Really? We're we still doing this?
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine came out as a "birther" last week on
a Canadian talk show, saying it's no question that President Obama was born
"Somewhere else than America." Here's a question for you, Dave: if
you're so sure he wasn't born here, why don't you tell us where "somewhere
else" is? We hear the weather's lovely there and have been dying to go.
KISS frontman Gene Simmons is upset that people think he
endorsed Mitt Romney on Fox News this week after he said, "In my humble
opinion, Mitt Romney," in response a question about who his pick is for
President. Simmons clarified on Friday that he has yet to make up his mind, and
also said what was on our minds when we first saw his non-endorsement: "I
have no idea why anyone would be interested in who I would vote for."
With all the anti-gay atrocities in the news lately, we can
almost understand how MSNBC reported a satirical HuffPost Comedy blog,
"Microsoft, Apple Unite to Demand That the National Organization for
Marriage Boycott Them," as real news. The network apologized for the
error, but we're still not sure how a quote from a Microsoft "rep"
saying, "We've even got a rainbow in our logo. Boycott us," didn't
give away that the piece was a joke.
Rick Santorum was shocked -- shocked! -- to learn that
several universities in the official University of California system do not
offer courses in American history. The only problem is, they do! It's even a
required course in all 10 schools that teach it. That only one that doesn't is
UC San Francisco, which is a medical school. What we're wondering is, if Santorum
thinks college is for "snobs" anyway, why does he care what they
teach?
A high school student in Fullerton, CA came out in favor of
gay marriage during a "Mr. Fullerton" contest, and was promptly
ejected from the contest for expressing such a wildly controversial view. Even
though the vice principal who ejected him offered a public apology, as did the
principal and the superintendent of the district which is located near The O.C.
(don't call it that), we can hardly believe he was disqualified for agreeing
with the courts of the state he was in.
At a campaign stop in Harrisburg, Penn. recently, Mitt Romney
blasted President Obama for "spending too much time at Harvard." The
thing is, Romney has two degrees from Harvard compared to Obama's one. Guess
it's time Romney fired his fact-checker (his brain).
"Two And A Half Men" creator Lee Aronsohn derided
female-centric sitcoms in an interview last week, insisting that we've reached
"peak vagina" on television and saying, "Enough ladies. I get
it. You have periods." Women (who make up 51% of the population, in case
you forgot) were appropriately offended, but also pretty thankful for the term
"peak vagina," which would make an awesome band name.
CNN Contributor Erick Erickson praised the Augusta National
Golf Club for upholding its 80-year tradition of not allowing women, saying he
"kind of likes" the idea of women being excluded from the Masters
golf tournament because he doesn't want to hang out at "some women's
event." Because every time a woman attends a sports event, it's instantly
transformed into a Mary Kay Tupperware Party/Spin Class... Right?
People find plenty of ways to try to mask racism, but
National Review contributing editor John Derbyshire could have at least tried
to hide his shockingly racist views instead of writing a horrendous screed against
blacks published in Tiki's Magazine this week. In light of the Trayvon Martin
shooting, many outlets have brought to light "the talk" that black
parents have with their children at a certain age -- essentially, that lots of
white people are awful racists. To prove their point, Debyshire wrote his own
version of "the talk," in which he gives academic rationale for his
aversion towards black people. He encourages responsible parents to tell their
kids that blacks have lower IQs, are more prone to criminal behavior and should
not be trusted, ever. But kudos to The National Review, who promptly and
publicly denounced him and let him go.
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