Newt Gingrich is appalled that he was asked a question about a statement his second wife made suggesting that
he wanted an "open marriage", as in one that allowed him to stay married, but integrate his mistress into the
life he shared with that wife. When he said he was "appalled" by the question, does he mean that we shouldn't be trying to make him accountable for his hypocrisy? I mean, he was married and having an affair while he was leading the charge against Bill Clinton for his extra-curricular sexual activities in the Oval Office. Is one more
offensive than the other? Isn't personal integrity something he claimed to represent when he worked so hard to
shame Clinton? So....that's no longer the criteria of Newt Gingrich? Do we really need an influence peddling liar and hypocrite as President of the United States? NO THANKS!! A big NO to Newt!
I've always respected Demi Moore...not so much as an actress, but more for some of her personal choices: the
astonishing pregnant nude cover for Vanity Fair (the first of its kind) , shaving her head to play a woman in the armed forces, maintaining a public and personal truce with her ex-husband in order to help her children cope with the dissolution of the family, and marrying a popular, appealing and talented man sixteen years her junior, making her everyone's favorite Cougar.
It's old news already that her husband betrayed her in the most offensive, careless and indiscreet way, shaming her and himself in the process. So, here we are again, in what will become known as the "Tiger Woods Moment".
These poor, famous men! Can't a guy cheat on his wife with a sleazy trashy slut or porn star or hooker party girl without having to be accountable like the rest of us? Our technological advances seem to have made that impossible in today's world. Not like it was in the seventies when my ex-husband was a little famous and could score with the same category of party girl and keep it secret until he CHOSE to make his confessions.
Who is to blame for these outrages?? Our precious and adorable celebs (although completely lacking in personal integrity), or those vicious cell phone cameras that can capture a life-changing mistake for the world to share? My kingdom for a faithful celebrity!!
At the same time that we must continue to unmask the child molesters, we must continue to unmask the men who sexually assault women. The scandal at Penn State is horrifying to even consider. Whether they are coaches, priests, or cops, men who violate the trust of tending to the well being of our young boys, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and banned from society in general for the scum they are. Herman Cain does not strike me as a man who embraces the truth as the rest of us consider it. He will NEVER own his behavior with women. Sorry, but in my world, when a man pays off a woman he has molested so that no one will know who he really is, he comes up less like presidential material and more like a THUG. As a woman who experienced a "date rape", I relate and identify with women and boys who feel overwhelmed by another person's size and power. Men who commit these kinds of crimes often claim that the woman gave him some sort of signal that indicated an invitation to violating her body. This, of course, is baloney. The kind one might find on a pizza, if you get my drift.
Oh, my Readers! Forgive me, but I am here only to complain. It's so annoying when the world does not cooperate with my version of events, but I guess at my age, it would be helpful to acknowledge that some things
are not ever perfect. Topping my list of Unfair Events This Week is the fact that Nancy Grace remains in the
DWTS competition. How can this happen? Am I the only person on the planet who believes her pork-enhanced ass should have been cut WEEKS AGO? Wasn't it enough for the public when she very ungraciously delivered a loud, embarrassingly obvious fart on national television? I could go on, but.....
Call me relentless, but Star Jones continues to annoy me. Yes, she lost a lot of weight and good for her. But, as my husband said to me one day as I was checking my backside in the mirror, "It doesn't look as good as you think".She sits on the legal panel of the Today Show and conducts her interviews in sleeveless short dresses, her bare arms and legs prominently displayed. Yes, Girl, take pride in your body, put we don't need to see it all, thank you.
And lastly, The Ultimate Kardashian Hoax. Someone needs to convince me that this isn't just all about money. One can't help but wonder when the public will turn their collective backs on this band of hustlers known as
Kardashian. All we do is sit in front of the tv and watch them make fools of themselves, while raking in
millions of dollars . I would love to be a fly on the wall during their production meetings when they think up
all the ways to make fools of US while they're raking it in. I RESIGN !!
Dancing With The Stars has lost its allure for good. It is now hopelessly obvious that the judging of the show is no longer about the dancing in any way, not that we didn't get the point while suffering through the dances of Bristol Palin. The scores are delivered by the judges. The winners are determined by the public. Clearly, this is where things are going wrong for all of us. However, as a Producer, I would be very aware of the value
of having Cher, mother of Chaz Bono, show up in my audience. It was mentioned so many times last night, that I am certain it should be expected next week. Nevertheless, her son/daughter can't dance even a little bit and I am offended for last night's loser, who was surely, not only in my opinion but that of the judges, a contender for the finals.
Myself having been the victim of a competition that was rigged, I relate to the shock, disappointment and feeling of being betrayed. The three dancers with the lowest scores deserved their rating by the judges. All three of them moved forward to next week's competition, having garnered the approval of the public. I refuse to challenge even my limited vocabulary trying to understand or criticize the taste of the general public. What is there to do but appreciate the good dancing as it comes, and hope that the winner is not the object of a political statement, but simply the best dancer on the floor.
Well, Readers, the first episode of this season's DWTS has come and gone. We've all probably figured out who the real contenders are. Perhaps the plural here is an overstatement. This is truly the most lackluster group of competitors so far. For me, the only really interesting competition will take place between Maksim and his brother, who is one of the pros this season. He doesn't quite have the sex appeal of the fabulous and dynamic Maks, but he dances beautifully. And there's always Derek Hough, who never disappoints me with his amazing dancing skills, and his choreography is always so very inventive. Not difficult to watch, either. Shockingly, Nancy Grace remains in the competition, but not for long, I hope. I feel sorry for the young man assigned to haul her around the dance floor. No small job, for sure.
Our first loser was Ron Artest, the Lakers basketball player. A lot of athletes have come and gone in this
show. Some even win. For me, it's a stretch, because mostly I'm so surprised they can learn to dance at
all, that it gives undue credibility to the attempt. This might also be said about Nancy Grace and Chaz Bono.
In the end, I think the evening can best be summed up by a remark from one of the judges: "All sizzle, no sausage."
Remember in the sixties when our motto was "Don't Trust Anyone Over Thirty"? A whole generation of us were influenced by the social revolution emanating from the streets of San Francisco. Youth was chic and love was happening on every street corner. They were wearing flowers in their hair, dropping drugs, and changing sexual rules and behavior. We started dressing like them, singing their songs, imitating their lives and learning to love one another. Even though the "Hippie" moment passed, we were all forever changed.
The next big social revolution came when the gay culture exploded into the mainstream. Again, our brilliant revolutionaries were the citizens of San Francisco. The story of Harvey Milk made a stunning and uplifting movie a few years ago, when gays not only burst forth from the closet, but started to marry each other. We've come to expect that what happens in San Francisco will soon be happening in your neighborhood.
So, it is with a tentative sense of acceptance that I view the newest revolution taking place in our revered and adored city by the bay. The citizens have taken up nudity. Not in the way you would think, but in a much more casual, much less artistic way. And worse yet, it appears to be led by those of my own age group, those same valiant soldiers of social reform who have now become The Seniors. They are shedding their clothes, walking the streets, sitting on park benches, playing chess, taking some sun. NAKED. Interestingly enough, nudity itself is not against the law. It's only against the law if a man becomes aroused. I'm not sure if this is revolution or pollution.
