Everyone is up in arms about the aforementioned Ms. Cyrus and her VMA performance last night. "Twerking" is not a good look for good little white girls who happen to be former Disney Child stars. The thing is, though, methinks Americans are being a little hypocritical and practicing some serious double standards when it comes to her...ahem ahem...performance.
Why isn't anyone upset about Mr. Paula Patton's behavior last night? Wasn't he being a bad boy as well? The last time I checked they were both dirty dancing on that stage.
I hear that the talented Justin Timberlake gave a wonderful performance last night as well. This is ironic, as it was the same Justin Timberlake who was involved with the last major sexual brouhaha on American television. There were double standards with that one as well. This time it was Janet Jackson who felt the puritanical wrath of the American public, even though it was Justin Timberlake who pulled away that now infamous piece of clothing.
The moral of both of these stories is simple: In America, girls can't do what boys can do when it comes to sex.
Finally, if you think that it is only people in the hood have a "no snitching" culture you might want to think again."THE DRUG WAR paid a visit to Stacy Litz's Powelton Village apartment on a Thursday afternoon, armed with a warrant, handcuffs and an offer.
It was September 2011, and Litz was well-aware that any deal, even a nickel bag of weed, could make her a target, but she'd chosen sides long before the law came knocking on Baring Street. Litz was a political-science major at nearby Drexel University at the time, fully engaged in libertarian and anarchist causes, denouncing government for poking around in private lives.
Litz, now 23, said that she purchased psychedelics off the Internet to use and sell to friends, that she wasn't a kingpin by any means. But one customer who bought LSD from her turned out to be an undercover officer with the State Police.
"I thought to myself, 'Oh wow, this is happening.' They didn't have their guns drawn or anything. They offered me coffee. They were being nice," Litz said, recalling her arrest during a recent interview with the Daily News.
The bust didn't make Litz an outcast among her peers in the Students for Liberty, the Drexel Student Liberty Front, the Center for a Stateless Society or the larger, worldwide libertarian community with which she interacted online.
The decision she made after her arrest did that. [More]
Don't worry folks; all is well that ended well with Stacy. No jail time, no record, and she finished college and even spent some time in law school.
"Police told Litz that she wouldn't be paid for her work, and she assumed that her identity would be protected. It didn't take long, however, for everyone involved in her lone deal as informant to figure out that she was the "X" in the equation, she said.
Her name spread across the Internet, on Facebook and on libertarian forums and blogs, her story included as a cautionary tale about whether a "snitch" can be rehabilitated in a booklet called Rats! Your guide to protecting yourself against snitches, informers, informants, agents, provocateurs, narcs, finks, and similar vermin.
"No one wants to know the whole story," she said of her detractors. "No one can put themselves in my shoes."
Mike Salvi, who runs a Philly meetup group called "Truth, Freedom, Prosperity," has spoken to Litz, understands her story and believes that she just needs to live with her decisions. When it comes to regaining the trust of her former circles, her actions, he said, will speak louder than her apologies."
Stacy, look at the bright side, at least you didn't get "stitches".
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