Born Free

bornfree_1.jpgBorn Free: (Title) 1966 classic easy listening song honoring a famous lioness raised by humans and released into the wild.

Two captivity born 14-week-old American Bald Eagles born were released into the wild yesterday at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, after having been named by Miley Cyrus and her father Billy Ray.

The American Eagle Foundation has released more than 90 eagles from Dolly Parton's Dollywood theme park in East Tennessee since the 1990s. The eagles were named Tennessee (after the Cyrus' home state) and Hope (Miley's given middle name before she had it legally changed this year). (Source)

I have to tell you, I was so moved by this majestic act of heroism that it inspired me to put together a fitting tribute of my own. So I decided to name two stinkbugs I found in my house Miley and Billy Ray, and then I flushed them down the toilet. It's the only thing you can really do with stinkbugs, you know. Because if you stomp on them they just get their stank everywhere and it's really gross. Even the dogs hate it.

Miley Cyrus on TRL yesterday, sadly instead of getting her eyes pecked out by a couple of confused and irate eagles:

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