Kelly Ripa and Rosie O’Donnel get into an argument

Link: On Friday Clay Aiken was guest host to Kelly Ripa on the show Regis and Kelly. During the show there was a moment when Aiken went to close Ripas mouth with his hand and Ripa replyed with a “Thats a no-no” and “I dont know where that hand has been honey”. Rosie O’Donnell who is one of the host on The View shot back at Ripa saying she was being homophobic. Angry and mad at this comment Ripa then called into The View telling Rosie that she was not in any way being homophobic, she just didnt want to catch any germs from him. Rosie kept telling Kelly that coming from a gay person it seemed homophobic. Aiken hasnt said anything about the incident but Kelly didnt seem very happy with his behavior on the show.

    This whole argument was so stupid and annoying. Rosie O’Donnell should really mind her own business. I could see if Clay was mad about the comment but there should be no reason why Rosie is. What if she was in Kellys position, she might have done the same thing. I think if there is anyone questioning Aikens sexuality its Rosie. She is the one that brought up the whole questioning about whether he is gay or not, not Ripa. I think that it was very impressive of Kelly Ripa to call into The View and confront Rosie about this. It shows that she is standing by her reasoning and she looks like the better person in my eyes.

Nickel and Dimed

I know this blog is really late but it took me awhile to read the book. Reading Nickel and Dimed gave me good insight on how people living on only a minimum wage paycheck get by. The woman in the story took a break from her comfortable living as a reporter and instead resided to minimum wage jobs to get the feel of how some people have to live. Working in places like Wal Mart and hotels she realized that working only one job was not going to get her far. Working for only $6-$7 in America is not enough to let you afford everything you need in order to live. I have mixed feelings on situations like this. I do feel bad for the people that have to work numerous jobs to just make it but could it be there fault? Is it there fault they arent working for a higher wage? Maybe they didnt go to college and higher their education, or maybe they did and all they could get on that education was a job working as a waitress. Looking at homeless people I always tend to feel bad for them but then I have to remind myself that they probably did that to themselves. They could get off the streets and go get a job at a place like Wal Mart. And for the people on welfare, there should be no reason that otehr people have to be paying for people on welfare. Go get another job its not our fault you dont have enough money. On the other hand I do think that America is getting expensive to live in. The things that we have to pay for from our taxes is alittle over the edge. I think the government could limit themselves to things and make our taxes lower.