Are you smarter than a politician?

 For some strange reason, I've been following politics. I am absolutely positive I do not want to be a politician, however, it's mind blowing how incredibly stupid these people are yet they run our country. For example, the governor of Illinois, whose name I can't even pronounce, was caught red-handed trying to sell Illinois' Senate seat. He knew he was under investigation but made phone calls clearly expressing his intention to use the seat for his benefit.

If that doesn't make you queasy, let's go a little further back and look at the economic plan that the house originally came up with. Just for fun, let's pretend that the plan was brilliant to begin with. Republicans and Democrats worked together to create what they felt was an ideal solution. As soon as it was over the men and women who made these decisions, and cross party lines, were interviewed by every news channel imaginable. Do you know what they were most proud of? They were surprised that they were able to work together, ignoring party lines, to come up with a decision. I don't consider myself a rocket scientist, but isn't that what they're supposed to do every day?

I'm not even going to touch things that President Bush has done in his eight years. It's too easy! But keep in mind that people voted for him, twice. Not only that, but people weren't credibly interested in Sarah Palin. Personally, I've never heard dumber things said out loud in my entire life and I've seen people on drugs. She claimed to have experience in foreign affairs because she could, "see Russia from her house." When asked where she got her news, she couldn't even think of one credible news source. I don't even want to talk about her wink. While she's done other stupid things, there was one final moment that literally scared the crap out of me. She proclaimed she was going to run for president in 2012 because God told her to. If there is a God, and he pays attention to American politics, there is no way he contacted her to say that she is the best option for president.

It's easy to point fingers at politicians, especially because they're always in the limelight. So let's look at other regular citizens that are just as stupid. How about the group of skinheads that it planned to kill Barak Obama. These brilliant few took pictures of themselves with M-16 rifles, and placed them on My Space with details on how they were going to infiltrate and execute their plan. On their sites, they had explained the received intelligence on buildings that he would be in and even joked amongst each other online. Oddly enough, they were caught. Congratulations! You are equally as smart as a politician.

Finally, I feel the need to point a finger at athletes. While some of them are relatively intelligent, it's obvious that there are a bunch of bad eggs. Going back a few years, Ricky Williams tested positive for marijuana. Not so dangerous but I want to compare his folly with recent events. For example, Plaxico Burress shot himself in the leg. That already sounds stupid. The whole story is even better. He went to a fancy nightclub wearing sweatpants, with a loaded gun in the waistband. Claimed that he was nervous to be in the area but I think he's just that stupid. So as you probably can imagine, the guns slipped from his waistband and in an attempt to grab it, shot himself in the leg, probably ruining his football career. First of all, if you're worried about going to a certain area, DON'T GO. Second, why are you wearing sweatpants to a fancy club? And lastly, if you are dumb enough to bring a loaded gun and stick it in the waistband of your sweatpants, PUT THE SAFETY ON! Congratulations, you're smarter than a politician.

For the record, I'm not saying that I've never made a dumb decision. However, my dumb decisions affect very few people, which technically makes them okay. So the next time you make a stupid decision, or you see somebody else make a stupid decision, consider whether they, or you, are smarter than a politician. Good luck!