Helen Thomas Shocks Us By Acting Like A Real Journalist

This you've got to watch!
It’s about time someone spoke up; it’s just very surprising to hear that it’s Helen Thomas. Though, I suspect that if the Obama was up there for a "press conference", she may not be so incline to speak up but did so because it’s Gibbs, a man who has the ability to be annoying without even saying a word! What a skill! Now that’s not to say that he isn’t annoying when he does speak because then his “talent” shall I say goes from a skill to some sort of supa-power! I’ve never heard him say anything worthwhile. While others were predicting when the Obama would let him go because of his foolish answers, I was crediting the Obama for his selection in Gibbs. While I do not believe it’s right, he is obviously doing the job that the Obama wants him to do. Stand up there, waste time, say absolutely nothing, make up random things, and spin in circles so by the end of the brief, they are so confused they can barely make it out of the room! Yes, he seems to accomplish this every time!
In fact, I would bet that Gibbs himself is not briefed before the conferences and that way, he literally can’t answer a question. I mean that’s got to be part of it because his press conferences leave you asking for a REFUND!


This time I must praise Mrs. Thomas for actually performing her duty and responsibility as a Journalist. Ask those tough questions!
Go ahead...get it!

Specter "I'm going to run in the Republican primary and on the Republican ticket"

Only 20 days ago Specter told Newsweek that he would not be switching parties. Hmm today Harry Reid said that this had been in the works for a while now. Conclusion? Specter is a trader and a liar! How much more arrogant and selfish could this man be? He decides he can’t win so rather than stand up for principles and the people who voted for him, his political future holds precedence over all else...

Newsweek: Would you consider running as an independent.

Specter: No.

Newsweek: No? Definitely not?

Specter: I'm a Republican and I'm going to run in the Republican primary and on the Republican ticket.

Newsweek: We talked to Governor Rendell who said that the running joke is that you could easily become a Democrat and if you did, the framework in the state would make things very easy for you.

Specter: I'm not considering it. Rendell said he would help me raise money. He said that publicly a few weeks ago and I responded publicly that if I became a Democrat I wouldn't need to raise money.

You can bet the democrats wanted Specter! His betrayal to the Republican Party would help push the Democrats to 60 votes in the Senate which would be a filibuster proof majority (how scary is that). What back door deal did they make? Is he going to be able to pass legislation with ease, unlimited amount of pork for his state (you know the Dems love to insert pork into a bill), placed on a committee? What was more important than self-respect? I’m not angry that he switched parties, in fact, I could care less. In my opinion he never switched, he remained a Democrat. I’m irritated because there seems to be a pattern among politicians here in DC...they care less about their constituents and more about power. Pathetic!

Calling Miss Cali Carrie Prejean Names | Unclassy

I have to make this a short post but I just have one question...WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE and anger by the left on the treatment of a young lady, a female? I was appalled and insulted by the horrid names "celeb blogger" (yeah okay) Perez Wannabe Hilton called Carrie Prejean (Miss California). Did I miss something? What makes her different than the girl’s basketball team at Rutgers? Don Imus was fired and attacked repeatedly for making a mistake (and I do believe it was a blunder. He is a shock jock and his joke was in bad taste but quite honestly I don’t think he meant any harm). The shock jock went as far as to apologize in person to the girl’s even after he had been fired. Mr. Classless Perez Hilton went on MSNBC to take back his apology and then say that he wanted to call her the "C" word. Why isn’t anyone outraged at the verbal abuse directed towards this girl? Though he is self-employed as a blogger, he makes money off of his website which means he has to sell ad space. Why aren’t people contacting his advertisers and banning the purchase of their products until they stop advertising on his page. Its one thing to apologize for something you said out of anger but another thing to go on a 2-day rant and attack a woman. I will say this because I tend reject political correctness, I do think that a man attacking a woman is worse than women attacking each other (truthfully, I support neither). Don’t like it? Too bad! Sorry that’s just the way it is! Yes… I do think that’s absolutely fair! So get over it and move on!
I dislike Perez Fake Hilton and his nastiness. Personally I feel sorry for him. He must be a miserable person for being so full of rage and to have such a horrible temper! What happened to respecting everyone’s view? Why this question was even asked is beyond me? I encourage asking tough questions to the ladies of The Miss America Pageant but I oppose asking something so controversial that a person’s personal stance would set off a storm. Like I previously stated, I loathe political correctness but I don’t think that The Miss. America pageant is the place to brew controversy. The judge, Mr. Perez Hilton asked Carrie Prejean for her opinion, she gave it, he disliked her view so he immediately starting bashing her and verbally abusing her! I’ll be the first to admit that her answer wasn’t that articulate but imagine being asked the same question knowing that this judge is obviously in favor of gay marriage yet you are not. I’m sure she was not only nervous but pausing to make sure that she did not offend him in any way and I don’t think that she did. I consider her response courteous and thought she did well as she struggled to find a balance between her position and those whom she knew did not agree with her.
Here’s the thing, if you are asking a question and you are a judge, if you think that there may be a 50% chance that you may dislike the answer or get so hurt where you disregard your duties as a judge and start acting like an ass, then DONT ASK THAT QUESTION. Why is he judging Miss America anyways? Someone who lacks manners and has no class does not represent the best of America. There are so many qualified people out there that would make us proud. Where was Matt Lauer’s outrage when Perez attacked Carrie Prejean on “The Today Show”, I mean he didn’t even feel the need to distance himself from the comments. What about the lady on MSNBC? I don’t know her name and I really don’t care to find out but she stood there and continued the interview him as if it were nothing that a man had just called a woman (on national TV no less) the “C” word (as a lady, I refuse to say such a repulsive word). If you don’t say anything, you don’t look shocked, you continue on as if he’s right then I have every reason to assume that you agree with his foul statement.
Lastly, WHY ARE THEY INTERVIEWING HIM? They are just handing him a platform for him to spew his intolerant rant? Where are the women’s groups defending this young lady…KNOCK KNOCK, is anyone there? She is a female…ring a bell? Feminism? Yeah, wait, I forgot! They only defend you if you agree with their views. Darn, I thought this was a free country but I must be wrong. Isn’t this the group that’s supposed to be tolerant and compassionate?
Oh and by the way, President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both agree with Carrie Prejean. Almost forgot to add that her state of California and in fact most of America also agree with her. So when Perez states that she was offending a large percentage of people, she was also sticking up for a larger number of people. Nevertheless, we mustn’t be sidetracked about the initial point! Whatever her answer on the matter, it was her opinion and last I checked, in the United States of America, we are to respect everyone’s opinion! We may not like it but we can respectfully agree to disagree!
That’s all! The end.
(Actually I just fibbed; I will write more about this later)

Irritating People Make Me Want To Scream

I am actually quite embarrassed to admit this but I will sacrifice my comfort for the sake of this little story. I was watching this ridiculous reality show (which most are) about a group of music video models or what not (I think it’s called Candy girls). This one young lady stuck out because of her disgusting attitude. To get to the point, this young lady/model is also a single mother as she mentions 100x during the episode. Along with a few other girls, she was booked for a photo shoot with a magazine promoting the agency which represents her. Being that the agency is fairly new and is working hard to position itself among already established agencies, it is important that these girls remain professional during a shoot or whatever job they are chosen for. This particular young lady (the one I mentioned a few moments ago) seems to always be a bit hostile and argumentative. You know…the type of person who will jump on anything you say just to start a fight. Because of her attitude, the owner of the agency who also happens to be her agent came to the house to discuss the job with the girls but more importantly to chat with Miss. Attitude (I guess we will call her that since I do not know her name or care to find out) about her professionalism. Her agent wanted to make sure that she knew not to discuss her private life, specifically her child during the job and to follow the directions of the photographer. Of course this made her snap and throw a fit, HOW DARE her ask her not to talk about her daughter! Well considering she is on a photo shoot or in a music video, I would think that this is not the best place to discuss your life story with everyone. Like her agent clearly articulated, it’s okay to discuss your daughter if the subject is brought up or asked, otherwise, save the convo for your girlfriends.
I will apologize for the length; I admit I could have gotten to the point 10 sentences ago. Nonetheless, skip ahead to the photo shoot where once again Miss. Attitude gave her agent/boss some lip because she was still holding a grudge from their earlier conversation. Thus, she was asked to leave. Here is what I found so irritating and frustrating. This disrespectful young lady had the nerve to blame everything on her boss. I cannot recall the exact quote but it went along the lines of...She’s taking the food out of my daughter’s mouth.
Umm excuse me? It seems to me that YOU took the food out of your daughter’s mouth. YOUR INAPPROPRIATE actions cannot be blamed on anyone but yourself!
I am so annoyed that someone could say something so ridiculous with a straight face. I mention this because this is what is going on around our country and is being instigated by our politicians (well half of them). They are encouraging this entitlement society where responsibility ceases to exist. Personal accountability is now thrown out the window as we are taught to blame everyone but ourselves…Which not only sounds preposterous, IT IS!

Confused By The Twitter Craze

Okay, I’m finally going to give…What the heck is Twitter and what’s the point of it? I know that technology tends to escape us as we age but I feel as if I am already out of the loop. I’m only in my twenties. I get the whole MySpace thing, had that at one point but skipped over to Facebook. I appreciate the concept of Facebook and MySpace. They’re social networking sites where you can keep in touch with your friends, families, and coworkers. It’s also a great tool to reach out to many people at one time. You can post your opinions for a mass audience if you need to, post pictures, play games, etc.

Great. Back to my question, what is TWITTER? I have stumbled upon a twitter page (if that’s what it is called) by sheer accident once and read some twitter updates but I still don’t get it. Why would people have a page just to tell you what they’re doing at the moment? Facebook has status updates but I don’t think that’s the same thing…is it?

So what do people “Twitter” or “Twit”…?

9:00- Just got to work
10:00- Tired at work
12:00- Going to get lunch
3:00- Still at work
5:00- Leaving work

…and so on and so forth.
Maybe I’m totally off? I’m hoping I have the wrong idea because if this is what Twitter is all about, I don't get it and for lack of a better word, I find it kind of pointless. For this reason I have put off finding out what Twitter is really all about…that is until now.
Oh here we go, Wikipedia has already corrected me as I have called these status updates “Twits”, apparently they’re called Tweets?(Thanks Wiki, you're great)
Description from Twitter:

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

This next one makes me giggle!

Why? Because even basic updates are meaningful to family members, friends, or colleagues—especially when they’re timely.
Eating soup? Research shows that moms want to know.
Running late to a meeting? Your co–workers might find that useful.
Partying? Your friends may want to join you.

Aww…Mommy wants to know if you’re eating soup! lol
Here’s the real answer as to Why...
Why you ask? Let me think about it…Uhh because we are N - O - S - Y! Our society is always interested in knowing what everyone else is doing at all times. This obsession is even greater when celebs are involved. We are infatuated by it! Just think about the popularity of reality shows. Its not the shows where people are competing for something, its the reality shows that are based on a couple people, newlywed, family, random strangers just going about their everyday lives. Don’t get me wrong, I have been known to watch a few of these shows if they happppen to be on and I must admit I miighht even enjoy it…but come on, the answer is because we are NOSY! Simple as that!
Lastly, they answer the question how (how to twitter or tweet that is):

With Twitter, you can stay hyper–connected to your friends and always know what they’re doing. Or, you can stop following them any time. You can even set quiet times on Twitter so you’re not interrupted. Twitter puts you in control and becomes a modern antidote to information overload.

So now I know, unfortunately I don’t think I am signing on to this latest trend anytime soon! (Ill be straight with you, I still don't get it)