Elimidork, Err... Elimidate and the Future of America

If you spend any amount of time watching the news or listening to the concerns of parents or any middle-aged or elderly adults, you'll hear over and over again how disrespectful and reckless young people are these days.

Well, I don't have children - and the ones I do know are all good kids - but I know if I want to get really scared about the future of our country, there's one sure-fire way to do it.

Watch "Elimidate." I am serious. Those people represent the very worst of humankind - stupidity, poor judgment, disrepute, viciousness - all for a "Prize" that, as it turns out, is no prize at all.

To the very last one, the girls all claim to want a "nice guy," but not one of them recognizes that she's being played like a fine-tuned fiddle by "The Prize" for whom she's competing. The guy sees his first hint of jealousy and rivalry and immediately begins pushing whatever buttons he needs to push to get the girls going for each others' throats.

And, the idiots fall for it.

"So, Jennifer, if you could give Tiffany fashion advice, what would it be?" he prods. The claws come out: "I'd advise her to wear somethin' that don't show her back fat, that's what!" Yep, as soon as the competition heats up and there's the threat that she's not the fairest one of them all, most of the contestants get really ugly, really fast.

For the guys' part, some of them maintain that they're looking for a good, intelligent girl for a meaningful relationship and others admit upfront that they're doing it all for the nooky. In both instances, I can usually predict how the whole thing will pan out.