Did you see the smooch between Madonna, Britney and Christina ?

Me either. But I heard about it, while checking CNN for uhhhh news, world and sports, in that order. Am I schocked that they kissed (with tongue) ? Why would I be? Why would I care? Am I outraged about how children's role models should blah blah blah...? Nope, if kids are going to be swayed by that kiss or any other act (emphasis on ACT) by some idiot that is famous as a rock star or actress, then I'd say their parent's aren't doing their job. Any parent should easily be able to counter this kind of stuff on TV.

The only thing I'm outraged about is that this was obviously planned by a group of guys in a room in New York somewhere with high backed, overstuffed leather chairs that are wearing expensive tailored suits, just to get ratings.

Let's face it, Madonna, Britney and every other star are not real. That's not them on screen. They are pretty much created by the people that hand them their check. If the guys with the check say 'Hey Madonna, your record sales have been slipping for years. I know, let's have you french kiss the hot stars like Brittney and ohhhh Chrisitina, too! At the same time!!! Yeah!!!' then that is exactly what Madonna will do. And she did.

Was it really anything more than that? What life lesson were they trying to impart upon us lower humans? That superstar women get really hot when they perform an 80's song and must french other hot women? What was the point of it? To show how happy they were? To show how cool they were? Johnny Cash did that, and he wasn't even there. If Madonna, Brittney and Christina wanted us to think they were cool and hip, they could take a page from Justin Timberlake and pay some respect to a real star with real talent. Yes, I realize I am complimenting Justin Timberlake...or, at least, his group of PR guys in a high rise office in New York that all wear tailored suits. Of course, this doesn't mean I'm about to go out and buy anything Timberlake has ever been a part of, but I think that was a very cool thing of him to do.

Was it really necessary to do that in front of millions of people? PDA's you know, and I'm not referring to Personal Data Assistants.

It just smacks of self promotion to me and absolutely nothing else. Of course, I guess I'm doing exactly what those guys in the expensive suits thought Joe Average would do: talk about it. I was all set to totally ignore it (as I have done for anything on MTV for the last fifteen years) but I got to thinking what B. would think about it. She'd more than likely make a weird face and ask her Mom or me why Brittney was kissing that old woman. And being good parents, we'd explain that they were happy about the show and were being silly. No sense in making a seven year old child as jaded as we are. That will come soon enough.   ¶ 7:16 PM