Huff and Puff

What a kerfuffle over who said what and when and how... All of a sudden actors are afraid to come right out with political statements. Seemingly the freedom of speech they crave does not extend to blogging. Is it technophobia, or, perhaps more appropriately, paranoia that anything that they blog can and will be used against them in a court of law? They're really scared spitless of leaving size 11 email footprints all over the web.

All of this prejudges the notion that anyone would honestly care what an actor has to say politically. Even the political party so brutally emasculated (yeah right, tell us something new) in the interview didn't give two hoots as to whether it was opined or published. If you want to say something constructive don't chirp it from the peanut gallery run for office, then we'll all see what you're made of, but until then it might be better to keep your opinions under wraps. You did get a vote after all, but, perhaps you think it didn't count amongst all those millions from less important people... remember it's 'by the people for the people', celebrity doesn't give you more votes or a bigger say. Don't try and dupe Joe Public he knows what democracy means.

Now, to add insult to injury, we get bogged down in the post-mortem apologia. An actor's honor has been so gravely slighted, that his publicist has to arbitrate over the political correctness and abjectness of the apology. Remember Shylock, it's '...a pound no more no less'. Aren't publicists great?

Really, you should all have better things to do... my old mentor always said "stick at what you're good at." Then you won't leave doubt in peoples' minds that you might not actually be good at, or for, anything.