"Daily" Dose of Stupid

There are many important issues that absolutely need to be discussed with as many intelligent, thoughtful people as possible. But, especially in these times of crippling awfulness, it is crucial to acknowledge the importance, and inevitability, of sarcasm.

Sarcasm is not just a tool for gen-x-ers to address one another and further suppress their conflicted egos. It is also a mechanism to cope to with the typically mind-boggling insanity that confronts us every day.

I just finished watching The Daily Show – man, that’s funny stuff. In one of their phony news segments, they had a guy questioning various Florida election officials about the question on registration forms asking whether the potential voter is mentally competent or not. If the potential voter answers no, or more importantly, leaves the box blank, then they are not allowed to vote.

I thought that this was an interesting issue, quite worthy of coverage. They even interviewed a woman from the ACLU who gave some very reasonable arguments against the question. But the kicker was, while the phony news guy was listening, he produced a bar of soap, unwrapped it, and ate it. Now that’s comedy.