March 2010
15 posts
Douchebags of the Week: Mark Whicker and the editors at the Orange County Register
September 15, 2009 It’s shocking that after more than two decades in the business, Whicker didn’t have the common sense to realize how terribly inappropriate and shameless this would strike every rational person as being; it’s even worse that none of the editors above him had the decency or respect for their...
Douchebag of the Week: Rick Santelli
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Originally published: February 28, 2009
It’s a wondrous thing to watch, one’s 15 minutes of fame coming and going right before your very eyes. And such was the magical case last week with one Rick Santelli, CNBC on-air editor turned heroic champion of men’s locker rooms in country clubs everywhere across America.
No, it wasn’t a golf tournament Mr. Santelli won. Rather, he...
Douchebag of the Week: Leon Lott
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Originally published: February 7, 2009
Maybe you saw the much ballyhooed photo in the news recently and thought the same thing as us: “Imagine the lung capacity that guy has!”
But this is America we’re talking about, so naturally the photo (taken in November, by the way) caused the usual outrage from the group of individuals that can typically be relied on to cast judgment on...
Douchebag of the Week: Joe Torre
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Originally published: February 3, 2009
On Friday evening, Larry King had a night he’d “been excited about for weeks.” Indeed, King had the first TV interview with Los Angeles Dogers manager Joe Torre “about his controversial new book, The Yankee Years.
While King failed to make mention of it at any point during the entire interview, Torre did note early that the book was...
Douchebag of the Week: Crane Kenney
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Originally published: January 24, 2009
Curses and superstitions are, in many ways, the best things that could have ever happened to the Chicago Cubs. For years, silly beliefs about goats and black cats have provided excuses for relative futility when most any layman could see there was either a better team in the opposing dugout or the “Lovable Losers” simply weren’t very good.
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