Sunday, October 28, 2007

But are the celebrities okay??

I'm sure by now everyone knows that there have been a ton of wildfires raging in California over the past week. Thousands of acres have been burned. Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. Smoke has been filling the air making it impossible to breathe. There have been several injuries and deaths. And, of course in our idiotic society, several (but not all) TV stations and newspapers were reporting on all of the celebrity homes that were threatened by the fire. They kept saying how Malibu is home to several celebrities and that their homes stood in the path of the fires. They would rattle off the names of these famous celebrities who stood to lose everything in their homes. Who the hell cares? These people have multimillion dollar homes, and they could probably rebuild or buy another one the next day. One celebrity said, "it's just a home, it can be rebuilt easily." Another celebrity said that her housekeepers and assistants were busy gathering her personal items like photos and such. It must be nice to have domestic help to help you evacuate. For a while the spotlight was placed on these idiots when the "regular" people were suffering in the same situation. And once in a while you would see a very brief story about elderly people who were taken out of their nursing homes and relocated to a shelter, probably in the gymnasium of some high school. Every now and then you would see a story about people who had to leave their animals, like horses, behind. That's what really kills me, because you never like to see helpless animals left behind. But, then again, I like animals more than people most of the time. You almost wish they would leave the celebrities behind and rescue the animals instead. Let the idiot celebrities find their own way out of a burning canyon. As the fires got worse, you saw less reports about the celebrities, which is good, but it is annoying that the media made such a big deal about it in the first place. Do people really care about these soulless, idiot celebrities who whine and cry if they don't get paid a million dollars to do one episode of a TV show or who are famous for doing absolutely nothing that contributes to society? IDIOTS!

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