An American Fool

It seems that Bruce Jenner is too ill-informed to know the difference between basal cell carcinoma and melanoma. Or maybe he really does know better and his misstatement is just a lame effort to garner more sympathy-driven attention? Call me a cynic, but my money’s on the latter explanation.

But either way, perhaps there’s a silver lining in his cloud of misinformation: a significant number of reporters and commenters are pointing out the error in Jenner’s statement and maybe, just maybe, a few people who follow ‘celebrity’ news will learn that melanoma is the deadly form of ‘just skin cancer’. Let’s hope so.

A song from Bruce, to the tune of John Mellencamp’s “American Fool”…



Some people say I'm obnoxious and I'm hazy
Some people say I take advantage of the dumber news and they're right
Some people say I should have been stoppin’ few more tanners at home
Some say I'm narcicisstic better of just to leave me alone

I don't know what I'm supposed to do
If I can't teach myself could I really teach you?

Being brought up
The American fool
Being brought up
The American fool

Some people like to talk and sell you their fry deals and how skin’s supposed to be
Some people are fools like me and say what's on their mind to media spree
Some people won't braise at all and some burn rare too much
Some people, some people, some people are chiding me daily

I don't know what I'm supposed to do
When I can't teach myself could I really teach you?

Being brought up
The American fool
Being brought up
The American fool

Some people say I'm obnoxious and I'm hazy
Some people say I take advantage of the dumber news and they're right

I don't know what I'm supposed to do
If I can't teach myself could I really teach you?

Being brought up
The American fool
Being brought up
The American fool

Being brought up
The American fool
Being brought up
The American fool

Being brought up!