Stupidity
Today’s entry is devoted to that force against which even the gods strive in vain, stupidity. You have no doubt heard elsewhere that George W waved to Stevie Wonder at the Ford’s Theater Presidential Gala on March 3. Wonder “understandably did not respond.” Shame on Saturday Night Live for needlessly adding a punchline to this story.
Honorable Mention goes to The McLaughlin Group, where the topic was recently the proposed nuclear waste site in Nevada. Host John McLaughlin suggested (loudly, as always) that a dedicated surveillance satellite be placed “in geosynchronous orbit right over the site.” Which sounds nice but is physically impossible for any site not on the equator.