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JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
11. I have my opinion, as do you...
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 02:31 PM
Jan 2012

Like me and everyone else, you, too, decide what the "right thing" is, all the time.

You can bet that to Gaga or any other professional performer with agents and managers, there is no such thing as just being at a "New Year's celebration" on live national TV. To her, it was a negotiated, booked appearance for the purpose of advancing her career, first and foremost.

I don't really care about it, and as condemnations go, mine in this case is mild. Let her do what she likes. But it's not to her credit, and not very cognizant of our times.

Actually, she is no doubt cognizant of whom she is kissing, and of what he currently stands for to the world: the excuser of Wall Street criminality, the brutalizer of street protest.

If she presents herself as an advocate for the right thing in some cases (as in "Born This Way&quot then she knows that conferring a kiss on this particular character is also a decision.

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Kissing Bloomberg? Sanity Claws Jan 2012 #1
"Born this Way," but now a member of the 1 Percent? JackRiddler Jan 2012 #2
And you decide what the 'right thing' is, correct? randome Jan 2012 #10
I have my opinion, as do you... JackRiddler Jan 2012 #11
Two of the creepiest people on the planet. earthside Jan 2012 #3
maybe. i don't know. i do like what she speaks out for. nt seabeyond Jan 2012 #4
I like her crazy costumes. very creative. Whisp Jan 2012 #5
Clown show. Loge23 Jan 2012 #6
Of course everything has to be about OWS, doesn't it? randome Jan 2012 #8
How true. It's so unfair to see Michael Bloomberg and think, "Wall Street." JackRiddler Jan 2012 #13
I remember the upside down wine glass. aikoaiko Jan 2012 #18
"Missing Foundation," long defunct band... JackRiddler Jan 2012 #19
Thanks for jogging my memory.... aikoaiko Jan 2012 #22
I enjoyed watching her last night Ruby the Liberal Jan 2012 #7
She's a monster talent and force of nature. gulliver Jan 2012 #9
She is the only currently popular pop musician I like. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2012 #12
Gaga Is a Maddona Copy Cat... rsmith6621 Jan 2012 #14
Um. I like her, actually. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #15
Truly, one of the oddest of odd couples! n/t customerserviceguy Jan 2012 #16
So THAT'S who the hell that was. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2012 #17
You mean the doofy guy in the faux patriotic t-shirt? JackRiddler Jan 2012 #20
Him, too. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2012 #23
Ewwww! Yuck! 1monster Jan 2012 #21
Is anyone else totally underwhelmed by the big ball? blogslut Jan 2012 #24
Me, too. randome Jan 2012 #25
yeah, but then again i'm not all that excited about the time change for new year JI7 Jan 2012 #28
I didn't think Dick Clark could freak me out more than he did last year but he did.... IamK Jan 2012 #26
what did he do ? JI7 Jan 2012 #29
WTF is he wearing ? JI7 Jan 2012 #27
Mod drinking bottom line Jan 2012 #30
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