I missed the Oscars last night. It was on purpose. Not that I don't enjoy the comedy stylings of Ellen DeGeneres. But she was a lot more fun before she became the poster girl for lesbians. Of course, she made some stupid comment about the irony of Al Gore having been elected President, and the Hollywood crowd lapped it up. What most of these pinheads slept through in Civics class, is the discovery that the people of the United States do not elect their president directly, and never have. The "free and independent states" elect him (or her), through their representatives, or "electors" to the electoral college. The founding Fathers did this to ensure that smaller states would enjoy parity with the larger ones. (History buffs and scholars of constitutional law, feel free to join in and clarify, but you gotta admit I was damn close.) Al Gore knows this, but he also knows how badly he needs the publicity.
Then there was this bit of nonsense, provided courtesy of Newsbusters:
Zach Braff: “You know America, here’s a little interesting tidbit you probably don’t know about me. My middle name is Israel. We’re both named after countries. “
America Ferrera: “Wow, that is interesting.”
Braff: “So do you think that you have any traits in common with the country that is your namesake?”
Ferrera: “Well, you know, I mean I guess I’m a free-spirited person and America’s supposedly the ‘land of the free,’ right?”
Braff: “Well, I guess.”
Ferrera: “Or at least we will be in 2008.” [loud applause] Well how about you, Zach, I mean do you have anything in common with Israel?”
To the right of this posting, listed below "The Usual Suspects," are the number of citizens since the Iraq War started who will never know the freedom to live, without which there is little point to any other freedoms. The fact that Ms Ferrera is dead wrong is proven by her not having been censored, nor blacklisted, nor ever having to suffer any sort of reprisal as a result of this public remark.
So, this week's Smack Across the Back of the Head with the Black Hat goes to America "Ugly Betty" Ferrera, even though it's not nice to hit a girl.
Hey, this is America. I get to misbehave too. You got a problem with that?
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