With good men being the talk of the town this month, we thought we’d take a cue from Kanye and have a toast to the douchebags—the guys who made us all look like heroes.
#1: Silvio Berlusconi
You know how it is when you’re the prime minister of Italy. The mass orgies, the offers to give prostitutes Parliament seats, the bunga bunga, the sound advice for Italian youth, and all the subtle art of international negotiating. And you’ve got to fit all that in between crucial state matters like banning lesbian commercials from your TV channel and ushering in the collapse of the Italian government. So give the guy a break. At least he’s not gay.
#2: LeBron James
#3: David Weaving
A lawsuit is a reasonable next step after a driver hits and kills a 14-year-old cyclist. In this baffling case, however, the driver, David Weaving, sued the boy’s parents for negligence (the victim wasn’t helmeted), noting the “great mental and emotional suffering” and inability to “carry on in life’s activities” he endured following his manslaughter conviction.
It’s hardly worth pointing out that the boy can no longer “carry on in life’s activities.”
Weaving, who has been convicted of drunk driving four times, was going 83 in a 45 mph zone at the time of the accident. As blog Above the Law puts it, “A 16-point buck would have been killed by a car going 83 miles per hour. No helmet was going to save this kid.”
#4: Andrew Shirvell
#5: Ben Roethlisberger
After Ben Roethlisberger spent much of 2009 with his face splashed across the front pages of TMZ and the National Enquirer, Steelers fans began longing for the day when their franchise quarterback would finally mature into the team leader they sorely needed. Their hopes were dashed when at a nightclub in Georgia, Roethlisberger followed a young coed into a bathroom, exposed himself, and forced himself on her. Charges were dropped due to lack of evidence, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell slapped him with a four-game suspension.
Stay classy, Ben.
Not that I’m defending any of these guys, but it seems like they were mostly chosen for being anti-feminist, anti-gay or anti-progressive rather than actually ‘bad’. Again, not exactly cheering them on, but “Worst Men of 2010” are a bunch of people who cheated on their wives or were mean to gays? I guess the terrorist leaders, drug lords, serial killers, dictators and warlords instigating genocides in third-world nations didn’t make the cut because their places were already taken by Charlie Sheen and LeBron James. Whole article sounds like it was written by a feminist with an axe to grind.
I think you picked the best of the worst for 2010 and applaud your efforts and your seriousness of purpose. Too often in this era of fast fame and instant infamy, society loses track of the assholes who make a sizable dent in ethics and good judgment. It’s important not to let these creeps slip through the cracks. Maybe you should institute an “Asshole of the Month” Award.
Please… this list is idiotic, posted just to get comments so here you go: You have no idea what went on with LeBron James and his situation so dumping him on the same list as Mel Gibson and creeps like Ken Kratz is asinine. If this is the kind of stuff I can expect from this site, it will be a short eval and I’ll be moving on.
I’d add Paul Elam for trying to start a “bash a violent bitch month,” posting the identities and contact info of julian assange’s accusers and saying they deserve whatever comes of it, and for declaring that all women are pedophiles. But I guess you won’t do that b/c you host him. Oh well. Good men project, huh?
Charlie Rangel is a bad man.
Barack Obama lied alot. because of his position, his ‘bad’ threshold is lower. I think many of his policies are bad for men.
The CEO of BO isn’t a ‘bad man’ he was doing his job, it was the American regulatory system that screwed up
Who cares about Cage?
LeBron same but different, stupid people with too much money.
Bad men should have influence beyond on 6 second sound byte.
This is more a list of jerks.
Obama is public enemy number one.
http://americangrandjury.org/public/
http://www.thepostemail.com/2010/08/17/thyere-is-no-president-obama/
Corrected Li:nk:
http://www.thepostemail.com/2010/08/17/there-is-no-president-obama/
not y’all’s best effort.
Wow. What a bunch of jerks white dudes and Lebron are. You guys get that douche Olbermann to help with this?
Honestly, LBJ #2? Get real.