"Bitsy"

'Memba This?

I watched The View many years ago when "Bitsy" (aka Elisabeth Hasselbeck) was a legend in her own mind. I just happened upon the most recent Bitsy encore after streaming the episode with Stacey Abrams. 

Wow, what a contrast, with Stacey Abrams living in reality while Bitsy still game-playing with a bunch of like-minded cut-throats on a remote island, throwing each other under the proverbial bus to win at all costs. 

As a Survivor alum, Bitsy is a player. Make no mistake; she's never been a victim.  Regarding Rosie O'Donnell, Bits has always been a passive aggressive bully, picking on the fat, loud-mouth, lesbian --the weakest link. I don’t know the point "Little Bits" is  currently trying to make by comparing O'Donnell's "girl-crush" to the #Metoo Movement except to stir-up controversy for her own gain and publicity at someone else's expense. To suggest that O'Donnell would have desired anything more than to be a mentor and friend is utter BS.

Worse, I don’t really understand the rest of the ladies at the table fawning all over La Bits? Not one of them has defended O'Donnell while Bitsy's homophobia is on full display, making something out of absolutely nothing to remain relevant and sell her vapid books? I can only hope "Little Bits" now an"influencer" has hired a ghost writer. Then again, I'm not buying what she's selling--never have, never will. 

Perhaps rather than below-the-belt jabs at former colleagues who aren’t there to defend themselves, Bitsy could improve upon her own mediocrity. Unfortunately after over a decade as a quasi public figure, Bits is still struggling with vocabulary, for example. She uses “accelerating” rather than “excelling” when talking about her kids’ accomplishments. 

And what does “Stand by your insinuations” mean anyway? Inquiring minds want to know. I've always thought "opinions" would have been a better word choice while screaming shrilly at O'Donnell during their final *ahem* "debate" on split screen no less. Love or hate her, O'Donnell has always been clearly opinionated, not "insinuated" (?). 

Then again, I don't live in Bitsy-land. I've been voted-off.  Praise Jesus!

"Original Sin"

Black:

Proud, 

Strong, 

Stoic,

Bound,

Struggling to

Break free.

White:

Indifference 

To whips and chains

Mutilating skin and heart of 

Indefatigable spirit, 

Resigned 

-Almost.

   

Specious apologies a

Worthless restitution,

Empty words for 

Guilt assuaged. 

Appeasement for 

Loss Incalculable 

-Inconsolable.

                                       

Black: 

Proud, 

Strong, 

Stoic, 

Bound, 

Fighting still 

To Be.

"Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? 

That's what it is to be a slave," 

Roy Batty, Blade Runner

Lines

On an aging face

And hands once

Innocent

Now Unclean-

Corrupted, 

Yet still

Pure-

Hopeful.

Indelibly imperceptible

Ridges deep or meek

Few dare to cross

Fearful or Comforted

To be lost

In reflection of

Destiny.

“Step on a crack,

Break each other’s backs.”

Doubts

Doubt

“I want to say to you: Doubt can be a bond 

as powerful and sustaining as certainty,” 

John Patrick Shanley.

Considering social media's response to today's headlines, many in an indignant uproar about public figures behaving badly turn a blind eye when members of the clergy are the perpetrators. Regardless of affiliation, abuse of religious power is the most dangerous and destructive.

In other words, it's not like the entertainment industry among others is pretending to be a paragon of virtue. Traditionally, "La-la land" doesn't have the best of reputations unless the rest of us common folk are living under a rock or something. 

Yet one would think those representing “God” might be held to a higher standard. We ask priests and other clergy into our lives every day, establishing an intimate, lifetime relationship for better or worse. We trust them with our darkest secrets. We believe that they have our best interests at heart. We have faith they will lead us into the light not the darkness. Our love for them is unconditional. Our "hope springs eternal...," Alexander Pope.

Is it any wonder our children are afraid “to tell” when the devil is also "Our Father”? The fact that those of any clergy are rarely prosecuted is absolutely frightening much less disgusting. It’s not Jesus who protects them: it’s a system of enabling “disciples,” the very worst of heretics.

How can we expect Hollywood to clean up its act when those of the cloth avoid prosecution entirely in the name of all that is Holy?