Who Do We Pay Attention To?

I will never understand how people out there in the real world pay one whit of attention to celebrities and their views on anything beyond their personal life. Actors are for the most part, people that can emote, cry and talk a good game when called upon to do so. Then, they are compensated with a lot of money to entertain us. There are a few exceptions but darned few.

Let me start with Bill Cosby. I think that Dr Cosby has earned the right to be critical of a society that has lost sight of how we can motivate our black youth to stay committed to education, hard work and family values. Yes, I think that in the 60's we started down a slippery slope that tried to give black families a leg up and somewhere in that effort, our black families got lost. Instead of a system that focused on helping young black men and women to get an education, we tried to elevate all blacks above the poverty level existence. At the same time, we tried to have guns and butter to fight two wars at the same time. Typical of the US Government, we had good intentions on the road to hell.

Do you care that Miss USA danced in a dance contest prior to standing on the stage in Las Vegas? Some radio station had a dance contest with a pole and immediately it was a strip contest. I don't think so. It should be pointed out to all the young women out there that in this day and age of cameras on cell phones and the search engines that can find anything ever written about you, don't do anything or say anything you don't want to see again and again.

One of the front page headlines on MSN today was the story about Paris Hilton's ex-boyfriend dating Miss USA. Who? Who Cares! Tell me about the National Merit Scholarship winners in our local school. Tell me about the meals furnished to the poor at the Rescue Mission and how I can help.

One of the headliners on today's paper was Ashley Force, who according to the paper is the daughter of another racer, who has won three races. Whoo Hoo! Three damned races and she has two pictures of her in the paper. The wife doesn't understand how drag racing is considered a sport when it is just a bunch of guys spending big bucks at a drag strip they call a park and no one is forced to pay taxes on the money raised there. They haven't managed to pay property taxes that help support out schools.

Some where there needs to be an ideal leader that can find the middle of this great country and inspire us to do what we all know is the right thing. Not a Rush Limbaugh type that keeps the pot stirred up, but a middle of the road guy that keeps going back to the main reason we are all here. It is a sad commentary that we don't make our children learn the commercial for the US at every level in school. We are all equal (in opportunity to do better) and have the right to the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. The Government won't guarantee that you will be happy, only that if you will work hard, there is enough room for everyone to at the end of the day, to be happy.

I for one am on the verge of applying my guiding principle to think Globally and acting locally. I don't care who has the highest paid publicist, I absolutely don't give a damn what you say unless and until you do something for the good of the people. Put your money where your mouth is and then you might have the right to tell us what you think we need to do. I will quote another wind bag - You're Fired.

MUD