Keeping this short and sweet as hubby has a four day and we've got a lot going on this weekend (so I probably won't be back up and running until Tuesday morning, I might post a tidbit here or there if things start to get super dicey). So Happy Friday! Did you see what the UK did? It said that it won't back Obama in a strike against Syria. The British people didn't want to risk their people in a very uncertain situation -- especially after Iraq & Afghanistan. France is still with us but well it's France and they have amazing food but uhhhhh... Yeah. So we're going at it alone with rumors of just enough power that doesn't make O a joke (too late!) after he's moved the red line to suit his needs. I'll be keeping an eye on these throughout the weekend, if only to keep reassuring myself that these people will not be stupid enough to put boots on the ground in Syria. (Yes I have my nagging doubts, I do, but I've made it very clear on where I stand when it comes to Syria)
Oh, one of the labor bigwigs held a press conference and was talking about Obamacare and how it's great in theory but they want unions to be exempt. But of course you do because you finally realized that it's crappy legislation. And they want the full time work week to be redefined as 30-hour weeks. Probably because a lot of employers are cutting their employees down to 30 hours a week if not less time in order not to pay the crazy taxes affiliated with Obamacare. Please just urge your congressional representatives to scrap this junk legislation altogether -- and just remember the President is signing Executive Orders exempting himself, the VP, Congress, I think unions already have or will be exempted, big businesses got an extension. But don't worry, the little people will still be forced into this tax in 2014, why aren't more people outraged by it? My guess is that once it kicks in and they really start to understand the ramifications they'll demand it go away as well.
Ok, I'm hungry like a kid on Michelle's school lunch plan. Enjoy your weekend!!
Friday, August 30, 2013
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Boston Strong since 1773
So, I was playing on Pinterest and was trying to find some fun conservative stuff to pin when I saw this quote from Jeanne Garofalo:
Really? I'm not a die hard Tea Party gal, but I appreciate their grassroots movement. I actually have a lot of friends who are Tea Party members and they do know their history (not the history that is taught today -- especially up in the Ivies I'm sure). I'm a firm believer though that history is bound to repeat itself if lessons are never learned from the mistakes of the past therefore this morning my dear Snarkers, we will be having a history lesson (I do love history, I had an amazing history professor at Kentucky, he was great and his lectures were rarely boring) so get that second cup of coffee and let's go! I promise to keep it brief as I have faith in the old school education system that at some point you learned about this in school.
Boston is solidly in my Top Five Favorite Cities of the United States. Boston Strong isn't a new slogan for Boston, it's been around since day one. And back in 1773, Bostonians were fed up with King George III and his silly taxes on tea (tea, not even coffee... Trust me, there'd be a riot if someone had increased the taxes and told me that I must go through a certain supplier for my coffee) and his tyrannical ways. Bostonians rallied, snuck aboard the tea ships and dumped it into the harbor. I say, yay for them! Seriously, what better way to send a message and essentially flip the bird at King George than to dump out all that money into the waters? Refusing shipments like they did in other cities, yeah ok woohoo but to sneak on board and just dump it into the water? Brilliant in my opinion. King George got the message, enacted the Coercive Acts of 1774 thinking that would punish the colonists in Massachusetts; these including the Quartering Act (forcing colonists to accept British soldiers into their homes), the Administration of Justice Act (gave immunity to British soldiers who committed crimes in Massachusetts), the Port Act (closed the port in Boston until it was cleaned and damages paid), and the Massachusetts Governing Act which restricted town meetings and appointed the town council. Eventually the colonists revolted, fought the Brits for their independence and established our great nation.
Now, how the heck does this worry me for history repeating itself? Obamacare my dear Snarkers, Obamacare. Obamacare has been deemed a tax by the activist Supreme Court. It is a tax that was forced upon the American people without legislators even bothering to read it ("But we must pass the bill so you can find out [what is in it]," said Nancy Pelosi). Now that more Americans are seeing their health care premiums being raised, they won't be able to keep their plan as their employers are cutting their hours in order to not have to pay ridiculous amounts of money for health care insurance for their employees in order to stay in business, they won't be able to see their same provider because that provider is changing their policies in order to not go out of business themselves. Most Americans do not want Obamacare. The President and Congress have been exempt from Obamacare because they want to keep the insurance they already have. But who cares about the people because it's all about them, right? Kind of like, why would King George care about the colonists tea preference unless it makes him money. While Americans haven't staged their own version of the Boston Tea Party (yet), a form of Coercive Acts has already been implemented upon us citizens. Conservatives have been targeted by the IRS in an eyebrow raising number (kind of a form of the Mass Governing Act, with restrictions on what can be discussed at these conservative group meetings). When Republican lawmakers summoned members to the Hill to discuss Benghazi (in which no one was fired despite this epic failure of security and communication), in a way the Administration Justice Act was thrown in here and immunity was given to the powers that be in the Administration. Next we will have government officials in our homes, doing inspections to make sure that we're all in compliance with Obamacare because let's face it, the IRS is not credible enough to do this.
So for this conservative lady, it isn't about bashing Democrats, it is about taxes and I do know my history. If the Democrats were truly doing a good job and doing good for the people, a budget would have been passed when they held a majority in both houses and controlled the White House (they haven't), they wouldn't turn tragedies into political gain and divide the nation further, they wouldn't pass laws and tell us that we'll find out what's in it after it's been passed and then exempt themselves from it. Maybe it is time to rally and dump some tea in the harbor.
It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all.
Really? I'm not a die hard Tea Party gal, but I appreciate their grassroots movement. I actually have a lot of friends who are Tea Party members and they do know their history (not the history that is taught today -- especially up in the Ivies I'm sure). I'm a firm believer though that history is bound to repeat itself if lessons are never learned from the mistakes of the past therefore this morning my dear Snarkers, we will be having a history lesson (I do love history, I had an amazing history professor at Kentucky, he was great and his lectures were rarely boring) so get that second cup of coffee and let's go! I promise to keep it brief as I have faith in the old school education system that at some point you learned about this in school.
Boston is solidly in my Top Five Favorite Cities of the United States. Boston Strong isn't a new slogan for Boston, it's been around since day one. And back in 1773, Bostonians were fed up with King George III and his silly taxes on tea (tea, not even coffee... Trust me, there'd be a riot if someone had increased the taxes and told me that I must go through a certain supplier for my coffee) and his tyrannical ways. Bostonians rallied, snuck aboard the tea ships and dumped it into the harbor. I say, yay for them! Seriously, what better way to send a message and essentially flip the bird at King George than to dump out all that money into the waters? Refusing shipments like they did in other cities, yeah ok woohoo but to sneak on board and just dump it into the water? Brilliant in my opinion. King George got the message, enacted the Coercive Acts of 1774 thinking that would punish the colonists in Massachusetts; these including the Quartering Act (forcing colonists to accept British soldiers into their homes), the Administration of Justice Act (gave immunity to British soldiers who committed crimes in Massachusetts), the Port Act (closed the port in Boston until it was cleaned and damages paid), and the Massachusetts Governing Act which restricted town meetings and appointed the town council. Eventually the colonists revolted, fought the Brits for their independence and established our great nation.
Now, how the heck does this worry me for history repeating itself? Obamacare my dear Snarkers, Obamacare. Obamacare has been deemed a tax by the activist Supreme Court. It is a tax that was forced upon the American people without legislators even bothering to read it ("But we must pass the bill so you can find out [what is in it]," said Nancy Pelosi). Now that more Americans are seeing their health care premiums being raised, they won't be able to keep their plan as their employers are cutting their hours in order to not have to pay ridiculous amounts of money for health care insurance for their employees in order to stay in business, they won't be able to see their same provider because that provider is changing their policies in order to not go out of business themselves. Most Americans do not want Obamacare. The President and Congress have been exempt from Obamacare because they want to keep the insurance they already have. But who cares about the people because it's all about them, right? Kind of like, why would King George care about the colonists tea preference unless it makes him money. While Americans haven't staged their own version of the Boston Tea Party (yet), a form of Coercive Acts has already been implemented upon us citizens. Conservatives have been targeted by the IRS in an eyebrow raising number (kind of a form of the Mass Governing Act, with restrictions on what can be discussed at these conservative group meetings). When Republican lawmakers summoned members to the Hill to discuss Benghazi (in which no one was fired despite this epic failure of security and communication), in a way the Administration Justice Act was thrown in here and immunity was given to the powers that be in the Administration. Next we will have government officials in our homes, doing inspections to make sure that we're all in compliance with Obamacare because let's face it, the IRS is not credible enough to do this.
So for this conservative lady, it isn't about bashing Democrats, it is about taxes and I do know my history. If the Democrats were truly doing a good job and doing good for the people, a budget would have been passed when they held a majority in both houses and controlled the White House (they haven't), they wouldn't turn tragedies into political gain and divide the nation further, they wouldn't pass laws and tell us that we'll find out what's in it after it's been passed and then exempt themselves from it. Maybe it is time to rally and dump some tea in the harbor.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Another Strike...
It's pretty well known amongst my family that I expect B (and any future children) to be SEC kids. We're already pretty sure that B will be a footballer and I've already stated that he can bypass my beloved Kentucky if offered a scholarship at Alabama, or Ole Miss. But I have made it pretty clear that I don't want B going to an ACC or Big 10 school (I know that this can change overtime, but for the moment, no ACC and definitely no OSU, or Louisville... I know, I know I have some issues but it's because I've been spoiled by the wonderfulness that is the SEC). Well, hubby's family are pretty big Virginia Tech fans and what have you (they're ok in football given the conference that they're in, not exactly a powerhouse for college football) so they're always saying how cool it would be for B (and the other grandkids and great grandkids in the family) to go to Tech. Aside from it's athletic conference, and it's horrible color scheme (who looks good in orange and burgundy? No one, that's who. But everyone looks stunningly amazing in blue and white) it does have a decent academic program. But I'm bias and I'm B's momma therefore I'm going to push SEC schools or threaten to withhold money to help him pay for college (extreme, yes but clearly you're not devoted to a cause like this; hubby once asked if I'd sooner wear convict orange over burgundy and orange, I wouldn't much like it but I'd sooner be the mother of a Vol than a mother of a hookie (what the heck is a hookie?)). Ok I swear I'm getting to the point and here it is: at 430am I saw this from The Young Cons on my newsfeed.
I'm all for free speech, I think the ability to speak freely is a good thing and keeps a society healthy. I also believe that you don't have to support military action but you sure as hell better support our troops and acknowledge the good and sacrifices that they make for the right to jackholes to write this (it's the full article) what in my opinion is absolute crap. I know that I'm completely bias in the situation, the wife of a soldier, the daughter and granddaughter on both sides of a retired soldiers, the niece and cousin of soldier, the sister of a Marine and I am damn proud to be so. So when you essentially write a piece that rivals that piece of trash the Huffington Post published not that long ago stating that we're an entitled lot who don't deserve any of it without fully understanding what we go through day in and day out, well you can kiss my patriotic, bleed red, white and blue til the day that I die, will always support our troops ass. When someone dares to write:
Such troop worship is trite and tiresome, but that’s not its primary danger.
A nation that continuously publicizes appeals to “support our troops” is
explicitly asking its citizens not to think. It is the ideal slogan for
suppressing the practice of democracy, presented to us
in the guise of democratic preservation.
Perhaps the nation on a larger scale realizes that only 1% of the entire population is willing and able to serve in our armed forces. One. Per cent. It's amazing that 1% has become synonymous with some economic causes/pushes within the last two years but to our family the only 1% that matters is that who risk their lives to try to bring peace and democracy to other nations where they don't have the right to spew their liberal ideas or conservative ideas or their crazy ideas. It's this 1% who sacrifices high paying jobs in some cases, who sacrifices time with their families, who get blamed for wars they don't start or cannot finish, who are on duty twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, three hundred sixty five days a year. It is this 1% who tirelessly will hunt down those trying to bring misery upon our nation and our people. Yes, some people do abuse their troop status, or the benefits of claiming they support the troops. That is bound to happen even in non-military situations and populations. But to say that supporting our troops suppresses democracy makes me laugh -- especially given the current political clime. I would venture to guess that a vast majority of troops and military families would say that they do not feel supported by this administration. They're basically just used as props (anyone remember when Michelle gave out that Oscar with service members standing behind her just after Benghazi happened and no one wanted to give answers? How the President had a Marine hold his umbrella in a drizzle? How many past presidents have ventured overseas to have holiday meals with the troops and have actually served them and sat and talked with them versus this current administration?). Right now, I think that the troops are one of our last lines to uphold the democracy of this country. But, I'm just a stay at home mom, Army wife, and proud SEC fan so what do I know?
Oh, and if you didn't click on the links, the reason behind my Tech tirade: this jerk is a professor at Virginia Tech. While I expect most professors to be more concerned about fawning over this administration, teaching a full semester of being able to enjoy orgasms, promoting anything but what this country was founded on, I draw the line at putting money into a school that has a professor who throws it out there (in a very military heavy state mind you) that we should no longer support the troops. He has to freedom to spout whatever he wants, just as I do, but if B went to Tech (which he won't) and had English with this professor, I'd probably be raising hell and threatening to not pay for that class. And maybe rally up a bunch of service members I know to occupy his class and tell their stories and maybe have this guy understand why people support our troops. It's probably a safe bet that he's never actually come into contact with a vet for more than a few minutes.
May God bless all our men and women serving down range; may He keep them safe, bringing comfort to their families that are anxiously waiting at home for them; may He guide those in leadership with a sure hand and bring everyone home safely.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Capture The Flag
It's bbbbaaaaaccccckkkkk! Over the weekend with all the March on Washington rallies and such, someone captured it. The Obama flag is back! It's popped up here and there over the last several years but amid all the racial tension, the scandals, the push towards tyranny (ok, socialism, but with a lot of these people that are in places of power, it's only a matter of time before it becomes tyranny) of course the flag is back -- because Obama is the best president this country has ever seen and if you don't agree then you're racist or wearing a tinfoil hat or waging the war on women or trying to take away rights or or or... Yeah. Keep pulling up all the crazy counterclaims that make it seem like you're just oh so proud Americans (even though you apologize for how horrendous Americans are because of cases like Trayvon Martin and immigration and a lack of healthcare for all). If you truly love this country in my opinion, you'd respect our beloved flag.
If Americans had burned the Quran on the Mall all hell would break loose. If you deny that, then just go back into your pink shoe wearing, amnesty for all, George W and Rush are the devil poster filled hole. I'm not trying to be a jerk but just reasonable. So why is it ok to remove the stars from our flag and replace it with the President's face? Is it because Obama doesn't know how many states are in the Union (there's 50) so his faithful followers are trying to help him out? We could revert to our favorite scenario, if a Republican let's say decided to put George W's face in place of the stars, again like the Quran burning, it would light a whole bunch of public fury. I'm so sick of this double standard crazy that the other side likes to utilize. I'm over this "do as we say or else get out of this country." If that mentality is kept up then perhaps before long, people with money who pay the most into the system will get fed up and leave. Then we'll have an entire country looking like Detroit.
Now if you go back to the Twitchy article, if you look at one of the screenshots, the lady waving the flag seems to be a member of the National Education Association (NEA), which is... The teachers' union. Awesome. I understand that teachers back when I was in grade school weren't allowed to disclose their political affiliations in the classroom. Social studies teachers to include history and government teachers were to remain neutral on how they presented certain events and people in history. Somehow, I don't feel that neutrality exists amongst a majority of our teachers today -- especially those teaching at the high school level. I'm not even going to touch at the university level, as a political science major, I had my fair share of liberal professors but always stuck my ground. It does bother me that an apparent member of the NEA was proudly wearing this flag. Does she remain impartial in her classroom, or does she ferret out students' parents' political affiliations and find fun ways to punish them in order to create mini-locksteppers? As the mother of a toddler, it is instances like this as well as Common Core that really makes me want to homeschool B if we can't afford Montessori.
Finally, finally... I wonder how much trouble we would get in if I decided to fly an American flag upside down in front of our house one day. Granted I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't even begin to know the meaning behind that and would probably roll their eyes, assuming we're idiots, or come ring my doorbell to inform me of my "error". I doubt that they'd think the best of me if I just laughed at them and shut the door in their face, but at this point I'd fly Old Glory upside down before I ever let a flag fly desecrated with the face of our President.
If Americans had burned the Quran on the Mall all hell would break loose. If you deny that, then just go back into your pink shoe wearing, amnesty for all, George W and Rush are the devil poster filled hole. I'm not trying to be a jerk but just reasonable. So why is it ok to remove the stars from our flag and replace it with the President's face? Is it because Obama doesn't know how many states are in the Union (there's 50) so his faithful followers are trying to help him out? We could revert to our favorite scenario, if a Republican let's say decided to put George W's face in place of the stars, again like the Quran burning, it would light a whole bunch of public fury. I'm so sick of this double standard crazy that the other side likes to utilize. I'm over this "do as we say or else get out of this country." If that mentality is kept up then perhaps before long, people with money who pay the most into the system will get fed up and leave. Then we'll have an entire country looking like Detroit.
Now if you go back to the Twitchy article, if you look at one of the screenshots, the lady waving the flag seems to be a member of the National Education Association (NEA), which is... The teachers' union. Awesome. I understand that teachers back when I was in grade school weren't allowed to disclose their political affiliations in the classroom. Social studies teachers to include history and government teachers were to remain neutral on how they presented certain events and people in history. Somehow, I don't feel that neutrality exists amongst a majority of our teachers today -- especially those teaching at the high school level. I'm not even going to touch at the university level, as a political science major, I had my fair share of liberal professors but always stuck my ground. It does bother me that an apparent member of the NEA was proudly wearing this flag. Does she remain impartial in her classroom, or does she ferret out students' parents' political affiliations and find fun ways to punish them in order to create mini-locksteppers? As the mother of a toddler, it is instances like this as well as Common Core that really makes me want to homeschool B if we can't afford Montessori.
Finally, finally... I wonder how much trouble we would get in if I decided to fly an American flag upside down in front of our house one day. Granted I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't even begin to know the meaning behind that and would probably roll their eyes, assuming we're idiots, or come ring my doorbell to inform me of my "error". I doubt that they'd think the best of me if I just laughed at them and shut the door in their face, but at this point I'd fly Old Glory upside down before I ever let a flag fly desecrated with the face of our President.
Monday, August 26, 2013
A Syriously Short Post
There's rumblings going around that we could send military into Syria. My position is short and sweet: No. We don't know who the enemy is over there, whether it's the fallen regime, the rebels, the military, there are no clear lines of who is our enemy. Usually, I back war because war brings jobs and keeps my husband in a job. Yes I know the repercussions, and fully understand that. While an ultimate sacrifice is never what anyone, whether military or civilian, wants to hear of the fact is, it's apart of this life. And if you think that we should just blindly send military members into a chaotic situation you are nuts. Would you support the NYPD or LAPD or BPD sending in their SWAT units into chaos without a clear plan of action, without knowing who they are targeting? While it is tragic what is happening in Syria (and Egypt) the fact remains, we cannot go into further debt, and risk our military members lives just because someone is using chemical weapons, or bombing, or whatever. Until we have a clear plan of action, a clear enemy we stay put. Too many people were irate at the Bush administration for putting us in Iraq and Afghanistan, do you really think that putting boots on the ground in Syria would be any different?
ID Please
Let's face it, if we were to look in your wallet, purse, whatever more than likely we'd find a form of government issued photo identification. For military families, that stupid ID card is like a lifeline and god forbid you lose it because then you can't get in to see the doctor, pick up a prescription, or you know, even get on post in a timely manner or sit and suffer through the vehicle check for those without. Seriously, I panic faster when I can't find that versus my driver's license (which I'm sure that most of you have). In addition to being my lifeline here on post, it's my lifeline in case I have an accident while out running (yeah, I hear all my friends laughing at that, I giggled too -- I haven't ran in months and have a 5k in two weeks, awesome) or on my bike. Having a photo ID seems pretty commonplace for most folks, in addition to the above mentioned reasons you need it to purchase booze (Kroger has to input your birthday into their register before you can purchase), cigarettes, R rated movies, a firearm, to board an aircraft, to cross into a foreign country, to obtain a job, the list goes on. You don't need an ID to vote though, seriously, you don't.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) is trying to prevent states like North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas from making voters show a photo ID to prove that they're actually the person voting. Personally, I've never understood why I haven't needed to show my ID when voting because it makes sense to me. The reason behind the DoJ's action is this: requiring voters to show a photo ID disenfranchises and discourages minority voters. I wish I was making that up. Despite that fact that North Carolina has even said that they will make photo IDs available free of charge (FREE!) for those who need one in order to vote. Ummmmmmm... Yeah, I'm baffled. How do you shut down that logic? Is it a matter of access to a Department of Motor Vehicles where these IDs will be issued? Pretty sure that each county has its own and often times, they have satellite offices throughout the county. I just cannot wrap my head around how this will be a detriment to legal citizens wishing to vote.
But then, I saw this article and giggled. Rep. Stockman pretty much nails it. Sometimes, I reconsider moving to Texas once hubby is out of the army since most of Texas is ok with guns & religion and they have common sense representatives like Rep. Stockman and Sen. Cruz. End of the day, showing proof of who you are isn't a burden unless you've got something to hide.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) is trying to prevent states like North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas from making voters show a photo ID to prove that they're actually the person voting. Personally, I've never understood why I haven't needed to show my ID when voting because it makes sense to me. The reason behind the DoJ's action is this: requiring voters to show a photo ID disenfranchises and discourages minority voters. I wish I was making that up. Despite that fact that North Carolina has even said that they will make photo IDs available free of charge (FREE!) for those who need one in order to vote. Ummmmmmm... Yeah, I'm baffled. How do you shut down that logic? Is it a matter of access to a Department of Motor Vehicles where these IDs will be issued? Pretty sure that each county has its own and often times, they have satellite offices throughout the county. I just cannot wrap my head around how this will be a detriment to legal citizens wishing to vote.
But then, I saw this article and giggled. Rep. Stockman pretty much nails it. Sometimes, I reconsider moving to Texas once hubby is out of the army since most of Texas is ok with guns & religion and they have common sense representatives like Rep. Stockman and Sen. Cruz. End of the day, showing proof of who you are isn't a burden unless you've got something to hide.
I Predict Another Train Wreck
Full disclosure: I did not watch the VMAs last night. In fact, I didn't know that MTV even played music videos still, that "artists" still made music videos, and honestly I wouldn't have known who most of those "artists" were anyway. My newsfeed did blow up over Miley Cyrus and twerking. If you don't know what twerking is, just google it because it's ridiculous and stupid. So I did a search of People, E!, and Twitchy to see what was up. Um, are you for real? If you missed it, and somehow I'd be shocked because I'm fairly certain it'll be brought up on the radio and TV throughout the morning, Twitchy has a run down of the tweets that went out last night.
I just wrote not that long ago about how these so called celebrities need to be mindful, that even if they don't believe they are role models, they are. Many young girls pretty much grew up with Miley as Hannah Montana was all the rage not that long ago. These girls still take social cues from Miley and honestly, I think now would be a perfect time for parents to step in and say, "No, what Miley did on the VMAs was tasteless, vulgar, and completely inappropriate. The behavior Miley displays is not how normal, functional people act in public." I did type most normal, functioning but let's be honest, if you tell a teenager that it's ok for someone who is normal and functioning to act like that then the whole point is lost. Miley did not push any envelops, she didn't shock and awe, she just flat out acted like trash. Again, this whole, it's normal for young girls to think acting like strippers, porn stars, sluts, etc notion needs to end. Modesty needs to make a comeback, and Jessica Rey of Rey Swimwear recently had a talk about modesty and the evolution of swimwear. I was pretty skeptical when I first saw this video pop up on my newsfeed but I took the time to listen to what she had to say. At the end of the day, Miley was just shameful, it lacked class, it lacked depth, it lacked shock, it lacked inspiration, it did nothing to liberate women and young people. It's time to rebel against the female "artists" who think that teaching our younger generations it's ok to be viewed as an object, not as a human.
Miley Cyrus, I won't be surprised if you're the next child star turned train wreck -- hopefully you get your act together and prove me wrong, but I won't hold my breath in the mean time.
I just wrote not that long ago about how these so called celebrities need to be mindful, that even if they don't believe they are role models, they are. Many young girls pretty much grew up with Miley as Hannah Montana was all the rage not that long ago. These girls still take social cues from Miley and honestly, I think now would be a perfect time for parents to step in and say, "No, what Miley did on the VMAs was tasteless, vulgar, and completely inappropriate. The behavior Miley displays is not how normal, functional people act in public." I did type most normal, functioning but let's be honest, if you tell a teenager that it's ok for someone who is normal and functioning to act like that then the whole point is lost. Miley did not push any envelops, she didn't shock and awe, she just flat out acted like trash. Again, this whole, it's normal for young girls to think acting like strippers, porn stars, sluts, etc notion needs to end. Modesty needs to make a comeback, and Jessica Rey of Rey Swimwear recently had a talk about modesty and the evolution of swimwear. I was pretty skeptical when I first saw this video pop up on my newsfeed but I took the time to listen to what she had to say. At the end of the day, Miley was just shameful, it lacked class, it lacked depth, it lacked shock, it lacked inspiration, it did nothing to liberate women and young people. It's time to rebel against the female "artists" who think that teaching our younger generations it's ok to be viewed as an object, not as a human.
Miley Cyrus, I won't be surprised if you're the next child star turned train wreck -- hopefully you get your act together and prove me wrong, but I won't hold my breath in the mean time.
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