Somebody Call the Waah-bulance

Hello My Dear Friends! I hope this doesn't ruin the entire Awards Season for you but Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee are boycotting this year's Oscars because of the "lack of diversity" or, as Spike Lee says, their "Lily Whiteness". OK. I don't know about you, but my favorite part of the Oscars is seeing random people in the audience who aren't nominated for anything, so this is a big blow to me! Anyway, the problem is, according to those who are up in arms, that for two years in a row all of the nominees for the "major" acting awards have been white. Spike Lee wrote, "how is it possible for the 2nd consecutive year all 20 contenders under the actor category are white"? How indeed. You see, this is the world we live in now. A world of entitlement. When I was young and in a competition or up for an award and I didn't get it, my folks would say 'You just weren't good enough this time, next time you'll work harder'. And I would. It gave me the drive that still motivates me today. In Jada Pinkett Smith's world, however, there is no need to work harder or improve. Her message to her children appears to be 'You are great, you didn't win because you're black'. Doesn't seem really motivational, does it? It may even be true. Who knows. Maybe the Academy is racist. But, as far as Will Smith is concerned, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG Awards) must also be racist because they didn't nominate him either. Is there any chance, even a small one, that perhaps, just perhaps, your performance wasn't among the greatest of the year? I didn't think so. It's racism plain and simple! This Country is devolving into a whining mass of indolent, self-absorbed slackers! What happened to taking responsibility? What happened to "owning it"? Why is everything someone else's fault or someone else's doing? Last week an Oregon State basketball player, upset that a foul wasn't called, stuck out his foot and tripped the referee as he ran down the court. The player, Jarmal Reid, was thrown out of that game and suspended for 4 more.  When discussing the issue during a later game, the announcers said "Jarmal is a good kid who has been through a lot. He's had it rough but I'm sure he'll learn from this". Excuse me? Oh, he's "been through a lot" so tripping a referee should be a good lesson for him? I get it now. The free education, based on his ability to play a game, was just the vessel used to teach the life lesson that it's not OK to hurt other people just because you're unhappy. From the "Affluenza" Teen, who was too rich and spoiled to know right from wrong, to the "activists" who chained themselves to the Bay Bridge in San Francisco yesterday, everyone has an issue caused by someone else. It needs to stop, people. It needs to stop. Those "activists" in San Fran yesterday weren't protesting one particular thing as they jammed up traffic for hours. No. They were protesting 'all of the bad things that happened to black people over the past year'. They also had a list of demands including the resignation of the Mayor and Police Chiefs in both San Fran and Oakland, and they called for the city of San Fran to stop funding the police. Yup. They want that money used to create "affordable housing for black, brown and indigenous people in San Fran". I'm not sure if the indigenous people they're fighting for are Indians or gays but, either way, who needs cops when you can have low income housing! While they're at it, they should stop funding the Government all together. After all, the whole thing is their fault to begin with!
Po