Hi, my name is John, and I'm a
Judge Judy watcher. I started watching Judge Judy many years ago,
out of loneliness and some kind of unfulfilled need to be yelled at, I suppose. I went from watching Judge Judy a couple times a month to every week, then to several times a week, to where I am now. I now watch Judge Judys (new and repeats) twice a day. Because my TV can record programs, I have set my machine to automatically record every episode of Judge Judy, even the sneaky one on Sunday afternoon. I've tried to stop, believe me. I once went almost two full weeks without watching a single Judge Judy, and I actually almost stopped using words like "kerfuffle," and phrases like "we're having sushi for lunch," and "don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining," and finishing every phone conversation by saying "step out." But I eventually caved. And now I'm like some kind of "Rainman" type, having to get home every day at four o'clock to watch "Wapner." There are some people, and I know because I've met them and talked with them, who hate Judge Judy. Yes, actually hate the woman! My friend Cheri' was in Los Angeles on other business, when she had the opportunity to attend the Judge Judy show taping one day. Cheri' was far from a rabid fan, just an interested spectator in the audience, but she came away from the experience absolutely appalled at Judge Judy's behavior. Cheri' said awful things about Judge Judy. She found her rude, obnoxious, dismissive, mean, and several other unprintable things. Cheri' didn't, and still doesn't, understand that those things are why the rest of us love Judge Judy. You see, people opt to go before Judge Judy rather than in a regular court of law, because they can get on TV, and depending on her ruling can get the show to pay their judgements. It's all performance art actually, where the greedy and the stupid can stand in front of a camera and be embarrassed and yelled at, in front of millions of people. What's not to love? At any rate, I love her, but I will try to cut down a bit. I've got other things to do around here, one being this blog. After all, they don't keep me here because I'm pretty. But I digress ...
- Oh those pesky Christians. Remember that cultish Christian focus group out of the Bush era called Focus on the Family, the one run by James Dobson? Mr. Dobson and his group of idiots managed to become one of America's foremost hate groups, right up there with the Heritage Foundation. Well, Focus on the Family now has a new leader, a man named Jim Daly. And they've made a movie called Irreplaceable, purportedly about the benefits of family-according-to-the-Bible, but which is just another anti-gay tirade with soothing music. By the way, speaking of gaydom, a judge in our beloved state of Oregon has finally ruled that our ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, and gay people are finally able to be referred to just as "people," at least marriage-wise. But getting back to this movie, apparently Mr. Daly and his weird homophobic hate group are getting such awful reviews, and hate spewed right back at them, that he feels he's being persecuted. Really? Mark Morford reports on Sympathy for the Christian Bigot.
- Gotta love Jon Stewart. He's started a #fuckyourush campaign against the man he calls
“the quivering rage heap who is apparently desperately trying to extinguish any remaining molecule of humanity that might still reside in the Chernobyl-esque superfund clean-up site that was his soul.” Apparently El Rushbo made fun of Michelle Obama for her concern about those 200 missing Nigerian girls, and actually felt it necessary to point out that they weren't "our girls," so why should we be all that concerned about them. Okay, we expect shit like that from Limbaugh, right? But you know, sometimes it just feels like insensitivity is a right-wing trait. From Karl Rove to Bill O'Reilly, check out "9 Vilest Right-Wing Moments This Week."
- United States Senators the other day asked representatives of the Department of Defense which groups we are currently at war with. The DoD refused to answer the question, saying it was classified. We're guessing it's either Oceana or Eastasia (ref: Orwell). From the Washington's Blog.
- Okay, I'm just going to say it. Georgia is a strange little state. And I'm guessing that most the people who live in Georgia are a little strange. Let me give you an example of what I mean: Did you know anyone can carry a gun in Georgia? I mean anywhere - grocery stores, church, bars, brothels, etc. But did you also know that a woman has to have a prescription to own a vibrator? Yes, indeed.
- Oh I've just GOT to finish this week's update with one more list of right-wing nuttery. Have you heard the latest right-wing conspiracy theory concerning President Obama? He's going to run for a third term! Seriously! Several right-wing commentators and websites have advanced this rumor, including our butt-buddy Rush Limbaugh. It's all over the Internet, including that vast bastion of knowledge, FaceBook. Oh, and there's more. Check this one out: The Right-Wing's 5 Most Insane Conspiracy Theories This Week.
- We'll try to check in with you on Memorial Day, but if not, have a happy one. And don't forget to remember someone.
