Douchebags In The News


Well, let's just say there's a lot of anger out there today, and leave it at that as way of introduction:

1) Gen'l Stanley McChrystal -- Apparently, his major complaint against Obama specifically was that he seemed inadequate to the task at hand in Afghanistan the first time he and the general met. Now, that's a bit off-putting, to say the least. A President has been fully briefed by the outgoing adminstration on all hot topics, he's met with the Joint Chiefs by then as well, I'm sure. You'd think he'd have a handle on things, unless you believe that there's some sort of conspiracy among the more strident radicals in the outgoing administration to prevent him from being fully informed. He did bring Gates back on board, so this is an unlikely scenario. Which leaves only one possible answer.

The magnitude of the situation was inconceivable to anyone, and I mean anyone. General Eisenhower could have walked into that meeting and walked out looking like a deer caught in the headlights.

Given the tenor and nature of McChrystal's remarks, he should be and likely will be fired. He should consider himself lucky to be allowed to retire without disgrace beyond what has been revealed. It's gross insubordination of the highest order, and gives aid and comfort to an enemy in a time of war.

2) Steven Newman -- The definition of chutzpah must now be updated. In the dictionary, a man who kills both his parents, then throws himself on the mercy of the court for being orphaned has always been the gold standard in chutzpah. But now, here we have one of the men most directly responsible for the Gulf oil spill whining about Obama's temporary moratorium on new drilling in the Gulf! (see also the cartel in London)

3) Miley Cyrus -- Normally, I could give a rat's ass about celebs, but here's a case where someone who's start in show business came about ONLY because her dad had a novelty country and western hit, suddenly believing they have talent and have earned their place in the pantheon of celebrity.

Good luck, Miley, it was nice knowing you. We expect naked photos and rehab by the end of the year.

4) Curren D. Price, California state senator -- Advertising on license plates. 'Nuff said.

5) Steve Jobs -- I love Apple. I love Apple computers, I love my iPhone, I love the new iPhone OS, I love my iPad. I hate the totalitarianism that Jobs sometimes inflicts on his customer base. That said, I wouldn't trade any of my Apple stuff for anything PC or Googled.

6) Chimpanzees -- All we are saying, is give peace a chance. I fully expect the right wing to start confirming evolution with this revelation.

7) Megan Fox -- Noble concept. Let someone else do it. You can't act.

8) Portugal -- 7-0? Unnecessary.


Actor 212 June 22, 2010 - 8:56am

Dawn June 22, 2010 - 10:32am

I sent it on to brighten others day lol

Tina June 23, 2010 - 11:01am

Just because Steve Jobs demands a higher degree of competency doesn't mean you have to go all Stockholm Syndrome on him. Think about it, he wants full total control, software and hardware, hisware.
He's still an evil corporate overlord and master.
Long live open source.

JT June 22, 2010 - 11:45am

You've got a duplicate link there. If it's about her wanting to appear in a Gen13 movie-adaptation.. I don't see how an inability to act would interfere with that.

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-Geoduck

geoduck June 22, 2010 - 9:47pm

If Portugal loses to Brazil and Ivory Coast beats Nork, both Ivory Coast and Portugal will be tied with four points. Those seven goals will come in handy to allow Portugal to advance on goal difference (assuming Ivory Coast doesn't beat Nork by another more astronomical number). There is no such thing as an unsporting number of goals in the group stage.


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Mark June 22, 2010 - 10:16pm

Really? That's all it takes?

I will officially defend the man by saying that in the 3 years since I switched from IBM thimpads to the MBP for my home system, I went from constant spam and malware fighting to nada. I barely even tthink about it now, the Apple handles all of it behind the scenes, I neither know or care what it is doing. Number of adware or other PC infections with the MBP? Zero in 3 years.

That is a direct result of having a closed system. You control the hardware, you control the software, you can manage the holes in the system. When you have a PC where the motherboard is from one group, the HDD from another,the CPU from a third, off the shelf video card,security is a hopeless task. You lock that system down and it would likely cease to work. So you keep it loose so the largest number of components will work with your system. But your security is for crap.

Douchebag? The guy just made a choice and it worked. Nothing is free though, he made the choice and there is a tradeoff.

BP? Now thems some douchebags for you.

zot23 June 23, 2010 - 10:49am

He got every thing he wanted, just the way he wanted it. He has his team, hand picked and immediately at his service.

And then he FAILED.

So what does he do? He blames the guy lame enough to have believed his bull shit.

Case close.

Michael Collins June 24, 2010 - 1:17am

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