11/07/2014

I have a blog!

I had forgotten about this.  Sometimes I get so disgusted with the stupid that I think "I oughta post something about this online, it would probably get a million hits, I should start a blog," and then I vaguely remember that I do have a blogsite or two, and now, here I am.

What is so stupid this time?  It started early, on my way to work.  I can't stand to listen to the radio anymore, but this morning I did get about five minutes of worthwhile information until the newsreader started in on some kind of comedy skit.  This was NPR, Mourning Addition, which became stupid years ago.

Is it not possible to run a news program without attempting comedy?  I mean, humor is fine, but this was just some brain-dead har-de-har-har stuff, stuff that a shock jock would consider beneath his dignity.

Then it was off to work, and the mindless chattering of one of my co-workers, from whom I will soon be separated by a couple of cinder block walls, Ford willing. 

Survived all that, then sat through the evening news- again, more like Entertainment Tonight than news.  Do you realize that the Berlin wall fell?  I had to see that paragon of weightlessness Tom Brocaw once again, declaring that people gotta be free.

And I know I can't blame the newscasters for this.  My fellow citizens really are that stupid- a majority of them.  Sadly, while there was a time they might be a little embarrassed about their stupidity, now it's considered a virtue.  Our citizens are the reason we can't have nice things in this country.  Like single payer healthcare, or retirement at age 55, or a 35 hour work week, or a guaranteed minimum income, or a lot of things that would tend to make life a whole lot better for most of us.

Like not going to war over oil, but rather investing in renewable energy sources.  Like not spying on everyone.

I don't blame government or even big business for these things- I blame our dumb ass citizens, who will salute the flag no matter what sort of a con man or woman is waving it.  Dumb-asses!

And I'm particularly pissed right now about the latest movement, which seems to be that we should tolerate the dumb-ass opinion, no matter how severely mal-informed it may be.  Give everyone their right to believe whatever they want.  After all, who am I to say what's right?

Tired of it.  Not going to tolerate dumb-assed opinions any more.  Not going to argue with them either.  Just shutting that side down.  I've been practicing at work.

None of this is to say that I have any clue how to make this country less dumb.  I suspect it's impossible.  Well, maybe not- the Daily Show has made a lot of people less stupid, but I haven't got that sort of gift.  That Mark Twain did alright too, as did George Carlin.  These guys helped make me less stupid, anyway.

What I would like to do is start listing my demands.  The dumb-asses are always making demands, so why can't I?  Maybe a bunch of us could make demands like "no more Benghazi investigations!" and go march on the street with signs and teabags in our hands.  Heh- that would be cool.