Confession Nineteen: When I Want Your Opinion, I Will Give It to You!

I feel as if it is time to release my inner Gregory ...

For those of you unfamiliar with the South Park character, please allow me to get you up to speed. Gregory attended Yardale where he had a 4.0 grade point average. According to Wendy (far right in the bitchin' pink hat), "He's political and stuff."

If you are still confused as to just whom that it is I am speaking of, please do yourself a favor and rent "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut". I gave it two thumbs up.

I will admit, I am not known for my political views - in all actually they're one of the few things I keep to myself, but I have to admit this sleeping bear has been poked [Insert your own joke here. Go ahead, I won't take that away from you]. As a matter of fact it has been poked so hard that not only is it speaking in the third person, but the stick caused an awakening from blogging hibernation.

Exactly whom or what is this proverbial stick [Ha.Ha. You're too funny. Get your mind out of the gutter, what would your mother think?] - the answer is simple, young Hollywood.

This rant has been stirring since the night Russell Brand bashed the Republican party during his intro monologue on the 2008 VMA's. In all honesty, he could have gone off about either party but I still would have been pissed ... Brand lives in Hampstead, London and is a British actor. READ: HE. CAN'T. VOTE. IN. AMERICA. PERIOD. This may come off as a silly thought, but if I am not helping to elect your Prime Minister, who gave you the hootzpah to speak out and tell me what my country needs? Exactly how many nights a year do you spend here anyways - and of those nights how many are you sober?

His display made me mad enough that I walked away from the TV and started thinking, is my generation, as well as our younger brothers and sister's, smart enough to discern between those influences we should trust and those we need to run screaming from?

Before I go any further, I would like to say that I am damn proud of the fact that I get to vote and voice my opinion in regard to the next president of my country; not everyone has that luxury. This is something I do not begrudge a single person ... with that being said, what does drive me crazy is the number of celebrities who think their opinion matters enough to influence an entire generation of voters instead of simply encouraging them to think for themselves. Everyone wants to be an individual, yet groupthink is always the hottest trend! And I am not the only one who agrees! May I present Exhibit A and Exhibit B. Want more proof, just google "celebrity + presidential election" - read and learn.

Coco and I mulled over this very same topic one night because well, she is kinda like a female Gregory, totally "political and stuff".

Her conclusion was: ”If you let a celebrity tell you how to vote, you are a moron and should lose the right to vote”

Mine was articulated with a few more words ...

"I think we should work on our own campaign – it will uncover the number of registered Elephants and Donkey's (asses would be too hard to differentiate between) in Hollywood then focus centrally on young Hollywood. Hopefully we can create enough of a buzz that we do in fact get a reality show and will also open the younger voters eyes to what crappy role models there are out there – P.Diddy/Diddy/Puff Daddy/Puff/whatever his name is today included!

If Paris Hilton (see her presidential ad here) can have a show to pick a new BFF, why can't Coco and I set out to answer the age old question, what happened to thinking for yourself?