Drunken Poets and Car Crashed Hopes

"Hey, Miley, how many brain cells do you have?"





See, I'm not here to bash on people or to criticize one particular person or groups of people.. HOWEVER, Miley Cyrus, doesn't fit into the category of "people. Neither do such items as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Hoehan (oh sorry, LOhan), Amy Winehouse, or any other of those Hollywood "stars". My entire reason for this is to explain how, exactly, the American youth is being manipulated and used. I, personally blame the parents in part for the cause of these pre-teen, singing, merchandise-buying, zombies.


Now, I am not here to pick on Miley. I'm personally sick and tired of hearing about her, to be honest. My main topic with this one is: Role Models (No not Paul Rudd and Sean William-Scott). Celebrities in general, should not be looked at as role models. If there's one thing I can not stand besides hypocrites, it's parents who couldn't care less for the well-being of their child... parents who treat the television as a loved and cherished member of the family. Your television is not a babysitter. For Christ's sake, when I was a kid I was outside playing 80% of the time and now you hardly see a kid put up a fight to come inside. "Mom, just 5 more minutes," as soon as the porch light came on.. that's how it used to be. Now, children are too preoccupied with video games and "Hannah Montana" to even bother going out and playing tag.


Our children should not be worshiping the ground that prostitutes tread upon. I say "prostitutes", and I mean prostitutes. Not ONLY for the way they dress, but more so for their desire to sell themselves for any small bit of attention. Even bad attention, which these 'people' normally get, is still attention. It kills me how people are running around like chickens with their heads cut off because of Paris Hilton or Miley Cyrus. Since when is it okay to run around half-naked on stage in front of children? Since when is it okay to be malnourished just to be "beautiful" (WHICH IS ANOTHER THING THAT BOTHERS THE HELL OUT OF ME, BUT I'M NOT.. *ahem* not going to start ranting and raving).


Personally, as a woman, I am embarrassed by the image that these celebrities are flaunting. I'm not a "party-pooper", and I'm all for having fun and enjoying yourself (as long as it's not destructive), and I'm completely for loving yourself and loving your body, but great Odin's beard, you don't need to show your cooter to everyone on Earth, especially my 8 year old cousin! (sorry for saying cooter.. but it gets the point across.. and it's also a funny word). It isn't necessary to pose naked in magazines and dance on stripper poles on television to get attention.. people like that.. seriously drive me up a wall.


My little girl will NOT look up to a person who dances on a pole on television, lacks talent, and wears little to no clothing just to get attention. Whatever happened to people looking up to great women influences like Eleanor Roosevelt, Boudicca, Gloria Steinem, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart, or Sally Ride? Are they just "not cool" enough to be looked up to? Whatever happened to true beauty? Beauty of the mind and soul clearly no longer exists as far as the media is concerned. I'm tired of what's being told to the people and I'm tired of everyone following the wrong kids of people. Ignorance is the worst disease of the soul, and it is not only corrupt to oneself, but to those around the one who is ignorant. The parent should be the child's hero, not some one on television faking to actually have talent. With synthesizers and other technology, my dog could sound just as good as Johnny Cash, and it sickens me. No one has talent anymore, it's only a popularity contest. If you're skinnier than a q-tip, sound like shit, you're fake, and you have a ton of money, call an agent and it's off to Hollywood.]


“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” - Napoleon Hill