Ok, now that we know who "the baby daddy is" can we move on to something newsworthy?
Let me preface this with a true confession. I do not watch television. I do not have cable, I have no broadcast TV in my home at all, and I don’t ever want it again. I have never watched a single episode of American Idol, Desperate Housewives, or ER. I don’t even know if these shows are still on… they get mentioned to me in conversations since they are such a huge part of our culture. OK, now that you know my dirty little secret I have to tell you about what happened Tuesday afternoon.
I had an appointment at my doctor’s office. It is a very nice, swank office with a really huge television in the waiting room. Normally I am very annoyed at the noise the TV puts off, but I can block it out well enough. I came prepared with my laptop and a very large grant to work on.
When I walked into the Dr’s office for my appointment everyone was sitting on the edge of their seats! By the look on their faces I was certain that something major had just happened in the Middle East; was it a nuclear attack, or perhaps soldiers taken hostage? Surely it was something that demanded attention and was vitally important by the way everyone in the waiting room was posturing themselves. So, I quickly checked in with the receptionist, and I noticed from a distance that it looked like a press conference was about to begin. A press conference!! This has got to be big news, right? Oh the anticipation to know what was going on in this mad world of ours was killing me! With a son who is deployed I feel a little anxious when I suspect that something has happened.
I take my seat. I gaze at the television and begin to focus on a face. I have never seen this face before and I didn’t recognize the name… suddenly the guy opens his mouth and it is confirmed that not only is he the “baby daddy” of the deceased Anna Nichole Smith’s daughter, but he is as dumb as a bag of hammers. He actually gave an “acceptance speech” that was Oscar worthy filled with tears and “thank yous” to all those who had helped him “get this far!” WHAT?? Are you serious? Is this what we are all on the edge of our seats over? I sighed a sigh of disgust and relief. I mean I was relieved that Iran had not just done something scary (again), but I was disgusted that the media and those watching were still enthralled by the story of this dead woman.
The mere fact that I know who she is, and what happened should speak volumes as to her infamous position in our culture. I repeat… I watch NO television in my home whatsoever. Even with that her face has been plastered every where, and I hear people talk about it non stop. I was walking through the grocery store the other day and was stuck on the same isle continually with some woman talking really loudly into her cell phone. All she could do was wonder what “really” killed Anna. Then the big question got discussed “Who is the daddy of the baby?” It’s hard to tell when you have about a dozen or so men lining the block, and you lived a life so void of moral character that not one person in the entire Country even bats an eye at the fact that men have to stand in line and give DNA samples to prove who the daddy of your baby is.
Have we become a culture so addicted to entertainment, pleasure, and the avoidance of any reality and pain that we have the picture of some tartlet emblazoned on our brains, who never contributed anything to our society outside of providing us with a source of absolute and utter depravity in which to gawk. She was the proverbial train wreck, and the general “we” were the rubber-neckers who couldn’t resist.
Ok, I am not going to give this story any more time here on my blog other than to say that we have got to be living life upside down in this country. Seriously. April 9th was the anniversary of the disappearance of Keith “Matt” Maupin. He is the only unaccounted for soldier in the Iraq. His parents wait day in and day out, aching with every breath, and waiting for word on the whereabouts of their beloved son. Matt Maupin is a US Soldier. Matt Maupin has never been found (and I know it is not for a lack of trying). Please, if you are going to sit on the edge of your seats do it for our soldiers. Do it for those who are fighting for your freedoms.
Well it’s time for me to crawl off of my soapbox and get back to the never ending pile of laundry!
I don’t get why this is such big news. Ok so first her son died then she died, leave them both rest in peace. Now that it has come out that he is the father I hope it is done and out of the news for good.