First of all, check this out: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/oct/07/blurt4/.
Then head over to the writings section of the words page of this site (or just clickhere) to read a pretty epic rant/master's thesis essay. Once I get the html for footnotes and a bibliography figured out I'll set that up as well, but until then you can just assume everything I say in there is backed by tons and tons of research.