Stevie at James Brown's Funeral

[GiniLeaE]

Originally Posted by DeeGeMe

To me it was just further proof of this country's obsession with celebrities (she said as she posted on a celeb-based message board, ahem) and our lack of focus on real news.
And I'm not even a Republican (very liberal Dem) but how can you justify giving more air time to James Brown than you do a former president of the United States?
I did think about calling in last night when CNN was soliciting what memories we had of James Brown. I wanted to say, "That God Awful mug shot of him after he got drunk, got high, and was beating the **** out of his woman and got arrested for it." Somehow though, I didn't think my memory would have made it on air!

You have a fantastic point about our country's attention and let me add...ATTENTION SPAN! I really thought that after Princess Diana paid the ultimate price with her life for our curiosity (yes, the photographers and the bodyguard/driver may have been the true guilty party!) and we keep making those same mistakes...

I know I am obsessed with Stevie and I consider her American royalty (much like the Kennedy's in my heart and mind), and have been since I was a kid...and I was totally obsessed with Princess Diana before her death. I bought every magazine I could get my hands on as a teen and even had her haircut (or attempted!) and when she died I felt soooo guilty. So much so, I
visited her grave the next summer to pay my respects and will again at the 10 year mark next summer.

Point is...we are way too engulfed with celebrities personal lives. I should only be concerned with their professional life that they present to me...THAT THEY CHOOSE TO LET ME IN ON! Not what the media/paparazzi makes us privy to! But that is how I feel...


James say "I don't feel so good!"
Why is he not holding/wearing a number at the station??