Here We Go Again

Apparently, we're supposed to be laughing at a Miss Whatever at the latest Miss America Who Gives a Shit  USA pageant for saying something that wouldn't hold muster in a meeting of the minds at an economic think tank. Haven't we fucking been through this time and time again?

But what’s up with the question in the first place...why are we dressing up these teenage girls in skimpy little outfits with their titties taped and parading them around a stage and then asking a heavy question like that? Hell, some girl called in a radio show yesterday and said that in another teen pageant she was asked what she would have done to prevent the Holocaust. Fucking Christ. I'm sorry - that wasn't her answer, that's my usual expression for exasperation. All these pageants, it’s always “how would you solve world hunger, how would you create world peace forever?”  We put these girls on the spot in front of millions of people and ask these these ponderous, world-changing questions. Yet in a televised debate while choosing the next leader of the free world, we only ask the same fucking questions over and over: “what’s your stance on abortion? Will you make sure gays can’t get married? what’s your stance on abortion..."

I mean, who gives a shit? Do I care how Tim Geitner looks in a bikini? For fuck's sake already. Relax. I know pouncing on this girl (heh heh heh) is an easy way to make yourself feel smarter, but if you're wondering just how seriously this event should be taken in the first place, all you need to know is this guy was in the room. It wasn't exactly the Algonquin Table to begin with, was it?