post. You see..now that I have all of these really stellar, intelligent blog writers as my cyber friends, who write eloquent beautiful prose about the world and the ebb and flow of life, I am writing about wieners. Yep, that's right. My brain seemingly is on par with that of a 13 year old boy. I don't think my brain has actually morphed into that of an adolescent in the literal sense, you understand. More reactively...that is to say...I find myself giggling at all the assorted stories dealing with Rep. Weiner's **giggle, giggle** wiener. Sorry...**giggle** really, sorry.
Of course in this case, the media is talking about a mobile phone not
a MO BEEL as in Wienermobile.
This weeks big (errr..maybe not all that big) story is just the kind of fun, salacious fodder that the mainstream media outlets live for. The story that has now become known as Weinergate is in reference to a picture of a male crotch shot being tweeted from a phone to a young Seattle woman. Now you wouldn't think that a closeup picture of a man in his undies would be all that noteworthy but I guess if you are a Democratic Representative from New York it merits a couple of comments or maybe a few more than a couple....or perhaps hundreds. Let's get real. How often do you get a chance to say wiener over and over on the news?
What makes this story even more LAUGHABLE (not with him, at him kind of way)...is how Representative Weiner is handling it. (to clarify, handling the story, not the wiener). Instead of just saying clearly and forthright "that is not mine" or "clearly, my equipment doesn't protrude in that fashion" or "I wear tidy whities, so that can't be mine", he says crap like:
It certainly doesn't look familiar to me, but I don't want to say with certitude to you something that I don't know to be the certain truth.
Did he really just use the word CERTITUDE? All, I can say is Weiner needs to shut up now. Truly, just don't talk...you are making it worse. Don't believe me? How about this statement he made in an interview with Wolfe Blitzer on CNN. When asked if this photograph could be of him, he says....
I can tell you this, that there are -- I have photographs. I don't know what photographs are out there in the world of me.
Are there so many pictures of your groin floating around out there you can't recall them all? Here are a couple of other choice
You know, I -- I -- I fear we're going to find out that perhaps our security here was not particularly good. And maybe it's going to turn out to be a worse situation than it looks right now.
(what does that mean? Is there going to be more? Can it get worse than having your name associated with Weinergate and being the butt of wiener jokes? Sorry, couldn't help myself from throwing in another body part)
(why did he say "when you become mayor" instead of "I become mayor"...really the guy needs to quit talking and oh yeah, he needs to close his Twitter account)
OK..I am all petered out on that topic so let's move onto a more fun news story....
Newsweek did an article about called the "TOP TEN DYING CITIES". And the winners are....
10. Grand Rapids, Michigan
9. Flint, Michigan
8. South Bend, Indiana
7. Detroit, Michigan
6. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
5. Cleveland, Ohio
4. Rochester, New York
3. Hialeah, Florida
2. Vallejo, California
1. New Orleans, Louisiana
This is where this turns into a fun story for the week. Grand Rapids, Michigan doesn't particularly agree that their city is dying and they are doing something about it.
WAY TO GO, GRAND RAPIDS....AWESOME VIDEO....
I know this video is long but you have to see the part with the emergency vehicles and the helicopter. How cool are the folks in Grand Rapids?? Very!
So Newsweek you might want to rethink your picks. Looks like Grand Rapids is alive and well.
One last story that has come out of this weeks news.
A United Flight headed for Ghana had taken off from Washington DC with 144 passengers on board, had to circle for 25 minutes then re-land the plane. Why, you ask? The reason is that two men got into a fist fight over one of them reclining their seat causing the other man to have his knees bumped. The "cramped" guy smacked the "reclining" guy across the head. AND A FIGHT ENSUED... The plane being too heavy to land with a full tank of fuel had to circle the airport for 25 minutes to lessen the fuel weight before trying to bring down the plane safely. As the crew tried to subdue the two idiots fighting, two fighter jets were dispatched out of Andrews Airforce Base to escort the passenger plane back to the runway, on the outside chance there was any link to terrorism.
WOW...such a fiasco because two guys are jerks.
The Good for the Week.... Community spirit...I love that a city would come up with a unified effort to refute a negative article.
The Bad for the Week....Obviously, not having enough leg room is worth fighting for.
The Weird for the Week ...There is a One Eyed Pirate wanted in Colorado...yes, I said a pirate. A pirate knocked over a Walgreen's pharmacy last weekend. Police are looking for this guy after he robbed the Colorado Springs, CO pharmacy of prescription drugs.
So be wary maties...if you see this guy...ARRGGGHH
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