Why are all the incompetent people making millions?

[question everything]

Well, not all. So now we hear about a generous book deal for both Palin and Joe the Plumber. And, remember that guy in American Idol, who could not carry a tune but made his own CD and millions?

And now Eliot Spitzer's hooker is making the rounds. Apparently will appear on ABC or, as Leno said: Extreme Makeover the Whore Edition.

[begin_within]

1. It's all who you know

Sadly.

[magellan]

14. That's the truth of it. n/t

[zbdent]

18. or, in the case of the hooker,

who you **ow ...

[begin_within]

20. hee hee

[Boojatta]

2. If Spitzer's hooker is incompetent, then why did he pay her a lot of money?

[question everything]

6. Well... what else has she done that she gets Diana Swayer to interview her?

What can she possibly tell the TV audience? What, describe Spitzer's anatomy? Or whims? Or just tell about her background? Why would anyone care to even watch it?

[Eric J in MN]

8. I'm guessing she'll explain how she became a whore. NT

NT

[JDPriestly]

11. Because she was willing to do anything for money.

That's the measure today. The fewer scruples you have, the less sensitive and caring you are, the more money you make. Compassion, love, caring, loyalty -- those are not the values that earn the big salaries.

If you aren't mean, cruel and ruthless, you don't qualify for the top salaries.

Intelligence, judgment, balance? Those are not the values of big business. They do not contribute enough to the bottom lines of the mega-corporations.

[ColbertWatcher]

15. That makes her a whore, not incompetent.

Also, even whores have bosses who make more than they do.

So, as just a whore, she wasn't the top paid employee at her company.

[zbdent]

19. hooking would be a more honorable profession

than RW talking head ... at least, she would admit what she is when she's working then ...

[Eric J in MN]

3. What's wrong with a hooker doing a television interview? NT

NT

[question everything]

7. Yes, I suppose we see different kind of whores on TV every day.. (nt_

[DS1]

4. You have to sell your soul, for starters

I could go on Fox News, after writing a very right-wing blog and being wrong about everything, but in 2 months I would be a "Fox News Analyst", and be making my rounds as an expert in whatever I chose. Then I'd write a book about how the left-wing media never interviewed me, but the gist of the book would be "GO AMERICA". I'd skip the part of my life where I smoked a lot of dope, and blame everything on dope smokers.


It's a pretty simple formula. If you're willing to sell yourself out for it.

[sandnsea]

5. Look at all the CEO's who destroyed our economy

and look at all the journalists and pundits who spouted their lines of bullshit for the last twenty years. Along with the politicians who were too afraid to fight them.

And we're the ones who are broke.

:crazy:

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

9. There's a difference between incompetence, willful ignorance, and malevolence.

I think all three have been in the mix in large doses during the last 8 years.

[Hardrada]

16. Since 1978 really.

[madrchsod]

10. cause they have an excellent line of bullshit to sell

or because they go to the right colleges/universities and that gives them the street cred to do and say what ever....remember george has an mba

[Greyhound]

12. That's a Harvard MBA. Not some pathetic state university, you know.

Don't you peons realize that the ivy league is far superior?:sarcasm:

[silverojo]

13. They always have...why should things be different now? - n/t

[petronius]

17. These people aren't incompetent - they're really good at doing totally useless things

Which, apparently, other people think are worth a lot of money. :shrug:

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Hey, That Sounds Like My Job!

Of course, i don't make a million a year. Pretty good, but not a million. Apparently, i'm not as useless as i think!


The Professor

[RedLetterRev]

21. America has been swirling the drain

since Saint Raygun the Patron Saint of Teh Stooput. Thirty years ago, we'd've put them on the short bus and said "bless their hearts". Now, nearly half of America is just that brainless, worshipping and reveling in The Stooput. WTF else keeps American Idol and Faux Spews going and asshats like Inhofe (R-Nutcase) and Graham (R-Closet) in office? The only possible answer could be Teh Stooput.

Can't live with 'em and you just can't shoot 'em. We're just going to have to out-do them. Yes, we can!