Roundup of Asinine Comments

For some reason, most of the stories I clicked on in my daily news overload all contained comments that just pissed me off to no end. So, instead of ripping apart one story, here’s bits and pieces of many stories.

The Catholic Church in Belgium has been battered by scandals and missteps over the past year, and now its new leader, the conservative Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard of Brussels, has sparked a fresh controversy with comments declaring that people afflicted with AIDS are receiving "a sort of immanent justice" for their sexual practices.
I’m all about karma, after all, I know it’s a bitch more than just about anyone, but really? AIDS is payback for being promiscuous? That’s as asinine as that dude in Virginia who said special-needs children were payback for aborting your first-born. (Which, if it was aborted, then it wasn’t born and therefore can’t be first-born. But, whatever.)

When Whoopi Goldberg chimed in to ask about his political platform, Johnston said: "At this point in time, I couldn't tell you. I said I was running for mayor, what, a month ago?" Actually, it was three months back.
"Wasilla is a great place," he said of the town that Sarah Palin once served as mayor. "I just want to keep it that way for my son." For him, a political campaign would be "much more" that a reality show, he assured the panel.
Okay, it’s no secret I hate Levi Johnston, but really? You don’t have a platform, because you think you’re going to run (and win) based on the fact everyone knows your name because you knocked-up Palin’s daughter. Come on, don’t lie to us. And, you “just want to keep it that way for your son.” That is seriously the most BS thing I think you’ve said since you told Bristol you loved her.

In a speech at a Tea Party rally in Reno on Monday, Palin seemed to tease her audience and alert other would-be candidates about her own ambitions in two years. "We can see 2012 from our house," she said, a kidding reference to her statement in 2008 that "you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska."
Really? I’m not anti-Sarah Palin, I’m not anti-Tea Party, but “We can see 2012 from our house?” I mean, I can see where referencing the “see Russia from Alaska” statement would make sense, but this just isn’t one of them. You don’t see time. Time is intangible. I get what she’s trying to say, but there are so many other ways it could have been said.

"The rent is too damn high!" Jim McMillan (NY Gubernatorial candidate)
There are no words.

When asked if he thought sexual orientation was determined at birth, Colorado GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck responded, "I think that birth has an influence over like alcoholism and some other things, but I think that basically you, you have a choice." 
Whahuh? First of all, I think there’s a word missing from this sentence. Second of all, you either believe it’s a choice or it’s not a choice. Nature or nurture. It’s that simple. You can’t try to appeal to everyone and no one at all. All you do is wind up making yourself look like an idiot and pissing everyone off. Write the homosexual population off from your targeted demographic there, dude.

President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to crack down on "troublemakers" and guarantee public order, raising the possibility of more confrontations with young rioters after a week of disruptive but largely nonviolent demonstrations.
I don’t agree with calling non-violent demonstrators “troublemakers.” Period. Plus, these guys are protesting the fact you’re proposing things that will leave them high and dry come time for them to reach retirement age. They should be threatening to burn down the presidential palace for that, rather than holding peaceful demonstrations. Get with the program, Sarkozy. I can’t wait for someone better to take office in France. Someone bring de Gaulle back from the dead.

As the immigration subcommittee hearing began, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers praised Colbert for drawing a roomful of onlookers and photographers. Then he asked the comedian to leave the room — and to leave the job of testifying to the expert witnesses, including Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez.
"You run your show, we run the committee," said Conyers, D-Mich.
There was some grumbling from some lawmakers about Colbert testifying in character — an unusual approach although not unprecedented. After all, lawmakers once heard testimony from the "Sesame Street" puppet Elmo.
First of all, I think it’s hilarious that Colbert testified in front of the committee in character. Definitely makes sure he’s not blurring the lines between his fictional and real-life personas. But to say something as asinine as “you run your show, we run the committee” is just ridiculous. Even moreso when you read on to see that Elmo has testified before. Wonder what they told him. “You teach kids the ABCs, we make laws, now get out.” “Go home and feed your goldfish, we’ve got real work to do here.” “We don’t take kindly to Muppets here on The Hill.” “Unless you’re a just Bill on Capitol Hill, get out.”

True Blood star Ryan Kwanten will toss back a few, start to feel bold and then sign up for an organized athletic competition: "I've been known to turn up drunk at triathlons and do very well."
I don’t know if this is asinine or just plain amazing. Not sure I would want to admit it, though. But it definitely got my attention.

"The best gift I got for my birthday was probably the Rolls-Royce that I bought myself," Kim told HollywoodLife.com. "I always buy myself a birthday present."
I have no problem buying yourself a birthday present, I’ve done it before. But you can’t call what you buy for yourself “the best birthday present” you received. That's just narcissistic.