In ancient Greece the word "idiot" meant private citizen or layman...
Maybe that's why modern Greece is having so many problems...too may politicians and bankers...and NOT enough idiots...quite the opposite meaning here in America...where the name 'idiots' is often equated with people in positions of power...who can't seem to see the light at the end of the tunnel if its attached to a bullet train...I like to think of the term "idiots" as meaning...an individual, who by chance of birth, choice of habit, or unseen circumstances during formative educational years, has seemed to catastrophically fail in every category of common sense...and who has not attained the level of education necessary to partake in a conversation revolving around topics their little pea brains have NO hope of EVER comprehending...or just about every damn body I meet in the general population sector of this country...IDIOTS in this country aren't subjected to ridicule...it's politically incorrect...whadda buncha malarkey...in a country that touts itself as being one based on free speech...who in the hell conceived of an ideology involving "politically correct" terminology...these 'idiots' sure missed the boat on that one didn't they??? One would think that anything that fell from the mouth of a free speaking American would be "politically acceptable"...even if the grammar and punctuation were incorrect...buncha damn hypocrites anyway...I tell ya...the United States political system is anything but short on 'idiots'...if I didn't know better I'd say they'd been overrun...they seem to produce miniature versions of 'idiots' who will one day take their places among the pantheon of corruptness and confusificationismalistically retarded muddle brains running for office and acceptance...they shove them in boarding schools and prep schools and ya just wanna wipe your shitty asscrack with their dumbass Harvard 'nad sac outfits...but that isn't the only sector of stupidity here in our great nation...OH NO...idiocy runs rampant in all walks of life...professional stupor stars from the gridiron to the golf course can't seem to take the talent they've been gifted with and be happy to excel farther than the limits of reasonable human behavior...NO...they have to do things like commit adultery by cheating with double digit numbers of ugly women who couldn't hold a candle to what's waiting at home...lose millions of dollars in a divorce settlement...have to endure seeing their children on a set schedule...and throw tantrums on the tee box at The Masters...kicking their clubs like some over grown out of control infant...what an absolute failure...if I could offer one bit of pertinent advice to Mr. Tiger Woods it would be this...The difference between being a Champ and a Chump is 'U'...I can't figure out why anybody even tunes into this walking catastrophe anymore...the guy has lost everything...EVERYTHING...including his swing...suck it up and go golf pro at the local course in South Beach or something...do the Happy Gilmore stint and compete in long ball tournaments that don't require so much skill...King of Dipshits...Icon of Idiots...ya might pick up a sponsor or two for some bi-polar medication if you're lucky...this individual went from hero to zero faster than a fart starts to stink...and he isn't the only one...I got to go see the Detroit Tigers kick the shit outta the Boston red Sox on Saturday afternoon...THANKS AGAIN MOMMA!!!...great f**kin' game...full of idiots...especially in the Boston dugout...Josh Junkball Beckett pitched perfectly...giving up 7 runs off of 7 hits, 5 of which were home runs...who was the 'idiot' sleeping beneath that managers cap...good lord...you don't leave your starting pitcher in that long this early in the season when their ERA looks like a Mexican jumping bean on crack...WTH...then there was the zoo crew who called a Cabrera home run a double only to be corralled and corrected by Jim Leyland...after which they corrected the call and credited the run...apparently one of the only non idiots involved in the game...that guy is unbelievable in the managerial position...and from a distance he has a Sparky Anderson type atmosphere about him...rugged...rough...and NOT to be taken too lightly...there were 'idiots' in the stands...like the lady who sat next to me and insisted on paying the Vendor...fifteen fiddy for 2 bags of cotton candy that looked more like replacement tails for Peter Cottontail...about the size of 2 overgrown softballs...I myself pulled a cardinal 'idiot' move and bought something on sight without taking the time to scan my surroundings for more suitable and cost effective choices of eateries...electing to pay $6.00 for a bacon wrapped hotdog...which I will spend time perfecting on the grill this summer...when I could have turned around and went to Leo's for a nice coney with chili, cheese, mustard and onions...that looked like something that ate bacon wrapped dogs for lunch...for a mere $4.25...so I took a dinger on the chin of stupidity myself...but I didn't fall for the $7.75 3/4 cup of beer they had to offer...I don't care if you're the richest man in the world...and you're on a 3 day alcohol fueled drinking binge...if you pay $7.75 for a plastic cup of beer that's only 3/4 full...you're an 'idiot'...and NOT of the ancient Greek variety!!!
