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A friend sent me this article. I'm left speechless for a multitude of reasons, doubting my own ability to identify stupidity. Zoinks, maybe my retart-o-meter isn't nearly as good as I thought. Maybe you'd like to comment.

Unnecessary Signs

We've all seen them, the signs that are posted warning stupid people to avoid stupid actions. For example, I'm getting my hair cut yesterday and I see this sign:

"Please, do not use your cell phone while you are getting you haircut. Thank you."

Seriously, do we really need this sign. I don't know about you, but I'm smart enough to know that talking on the phone and having someone runs scissors around my head aren't a good mix. Sort of like having an all-you-can-eat buffet at the Cannes Film Festival. You know Michael Moore is going to be at the festival, and you know he didn't leave his appetite in the states. It just doesn't make sense, and it's definitely not good business.

Is taking that call during your cut really worth the risk of an Edward Scissorhands moment? So I ask again, do we really need this sign? If I were the provider of said hair cut, I wouldn't bother with the sign, I'd just give the dumb ass a hack job that would make Bill Gates' hair stylist proud. One of two things is going to happen, either the bleeding asshat realizes his mistake and doesn't use the phone again, or he goes somewhere else for his next hair cut. Either way you win. No sign necessary.

These signs are preventing stupid people from learning valuable lessons. That is a big problem for me. Pain, suffering, and humiliation are excellent teachers. They should be used all the time, whenever possible.

This Ever Happen To You?

Ever do something and then immediately realize it was a dumb thing to do? I hate that feeling. Like today, I was a courteous driver. I stopped and let someone out of a driveway. As soon as they were in front of me I saw the Dave Mattews Band bumper sticker. I immediately realized I should have just driven by slowly giving them the finger; but it was too late. That will definitely make me think twice next time.

Look! A Frenchman That Doesn't Suck.

Call me crazy but changes are afoot in the land of Brie and feminine armpit hair. Nicolas Sarkozy is not your normal cheese-eating surrender monkey. He's not afraid to tell the Viagra-gorged socialists that the French economy and the country as a whole is on the slippery slope to extinction. Plus, he's actually willing to go on record with appreciation and thanks to America for it's role in the liberation of France in WW II. Holy crap, where did this Frenchy come from?

This guy has decided that France is going to sink or swim with the US. "You mean if we needed to fly over your airspace for a military operation you might let us?" Wow, what a novel concept for a NATO ally. Do you know how I know he's serious about mending the fences between our too countries? He had dinner with Bush, and didn't vomit (that we know of). What other self-respecting Frenchman, or American for that matter, could sit down to dinner with that witless twit, suffer through a formal six course dinner, and not lose control of at least one bodily function. Not many. Sarkozy, you've got my respect.

"But Uncle Jimbo, couldn't it just be lip service?"

Excellent point, it could be. And I wouldn't put it past a Fenchman to stroke the American Ego like a $5 whore before pile-driving some ass-hatted socialist agenda on us. But I don't think so...not this time. I think this guy gets it. He understands the French immigration issue. He understands that America, not the EU, is going to save the free world from fundamentalist Islam. He understands that the world economy balances on the head of a pin and that a strong US economy is the only way to keep it from falling into the abyss. Thank God he gets it, if only the four-day weekenders known as Congress got it. Interestingly, he reminds me a lot of Giuliani.

But the most interesting thing of all. This guy actually got elected as the President of France. That mean that a large percentage of the voters picked him even though they knew he has man-love for America. And that my friends, tells you just how bad it is over there in France. And if we're not careful, we're next. And no amounts of alcohol, Dancing with the Stars, and NASCAR will be able to distract the average American.