The Real Job Thievers!

As some of you may have noticed we are in a bit of a recession at the moment and the job market is well lacking for most. I say most because there are two groups of people out there who always seem to have work: Mexicans and Brits. Now I happen to a Mexican and my job skills include pretty much everything. Landscape? Sure. Framing? Sure. Cooking? Sure. Handsoming? Of course. Stealing American jobs? NO! Now let's shift gears and look at the Brits. Mechanics? No. Iron work? No. Sheet metal? No. Stealing American jobs? Fuck yes.

I want to take you back to a time when we still smoked inside and certain pigmentation(s) disqualified you from being on the golf course. (unless you were landscaping, see paragraph 1) The year is 1976, The Four Seasons and Diana Ross are dominating the radio waves and a new show has just premiered and is a nationwide phenomenon. "The Gong Show," ran from 1976-1980 and was the first nationwide, televised talent show. Contestants would go on and perform their act in front of the judges and would either advance or get voted off the island... I mean gong'd. The Gong Show had over 50 judges including but not limited to: David Letterman, Steve Martin, Joan Rivers and most of all not a single redcoat.

One cold war, one war on drugs and one war on terrorism later; it seems as if I can't find one American show without snide, British judges.
America's Next Top Model: Nigel Barker, Twiggy (Double whammy ultra eating disorder!)
American Idol: Simon Cowell
America's Got Talent: Sharon Osbourne
So you Think you can Dance: Nigel Lithgoe

And it's not like they're doing the job for less either. Simon Cowell got 40 fucking million for the last season of American Idol. That's Oprah money! If I was JC Chasez, I'd be as scared as a Russian in Alaska of losing my job to Hugh Grant.

*I am not the only Mexican to notice this. Mario Lopez has stuck to hosting and NOT JUDGING pretty much everything on T.V. which just goes to show you that just as cats can predict death, Mexicans can predict changes in the job market.
**Enrollment in BYU's B.A. of Judging has dropped 600% since the publishing of this blog.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gong_Show#Judges
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America's_Next_Top_Model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_You_Think_You_Can_Dance_(U.S._TV_series)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7129952/Cat-predicts-50-deaths-in-RI-nursing-home.html