Bill Maher says Americans are stupid, and sadly he's right. Think about it. Right now the two two top films at the box office are the Secret Life of Pets and Ghostbusters and they will be followed by still more cartoons, vulgar comedies and science fiction epics. And we will only know they are the top grossers because years ago reviewers stopped talking about quality and only reported box office. One of the most popular TV shows is Game of Thrones, a gloomy absurd fantasy filled with the kind of violence that should repulse us but wins Emmys instead. On the other end of the spectrum are "reality shows" like The Bachelorette with her overly coiffed and comically styled suitors. How dumb is it when the country's major celebrities are Kim Kardashian of the massive derriere and her insipid siblings, a tribe not noted for being good at anything other than narcissism. And it took a lot of stupid Americans to catapult racist Donald Trump to the top of the ticket and possibly even make him president. While civilized countries are eschewing religion and embracing science more and more, Americans are still predominantly magical thinkers including Talibanish evangelicals who want to make America a theocracy. We're the most violent country in the world and can't even manage to get gun laws passed despite the fact that we feel an increasing sense of personal danger from all the assault rifles and guns available to every madman who feels like going on a killing spree. Many of our lawmakers are overpaid morons who would rather be right than improve our society. Several of our states are suffering constant minor earthquakes because nobody is stopping greedy oil companies (often foreign) from fracking. Despite the fact that the terrorists on 9-11 were Saudi Arabians, we are still palsy walsy with this highly repressive country who, like us, denies women the right to make their own decisions. More than half of our lawmakers don't believe in global warming despite all the evidence and the assurance of scientific experts world-wide. We have allowed ourselves to become victims of a broadcast media that assaults us with endless unnecessary commercials to watch once-free programming which we were stupid enough to agree to pay for. We fall for the endless parade of new drugs, quickly asking our doctors to prescribe the latest costly drug which we actually don't need. We have not demanded free medical care like so much of the world and happily agree to let insurance companies make obscene profits. We have destroyed the country of Iraq, murdered thousands of innocent civilians, and not demanded retribution from the responsible war criminals whom we continue to fete and admire. We live in fear of ISIS, never accepting that our own government planted the seeds in Iraq to allow this evil weed to thrive. Those are just some of the arguments to show how stupid Americans are. I'm sure anyone reading this can come up with more reasons. See, I don't call myself cranky for nothing.
Monday, July 18, 2016
OH, BILL, YOU ARE SO RIGHT.
Bill Maher says Americans are stupid, and sadly he's right. Think about it. Right now the two two top films at the box office are the Secret Life of Pets and Ghostbusters and they will be followed by still more cartoons, vulgar comedies and science fiction epics. And we will only know they are the top grossers because years ago reviewers stopped talking about quality and only reported box office. One of the most popular TV shows is Game of Thrones, a gloomy absurd fantasy filled with the kind of violence that should repulse us but wins Emmys instead. On the other end of the spectrum are "reality shows" like The Bachelorette with her overly coiffed and comically styled suitors. How dumb is it when the country's major celebrities are Kim Kardashian of the massive derriere and her insipid siblings, a tribe not noted for being good at anything other than narcissism. And it took a lot of stupid Americans to catapult racist Donald Trump to the top of the ticket and possibly even make him president. While civilized countries are eschewing religion and embracing science more and more, Americans are still predominantly magical thinkers including Talibanish evangelicals who want to make America a theocracy. We're the most violent country in the world and can't even manage to get gun laws passed despite the fact that we feel an increasing sense of personal danger from all the assault rifles and guns available to every madman who feels like going on a killing spree. Many of our lawmakers are overpaid morons who would rather be right than improve our society. Several of our states are suffering constant minor earthquakes because nobody is stopping greedy oil companies (often foreign) from fracking. Despite the fact that the terrorists on 9-11 were Saudi Arabians, we are still palsy walsy with this highly repressive country who, like us, denies women the right to make their own decisions. More than half of our lawmakers don't believe in global warming despite all the evidence and the assurance of scientific experts world-wide. We have allowed ourselves to become victims of a broadcast media that assaults us with endless unnecessary commercials to watch once-free programming which we were stupid enough to agree to pay for. We fall for the endless parade of new drugs, quickly asking our doctors to prescribe the latest costly drug which we actually don't need. We have not demanded free medical care like so much of the world and happily agree to let insurance companies make obscene profits. We have destroyed the country of Iraq, murdered thousands of innocent civilians, and not demanded retribution from the responsible war criminals whom we continue to fete and admire. We live in fear of ISIS, never accepting that our own government planted the seeds in Iraq to allow this evil weed to thrive. Those are just some of the arguments to show how stupid Americans are. I'm sure anyone reading this can come up with more reasons. See, I don't call myself cranky for nothing.
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