It seems that Rosie O’Donnell is trying to get her name in the news again, by getting married to her lesbian partner in San Francisco this morning.

Hey, Rosie! That ringing sound you hear? That’s the alarm going off, marking the end of your “fifteen minutes”. Time to take your “in your face” attitude, and realize that your action will be invalidated as soon as a sane judge decides to take the case. (That qualifier automatically excludes almost any judge within 50 miles of the Golden Gate Bridge.)

I am extraordinarily impressed by the talent shown by some actors and actresses who are gay, but what impresses me more is the fact that they managed to do all of those performances without ever having to shove their sexual orientation in America’s collective face.

America wants to be entertained, not lectured to. And let’s get real… Most actors and actresses, as a group, are just two steps up from the organ-grinders monkey. And their private lives never enter into it. They get all that money because they entertain us, and we have shown out appreciation by throwing large quantities of little green pieces of paper at them.

But for some reason, many of them have confused “fame” with “wisdom”, and are under the impression that because we spend a lot of time listening to them perform their art, we would be just as willing to listen to their opinions on issues for which they have absolutely no training whatsoever.

I remember a few months ago, I ran across a listing of the most politically active celebrities and athletes, and the level of education and training they have received in school. Most of them are no more advanced than high school. Michael “4F” Moore, just as an example, dropped out of college after just a single semester, but he suddenly feels qualified to dictate his opinion to and about a man who holds a Bachelor’s degree from Yale, an MBA from Harvard, and a former fighter pilot.

If I could find that list, I would post it every time something like this happened. Whenever an athlete, actor or actress, or musician speaks out about political issues, they should be reminded that they are not only not qualified, their opinions are usually based on wrong information, the “fictitions” of those who are no more qualified than they are.

Truly a case of “the blind leading the blind”. But entire news programs - and careers - have been built around telling these entertainers how wonderful they are. A few months of that, and pretty soon you have Paris Hilton telling people why she thinks Candidate ‘A’ would make a great President....

What a shame…