MILF for President

now, i'm not one to go all political; you won't see me standing on the corner with a big red, white and blue sign urging voters to choose their next leader. i'm not the girl protesting outside of fashion shows, abortion clinics, factories or labs. i truly believe that my opinion is my opinion and shouldn't be forced upon anyone else. if i share my opinion, it is only to help someone else see another side of an issue, not to have them necessarily be on the same side of that issue.

what brings all of this up, you ask? (maybe you didn't, but just pretend with me, ok?) there i was reading my gmail when i saw a headline at the top of the page for the latest news from CNN (i know, i know... there are many of you who dislike CNN and find them to be biased, etc... this doesn't really apply here) the headline stated that Miss Jamaica was being forced to give up her crown because she is pregnant. how silly is this? personally, i think the pageant rules need to updated to reflect more of who we all are as a society. there are lots of girls that have babies by the age of 22. some planned, some by serendipity, we'll call it, but all acceptable. this isn't the 50s or earlier when everything was prim and proper and ladies kept their legs crossed until marriage. get with the times, pageant directors. hell, maybe there should be a Miss Single Mom pageant. the term 'MILF' is around for a reason. just because a person has a baby doesn't make them less of a role model. in fact, i might even go so far as to say the opposite. i think that a woman that has had the incomparable experience of bearing a child might have more to offer as a leader and a role model, especially to the youth of america. not to say that the usual pageant winner runs for president or anything, but they do tend to have more prominent roles in the media and charity circuits and people do look up to them. you'd think that in this day and age of multi-tasking and work-life balancing acts that a role model that exemplifies those things (married or not), would be allowed to hold on to a title that she has already earned. i'm grossly disappointed by this, as you can tell. nice job, america. real nice.

here's the CNN story about it

from the other side of things though, i do understand that some rules are needed. like, we don't really need Miss Crackhead America or anything. you know she'd be from Iowa, the crystal meth state. in fact, i hear there's a petition going around to change the slogan on their license plates to just that.