March 16, 2008...3:09 am
Not Only Are Our Leaders Unraveling-They’re Really Strange Looking
I think of myself as being a fairly rational individual. I like to read about various conspiracy theories but truthfully, I haven’t really found them to have any kind of a basis in reality. I’ve read the wild claims that aliens have taken over and infiltrated the government with amusement and chagrin. I normally dismiss these theories as the wild rantings of over-imaginative individuals. Still, you have to admit-something pretty strange is going on.
I can’t remember a time in our history when our leaders were so strange. You can’t open a paper without reading yet another scandal of a politician who has done something completely ridiculous. The latest is , of course, Eliot Spitzer, a man who seemed to have everything and yet threw it away over a penchant for prostitutes. You can’ t help but wonder what is going on.
I first started noticing how strange our leaders look when I was searching for images to be placed in this blog.
I wasn’t deliberately trying to find strange shots of people-it just so happened that the people I searched for are really weird looking.
I started by searching for photos of individuals whom I thought to have great minds. I came up with a few and posted them in the side bar. None of them seemed too strange. (Granted Albert Einstein was a bit off, but the rest just look like unkempt intellectuals)
I then started to search for images of people whom I labeled to have “Not so great minds.” It was then I started noticing a pattern.
The first image I searched for was George Bush:
It’s actually pretty hard to find a photo of our president where he doesn’t look strange, so I didn’t think about it.
I then decided to find a photo of Dick Cheney:
Are you starting to see what I mean?
Still, I didn’t notice a pattern until I decided to insert Joel Klein, Chancellor of New York City’s Public School System. I didn’t set out to find a bad photo of him, I simply think he is completely unqualified to manage the Department of Education.
Wow!
I then started thinking beyond politics and towards people who are famous. Let’s look at Dawn Wells, the actress who played the beloved character of Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island. Dawn was recently arrested for possessing marijuana:
Oh My Lord.
Of course there’s always Britney Spears, whose ups and downs have been the subject of many a news article:
Doesn’t it make you wonder?
4 Comments
March 16, 2008 at 3:55 am
Eliot Spitzer is one ugly dude, but it’s OK you didn’t include a photo of him. We’ve seen him a lot lately. Dick Cheney has the scariest face on the planet. If you were going to draw an evil villain for a comic book, would he look worse than that?
I did notice that all the guys look unhappy but Britney and Dawn look, if not happy exactly, well, upbeat.
March 17, 2008 at 9:13 pm
OK. You know I love you, right?! You know I love that fact that you see this stuff and that no matter how bizarre you theories may seem to outsiders, I always get them. But, I have to ask- how did you forget ti include a picture of James Dolan (President of Cablevision)?
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/20061017dolan.jpg
March 17, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Oh, and I know he is not a “leader” but if Cablevision is the mafia, he is “The Don”.
March 17, 2008 at 9:47 pm
At first I wanted to say that you are one strange individual, but I have to admit that I find myself focusing more on the strange looks of our politicians than on what they in fact have to say. I guess it doesn’t help that all politicains essentially say 1 of 2 things. They all take the side of their parties and pretend to actually care when in fact the really don’t have any opinions of their own. However, this is a discussion for another post. Back to the strange looking people, I would like to add Ross Perot to the list and add that George Dubbya Bush cannot truelly be appreciated for his odd looks unless you include his entire body. He has braod shoulders that don’t fit his body type, yet still wears shoulder pads and stands all hunch over. Another, funny looking guy is John McCain who looks like a dwarf or midget. Just take a look for yourself.
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