Pointing Fingers

Today, I am presenting to you a surprising choice for Douchelord of the Day. Today's honoree-of-sorts is not someone who would typically qualify for this award, but hypocrisy has a way of rapidly climbing the ranks of the Douchelordesque among us. Please observe:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama

Yes, this is what prompted me to name President Obama as Douchelord of the Day, even if it is only for one day. To be perfectly blunt about this, it is a severe double standard to call out the government of another country for its censorship of the internet while your own Federal Communications Commission (your friendly neighborhood FCC, for all you kids out there) is attempting to end net neutrality in your own country! Wake up, Mr. Obama! Allowing the FCC to end net neutrality is tantamount to giving internet providers a license to censor. Hey, you know what country that sounds like? I'll give you a hint, Mr. Obama: it's the same country that you just pointed at and denounced for its censorship policies. Perhaps you ought to make sure that this sort of thing is in order in your own country before criticizing another country for the same thing, for only then can you avoid the title of Douchelord of the Day.

Seriously though, censorship in any form is not cool. Do you really want anybody else telling you what you can and can't do, what you can and can't read, what you can and can't watch, what you can and can't think? That's the direction we're heading in, people.

On a related note, I happened across this piece regarding the First Lady:

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652

In short, Michelle Obama has hired twenty-something attendants, which the article is quick to take her to task for. Now look, does Mrs. Obama really need all those attendants? No, I'm sure she doesn't. I'm sure she knows it too. Yet, I am not critical of her for it, because that's twenty-something people getting paid to do something who otherwise would not be. The article talks about Mrs. Obama's excesses during a recession; I am quick to point out that the best way to end a recession is to make sure that PEOPLE HAVE JOBS. This isn't even really news, it just pissed me off to see that.

One last thing, since every other football fan is offering their two cents about it: should Bill Belichick have opted to go for it on fourth down with his team leading by six and two minutes to play against the Colts? Clearly, I'm not in the minority here in saying that the decision was temporary insanity on his part. I don't typically care for conservative play-calling or game planning, but this was an instance that called for just that. In that situation, you cannot assume that you get the first down. You have to assume that you won't, and that Peyton Manning will have less than thirty yards to go to win the game. You didn't have to score, you just had to keep the Colts out of the end zone. You have to punt in that situation. Yes, it's not a stretch for Manning to drive for seventy or eighty yards either, but the odds are a lot better in that scenario. At a minimum, Manning has to break a sweat to win the game there. I don't get it, but for once I'm not alone there.