The Apocalypse

Yet another sign that the Apocalypse nears....

Time Magazine published its list of top 100 people of 2009 in several categories. One category was "Heroes and Icons." At the top of the list, the very top!, is Michelle Obama!!!! C'mon...what has she done to be even in the top 100 of such a list? (Of course, is she a "hero" or a "heroine?" I ask because of the incredibly stupid trendy referrals of actresses as "actors." A man is an actor and a woman is an actress. What is at all offensive about that? A man is an emperor and a woman is an empress. A man is a mister and a woman is a miss or missus. Would a woman want to be called a "mister?" I remember a teacher I worked with who strongly objected when I referred to her as "chairwoman." Now how the principal was silly enough to choose her to be "chair" of anything is another question for another time, but.... So, I said to her, you don't want to be a "chairman," understandably, but also don't want to be "chairwoman," which is what you are--a woman who is chairing a committee. I think I'll just call you the "chairone." Oh, the look I received! But I just laughed and shook my head, which made her even angrier. And, to think, a principal, a head of a high school, not only let her "chair" anything, but also listened to her. That, my friends, is why the schools are so terrible.)

Back to the list of "Heroes and Icons." I only heard of two others in the top ten, Chesley Sullenberger, fully agreed, and Van Jones, the commie who rips on the US system, but takes full advantage of it to make his life comfortable. Who, what ninny, made this list???? Tiger Woods, the bastion of integrity and values we'd all like to teach our kids, was # 14. How did "actor" (see, I got it right!) George Clooney make # 15? Did anyone ever listen to him try to pontificate on issues, as if he knew all the right answers? (Well, if anyone ever did, they certainly know he doesn't.) Oprah Winfrey and Sarah Palin (who'da thunk I fit them both in the same sentence?) were #s 18 and 19. I never heard of any of the others. But, from those I have heard of, the others??????

If I were Sullenberger, I think I'd ask to have my name removed from the list. Who'd want to be associated with such a crowd????

Boy, I guess our standards and values have fallen even more than I thought....