Governor Chris Christie has ordered that all flags in New Jersey be flown at half-mast the day of Whitney Houston’s funeral! OMG! Are you kidding me?
I believe flags should be flown half-mast for heroes and very important public officials of the state. I think Whitney Houston was beautiful, talented, probably a kind and loving person BUT I do not want my grandchildren to think she was a hero! She was a drug addict and you can call it a disease and that’s fine with me BUT it is not a disease that you contract like polio or cancer! It is a self-induced, self-inflicted affliction and the sick person has to own that. I tried to teach my own children to be responsible for their own actions and that every action has a consequence (good or bad).
So Governor Christie thinks she’s an icon of the state; That’s interesting, I never even knew she was from New Jersey and I have lived in the tri-state area my whole life. Sadly, more people associate Snooki from the show Jersey Shore as an icon and she doesn’t even come from New Jersey. I know Frank Sinatra came from New Jersey and that Bruce Springsteen comes from New Jersey. I loved
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songs, I loved that he was Italian (as I am) and that he came from Hoboken, like my grandmother did but he was certainly no hero! Whitney Houston is NOT a hero; She was a fantastic singer/entertainer with a remarkable God-given gift and unfortunately for her and us, she took her own life and has robbed us of her gift.
I certainly hope no other celebrity dies soon, as I cherish their talents more and more each year as yet another and another slips away. New Jersey has been the birthplace of so much talent that if we were to fly the flags at half-mast each time one of them died, we would hardly have full mast flown flags. Here’s just a handful of New Jersey born celebrities:
Bruce Sprinsteen: 1949
Jon Bon Jovi: 1962
Kevin Spacey: 1959
Meryl Streep: 1949
Judy Blume: 1938
Joe Piscapo: 1951
David Copperfield: 1956
Dionne Warwick: 1940
Ray Liotta: 1954
Jerry Lewis: 1926
Ice-T: 1958
Jack Nicholson: 1937
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I have to agree with you here! But IMO he doesn’t often think clearly!
People are so judgemental. Yes, she was an addict, but what is the root of the addiction? It could been depression or a number or things. Addicts face the same dilemnas in life as non addicts. Sex addicts, longtime tobacco users etc have had airports and such named after them. For parents, I think it is a tea hing opportunity. The lesson would be that talent is great, but without the strength, courage to ask for help all you have in the end are a bunch of trophies collecting dust. RIP Whitney
First of all I want to thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. My reply to your comment is: Actually without the strength all you (Whitney) had was a bunch of trophies and she left a legacy of great music for us to enjoy and sadness and heartbreak for her family. Judgemental, maybe, but personally I didn’t care whether she used drugs or not. What I care about is the beatification of a person who did use drugs and alcohol and just because she had enormous talent, we’re going to fly the flags at half-mast, an honor usually reserved for heroes. Do you think her life was more important than the many soldiers from New Jersey who have died in the service of their country? I’ve not seen the flags flying half-mast for them!
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