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If everyone did one good thing for someone and then asked them to pay it forward, the chain would continue forever and the world would be a better place.

 Yada Yada Yada.

On the surface, "paying it forward" -- as it's come to be called due to a popular movie -- sounds like a brilliant idea. But why, you may ask, doesn't it work?

In my opinion, it doesn't work because people are self-absorbed. Do something good for a certain type of greedy, self-serving person and they think they simply deserve it. America has become a society of people thinking they are entitled to good deeds on a regular basis. If people didn't think that they were entitled to these good deeds, they'd be thankful and want to repay the people that do these things for them. But that is not the case. Many people in America feel entitled to things they aren't entitled too -- extra, above-and-beyond type actions.

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LOS ANGELES - The Black Eyed Peas, Kelly Clarkson, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rascal Flatts were double-winners Tuesday at the 2006 American Music Awards.

The Black Eyed Peas were named favorite group in the rap/hip hop and soul/rhythm & blues categories. Clarkson captured trophies for pop/rock female and adult contemporary artist, categories presented before the televised presentations began in the performance-filled show.

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WASHINGTON - Nearly all air travelers entering the U.S. will be required to show passports beginning Jan. 23, including returning Americans and people from Canada and other nations in the Western Hemisphere.

Main Entry: opin·ion
Pronunciation: &-'pin-y&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin opinion-, opinio, from opinari
1 a : a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter b : APPROVAL, ESTEEM
2 a : belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b : a generally held view
3 a : a formal expression of judgment or advice by an expert b : the formal expression (as by a judge, court, or referee) of the legal reasons and principles upon which a legal decision is based

Just thought I'd throw the question out there -- do you guys think a Congress with a Dem. Majority will be a good thing or a bad thing for America?

Although I am very liberal, that does not make me a Democrat, and I'm not sure I like them being in majority. I think I might have to pull the 'undecided' vote on this topic until we can see what happens right off the bat. However, I think the Democrats being in control is better than having the Republicans in control but i also dont think its the best thing. If only there was such a thing as bipartisan politics...

I am pro-choice yet anti-abortion. I don't believe in abortion but I don't want to impose that belief on others, which makes me pro-choice.

I don't like the term pro-life because I believe that most of the population is pro-life. Nobody WANTS to get an abortion, they just feel that it's the only plausible option for them.

The reason that I dislike many so called "pro-lifers" is that they impose their beliefs on others. Tis a difference in a matter of opinion, ya'll.

The other day I was driving my friend home and she says to me, "I was thinking, how do you live without a tv in your room?" And the reason is that I don't really watch TV. But why?

 Because I have books. I love to read books, and maybe I'm a loser, but I love books.

 Some of my favorites include The Tao of Pooh, The Motorcycle Diaries, The da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Lovely Bones, Catcher in the Rye, Memoirs of a Geisha, the Kite Runner, Kabul, The Secret Life of Bees, The Bookseller of Kabul, A Hundred and One Days (a great book about the war in Iraq from a non-American, non-Iraqi perspective), Girl with a Pearl Earring and of course many, many more.