In honor of the recently passed Chinese New Year, bullcrap.
I'm sorry. Obama is great and all, but isn't he hyped a bit too much? Still, I do agree that it's "time for a change" and that youth ought to get more involved in politics as they have been since Election 2008-- and I also concur that that Obama brought those changes around.
It reminded me of a response letter published in Time. The reader cast aspersions on Time's pick of Obama as 2008's Person of the Year--not only because it was predictable, but because Obama was "created by the media." Instead, someone like Michael Phelps ought to have been the choice--someone who can set records through his own power (and fueled by dozens of pancakes coated in powdered sugar).
But even Phelps fell with that recent hookah controversy, after which U.S.A. Swimming banned him for three months. He made a mistake, people. Let it go. We all do stupid things, and just because someone happens to be famous, does that justify harsher punishment?
Even wonder-boy Obama won't be immune, especially if this stimulus package fails.
In choosing certain people to glorify as heroes, we only encourage the advent of their harsh falls, because no one can be so flawless as to never offer the prying media an opening. And even the smallest chink in a hero's armor is enough to drag his reputation down from any height.
On positive (Nas's) Hero-related note, Quest Crew for ABDC!
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