February 19, 2006

People Baffle Me

Okay, so this is so off topic don't bother reading it if you have limited time.

In fact, this will more than likely be the first and last time you see anything that's even closely related to celebrity gossip, although this isn't anything about gossip, and everything about WTF?!

That said:

Spears Fears Princess Di Fate - Yahoo! News

Initially , Spears said she acted "instinctively" to protect her son. As the furor failed to die down, she copped to Access Hollywood that she "made a mistake."

That wasn't enough for parents groups or even U.S Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta.

"No matter who you are, there's absolutely no excuse for this display--not instinct, not fear, not even reckless paparazzi," Mineta said in a speech earlier this week. "It's irresponsible to compromise the safety of a child for the sake of the moment."

Ummm... Okay, so I'm being chased down by someone who is demanding that its their right to be my virtual shadow, snapping pics of me at every opportunity that is going to sport them a 250K paycheck, and me some BS headline stating "Proof he's cheating!", the proof showcased by the "fact" that as I am running into the store to get my groceries and get back out such that I can get home and away from this phreak I , quite literally, bump into some woman accidentally, to then try to grab her to keep her from falling, and as a result find a pic of me "embraced with another woman!"

Was I?

Yes!

Was I cheating?

Ummm... well... setting aside the fact that I would first need to start dating someone to then be accused of cheating on them...

Obviously not!

"But pictures never lie!"

Uh, whoever told you that lie was obviously trying to hide the fact that the pictures (whatever they may have been... this is a non-specific point) were faked. Add to this the fact that the day Photoshop hit the market, our "life in pictures" would never again be represented in quite the same way as it once was... that's not always a bad thing, but its not always a good thing either.

K, so far off topic its killing even me.

"No matter who you are, there's absolutely no excuse for this display--not instinct, not fear, not even reckless paparazzi," Mineta said in a speech earlier this week. "It's irresponsible to compromise the safety of a child for the sake of the moment."

Wait, hold up...

not instinct, not fear, not even reckless paparazzi,

Um, this is a direct statement to Norman Mineta:

You're a fucking idiot. End of story.

Now go away, K. (Norman, not the rest of you :)

So, when the U.S Secretary of Transportation has just taken away my >> instinctive << fight-or-flight >> instinct << thats been with me, and every other human on this planet, since day one, and furthermore my right to self defense from a >> "reckless << whatever (papparazzi, random phreak from the street, crazed-ex girlf..." uh, never mind... I didn't say crazed... you may have read crazed, but I didn't mean in the ... um, uuhhhh.... ummmm...

so, well, anyway... :D MOVING ON!)

So, when the aforementioned gov official has taken away the above mentioned human instincts, and above mentioned right to self defense... to then state:

"It's irresponsible to compromise the safety of a child for the sake of the moment."

Ummm... when you say "for the sake of the moment"... does that include *all* moments, no matter what the circumstances happen to be?

For example, lets say someone is chasing after me with a gun, threatening to kill me. At that point would it be better for me to jump in my car with my son on my lap, not as concerned as I would normally be by the fact that hes not in his car seat, and a little more concerned with getting the hell away from the dude who wants to blow my head off?

Yuu know what? Don't answer that please... I'm scared to know the answer.

Hey Norman, you've got some serious issues there buddy... In fact, I think we can safely state your issues have issues, and still have only just broke the issue surface.

Seek help. Uh, wait...

First... step down. Then seek help.

And keep your hands where I can see them K Norman.

Thanks.

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So while I keep my eye on Norman "The Issue Inflicted Grandstand-er" Mineta over here ("keep 'em up where I can see them there Mr. Mail, err[1] Mineta"), let me finish this off...

So, when we have reached a stage where even the U.S Secretary of Transportation is taking away our civil rights in a public setting, using the press to perform this illegal act of communistic root, I think we can safely state "its time for a change in government officials."

Like all of them.!!! Just rip them all out, and start over from scratch.

It might not be any better as a result.

But it sure the hell couldn't get any worse, that's for DAMN sure!
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[1] : Please don't take that as a intended slam against Norman Mailer, and instead a simple connection between Mr. Mineta and the content of some of Mr. Mailers titles, some eye opening stuff for sure if you havent had the pleasure of reading any of Mr. Mailers novels, journalistic short stories, or combination thereof. If that happens to be the case, you might consider visiting his Wikipedia page above and crack open your favorite online or visit your favorite real-time book vendor and consider picking up a few of his titles. Good reading, and eye opening at the same time.