[speeder]

Before you form a lynching party for Bobby Brown, that whole story of the bad guy corrupting the angel is pure BS. Just forget about it. Whitney was her own person 1000%. I'm not going to go into how or why I know this here and now, but I do. But hang on to your fantasies if it makes you feel better.

She was an artist. A complicated person with otherworldly gifts. She will be missed. Let's focus on her enormous contribution to pop culture and American life.

This video just has everything; never has this song inspired more patriotism in me than this spine-tingling rendition in her prime. She was an American. A unique arch type to our culture, the southern black gospel singer turned R&B star. We should be so proud, nothing else. Ours is a great culture.