We've got stories of the raving lunatic who crashed a plane into the IRS building in TX; nuclear troubles from both North Korea and Iran; ways our tax money is spent; news on the war front; and a sad tale of a missing family.
So what's the lead-off story? 'I am so sorry,' Tigers Woods says in public apology
Hell in a handbasket, folks. Hell in a handbasket. As long as we've got our bread-and-circuses, we'll ignore the signposts saying "Hell: 200 miles" all along the way. Distract us with a salacious story of a talented sportsman brought down by his reproductive organs, we'll forget all about the evil in the world, all the crazy, all the many ways our government fails again and again to do what it is supposed to do.
It gets discouraging when you realize that the vast majority of your fellow Americans know the cast of "Dancing with the Stars" but can't name their own Representative...
That is all.
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Ain't it the truth brother. The great apathetic huddled masses. Huddled around their boob tubes, glued to inane inconsequential crap.
And they say it's racist to suggest a test to vote. I'd guess 20% would get the question, "Who is the current Vice President" wrong. Maybe they're qualified to vote for the next American Idol ... but the next leader of the free world?
Not so much.
<a href="http://curses-foiled-again.blogspot.com/2010/02/bread-and-circuses.html>Curses! Foiled Again!: Bread and Circuses</a>
Oops! Let's try that again.
Curses! Foiled Again!: Bread and Circuses
I'm listening to NPR on this thing and I wonder "break".. this implies that he's working.
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