Thursday, July 28th, 2005...4:55 am
Jessica Simpson and Rebellion
Call this credit where credit is due.
I’ve never had much use for Jessica Simpson, but even the most shallow among us eventually stumble uncontrollably into the truth, to paraphrase John McLaughlin.
Simpson and her husband Nick, they of bad reality TV, did a variety special for ABC where they visited with troops in Iraq. Simpson is upset now that ABC has claimed to have “misplaced” footage that she felt portrayed the realities of day-to-day life for the troops. She thinks its important that people see what is really going on there. Imagine that!
(NB - I have to give some props to ABC, since Nightline got into some hot water for dedicating an entire program to listing the names of our dead troops.)
Simpson has also lashed out at a so-called Christian group called The Resistance for how she dressed in a video. A quick perusal of the web-site shows these guys to be total wing-nuts (one feature is entitled “September 11th was an inside job”, the site also claims that L’Enfant’s layout of the DC streets is part of a satanic plan), so I admit that it is easy to take on these guys.
(NB - Bizarrely, The Resistance then sent out a press release asking Simpson to join their group. Then, they note that one of their members has a crush on Simpson’s sister, Ashlee. Are these guys for real?)
But Simpson’s response seems to be directed at most of the current so-called Christian right:
“It didn’t really surprise me because I grew up with a lot of that backlash,” Simpson said, according to World Entertainment News Network. “That’s why I didn’t end up going into the Christian music industry. I think that if they’re really good Christians the judgment wouldn’t be there.”
Interestingly, Simpson’s father and manager is a preacher.
Okay, it’s a stretch. But if the war in Iraq and the theocrats have pissed Jessica Simpson off, maybe that is sign that this whole thing has finally gone too far, eh?
2 Comments
July 28th, 2005 at 3:17 pm
I’m glad you are back after taking a disheartening day off, but 4:55am? I’m still worried about you….
July 28th, 2005 at 3:39 pm
I woke up realllllly early. No point in going back to sleep when there is a blog to write.