News associations around the world follow celebrities and report daily mis-haps all over the globe paying big bucks to paparazzi for photos etc. I don’t get it. If I gave a child on the street a million dollars, two things would happen. The child would save the money and use it to build a future OR run out, buy some booze, and wrap a shiny new sports car around a pole. The childs story including the celebrity loser Tonya Harding appearing on Oprah at the same time, will equate to the loser winning the viewers focused interest. Why? Its called ratings. If you reviewed the link above you will see where Oprah is basically honoring all the creepy, crazy and insane murderers and marderers that span a generation. Who cares, about the who or why. I do, and don’t get me started on Oprah Winfrey.

Tonya Harding sickens me every time I see or hear from her. It is always her sad face saying she has “paid for her mistake.” Give me a break. They should have put her away and thrown away the key. Talk about a has been wanna be celebrity. BUT, she gets paid for appearances and interviews. I guess I would do the same if all I had was my shame to attest to. Why not ignore the thought of her and the despicable act that surrounded and shamed so many?

Below are some example headlines that will be read and joked about around the world today. Some of you will care and some won’t.  “The Rage” does not.

Justin Timberlake Jokes About Making Out With Jessica Biel at Lakers Game

Lindsay Lohan: Samantha Ronson and I “Are Talking”

Levi Johnston May Take Palin Family to Court for Custody of Son Tripp

Beyonce Calls Screeching Tape “Ridiculous”

Kim Kardashian Earns New Nickname: Zorro!

Billy Bob Thornton Explains Bizarre Radio Interview

Salma Hayek to Wed – Again – in Italy

Kara DioGuardi Opens Up About Eating Disorder

Kristin Davis “Very Excited” About Sex and the City Sequel

As of late I have been bombarded with “Thanks for following, to get more (or if not receiving enough) followers click here.” I say enough as Twitter is becoming the next pit stop for SPAM. One of my recent tweets requested that “Any Follower requesting to get me more followers, stop following.” I knew that requesting this type of action publicly would bring forth even more DM (Direct Message) activity. However, I feel it important for new twitsters to know and understand you can still stand up for yourself on Twitter without being bullied. As a result I had several followers (presumably marketers) stop following which proves action can add to result.

SPAM in any form in unavoidable but control is possible. To report SPAM directly to Twitter sent a tweet to @spam to follow Twitter’s spam profile & report Twitter spam via direct message.

A recent Twitter article written by Mashable “FOLLOW FAIL: The Top 10 Reasons I Will Not Follow You in Return on Twitter” in tip 8 clearly states these types of twitter approaches to gain followers fail.

8. Your most recent updates or DM’s make references to any need to achieve “more Twitter followers”

For me, Twitter is not a shallow popularity contest, it is about forging interesting connections and conversations with other people. My Twitter followers are far more to me than a simple follower count: they are friends, they are colleagues, they are collaborators, they are peers, and they are sources. To follow someone in return whose only intent is clearly to acquire more followers would be to devalue the esteem with which I hold my other followers.

It rages me! How about you? Comment on your Rage.

I find myself upset at the pouring out of support and financial gifts given recently to Nadya Suleman A.K.A “The Octomom”. Why is it that we should feel sorry for or worse, guilded into providing for a mother of 14 who incesently throws her mis-happed pregnancy in our face.

The news of a recent Trademark filing has shown her knack for cashing in on every thinkable way to persuade any “Takers” her way. In the application for Trademark she cites to promote the name “Octomom” on dresses, pants, shirts, and baby products. In a 2nd filing Nadya Suleman also cites using the name for variety TV shows. The nickname stuck after Tabloids started monitoring the pregnancy and publishing questionable details of her life. The January 26th 2009 pregnancy drew public attention worldwide.

In my opinion those children would have been better off living independent lives, cared for by foster parents. “The Rage” would not necessarily promote splitting up families based on monetary gain but considers the lifestyle of Nadya Suleman unsuitable for raising children. Lately, reports of her daily habits show she is more interested in making money and working out than raising these children herself. A need to feed the plastic surgery machine. Taking these points as well as the past into account, separation seems prudent. It would at least show a better use of tax money other than support for her future earnings.

I think the California tax payers are due a refund and should have come out more strongly against the state for there mis-guided handling of the situation. California residents “demand your money back” or better yet have the state take action against the Trademark application. Octomom? How about OctoWHAT? It rages me! How about you?