The most dangerous of our species: Part One

Lately, I have been noticing a very dangerous breed of human being. No, its not serial killers, or even Vikings fans. The real danger lies, simply, in people who have received a little bit of power, and, out of a desperate need to feel important or "be someone", they display an attitude that renders superiority over anyone they see. In the most extreme cases, this can lead to dictators slaughtering millions of their own people. Mostly, however, these people leave themselves open to public mockary and disgrace. And I'm just the one to do it. So, without furthur ado, I present some of the more idiotic power-trippers that I've recently come into contact with.

#1 The network news weatherman.

A couple weeks ago, I was happily watching my favorite new show on TV: Prison Break, on the number nine. Suddently, something ubruptly seperated my from my beloved Wentworth Miller.

Do you know what it was? It was the Fox Nine weather team, headed up by Ms. Janie Peterson.


She decided to break into my TV heaven to tell me that severe weather was moving into our area. More specifically, a "severe" thunderstorm. Now, you have to understand, I live in the midwest. We eat thunderstorms for breakfast. I hear that down south, they have off from school for rain. Pansies. Growing up in Wisconsin, we didn't have off from school unless it was snowing so hard that visibility was zero - and that's just because its too dangerous for busses to drive in or something. I remember one time we had off because the wind chill was actually -80 degrees. Aparently, it was so cold that your skin would actually freeze if it was uncovered in that temperature for more than a few seconds. That didn't stop my friends from coming over to my place to hang out for the day. So you see, thunderstorms aren't usually something I worry about. (We did have off from school when the Packers won the superbowl, but that's clearly a different matter.)

So you see, there is no reason for Ms. Peterson to viciously break into my show. But she did, AT LEAST FOUR TIMES WITHIN THE REMAINING HALF HOUR!!! She said that hail might be moving in, and there were strong-ish winds, and (heavens no) rain! Being a meterologist, she should know that while it would ruin a good picnic, this kind of weather was in no way life or property threatening. In fact, as I was leaving, I was on the lookout. You see, since I assume she would only disturb me for a good reason, I was cautious for some really bad weather. I almost considered SKIPPING THE REST OF THE SHOW to make it home before the weather started. Thank goodness I choose to risk it, because once I got to driving, I ran into some hardish rain (nothing I couldn't handle) and some lightening and thunder. It was in no way dangerous. It actually made for a pleasent drive and rest of the night.

Why, Janie... why? Why do you inturrupt shows with hot guys


to scare the innocent people of Minnesota? I believe that she does it to "be someone". Yes, Ms. Peterson suffered through meterology school, worked all the way up to being the top weather person on a Fox station, and now can't stand to think that she's just like everyone else out there. So, she decides that she is a "tv star" and uses weather patterns to show off to everyone how smart and important she is, and how much more special she is than the rest of us. This is power trippage to extreme measures of annoyance. Janie (and all the weathermen out there), you're not fooling us.

I have more... stay tuned.