The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

For the second consecutive year, there's been a lot of talk about the lack of minority nominees at the Oscars. On a recent episode of Fox & Friends , Clueless  actress and Fox News contributor, Stacey Dash, had this to say about the controversy and calls for boycott: "I think it's ludicrous, because we have to make up our minds. Either we want to have segregation or integration. If we don't want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where you're only awarded if you're black. If it were the otherw ay around, we would be up in arms. It's a double standard." Donald Trump later appeared on the show and had this to say about the matter: "I saw somebody on your show today say, 'Well, what do we do with BET? The whites don't get any nominations, and I thought it was an amazing interview, actually I've never even thought of it from that standpoint. I mean, I've watched ...

I don't mean to brag, but I'm now 3 for 3 with my debate predictions. I felt that history would repeat itself in the first debate with the challenger getting the best of the incumbent president and while I personally felt it was a draw (Romney won on style and Obama on substance), style tends to win over substance, so I acknowledged that the majority of the voting population would think Romney got the best of President Obama. I also thought the fact Obama was a heavy favorite in the first debate would aid Romney some as well. The CBS snap poll showed 46% of undecided voters felt Romney won the debate, while 22% thought similarly for President Obama. In the Vice Presidential debate, with Ryan as the favorite and likely being asked to be fairly conservative due to the momentum the GOP ticket garnered following the first debate, I gave the edge to Vice President Biden. That same CBS snap poll of undecided voters showed that 50% felt Joe Biden won the debate and 31% thought P...

I read a Facebook status yesterday asking why it was a big deal that no woman has ever been admitted to Augusta National. I then read an article by a guy asking the same question, both saying, "There are women's only clubs. Why can't guys have this?" They both pointed out these organizations known by all of 14 people whom are members, saying that Augusta's male-only membership was the same thing. A person then commented on my friend's post, saying that it doesn't make sense, just like African-Americans can have BET, yet if whites had such a channel, there would be an uproar. I'm sorry, but are some guys that stupid? What, if men weren't allowed to play at Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field or Fenway Park, would they be okay with it? Would that not be a big deal for male baseball players? Oh, but they had that one park at a middle school in Topeka, Kansas which only allowed males, so all is well then, right? Augusta is arguably the most well-known cour...