A Life, Lived: Stupid People

June 25, 2009

Stupid People

I am hot. It is humid. I am tired. I start the long drive to Maine in a few hours. A huge thunderstorm is racing its way here. I might be a tad cranky.

It is time for a rant.

There have been a few folks in the news lately that have amazed me with their huge, gaping depths of stupidity. Hell, these boobs have the Grand Canyon of stupidity.

First up is Perez Hilton. You may have heard of him. He has a web site where he makes the most wildly inappropriate comments about celebrities and pseudo celebs. His web site has become so popular that it has made him into a celeb of sorts.

Trust me when I tell you that the stuff he spouts is vile. I googled it once at work, went to the site, and lived in fear for weeks that I would be fired.

Last week Perez was in Toronto where he was punched in the face by the manager of the Black Eyed Peas. Now I do not in any way condone violence of any sort however when you spew the venom about people that Perez does you'd think he'd expect to be roughed up once in awhile.

Perez screamed assault, charges were laid. Apparently the 'assaulter' has been inundated with flowers, gifts, and offers of support.

Perez . . . nadda!

Parents - there is a lesson there to teach your children.

Today came the news that Perez has sued over the assault.

To hell with anti-violence, I think I'd like to pop him one too.

Next . . .

You knew Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina would make this list, didn't you?

So this right-wing Christian Governor from the south has been carrying on an affair with a woman from Argentina for a year. Fine. politicians do bad things. I get that.

It becomes a problem when the senior executive for the state tells his staff he is hiking in the Appalachians and he instead jets off to Argentina for a tryst over the Father's Day weekend. I am sure that his children appreciated that little facet of this adventure.

It was made even worse because no one on his staff knew how to locate him. Ol' Mark lied to his wife and kids, lied to his staff, hell, he lied to his state, all in the name of sex, companionship, and dare I wonder about it, love. One wonders what might have happened had there been some sort of state emergency while he was enjoying himself in the southern hemisphere.

Why do politicians do this crap? They know that they will get caught. They know that they will be in front of cameras crying crocodile tears and begging their long-suffering spouses to forgive them in no time at all. Why would any one take that risk? Heck, politicians are under far more scrutiny that we regular folks - why take the chance?

Let's wrap up with those horrid folk John and Kate.

It was my plan to skip Jon & Kate for at least the next few months, but I figured I would write just to kind of piece together all of the news and rumors floating around the internet. As you would expect, Monday night's episode on TLC set a new record for the show which just goes to show you that announcing your divorce on television is the new way to go for reality programming.

Kate Gosselin is on the cover of People this week and says she feels like she failed. Yes Kate, you have, in so many things. I'd list them but my fingers might fall off from the overwork.

Darn, where is my violin when I need it? It didn't take her long to martyr herself. The interview with her was actually conducted last week and People held off on the story because they wanted the exclusive and are big ass kissers even to a lowly reality star who no one will remember a year from now. Hopefully.

Continuing with the martyr theme, US Weekly is reporting that Kate is still wearing her wedding ring. I think that is to convey to all of us that she hasn't given up hope of a reunion. I think there is plenty of blame to share here. I also think that Kate has a PR person and Jon thinks PR is a place in the Caribbean you go in the winter.

If you believe the NY Daily News, then I think we may all want to tune in to the relaunch of the show in August. Why? Well they say that Deanna Hummel, the 23 year old teacher who has the best brother in the whole world is going to be on the show. Considering there have been no pictures of the couple together and that Jon seems like he wants to cruise the high schools for dates, I don't know if this is true.

Then again. I don't much care!

Posted at 12:46 PM in Current Affairs, Politics, Rants | Permalink

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You are the best, hilarious read in my mornings...esp when you are on a rant. You make me laugh so hard. I have never watched Jon and Kate but they have been splashed everywhere you look so I think with your comments and what I've seen I don't need to tune in to that train wreck. I did hear one person describe why they have such a viewing audience is because it is like being a lookie lou to a huge accident which is happening before your eyes...you know it's going to be ugly but you look anyway.
Be careful driving Jerry. Have a great vacation.

Posted by: Barb Cabot | June 25, 2009 at 01:10 PM

Jerry, I hope your tough morning has turned into a glorious day driving to Maine. Hopefully it will be cooler and less humid there. Have a lobster roll as soon as you arrive-we all know how good food can make us feel better. Have a great time in Maine!

Posted by: Cindy Ruth | June 25, 2009 at 01:15 PM