Where have all the good girls gone?

Jewish World Review ^ | 9/27/2006 | Michelle Malkin

[Mike Bates]

Several years ago, I wrote a column praising a sweet and talented Welsh girl named Charlotte Church. A singer of arias and sacred songs, she possessed an uncommon sense of modesty and decorum in the skin-baring age of Britney Spears. Charlotte had the face and voice of an angel. Her signature piece was "Pie Jesu" (Blessed Jesus). Her favorite keepsake was a rosary blessed by the pope.

Or so she said at the time. Now, alas, the once-charming Charlotte is the new face of skankdom. And you won't believe what she's saying about the pope.

The 20-year-old entertainer has rebelled against the wholesome image that brought her fame, fortune and worldwide respect as a rare role model for young girls. She has traded in "Pie Jesu" for "Crazy Chick" — a lousy pop anthem even Ashlee Simpson wouldn't be caught performing. Charlotte's gone from pure-hearted to pure crap. These days, she drinks, she smokes, she curses, she fights, she parties, and she tries very, very hard to shock and offend — like a trashier Lindsay Lohan, only with better pipes.

Charlotte has a new talk show in England, where she plays a profanity-spewing hostess who is part Rosie O'Donnell, part Keith Olbermann (she has bashed President Bush as "clueless" and a "twat") and completely unhinged. The pilot episode featured Charlotte calling Pope Benedict XVI a Nazi, dressing as a nun and pretending to hallucinate while eating communion wafers imprinted with smiley faces (symbolizing the drug Ecstasy). The Catholic News Service reported last month that the pilot also showed Church smashing a statue of the Virgin Mary to reveal a can of fortified wine. To top off her anti-Catholic snit, she stuck chewing gum on a statue of the child Jesus.

[toast]

Those of us who don't go to bars just can't find each other.

My wife hates it when I tell people we met in a bar.

After last call had come and gone, she presented me with a beer she pulled from her purse.
I knew she was the one for me.

[ArrogantBustard]

I know that sounds extreme, but avoiding these kinds of sin is near the border of impossible.

I found that frequent, sacramental Confession helps. Following the lead of Origen is not necessary ...

[HamiltonJay]

Hahah at 15 I bought a project Bug.... never did get that thing road worthy.. my uncle who kept promising to help with the engine, never would show up to do it... I did a lot of body work to it for a year... and then finally just bought a new working car and sold the bug.

[wagglebee]

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[wagglebee]

With all of the other pictures on this thread, you should have maybe posted a more provocative one of Malkin. :-)

[Niuhuru]

I remember that. I got real emotional and bashed her to anyone who would listen. Snotty little tart.

[spectre]

Well said, Tony.

I had been praying for God to Send his "angels" to find a special girl for someone in my family.

When we heard about the girl the "Angels had chosen", we were not too happy. She was divorced with 2 kids. The guy we prayed for has never been married. Surely the Angels had made a mistake, we thought?

WELL! No mistake. She IS as it turns out, "made to order"... This is the most amazing, wonderful, loving girl we could ever have prayed for...and she loves the Lord. We are truly blessed to have her and her children in our lives...So we must keep an open heart to what God intends for us...and probably quit looking for perfection by our standards.

sw

[jude24]

But after all, God is faithful! He knows our needs; He hears our prayers and answers them. But it is only in the fullness of time (in "due season") that He will act, and not a moment before He knows we are ready.

God willing.

[Responsibility2nd]

I'll see your Charlotte Church, and raise you 4 Dixie Chicks.

Sadly, there's no shortgage of nice girls gone bad.

[cgk]

Heh. It was that one (smirk) or this one:

[Thombo2]

"If only we could engineer good girl in public,real bad girl in private...".Dream on:)

[slugbug]

"Hey! The good girls are still out here. We're just harder to find. We tend to be quieter, show less skin, and you typically can't find us at bars. We get overlooked because the skanks get all the attention."


I couldn't have said it better!

[wagglebee]

Yeah, I did a quick search and concluded that Michelle needs to have some Ann Coulter-style pictures done.

[stm]

We can thank the likes of Madonna for this crap. She made it fashionable to be a skank. And the rest of the talentless ones like Spears, the Simpsons, Aguillera, Stefani, Love and the rest fell right in line behind her.

[redgolum]

Pray a lot. God sent me my wife through a way I would never have thought. She is my best friends wife's first cousin. My bride had a job (which God also had a hand in) a few blocks from my apartment at the time.

I looked in all the wrong places, and God whacked me along side the head and sent me my wife.

[Alkhin]

I was going to say to both of you that it is a very HUMAN thing to have these temptations flitting through your mind..and its not a solely male thing either. Thing is, you have to just let it pass through - not act on it, not hold onto it, just call it what it is and then let it go. There's no way you will ever 'get rid' of these responses. But its YOU and the God-given soul that you have that will put them where they belong and move on. I dont think God means for us to be unresponsive. I think God means for us to choose not to act on them, to see the temptations for what they are and choose HIM over THEM.

Hope I made sense

[tom h]

"...good girl in public, real bad girl in private,...

FYI, that's what most of us girls were taught long ago by our wise mothers: "Be a lady in the parlor, Betty Crocker in the kitchen, and a very, very, bad girl in the bedroom."

Ummmm ... on that last part. Can you blast out an email to most of us guys' wives? Don't put us on "cc."

[SaveTheChief]

All men say that want a nice girl, one who hasn't slept around, has great values, etc. but I don't believe it. Most men will gravitate directly to the loud, half-dressed gals because they are more "fun". I don't think men (in general) want a nice girl; they want to have a good time.

I'm only speaking from personal observation but I think most people (both genders) want to be around others who appear to be happy and enjoying themselves. They don't want to be around people who are always whiny and have a lot about which to complain. They don't want to be with frumpy people who have self-esteem issues, don't smile, and cannot relax long enough to enjoy the moment. After all, life is short and difficult enough as it is. Weak-minded people equate fun with debauchery, missing the point altogether.

Finding a "nice girl" or a "nice guy" isn't as simple as that anyway. Many want a mate who is going to be a custom fit - one that is completely compatible right off the shelf and free of any possibility for conflict - and I'm convinced that is an impossibility. They fall for that fairytale movie nonsense that Hollywood sells and are not prepared to deal with real life problems that happen with ANY relationship.

This man wants a nice girl who is morally true, but not one who can't loosen up, laugh, smile, relax, and just have a good time enjoying life with me. I'd like a nice girl who is serious about commitment and marries me knowing without a doubt that this will be her decision for life - and will not back out of that commitment. I'd like a nice girl who is realistic and will work with me, not against me, when conflicts arise. I'd like a nice girl who is realistic about life and the world around us.

A woman such as this shouldn't be all the difficult to find, but the world in which we live has complicated things to a point that makes it nearly impossible.

[UCANSEE2]

"Most men will gravitate directly to the "

All I can say is that I am not 'most men'.