I may be repeating myself; however, although The Rapture did not occur, 2011 has been a year full of heartfelt, below-the-belt, huffy good-byes, from prominent public figures in the world. For a mind-boggling few, the year thus far has indeed been The End. As we near mid-year, let’s review a few of the notable changes:
Egypt’s former President Mubarak is out of power. Gaddafi in Libya is still running for cover. Bin Laden is dead. The Dalai Lama voluntarily removed himself from the Tibetan political theatre following years of involvement in that country’s quietly dangerous zig-zagging, harrowing terrain. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is out of favour with The Shah, portending a rocky hold on his position, if not a full-on ouster in the somewhat near future. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is teetering on the edge of his reign as well due to economic unrest and the horrendous slaughtering of his country’s protester’s.
In media, Mary Hart left her post at Entertainment Tonight last week after a successful 29-year run on TV’s first nationally syndicated celebrity-oriented news program. As mentioned in an earlier post, Katie Couric skipped out of the CBS Evening News studios last Friday and is FREE AT LAST and partied like it was 1999! And, of course, unless you are a monk of sorts, you know that today is Oprah Winfrey’s last The Oprah Winfrey Show after 25 years of enormous success.
As many recall, the tempestuous Keith Olbermann abruptly left MSNBC in late January with his chair still twirling from the hasty pace of his exit, while Glenn Beck of Fox News prepares to pull his pointy tail out from under his wobbly legs when he chokes on his own farewell when his TV program’s ends “later this year.” Although both Keith and Glenn will remain in their own versions of the influential spotlight on different platforms, the change at both networks from the shifts has been and will be palpable.
In U.S. politics, Senator Joe Lieberman (“Independent Democratic” – CT) announced in January that he will end his oft-muddied political career this year to the glee of many in the Democratic party and the hearing impaired. (What in the world does that man have in his mouth beyond his foot when he tries to talk?) His exit is notable primarily for his political duplicity. It is fine to have differing views from your original political party (as he has clearly demonstrated); it is another to be flat-out unreliable, and untrustworthy – which many believe he is and has been (and will be a “has-been” when his sloppy Joe woe-is-me’s no longer merit public attention).
On the edgy-ledge of politics and entertainment, there is the continuing Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger drama unfolding as their marriage of 25 years is slapped out of existence like an unwelcome gnat on a baby’s bib now that Maria is filing for divorce. (As if such news is a shock to anyone other than Arnold.)
So there you have it in mild review. Of course, if I spent all day researching I would find and/or remember other happy or unhappy endings to add to the list. Nonetheless, you get the gist.
As a wise and talented George Harrison once wrote: “All things must pass.”
No truer words……
(Sources: Everywhere.)
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