2011 Turkey of the Year award
Thanksgiving is normally a time of year when our thoughts are about spending time with family, eating a lot of food and worrying about beating the crowd on black Friday. Sure those thoughts are important to me, but I also tend to think about those celebrities or groups of people who quite frankly are turkeys. You know, those politicians who have brain freezes at debates or cannot remember how many states there are. Or those athletes who make fools of themselves in some way. It is impossible for a year to go by without that happening! And then there are those normal, everyday misinformed, narrow-minded people who feel they can change policy by having protests at various public places. This year was full of turkeys and for the first time ever, a certain group of individuals will have to share the award as opposed to other years when I picked out just one individual. So without any further delay, let me give you some people or groups who got heavy consideration for the award before I announce the winner.
1. Anthony Weiner- Not only is this guy a turkey, he is an idiot. Sending out links with pictures of your private parts is rather foolish especially when you are a politician. And we elect idiots like that? That is rather scary!!
2. Vince Young- Why Vince Young was being considered you ask? Do you remember that comment he made about the Eagles being a dream team last summer? The last time I checked, the Beagles are 3-6 and it would take a miracle for them to make the playoffs. Yea, some dream team!!!
3. Kim Kardashian- Dear Kim, maybe your next husband will last 90 days before you dump him!
4. The runner-up. The Occupy Wall Street protesters- I don’t have a problem with people protesting and expressing their views, hey it’s the American way but these people just need to go away and shut up please!! We get that you are part of the 99 percent but if you don’t like capitalism, just move out of the country and get lost. And what is up with the violence? This group has no clear direction and are just wasting taxpayers money with their occupation.
And the big winner for 2011 goes to the NBA player’s union and owners for the continued lockout and possible cancellation of the season. So many problems in society is attributed to greed and this is a prime example. The NBA was a booming business last season and interest in the league was at levels never seen before. Now a bunch of millionaire and billionaire people can’t figure out how to share a certain amount revenue or change the systems because they are just concerned about their own well-being and not the total picture.
But wait, there is some controversy, Billy Hunter, the president of the player’s union just called me and does not want to split the prize with the owners. He wants a 53 percent share of the prize. So the award will have to go to ligation before I hand out the award.
Honorable mention goes out to Rick Perry, Jerry Sandusky (a huge favorite for next year’s award), Jim Tressel, Steve Williams and Charlie Sheen
