I was born & reared in NJ for the first half of my life and even though I currently reside in another state I do travel back home from time to time to visit and reacquaint myself with friends family & surroundings [as everything & everyone is always changing]. What Jersey Shore depicts is true & real and I don't understand the controversy!? If shows like the "flavor of love", "for the love of Ray-j", My Antonio" "Real house wives of atlanta / orange county",  "Baldwin Hills" and the like [of which there are more to be listed yet my point has been made…] are reality shows depicting people in their environment as well as aspects of their lifestyle(s) just like Jersey Shore does and I say, "Damn who it offends, SHOW the truth…" Yes they really act like that, yes it might be offensive, but guess what it's how they are there in NJ… yes I can take you to all their hangouts PERSONALLY and PROVE it to you.... PLEASE MTV do NOT buckle the pressure and please continue to churn out truth in programming… What people have failed to realize is that the can has been opened and there is no returning the worms to their container, even if the show is taken off the air, their embarrassment will remain, they will STILL act as they did before the shows demise… Damage control has come a little late and now those that have seen the show know what I know, sweeping it under the rug won't change the fact that the dirt is STILL there!!!


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Have NJ lawmakers involved themselves because the show is an embarrassment or are they fearful that the behavior depicted on the show will hurt their tourisms bottom line? whatever the case they need to stick to law and let those that know entertainment to stick to what they know best!!!

we need to find a new way of dealing with criminals as the current system is not just broken it's also riddled with corruption as prisons practically equate to being slavery farms, in which some inmates are forced into doing hazardous labor which in the civilian world would draw large annual salaries. It's not just a scam, it's an injustice.
 
I'm tired of not just being out right lied to by those who are suppose to assist me in enriching my existence but the hypocrisy & double standards by which they live and issue policy has choked the life out of al that was once thought to be great about the US of A.
 
It seems our government sees society as nothing more than chess pieces they bicker over in their games of deceit & destruction rather than willingly offering assistance or advise or living up to being "children of this country's founding fore fathers" and living up to their words and laws rather than hiding behind shady policies and money schemes…
 
until we stand up for something rather than continuing to accept situations as they are, until we stop allowing the government & military to bully us like an abusive alcoholic step dad, until we make them understand it's time they "protect & serve" literally rather than ideally, rather than protecting themselves, serving up beat downs and their own take on justice… We need to realize AND make those in power realize they are only in power because we allow them to remain that way… actually I think this is by design, "allow just enough chaos & misery to fester and no one will be the wiser of the duplicity involved as the'll be concerned with their own misery rather than that of the nation as a whole"
 
we need to stand up, we need to wake up we need to make them afraid of US, we need to make them accountable to the laws and policies they dictate and are suppose to uphold, we need to make them understand that we've had enough and that we won't take too much more…. This cam all be done without violence, without rioting, and I GUARANTEE the outcome will bring about positive results. What would it take you ask??? shut them down!!! Show them that they need us more than we need them by not spending any money at ALL at first to test on a weekend, next one day a week increasing to as many days a week as it would take to effect change….
 
If they continue to allow the cost of living to steadily increase as it has been, it will soon reach the point where the minimum standards for living will be unattainable.... we need to make a preemptive strike & eliminate the reliance on the dollar making it worthless, we need to barter & show that they have less control over US than they believe… but I am dreaming as we as a society have learned too much of the government's bad habit and seek out greed and enjoy capitalism too much, FAR too much.
 
We need to try new systems of government, of church, & of state as the concepts & constructs currently in place are miserably broken