[fabsroman]

I just read the Forbes top 10 celebs from last year and thought to myself that we are utterly crazy as a nation.

While I like Mel Gibson, he was ranked number 1 in 2004 on Forbes list and he made $210 million that year. Please tell me how people can make $210 million in a year for being a celebrity. Hopefully, most of that money comes from overseas movie viewers and that is part of our imported product. Oh yeah, Oprah was number 3 and she also made $210 million. I would be done working for the rest of my life, that is for sure. How can a person spend $210 million? If you get a 10% return on your investments, you will have $21 million a year to spend without eating into any of the prinicpal.

Here are a couple of notables:

Steven Spielberg - $75 million
Michael Jordan - $35 million
Johnny Depp - $22 million
Jennifer Lopez - $17 million
Tom Cruise - $54 million I believe, or $75 million, I cannot remember now but does it really matter.

All within a year.

Then I was talking to some friends about how terrible athletes attitudes are nowadays. Probably because people like Lebron James get a 100 million dollar contract from Nike at age 18, exactly when they are considered an adult by the law and able to enter into contracts on their own behalf. How can an 18 year old have the ability to deal with 100 million? Hell, I doubt I could deal with 100 million, but I would do my best to invest it wisely and spend a modest amount, that is for sure.


As far as whether Michael Jackson or OJ was guilty, they probably were, but I tend not to express an opinion on those things since I was present for the entire trial. We selectively believe things that we hear on the news just because we want to. However, we also know that everything reported isn't always right. So, while Michael Jackson definitely has some issues, nobody on here actually knows whether or not he is guilty and I am willing to bet that nobody on here was present during the entire trial.