Quote of the Week

Busy day today (market's going nuts with all the happenings over in Japan), so I'll just fast-forward right to the Quote of the Week. This week, it's a dubious award, being shared by two obviously tone-deaf Twitterers (Tweeters? Tweeterers? Twits? Whatever, who cares...).

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried and WNBA player Cappie Pondexter both took some well-deserved heat this week for their incredibly ill-advised tweets about the situation in Japan. Gottfried, for his part, was fired from his long-running gig as the Aflac duck in the TV commercials, due in large part to the fact that a reported 75% of Aflac's business comes from Japan.

Pondexter, meanwhile, should have known better--her alma mater was once at the center of a well-publicized scandal involving racist (and sexist) remarks made by radio personality Don Imus about the Rutgers womens' basketball team, comments that ultimately got Imus fired. Apparently, being a victim (or being close to victims) of racism doesn't necessarily preclude one from behaving in a racist manner oneself. Good to know.

This week's QUOTES (TWEETS) OF THE WEEK

"Japan is really advanced. They don’t go to the beach. The beach comes to them."
                             - Comedian Gilbert Gottfried
 
"What if God was tired of the way they treated their own people in there own country! Idk guys he makes no mistakes... u just never knw! They did pearl harbor so u can't expect anything less."
                             - New York Liberty guard Cappie Pondexter (everything sic-ed)

I honestly had my misgivings about posting either of these fools' tweets, because doing so is giving them the attention they apparently deperately need. But whatever, I'm not one who likes to let idiocy go unpunished. These two have earned your scorn.

[WWTDD]
[NJ.com]