The Affleck Effect

In the grand scheme of things this snippet is so irrelevant one wonders why it's worth addressing, but since no one is reading this I'll fill the space.

Ben Affleck participated in a P.B.S. series hosted by Professor Henry Gates. The show traces the genealogy of celebrities and takes them on a personal journey, cue violins.

I'm pleased to announce I have never watched an entire episode of the show because other than the celebrity and their family, who cares? My ancestors came from Ireland with a potato and a dream. All they found were more potatoes, we've been shootin' for the curb ever since.

During the research into Affleck's family it was discovered that one of his ancestors was a slave owner. He did not want this exposed and asked that it be removed from the program. We only know about this because of a butt load of Sony emails divulged by hackers via Wiki-Leaks. Should we know about this? No, but we do.

Affleck is of course being skewered by conservatainment radio, which is to be expected, he is after all a big ol' liberal. But why did he want it washed away. We are not guilty of the sins of our fathers. He went on a show about uncovering your family's history, hello! There's bound to be some unpleasant stuff.

Affleck has not addressed this story yet and he may never, but something tells me he will eventually have to say something.

Well, as I said it's irrelevant and now I'm bored with it. Power to potatoes!