David Letterman’s Top Ten list is prompted by news from doctors and researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Nebraska. By the way, this is not an Onion spoof. In one fell swoop science has uncovered the mystery of the Tea Party, and answered the age old question, ‘just why do fools fall in love?’ There is a Stupidity Virus, as many have long suspected!
A medical link to stupidity isn’t big news to most observers of their fellow man and woman, but it is reassuring to have verification from medical experts who say that the dumbing down comes in part from a virus. In other words, it is not all irrevocably genetic. Perhaps one day they will be able to eradicate the virus and restore our AWOL IQ points.
I love the accompanying photo. The guy with the flag bandana on his head, stands chest out, sign up – obviously proud of his handiwork. In his defense, they don’t put spell check on a Sharpie. ( I tried )
I did mention ‘why fools fall in love’ because Dave’s Top Ten signs of stupidity list mentions a controversial news story. Perhaps you’ve heard of Charles Manson’s impending nuptials? Manson, who is nearing 80, long ago captured the heart of 26-year old Afton Burton – now named Star. Star says she knows people think she’s crazy. She protests that she is not – crazy. The two are soul mates, and because she knows that Manson did not do those horrible things.
Haters claim Star is being manipulated by Dear Charlie, as a ploy to get the younger generation to know and love him.
When it is suggested that her fiance is manipulative, she scratches her shaved head, and sets them straight. By the way, she also wears an X carved into her forehead, just like the Manson family did as a protest, during Manson’s 1971 trial. Manson requested the change in Star’s appearance as a protest after he was put in solitary confinement. Deja Vu anyone? Maybe this love is for real. Star sees a side of Manson which has evaded the rest of us, all these years!
“The only thing that he’s trying to manipulate people into doing is planting trees and cleaning up the Earth. He genuinely cares about that,” says Star. “He’s nice to everyone. I’ve never seen him try to be manipulative. I’ve never seen any of that.”