Current Events 9/20/10

Well, what is there to really say about the worlds' current events? Ha! A lot apparently. But since this is a new blog and I don't wish to back date to shit you already know about, lets start with some things I learned of today. 
 

Lady Gaga was in Portland, Maine today to discuss the necessity to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. I have to say, as crazy as she is, her enthusiasm for this is admirable. She referred to equality for all as "the prime rib of what we stand for as a nation." However, as admirable as she is, the meat obsession freaks me out is a little odd.

Dancing with the Stars returned to ABC tonight for what seems could be the longest season ever their highest rated season, thanks to youthful celebrity participants such as reality stars Audrina Patridge and Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino. For the old timers, I'm sure Michael Bolton, Florence Henderson and the Hoff probably sparked interest. For those of you who watched DWTS tonight like I did (it was my first time, don't judge me) you are probably thinking the same thing I am: "why the hell did I just spend two hours watching that?" Well, here's the answer: it was almost enjoyable to watch all the popular contestants actually suck at this. I will give props to Audrina, Brandy, Jennifer Grey and even Bristol Palin (sidenote: wow is she going to piss off her mother) for even going on this show with a somewhat ability to dance. The award for the one contestant that shocked viewers & judges the most however, goes to Disney channel sitcom veteran Kyle Massey. He totally disproves the statement that fat guys can't get down on the dance floor. The Situation found himself in yet another bad situation because he was horribly unprepared having only 5 days to practice compared to other contestants having 3 weeks. No excuses Sitch, get that ass in gear. However as I was watching him dance, all I could think of was how eventually I'm going to see a video of Sitch bragging about the fact that he smushed Karina Smirnoff. ANYWAYS as for the Hoff, he is also terrible at this, and his song choice of "sex bomb" was perfect, it blew up in his face.

Back to this whole Jersey Shore topic btw, I read something about the fact that Jersey Shore star Jenni "JWOWW" Farley is going to be slutting up posing for Playboy in an upcoming issue. Big surprise there. Who is next? Snooks? Sammi? Angelina? Who am I kidding? They'd all do it for the $. Also: I have learned the female version of GTL today to be "Gym. Tan. Lingerie." Clever ladies ehh? Not.

Last but not least, the President made headlines today in Pennsylvania for speaking at a campaign event for Sen. Joe Sestak whoever that is. He weighed in on the economy and our goals as a nation, and basically all those things he promised he could change but now he can't. Here's an exerpt from his bullshit speech today:

"Step by step, what we've tried to do is to, even as we were dealing with the immediate crisis, look at not the next election but look at the next generation, and say to ourselves, what’s really going to make a difference in terms of growing a middle class that is the backbone, that is the beating heart of our economy, and giving access to people so that if they work hard they know that they can find a job that pays a living wage, and they know that they won't be bankrupt because they get sick, and they can send their children to college to aspire to something even greater than they achieved, and that they can retire with dignity and respect."

So basically what we've learned here is, life with this economy sucks, and that won't be changing for a very long time. Expect your great grandchildren to have a better crack at it as long as they don't have to deal with incompetent idiots Georgie Bush or Barack Osama Obama as the leader of the nation.