How to Make It on DWTS, and Influence People?

As most everybody knows, DWTS - Dancing with the Stars - is a reality show airing on ABC in the United States, and CTV in Canada (WikiPedia.com).  And of course there are big "STARS" on the show.  In the Spring of this year, the top three "dancers" were Nicole Scherzinger, Evan Lysacek and Erin Andrews (??? Who are these "stars"?)


The current season has another notable "star".  She has a lot of 'courage, grace and diversity', according to her mom.  And she proffers such great life lessons.  No, not the kind about not getting pregnant at 16, but more along the lines of "They're going to criticize anyway, so I might as well DANCE!" (@SarahPalinUSA - Twitter account).


So, yeah, Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol is on the show.  And what better thing for the Rogue Tea Bagger could there be?  Having the Palin name once again all over TV is perfect set-up for a political career.  And just think if Bristol - the dancer - won?


But, perhaps this is just another scam being run by the "housewife" from Alaska.  Although the dancing Diva "received the judges’ worst score" last week, she was not kicked off the show (Bloomberg.com)  And why?  Well, because the #TeaParty Twitter Brigade is conducting a "Get Out The Vote" campaign (JoeMyGod.Blogspot.com).  If the Tea Baggers can win the House, then little Bristol should be able to win DWTS.


So, Sarah's influence goes on.  Scary.  But why didn't she and Todd just stuff the DWTS ballot box themselves?  "The maximum number of votes per voter per medium is equal to the number of couples performing that night, or five votes, whichever is larger."  That would only be 30 votes between the two of them. 


So, let the tweeting - and the voting - begin, Tea Baggers.  Another triumph for liberty!

Social Media Sobriety Test

This is probably a good idea.  For all of those people who sit at home alone on a Friday night, partaking of a little of the fire water, and decide to tell the whole world that they got dumped by some bitch, or their ex is really an ass, or whatever else might be bothering them.


But help is just a download away:  "Social Media Sobriety Test" a free Firefox plug-in from online-security company Webroot. (CNN.com)  "[T]he plug-in will ask you to pass a simple test before being able log on" during hours of the day that you decide might be susceptible to drunkeness and make it hard for you to be nice on Facebook or Twitter.  Because, according to the website "Nothing good happens online after 1am." Just 3 steps will help you be a sober tweeter or a responsible FB friend.  Download/Customize, pass a test, post away (or if you fail, maybe just go to bed.) 

So, maybe, before you type something like this into your status bar "I'm drunk, ate 4 bags of doritos and a box of pizza pops. Who wants to webcam?" you should download the test.

A Happy Halloween?

So, a kid wanted to go to a Halloween party dressed as Daphne, from the Scooby-Doo movie.  A cute little outfit with a pink shirt, purple sweater and a huge, brightly orange wig.  But there were some mothers who were not all that thrilled with this costume choice.  Mostly it was because the kid who was wearing it was a boy. (Advocate.com)


The kid's mother, who writes anonymously at the blog Nerdy Apple Bottom, said that some mothers were just shocked!  They told her she "should never have ‘allowed’ this" and if the boy was older, say in kindergarten she would "have had to put [her] foot down and ‘forbidden’ it."  How could she let him wear a "gay" costume?  And they went on to tell her "how mean children could be and how he would be ridiculed."


Although, it seemed the only ones who were mean and ridiculing were the parents, not the children.  The Daphne-wearing kid's mom though, did get in the last best line:  “If you think that me allowing my son to be a female character for Halloween is somehow going to ‘make’ him gay then you are an idiot. Firstly, what a ridiculous concept. Secondly, if my son is gay, OK. I will love him no less. Thirdly, I am not worried that your son will grow up to be an actual ninja so back off.”


Yeah, just back off!

What Should I Be When I Grow Up?

Poor Christine O'Donnell.  What will she be when she grows up?  Obviously, it ain't going to be a Senator.  Becuase of course it was just a "symptom of Republican cannibalism" with the likes of Karl Rove dining on her political career. Perhaps she could be a professional Wiccan.  Or maybe a professional virgin... 


But, wait.  She could follow in her Mamma Grizzly's paw prints and get a spot on Fox News.  "O'Donnell made Fox News her national media home during her campaign" and boasted that she had "Sean Hannity in [her] back pocket."  (HuffingtonPost.com)  Nope, nevermind.  The network told Mediaite it has "no plans to hire her."


Oh, well, poor Christine.  Maybe she should follow in the paw prints of a Grizzly Cub... Dancing With the Stars.

Nice Weather We Are Having

Yes, a blatant attempt to change the subject.  But, alas we are still subject to "mid-term elections".  And if you have seen any TV or read any paper or looked at any website, you know the GOP/TP has 239 seats in the House vs. 185 Democrats.  And the Dems have 51 Senate seats to the 46 GOP/TP ones.


But, there are other stories about this election.  Californians didn't want legalized marijuana, dude.  Denver residents voted down a plan to officially track space aliens. San Francisco outlaws the Happy Meal.  And a deceased California Democrat won re-election to the State Senate, 58% to 36%.  That says something about her challenger, doesn't it? (HuffingtonPost.com)


Oh, and this Sarah Palin candidate in Atlanta won something too:

J/K Read the story here

So, now back to the weather.

The Day of Reckoning

It has been a long mid-term election season.  It seems to have gone on forever.  And today is the last day.  After today there will be no more hateful ads on the TV or radio every 10 seconds.  News programs will have nothing to talk about.  FauxNews will not know what to do with itself.  Even Stewart and Colbert may not find anything to report on -- well, that might not be true, there is always something for them.


So, today - in an effort to stymie the withdrawal symptoms of the Decision 2010 ending - Time.com has "25 Crazy Moments from A Crazy Election Campaign". And oh what memories they bring back.  Sharron Angle (NV) running from the press to avoid having to say anything.  Krystal Ball (VA) with racy Facebook pictures.  And wonderful Sarah promoting her "Mamma Grizzlies."


But there are plenty more:

• There was Ohio Republican Rich Lott, who participated in reenactments as a Nazi soldier, saying his fascination was with the military history and not ideology of the Third Reich.

• New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, in an discussion with New York Post political columnist Fred Dicker.  Being the true NY city kinda guy, Paladino told Dicker "I'll take you out, buddy!"

• Then there is Ken Buck.  The Colorado Senate hopeful has said many crazy things, but it all started during the primary season when he was asked by an attendee why she should vote for him, Buck answered, "Because I do not wear high heels."  Is that a fashion statement?

• Jimmy McMillan, "the gloved and bearded maestro of The Rent Is Too Damn High Party" running for Governor of New York -- that crazy just speaks for itself.

• Alaska Republican Joe Miller's private security guards detained and handcuffed Alaska Dispatch reporter Tony Hopfinger at a campaign event in Anchorage.

• Dan Maes, the Republican candidate for governor in Colorado (no really, he is still running) who thought that Hickenlooper's bicycle-promotion in Denver would "threaten our personal freedoms," and put us "under a United Nations treaty."

• Then there is Christine O'Donnell, who could have taken a few spots all by herself in the Crazy Moments department.  There is no masturbating, why don't monkeys still evolve and of course, I am not a Witch... I am you.

Here are all 25

Now, we have 2 years until the next big election.  Would not be surprised if the number of crazy moments between now and then is far greater than 25.  GET OUT AND VOTE!

  

Writer's Block

Didn't know what to write about today, and was looking at the "Rally to Restore Sanity" pictures.... this one from BuzzFeed.com (Click for all) probably is the scariest.