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.

[Riverman94610]

I will never forget one hot afternoon digging a ditch for a new sprinkler system at a home in Hillsborough,California for the grand sum of a buck fifty an hour.
As the homeowner brought me a cold lemonade and a towel to wipe off the sweat,I noticed this guy a few years older than me pulling up to a huge house next door in new sports car.
I asked Mrs Baldwin what that guy did for an occupation and she replied,"Oh,he doesn't work at all.Lives off a trust fund.Spends all his time chasing women and going to car shows"
I guess some guys might of envied him.Yet even back then I believed in my gut that he was less than a man.

[Tench_Coxe]

"Trust your friends and your family. They know you, and they are very good judges of who you'll do well with. "

That hasn't worked in my personal experience. Often, those closest tend to bias towards the person they think will be "good for you" (read: Mold you into the person those closest to you think you should be ).
It has worked better with friends of casual acquaintance, with the statement: "Oh my God! I know somebody who sounds just like you!". Then the meds wear off. ;)

[Xenalyte]

What used to work for me is drooling, with my hair dishevelled, driving a beat up Chevy, slowing down as they walk down the sidewalk and saying in a Peter Lorre like voice, " Ride? Ride? You want ride with me?". Worked like a charm.

Sweetheart! Where have you BEEN lately? You don't return my calls anymore!

[Tench_Coxe]

"Sweetheart! Where have you BEEN lately? You don't return my calls anymore!"

Well, been spending the last couple of years in a cell, ironing shirts for my man Bruno.

[Xenalyte]

I just tell Xena's Guy that I better not find out he's going out for milk when he has a perfectly good cow at home. :)

[Xenalyte]

Did you actually get hard time? I recommended leniency at the sentencing hearing, since you were so good about obeying the restraining order.

[Tench_Coxe]

"Did you actually get hard time?"

In more ways than one.

[oldbrowser]

"This woman may have had the voice of an angel in the past but now she has the foul mouth of a sewer rat."

Somebody once said something like: Talent and beauty are God's gift to you, what you do with them are your gifts to God.

[Centurion2000]

bump

[ichabod1]

REally, ya think so? If only it were so easy, right Sunvalley?

[UCANSEE2]

Thanks for the reply.

It is great to hear stories like this one about a member of your family.

Something else I heard, while listening to the Revelations of John on the isle of Patmos.

"God forgives the most, those who love the most."

I can see that your family already love this in-law and her children greatly.

[staytrue]

You people would not be making these remarks if she were a buhdist or hindu singer gone pop.

You would be laughing.

Just because it is your religion you think she betrayed has put you over the edge.

And frankly, I can not find any moral tenet of christianity that she has broken. None.

Your anti skin showing moralizing seems almost as bad as the anti fur, anti suv, anti smoking, anti fun nazis.

[pissant]

Lighten up there, betsy. I'm all FOR skin showing. I'm all against utter stupidity like this dipsh*t.

[HighWheeler]

"The good girls are still out here. We're just harder to find."


Well, hello there.

[annie laurie]

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.

Well said! I agree with every word :)

[Old Student]

I've always thought so. Sad, but wise.

[stephenjohnbanker]

"We get overlooked because the skanks get all the attention."

You get overlooked because we don't know where to FIND you!

Good gals ~ Bump!

[stephenjohnbanker]

: )

[Victoria Delsoul]

Well, if there's any consolation, she doesn't sing half as good as she did before releasing her latest “Tissues and Issues” album. As HitmanLV would say, she stinks, LOL.

[Victoria Delsoul]

She is just trying to make a living. Do you want her to be on welfare?

You are kidding, right? I know you are.

In case you aren't, she was a millionaire by the time she was 14 years old.