Rick Sanchez

So CNN correspondent was fired from CNN for calling Jon Stewart a bigot not to mention a bunch of crazy stuff about Jews in general. 'kay, I'm pretty sure Jon Stewart wouldn't be overly upset at the ridiculous tirade.

It's odd that CNN was able to look past this:

On December 10, 1990, Sanchez struck a drunken pedestrian, Jeffrey Smuzinick, with his car on a residential street near Dolphin Stadium (then known as Joe Robbie Stadium) and left the scene, returning two hours later.[11] Smuzinick was paralyzed and eventually died in an assisted living facility on November 2, 1995.[12] Sanchez had just left the NFL football game between the Miami Dolphins and the Philadelphia Eagles with his father when the accident occurred. Police breathalyzer results determined that Sanchez's blood alcohol level was above the legal limit for driving. He was not charged with causing the accident, but was charged with and pleaded no contest to driving under the influence (DUI)

Fox News certainly wasn't overly concerned when Glenn Beck called President Obama a reverse racist. However they are starting to feel some tension that their prize pony showing signs of mad cow disease (some of us ALWAYS saw the signs.) No one in their right mind would want Beck as their mascot, but he's in the right place for wrong minds, isn't he now?
Fox News divided

I need a break.. I'm going crazy.

I guess that isn't a stretch since it's the OCD blog that is MAKING me crazy.
I need a topic to vent on... Hmm, lemme check out HuffPo. I'll be back with something.

Ohhh I just remembered I have a few controversial opinions on matters I've seen in the news lately.
1. Yes. Obese people should be charged for 2 seats. I can take a child that weighs half as much as an adult and the weight and size of carry-on is an issue too. So unless my child pays for half of a seat but the fat dude next to me invades my personal and very small allotted space on an airplane it's not discrimination, it's a wake up call. We are a fat and unhealthy people. I know this because I am fatter and unhealthier lately.

 See? No brainer. Besides there's a weight limit that an airplane has to abide by. I do not want to become to become an episode of Lost because of some lunacy over discrimination.

2. Mitt Romney politely asked a passenger to move his airplane seat forward during take off (that's the rule, last time I flew). The stupid guy turned around and decked Romney. Our man Mitt (who is NOT my favorite politician on the planet and frankly I think this is out of character for him and yes I can site examples) did NOT physically retaliate. My favorite part? The Mittster was flying economy, not first class. Also a bit of character switcheroo, a politician that practices what he preaches. Classy, Mitt! Keep up the good work.

3. Sarah Palin's hissy over the barely veiled joke (and that is an understatement) on The Family Guy. I've never watched The Family Guy, but it sounds similar to my guilty pleasure Southpark which is equal opportunity in it's spoofing of things and the ones I'VE seen have usually had a weirdly touching moral. I think in this case Family Guy went too far. Sarah Palin has been on each side of the spectrum of what is tasteless. Her actions since her nomination for VP hopeful has been fraught with things that have been wrong and off base. She seems able to dish it, even trot the kids out to help her chances (I won't say she's pimped them but... Okay she's totally pimped them). I believe her stand against the Fox network was appropriate and an apology is in order. I would understand a complete boycott. Call them on the carpet for being a stupid, nasty, evil network. Have an anti-Fox tea party. I've always maintained that Fox is out of control! Go Sarah GO!!! What? You work for them? Spewing your brand of lies and fear mongering in hopes of drawing in the more paranoid, gullible, uneducated people in America? Ooooo! Can I just say AWKWARD! Yeah, Sarah, I agree that Family Guy crossed a line. Does it violate a personal conviction that you will stand by to show the world that you won't take this insensitivity? I'm guessing the paycheck will outweigh your feigned outrage.