The Superbowl just set a new record for destroying a full day in the life of a human being. Over 1/3 of Americans stopped living their own lives in order to watch a bunch of other folks live theirs.
Isn't that what T.V. is all about?
Look, I love sports... playing them and coaching kids that like to play them, that is.
T.V. is the anti-Christ.
Concerned about your weight/diet? By the age of 65, Americans will have spent 9 full years (24/7) of their lives in front of the T.V.
Worse we BELIEVE what we are told by those in charge of programing T.V.! Here's an idea. Go to Sports Authority, or Dicks... pick up a softball bat and glove, go home, take the bat to the T.V. and go outside and play with the kids or grandkids (wrestling/running shoes, golf clubs, or tennis racquets will work in a pinch).
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I was thrilled to see this book getting so much publicity - even though I think the assertion is completely FOS.
I am THRILLED that women like Tiger Mom and the Franco-phile Mama in the above link are doing what needs to be done: Calling out American Women on Motherhood.
We have spent enough time (to little effect) bashing dead-beat dads (even thought the vast majority of actual dead beat dads are incarcerated with no opportunity to be anything else)... think I am out of bounds? Let me ask you something... If you are reading this you are a highly educated thinking person (if I do say so myself).... so how many dead beat dads, out of ALL the dads you know, do you know of?
Irrespective of the media... "deadbeat dads" primarily come from bottom wrung of our society and from the prison population. Of course, there are exceptions... but they are few. Statistically, when Dad has custody, the proportion of dead beat moms is double that of dads.
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Sometimes you have to stand back in AWE... in Shock and AWE... of the bald propaganda let lose on unsuspecting T.V. watching consumers. Anybody really think that this "study" and its publication with the New York Times is just something that happened? Just a coincidence?
WTF???!!!!
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Know what's wrong with America? It ain't it the politicians - IT'S US. I dare newbies to read this and actually take the time to understand the implications.
And let me define "Us". "Us" are those that identify with the falsehoods of Feminism, Racism, Liberalism (see Feminism) and their effects on the family (my favorite spin is this horse sh#! "safety net" talk... the Left doesn't give a rat's ass for those truly in need - KIDS... they do care about eldrly voters, though... deny this? Then take me to task so I can school you on the numbers when following the money). Demographics do not lie. There was no such thing as the "Me" generation. There WAS (IS) the "Me" political association of those that resented their responsibilities to their families... and the outcome?
Obese, drug addled, latch-key kids/young adults (and middle aged women) that can't find their ass with both hands reduced to "occupying" tents and wasting the best years of their lives going into debt for an education in playground supervision.
But at least McDonalds' sales and profits continue to set new records growing at 3X to 4X background GDP...
Hey... Mom's too empowered... and Dad's too cowed... to do any parenting. Feed the family? Let McDonald's do it... I am too empowered by the very Corporations that my political affiliation professes to despise... Educate the family? Let the nice people with the NEA handle that. Save for a rainy day? NAFC... what's that "safety net" for, anyway. Take care of myself? Nah... healthcare is a "Right".
And that's the way it is... or was... stand by, the fix is coming.