I used to be very cautious with the word "stupid", because somewhere I was taught it reflects badly on the one who says it. I mean, obviously going around calling people stupid is not very smart, since stupid people are probably more apt to beat you up for it than smart people are. 

I used to get around this conundrum, myself, by calling people crazy instead. And there are definitely certain similarities, like, for instance: crazy doesn't know it's crazy and stupid doesn't know it's stupid.  That's the beauty of it.  But it's time to face facts: people aren't merely crazy.  They're stupid, too.  And I'm not talking hot-stupid, either, like some of the guys from Jackass.  I'm talking just plain stupid-stupid.

To be clear.  I don't care how many times you crush your own nuts, just don't step on mine.  And parents — I don't want to go all eugenics on you — but when shit like this is going down, I don't think it's out of the question to ask that you pass a short IQ test before you're allowed to reproduce.  You can still have as many virtual babies as you want!  

But between the Tea Party and our latest Starve-the-Beast budget crisis, from plans to plow under half of Detroit to this mass stupicide in Kansas City, it's like stupid is the new black.  

Like there's a stupid contest and everybody's busting all the moves. 

Is there a big prize for winning it that I don't know about?