It’s a Damn Shame!
October 12, 2009 | 64 Comments
I have been remiss in writing a good rant for a few weeks especially when so much has happened for me to rant about! I guess it is because that I have just been so overwhelmed with the disrespect, lack of civility and stupidity that is running rampant that I couldn’t focus on just one or two issues. And I still can’t! So I‘ve decided that you folks might be willing to put up with a series of short rants on all of the things that I am finding especially irritating in the news and in life these days. I hope you enjoy, if you want to share any of these, feel free but give credit and send folks over to the blog and to my fanpage on facebook. This little rant is obviously called, “It’s a damn shame……………….”
It’s a damn shame when someone writes on my Facebook page defending irresponsible behavior with the words “Personal responsibility is such a cliché. It’s a condescending over-used phrase that has become the stock answer to everything.” Yes! It is the answer to everything! And it’s a damn shame that people would rather do anything in this world than take responsibility for their actions, including dismissing the notion as cliché and condescending.
It’s a damn shame when all of us can’t be happy when one of us has something good happen. Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize and it suddenly becomes a battle cry of the right wing about how he doesn’t deserve it. If your name isn’t Nobel or you aren’t on the committee then you don’t really have a say in his deservingness. Don’t say he didn’t earn it – it’s not up to you to decide that. The Nobel Peace Prize committee decided he was deserving so you don’t really get a say in who wins the award since you don’t sit on the committee. This is not about politics or whether you like Obama’s stance on … well, anything! It’s about the President of the United States gets recognized on the world stage for something good and our divisive political system can’t say “congratulations” and then move on to better things. Which means it’s a damn shame when important things like healthcare, the recession, Medicare, Social Security and other major issues are taking a backseat to this inane non-issue.
The Average American – Please Don’t Be One!
May 26, 2009 | 28 Comments
Why would I say you shouldn’t be an average American? Because the average American is fat, stupid and broke. Don’t believe me?
* The average American is fat. 65% of all adults over the age of 20 are overweight and 31% are obese.
*The average American owes $10,000 on their credit cards.
*The average American reads at a seventh grade level.
*The average American doesn’t read a non-fiction book after graduating high school.
*The average American has little or no savings. In fact, the average 50 year old American has less than $2500 saved.
*The average American spends nearly six hours a day watching television.
*The average American complains about how hard they work, yet studies tell us that they only work half the time they are on the job.
*The average American parent spends only 3.5 minutes per week in meaningful conversation with their children.
*The average American doesn’t exercise, doesn’t read, doesn’t communicate well, eats nearly twice as many calories as necessary, and is obsessed with the mundane and the superficial.
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