Chappelle on Oprah (?)

Really, Dave went on Oprah and said that he sorta cracked under the pressure, that he just wanted to do his thing and have fun, and so on.

Memo to Dave Chappelle: Your gift is also a curse. You will be hounded by the media, exploited, made to do things that you wouldn't do, except for the money . . . until the bastards use you up and you are cast aside by "the 'biz." I'm always surprised when phenomenal talents don't realize this. Once you reach a certain level, you lose control of your own life, and then the Man owns you.

Btw, I see Wilson recently posted on Axis and Allies. I say, played this game some in college, and I'd play some time, if asked, but only of I can play . . . Nazi Germany. I know that this 'blog is named for one of FDR's four freedoms--or, if you prefer, a fifth freedom that FDR would have come up with, if he'd thought of it--but in Axis and Allies, the Nazis have the upperhand. If you can take out the U.S.S.R. early, then . . . World Domination. Of course, that's a big if.

If you're stopped at Stalingrad, on the other hand, then sixty years later, your prime minister has to kiss the U.S. president 's ass.