Behaving Badly . . . Again

My sister is right. Family has become a dirty word in America, because men caught behaving badly, will suddenly remember that they have a FAMILY to protect and shield from the fallout of their stupidity. Dear readers, you know I had to say something about the recent "sexting" scandal involving U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner. The scandal made the news so the PR DVA was compelled to speak out!

If Gil Scott-Heron were alive and had written prose about the explosion of the Internet and social media, he would have written something like this . . . "Your twitter post will be televised . . .will be televised . . . will be televised. Televised on national news, hometown news and on Facebook, too. Your twitter post will be televised and brother it will cause a revolution that will be live."

I'm no Gil Scott-Heron, but I do know that social media and the Internet in general, are not any individual's private publishing house. Anything and everything you post on social media sites can be seen by anybody with Internet access. If you are dumb enough to send provocative images and words to strangers or post for strangers to see, then you really do not understand the Internet, its power and its dark-side. It is hard for me to fathom why an "over" grown, married man would send photos of himself half dressed to strange women. Now, the Congressman is worried about how his behavior has impacted his wife, friends, staff, etc. Congressman Weiner should have been worried about these people when he forward a picture of himself in his underwear to women via his twitter site.

Other Behaving Badly Notes . . .

• Also worried about the impact of their behavior on the family recently, was the Terminator . . . Arnold . . . "I'll be back", former Governor of California. Now he wants privacy so that his family can deal with the hurt of a sham marriage. Oh, and don't forget about the undisclosed divorce deal.


• Parent Trap star Lindsey Lohan . . . and her daddy (Celebrity Rehab).


• Ex-NFL player shot himself in a nightclub . . . recently gets out of prison. Completely, utterly unnecessary for this to happen.


• Another entertainer set to go to prison over handgun issue. Again . . . completely, utterly unnecessary!

I wonder if the illusion of fame (it's only temporary and it's not real) . . . its money, power and influence actually damage the brain cells of some people. Perhaps some think-tank should conduct the research before another celebrity damages their brain or their family.