I received an email from my lovely wife earlier today. It disturbed me on a deeply personal level. It shows the shallowness of our nation, the culture we live in, and the utter idiocy of our President, Barack Obama.
For many years now, I have watched our beloved nation sink into an abyss. The culture of this country is centered around entertainment. Our national attention span has been reduced to that of a three year old child. We celebrate entertainers, no matter how vile. This email is a fine example of what is wrong with our culture. Here is the email.
Ed McMahon died. He was a great entertainer, but prior to his stage accomplishments he was a distinguished Marine Corps fighter pilot in WWII earning six Air Medals and attaining the rank of Colonel. He was discharged in 1946 and was later promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in the CA Air National Guard.
Farrah Fawcett died after a long career in Hollywood as an actress. After she was diagnosed with cancer, she became an activist for cancer treatment and devoted her last remaining years encouraging people to seek treatment She documented her plight on film and used it to encourage others to stay positive and upbeat despite their diagnosis and suffering.
Michael Jackson died. Aside from his singing and dancing, he will also be remembered for his eccentric lifestyle that included sleeping with a chimpanzee, living in a carnival-like atmosphere at Neverland, his fascination with Peter Pan, and his numerous masks and costumes. He also admitted to finding pleasure sleeping with young boys and paying out millions of dollars in settlements to the families of these boys despite being acquitted by a court on one allegation of sexual molestation.
QUESTION – Which of the above did the House of Representatives declare a moment of silence for today? (Hint – It wasn’t the first two.)
QUESTION – Which of the above’s family received a personal note of condolence from President Obama? (Hint – It wasn’t the first two.)
Pathetic, isn’t it.
The House of Representatives gave a moment of silence for Michael Jackson but not a decorated war hero. That shows that our political class is as corrupted as the culture. This nation is sick, possibly terminal. When the people of this country can name every American Idol winner since the show began but can’t name their own Representative or name the people who sit on the Supreme Court, something drastic needs to happen. This is the result of the decay of the educational establishment for the last thirty years. We are raising people who can’t look past 30 second sound bytes. They can’t think for themselves. They rely upon the mainstream media to tell them what is happening AND what to think about it. We have become a nation of sheep. We are churning out of high schools people who may FEEL good about themselves but don’t know a thing about the real world. They have been programmed for year concerning social issues but not historical. While other countries concentrate on math and science, our public schools concentrate on gay rights, afro-centric curriculum, and environmental feel goodism. It’s no wonder we are falling behind other industrialized nations. We are headed for third world status.
How do we fix it?
There is a long list of items that are needed to fix this mess and it will take decades to reverse the trend. I will touch on these items in future postings. Right now, this whole mess has made me physically sick.
