Artistic? I Think Not!

I'm certain that everyone with a computer and / or TV has heard about the photo involving Miley Cyrus posing for a photo shoot with only a blanket covering her torso and leaving her back bare. She was posing for Vanity Fair magazine. The photographer says it is artistic. Since when has it been artistic to do that with a fifteen year old girl? I believe it was Abercrombie and Fitch who came under fire a few years ago for having teen models take suggestive poses in some of their ads. What makes this different? This involves a teenager being used to sell magazines instead of clothing. That is the only difference I see. Why is that photographer not being arrested for sexual abuse? If anyone else took a picture like that of a teenager who is not a celebrity they would be arrested and possibly sued. In this case I don't think that is going to happen because nobody but the American public is upset about it. Miley has apologized for the photo and Disney has said that it was done simply to sell magazines. I agree with Disney. I also think that her parents should have been there throughout the entire shoot and not allowed this to happen.
To sum this up I believe that Vanity Fair and the photographer exploited her age and inexperience to get what they wanted. I also think her parents need to be more attentive when she is under similar circumstances and be a lot more conservative in the decisions they allow her to make.

The State Of The Nation And The Reason For It

Our country is in serious trouble. I don't mean from global warming or from spending too much money on the war in Iraq. In fact the problem does not come directly from any man made cause. The problem is our national spirituality. We are no longer primarily a Christian nation. We no longer look primarily to God for wisdom, instead we are looking to other religions, new age beliefs, atheism and agnosticism. Too many people in America believe they no longer need God. Apparently we have evolved beyond any need for Him. Unfortunately that is the reason for all of the man made problems we have. We have lost our way spiritually. If this nation doesn't come back to God very soon it will cease to exist because God will allow us to be conquered by another country. As Christians we need to pray for our leaders at all levels and be politically active. Nobody dislikes politics more than me however our voice at the polls is extremely important. We must be at the helm for this country to keep abortion on demand, gay rights and gay marriage from becoming more common in this nation. All I can say is God help us!!