Man Of The Year 2021

In a year filled with mediocrity, boredom and that old ennui, who else to better typify 2021, than James Earl Carter, former naval officer, peanut farmer and 39th President of the United States.  As a naval officer he was nothing special.  As a peanut farmer, well the government helped his family out.  And, as President he would fall in with Martin Van Buren, Benjamin Harrison and Chester A. Arthur not the worst U.S. Presidents in history but names, most likely to be met with, who?

"Jimmuh" as his friends called him added "malaise" to the American political landscape, as his Administration managed to create both double digit inflation and double digit interest rates.  Something no one did before him or after either.  So who better to represent this year 2021, a year that saw more of the Kung Flu, more people out of work, more businesses failing and the constant visage on our TV and computer screens of one Michael Fauci, supposedly an M.D.  Talk about malaise.

The year began with the Academy Awards being held in a train station, as if all involved had somewhere else to go and fast.  Then the awards were given to a whole bunch of movies that no one saw.  Part of the reason was the Kung Flu kept people out of the theaters but the other part is, they were just a bunch of movies no one would ever want to see.  The year, went downhill from there.

We thought of making The Vaccine as the non person, no pronoun necessary, Thing A Ma Jig of The Year but then well people took The Vaccine and got the Kung Flu anyway.  Other people took The Vaccine and died.  And, then well a whole lot of people just didn't take The Vaccine, so it didn't make it to the top of our list.

Readers of this column who are familiar with our awards know that James Earl Carter is the Man of The Year because he is a man.  If we were to give this to J-Lo or Madonna it would be the Woman of The Year and so on and so forth for a Boy of The Year, a Girl of The Year, Non binary of The Year or a Thing A Ma Jig of The Year.

Other reasons to give James Earl Carter this award, other than his mediocrity and malaise, is he survived brain cancer, he hasn't annoyed anyone lately and he's 97 years old.  Somebody should give him something before it's too late.

Runners up for this year's award were J-Lo again, always a bridesmaid never a bride, at least here, but we always think of her, she's awesome, Bill Belichick who's Patriots went nowhere in 2021, William Shatner who took a small step for a man, Doja Cat and of course The Vaccine.

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