No, this is not about those 'FAIL' pictures that are all over the 'nets. This is about an article I came across that summed up a lot of the reasons why people suck. The excerpt below is from buffalobeast.com; the article is an editorial piece about the 50 most loathsome people in America. I greatly appreciate it's brutal honesty and am moved to put one of the entries on one of my entries (giggity) just because I could not agree more with it. I encourage you to read the rest, as they are dead on, only pointing out more everyday foolishness and hypocrisy. Here's the link:
http://buffalobeast.com/134/50mostloathsome2008-p1.html
I now give you #43. The 'charges', 'exhibit' and 'sentence' are part of the writer's legalese-ish setup. Note: this entry may seem to blatantly call out the more conservative types, but I think everyone; left, right or center, can be accused of some of the below mentioned items.
"43. You
Charges: You think it’s your patriotic duty to spend money you don’t have on crap you don’t need. You think Hillary lost because of sexism, when it’s actually because she’s just a bad liar. You think Iraq is better off now than before we invaded, and don’t understand why they’re so ungrateful. You think Tim Russert was a great journalist. You’re hopping mad about an auto industry bailout that cost a squirt of piss compared to a Wall Street heist of galactic dimensions, due to a housing crash you somehow have blamed on minorities. It took you six years to figure out what a tool Bush is, but you think Obama will make it all better. You deem it hunky dory that we conduct national policy debates via 8-second clips from “The View.” You think God zapped humans into existence a few thousand years ago, although your appendix and wisdom teeth disagree. You like watching vicious assholes insult each other on TV. You support gun rights, because firing one gives you a chubby. You cuddle falsehoods and resent enlightenment. You think the fact that 43% of whites could stomach voting for an incredibly charismatic and eloquent light-skinned black guy who was raised by white people means racism is over. You think progressive taxation is socialism. 1 in 100 of you are in jail, and you think it should be more. You are shallow, inconsiderate, afraid, brand-conscious, sedentary, and totally self-obsessed. You are American.
Exhibit A: You’re more upset by Miley Cyrus’s glamour shots than the fact that you are a grown adult who is upset about Miley Cyrus.
Sentence: Invaded and occupied by Canada; all military units busy overseas without enough fuel to get back."Written by Allan Uthman & Ian Murphy
with contributions from John Dolan, Eileen Jones, Alexander Zaitchik & IOZ
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