Sponsor: www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-crowley-b05a8423/ Jl 2:12-13 Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart for I am gracious and merciful.Well, Uncle Jesse's wife is in BIG trouble, yo. The house may be less full by one for a bit, yo. Aunt Becky's about to meet a not-so Hallmark movie ending, methinks. BT dubs, across Beverly Hills Boulevard, the "Desperate Housewives" neighborhood could be without its beloved Lynette for a while, too. Looks like the Macy clan may have been acting a little "Shameless" themselves. Say it ain't so? Lori Loughlin, longtime small screen American sweetheart and Felicity Huffman, revered stage and screen thespian and wife of actor Willam H. Macy are among dozens of college parents and officials/coaches accused of paying and accepting (respectively) bribe money to ensure their children's admission into the universities of their preference. The news of the college admission scandal being dubbed "College Varsity Blues" by some, broke yesterday ... along with the hearts of millions of fans of both women and the schools involved. Really, Georgetown, USC, Wake Forest et al? Honestly; well, dishonestly, it seems. I don't know if I'm more offended as a parent (along with my hubby) juggling finances around to help our son pay for the school HE EARNED HIS WAY INTO THROUGH HARD WORK IN THE CLASSROOM and POOL or as someone completely disgusted by the Hollywood and upper-class elite feeling that they are entitled to take away the dreams of potential college students throughout the country. How rotten can you be, yo? I don't think I can ever again watch Lori Loughlin in a Hallmark movie---assuming, of course, that they don't drop her and remove every trace of her immediately. Man, didn't she watch any of her own shows urging people to do the right thing? Hmpf. I think those who are found guilty of these accusations (and I'm pretty sure the FBI doesn't apprehend people, guns drawn, all willy nilly), should be forced to fund the college educations of rejected students from all the schools involved, ding dang it. Oh, and I think Aunt Becky and her pal Lynette need to be exiled someplace really cold, dreary and rainy for like, three full TV seasons. Shoot, I'll house swap with 'em?
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Emily
3/13/2019 12:51:11 pm
I'm sure some Hollywood judge will "Have MERCCCCY"
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An Old Friend...
3/13/2019 01:18:20 pm
I'm not saying it's right but I also don't think it's anything new. Look at any University where someone has donated a wing or serious contributions. You better believe their children and children's children get in no question.
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Patty
3/13/2019 05:07:00 pm
This angers me so much as a parent as I watched both of my kids slave over the ACT, taking it multiple times to get a great score, hours (and I mean hours) of homework every night, working hard, crying and stressing only to come totally unglued as they went through the college admission process. How utterly humiliating it must be for the kids of those cheating parents (if they didn't know what their parents did). Honestly, I think this is symptomatic of a broken, burdensome and ridiculous college admission process. We think the best and brightest get into the best schools, but we all know that is NOT the case, even without the Hollywood elite stacking the deck in their favor...but that issue is for another day. Today, let these parents get the book thrown at them!
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