Tulips up ... er, thumbs up to tulips

I thought I'd do a little thumbs up-thumbs down on headlines on the USAToday.com we site tonight. You know, I held back tears watching footage of all the oil washing up on Gulf Coast shores today. It's so sad, and it just never should have happened. I feel so helpless. So angry. So stunned that more than a month later, the oil is still pumping into the water of the Gulf. Awful. THUMBS DOWN.
Congress advances repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." Thumbs up. It's a good thing when the discrimination of a group is on its way out of society. The military is a society, and having homosexuals walking among the ranks free to be who they are without the collapse of the whole structure, might just show the rest of the country that it can be done. Oh yeah, and let them be married, too.
BP moves on with "top kill" effort. Thumbs up. They're still working hard at stopping this leak.
More oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico then originally thought. Thumbs down. It is ridiculous that this even occurred. I agree with Jon Stewart when he said that, obviously, BP's got the smartest people in the world working on getting the oil out, but apparently, the shallow end of the intelligence scale working on stopping it.
Willie Nelson cuts off his famous braids. Thumbs up. They just didn't look clean, or healthy.
Porsche to deliver 2011 Cayenne S Hybrid. Thumbs up. Where Porsche goes, BMW soon follows. Here's to hoping there will be a hybrid BMW by the time the Jetta is paid off.
Lakers beat Suns. Thumbs down. I don't like Kobe Bryant, but that's besides the point. It would be cool to see the Suns in the finals.
Facebook simplifies its privacy controls. Thumbs up. Still, it's too crazy keeping all your information from the "others," but this is a step in the right direction.
French strike over plans to raise retirement age. Thumbs down. The government is sloppy with money, and now people have to work longer to earn their retirement? Unfair.
Fierce hurricane season predicted. Thumbs down. That's what the Gulf coast needs now. Jeez, why can't that part of the country catch a frickin' break?
Rising stock price pushes Apple above Microsoft. Thumbs up. Anything that means that Apple is doing well deserves a thumbs up!