In a week when my pick to win the NCAA tournament -- the North Carolina Tar Heels -- is still in it, here's what else caught my attention:
- A fun-loving, charming but serious President Obama visits Jay Leno. It's just too bad he made that embarrassing gaffe about his lowly bowling score and the Special Olympics.
- Octu-Mom Nadya Suleman is now inspiring contemporary art (seen here) ... I didn't say it was any good.
- Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello reports a major TV character will commit suicide this season.
- I've never watched "Battlestar Galactica" but my BFF just raves about it. The final episode airs tonight.
- And, finally, the sudden death of Natasha Richardson still stuns. She may not have been as famous as her husband, Liam Neeson, but she was a talented actress -- most brilliantly so on stage -- in the tradition of her famous family.
[Photo: Splash News Online]
My first thought was that it was a pink hand grenade.
I have a lot of friends who bowl in Special Olympics...and believe me...their scores would blow Obama's out of the water. It was a bit of a disappointment from our new president.
He has hurt many families in America. He needs to say he is sorry in the public, not to some organization.
During the campaign for the White House in 2008, the media criticized Palin for being ‘common,’ and ‘not presidential.’ However, compare Sarah Palins attitude in this video created three weeks ago for the Special Olympics in Boise, Idaho.
You decide the more ‘presidential’ among them:
http://tinyurl.com/ccz6nj
it's unfortunate that the President's feelings about this crossection would play out so candidly, I mean, it's understandable to say something stupid off camera, --but on Nat. TV on one of the most watched programs on air at that time (WITH) big pressure and comments ABOUT him being on?) --incredibly stupid public blunder, (and) unfortunate reference point that you just can't 'back away' from.
Dumb move.
-saw something else on a sidelink to this story, though.
--A teen-awareness group has done a re-enactment with 'detective notes' based upon the Rhianna beatings. --very sobering stuff in deed (as well as a rather motivating endpoint,)
--It's hard to see this played out,(word for word, action for action,) and be like '..yeah, he needs help..'
it's more like
'..yeah, this is a monster, and she's not wrapped too tight to be going back with anything that treats her like that.'
Unfortunately, I think there's been too many years, decades even, of such comments as Obama's being acceptable. I've heard kind, even accepting people 'joke' in such a manner and become shocked when I point out to them the harm in such words ( granted there are also those who become defensive about it).
What strikes me about this is that with all of the hooplah over how we're finally a nation that accepts people for WHO they are... the poster child for that sentiment didn't change his thinking ( and it has to be an overall attitude change) to include those who need the loudest of voices. He is still in the same rut as so many others in assuming that different means less.
BTW, Janie's right.... don't go messing with the Special Olympic strong... we mere mortals simply don't have grace ( in all definitions of that word).