What I've learned from YouTube and "American Idol":

*Americans are delusional. They think they are more interesting and talented and insightful and funny than they really are... case in point:


*Atheists and Christians really do dislike each other (seriously, there's now a video war between them on YouTube... hey, folks, if technology means we now fight with video blogs instead of bombs, I think it's probably okay)

*We ought to leave artsy filmmaking up to the experts (YouTubers: just hit record, don't try to get fancy... because you kind of pretty much suck); I'd share a poorly-made YouTube video here, but it's really hard to pick out just ONE and more importantly, I don't want them to get seen and become even more popular than they already are

*The best stuff in life is free or, was originally aired on cable and then uploaded to YouTube so people could watch it for free and then promptly taken down because of copyright laws (boy do I wish Jon Stewart was easier to access)