Right on cue, Google announced a new Doodle contest today. Google has been doing this for a several years now and I’ve written about it this week. When I read about the new contest something struck me immediately.
Google announced today that it’s launching the fourth annual Doodle 4 Google contest with the theme “What I’d like to do someday…” The contest is open to K-12 students in the U.S.
The winning Doodle will be displayed on Google’s homepage; its creator will receive a $15,000 scholarship, and his or her school will receive a $25,000 technology grant.
“We know this crop of students will be the generation of tomorrow’s leaders and inventors, and we can’t wait to see what they come up with,” Google’s VP of consumer products, Marissa Mayer, wrote in a blog post.
This year’s contest judges will include Whoopi Goldberg, ice skater Evan Lysacek and Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield, and Google employees. The 40 regional finalists will receive a trip to New York City and their art will be displayed at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Whoopi “Rape Rape” Goldberg is going to be a judge in a competition involving children? Is anyone going to call this woman out for her comments? Goldberg argues that the rest of the world sees 13 year old girls differently than the United States. Apparently getting a child drunk and then forcing sex on them is acceptable in Europe? When Goldberg was mocked on Saturday Night Live for her ignorant comments this was her defense:
“Look, Seth Meyers, unlike you we have an early morning show. Basically I just roll out of bed and start talking. Sometimes I don’t even wake up until 45 minutes into the show, unsure of what I said to whom or what or where or even who got me to where I am or how.”
Is this the type of person Google wants to use as a judge for a contest involving children? I hope they make sure Whoopi isn’t carrying any drugs or alcohol when she comes in to judge.
I don’t have anything in particular to talk about this evening, but here’s what I found when I went trolling for links…
Whoopi Goldberg: I forgot to mention this a few days ago, but it looks like I spoke too soon about Whoopi Goldberg. She doesn’t think Mel Gibson is a racist, racist. Goldberg believes the Tea Party has racist elements, but Mel Gibson’s rants are just the product of alcoholism, kind of like Reggae is just the product of marijuana.
Speaking of Mel Gibson, it looks like at least some of the tapes that have been released have been doctored. It seems like a stretch to believe the tapes could be edited enough to manufacture all those quotes; however, why would they bother editing the tapes? My suspicions were aroused by all the Old Spice ads peppered throughout.
Roman Polanski: It appears the Department of Justice under the mismanagement of Eric Holder botched the case by not relaying key information to the Los Angeles DA. I’m sure there’s a logical explanation for this, but my guess is the DoJ is more concerned about pursuing a nonsensical lawsuit against Arizona to be worried about child rapists at large.
Way-too-early presidential polls: Everyone knows it’s way too early for 2012 polls, but that doesn’t make them any less interesting. President Obama is polling below most of his prospective Republican rivals. The most shocking aspect of the poll is that he’s tied with Sarah Palin. That’s sure to send the left into a rabid conniption fit, not that it takes much to do it. All it really takes is two words: Sarah Palin.
Apple iPhone 4: Apple has really botched the PR with its new phone. The issue with the antenna has cause a lot of embarrassment. Steve Jobs is throwing together a damage control press conference tomorrow. Let’s just call it what it is… iDamage Control. BTW… What the hell are we doing with antennas in the 21st Century anyway?
Old Spice Commercials: Finally, I can’t help but point out genius marketing when I see it. The new Old Spice ads are fantastic. I found myself saying “swan dive” and chuckling to myself quite a lot today. No wonder I almost got fired.
Two Oscar winning directors with some personal problems.
By now pretty much everyone has probably heard about Mel Gibson’s profanity-laced rant directed toward his former girlfriend. When an actor like Gibson has a meltdown like this (see: Alec Baldwin) it’s going to be big news. When the actor mixes in some racial epithets, it’s an even bigger story. In Hollywood pretty much everything is tolerated except racism. I’m not suggesting that people should scoff at racism, but look at how Roman Polanski has been treated by the Hollywood establishment compared to Mel Gibson.
I have written before about some of the unbelievable comments made by people like Whoopi Goldberg about the child rapist Roman Polanski. I have no problem with Mel Gibson being ostracized from pop culture forever, but what about people who think raping thirteen year old girls is no big deal? Say what you want about Gibson, but at least he’s not raping people (yet). Mel Gibson’s career is headed for a major setback and Polanski is free and Hollywood has his back.
Imagine you’re stuck in a life raft with two Oscar-winning directors. One is Roman Polanski and the other is Mel Gibson. The life raft is slowly taking in water and will only support two people. Someone has to get thrown overboard and it’s either Polanski or Gibson. There’s no clear choice based on age or weight. It comes down to personality. The rapist versus the racist.
The easiest way for me to decide in situations like this is, would I trust someone I love with that person? While racism is indeed unsightly and ignorant it’s not quite as invasive as rape. However, it appears that Gibson might be a little violent as well. It’s a tough call. However, as far as I’m concerned, Roman Polanski is a monster. It’s a difficult choice, but I’ll go with Mel Gibson. I just won’t bring up his love life or Jews and I should be fine.
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