Let's see here…..

More bombings in Iraq, more violence in the Middle East, Tony Blair is in serious trouble for making things up about Iraq (imagine that), and Arnie's in trouble for admitting to liking group sex, but all people want to talk about is, OH MY GOD MADONNA AND BRITNEY MADE OUT AT THE MTV VMA AWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Of course everyone's talking about and of course it's being shown endlessly. Because that was the friggin point of it. Nothing but the desperate maneuverings of a soon-to-be-over-the-hill major star with a bomb of a CD on her hands and a soon-to-be-fifteen-minutes-about-to-be-over pop "icon" with a bomb of a CD about to be released. What else can you do if you have no talent or no new ideas or no audience anymore? You go do something totally "shocking" and meaningless and have everyone lap it up like dogs. God forbid somebody would get any attention for like, maybe coming out with a great CD and finally saving rock n' roll or making it big in hip-hop without singing about bitches, ho's and bling-bling. Hell, Coldplay played and while I don't particularly like them, they do deserve some props, but nobody's talking about them because Chris Martin didn't make out with Gwynnie on the show (which, maybe he should have to garner any attention).

I guess, what I'm saying is the world I'd like to believe in would have given Johnny Cash every damn award at that show not only because his video is frickin' brilliant, but because he's Johnny Fucking Cash. Britney could pose spread eagle in Hustler to sell her new CD but Johnny Cash has more coolness in one of his toe-nail clippings than Britney will ever have. Shouldn't we celebrate the frickin brilliance of the fact that Johnny Fucking Cash did a brilliant video to a brilliant song while knocking on heaven's door instead of too lame publicity ho's kissing each other?

Guess the coffee hasn't kicked in yet…..