Editorial
by: Joey Hayes
Bowling Green, Ky.
As
a life-long football fan, I look forward to the Super Bowl each year.
Increasingly, I look less forward to the entertainment spectaculars that go
along with the game. This yearıs halftime show was the breaking point for me.
My family and I attended church Sunday evening, so I videotaped the
game. When we returned home, I watched the game with my 13 and 15-year-old sons.
At the end of the first half, I ran the tape to the start of the second half and
we began watching the game again. After hearing the headlines the day after, I
am so very thankful that I did.
The stunt perpetrated by Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake during the
halftime show Sunday night is shocking, reprehensible, beyond explanation and,
sadly, has become the norm in our downward-spiraling pop-culture society. The
ante keeps being raised at these live television events. From shocking
statements and more-than-revealing outfits, to Madonna and Britneyıs kiss and
now the exposing of Jacksonıs breast. Where will it end? Better yet, when will
it end?
The post-Super Bowl fallout seems to only surround Janet and Justinıs
incident at the end of the halftime show. How about the rest of the 12-minute
soiree? It started with a short film showing various celebs reciting single
lines beginning with the word "choose". The film touted such lofty
ideals as "Choose to Care', 'Choose to Pursue Your Dream', and 'Choose to
Get Involved". But when the film ended and the camera cut to Jessica
Simpson on the field, she proudly shouted "Houston, Choose to Party"
and it all went down hill from there.
Janet Jackson appeared on stage singing, "come on and touch me"
with her dancing posse of what looked to be sexual deviants all around her. She
ended the song by grabbing her breasts. P. Diddy then came on and the first
thing out of his mouth was, "Iım the definition of half man, half drugs"
then goes on with a self-adulating song about how great he is. He was then
joined by Nelly who repeatedly grabbed his crotch and sang, "I feel like
bustin' loose, and I feel like touching you, can't nobody stop the juice, so
baby tell me what's the use. It's getting hot in here, so take off all your
clothes" The girls dancing around him then replied, "I am getting so
hot, I want to take my clothes off", and then proceed to tear off their
cheerleading outfits. Next came Kid Rock, who desecrated an American flag by
cutting a hole in the middle of it and wearing it draped it over his
shoulders like a Clint Eastwood poncho in one of his spaghetti westerns. All the
while, he was screaming out the lyrics to his song (and I use that term loosely)
that included, "S all my heroes in the methadone clinics", 'got girls
that can cook, girls that can clean, girls that can do anything in between"
and then ends by screaming that he's "proud to be living in the USA"
while two American flags were waving behind him. Was this supposed to be a
moment to make us all feel proud to be Americans? It didnıt work for me.
Lastly, Janet Jackson took the stage again with her dancing band of sexual
deviants that consisted of men wearing leather corsets, panties, and garter
belts, and women who looked like streetwalkers. During this song, one female
dancer actually grabbed Jackson's right breast. I guess this was supposed to be
a hint from Janetıs choreographer of what was to come. Justin Timberlake then
joined her on stage and they were each dancing, singing, and touching each otherıs
bottoms. During the song, Janet repeatedly ground her backside into Justinıs
genitals. The fiasco then ended with the now infamous "wardrobe malfunction".
Timberlake says that it was an unfortunate accident. CBS and MTV (the
producer of the halftime show) have both apologized saying that they had no idea
something like this was going to happen. However, on January 28th, MTV's web
site posted a story about the upcoming halftime show with a headline "Jackson's
Show Promises Shocking Moments". This headline came directly from a quote
from Jackson's choreographer. MTV has now taken that archived article off of
their web site. I wonder why? Sadly, we have grown to expect this kind of
explicit and morally-abased conduct from MTV, but not from CBS. CBS is
expressing shock and dismay. I don't know why they should. When you shake hands
with the devil, you will certainly get burned.
The silent majority in this country has been silent too long. We are
letting the moral fiber of our great nation decay while the slime of the
entertainment industry slowly wraps it's tenancies around us one event at a
time, one moment at a time, one mind at a time, and one person at a time. I am
sick and tired of the deplorable lifestyles these warped bottom feeders are
serving up to the American public on a daily basis. They are pushing their
acidic agenda upon our youth and anyone who tries to stand against them are
quickly accused of being narrow-minded, self righteous, and non tolerant of
other ideas and cultures. Moral abandonment and indecency is not a standard that
any culture should embrace!
As the opening film segment of the halftime show expounded virtuous
ideals, I will use them to end this editorial. From this point forward, I will
"Choose to Speak (my) Mind", I will "Choose to Care", I will
"Choose (my) Fight", I will "Choose to Get Involved", and I
will "Choose to Take a Stand".
Joey Hayes
Bowling Green, KY