Not that I'm not sick to death of hearing about this girl just like everyone else over the age of twelve, but why make fun of her? I'm sure Rush must of made some bullshit comment or McCain must have said something stupid that would have been much more worthy.

I involuntarily watch a lot of Disney shows, and Miley is really a good comic actress. I enjoy watching her. And her dad isn't bad, either, mainly because I love the self-deprecating mullet and "Achy Breaky Heart" jokes the writers throw in. I don't care for her songs that much, but then, I'm not the target demographic.

The Sprouse brothers, on the other hand...

"Reality Distorition Field" is a term often applied to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Bascially, what it means is that Jobs finds it easy to manipulate reality to suit his own needs, his own experience, his brand. The very real experience of others serves no purpose in Jobs' world. Others don't count.

The same could be said for those celebrities whose stratosphperic fame makes the rest of us mere mortals appear as serving no role other than to worship their celebrity.

Bateman's cartoon does a great job of illustrating the reality distortion field that surrounds Miley Cyrus. Her world is not my world, your world or for that matter anyone's world other than her celebrity-fueled own — a point I hope my 11-year-old daughter, currently worshipping at the altar of all things "Twilight," will oneday understand.

For the last few years of his life, comic Bill Hicks did a bit commenting on his contempt for the no-talent celebrities filling the entertainment universe. As part of his very last public comments on Earth, before succumbing to pancreatic cancer, his punchline had evolved to "I'm going to host a new show on CBS ... it's called "Let's Hunt & Kill Billy Ray Cyrus"!" (followed by HUGE applause.)

If only we'd listened to Bill more closely. Good times, good times .... Keep it up Scott, and check this one out, if you haven't heard it before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSm8rAOaLtE

Full last Bill Hicks show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89o0Lvu-bvw

Awful recording, but worth listening to.