Politics. I’m sick of people offering opinions about politics. Especially healthcare!! I mean, come on—the doctors and the insurance executives see this stuff every day and they know their business. The senators are in the closed door meetings with those same industry experts every day. We should listen to them and do what they say. I don’t give a crap what Joe Public has to say about it. He should go fishing.

And movies. I can’t STAND it when people think they can get on a website and offer opinions about movies. Or books!! For crying out loud, people are going on-line and offering all kinds of opinions about BOOKS. They read one book… ONE… and they think that they can offer an opinion about it. Have they taken BAs in English Literature? Have they spoken with the author? Or even the publisher? Are they members of Publishers Weekly or Kirkus Reviews? I think not. They should read what they’re told and then go out and throw a frisbee with their dog. No one wants to hear what they have to say.

And don’t get me started on parenting. Or education. If I have to listen to one more parent blather on about their uninformed opinions on teaching math, phonics, the necessity of teach geography, intelligent design, or whether or not to spank, I think I’m going to throw up. You know who we ought to listen to? Child psychologists with a psych degree and teachers with an AA degree from their local community college. Everyone else ought to keep their mouth shut. Just because they spawned a child doesn’t give them the right to have an opinion. Now go shopping.

And finally, along with basketball analysis, boy oh boy do we need to shut the lid on any Tom, Dick, and Harry offering their “expertise” on global warming. Did you dig out the ice cores? Did you program the computer weather models? Are you Al Gore? I don’t think so. Just let the UN International Climate Panel gather the evidence, thank you very much, and you just wait for your orders on what to drive. In the meantime, go buy an SUV. On loan.

You’re absolutely right: this nation would be a far, far better place if folks would just stick to those things that they know about.