Most Loathsome People in America, 2007

Extremely well written article over at THE BEAST:

The BEAST 50  Most Loathsome People in America, 2007

I've gone ahead and created my own top 3 pieces of shit in 2007 (I was going to do 5, but it's getting really late):

This list is not only about who these people are, but what they represent:

3. The "Don't Tase me Bro" bro

I hate this little shit. He asks the police "why are you arresting me?" before they tried to arrest him, and then infamously yelled "don't tase me bro!" well before they actually tased him.

Are you violating someone's civil liberties when they dare you to? I say no. Was this reverse psychology gone awry? Was this a failed attempt at a Jedi-mind trick? This video underlines the biggest problem I have with ultra-liberal college students - they're really fucking annoying. 

This kid represents every emerging activist that I ever met in college. He just started to realize that there is injustice in the world, that America isn't innately "good", and that Che Guevara wore cool hats. He wants to free Tibet, although he can't point it out on a map or name 3 distinguishing qualities of Tibetan culture, which is so un-bro.

2. George W Bush
Obvious choice, but for good reason. He is an idiot, and makes America look bad. That should really be enough. As soon as I begin to 'misunderestimate' Dubya and let my guard down, he comes back at me with a left jab of stupidity and a right cross of ignornace. A few examples (both from 2007):

Bush loves to form new slang equivalents of words by adding "er". If you want to sound presidential, don't say toll booth operator, say "toll-boother". That lady standing on the corner of  Rose Street, well she's a "hand-jobber".:

"That's why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007

"Suiciders are willing to kill innocent life in order to send the projection that this is an impossible mission." --George W. Busy, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007

Evidence that Dubya might have trouble on "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?"

"Either we'll succeed, or we won't succeed. And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence." --George W. Bush, on Iraq, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007

And finally, total confusion about the topic you are addressing, which I guess can happen when most of the things you say originate on a teleprompter, and not your actual brain:

"I'm a strong proponent of the restoration of the wetlands, for a lot of reasons. There's a practical reason, though, when it comes to hurricanes: The stronger the wetlands, the more likely the damage of the hurricane." --George W. Bush, New Orleans, March 1, 2007

1. Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Shepherd says stuff that is so profoundly idiotic that the more I think about it, the more I want to cuff her across the head. Watch these two videos for proof that the lightest bridge IS the strongest! (sorry - inside joke):

My respect for the other women on the View is greater now, just for being able to placate this moron and not fly off the handle like I know they all want to.

Creationism is the apex of what's wrong with religion. It's anti-intellectual, anti-scientific, and is riddled with contradictions. Did you know that there is now a Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky, where you can see an exhibit of a man riding bareback on a dinosaur???!! I think they should make a wax statue of Sherri Shepherd wolfing down a brontosaurus burger.   

Comments

[smack]

I could not possibly agree with you more if I tried on your list. i think the phrase "dont' tase me bro" is just so fucking annoying to begin with. In fact, I think a law should be put in order that anyone who says "bro" in that uber fratty popped collar way should be tased regardless.

[nasser]

so it proves that the lightest bridge is the strongest bridge!