United States of America...We Make Assholes Famous! 2/25/11

NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS

Look, not that I am not in total awe of the changes happening in the Middle East, and my heart goes out to anyone who is a victim of violence and oppression, but can we keep Col. Muammar Qaddafi for just a little while longer? That’s how it’s spelled by the way, for all you news media outlets getting it wrong. Seriously, for better or worse he is a world leader and you should at least know his name if you are to be taken seriously as a news source. One thing that should also be taken seriously is how entertaining his obvious mental illness is. Not one more person should die because of this asshole, not in Libya, not in Bahrain, not anywhere. But boy is he fun to watch. He has blamed Al-Qaeda, drug laced coffee, Justin Bieber, the Carmelo Anthony trade and global warming for the current unrest in his country. And have you seen how crazy his kids are too?

SPORTS

So…did anything interesting happen in New York sports this week? I was always against the trade for Carmelo Anthony not because of him, but because it looked like yet another abysmally stupid deal being made by the Knicks. But then team owner Jim Dolan reassured the public that Isiah Thomas, that Trump-esque wheeler dealer that brought us Eddy Curry, was not involved in the trade. I’m serious he actually felt he had to address that in his press conference.
Then there was the gutting of the team that troubled me. Giving up a great up and coming point guard in Raymond Felton (A Carolina man), a great shooter in Danilo Galinari, and some key bench players at this stage of the season might not be the best thing for chemistry. I didn’t worry too much about the draft picks because the Knicks have not made a decent one since 1985.
In the end, what you have to say to yourself is that, it’s Carmelo Anthony. You know, 4 time NBA All-Star, top 5 scorer in the league, Olympic gold medal winner, yeah that guy! Then couple that with the fact that he actually wants to be here, something that is new to the Knicks. If you are expecting the Knicks to win the championship this year, then it was a bad trade, and your expectations are unrealistic. But if you were expecting this to make the Knicks interesting again, then it was a great trade.
You know who has been great in all this? Ama’re Stoudamire. He knows that eventually this will be Carmelo’s team, and he has been nothing but welcoming none the less. For someone who didn’t play in college, he is certainly smart enough to know that Carmelo only makes his chances of winning a championship and being part of a relevant team only that much better.

THIS WEEK’S REASON MY TERRORISTS WANNA KILL US

Is there anyone more hateful than Jennifer Lopez? Not that I’m really watching American Idol anymore, but her sobbing incessantly over someone she didn’t choose to be in the Top 24 is just the epitome of self-absorption, and a complete disregard for the segment of the person she was so sad about dismissing, as her and her blubbering took it over. And what do Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson do? Instead of quietly reminding her that the show is actually not about her, they enable the situation by trying to comfort her, all while the cameras are rolling. Man I miss Simon Cowell.

There are many reasons to ignore the mindless pop drivel of self loving creeps like Mariah Carey and Beyonce…and here’s another one!
It looks like these two assholes, as did Usher and Lionel Ritchie for full disclosure, took millions to actually perform for the Qaddafi family. Great, where is Little Steven when you need him? Don’t we have anyone in music today willing to take a stand on anything, and didn’t Lionel Ritchie write “We Are the World?”
Where is this generations battle cry of “I ain’t gonna play Sun City?” Now the only thing you hear from these soon to be irrelevant assholes is “how long does my sex tape have to be in order to get famous?”

I don’t know about you, but Charlie Sheen just moved up 12 spots on my “Celebrity Train Wreck Death Pool.”