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The power of Bon Jovi compels you

Miley Cyrus is more powerful than Barack Obama (D-Nazareth), if Forbes magazine is to be believed. 

Last week, Forbes released its annual “Celebrity 100,” which ranks “The World’s Most Powerful Celebrities.”  On this year’s list, Angelia Jolie has dethroned Oprah Winfrey as the most powerful celebrity on the planet.

I find such ranking to be utterly preposterous.  Are we to believe that the teen idol is more influential than the leader of the free world?  After all, Obama has access to the Big Red Button which could annihilate humanity in a massive nuclear explosion.  He has the bully pulpit of the presidency at his disposal and was reportedly born in a manger.  Cyrus, on the other hand, is a pop star with a show on the Disney Channel and a creepy relationship with her Achy Breaky father.

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Please stop using the “-gate” suffix to describe scandals

Open Letter to All Members of the News Media

To all journalists and news producers,

Many of you have taken it upon yourself to dub the scandal surrounding Illinois Governor Rod Blogojevich (D-Shit’s Creek) as “BlagoGate”.  I respectfully request that you invent a different naming convention for scandals and refrain from using the “-gate” suffix in the future.

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