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Something tells me Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s loss of the Vice Presidency may have also lost Bristol Palin a husband. Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol, and her fiancé, Levi Johnston, recently called off their engagement.
In a recent interview with Good Morning America, Levi said he isn’t mature enough for marriage at this point. Mature enough to father a child? Sure! Marriage? Heck no!
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I’m just a little person, which means I’m not a celebrity. And yet everyday, I try to be a good mom, wife, writer and friend. For a year now, we’ve been recycling and I volunteer my time teaching Sunday school and working with the Boy Scouts. I don’t mention this to pat myself on the back, but to point out that this is just what my family and I do and we did it long before Obama was elected.
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Celebrities. God love ‘em.
How could we average schmoes live without the benefit of their wisdom and expertise on everything from global warming and environmental issues to the US policy on the war in Iraq?
And why is it the media is all too willing to keep giving these self-anointed experts air-time?
I pondered these questions on April 1st as I watched Charlie Rose, on PBS, interview the founder of CNN and founder and chairman of the UN Foundation, Ted Turner. (more…)
Britney… (sigh!) I’d like to say that I’m tired of hearing about her and her craziness, but I’d be lying. I watch TMZ.com, read US weekly and pagesix.com. When People magazine splashes her face across it’s pages, I’m the first one to buy. The most recent has a black and white photo that looks similar to a mug shot, declaring that she has been committed. But when the most the most recent issue of Rolling Stone magazine arrived in my mail box this week, I had to step back and think. (more…)
I spend a large portion of my workday behind a computer, which means that I spend a large portion of my day looking at the internet. I think I now know why so many people are so wrapped up in the everyday goings-on of celebrities and athletes and dare I say it….people that are famous for nothing. My conclusion is that people love to stare at a train wreck*. And by train wreck, I mean the disgustingly fabulous lifestyle of our celebrities.
It really doesn’t matter what content filled site you visit (I usually start with MSN.com because it kinda looks like I could be working when I’m looking at it), but it doesn’t really matter which one you go to. They ALL know that they are pushing a product that we have become junkies for. My favorite site that does this is CNN.com. (more…)
