This is a Big Fucking Deal

Today when Barrack Obama signed health care reform into law, he was introduced by Joe Biden. As Joe stepped away from the lectern he said to Obama, "This is a big fucking deal." Unfortunately, he was a few inches too close to the microphone and the video has been running in the media and online for much of the afternoon.

But here's the thing. Health care reform IS a big fucking deal. The use of that language was not intentional, or at least it was not intentional that it be picked up by an overly sensitive mic. And the bottom line is that the use of the F word is not a big deal.

In America we seem to have reached a point where we have to pretend to be offended by just about everything. The real news today is that Obama signed health care reform. I don't give a flying fuck if the VP uttered the F word so quietly that you really have to play it back over and over, and be listening to the one specific recording where his remark is clear.

And what really annoys me more than anything here is this childish use of the term 'F-Bomb.' I mean really? A bomb? The device used to blow people up, maim people, kill hundreds or thousands of people? Isn't it really just a word? Do we really have to hit DEFCON 1 over a word now?

It's become a widespread concept in the media, referring to the word fuck in this manner, and I am sick of it. It's like a five year old child who has just heard a word she knows is bad, and widens her eyes before running off to tell the teacher of the horrible incident of cussing, in the hopes that she can see her child like version of justice meted out against the culprit.

So I say this to America: Grow the fuck up. Adults use adult language at times, and once in a while a child may hear it. I'd be more concerned about their lack of health care or quality of their education, than the chance over hearing of a private adult conversation where the F word could barely be heard.