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Old 01-01-2013, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Maribeth View Post
I was just thinking the same thing when I caught the show today switching the channels.

btw, love, love, love your photo. Is that one of your squirrels?
No he is not. It's a picture my husband found on the internet. I call him Cool hand Luke.
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Old 01-01-2013, 08:38 PM
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I've been a public school teacher for 28 years in a rural area and HBB's life is very much the way many of my students grow up. She was "discovered" during an episode of Toddlers and Tiaras when she participated in a pageant.
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Old 01-01-2013, 08:42 PM
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She started out in the "baby pagents." I am sorry for her, it's her mother that is pushing her. It's a shame they don't let her be a child
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Old 01-01-2013, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA View Post
"The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America" Have you ever heard of this?
The HBB 'phenomenon' is just following a long pattern. Read the reviews on the link for thoughts to curl your toes.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096...n=&s=&v=glance

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Thanks for the link, Jan. I have forwarded it on to many of my friends and family with young children in school. I saw this in action when I taught high school 5 years ago when I retired. The schools today are not the schools most of us went to when we were young. I tell all my friends, family if they can afford it, either put their children in private school or home school them if at all possible. Several have taken my advice... Most people don't believe it...
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Old 01-01-2013, 09:42 PM
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HBB TV show is disgusting to say the least. It is making the American people look like fools. And again maybe we are...
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Old 01-01-2013, 10:12 PM
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I had just recently heard of Honey Boo Boo and had no clue what or who she was. Happen to catch some show about a toddler beauty pageant tonight and she was in it. Doesn't seem like pageant material to me (my opinion) .The whole show looks like a bunch of red necks. And I don't like the other show Toddlers in Tiaras. All those cute little girls dressed like adults or hookers. Shame on them
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Old 01-01-2013, 10:22 PM
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My husband has mentioned "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America" and he can't stand the government and what they are doing.If it's the same person , there is a video on You Tube or something talking about the book. Wasn't the book written by a elderly women, who really knows what's going on ?
Originally Posted by Jan in VA View Post
"The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America" Have you ever heard of this?
The HBB 'phenomenon' is just following a long pattern. Read the reviews on the link for thoughts to curl your toes.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096...n=&s=&v=glance

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Old 01-02-2013, 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk View Post
She is just a chubby Kim Kardashian. Her whole family just turns my stomach. It's embarrassing to know people from other countries maybe watching this and thinking we are all like that. And her Mom should be slapped into next week for letting her drink that gawd awful concoction of Mountain Dew and Red Bull.
Reality TV has been on for over a decade. It is cheap to produce and there are plenty of willing participants looking for their 15 minutes of fame. Its about viewership and ratings. The World IS watching us and always have. We as a society accepts this form of entertainment. Like it or not...but you don't have to watch it.

Think You Tube, Facebook, blogs, etc. lots of trash for the world to see. HBB is tame compared to violent and sexualized movies, soaps and TV dramas. HBB will Run its course.

She is precocious for sure and this show portrays a real slice of society that many on this board may not have experienced...esp in light of the "trailer trash" labels mentioned in this thread. Wow!

At least this family/ parental unit is married and the family seems to genuinely love each other and do things together tho their lifestyle may not agree with ours. They look like they are having fun.

The Kardashians are having a sleazier kind of "fun" . Kim is knocked up while still legally married to the football player she duped.. No, i don't watch their show. The pastors' kid, the unmarried Jessica Simpson, is touting the benefits of Weight Watchers while proudly announcing her second pregnancy in her commercial for WW. Hmmmm.

The world is crazy, I agree.
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I haven't seen the show, but have seen commericals for it. I think it's discusting and can harm her self esteem later on.
Reality shows such as this aren't worth the time and effort it takes to put them on air! IMHO
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Originally Posted by slk350 View Post
My husband has mentioned "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America" and he can't stand the government and what they are doing.If it's the same person , there is a video on You Tube or something talking about the book. Wasn't the book written by a elderly women, who really knows what's going on ?
And we erase history. Or we allow it to be erased. Check out textbooks. Fox News for a more in depth view of the world.
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