LEGGO MY EGGO!!!

One thing that has always bothered me about people on the left is their need to feel superior to everyone else by making you either feel guilty about things you like or simply by trying to outlaw anything you like. It's not that their intentions aren't good it's that they feel the need to force their opinions on everyone else whether you agree with them or not. And if you don't agree they simply try and make the laws change to force you to.

There are tons of examples of this. Maybe you recall when they harped on and on about the fact that plastic bags were harmful to the ecological system of the world and should be banned. They wanted people to use only clothe bags that they would use over and over again. The end result was several deaths and illnesses due to the fact that leakage in those same cloth bags resulted in food poisoning. They ended up getting rid of their plastic bag law. As I said, the intention is good but they never seem to look long term or find out what could happen before jumping headfirst into the issue.

I just read where another left leaning person was upset with Bubba Watson. He just won the Masters Golf tournament and apparently that night around midnight took his family to Waffle House to celebrate. He loves the place and eats there often. Whoever this lady was thought he was setting a terrible example for his kids and the rest of the country by eating at Waffle House. In her mind the food there must be something that should be avoided at all costs. She thinks it contributes to the obesity problem faced in this country. My question is who the hell cares what she thinks? It's his family, his body and his choice of where he wants to eat. What makes her think she should be the final say so on this issue?

The same happened when everyone went crazy and tried to stop people from eating at Chik-fil-a. Because the owners donated THEIR money to anti-gay marriage causes, gay groups were outraged and thought the entire chain should be picketed. Because someone had the audacity to disagree with them they wanted to do financial harm to this company. It was a case of trying to silence someone who disagreed. Saner minds prevailed and the same day they were to be boycotted Chik-fil-a had one of their biggest sales days ever. It seems that the American people didn't like a small group trying to force their beliefs on them, trying to hurt someone for simply having an opinion of their own. They flocked to the restaurants across the country even causing some of them to run out of food to sell. In retaliation for people showing Chik-fil-a support, the gay community staged a protest that would do just the opposite and bring gays into the chain stores to show support for gay marriage. Few people showed and it was a joke on them. Here's the clincher. If you so much as make a point of this issue you're considered a homophobe. The last line of defense is to accuse you of being something you're not. Ah well.

Ex-New York Mayor Bloomberg decided that it was wrong for people to drink so much soda when they went to the movies so he forced a ban on 16 oz. sodas. Sure you could buy two 8 oz. sodas if you like but no, not that dreaded 16 0oz. one. Apparently Bloomberg didn't think you were smart enough to decide what you should or shouldn't have, so he forced you to be unable to buy that 16 oz. drink. The battle is still in court. Aren't you glad (if you live in NY) that tax dollars are being spent to force people to stop drinking Big Gulps? I can't think of anything else that money should be spent on.

How about smoking? They say it's bad for you and I won't argue the point. I'm not someone who enjoys being around someone blowing smoke my direction. The thing is watching the steps taken since this anti-smoking campaign began. First it was warnings on cigarette packages. Then it was trying to get people into corralled areas like cattle where they could smoke. Next were smoke free zones. That switched to smoke free buildings. Then we had no smoking in restaurants. That went on to no smoking in bars. Seriously, no smoking in a bar? I mean you can get plastered past the point of being able to walk a straight line but damn it you can't smoke while doing so! Now people are suing others because they might smell smoke in their house if they live next door to someone who smokes. Are you for real?

All of these issues have one common thread. It always starts with someone thinking that they are the final arbiters to determine what is good for YOU. Not for just themselves but for everyone else as well. They're the ones who think they know what's best so THEY will determine for YOU what you can and can not have or can and can not do. THEY know better than you.

Three great examples of how THEY don't know squat. Remember the alar scare? A group claimed that alar, a pesticide used on apples, caused cancer and tried to get it banned. They even had Meryl Streep (an expert in the field if there ever was one) go before Congress to try and get it banned. The only problem was that no study ever proved their allegations. It didn't cause cancer.

Remember when we were all told that we needed to increase the amount of bran we ingested? It was supposed to be good for us and make us healthier. For about three months everyone began eating oatmeal and making bran muffins. Then all of a sudden a study came out that said oops we made a mistake, eating bran in large quantities does nothing.

Lastly think WAY back to when they decided to force people to stop using DDT. Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring" in 1958 and it became the guidebook for environmentalists around the world. What most will not admit to or acknowledge is the fact that there is little to no scientific evidence in anything Carson states in her book, relying on personal anecdotes instead. That's a calling card for left leaning folks. Forget the facts and consider only emotions. The main claims of Carson, that it caused cancer, that it threatened birds, that it threatened the oceans, have all been proven false. On top of that since DDT was banned by so many countries where it could have been used to halt the number of deaths from malaria, millions have died from that disease that was all but wiped out prior to it's being banned. Like I said, if you feel good about making people stop using or doing something you don't like, that's all that matters.

Wouldn't it be nice if folks that had opinions on things just kept those opinions to themselves rather than try and force THEIR opinions on others? And I don't just mean in conversation (which is fine) but in pressing for laws and the like? Wouldn't it be nice if Bubba Watson could enjoy a nice waffle or grilled cheese sandwich or steaming hot cup of coffee without some do-gooder telling him he's a terrible person? Maybe I'm the only one but if I were Watson I think I would have to smile, look that person straight in the eye and tell them to have a nice cup of shut the hell up with a side order of kiss my behind. Then again that's just my opinion. If I were like the rest you'd all find a law forcing you to enjoy that suggested meal for breakfast daily.

CULT OF PERSONALITY

So it hasn't been long since we were brought the antics of Miley Cyrus which garnered her a small amount of condemnation but tons of free publicity which resulted in bigger sales for her music. Since most music is purchased via the internet to say bigger sales of her album of CD makes no sense these days. And then we got word about Justin Bieber and the antics he was involved in culminating with video of his affidavit posted online for all to view. The end result was not the Earth opening and swallowing anyone whole nor the first days of Armageddon. What it ended up being is nothing more than a few pictures and posts in tabloids around the world.

But hang on. These news articles weren't limited to tabloids now were they? Instead these "newsworthy" items made their ways into the mainstream media outlets like ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox. They were joked about on every talk show.  Pundits weighed in on the stories. Everyone seemed to be talking about these stories. I even found myself posting several things about it on Facebook and the like. But later on I thought to myself, why are we giving them any attention at all?

Where are the days when the news reports we watched were actually about news going on around the world? Have we gotten so caught up in celebrities that we now spend every waking minute concerned about them? It's as if we're all those long lost Beatlemaniacs we used to watch swooning at the sight of any one of the fab four. We can't seem to get enough information about something we can not control, would have no interest in being a part of and that in the end just doesn't matter.

Miley Cyrus. Here we have a young girl who's isn't near as attractive as she seems to think, who possesses the body of a 21 year old in healthy condition (for the record all healthy 21 year olds have the same body), who sings well enough (but then there are tons of people who sing well enough and actually my niece has a better voice at a younger age) and who has determined that the only way she can get people to purchase anything she produces is to be as rude and crude as possible. There is the chance that this is her rebelling against the goody two shoes image she had to project while as Hannah Montana on her Disney show. But if you truly have talent, if you can truly write and perform good songs, then why the need for the rest?

Justin Bieber. His bad boy antics have jumped the shark. Here again we have someone who came with a squeaky clean image that now seems to want to be "taken seriously" as a bad boy. The problem is that all of the things he's doing to appear that way have been done before and done better. Not only that but when he makes that tough guy face or tries to act macho he just comes off as a dweeb posing as the school tough. It's perhaps the least convincing performance I've ever seen and having watched several thousand movies that's saying something.

Or how about Kim Kardashian and her clan? Here we have a family whose claim to fame is little more than being famous...for the sake of being famous! Just like Paris Hilton who went this same route we have a young woman who made a sex tape that OOPS! leaked out somehow and was seem by millions online. And did anyone stand up and say how wrong it was? Nope. Instead we made her more money by watching her TV series and buying any product associated with her. We turned her into an instant celebrity.

I remember back when things like this began. It started with ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT focusing on the behind the stage stories involving celebrities. That segued into LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS where we could all start to envy the ways celebrities and wealthy people lived. More shows with these themes surfaced after the powers that be saw how inexpensive the shows were to produce and that people watched them. And watch them we did. I was among those watching and now have buyer's remorse when it comes to those types of shows.

Perhaps it's time we stopped worrying about the rich and famous, the celebrities and began worrying more about ourselves. If we focused as much attention on ourselves and our own day to day lives as we do on celebrities then maybe we'd all accomplish more. I believe that if we did it for only a single day we'd accomplish more than some of these people do in a year.

Imagine how much more relaxing your day would be if every time a news story came on about some stupid thing some stupid celebrity was doing *CLICK* you turned the station. Or if you were looking online and things and ignored the click here to learn more button. I don't need to know about the next time Miley acted outrageous because I already know its coming. She's following the Madonna format of doing something every time her name seems to disappear. I don't want to know about Bieber because here again, I know its coming. He thinks he's a tough guy and one day will try and prove it only to find himself facing a real tough guy who will set him straight in seconds. I don't care any longer about Lindsey going into rehab for her 100th stint. My guess is she'll fall off the wagon with weeks and we'll hear about her going before another judge who will treat her differently because of who she is.

What I would watch is a show where all of these people were treated like real day to day people. Where people look down on Kardashian as an opportunistic tramp. Where someone tosses a blanket over Miley telling her to grow up and act appropriate. Where Bieber acts tough and gets knocked on his ass. Where Madonna is looked at as woman who acts far too young to dress as she does let alone appear more muscular than Arnold does currently. But the chances of a show like that appearing on TV anytime soon isn't likely. So I guess I'll take the easy way out and make sure I constantly hold the remote in my hand.