What
the fuck is going on!? First Dick Cheney gets a new heart, which seems a little
wrong since there are people much younger who are waiting and waiting and
waiting for some innocent person to die so that they can have a new ticker. I
know he was out of options, but couldn’t he have just shot another hunting
buddy? Or used a deer heart? I don’t know. I am all for saving lives, but what
is the prognosis here? The government just spent a shitload of money putting a
living organ inside a dying man. But this isn’t the most outrageous bullshit of
the week.
Here
it is. Trayvon Martin. If you don’t know who Trayvon is, you are one braindead
mother fucker. Or a Kardashian, which is, admittedly, kind of redundant.
Trayvon was walking home at night from a convenience store last month when a
neighborhood watch VOLUNTEER, George Zimmerman, shot him dead. For what?! WHY
did this son of a bitch even have a goddamned gun? And if he thought that
something was amiss, he should have called the real law instead of getting his
Barney Fife on. Why the hell did he even get out of his car!?
I’ve
read that he is extremely distraught over the killing (as he ought to damned
well be) and that he is in hiding because some dumb fucking nutjob New Black
Panter Party has put a $10,000 bounty on Zimmerman’s head. That’s as whacked as
the stupid idiot’s decision that started this nightmare. What the fucking good
is it going to do to KILL Zimmerman, you dogshit-filled Twinkies? I get that
people are upset that he hasn’t been arrested, and the lack of charges baffles
me. How is it possible that there might be a law that shields this neighborhood
watch dude from prosecution for KILLING some kid?
And then
get this: Some creepy fame-seeker “flour-bombed” Kim “Dumber than the Contents
of my Lint Trap” Kardashian the other day, and the flour child…wait for it… was
arrested. WHAT THE?!? Besides the fact that YAY, that Kardashian-waste-of-time-and-energy got floured,
and it was FUNNY, why is THAT assault worthy of charges while Trayvon Martin is
fucking DEAD for buying some damned candy, and Zimmerman gets nothing?! What the fuck is going on here? Somebody
better come up with some creative way to charge this man before the riots
start. No good ever comes from reactionary riots, but that never stopped the mob
mentality from infecting the clueless hordes before.
And
on a sickeningly serious side note: 20th Century Fox is about to
release an unfortunately titled movie, Neighborhood
Watch, which—although it is a sci-fi comedy— has a cringe-worthy clip
playing in theatres right now. Jonah Hill points his finger gun-styled out of
the security vehicle’s window at some young folks walking the neighborhood
streets at night. And then he pulls his fake trigger. OH, boy. I sure hope
there is an intelligent soul who can snip that clip before anyone else notices
the hideous timing and incredibly unfunny irony.
I love your selection of "top news stories," Bloggurl. And why is it that stories about nobility and elegance and imagination and decency don't ever make "front pages everywhere"? As humans, presumably possessing some measure of intelligence (presumably), our attention is so easily captivated and manipulated by "the Dark Side of life"?
ReplyDeleteCertainly there's a fascination with observing how really, really stupid other human beings can be (as you suggest), which, of course, feeds our need for feeling superior to SOMEONE besides our incompetent bosses or petty neighbors or cats in general. But why must that preoccupation result in the dominance in our "news" of so many narratives about miscreants and losers (which hasn't been "new" in centuries)? How inspiring is that? How does dwelling on these constant examples of moronic depravity and mob mentality (or absence thereof) add anything of real value to our lives?
Because it doesn't. Ever.
I know we agree on that, Bloggurl.
Hess