So How's Your Week Going So Far? 3/24/11

NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS

Well I decided not to write last week because it was my birthday and I was on vacation. Besides, nothing really interesting happened last week, did it?

OK so let’s get to Libya first…
It doesn’t matter that the US is not going in there on its own, with an only slightly clearer objective than the previous two wars, that no ground troops are being committed or that it is mostly a humanitarian mission, it’s still the US meddling in the Middle East, a place where our relationships are, at best, shaky. I have always been a huge supporter of President Barack Obama, and I believe he wants the right thing, but we really should stay totally out of it and let our European allies take the blame for something this time. But the best reaction is, of course, coming from the Republican retards that have spent the past 7 years defending a misguided war in Iraq now criticizing the President for actions that actually have United Nations approval. I guess they are just not used to international support.

As for Japan, my heart goes out to all the victims, but I must say I am more concerned with the condition of that nuclear reactor. Remember, the Japanese don’t exactly have fond memories of atomic energy and what it can do. Not just in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but Godzilla as well! And once again Americans have taken it upon themselves to make it about them, asking pharmacists even here in New York, for Potassium Iodine pills. Really? Don’t you fucking people have anything better to do? How about you take whatever cash you were going to spend on yet another medication you don’t need and donate it instead to disaster relief efforts in Japan?

All of Hollywood was shocked yesterday when 79 year old Elizabeth Taylor dropped dead. I was shocked too, I thought she died ten years ago.

SPORTS

So how’s your bracket? I have not had one this bad since 1999, and I didn’t even make crazy picks, but when a 12 and 13 seed are both in the Sweet 16, anything can happen. Obama is killing me for the first time in 3 years. I am happy to report that UNC has made it to the Sweet 16 with only 7 scholarship players. That being said, ESPN resident groupie Doug Gottlieb called UNC the “most overrated team in the Sweet 16.” Really? How can you be overrated and in the Sweet 16? Isn’t a #2 seed supposed to be in the Sweet 16? Over achieving team maybe, considering how weak their bench is, but overrated? Are you a Duke fan?

Then there is the whole Bruce Pearl situation. Of course Tennessee was going to lose in the tournament if the AD makes a statement a day before the game saying that his coach’s future was “uncertain.” Way to support a team that needs to win sir! Maybe you should be fired too. Better yet, let’s wait until your birthday or Christmas, so you can see what bad timing feels like. Look, Pearl made some mistakes, but compared to what’s going on in college basketball his infractions were minor, and it’s not like he didn’t pay for them. He was not only a winner, but he was a very enthusiastic supporter of the school’s other athletic teams as well. I think he will be missed at Tennessee.

THIS WEEK’S REASON WHY TERRORISTS WANNA KILL US

Chris Brown. Seriously what does this guy have to be mad about? He was told beforehand what Robin Roberts was going to ask him during his interview on Good Morning America, and could have easily chosen not to participate, not have a meltdown that broke a window onto the street. Can you imagine if that broken glass had hit a woman with a stroller? How can this asshole not see past himself? Seriously does this guy think he is interesting beyond the fact that he beat up Rihanna? It’s not like he hit the game winning shot that sent his team to the NBA Finals or invented a cure for cancer.