Welcome to all my new followers, I am very excited to be starting a new year with you all. I hope that you will take this opportunity to read some of my old material make comments and let me know what you want to see in the future. Hope You enjoy this latest piece on Ted Williams...
It is a great day when this country can acknowledge the hidden talents of those who may otherwise be ignored but it's a mixed bag when the acknowledgement turns into abuse. Most common folk can't deal with all the pressures that normal life brings...and if their lives are less than normal because of their circumstances then it makes it that much harder to adapt to added pressure.
Taking Ted Williams off the street and allowing him to live his deferred dream is awesome...allowing him to do it at the scrutiny of millions....not so awesome. Drugs and alcohol have plagued this mans life and turned him away from the dream he had so long ago and it is a good thing that he has now been put into rehab but why did it take so long?
We've been hearing about this man for weeks...we've watched him on cnn...heard his voice and watched his hilarious facial expressions...he has been iinterviewed by Dr. Phil, he's all over youtube, and people everywhere now not only know about his addiction issues they now also know about his familial problems. Does it make sense to instigate fights on televised programs for ratings? to tell the world about his internal conflicts? or exploit a man who until recently has had no real job or connections and thus no idea how to handle all this new found fame?
I don't think so...I believe that it is sad and disgusting that our country thrives off of other people's problems. We find the vulnerable people the ones with eight children and no money, the ones with big boobs and low self esteem, the homeless men on the corner asking for a dollar who turn out to have a Golden Voice that we can use to make money ourselves. It is definitely too fast for this guy to be getting so much attention but hopefully he gets something out of rehab and can come out with jobs lined up and a place to live. Maybe he won't be reiintroduced to drugs to create an anna nicole/lindsay lohan type story that plagues the headlines but we can only wait and see as his story unfolds because we all know just as easily as he was plunged into stardom he, like the octomom and jon of jon and kate, will be old news and once again a dollar short.
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