Ever wondered why everybody is always striving to be somebody they're not? Me, too. So let's talk about it.
If you're a teenage boy, you have to have the latest haircut like the Jonas Brothers. If you're a teenage girl, you have to find out what's Miley's latest fashion trend? If you're a single woman trying to get a man, you have to watch the latest episode of Desperate Housewives, right?
Where does it end? Even more scary, how far will we go?
I think it's time for the identity crisis in American culture to be addressed. When pre-teens are getting everything from fake "boobs" to facelifts. I say that we have a widespread epidemic going on and no one wants to see it for what it really is because it's one of the biggest money-making industries in our country. After all, everybody gets what they want in the end, huh?
NOT!
We never hear about the people who went back to the plastic surgeon time and time again to have more work done because now there's some weird psychotic addiction with "improving" themselves. Or do we ever hear the suicidal stories where people just couldn't bear to live with the person they were born as? No, because that would mess with a whole lot of peoples' pockets.
I have only one question. What happened to "America the Beautiful", a community and country that supported who you are, not who you can be for a few bucks?
Hopefully with the dreadful conditions of the economy, as a community, we will step back and examine the things that are most important; and give guidance, support and nourishment to those things that really matter...our loved ones. We Can Do It!
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