm guessing it happened during their time together or else why wouldn't the dates be shared? at least he didn't try to do something stupid like fall for the blackmail. - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

He actually met the guy, gave him a phony check, etc. They did everything to get as much evidence on the guy as they could. - Ben Hanten

yeah. i read that. i meant, doing all that without involving the police. - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

And, it's for sure wrong... But just to clarify, he and his wife have only been married since March. - Ben Hanten

but they've been together since 1986. - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

For sure. He doesn't deserve a pass... Just wanted to throw that out there. - Ben Hanten

well, there will certainly be the people out there who say it's all fair until the rings are on, but that's not my take on it. :D - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

It was really weird to watch because the audience kept laughing and cheering, thinking he was setting them up for a punchline. - Ben Hanten

well, it is letterman. not too crazy to think he'd do that. :-( have to get over being disappointed by a man whom I've never met and who has no real relevance to my life. :) but he's my favorite late night guy. - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

now you tell me... ;) - JSNFLMNG

It kind of makes sense. I can't imagine that all of my FriendFeed friends, who let's face it are a bunch of geeks, all missed out on invites. - Ben Hanten

Yeah, I have been surprised that NO ONE in my feed has been bragging about getting one yet! - Her Lindsay-ness

Make that nearly 6am... - Roberto Bonini

Don't be lazy, Australian Google workers... It's almost 6:30am. Get to work. - Ben Hanten

:) Apparently if I buy a movie ticket, part of my money will go to that fund. - Ben Hanten

Well played, Ben Hanten. Well played. - Akiva Moskovitz

I'm still amazed you haven't blocked me for being a Steelers fan. - Ben Hanten

What?! You're a Steelers fan?@#% GONE. - Akiva Moskovitz

The fact that no one has taken this post seriously means one of three different things. - Ben Hanten

1. The invites haven't gone out yet. - Ben Hanten

2. None of my friends on FF have been lucky enough to be on the list. - Ben Hanten

3. Nobody reads what I post. - Ben Hanten

or 4. People don't care about charity? :) - Ben Hanten

Or 5. People do want to contribute to the Rep Party :P - Rene Wirtz

Right. - Ben Hanten

Chad, do you have a Wave invite? Oh you don't.... KTHANKXBYE - Ben Hanten

Happy Birthday! - Anne Bouey

Happy b'day! You take your birthdays off, too? - MiniMage, sheeple of FF

'Hi Mom'????? And dude...I am NOT the goddess. Eeek! The fashion photographer, I had that same shirt in 7th grade. I hope Fred is still available. The furs are HOT! - Anika

this is so great. - Alexis Hope

The Ellen Degenerous show has this clip on right now. Don't ask why I'm watching. - Ben Hanten

been nice knowing you. - Jim Hearts FF

It's my first experience with Rockband. Now I'm getting all this crazy confidence in my drumming skills, who knows where this will lead. - Ben Hanten

Liked, but really very much disliked. Domestic terrorists, plain and simple. And quite scary ones. And quite "uninformed" ones. - Rene Wirtz

Truly makes you wonder about education and attention spans in 2009. - Ben Hanten

*LOL* Glenn Beck for president. If that happens, the US will officially become a fouth world country. And the coward didn't even show up in person, what was he afraid of? - Rene Wirtz

It all goes back to history education and how easily the "dark patches" are ignored and glossed over or just plain dismissed. - Rene Wirtz

I am very much a peaceful person (opposed to capital punishment and all) but this makes me want to sit in a "death panel" and make sure procreation of these miscreants stops. It's beyond revulsive. *looks for mind bleach* - Rene Wirtz

A sign says "STOP THE INSANITY". Oh the irony! - Alejandro

Irony is a concept that eludes most, if not all, of these dumbasses. - Rene Wirtz

This is the sick reality of mob mentality... - ProsePetals (aka Denise)

What a strange reality tunnel these people live in. These are the people that make me embarrassed to be co-citizen of this country sometimes... - Her Lindsay-ness

Just dreadful. - Derrick

Oh wow. This video is just scary to watch. :( "Keep pushing us...find out what happens." What kind of threat is that? I couldn't see the image on the poster very well, but I'm not keen on the idea of handing out veiled threats like that. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

I'm aghast. There are no words to describe how 'edge of the abyss' this feels. - WorldofHiglet

That's your Republican party. That's what people like Cheney spent the last 40 years cultivating. This is no accident. This is the Southern Strategy personified. - Anika

Agreed Anika. Whole-heartedly. This is the side that *moderate* Republicans do not want to accept culpability for - but their silence became tacit agreement, whether they like it or not. You know, I was actually accused of hating my country for even suggesting that during Dubya's administration, because I said *these* kind of people make me ashamed that they are my fellow Americans, and that in public, they represent me *as* an American. *heavy sigh* - ProsePetals (aka Denise)

Actually, I don't think this is dreadful. I love seeing people put exactly how they feel out on public display like that. Of course, I think they're foolish and I don't agree with any of it, but keep it coming, let us know exactly how you feel so that we know what we're working with. - Derrick

When I watch clips like this I feel very despondent about where this country is headed, and that's a real danger. So I try to remind myself that there are many people out there who actually do try to be informed, and I draw some hope from that. What gets me the most about the statements in this clip is that it's the product of a cynical campaign to play on misinformation and disinformation to mobilize these people AGAINST their own best interests. - Mark Jepsen

And, yes, there is no distinction made between communism and socialism, or socialism and fascism, by the right-wing. It's so ironic that much of what the right-wing promotes plays directly into fascism, as the U.S. proved so deftly in South and Central America in the 60's, 70's and 80's. Milton Friedman's free market "Chicago school" protege's did more to promote fascism than anyone... more... - Mark Jepsen

Had to rewatch the Czar conversation twice because that was fascinating. Absolutely fascinating. Especially since it was followed by people praising Glenn Beck ("He's such a logical, thinking man!" Zuh?) - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

Scary. - Rodfather

But when they were asked what they were protesting about, none of the people we saw even knew - and they knew they didn't know! I think that was the worst bit - they were willing to be swept up into a frenzy over hazy, half-understood 'issues' and didn't even seem to want to know what it was about. Groupthink writ large. - WorldofHiglet

But, Lite does not have @ mentions, so.... I find myself still using classic most of the time. - Ben Hanten

Lite for now.. I hide all the other application @$%# anyway. I would LOVE to get access to friends list filters in lite though.. I have no idea why all my high school friends feel the need to say good night!! - Chris Myles

It's nice, but I like to play videos in the page and have group lists.... so I went back to full. - Gus

I haven't had time to play with Lite, but I don't really use Facebook as more than a contact list, so I imagine I'll end up there. - Derrick