Betty White is a superstar, and SNL is barely afloat

As a little girl, I loved staying up to 11 PM, turning to Lifetime, and eating Cheesecake with my grandmother and mother to watch the Golden Girls (obviously, you must have cheesecake while watching the Golden Girls!).  In fact, I still (much to the horror of most people my age) still watch the Golden Girls, as if each episode is new.

As we all know, Betty White played Rose Nylund, the innocent, fumbling, ditzy blonde from St. Olef, Minnesota on the show.  She was one of my favorites because she always threw a curveball that showed people she wasn't as naive as she portrayed herself.

Anyhow, given my love of the Golden Girls, I love love love that Betty White has somehow become a modern day pop culture icon.  Its fabulous, and she doesn't even do nudity (see little girls, you can be famous and keep your damn clothes on). So of course, I had to tune into SNL to see where how they were going to use this lovely woman.  First, I preface this with: I hate SNL, I think it should have died long ago, and the skits aren't funny.  Much to my delight, most of the skits from tonight's show that involved Betty were pretty good...she was the grandmother of McGruder, a chef making and selling 'muffins,' and some random person in the "Weekend Update." (sidenote: wasn't quite sure about the Whitney Houston section of that skit...I thought we were done making lame ass Bobby Brown jokes about her...)  But by far the most heinous use of Betty White was in this Dominican talk show:

Back to the failure that is SNL, I was also really put off by the "Really, Greece?!" section:

I know I'm a global economy nerd and most people don't understand what "budget reductions" mean in the world of global finance.  So I will explain it for those who just repeat the term that hear on the news.  In the global economy "budget reductions" does not refer to reduced government spending as in "waste."  It means cutting social spending, privatizing state owned companies (thus making them crazy unaffordable), devaluing currency, and pandering to international financial institutions and governments as they lend you the money and thus force your already economically troubled country.  Whats's the problem with this you say? Well...most countries that borrow mass amounts of money to "economically recover" are also incredibly corrupt and Greece is no different, in fact corruption is what got the country into its current mess.  Therefore, the Really Greece?! section of this skit was ill informed and in poor taste (in my opinion) since the youth of Greece will be paying off this debt for generations to come. [end rant]

So, SNL sucks, and Betty White is a rockstar...but we all knew that.

Where the hell have you been?

Yes, I know its been a while...and by a while I mean months since I've posted.  It was a travesty, it was disgusting, unprecidented, and uncalled for.  But, guess what bitches.   I'm back!  Now that I'm finally done with all things grad school, I have time to pander to my hobbies...which includes this blog! So, given the fact that I haven't given you poplitics goodness in so long, I think its appropriate for my first post to be a "what in the hell is going on in the world right now" summary of all things dirty....

Thanks to BP, my children may not ever know what the hell an ocean, a sea turtle, or a tastey seafood dinner is.  May I just say this is absolutely freaking ridiculous for so many reasons its sick.  First, I love love love how BP under reported the leak size by you know, a measly couple of thousand gallons! Not to mention their "we've got this under control" attitude for the first few days....you know then riding around on their boats saying "Oh Sh*t, Oh Sh*t!) Then you got the crazies (cough cough, Rush Limbaugh) saying this was a left wing conspiracy to make Obama explore alternative energy by illustrating the dangers of offshore drilling.  Really?! That's like PETA shooting puppies to raise awareness about animal cruelty, its stupid and it makes no sense.  Furthermore, I'd like to add that its mandated in both Norway and Brazil (you know two nations that would be classified by most Americans as "third world" despite their emerging market statuses) to have a remote control shut off valve.  Adding insult to injury we've got oil soaked politicians comparing the spill to chocolate milk (why don't you go have a drink of it Congressman Taylor?) or writing it off as well "accidents happen."

Adding to the world zoo, you've got Faisal Shahzad trying to kill us via a Wal*Mart quality bomb parked in the middle of Times Square.  Then dude tried to get all James Dean and tell ICE agents "I've been expecting you." Puh-leez.  This pretty (well pretty to be a terrorist with a horrid unibrow) boy won't make it 5 minutes in jail.

Greece is over there staging protests and such given the fact that their economy is in shambles and the IMF and EU had to bail them out...this is bad, I mean lets look at the IMF's track record in fiscal recovery shall we?  First, devalue the hell out of your currency, privatize everything (people now can't afford things because of the previous point), and cut all social spending! Sounds like a recipe for success...

Oh and lets not forget about the little platform shoe wearing man that is Kim Jong-Il trying to ease over to China with his nonsense.  I need him to know that behind the guise of communism, China is a market economy that moves to a Western beat...aka they aren't going to sacrafice their status for your crazy, so womp womp KJI.

To ice the cake, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has joined the ranks of people who have no damn business on twitter.  I follow him and I can't wait for him to tweet something ignorant.

In the pop world you've got Beyonce begging for love in this unfortunate video, Rhianna singing that god awful Rude Boy song in this Andy Warhol meets Bob Marley hot mess of a video, Ciara pulling out the same old hip swivel in bad outfits in "Ride" (hot song though), K-e-$-fail bombing on SNL, Bret Michaels laid up on a deathbed (but still with a weave and bandanna!) and Christina Aguilara having a midlife sex fueled crisis.

In happier news, Glee! is back much to my delight and every Tuesday I have a close desire to become a singer.  Adding to my TV, the Real Housewives of New Jersey is back with enough boobies (pronounced bah-bees) for all.  Also, last night I watched Ninja Assassin (thanks Redbox!) for the first time, late I know, but this isn't about the movie...this is about Raiiiiiiiiin (imagine me saying it like a 15 year old girl).  He's HOT like Asian fire!  I didn't realize it, especially because he's a pop-tastic Korean singer, but boy oh boy what the gym and growing your hair out can do! Anyhow, if you're interested in his music, this is his new single.

And to top all of this off, our troops have lost their damn minds (in a good way) and have paid homage to Gaga! My favorite part is definitely the breakdown at the 1:37 mark.

Anyhow, given the above I'm starting to think the Mayans were right...2012.