Current Events (not like the ones from middle school) 9/22/10

Earlier this week, one of my favorite men in the world decided to go on the Oprah show to promote his new book and well, just shake things up for her a bit. He even walked on set with a suitcase asking Oprah where she was going to take him next. Jon is also promoting "The Rally to Restore Sanity" and if I wasn't living in Boston, and was closer to D.C., I'd so be there. The Rally to Restore Sanity will be held at the National Mall in D.C. on October 30, 2010. When asked about the reasons for holding a rally, Jon was right on the money in his answer:

"I do feel like 70 to 80 % of people in this country are reasonable, nice individuals, they may disagree on principles but could come up with rational compromises and live with the results...The other 15-20% run the place... So that’s the issue, people are busy, they don’t have the time to take sides…"
 

"Crazy gets on television but normal has to make dinner, we want to have a rally to say its not the silent majority it’s the busy majority…"crazy is the problem, & you can't legislate crazy."

Brilliance. Sheer Brilliance. Oprah tied it together for him by saying "so that’s why you're doing the rally to restore sanity!" Thanks Captain Obvious! Also, because it made me giggle, Oprah also asked Jon about recent headlines, including the man in Florida who wanted to set the Quran on fire on September 11th. His response? "if God didn’t want us to burn holy books, would he have made them so tantalizingly flammable?"

I think I'm in love with Jon Stewart.

Anyways, moving on.
 

Another topic that I was asked to weigh in on today was what I thought about last nights episode of MTV's Teen Mom. The show is a spin off of 16 & Pregnant, following four mothers that got the most hype from viewers. Now, honestly, this show has gotten a LOT of hype. Maybe even a little too much. At the grocery store last week I saw.. not one, not two, but THREE of the four teen mothers on the covers of magazines on the bookshelf. Farrah, Maci & Catelynn all snagged the covers of tabloids such as OK! Magazine, Us Weekly, and Star Magazine. It seems a little ridiculous that millions of other teen mothers go through the same struggles these girls do everyday, and they don't get money for famewhoring it. I also have to wonder what exactly the message is that MTV is trying to relay now with the development of this show. We've seen that Catelynn's mother is an alcoholic and she was 100% correct to have given her baby up for adoption. We have learned that Amber is an abusive spouse, an unfit parent, and addicted to her prescription medications. We've seen that Farrah is a girl who should not be alone with a child, yet is anyways, and she lets people film it. Does Child Protective Services even watch these shows? They should. Poor kids. They're going to be so screwed up later on in life. With the exception of Maci, she is the only mother whose only dramas were that of a dead beat father, and again, girls around the world deal with them everyday, but still, compared to the other idiots, Maci is a dedicated Teen Mom and a good example of what should be done when you have a child young. You drop the party girl attitude and turn into a caretaker. Well done, Maci.

Speaking of Star Magazine...

they are about to have some legal troubles on their hands. Apparently Ashton Kutcher has already taken legal actions after a few weeks ago, Star reported on September 1st that Ashton was seen at a restaurant in LA with some chick pinned against the wall with his tongue down her throat. Because most hollywood husbands cheat on their wives in public, right? Anyways, two weeks later, yet another report came out of Ashton cheating, this time at his own home with some girl named Brittany, who could even describe the color of the couch in the Kutcher's living room. Tsk Tsk Ashton. Now another week later, a cover has hit stands reporting that Star Magazine has now obtained copies of text messages that Ashton sent to this Brittany woman. I think these allegations are exaggerated and probably false to some extent. However, if a tabloid is actually reporting the truth. I'll be shocked! SHOCKED! Also, to Ashton, if this is true... you are screwed unless you signed a prenup with Demi. Either way, I'm available. good luck in the divorce lawsuit or the media one!

 

moving on again... 

 Today's RAD is:
Road Rage
You all can't say that you haven't had it at one point.

I happen to deal with it everyday. I would like to officially rename road rage to "defensive driving" because people have miraculous tendencies to irritate the shit out of me while I drive. Examples:

• not seeing you when trying to enter your lane on the highway.
• staying stopped for longer than 10 seconds after the light is green
• thinking they have time to pull out and go when, they don't.
• BEING ON THE PHONE AND NOT LOOKING.
• TEXTING AND DRIVING
• FACEBOOKING WHILE DRIVING 
• DRINKING AND DRIVING

THESE THINGS BRING OUT THE ROAD RAGE IN US ALL.

& 90% of drivers do one or the other everyday.

Not gonna go all Oprah and tell you to make a pledge here, but I am going to tell you to KNOCK THAT SHIT OFF. We've lost too many loved ones to car accidents already. Lets try to decrease that number.

(Props to Charli Seidman for giving me the idea for todays RAD)
and lastly... today's side notes:

Madonna has one hell of a stalker on her hands. Apparently the man is telling media sources that he refuses to stop until he meets her in person. Staking out by her house is completely legal right? Because they obviously have a connection that the rest of us can't understand. What the police couldn't understand was why he had an ice pick in his car. Unless he plans on entertaining her with blended drinks, shes screwed. Poor Madonna, hire good security!

Also, I have to give you all a tip on what you should do this weekend... if you haven't, you should go see Easy A, starring Emma Stone. It was the best teen comedy since Superbad, (I hear shes fantastic in Zombieland as well) and I adore movies with characters who tell it like it is. (thats kind of a theme in my life.) The movie only cost 8 million to make, and having only been out for 4 days has already raked in over 20 million. Good job Emma! Keep doing your thing girl!

 

Until tomorrow...