Why does everyone love to hate Tom Cruise? Did he not give us Maverick. And the chase involving Guido the Killer Pimp? And the urge to spin liquor bottles in the air whenever we happen to be behind a bar?

Is it because he belives in Scientology, which involves spaceships visiting Earth? On the face of it, is that belief that much kookier than believing in winged beings who reside in the sky and appear on Earth to tell people to build arks, etc.? (Who told Noah what to do? A God or an angel? Let me know.)

This video from the Letterman show captures the Cruise controversy. People think he seems crazy when he loses it toward the end (it's a pretty long clip). But I found myself laughting at the story, too. Maybe aliens have altered my thoughts? Or the Devil?




Let's test the Cruise resentment with this bargument,

You'll be stuck in an elevator with one of these celebrities. Pick from: Tom Cruise, Mary Kate Olsen, Lance Bass and Martha Stewart.

You can vote on it in a poll nearby AND in the Beta version of the new Barguments site, http://www.barguments.com/.