Aviva, is a health insurance firm in the UK.
They has just named the top ten health fads of the rich and famous and has deemed them a total waste of money and useless.

Bad news for all the centers and people who offer these treatments and most importantly, bad news for Scientology.

Why Scientology? 
Because Scientology is BIG time into detoxing. And detoxing was number four on Aviva’s list.

Well hello Scientology’s Purification Rundown! A double shout out to Scientology’s NY Rescue Workers Detoxification  program. (which was spearheaded by Tom Cruise)

AND add to that list, is Scientology’s Narconon, Second Chance, Criminon or any of the many other names that Scientology hides this program behind. It’s all the SAME detox program. These programs are delivered by people without medical backgrounds and these centers and programs are all unlicensed. Shocked?

It’s hard to believe that someone would fork over so much money and sign up for such a grueling program without researching it first. It happens all the time to desperate families searching for a cure to get off drugs and states in the US have actually funded these programs with TAX PAYER’S DOLLLARS.

Celebrities and rich people are big targets for health fads, because they have the dough, they are vulnerable and I guess they just don’t do enough homework on the backgrounds of these treatments. 

Aviva reported:

GPs have slammed the health-styles of the rich and famous, warning that UK women are wasting money and potentially risking their health following celebrity health fads like cupping, colonic irrigation or extreme detoxes.

GPs have named and shamed the ten most useless alternative health trends used by celebrities and their fans and, in a damning diagnosis, declared many a waste of money and with no medical value. The research was done for Aviva.To try each treatment on the GPs’ list could cost women more than £800.GPs have issued a stark warning that celebrities are having a dangerous level of influence over women’s health choices and that celebrity endorsement of unproven health treatments could be putting the public at risk.

Nine in ten women believe celebrities pay for the very best and most effective treatments. A third will try a health fad simply because a celebrity has used it. Seven in ten would try alternative treatments rather than visit their doctor.

Dr Douglas Wright for Aviva says, “We understand that people like to deal with their own well being in a number of ways, but too many women are wasting money following health fads that have little effect, Just because it is expensive, or rumoured to be a celebrity favourite, is not an automatic guarantee that a treatment will work. Some women are opting for treatment trends rather than seeking medical advice.” 

 

The Daily Mail reported the top ten:

Cupping, a form of acupuncture in which heated cups are placed on the skin to stimulate blood flow and ease stress and pain, tops a list of ‘health hoaxes’ identified by GPs.

Second on the list is colonic irrigation, in which a large, water-filled tube is used to ‘cleanse’ the bowel.

Actor Ben Affleck has tried it, but there is no medical or scientific evidence it works, according to the NHS Choices website.

In third place is food intolerance testing, which singer Geri Halliwell has tried. Kits can cost up to £275 but the results are said to be highly variable.

The others in the top ten are: 4 detoxing; 5 macrobiotic diets; 6 aromatherapy; 7 reflexology; 8 vitamin B12 injections; 9 extreme yoga; 10 overnight health farm stays.
The list was compiled by insurance firm Aviva from a survey of 200 GPs.

 

Now although all of the top ten fads that Aviva named can be a waste of money, not all can be harmful. For instance, I doubt if cupping, food intolerance tests or extreme yoga (whatever that is) would be very harmful?

But detox is. I was REALLY pleased as punch to see detoxing on their list. Some of the detoxes out there can be quite harmful to the body. And of course one of the detoxes out there is Scientology’s Purification Rundown aka the “Purif” for short. 

This regiment consists of ingesting oil, and mega doses of niacin aka “vitamin bombs”, LONG daily saunas that are up to five hours a day for five or more weeks and working out hard on a tread mill. Niacin in such high doses can be very harmful to the liver.

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard also claimed that this program can rid the body of radiation . *snort!*

Recently, ABC Nightline interviewed Scientology defector, Amy Scobee, in a two part series along with other defectors. 

Amy spoke about ”grey stuff” coming out of her pours from being on the Purification Rundown. She said she was FORCED to go on this program while she was in Scientology’s Sea Org and was put on a punishment called the RPF. (Rehabilitation Project Force)

Cult spokesman, Tommy Davis said that Amy was not forced to go on this program and that she used the program for “religious reasons”.

So…..
if the Rundown is “religious” as Davis states, then why is this same exact program used in Scientology’s Narconon and Criminon programs? And why are states funding these programs? Scientology has always claimed that Narconon and Criminon are separate from Scientology and non religious. Hmmm, which one is it Scientology? It can’t be both.

Scientology’s Narconon program has been banished from several countries.
Scientology was also recently convicted of fraud in France. One of the many charges involved it’s Purification Rundown. They were charged for dispensing vitamins without a license.
Thank you France!

Why doesn’t our government investigate Scientology? Especially after the numerous court cases filed against them. That is a real head scratcher, don’t you agree?

I guess it doesn’t bother our government that these programs are run by non professionals who have NO medical backgrounds. They are unlicensed and there isn’t any scientific data to back up their claims that the detox does ANYTHING beneficial for the body at all. In fact it is just the opposite.

Narconon’s outright lie of their 70% success rates (so laughable) of getting people off drugs with this detox regiment is utterly ridiculous. The government pretends to care about our well being, but they do nothing to stop this madness and allows Scientology to continue to prey on people who need REAL help.

Perhaps the insurance companies will do something about it? I doubt they will want to deal with cases filed with health related issues from these regiments. Easy solution… close all the Narconon and other Scientology detox centers down.

So what about the Scientology celebrities who support this pseudo science? 

Before John Travolta’s son’s untimely death this past January, Travolta put his son Jett on this SAME regiment and openly admitted it. Did John and his wife Kelly Preston actually believe that this regiment would really help Jett with his seizures or autism? Well, obviously they did. They are taught to believe whatever their “church” says without questioning it.

I am not quite sure on how the Travoltas were able to put Jett through such a grueling program? I would think it would be very difficult to put ANY child on this program. I guess since John and Kelly are celebrities, and their cult convinced them that this was the right way to go according to their teachings, they will never be questioned further about it. *shakes head*

Their son has been gone now for 10 months and John and Kelly said they are having “daily religious sessions“ with Scientology.

So it looks like there is no hope for John leaving the cult. Him and bimbo wife Kelly will continue to follow a cult that tells them that all psyche drugs are bad, psychiatry is totally evil, that a body is just a “meat body”and that normal emotions like grieving and sadness are very low on the tone scale.

To suppress such normal emotions, especially when it comes to a child’s death, is downright ludicrous and very dangerous to some one’s well being.

A little bit of info on some of the emotions listed on Scientology’s tone scale:

The tone scale states that grieving is 0.5 (out of a possible plus 40) Sympathy is 0.9, and NO Sympathy is higher at a 1.2.
Oh! and regret weighs in at a whopping 1.3. 

Nope, I am not making this up. Look it up for yourself. This is what every Scientologist believes. From Tom Cruise, to all Scientology members. I am not going to get into their whole Xenu alien belief system, as many religions have strange beliefs to some. People can believe in whatever they want and that is their right. BUT! when it comes to harming people both mentally and physically, family disconnection, other abuses, human trafficking, and forced abortions, something must be done about it.

Of course Scientology tells it’s members that the Purification Rundown is a wonderful and beneficial thing, and members do not question it. I read the program costs a member $15,000 (that price was from 1992) I am pretty sure that price has doubled. That’s a lot of money for oil, vitamins a couple of courses and a tone scale chart.

We all remember what Katie Holmes looked like after she went on this regiment. Her pictures were plastered everywhere showing her gaunt, pale, and sickly. She went on this program before she became pregnant. Great Tom, you’re my hero.

Katie also wore gloves for quite a while because her hands were purple from all the niacin she was ingesting. Oh Katie, how many times do we have to tell you? Run!

Katie Looking More Like Grandma Cruise

So people save your money. Do some research. If the fad you are following is not dangerous and you have the dough, and it makes you think that you feel better, then that’s your business and good luck to you. But if it is harmful, and being delivered by non professionals with no medical backgrounds and there is NO scientific proof of it’s success besides patient testimonies, BEWARE and I say stay away.

It is obvious many of the states who have funded and continue to fund this “drug treatment” program, have not done their homework at all, when it comes to Scientology’s Purification Rundown. State officials MUST check backgrounds and research the name of these drug treatments being offered. Don’t forget, they are using your tax payer dollars to fund these programs. People must learn to read the fine print. If the name L. Ron Hubbard is found ANYWHERE within the program, then it is Scientology lock stock and barrel. No question about it.

These programs are also allowed to continue in our prison systems, which goes by the name of Criminon, or Second Chance and other names. And of course many Scientology members, both public and on staff do this regiment. 

You can find Narconon, Second Chance and other names used for drug rehab all over the Internet, even though many centers are closed. They advertise in college fliers on campus, they take out adds in newspapers, they hand out pamphlets in our schools. So Beware!

How is Scientology allowed to continue this giant farce? Especially for the fact that is is also all about indoctrination into Scientology down the line. It really blows my mind how our government continues to allow such idiocy.

Luckily, some states have wised up.
New Mexico was not only duped, by the Second Chance program, they were left with a hefty unpaid bill. And some other areas in other states have thankfully shown these Scientology programs the door. France finally convicted Scientology, and I hope the US follows suit and also puts an end to it and banishes all their drug treatment centers. Enough is enough.

If you have or know a family member or friend who is considering going to Narconon, Second Chance or any drug treatment, please warn them to do their homework first! Also If you have a friend or family member in jail who was put on this program or offers this program, you have been warned.

Help lift the veil of secrecy off Scientology. Write or call your town officials, heads of state, write to Obama, join an anti Scientology protest and let your voice be heard and say the Church of Scientology needs to be investigated and held accountable for all of it’s human rights abuses, phony drug treatment centers and all the lives they have ruined and continue to ruin.

We will continue reporting the abuses of Scientology until someone listens and something is done about it.

For more information on the scam behind Scientology’s detox programs visit these few web pages:

Narconon Exposed-
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/

Australian News Report On Ex Narconon Couple -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV4stLA-aPc

Narconon Is Scientology- http://www.crackpots.org/

Narconon’s Influence In The Prison System http://www.scribd.com/doc/9506184/Second-Chance-MA-Thesis

Newkirk Herald Journal Report-
http://www.xenutv.com/print/newkirk/narconon-15.htm

Scientology Is Always On The Look Out For Fresh Meat

Remember last week when we were talking about how Jennifer Lopez just couldn’t manage to coordinate her kazillion carat ring with her sparkly gold dress for the Golden Globes?  Well, I guess she figured blue would bring out the inner fire of that giant glass doorknob her diamond wedding set, so she dug it out and wore it to the Latino Inaugural Gala.  Yes, she sucked it up and did it for Obama!  (I didn’t mean this to be political, but today I guess everything is political!)

Somewhere a tranny is crying because J-Lo stole his makeup case.

hattip to dlisted

I’ve been married a long, long time, and I realize that there are times when one must take off one’s wedding band.  When you’re doing some sort of mechanical work, for instance, or if you’re putting on hair color, or stripping furniture, or performing a heart transplant.  But this is a new one on me…Jennifer Lopez, around whom divorce rumors have been swirling faster than a tornado in a trailer park, said that she didn’t wear her wedding ring at the Golden Globes because it didn’t match her dress:

JENNIFER LOPEZ has denied further rumours her marriage to MARC ANTHONY is in trouble, insisting she didn’t wear her wedding ring to the Golden Globes because ‘it didn’t go with the dress.’

The actress made the bizarre remark after she was snapped posing on the red carpet at the awards ceremony without her wedding band.

But J. Lo insists she was just making a fashion statement.

She told American magazine In Touch: “Every time I’m not wearing my ring, people think I’m getting divorced.

“That’s crazy. It just didn’t go with the dress.

“Divorce is not and was never an option.”

Orly.

I don’t know about you, but when I get dressed up one of the first pieces of jewelry I make sure I have on is my wedding band.  But then again, I don’t have to match sparkly jewelry to sparkly gold dress.  That’s just too difficult, so I’d better leave that to the pros like J-Lo.  We can’t trust important things like this to amateurs!

But let’s revisit an earlier article about Jenny From The Block:

Rumors swirled that Lopez’s marriage was on the rocks after she showed up to the premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last week without her 8-carat diamond engagement ring, wedding band – or ever present husband, Marc Anthony (who was spotted in Las Vegas sans wedding band the weekend before).

Multiple sources confirm to to Us Weekly their marriage is at a breaking point.

“They both didn’t wear their rings on purpose,” a mutual pal of the married couple of four years (who renewed their vows in October) tells Us. “Nothing Jennifer does is without purpose.”

You could try to tell me that Jennifer showed up to a global awards show, where she had a pretty good idea that her photo would be taken, would stand there holding her little clutch purse with her ringless finger prominently on display, and then try to tell me it was all coincidence and that she just couldn’t coordinate the ring to her outfit…but I’d still have to put my money back in my pocket because I ain’t buying it.

Look for these two to call it quits any day now and for J-Lo to gravitate more and more to Scientology.

Oh, but better than the missing ring…check out the look that Kate Winslet is giving Jennifer!  Now THAT is priceless.  Kate gets an award from me just for that!

Why do people insist on getting pregnant, having babies, and then heading to divorce court before the tots are even walking yet?  They aren’t there yet,  but rumors are swirling that there is tension between Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony, and that things have gone from babies to bad times:

Rumors swirled that Lopez’s marriage was on the rocks after she showed up to the premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last week without her 8-carat diamond engagement ring, wedding band – or ever present husband, Marc Anthony (who was spotted in Las Vegas sans wedding band the weekend before).

Multiple sources confirm to to Us Weekly their marriage is at a breaking point.

“They both didn’t wear their rings on purpose,” a mutual pal of the married couple of four years (who renewed their vows in October) tells Us. “Nothing Jennifer does is without purpose.”

I believe that.  Girlfriend should get together with Mariah Carey and compare control-freak notes.  But wait…is there room in the family for two control freaks?

“He’s very, very controlling of her,” a close Anthony pal tells Us. “The skirts aren’t as short. You don’t see so much of that booty anymore.” The new Us Weekly also reports that Anthony also picks out Lopez’s clothes and keeps tabs on her phone calls.

But Lopez — who once claimed she “loved getting his opinions” — has become less interested in his approval since the birth of their 10-month-old twins, Max and Emme.

“She walks in from work, washes her hands and grabs the babies,” a longtime friend tells Us. “With him, it’s almost like, ‘Ugh, they’re crying again?’”

Yeah.  Babies cry, Marc, that’s what they do.  You should know that, since you already had kids before Jennifer came along.

It also seems that Jennifer doesn’t like the life of a housewife, like the lives of so many other little people in the world:

Another problem: Lopez — who once commanded $15 million per film — “blames Marc for her career going down the tubes,” says a mutual pal, adding that she’s bitter about the failure of their 2006 drama, El Cantante, which only grossed $7.5 million. (Her 2002 flick Maid in Manhattan earned over $94 million.)

“Jennifer looked around and said, ‘This is my life now? I’m a Long Island housewife?’” a pal says. “She hates that everything she worked for went down the tubes.”

And Marc just can’t seem to keep his mouth shut about how much his wife drives him loco:

Anthony has also been badmouthing his wife. One night after their tense family Thanksgiving in which the couple “didn’t sit together,” Anthony hit NYC hotspots Bungalow 8 and Marquee, where he was spotted with his hand on a woman’s thigh and overheard complaining about his wife to a group of women, “telling them, ‘She’s making me miserable,’” a source says.

His club spree didn’t stop there: The next night, he was photographed by TMZ.com partying sans wedding band with pal Eva Longoria Parker and Russell Crowe in Las Vegas. (A source says, “According to Jennifer, he didn’t cheat.”)

Now there’s a smart move…because, of course, nobody in the world knows who J-Lo or Marc are.  I’m sure he was totally anonymous!

But wait, there’s more…

I was aimlessly looking for one more story to publish today, and here’s one that just sort of fell into my lap…a tidbit of information tucked in amongst the fluff.  It seems that a reporter for Elle did a story on Jennifer Lopez that they deemed not flattering enough to the star and entirely too personal (read:  He didn’t kiss her butt enough and made her look like a regular human being -gasp-).

However, the reporter, Kevin Sessums, had his piece posted on The Daily Beast, and it contains some velly interesting information about the star…for one, she isn’t breast-feeding (and I say, so?  I did, lots of women don’t):

I’ve caught the family on a bad day. Lopez, who gave birth to twins Emme Guatelupe and Max David only four months ago, has caught a bug from her daughter and is feeling ill. But, ever the trouper, she agrees to go through with our interview anyway, opening up about topics including Scientology, breast-feeding, and a “nervous breakdown,” as she calls it, that she’s never publicly discussed.

When I meet Lopez in a dimly lit pine study filled with gold records and Grammy awards, she has dispensed with the usual packaging and gloss. Her unwashed hair is pulled severely back and there’s a halo of frizz around the crown of her head. She wears no make-up, her eyes are glassy, and her feverish cheeks are aglow. I think of Fitzgerald’s heroine, Daisy Buchanan, whose face was “sad and lovely with bright things in it.”

Before I can fully apologize for putting her through an interview, Max begins to cry upstairs. Daisy from the Block excuses herself and returns with both twins in her arms. Emme’s ears are already pierced with tiny gold hoops in them. Max is wearing a black onesie with an array of sequins on its back.

After refusing to have a nanny for the first four months of her children’s lives, she has reluctantly ceded that she may need one. “I’m trying out my first one today,” she whispers. “But I still can’t stand the sound of my babies crying without tending to them myself.”

Lopez, wearing an orange Scoop T-shirt dress, looks as gratefully exhausted as any new mother. I ask her if she needs some privacy so she can nurse the twins who are beginning to squirm. “Is that something you’ve chosen to do?  To breast-feed?”

“No,” she says as I ask if the La Leche League has come after her for such a decision. She laughs and readjusts the twins in her arms. “No. No. Some people are radical about it. But to each his own.” [...]

But wait, there’s more…

I hope this is made up.  I really, really hope somebody just pulled this outta their butt and fabricated the whole thing, because it’s just too sad to be true.  Rumor has it that Jennifer Lopez, when donating a gown to a charity auction, let slip that she doesn’t reuse the twins’ clothing:

The actress apparently insists on dressing her five-month-old twins in new designer gear every day.

We’re told: “Jennifer was approached by a charity and asked to donate some dresses for a celebrity auction. She agreed and donated a gorgeous £5,000 frock.

“She also offered some of Max and Emme’s clothes, telling organisers that she never lets them ‘repeat’ outfits.

“But the auction deals only in adult clothes. Jennifer told them it was a shame, as some items cost over [$]1,000 (£500) each.”

What do you say to that?  Do you believe it?  I don’t want to, but the part of me which has been covering celeb news for a while now says it might be so.  I hope, if it is so, that she donates those little designer duds to charity, so somebody can get some good use out of them.  All over America, all over the world, there are babies and children who don’t have decent clothing to wear, and if this is true then Jennifer could be throwing away a thousand dollars a day.  Even if each day’s clothing isn’t worth a grand (and I don’t see how it could be), even half that, or a quarter that, is so wasteful it beggars description.  If it’s an OCD behavior, there is help available…if it is diva behavior, I’m not sure what can be done.

I feel for these poor children.  Not the kids who don’t have enough clothes to wear, although they do have my sympathy (and all the help I can give within my limited means).  No, I feel sorry for Jennifer’s kids, even if this is a gross lie (and I’m about 50/50 on believing it).  Millions for their baby photos from a magazine, thousand-dollar clothes to cover their diapers and to spit up on, what’s next?  How can they learn to value themselves for themselves?  How can they ever learn that there’s more to life than money, fame, and how you look?

And people seriously wonder why.

Did you know that if you pull your hair back super tight that it stretches the skin around the eyes and forehead…sort of like Botox without the needles and numb muscles?  Oldest trick in the book.  Especially handy for nursing mothers who don’t want foreign substances injected into their face.

Somewhere, a drag queen is crying because J-Lo beat him up and stole his makeup kit.

 

I’m going to admit right off that these are very cute babies.  Max looks like his daddy and Emme looks like her mommy.  But then…most babies are cute, even without a six million dollar price tag.

Yes, the new People magazine is out, and guess who is on the cover:

This week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, features 12 pages of new photos of the pop star with husband Marc Anthony and their 1-month-old bundles of joy inside their Long Island home and nursery.

The happy new parents spoke candidly to PEOPLE about the pregnancy, addressing everything from Jennifer’s weight gain to rumors of infertility. For all the details, pick up the new issue, on newsstands Friday.

And guess what?  The babies…look like everyday, run-of-the-mill, normal babies.  You can see airbrushed photos of Jennifer in the $120,000 nursery, of Jennifer holding the babies, and of Jennifer gazing lovingly at Marc as he holds the babies.  People magazine has been counting down to this on their website with the expectancy of a lunar launch.  I guess they need to get their money’s worth out of this little deal.

But here’s what I propose:  I say that we don’t buy the magazine.  $6M for airbrushed photographs of J-Lo, in which the twins just so happen to appear, is ridiculous.  Jennifer and Marc do not need this money.  They have more money than they know what to do with, and that is one thing that keeps them distant from reality.  As I said yesterday, I have no problem with celebs splurging on whatever they like…when they then turn around and give back to others less fortunate.  But by all accounts this $6M is going straight into their bank account, instead of being used, for example, to help those mothers and children who are less fortunate.

People could have offered to donate that money to a reputable charity in J-Lo and Marc’s name, instead of giving it to greedy celebrities who will undoubtedly use it to purchase yet more gilded trim for the nursery.  This is simply a publicity stunt for Jennifer…it’s to stroke the egos of the parents, it has nothing to do with the babies.  I don’t doubt that she loves her babies very much, but let’s not fool ourselves into thinking that she wanted to share this moment with fifty million of her closest friends.

So, sorry…you do what you want, but I won’t be spending one red cent to buy a People magazine.  I don’t even really want to link to them in this story, but I guess I have to.  Regardless, they are cute, and I hope they live long and healthy lives.

If this photo is any indication, poor Marc Anthony is taking on the brunt of the baby-tending duties:

Jennifer, 38, was smiling and radiant and appeared to have lost most of her baby weight already while 39-year-old Marc, who became a dad for the fourth and fifth time with the twins, appeared a little tired and run down.

But his rumpled looks cannot have been helped by the late nights, and the demands required with raising twins.

New father Marc Anthony is so hands-on with the babies, that the star and her staff have nicknamed him the “Burp Whisperer.”

Singer Marc is so smitten with newborns Max and Emme, he has apparently been volunteering to change their nappies and tend to them day and night.

Marc told a US newspaper: “I’m so excited. I’m so hands-on with them that the household developed a nickname for me. They call me the Burp Whisperer.”

Poor guy.  Let the man take a nap now and then!

Not so sure about that comment that J-Lo has lost her baby weight, though.  No way she’s lost that much weight in such a short time.  She looks fine, but let’s not get too carried away…that leg looks kind of beefy!

Now, I’m not picking on her, because she looks good, I’m just saying that it’s a bit ludicrous to have such pressure to return to pre-pregnancy form so soon after delivery.  Stars get too worked up about losing their baby weight as soon as the kid(s) pop out.  Relax, enjoy your new babies, and don’t take everything so seriously.

According to People, Jennifer Lopez has registered at baby boutique Petit Tresor, and she has a wish list of things for her little bebés gemelos as long as her jewel-encrusted, impeccably manicured arm:

Following in the footsteps of Nicole Richie and Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez called upon the experts at Hollywood favorite baby boutique Petit Tresor. The new mom opened a lengthy registry and had owners Nina and Sam help her design fabulous nurseries for the arrival of her twins! So what’s in store for the twins? J.Lo will keep her new baby boy wrapped in a cashmere cardigan, hat and bootie pants from Baby Cz, $279 and, of course, a matching pink set, $279, for the new fashionista of the family. The two newest members of the Anthony-Lopez clan will also have a set of Plain Mary’s Hunk and Babe onesies, $169. For the nursery, the twins will dream away in Chelsea Sleigh cribs, $1390 each while Mom and Dad relax in Glam Gliders $1,420 each. And when they need changing, the twins will have a Clara changing table, $1780. And why give up gorgeous handbags just because diapers are involved? Check out Jennifer’s Italian leather and snake skin trim Mia Bossi diaper bag, $1250.

[for the record, I didn't find a Mia Bossi leather diaper bag at the site, but I did find this Italian leather and snakeskin trim bag, $1250]

Um…HELLO?  You have got to be kidding me.  Cashmere sweaters, $170 onesies, $1400 baby cribs, leather and snakeskin diaper bags?  You can get onesies at Wal-Mart, five in a pack for nine bucks.  At Target, you can get a really pretty sleigh bed for less than $400, and that’s one of the most expensive ones offered there.  And when I left the hospital, they gave me a free diaper bag, and they even filled it with goodies.  Granted, it wasn’t Italian leather, but it looked kind of like fabric and it cleaned up really easily when the poopy diapers leaked.

And that’s one of my points.  These. Are. BABIES.  What do babies do?  They eat, sleep, cry, poop, pee, spit up, and generally lay around like lumps while making as large a mess as possible from such a tiny little creature.  They can go through several outfits a day when they’re really little, what with spit up and runny yellow diapers, and it gets worse when they get to be toddlers and start feeding themselves (or wanting to, anyway) and running around the house finding all sorts of things to get into.  What is the point of dressing the tots in $300 outfits when they are going to puke all over them?  It sounds to me like it’s the parents showing off the size of their egos.  After all, stuff like that just plays to the egos of the parents…the baby could care less if it is wearing a onesie from a ritzy boutique or one from Wal-Mart.

And here’s another point.  If Jennifer’s friends really wanted to be so “helpful”, then they should save their money and definitely NOT buy Jennifer and Marc anything.  After all, these two have enough money to go buy their own baby clothes and furnishings (maybe they could use some of that $6M they’re getting from whoring out their kids to People).  It’s a waste and an abomination.

I say, instead of spending $300 on a cashmere set, their friends should take that same $300 (or any other amount they’d spend on overpriced baby bling gifts for Jennifer and Marc the babies) and donate it to a shelter for abused and battered women and children, or to a children’s charity, or to a home for abandoned infants and children.  It would go to much better use than giving it to a greedy, narcissistic, egotistical, out-of-touch-with-reality diva.

And that goes for all the other greedy celebutard parents as well.