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| hot and snot |
| Saturday, May 16, 2009 |
It's (finally) the weekend, and it's time for our weekly rundown of Who's Hot and Who's Snot in the always-maddening world of our beloved media.
Who's Hot: "The Donald"
For: Moving on.
And yes, I'm just as surprised as you. I usually find him as personally repugnant as anyone, but this week, I don't know if I can say he surprised me, but he definitely came through -- by not disbarring, or whatever, Miss California Carrie Prejean over the gay marriage question and the nudie pics taken years ago. Say what you like about her politics -- believe me, I have -- but these contests have rules, and if she didn't break any, she shouldn't get the boot. Her hare-brained statements about so-called "traditional" marriage are Constitutionally-protected, and while no one's really convinced about the "windy day" on which the photos were taken (that's right up there with Sen. Larry Craig's "wide stance"), this isn't 1955 anymore. If the pageant reviewed her nekkid photos and her associations with that "marriage" organization and found all this contractually acceptable, then that's good enough for us. Way to move on, for cryin' out loud. Having said that...
Who's Snot: Miss California, Carrie Prejean
For: Setting a horrible example.
Unfortunately, there are still young girls out there who look up to these Miss Contestants, and just our luck, here's another public figure seeding kids' minds with bigotry and exclusionary rhetoric aimed at withholding the civil rights of select Americans. Isn't that just what we need -- more division in a society where some people are already more equal than others? The high-profile promotion of such prejudicial viewpoints can only serve to further poison the minds of a generation already intellectually asphyxiating on World of Warcraft and American Idol. No, I don't think she should have lost her crown over it -- it was simply a straight answer to a gay question, and a position to which she's entitled, no matter how ethically bankrupt. That doesn't mean I wasn't hoping, somewhere in the back of my mind, that she'd get a pink slip anyway, and I don't mean the kind she'd model for pageantry.
Who's Hot: Those tools at AT&T, San Jose
For: Cleaning out the fridge.
Everyone who heard this story this week nodded in amused recognition of the fact that this could happen where we work: a woman at the AT&T building in San Jose, California went to clean out an office fridge, and the fumes that resulted sent seven people to the hospital, evacuated the building, and summoned a hazmat team. Try to imagine the echoes of laughter coming from City Hall about this debacle. I don't mean to discount the taxpayer dollars wasted on such an incident, I'm just glad someone cleaned out the fridge. Maybe if someone at my office tried this, we'd all get the afternoon off too.
Who's Snot: Jon and Kate Gosselin
For: Who gives a shit?!
Is anybody really clear to begin with about who allegedly cheated on whom? Originally, I'd heard it was him, but as I hopped on Google to spell-check the couple's last name, I saw accusations of her cheating. Is this really what we're paying attention to these days? Don't we have two wars to fight and a California beauty queen to scrutinize?
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i agree...who gives a crap about jon and kate!!!!!!!????? i've never watched the show and now i really NEVER want to.
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i agree...who gives a crap about jon and kate!!!!!!!????? i've never watched the show and now i really NEVER want to.