Everything I needed to know, I learned from watching celebrity meltdowns!

I guess its more of “what not to do” lessons that I’ve gleaned from regularly reading TMZ but no one can deny the “can’t look away” factor. These celebs and their handlers are masters of marketing and there isn’t one action they take that isn’t spun into publicity, marketing, endorsements or fame-gain. It’s a false and fleeting fortune, like a viral video that bursts into your inbox through annoying subject lines and friends’ forwarding it for the 17th time. It wears extraordinarily thin soon - thinner than La Lohan or Mischa can even dream of.

These celebs and their handlers are masters of marketing

So what can you learn from these meltdowns? Simple, don’t have ‘em. Build your reputation on reliability, your position on the positive.

The New Grievance Theater

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The Fighting Irish

Good editorial piece here on the Irish knocking down the EU's ridiculous, underhanded attempts to force an EU constitution onto Europe. Keep in mind the beaurocrats that run the EU are NOT elected.

Until recently, everyone supported European free trade. But many Europeans don't much like political integration: They want to govern themselves.

And even the Eurocrats running the show admit that Europe's common institutions have a "democratic deficit" (i.e., are undemocratic and run by unelected bureaucrats.)

They also had this "constitution" shot down once before by both France and Netherlands whose laws require referendums on constitutions so they simply stopped calling it a constitution.

They called it a treaty.

The Irish law says that they must vote on treaties too. They didn't want a continental non-elected government running them.

I find the EU's shift into fascism quite worrysome but not really surprising given Europes history and their recently strange Orwellian tactics they've been using to combat free speech, individuality and the freedom of the press.

Obama Being Absurd

Ok, I know McCain ain't all that but lets be reasonable here. I think both sides the political spectrum suck so I'm allowed to criticize Obama.

He said they "helped to engineer the distraction of the war in Iraq at a time when we could have pinned down the people who actually committed 9-11." He said Osama bin Laden is still at large in part because of their failed strategies.

Sure Bush hasn't got Bin Laden but Clinton is really the one to blame for his freedom and his rise. Clinton had him in his sites and didn't give the go ahead.

Note to the truthers: Obama points out here that Bin Laden and al Qaeda were responsible. Now fuck off!

Punk At The Speed Of Light

Oh Stop Fucking Whining

Republicans seem to be complaining the Democrats are attacking McCain in code. Please.
Get over it.

And The Myth Of Global Warming

Money corrupts.

And For The Bunny Huggers

Bunny Drama here...

Can You Hear The Fish Cry? Can You?

I know its not good for the environment, I know all the old stories. In fact I'm a paying member of the Sierra Club and GreenPeace. BUT! I also do not want to actively fuck America's poor who can barely afford to drive to their already fucking lousy jobs because people with the time, money and energy don't care about them. I also don't want to fund the despots that fund the killing of American (and Israeli) teenagers in uniform.

Senator John McCain called yesterday for an end to the federal ban on offshore oil drilling, offering an aggressive response to high gasoline prices and immediately drawing the ire of environmental groups that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has courted for months.

Like everything, this is good for some and bad for others. We gotta deal sometimes.

I Don't Care How Hot She May Be

But Denise Richards seems to be a fucking psycho...
Good morning all.