Sunday, February 21, 2010

Fidelity

Why is Tiger Woods apologizing to the public for cheating on his wife? It is absolutely ridiculous that any person other than his wife hear how he feels about what he does within his marriage. While we're on the subject, that goes for every public figure whose life has been dissected and served on a platter by the news vultures.

All these hypocrites blathering on for centuries about the sanctity of marriage, blah, blah, blah and in the same breath judging the actions of married folks. Whatever goes on between a husband and wife is strictly the business of that couple. Unless there is rape, torture or other forms of abuse going on, no one else has the right to comment. Not even their children, in my opinion.

This whole country went ballistic over former President Clinton's affair with his intern. The country was not at war, the information super highway was nicely underway, unemployment was at an all-time low, our finances were at an all-time, high.

Seriously, when two people go into a marriage, only the two of them decide where the boundaries are within every aspect of their marriage. No one else. If one of them breaks the rules that they have set up, that is also between them. No one else.

I don't care about Tiger Woods' marriage and I don't see why anyone other than his family should care. Perhaps 24 hrs News is just too much programming for the Media to handle and we need to find more newsworthy topics to cover or cut the hours of programming.

Neither Tiger Woods, nor John Edwards, no Bill Clinton nor any of these folks need to apologize to the public. That whole whine about, "Well-they-are-public-figures-and-I-trusted-them" is such a blathering, idiotic statement. Folks, they are public figures with private lives. Unless they are raping, torturing or other forms of abusing, stealing, killing or giving favors to these lovers that directly effect the public, this is no one's business but the people involved.



Monday, February 15, 2010

Hello, Mrs Robinson

Iris Robinson, the 60 year old former member of Parliament was forced to resign following her exposed affair with a 19 year old. All this hulabaloo about May-December romances when the woman is the older party reminds me of a Sophie Tucker joke:

"I bumped into my old beau, Ernie yesterday and he says to me, 'Soph' ('cause he always calls me Soph) He says to me, 'Soph, I'm now 80 years old and I found me a 20 year old lover. What do ya think of that?!!'"

"I says to him,'Ernie, I, too am 80 years and just as you, I've found me a 20 year old love. But let me tell you something, Ernie. Twenty goes into eighty a helluva lot easier than eighty goes into twenty!!!'"

That's all I'm saying.