Rant: Being proud of someone

[jim]

Bud Selig just said in a podcast I am listening too that he is "proud of D. Jeter". That just irritates the hell out of me when I hear it, why is Bud Selig proud of Derrick Jeter. What did Bud Selig do that would allow him to be proud of him? I hear this stuff at work, managers saying stuff like "I'm proud of Bob for completing that project". Am I the only one that thinks that is incredibly condescending? It implies you are up THERE and he is down there. Subtly.

I hate that. You are proud of your kids, or proud you have a hot wife or girlfriend, or maybe proud of your dog. Bud Selig has no right to be proud of Jeter, and I don't have any place being proud of Bob.