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Death, drugs and TV
Author: velveeta jones
Date: 02/12/2012 16:27:46
Tonight the Grammy awards will no doubt celebrate the life and achievements of Whitney Houston. How she died will be revealed after an investigation. Though many are saying that she died in her bathtub high on drugs. Whether the drugs where prescription or illegal or legal (i.e alcohol) won't matter.
I say that her husband killed her.
Also fame.
And, to make it worse, we all watched it on TV
While I never watched this "show" that aired on Bravo, I knew about it. And in some ways I feel guilty for not doing something. Why did I stand by while some assholes at a network made tons of money off of this dribble? Why didn't I complain? Maybe I'd fear that I'd sound too much like a bat-shit crazy AFA "Million Mom" nutjob.
So, here is my letter:
Dear networks (Bravo, MTV, A&E, etc):
I don't want my airwaves filled with mind-numbingly stupid pseudo celebrities that continually dumb down our children. I write to you today not to complain about sex, or homosexuality or spousal cheating or even drug use or glorifying drinking; these are all things that teenagers must face one day.
Rather, I write to complain about stupid people. Please, I beg of you, stop putting stupid people on the television! If you must show people getting wasted on Bud Light and getting into a bar brawl with another patron, could we please watch Steven Hawking instead of Mike "The Situation"? Sure, Mike may be better on the eyes, but jeez, this guy isn't smart enough to cross the street!
And your network won't loose that much money, but think of how smart you'll make our children. Imagine this:
The hair salon fills up quickly with The Wives of New York as Rachel Maddow is having her hair done by Jorge while engaged in a heated conversation with Jill Abramson about China cutting back on Iranian oil imports and whether that will affect the European market. In walks Mary Schapiro, chair of the SEC, who angrily strides up to Rachel, Starbucks coffee in hand, and demands an apology for her insult to Paul Volcker. A verbal fist fight ensues! In the background, Tina Brown laughs at them while reading a hard cover book.
See? Doesn't that sound better than seeing Snooki's nether region yet again? Or yet another drunk guy starting a bar fight? Or, two girls puking in a toilet together? And aren't you tired of struggling to piece these insipid scenes together just to make them somewhat coherent?
Signed,
Angry American who wants to make our country smart again!
So, today I mourn the loss of Whitney. I won't need to know how she died, I already know, and sadly, her life will be remembered not only for her talent, but from her TV "reality" train-wreck. This is what killed Whitney. We all watched and did nothing.
Who will be next?
I say that her husband killed her.
Also fame.
And, to make it worse, we all watched it on TV
While I never watched this "show" that aired on Bravo, I knew about it. And in some ways I feel guilty for not doing something. Why did I stand by while some assholes at a network made tons of money off of this dribble? Why didn't I complain? Maybe I'd fear that I'd sound too much like a bat-shit crazy AFA "Million Mom" nutjob.
So, here is my letter:
Dear networks (Bravo, MTV, A&E, etc):
I don't want my airwaves filled with mind-numbingly stupid pseudo celebrities that continually dumb down our children. I write to you today not to complain about sex, or homosexuality or spousal cheating or even drug use or glorifying drinking; these are all things that teenagers must face one day.
Rather, I write to complain about stupid people. Please, I beg of you, stop putting stupid people on the television! If you must show people getting wasted on Bud Light and getting into a bar brawl with another patron, could we please watch Steven Hawking instead of Mike "The Situation"? Sure, Mike may be better on the eyes, but jeez, this guy isn't smart enough to cross the street!
And your network won't loose that much money, but think of how smart you'll make our children. Imagine this:
The hair salon fills up quickly with The Wives of New York as Rachel Maddow is having her hair done by Jorge while engaged in a heated conversation with Jill Abramson about China cutting back on Iranian oil imports and whether that will affect the European market. In walks Mary Schapiro, chair of the SEC, who angrily strides up to Rachel, Starbucks coffee in hand, and demands an apology for her insult to Paul Volcker. A verbal fist fight ensues! In the background, Tina Brown laughs at them while reading a hard cover book.
See? Doesn't that sound better than seeing Snooki's nether region yet again? Or yet another drunk guy starting a bar fight? Or, two girls puking in a toilet together? And aren't you tired of struggling to piece these insipid scenes together just to make them somewhat coherent?
Signed,
Angry American who wants to make our country smart again!
So, today I mourn the loss of Whitney. I won't need to know how she died, I already know, and sadly, her life will be remembered not only for her talent, but from her TV "reality" train-wreck. This is what killed Whitney. We all watched and did nothing.
Who will be next?
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Comment by 
trojanrabbit on 02/12/2012 17:25:14
trojanrabbit on 02/12/2012 17:25:14
Without getting too much into Whitney's life and death I'm going to leave this here.
I was at another site just after her death was announced where someone found the above link and thought maybe it was all a hoax. Now ABC has done some editing to that story since last night, because the only date you saw last night was September 13 and it was in rather small type so it was easily overlooked. You had to dig a bit to see a reference to an horrific terrorist attack happening a few days before.
Obviously the one I feel the worst for is her daughter. And at least Ms. Houston is at peace.
I was at another site just after her death was announced where someone found the above link and thought maybe it was all a hoax. Now ABC has done some editing to that story since last night, because the only date you saw last night was September 13 and it was in rather small type so it was easily overlooked. You had to dig a bit to see a reference to an horrific terrorist attack happening a few days before.
Obviously the one I feel the worst for is her daughter. And at least Ms. Houston is at peace.
Comment by 
BobR on 02/12/2012 18:02:27
BobR on 02/12/2012 18:02:27
I actually saw an episode of that show. My ex-wife was into that sort of thing, probably for the same reason a lot of people are - it made her feel better about her own life. This is one reason (indirectly) that she is now my ex-wife.
When we stop engaging in the selfish voyeuristic pawing through public peoples' lives, perhaps they'll have some normalcy and won't be chewed up and discarded for the next living breathing train wreck.
When we stop engaging in the selfish voyeuristic pawing through public peoples' lives, perhaps they'll have some normalcy and won't be chewed up and discarded for the next living breathing train wreck.
Comment by 
velveeta jones on 02/12/2012 18:37:50
velveeta jones on 02/12/2012 18:37:50
This NYT article and accompanying video is infuriating and redeeming at the same time. Questions to some teabaggers.
LINDSTROM, Minn. — Ki Gulbranson owns a logo apparel shop, deals in jewelry on the side and referees youth soccer games. He makes about $39,000 a year and wants you to know that he does not need any help from the federal government.
He says that too many Americans lean on taxpayers rather than living within their means. He supports politicians who promise to cut government spending. In 2010, he printed T-shirts for the Tea Party campaign of a neighbor, Chip Cravaack, who ousted this region’s long-serving Democratic congressman.
Yet this year, as in each of the past three years, Mr. Gulbranson, 57, is counting on a payment of several thousand dollars from the federal government, a subsidy for working families called the earned-income tax credit. He has signed up his three school-age children to eat free breakfast and lunch at federal expense. And Medicare paid for his mother, 88, to have hip surgery twice.
Comment by velveeta jones on 02/12/2012 18:45:50
So.... it sounds as if you definitely married up!
velveeta jones on 02/12/2012 18:45:50
Quote by BobR:
I actually saw an episode of that show. My ex-wife was into that sort of thing, probably for the same reason a lot of people are - it made her feel better about her own life. This is one reason (indirectly) that she is now my ex-wife.
When we stop engaging in the selfish voyeuristic pawing through public peoples' lives, perhaps they'll have some normalcy and won't be chewed up and discarded for the next living breathing train wreck.
So.... it sounds as if you definitely married up!
Comment by 
livingonli on 02/12/2012 19:27:36
livingonli on 02/12/2012 19:27:36
Reality TV needs to go into the ash heap of television even more than Infomercials. Those digital sub-channels that carry old (and in some cases really old) TV shows are looking much better.