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-        Big Twitter battle between Glee creator Ryan Murphy and the Kings of Leon.  Apparently Murphy was upset when KOL front man Caleb Followill rejected Murphy’s request to license their song ‘Use Somebody’.  Murphy tweated "F--- you, Kings of Leon, They're self-centered a--holes and they missed the big picture."   KOL drummer Nathan Followill then chimed in with "Dear Ryan Murphy, let it go, see a therapist, get a manicure, buy a new bra. Zip your lip and focus on educating 7 yr olds how to say f--k."   Cooler heads will prevail, but Mr. Murphy needs to understand his show is NOT the center of the universe Golden Globe or not. 
-        Ed Schultz, is a liberal blowhard who needs to go away (sorry mom).   He is simply the leftist version of Rush Limbaugh.  Schultz cannot see the connection between high corporate tax rates and job outsourcing.  He needs to stop screaming and talk to a corporate tax specialist.
-        While you’re at it, take Lawrence O’Donnell with you.  I have seen lawn furniture that have more charisma.
-        Did anyone else notice that Judge Ginsburg looked like she had fallen asleep last night during the SOTU.  Must have been past her bed time.
-        As predicted in this space in December, Lebanon is heading towards civil war as a Hezbollah backed minister is likely to become the new Prime Minister.    What wasn’t predicted was the potential domino effect in North Africa following the collapse of the Tunisian government, and now Algeria, Morocco, and Egypt are now experiencing civil unrest.  If you thought Hillary Clinton looked tired Tuesday night, you ain’t seen nothing yet.  She will earn her salary like no other federal employee.    Keep up the good work Madame Secretary.
-        Received a chain email with the cheery picked recent events blaming Islamists for all murders and mass attacks dating back to the assassination for RFK.  While I will be the first to condemn Islamic fundamentalists, I think it is bigoted if these emailers fail to include: assassins Jared Lee Loughner, Lee Harvey Oswald, James Earl Ray, Mark David Chapman, John Hinckley, Dan White, and Larry Layton, mass murderers Tim McVeigh, Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, Richard Poplawski, Charles Whitman, Arthur Shawcross, and John Wayne Gacy.  Not to mention the biggest murderers for the last 200 years: Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mugabe, Milosovic, etc.  Call it me being fair and balanced.  Oh and if you want to learn some history, read about the terrorist attacks in this country back in the 1920’s specifically the 1920 Wall Street Bombing.  There were no Muslims involved.
-        Former Speaker of the House and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is calling to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the Environmental Solutions Agency (ESA).  Gingrich believes "What you have is a very expensive bureaucracy that across the board makes it harder to solve problems, slows down the development of new innovations.”  Sounds like he wants to replace the regulators with the Chamber of Commerce. 
-        I hear Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are boycotting the Oscars because they are upset with Oscar co-host Anne Hathaway for her portrayal of Holmes during her appearance on Saturday Night Live last year.   I guess after Ricky Gervais’ opening at the Golden Globes, we can scratch the couple from that award show and The Office too.
-        Chad Ochicinco is going back to calling himself Chad Johnson.  In a related story, the Bengals still suck.
-        Stay tuned for an expose on guns.

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