So Madonna and an Aircraft Carrier walk into a bar…

Okay so you’ve heard that one before.

But seriously…

So I was watching the Tsunami concert NBC was holding, and the first person up is Madonna. This almost makes me switch the channel but I decide to stick it out. Then she does the unimaginable. She beings the concert with Imagine, by John Lennon. Now I understand that is the theme song of the pseudo-intellectual Hollywood crowd, but I think it’s in poor taste during an event like this.

Esther, err I mean Madonna, what about Kabala? Well that is if that is still your religion of the week. If there were no religion you wouldn’t be able to redefine yourself as the new spiritual Madonna. Or is it Esther again?

It also insults the various religious charities who are doing much of the heavy lifting in Tsunami relief so far. Sure atrocities have been committed in the name of religion, but they also have in the name of nationalism, anti-globalization, environmentalism, etc. Whenever a major disaster happens the people of faith, whether they be Christian, Muslim, Hindu, or Sikh, rise up and respond to help their fellow man. And they don’t need a media event to do so.

And besides that why do we even need an event like this? If the major Hollywood stars, besides the few that have given large sums of money already, would just give a small chunk of their annual salaries to the relief effort then there wouldn’t even be a need to hold an event like last nights. And of course many of the folks who gave last night more than likely have already given to the other charity events that didn’t require camera time to fulfill.

And now to the Aircraft Carrier….

I came across this blog entry the other week and it reminded me of the same feel good, anti-bush crap I would expect to hear backstage of this event if I were a fly on the wall. Enjoy….

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