Tis the season for Top 10 Lists

As I sat tonight watching the evening news I was struck with a strong sense of boredom and reminder of why I normally boycott the news this time of the year.

Top 10 Lists drive me nuts.

For the next week the "news" is all about the top "news" items that happened this year. I suppose these news lists are for folks who have been living under a rock because these reminders are for idiots. The top stories "july oil prices at all times high" ... did ya know a black dude got elected to be president ... there was a huge financial market crash ... car makers flew to dc in private jets and then begged for our tax dollars... palin makes all alaskans look like idiots ....

Mr & Ms News Reporters - if you must spend this week summarizing about what just happened, how about a list about the top 10 stories you missed because the above stuff has dominated the headlines all year long!?