THE JERKS HAVE TAKEN OVER

You and I are surrounded by jerks.  Look to the left, to the right, turn around, back to the front - all jerks.

I'm watching a movie starring Tom Cruise.  I think he is a jerk.  He had it made until he showed off his wife Nicole Kidman in a terrible film, displaying terrible judgement.  Since he and Nicole divorced, and he jumped on Oprah's couch, Cruise has lost all credibility with his fan base except maybe for Rosie O'Donnell.  I've lost track of who Nicole is with now, but she hasn't exactly been a stable act.  She's kind of a jerk, too, but no where near being in Tom's class.

Speaking of Rosie, she's a jerk, too.  Quitting her job after arguing with the All-American Elizabeth on THE VIEW was just an overt expression of her innate stupidity.  She hasn't worked much sense has she?  Easy money for an easy job, and where is she?  In lesbian land!  Rosie and Ellen DeGeneres are poster girls for twisted affections.  At least DeGeneres has some comedic talent.  She needs to take dancing lessons, however.  Thinking of THE VIEW, Barbara Walters is approaching the jerk stage.  She's had a terrific career, many firsts, mega money, but she needs to retire.  Like an aging athlete, she needs to announce her retirement and vacate the premises.  It's almost to late to leave the stage gracefully.

Jerry Springer is a jerk.  No explanation needed.  A-Rod is a jerk, but there's hope for him if he matures.  His bosses, the Steinbrenners are potential jerks, but they haven't yet crossed the threshold.  The Yankees have employed many jerks the past few years including his jerkiness King Clemens.  Let's see if they have learned.  If not, they'll be labeled jerks, too.  People who chant, "Yankees suck!" are jerks.  Outside being rude and crude, they're missing the richness and subtleties of a great rivalry with the Red Sox who have no jerks since Manny Ramirez hit the road for L.A.  Thinking of L.A., why did Joe Torre ever write that "kiss and tell" book.  A great manager who had my respect, he has now entered the land of jerkiness.  I'm wondering what other jerks the Dodgers have on that team.

The Congress is full of jerks.  Many, many of our business leaders have turned out to be jerks.  Can you figure out Bernie Madoff?  A humongous jerk!  He knew what the endgame would be, and he kept up his devastating charade.  Along with Clemens, Bernie is another King Jerk.  

The National Football League has too many jerks to mention.  But Donte Stallworth's hitting and killing that pedestrian with his Bentley certainly makes him the jerk of the week.  

Terrell Owens might get off the jerk list now that he's in Buffalo.  I rather doubt it, though.  The Buffalo Bills have been on the NFL jerk list for about seven consecutive years now.  I see TO joining them rather than uplifting them.  Hopefully not.

Octomom is a jerk.  You can use her as a symbol for the right to life or for the necessity of abortion.  Either can work with the proper argument.  However, she, personally, is a jerk.  No job, no income, no husband, takes huge advantage of her family:  to put herself in that situation, she has to be a Queen Jerk.  

The former president of the 158 year-9ld Lehman Brothers is a jerk.  Imagine running one of Wall Street's premier organizations into the ground!  The jerk was working out in the Lehman gym a few days after the disaster.  A former employee walked up to him and punched him out.  We still have a few heros.  I wish I knew his name.

Hopefully, the upcoming blog can discuss heros.  There don't seem to be many around just yet.