link Sky Blu of LMFAO claims Mitt Romney got physical first on flight from Vancouver.
Hmm. Who’s version of the incident to believe? A 62 year old former candidate for president of the United States. Or a 20 something artiste of rapper renown. A senior travelling with his wife or a guy who’s claim to fame is the smash hit, “I’m in miami bitch”? Who to believe…
The talented lead of the wittily named band, LMFAO apparently was in the talon-like vulcan grip of the 62 year old Romney, so naturally, he had to defend his’self er, himself. Hopefully this is a lesson to all 60 plus seniors not to act so aggressively towards younger citizens. For far too long, youth have been bullied by this generation with their aggressive opera music and intimidating swagger. For too long, seniors have been wreaking havoc by running large corporations, creating jobs and building industries. Next thing you know, they’ll be running governments and steering the nation. This kind of reprehensible behavior cannot be condoned by rap youth who only wish to peacefully spread their misogynistic and violent ballads.
Kudos to the likes of Sky Blu for ‘sticking it to the man’. With all the repression and intimidation faced by his generation every day, it’s a wonder they have time to pen such mellifluous music. Hopefully they can influence everyone to forgo striving for a useful life and instead choose the more culturally desirable path of drugs, violence and of course illiteracy. Meanwhile, the seniors had better watch out.
link Tiger Woods to Make Statement on Friday – WSJ.com.
Who cares? Ok, well that’s not true. The real question is who really cares. Most people clamor for their 15 minutes of fame: Tiger goes the other way and wants 15 minutes of obscurity. The events that have come to light over the past few months surrounding Tiger’s life outside the links have more than fed people’s natural voyeuristic tendencies. People love success stories, but just as many love the crash and burn stories, if not more . If this were not true, magazines such as The Enquirer, People and Us Weekly to name a few wouldn’t be in business.
Apart from Jen, Brad and Angelina’s permanent positions on the covers of those magazines, most stories have their limited shelf life and the paparazzi move on to the next big thing. After the initial shock of seeing someone of Tiger’s stature being exposed for living the kind of personal life most “celebrities” probably do, the emerging sordid details are interesting only for those truly lacking their own lives. Tiger’s your typical boy gets to be greatest golfer in the world, marries beautiful trophy wife, has 15 affairs story. It happens all the time. The fascinating uniqueness in this case was the methodical yet reckless duplicity of his activities. Is it really that gripping to hear what girl “a” said or what girl “b” did? Only to their agents I suppose.
At this point, whether our hero is contrite and repentant is irrelevant. His good guy star has already fallen irreparably and all there is for him now is to resume his golf career. Despite the loss of Accenture as a sponsor, other corporations will line up to have him represent them. Will Tiger care if he is tarnished in the eyes of his fans? Likely not. Golf is not naturally a team sport. You strive by yourself to beat the competition, it is a selfish pursuit, but that’s the way it is. Success in the game is somewhat ephemeral, so when the opportunity arises to distance yourself from others, you step on the gas, not let up to make a close match. It is in Tiger’s nature to pursue wins on the course, the affection of fans is not a factor.
Sadly, with all that’s happened, nothing that Tiger does or says from now on can be taken without some question of honesty. Whether through contrived speeches created for him by his management group desperate to reflate the franchise or interviews to media people, his words will always have the taint of insincerity. You’d be wrong to think I blame this all on Tiger. Certainly he had a role to play. As culpable are his management team, his sponsors and the adoring media who extrapolated Tiger’s sporting achievements to real life heroism with the usual end game of commercial benefit. Guilty as well are those in the public who bought into the fairy tale. We all love our sports heros because we see them achieving things we aren’t capable of. In the end…it’s only a game.