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So, I just realized that every post I’ve written since the 6th has been a rant of some sort. I don’t mean to be such a Negative Nancy (farbeit a Grumpy Gus), I guess this is just what’s been on my mind lately. So I want to get this blog out of the dumps, and I want to do it right. So I’m going to share with you something that I believe represents not only everything that is right with this country, but also (miraculously), everything that is wrong with this country. And it makes me so happy every time I see it.

Yes, you may argue that this is bread and circuses, entertainment for the masses, a distraction from the many, many issues that actually matter. And you’re absolutely right. As much as I love Twiggy and her 300,000 plus views, I also know that he is just a very recognizable example of an epidemic that has gripped this country. For those who don’t know what I mean, please read 1984 and then Brave New World. Which one seems closer to reality? (Present administration excluded.) For a great analysis on the whole subject (and a whole lot more), check out Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, over twenty years old and still a good read. Or dig a little deeper. Or get caught up with the present. So, yeah, you probably say, things like this, and American Idol, and US Weekly are turning us into mindless consumer zombies that couldn’t give a hoot what our government does cause, honestly, all that stuff is really boring anyway.

You may argue all that, heap your reasons upon me. But I argue this:

She’s a water-skiing squirrel! Come on people!! Twiggy is so friggin’ cute!! And on water skis!!

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