Here We Go Again

I was going to post about the AT&T / Bellsouth merger - but what is the point? I can remember when a court split up "Ma Bell" under the anti-trust law. And I even know why - there was NO CHOICE for phone service. Your local provider was also your long distance provider - and that was it.

But, people forget. Deregulation happens. So now the old Ma Bell is back. Well not totally back, there are still a few baby bells out there - but most of the old Ma Bell is back. Kind of like Jason from Friday The 13th parts 1 - 50. Consumers can look forward to a new era of reduced choice and higher prices for crappier service. 10,000 people will loose jobs (the cuts are already announced, with much salavating by the CRIMINAL executives). But trust me on this all you out there with Bellsouth local service and AT&T long distance service - your bill WILL NOT change. Those 10,000 jobs but will lower cost - but not to you. You will pay the same, and some crooks will get richer.

And the "savings" will once again be passed down to we the people. Your money will go to pay for things like health care for the children of those who loose insurance, and for unemployment payments. Then there is taxpayer funded "job retraining" programs. And so on. Not that I am against such things (I fully support helping those who are axed in the name of greed and profit) but I HATE THE WAY that the business that causes this gets away with it. The CRIMINALS in charge of these companies pawn the "savings" off on the taxpayers, and in the process get a big bonus and fat stock options. If you ask me, the profits gained from "cost cutting" should be heavily taxed, so less goes to the criminals and more goes to offset taxpayer burden.

But then again I am just a liberal pinko communist idiot who does not know what I am talking about. People with less than 1/3 the education I have tell me that fairly often.

But when those people loose their job, Ill bet they might be more inclined to agree with me.

But this is not really what I wanted to post about! Not at all! I wanted to make an announcement!

We all know about the (worthless) Oscar Awards Sunday. The Oscar Awards ceremony is a national sickness. I mean, WHO CARES?!?! Unless you are in the running to win one of the awards, why does it matter to you who gets it? If your favorite movie does not win an award, do you suddenly think that the movie sucks? Or if a movie you do not like wins, does that change your opinion of it?

Some people claim that they just like to watch awards ceremonies. Fair enough - but do you go watch awards ceremonies for the science fair that your kid is not in? Probably not - yet that is an awards ceremony you can see LIVE!

So I am going to announce THE LAZIES. My own personal awards given to what I consider to be the best AND worst.

Today's category is: THE ALL TIME WORST NAME FOR A BAND. And the Lazy goes to..........

T'Pau

No, not one of Vulcan's most revered leaders, the only person ever to turn down a seat on the Federation Council. Not the T'Pau who in the mid-22nd century (Earth calendar), was a leader in the Syrrannite movement which helped to reform Vulcan society, by bringing forth the true teachings of Surak. Not the T'Pau who in 2267, officiated over Spock's wedding ceremony that turned into a fiasco. She later saved Captain Kirk's career by telling Starfleet she requested his visit to Vulcan. And not the Vulcan starship, T'Pau NSP-17938, was named for her. After its decommission in 2364 the T'Pau was used in a Romulan invasion plot.

There was a band named T'Pau as well. An 80s band. And the band was named after a Star Trek character. Now you may think that the band would consist of a bunch of odd fat white guys, geeks if you will, who were way too facinated with plastic phasers.

Wrong! The lead singer for T'Pau is a woman. Their only hit was "Heart And Soul", which came in 1986. The original release of the song went unnoticed, until it was used in a Pepe Jeans commercial. Then it became a hit, known to many as "that Pepe Jeans commercial song".

So congragulations T'Pau - you win The Lazy for worst name for a band, EVER, in the history of bands.

Tomorrow's Lazy will go to THE WORST NEWS CASTER IN THE HISTORY OF NEWSCASTING.