Friday on Today 9/21

I had every intention to post about the 11:00 hour yesterday, but I was thwarted by an interruption from G.W. Bush--the most loathsome face I have the displeasure of seeing on my TV on an almost a daily basis. Yesterday he gave a speech about why he'll be vetoing a bill to extend health care benefits to more children. In it he gave false information about the Democrats wanting people making up to 83,000 a year to get free benefits for their kids. But that wasn't true, as I read in today's paper. He lied to make it look like he's saving taxpayers money instead of being the cold-hearted bastard he is by cutting health benefits for kids. He'd rather your tax dollars go to fund that fiasco of a war in Iraq that he started for no good reason. Personally, I'd prefer my tax dollars go to the benefit of kids rather than to the detriment of thousands of people. And yes, Iraqis are people just as the American soldiers who are dying over there every day. Okay enough of my venomous rant--that asshole brings out the worst in me. Not to mention our country.

Today on Today's fourth hour they had that gigantic family--you know the one with seventeen kids--on for a visit. Can you imagine the size of the carbon footprint they're leaving? I seriously think both those parents should get some kind of psychiatric evaluation. No sane person has seventeen kids. It's got to be some kind of mental illness. Even if they love their kids and are great parents, how can they not consider their impact on the environment--in diapers alone? People are supposed to have families, not tribes. And if you think seventeen is too many kids, well they're not even finished yet. Yes, they want more. How is that fair to the kids they already have? How can they possibly give the individual attention the kids need when they have so many? They all seem happy and well cared for, but I honestly question their ethics and selfishness in not even considering the thought of population control. Nobody wants to discuss it, but it makes a huge impact on us all. I'm grateful people like this are not the norm, but at the same time it does get me angry that some people can be so incredibly selfish. Population control is an important part of curbing global warming by reducing the impact of the strain on our natural resources. It's a finite number. Unlike this couple's ability to reproduce.

There was also a segment on how menopause can make you fat as well as what you should eat to avoid gaining weight. It was the usual stuff they always tell you to do like eat a balanced diet and exercise. How many times can we hear the same advice repackaged as new? You don't have to get fat as long as you eat right and exercise. Well, if it was that easy, we'd all be stick figures wouldn't we?

Then they had a new segment called This Week In Pop Culture where they had a couple of gossip mongers discussing the likes of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline and their custody battle. Who would've thought he'd be the one most likely to get custody. Everyone thought she was crazy to marry him. Now we know that she's just plain crazy. He's lucky to be rid of her. I feel sorry for those kids. They also mentioned something stupid Jessie Jackson (what a surprise). He criticized Barak Obama for acting too white. He is half white. Is he supposed to hide that and pretend to be all ghetto to get votes? Give me a break.

They ended the show with someone making something with chocolate.

And that's a wrap. Have a great weekend.