A weekly segment on my Facebook page has jumped to my blog for the week and expanded. I present the Worst People in the news of the past two weeks.
THE LIST
10. Roy Hibbert: Starting 5 big man for the Indiana Pacers, Hibbert managed to turn a miraculous beat down of the Heat in Game 7 into a homophobic, media beatdown that left everyone scratching their heads. An otherwise polite, supposedly, kind young man, in his post game conference used a homophobic curse and called the media, "mother-fuckers," while he later apologized and was fined $75,000 the overall message was clear; perception is more important than morality. Kobe Bryant was fined $100,000 earlier this season for mouthing a slur during a game. Hibbert says it and gets a smaller fine. Arguably he should have gotten a larger fine or suspended, but then the NBA would've answered to all the conspiracy nuts who would have called this an effort to get the Heat to the finals. It is a shame that fans with misguided perceptions kept the NBA from demanding a higher standard for their players. But for Hibbert, the unneeded scrutiny was ended on the court when Lebron James (also used a homophobic slur a few years ago) beat down the Pacers.
9. Christina Nance: Mother of Amieya Renee Stewart. Nance reported her daughter missing on Friday, May 31st after the four year old went missing from a family gathering in Richmond, California. While a grieving mother looking for a child does not warrant scrutiny, her inability to understand her own daughter and common logic does. After the police and dogs were sent for, Amieya was found…hiding under the bed. Good work mom searching the house. Relatives told the AP that she liked hiding, especially under beds.
8. Artie Kempner: The Lead Director for Fox Sports NASCAR and NFL. Kempner had to apologize for a camera cable that broke and fell on fans and the track at the Coca-Cola 600. THe camera caused 10 injuries and damaged several cars. This is a "sport" where cars drive around a track at ridiculous speeds trying to nudge passed each other to win a race. Artie made sure that nylon drive cables were the most dangerous thing.
7. Karen Harrelson and Gregory Stambaugh: I was upset when Game of Thrones killed my favorite character this week, but apparently not upset enough to attempt a similar action. A couple, Karen and Greg, were arrested a week ago when the two could not agree on who should win American Idol and so the stabbed each other. Apparently "beer, tequila, and a pint of scotch," was also involved. Go figure.
6. Latasha Renee Love: In Charlotte, love comes at a cost. Latasha Love decided to use tough love on her 13 year old son when she had him arrested for stealing her pop-tart. This one baffles the mind, wondering who is worse, the mother for utter stupidity or the police for taking part in utter stupidity.
5. President E Gordon Gee: As I am writing I have been told that the President of The Ohio State University will retire, which is wonderful. Gee, who looks like a wanna-be Lou Holtz (ironic), came under fire when a recording got out of remarks he made including "The fathers are holy on Sunday, and they're holy hell on the rest of the week," Gee said. Later, he said, "You just can't trust those damn Catholics on a Thursday or a Friday, and so, literally, I can say that." And, "You tell the SEC when they can learn to read and write, then they can figure out what we're doing." The guy who looks like Erkel had a love affair with Bill Gates and then aged twenty years said that? Good Riddance he's done.
4. Robert Ford: Or should I say soon to be former South Carolina State Senator Robert Ford. Last week it was Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto fucking up. Now it's Robert Ford from South Carolina. The state ethics committee found that he has misused thousands of campaign funds, the bulk of which he used to buy porn. People wonder why I don't criticize enough Democrats, well if they pull this kind of shit I will continue to do so. But hell he will probably get re-elected someday. I mean, this is the state that Mark Sanford used state travel $$$ to fund his extramarital affair in Argentina. The ex-governor who was elected to congress last month.
3. M Night Shyamalan: This makes me so happy. I hate this director. Not just because his movies are shitty but because he treats people like dirt and has a massive ego. So very happy that yet another one of his movies, After Earth, flopped. The creator/director of the masterpiece The Sixth Sense has gotten progressively shitt-ier as time has progressed. Perhaps it is because his "villains" have been Aliens killed by water, trees, poor writing, and terrible plot progression. Perhaps it is because he is an egomaniac. Perhaps its because he is a talentless hack. There are so many reasons why his movies are terrible. It's like batting practice. "Tell Merrill to swing away."
2. Society: Grumpy Cat now has a movie. The world is officially ending. After the ludicrously stupid internet hero "Grumpy Cat" won the Webby for Meme of the year, (the fact that this category exists is evidence enough to spark the coming apocalypse) the cat has garnered her own brand name products at Walmart, a full line of Friskies Cat Food, and a manager. That's right. It has a manager. And soon a movie. The name of the feline is actually tardar sauce, proving that at least one thing is dumber than the actually branding.
1. Michael R White Elementary School. In Cleveland a group of adults, that's right adults were enjoying their kids "kindergarten graduation" when a fight broke out. The idea of a Kindergarten Graduation is aggravating enough but now they can add aggravated rioting. Two teenage girls began to fight and then six more adults joined in. A hammer and multiple sticks are now part of evidence. Eight people at Michael R White Elementary School are officially the worst people of the past two weeks.
