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9 Most Pathetic News Stories of 2009

Hayley Glassman, Jon GosselinIn the spirit of the end of the year, I’ve decided to do a series 0f 2009 9 lists. The first being this one: The 9 Most Pathetic News Stories of 2009. I read a lot of blogs, new sites, newspapers, magazines and the like. So, I feel that I have a good grasp of what has been out there during 2009. If you think I’ve missed a pathetic news story, let me know. Let’s add it to the list.  I’m putting these stories in no specific order. Let’s agree that they’re all mutually pathetic.

  1. Balloon Boy & his parents! This story was really pathetic. No one should be in search of the kind of publicity which sends out the message that your own child is in danger. I don’t care how bad you want to get your own reality show.
  2. Congressman Wilson yelling out while Obama is addressing congress. Since when has yelling at the president been acceptable? Not since I’ve been an American. Congressman Wilson=pathetic.
  3. The Salahi’s crashing Obama’s first state dinner. Some people will do anything to embarrass the president and therefore they’re pathetic.
  4. Tiger Woods having 10+ mistresses but not telling his wife before the National Enquirer did so. Come on, if you want to have a bunch of mistresses, let your wife know. Who needs the public embarrassment and humiliation? Tiger’s marital infidelities & lack of honesty=pathetic.shaq_shaunie
  5. Shaquille O’neal banging Gilbert Arenas’s fiance’ and sending naughty text messages as proof. Of all the women in the world to choose as a side piece, try not to select another NBA player’s fiance cause if you do its PATHETIC! I won’t even discuss the nature of the text messages. I’ll leave that to my girl Natasha at www.theybf.com But I will say that Shaq was still married to the beautiful Shaunie who is pictured on the right while all of this was going down in 2009!
  6. The 39 year old Female Boy Scout Leader who had sex with a 15 year old member of her group. Lady, you are the leader, act like it. Having sex with a 15 year old and you’re 39 is definitely pathetic.
  7. Jon Gosselin’s pre-divorce girlfriends and dating habits. Frankly, I wasn’t into Jon and Kate plus 8 so I definitely wasn’t hearing Jon – Kate plus the other chickenheads. Flaunting girlfriends prior to a divorce when your marriage made you popular is PATHETIC.
  8. Because I love hip hop, I must say Beanie Sigel dissing Jay-Z now that he’s signed to G-Unit is pathetic in a major way.beyoncepads8
  9. Bad Butt pad stories! Why am I constantly seeing reports of female celebrities wearing butt pads? And worse, the butt pads look like butt pads, they don’t even look real. So here’s some advice: Either get some butt injections or sit down somewhere. I’m am so tired of bad butt pad stories!

Which pathetic 2009 story did I miss? Leave a comment and let me know!

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Yasmin Shiraz is the President of Still Eye Rise Films, an independent production company which films educational and thought provoking documentaries that chronicle the lives, traumas and experiences of youth. Her first production, Can She Be Saved?, a documentary that examines violence among middle school girls, was an official selection of the 2009 Roxbury Film Festival and recently won a 2009 Indie Award of Merit from IndieFest. Yasmin Shiraz is the Award winning Author of Retaliation a novel about a community’s response to youth violence. In 2009, it was selected as one of the top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers by the American Library Association. She is the author of The Blueprint for My Girls: How To Build A Life Full of Courage, Determination & Self Love (Simon and Schuster) and five other books. Her best selling “Blueprint” empowerment series is utilized as a self esteem, motivational, and educational tool at middle and high schools, after school programs, non-profit youth centers, as well as Boys and Girls Clubs throughout the country.

One Comment for 9 Most Pathetic News Stories of 2009

  1. Shon
    December 24, 2009 at 2:47 am

    SO agree with these!



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