WORST IDEA 11/30/10: Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Even the rank and file soldiers are in fsvor of getting rid of this policy, so what exactly is Congress waiting for. I get that Repulicans are supposed to think being gay is some sort of an abomination, but are they really afraid that openly gay military members will result in pink camoflauge and General Elton John?

'Don't ask, don't tell' report: Little risk to allowing gays to serve openly

WORST IDEA 11/29/10: The Spiderman musical

Always a fairly lame superhero, Spiderman now gets even wussier by having to stop to sing before fighting Green Goblin. The $65 million musical was written by Bono and The Edge who have apparently decided to stop being cool rock stars and start being Phil Collins and Elton John. Expect this to be the biggest Broadway failure ever.

Comfort, Concern After 'Spider-Man' Preview - WSJ.com

WORST IDEA 11/28/10: Quickly cancelled TV shows

Why spend nearly a year and millions of dollars producing a television show if you intend to cancel it after a few airings. This policy has made me unlikely to ever watch a new show as if I like it, it might get cancelled. What happened to nurturing quality shows and giving them a chance? Seinfeld was a ratings failure when it first aired and that was today, the show would have been cancelled after three episodes.

TV's Biggest Fall Failures - Yahoo! TV Blog

WORST IDEA 11/27/10: The sad return of the Hartford Whalers

Connecticut has a new AHL hockey team called "The Whale." Of course, it's really just the former Wolfpack with a new name and sad attempt at bringing back something that wasn't very popular in the first place. The Hartford Whalers had very few fans as an NHL team, so it seems unlikely they will be a big hit as an AHL team. Maybe Brooklyn can get the Dodgers back as a Rookie League team next.

Hockey, AHL, Whale make debut - CTnow

WORST IDEA 11/26/10: camping out for Black Friday sales

How little is your time worth if you can spend two days in the Best Buy parking lot to save a few dollars on a TV? Even the best deals hardly seem worth the trouble of sleeping on a sidewalk. Getting up for an early sale is one thing, but have a little self respect and draw the line somewhere.

Worst Ideas Ever: A Celebration of Embarrassment

WORST IDEA 11/25/10: People who don't understand buffets

It's a buffet, you can go back. You don't need pudding, stuffing a Lobster Newburg on the same plate.

WORST IDEA 11/24/10: Obama pardons turkeys

By far the dumbest Thanksgiving tradition has to be the president "pardoning" a turkey. This idea makes no sense because turkeys do not know they are going to be eaten. Furthermore, it's not like the pardoned turley goes back to its life as a patent lawyer. Instead, it goes back to its mindless life as a turkey.

Obama Pardons Turkeys - but Not People - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

WORST IDEA 11/23/10: Links that turn out to be videos or slideshows

A text link should lead to a text story. If I want to read about what happened to the cast of Growing Pains or who makes the least healthy coffee drink, I want one page with a bunch of words. Unfortunately, half the time you click on one of these stories you get a video (bad if you're at work) or a slideshow which forces you to look at a dozen pages to see what could have been delivered in one.

WORST IDEA 11/22/10: White House defends body scanners and pat-downs

Airport security stops exactly no terrorists. If someone wanted to blow up a plane, they would figure out how. Increased security just means increased hassles for everyone. Want to actually impact the problem; profile? The terrorist is not the old lady, it's the swarthy guy with a one way ticket.

White House defends body scanners and pat-downs - latimes.com

WORST IDEA 11/21/10: Vikings fire Brad Childress

He was a genius last year and now he's a moron? Childress had bad luck and he did not handle the Brett Favre situation well, but if he deserved an extension last year even the Randy Moss trade did not lead to him deserving to be fired this year.

Vikings fire Brad Childress, name Leslie Frazier as interim coach - NFL - SI.com

WORST IDEA 11/20/10: Nobody measures Wrigley Field

Only one endzone will be used for offense at the Northwestern/Illinois game at Wrigley field Saturday because the field is not actually big enough. It seems that the seond endzone would have about six inches before a wall making it an almost certainty that players would break their necks. Of course, the game has been on the schedule for a year meaning that the problem could have been, if not solved, at least noticed by anyone who bothered to measure.

For Northwestern Wildcats-Illinois Illini game at Wrigley, offense will use one end zone - ESPN Chicago

WORST IDEA 11/19/10: Not paying your taxes

Even celebrities have to pay their taxes, a fact Wesley Snipes will have three years to ponder while sitting in federal prison. Of course, I'm not sure prison is the place for Snipes, but if you don't pay Uncle Sam, he tends to not care that you were Blade.

Wesley Snipes ordered to surrender in tax case - Business - Tax Tactics - msnbc.com

WORST IDEA 11/18/10: Speaking publicly about your marriage

Eva Longoria had to parade her marriage to Tony Parker all over the news. This inevitably leads to divorce and it has. The only faster paths to divorce are marrying Kelsey Grammer and writing a book on marriage with your spouse.

Eva Longoria Speaks Out About Divorce - omg! news on Yahoo!

WORST IDEA 11/17/10: Playboy TV to launch new lineup aimed at couples – Deadline.com

No, honey, I'm only getting it for the couples shows...

a href="http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/playboy-tv-to-launch-new-lineup-aimed-at-couples/">Playboy TV To Launch New Lineup Aimed At Couples – Deadline.com

WORST IDEA 11/16/10: Dr. Oz talks sex

Dr. Oz, generally the best of the Oprah spinoffs went off the rails today in a segment about married couples and sex. The good Doctor had an expert on who supposedly had advice to help married couple reignite things in the bedroom. Most of the advice was pretty general, but the segment ended by revealing "the greatest aphrodisiac of all for women." And, of course, it was a vacuum. You see, men are such louts who don't help at home that if we do some basic task like vacuuming, our wives will be overcome with passion.

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WORST IDEA 11/15/10: Donovan McNabb, Washington agree to $78 million extension

He gets benched in favor of Rex Grossman and now Washington wants to pay Donovan McNabb $40 million in guaranteed money? McNabb is in his mid-30s, has never been an elite quarterback and shows signs of deterioration. Does have have pictures of Daniel Snyder and an underage boy?

Donovan McNabb, Washington agree to $78 million extension - NFL News | FOX Sports on MSN

WORST IDEA 11/14/10: Christmas before Thanksgiving

Holidays have a clear order and while having been in retail, I understand why stores get excied for Christmas, putting up the decorations early does not make the holiday come any sooner. Some stores basically went from Halloween mode to Christmas mode, which is simply absurd. It's bad enough that I have to be assaulted by Santa and those wretched carols for nearly a month, but now we have to make it almost two months?

WORST IDEA 11/13/10: Obama's deficit panel

While President Barack Obama may have had the best of intentions with his bipartisan deficit panel, the panel's reccomendations are counterproductive and absurdly partisan. Raising taxes -- which they suggest doing in all sorts of ways -- never raises revenues. Raising taxes lowers incentive and the government actually collects less money. That will likely not help the deficit, but it will help keep the government in charge -- telling you it knows better.

Obama's deficit panel tells awful truth | Deseret News

WORST IDEA 11/13/10: Obama's deficit panel

While President Barack Obama may have had the best of intentions with his bipartisan deficit panel, the panel's reccomendations are counterproductive and absurdly partisan. Raising taxes -- which they suggest doing in all sorts of ways -- never raises revenues. Raising taxes lowers incentive and the government actually collects less money. That will likely not help the deficit, but it will help keep the government in charge -- telling you it knows better.

Obama's deficit panel tells awful truth | Deseret News

WORST IDEA 11/12/10: Kanye West cancels Today’ Show concert

Good idea Kanye, there were still a few people who didn't think you were an asshole. You really showed that Matt Lauer. What's next kicking a puppy? What exactly do you sing, anyway?

Experts React To Kanye West’s ‘Today’ Show Cancellation

WORST IDEA 11/11/10: Cigarette warnings go gruesome

Cigarettes remain a legal product. If we allow the government to put gruesome warning on legal products, then how long until McDonalds ads have to show clogged arteries or car ads have to show bodies after wrecks. We get it cigarettes are bad. I challenge you to find someone who doesn't agree with that statement or someone unaware of that fact.

Cigarette Warnings Go Gruesome: Did the Health Police Go Too Far? - Health Blog - CBS News

WORST IDEA 11/10/10: Bush memoir sells 220,000 copies

I'm a little shocked that anyone who wants to read a George W. Bush memoir actually knows how to read. This tome does not appear to have pop-ups or pictures, but it will still top the charts. Hard to imagine that a man who does not support the right to read books (at least some of them) would engage in writing one.


Bush Memoir Sells 220,000 Copies On First Day : NPR

WORST IDEA 11/9/10: Amazon selling pedophilia book

The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover's Code of Conduct, by Philip R. Greaves II, apparently went on sale on October 28 and costs $4.79 to download. I'm all in favor of free speech, but maybe we should not be enabling people who like to rape kids by giving them a "how-to" book. I'm guessing the if you like this, you may also like, led your Justin Beiber's biography, but that's just a guess.


Pedophilia Book on Amazon Sparks Outrage - ABC News

WORST IDEA 11/8/10: :Study shows fast-food ads target kids

What tipped you off the cartoon clown or the toys in every meal? We needed a study to prove this? What's next a study showing that pizza places target their advertising to people who like pizza?

Study: Fast-Food Ads Target Kids with Unhealthy Food, and It Works – TIME Healthland

WORST IDEA 11/7/10: Daylight Savings Tme

Is there any logic to fiddling with our clocks twice a year? Why have it be dark at 4:30? Are there really still farmers impacted by this?

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WORST IDEA 11/6/10: Olbermann suspended for political contributions

Keith Olbermann is not a journalist. He's not fair and balanced or simply reading off a teleprompter. He's paid to have an opinion and that opinion is clearly liberal. It's sill to pretend otherwise. Is donating a few thousand dollars to some Democratic candidates shocking from someone who does an incredibly liberal show? I understand that supposedly unbiased journalists can't make political contributions, but applying that logic to Olbermann (who I like but don't always agree with) seems a little ridiculous.

Olbermann suspended at MSNBC over political contributions - NYPOST.com

WORST IDEA 11/5/10: Pelosi announces run for minority leader

Just because your agenda has ruined the first two years of the the administration of what was once a popular president, why step aside. Instead, Nancy Pelosi who couldn't make a bipartisan deal over what pizza toppings to orders is going to continue to drag her party down. At least she's consistent.

Pelosi announces run for minority leader - CNN.com

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WORST IDEA 11/4/10: Political parties

Be they Republicans, Democrats, Tea Partiers or anything else, the idea of political parties is silly. Why not let individuals express a broad array of ideas that don't neccessarily make sense? Sure, there would be politcal alliances, but why can't a Congressman agree with one group on healthcare and another on gay rights? Why does believing in less government have to mean someone is anti-abortion?

WORST IDEA 11/3/10: California votes down legalized marijuana

With a chance to do something that actually makes sense, California voters chose to keep marijuana in its current semi-legal state. Of course, all you need to get pot in California is a prescription which is easier to get than a happy meal. Now, law enforcement will continue to waste resources on a crime that hurts nobody except the person actual committing it.

Prop. 19 supporters vow to keep pursuing legal pot - San Jose Mercury News

WORST IDEA 11/2/10: Taking voting advice from Sarah Palin

I'm closer to being a conservative than I am to being a liberal, but nothing amazes me more than the people flocking to hear Sarah Palin speak. She's not a good speaker, has nothing to say and doesn't really do a good job saying it. She does use populist lingo designed to rile up the masses, but I'm shocked even uneducated hillbillies don't see through her act. At least Ann Coulter is smart. As for Palin, well, that can't be said.

BONUS WORST IDEA 11/1/10: Minnesota Vikings waive Randy Moss

You trade a third round pick for the guy and let him go after a few weeks?

Minnesota Vikings waive receiver Randy Moss - ESPN

WORST IDEA 11/1/10: Study shows alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack

Based on the study released today that finds alcohol more harmful than crack or heroin, I'm foregoing a scotch tonight and instead smoking crack. I'll be doing the full Whitney Houston followed by tomorrow night where instead of wine with dinner, I shoot up heroin.

Alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack: study