In a week rife with idiots and idiotic statements, we were hard pressed to choose the most idiotic. After much deliberation, we decided on:
USEFUL IDIOT OF THE WEEK:
Star of screen and TV, Matthew Modine gets our Useful Idiot of The Week Award. Matthew believes that if we just
sit down with Osama bin Laden and reason with him, world peace would ensue.
"Imagine if somebody were to really sit down with Osama Bin Ladin and say, ‘listen man,what is it that you’re so angry at me about that you’re willing to have people strap bombs to themselves, or get inside of airplanes and fly them into buildings.’ That would be the miracle if we can get, sit down and talk to our enemies and find a way for them to hear us."
How could Osama not be convinced by this reasoning? I nominate Modine to be the one to contact Osama. And since Matthew has already lost his mind, the loss of his head would be a small price to pay for world peace. Go for it, Matthew!
MOST IDIOTIC STATEMENTS BY ELECTED OFFICIALS:
We can't decide which of Obama's statements are more idiotic. His assertion that the GOP is opposed to health care because they
fear it will be too popular - or his bald face lie that the
U.S. will go bankrupt without the budget busting ObamaCare. Either way, at least Obama knows better than to tell the truth to the American people. Unlike:
Our esteemed Illinois congressman, who was idiotic enough to say, in front of cameras, that he doesn't care whether the new health care law
violates the Constitution. We're still not sure if his admission was idiotic or just plain arrogant. You decide.
In another attack of truth telling, Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA), accidentally let the cat out of the bag
with his statement: "If you don't tie our hands, we will keep stealing."
Imagine! A public servant who is stupid enough to tell the truth. And a Democrat to boot!
RUNNER UP:
Rep. Johnson, with a straight face and utter sincerity, opined that
Guam 'might capsize.' "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize." This guy is truly scary.
ECO-IDIOT:
B.C. Environment Minister Barry Penner had been urging his fellow eco-idiots to forego electricity during Earth Hour. Taking his own advice, and hoping to spark a little romance with his wife over a candlelit dinner, he accidentally
set his cat on fire.
Fortunately for Minister Penner, being an elected official ensured that the price for his idiocy was, as usual, paid for by others. No word yet on the condition of his cat.
STUPID CRIMINALS:
Police said a man will be charged with public drunkenness after several witnesses saw him
attempting to resuscitate a road-killed opossum. I'll bet good money he's a card carrying member of PETA.
A 26 year old Ghana armed robber sincerely believed that he had a magic charm that would make him bullet proof. He and a friend tested the theory at a friend’s house. The man with the charm was apparently a career criminal. He told a friend to shoot him to show that he had the juju to keep him from being harmed by the bullet. He was wearing the strange looking talisman when police found his body.
Police in Connecticut say they had ample warning of a bank robbery because the two suspects
called the bank ahead of time and told an employee to get a bag of money ready. Police arrested 27-year-old Albert Bailey and an unidentified 16-year-old boy on robbery and threatening charges.
A wedding guest was arrested by police after a
man was seriously wounded playing 'Russian roulette' in front of a horrified bride and groom. The man who produced the hand gun at the Astrakhan wedding was arrested.
A
bride was arrested at her own wedding party after baring her breasts at a doorman - and then hitting him over the head with her red stiletto shoe.
A Southern California couple who
bragged on the "Dr. Phil" show about making $100,000 by selling shoplifted toys on eBay was sentenced Monday to federal prison. Ah, the price of fame..
JUST PLAIN STUPID:
A
Boulder nudist sparked several calls to police last when she decided to garden topless, but police said they had nothing to hold her on.
A man who has been
charged with making a naked dash through a Tennessee supermarket told police he was "bored and didn't have anything else to do." This man is in serious need of a life.
Another poor soul in need of a life: Sylvester Jiles. He was
sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to break back into jail. It's possible he could be suffering from a brand new disease: Dependence on government. No cure is forthcoming. Sigh.
