Hollywood - Put up and Shut up!

I listened to the audacity of Hollywood elites like Sharon Stones and Justin Timberlake who have told Americans they need to buckle down and volunteer more while they dine on foo foo cuisine and fly from one mansion to another. What have they done?

Here are privileged people playing in their "make believe," fantasy world, on a sound set for three months, or touring the country singing, then lounging out poolside for another three, working on their physical image two hours a day.

The audacity of telling people who already work two jobs, or have multiple spouse working households they need to do more, or buckle down is audacious and absurd. Millions of people volunteer their time and/or service to local charities, food shelters and aid to the homeless, people who don't make multi million dollar salaries while others earn minimum wage, surviving on government subsistence.

What of Hollywood's collective conscience that one person makes so much money acting in their pretend world while others can't make ends meet? The pip squeak Timberlake who's blood, sweat and tears to date was to sing in a boy band and partially disrobe Janet Jackson has some nerve. He knows nothing of what real people do day to day being so far removed, so superficial and childish he claims to have a "swagger" because of the election of Obama, before the President has accomplished anything.

We have many soldiers giving the ultimate sacrifice in foreign lands protecting our freedoms and luxuries at home. I am reminded of those actors and actresses who stopped what they were doing to enlist during the World Wars, and of the Hall of Fame pitcher Sal Maglie who could have stayed in America and had greater numbers, except that he felt there were more important things then playing a ballgame. What has Hollywood done in this regard?

I am sure that many in Hollywood already give under the precipes set forth by Matthew 6:24: "sound no trumpet before you ...that you may be prasised by others." I know of many who are concerned with their fellow citizens plight, like Springsteen and Bono, and I will never forget Sandra Bullock's donation of one million dollars towards the families that died on 9/11. Pray this epidemic catches on.

The last thing we Americans need is a lecture. We are the masses who feel the economic pain first, and feel the benefit, if any last. Mesasage to Hollywood: put action to your words and preach by example!