Making stars out of scum

Dude, I’m tellin’ ya……….

One of the things that really grinds my gears is how the media make celebrities out of pure filth. We’re talking about the dregs of society here. Women that ruin political careers. Women that have eight babies putting her own health and the health of every one of the newborns in jeopardy. Criminals that have very likely killed their spouse and/or their children. Women that have ruined high profile marraiges. And let’s not forget all the men that prove to have less integrity than the U.S. court system in these wild affairs.

It’s not enough that we have to put up with no-talent entertainers like Paris Hilton, New York (VH1), Nicole Ritchie, Kevin Federline, and the like. They get their own TV shows, make millions of dollars, and couldn’t get past the first round of America’s Got Talent.

But then the media—-one of the worst scourges on the planet (along with credit cards)—–have to shove people down our throat for weeks at a time, in effect making huge stars of these losers. Everyone from trash-talk hosts like Nancy Grace to legitimate big-name newscasters like Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric, and Matt Lauer perpetuate this feeding frenzy. And much like the steroid case in baseball, NO ONE CARES !!! Nobody I know cares about any of these people that saturate our news. We don’t talk about them at social gatherings. They have no impact on our lives. We know them for what they truly are——some of the worst scum of the earth. They disgust us. We don’t want them to invade our lives any more than they minimally have already.

We’re talking about the women that have done absolutely nothing but spread their legs for a powerful man and now they have a regular income on the lecture circuit and “remember when?” shows. Even the people that finally drifted into relative obscurity get new life thanks to shows like “I Love the ’80s”. I was hoping I’d never hear the names Lorena Bobbitt, Amy Fisher, and Joey Buttofuco again until they resurfaced on that exact program. Thanks MTV for opening old wounds and rubbing some salt in them.

And thanks to the Nancy Graces, and the Jane Velez-Mitchells, and even the Larry Kings, we have a new bumper crop of murderous trash to celebrate for years to come. Scott Peterson may be the valedictorian of the new class. But let’s not forget Drew Peterson (no relation), Casey Anthony, and Joran Van Der Sloot (the Natalee Holloway case).  They’re the next batch of “stars” to replace the likes of Richard Ramirez and Andrew Cunanan. Hey, remember Andrew Cunanan? To my dismay, I don’t think I’ll ever forget him. Without people like these to celebrate and take advantage of their heinous activities, Nancy Grace would be back in the prosecuter’s office. Jane Velez-Mitchell might be selling insurance. Larry King might be the host of a gameshow by now like Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

Sometimes these pseudo-journalists can make a whole all-star team of otherwise dismissable drains on society from just one big event. Like the pathetic O.J. Simpson trial. How many celebrities emerged from that cesspool? We have Cato Kaelin, Mark Furhman, Judge Ito, A.C. Cowlings, and the list goes on-an-on. All of these offensive people have their own Wikipedia entries thanks to the murder of two people by a wife-beating former NFL star.

And then there’s the tramps and sluts that became famous simply because they were willing to break up a family and/or ruin an aspiring public service career. Now don’t get me wrong, I blame the man as much as the woman for the indescretion. Perhaps moreso. By no means do I condone the infidelity of the man, and totally cast blame on the woman. What I’m saying is that the man was typically a celebrity already due to his political or preaching career, and then an otherwise invisible woman gets shoved down our throat for 6 months and graces the  covers of People, The National Enquirer, and the Globe.  This niche includes Monica Lewinsky (Clinton), Donna Rice (Gary Hart), Gennifer Flowers (Clinton again), and Jessica Hahn (Jim Bakker).

Now lately, you don’t even have to bring down a presidency or a man of the pulpit to get rich quick and become a celeb. You just have to pushout 6,7,8 or more children at once. Ignore the safety parameters of in-vitro fertilization and general health guidelines….just roll the dice and if you and the babies survive, Nancy Grace will make you a millionaire !!

I’m always glad to hear Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who safely landed his aircraft on the Hudson River, referred to as a hero. Now here is a man who deserves every drop of recognition and lecture fees he can get. This is a man worth celebrating and publicizing. He should be brought out at halftime of the Super Bowl and be given a 5 minute standing ovation. If the media would just focus more on valiant people like Sully, Professor Liviu Librescu–the Holocaust survivor who helped to save the lives of several of his students during the Virginia Tech massacre, or even Oprah Winfrey & Bill Gates whose philanthropic achievements are indisputable……..the media might actually become a noble profession.

Instead, they force-feed the public with never-ending stories of violence, greed, and debauchery and stand on a pedestal and claim that these sordid people are what we all want to hear about. That these miscreants are what we tune in for as a viewing nation. I personally don’t watch the news because it is so negative and full of misinformation. Yet unfortunately, I am still familiar with all of these names and their dirty deeds.

How totally sad, and a major sign of the moral gulley that the United States finds itself in. Good luck climbing out, America.