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Hola Heinous Bastard readers!  I have been mulling over a few ideas and just as I was about to write something down for you, I saw something that made my mouth drop open.  No, it wasn't a picture of Hillary Clinton in a thong, it was a remark made by a "legitimate" journalist.  Before I get to that, I have a few comments to my faithful following.

Although I can read in Italian, Spanish and a little Russian, I would appreciate you writing to me in English.  It makes life a little easier for ole HB.  I know that this column is read in all 50 states and over 100 countries, but please, write in God's language: southern!  Just kidding, please write in Hebrew!

Have any of you seen the television show, "The View"?  It is a show consisting of a group of women from various fields who discuss current events and have a variety of guests.  Not a bad show, if you like the Oprah Winfrey Show, and perhaps Jerry Springer.  I have seen this show quite a few times, but am not a big fan.  For starters, these women are supposed to be from different fields, but they have been on the show so long now that they are no longer in their fields, but in the field of broadcasting and I guess journalism.  If they were true to form, they would switch the hosts around every six weeks or so.  Just an opinion.

The main host of the show is Meredith Viera.  The show was formed by Barbara Walters, but she isn't really on it enough to be called the star.  Anyway, Viera is a respected journalist.  She was an anchor of a major network news show and has great credentials.  Well, she happened to be covering the World Series for The View when she happened upon Mets catcher, Mike Piazza.  What insightful questions did she ask?  Who can remember?  What big question will she be remembered for:  "Mike, who on the Mets has the biggest wood?"

For years, male athletes have complained about women reporters coming into the locker rooms to ask questions.  Many of them complained about the reporters not being able to keep their eyes up instead of down to the "private regions" of the athletes.  Women journalists have worked for decades to gain respect.  They have been pushed back many years.  Meredith Viera asked a question that she may have meant in jest, but sounded as though it should come from the editor of Maxim Magazine.

And then a thought came to me.  I need to go interview Lisa Leslie, of LA's WNBA team, and ask her one question: "silicone or saline?"  How fast would I lose my credentials?  How fast would she swing her fist to my face?  How many times would the security guards kick my ass out of there?

Meredith, consider yourself shamed.  The equality you demand has stopped off at the rest stop on the highway of life.  Just as they say in sports, journalism doesn't build character, it reveals it. How nice of Meredith, she was able to give me a topic for the column, and the topic for the joke all in one question.  Have a nice day!