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Common Sense (i beg you. please use it.)

April 15, 2012 by carol anne 1 Comment

Okay, I just heard the Hilary Rosen remark with my own two ears. Could it be? Just maybe, people are just a little too touchy these days? Honestly she was talking about Mitt’s remarks that his wife tells him that women voters are concerned about economics. When she said that Mrs. Romney never worked a day in her life I don’t think she was disparaging stay-at-home moms or discounting the work ALL moms do. I think she was saying that the Romneys are filthy rich and that Ann after having worked 40 hours or more outside the home has never stood in a grocery store wondering if she should buy bread or milk that week or how much of the family budget she should put toward young Mitt’s college fund.

Can we please, for the love of God stop focusing on such petty nonsense and focus on real honest to God concerns? Romney wants to do away with Obamacare despite his Romneycare plan being the model for Obamacare. There are still more politicians who want to force women who want or need an abortion to first have a transvaginal ultrasound. And there are still more who’d very much like to overturn Roe vs. Wade. And let’s not forget that while echoing the battle cry smaller government yet more want a constitutional amendment defining marriage as 1 man and 1 woman.

The more we nitpick and carp and complain about 1 sentence uttered by a political pundit the less we focus on the big picture. Hilary Rosen didn’t sit there on TV disparaging stay-at-home moms. In fact she didn’t say a word about stay-at-home moms. Could she have said Ann Romney never held a job in her life? Sure. But, come on can we really not distinguish between actual disparaging remarks and a misspoken sentence anymore? Really, have we become a nation of easily hurt feelings lacking common sense and unable to understand nuance? I feel like we get stupider and more easily distracted by the minute. Every minute we spend nitpicking over something someone with no power said on TV the politicians spend dreaming up ways to give corporations more rights and us less. Every second we spend worrying about nonsense the politicians are using to figure out ways to help the rich get rich and the poor get poorer.

Really, for the love of God people stop focusing on the nonsense and the noise and turn your attention to who and what really matters. While you crucify someone who said something on CNN and newspaper and blog space are devoted to someone who matters so little the middle class disappears just a little bit more.

*** Really, I promise. I’ll really get my overuse of really under control. Really, I pinky swear promise. Really.


Posted in: Political Ramblings Tagged: ann romney, CNN, hilary rosen, mitt romney, mommy wars, Politics, SAHM, stay-at-home moms

Pop Culture Potpourri — 1/18/11

January 18, 2011 by carol anne Leave a Comment

Hey! Good afternoon my dear lil readers. How’s everyone this soggy Tuesday evening? I’m back with day 2 of Pop Culture Potpourri. I promise today’s missive won’t be anywhere near as preachy or sanctimonious as yesterday’s.

Okay all you TV producers out there listen up! The world needs an awards show just like the Golden Globes for political journalists (print, broadcast and Internet). C’mon you know you want to see the White House Press Corps drunk and giving speeches. Millions of people would watch. *laughs* Okay, maybe I’d watch.

Last Wednesday when I was at mom’s she gave me her copies of People Magazine (Valerie Bertinelli on the cover) and Reader’s Digest. I read People this afternoon. There’s a small piece about Johnny Weir in it. He has a new book out, it’s a memoir entitled Welcome to My World. I love how much he loves his family. I think I’ll buy it when it comes out in paperback.

Speaking of memoirs and paperbacks that Justin Bieber kid is on the cover of Vanity Fair, he too has a memoir out. *looks amazed* Isn’t this kid like 16 years old? What has he had like a minute of success and he’s got a memoir? I haven’t read the magazine yet. I’ll let you know what he’s memoiring (I know that’s not a word, but it should be, Merriam call me.) once I read it.

I watched the Golden Globes on Sunday and now I’m so behind in my other TV programs. I had a Jersey evening last night. I watched The Jersey Shore and Jerseylicious last night. What’s up with Snooki? She’s been drunk since she got to house and got herself arrested after a 24-hour bender. Did I miss her being drunk all the time on the other seasons or is this a new development? She seems like a sweet girl in real life. I hope this doesn’t become a regular thing for her. She’ll lose her looks quick if it does.

OMG! How much do I love Jerseylicious? I know. I know it’s scripted. It’s not real. It’s filmed at night. Blah, blah, friggin’ blah. I don’t care. These people entertain me and that’s all that matters to me. Gigi you go girl! The minute you weren’t desperate for his love he lost the upper hand. Good for you girl. You don’t need a man to complete you. I hope things work out and you get to live happily ever after, but good for you for taking back control and asserting yourself. Oh my gosh, I feel so bad for poor little Olivia. I wouldn’t want to have to deal with Doria either. She’s like the flippin’ Snapple lady with a bad attitude.

Hey MTV & Style Network! How cute would Snooki and Olivia be in their own reality show? Set them up in a house in Wildwood and turn the cameras on. I’d love it! South Jersey doesn’t get represented in any of these Jersey reality shows. >insert sad face here<

I still have Rich Bride, Poor Bride and My Fair Wedding to Watch as well as Worst Cooks. I’m dying to watch My Fair Wedding. This week’s bride has an Alice in Wonderland theme. I can’t wait to see the amazing job David Tutera does making this into an elegant and amazing wedding. I love him.

I don’t even know what’s on the DVR from Monday. I’m sure Intervention is on there and I hope I remembered the record Harry’s Law. I really wanted to see it. Part of the reason I missed watching all my Monday shows was I sat down to watch Piers Morgan’s first show on CNN. I don’t know if I’m going to keep watching. I didn’t watch Larry King but I was curious to see what Piers would do with the show. I can’t get over Oprah. I’m not a regular viewer of her program and I only buy her magazine from time to time but I can’t get over how self-important, arrogant, persnickety and rude she came off last night. She was, in a word unimpressive. I’m curious to see how his interview with Howard Stern goes.

Hey! Does anybody know where to buy the Wonder Woman mug Wendy Williams drinks from on her show? It’s blue with a picture of Wonder Woman painted on the side. I love it. Wonder Woman is my favorite superhero.

That’s it for today’s Pop Culture ramblings. Stop back tomorrow when maybe I’ll have finally caught up on Sunday and Monday’s shows.

Posted in: Pop Culture Ramblings Tagged: CNN, David Tutera, Gigi, Harry's Law, Intervention, Jerseylicious, Johnny Weir, Justin, MTV, My Fair Wedding, Olivia, Oprah, People Magazine, Piers Morgan, Rich Bride Poor Bride, Snooki, Style Network, The Jersey Shore, Vanity Fair, Welcome to My World, Wendy Williams, Wonder Woman mug, Worst Cooks

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