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[Error: unknown template qotd]No, I certainly don't. The entire celebrity machine (be it entertainment, sports, or music) is inane and vacuous, and strikes me as merely a lot of distraction to prevent people from realizing just how f*&^%ed up their world really is.

We are struggling with economic meltdown, mass unemployment, alarming numbers of people dying annually of imminently curable conditions merely because they can't afford basic healthcare, global hunger, poverty, corporate exploitation, and a humanity-threatening climate crisis. And we are paying movie stars and football players millions? I mean, seriously?!?!?!?!

And yet those who protect our streets, save our lives in times of calamity, and teach our children often don't make enough to live on, let alone raise their own families. Sometimes, the dumb is so overwhelming, that I mourn in advance for the fate of my species....

Date: July 21st, 2010 09:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] primitivepeople.livejournal.com
I agree with what the lady says.

Date: July 23rd, 2010 03:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] celtickittenmew.livejournal.com
Where have you been? I've missed your witty repartee. **hugs** Iced coffee? Let me know. ^ ^

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• Be thorough, but focused.
• Trust yourself.
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