I Don't Do Top Tens

But here's a list of people deeply interesting to many of my countrymen and countrywomen currently. I could not care any less about any of these folks and would ask that they kindly disappear. I know that won't happen, but I can dream. So they are, in effect, my Bottom Ten List.

1. Justin Timberlake
2. Cameron Diaz
3. Rosie O'Donnell
4. Donald Trump
5. Chris Dodd
6. John Edwards
7. John McCain
8. Steve Jobs
9. David Beckham
10. Madonna

Coming in close but not quite making the Bottom Ten were Jay-Z, Bono, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, George Clooney, Paris, Lindsey, Britney and Bob Dylan. Dylan you ask? Yes. Dylan. Supremely overrated - much like Clapton.

The Unholy Trinity of America is made up of Commerce, Politics and Entertainment. It has become impossible to find the line between these three entities. Our movie stars fancy themselves political activists and our political hotshots are celebrities, and they all dance to one tune: "Gimme Some Money," by Spinal Tap.

"Your merchants were the world's great men. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray."