Welcome everyone, someone, to Paradoxination. There are going to be several rather disparate issues with which I deal. A primary concern will be with the current political and cultural situation here in the US. In addition, I will give special attention to other areas of the world, which are particularly intertwined with this country and it's well-being: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Israel, China, and now Europe as countries like Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Ireland face catastrophic economic consequences as the result of financial irresponsibility, which has lead to a radical devaluation of the Euro in those countries.
On the cultural front, I will address trends like the increasing politicization of churches, which is leading for many to call for certain churches to have their tax-exempt status revoked. Similarly, there is a move in California to ban divorce--yes, you read that right--so as to protect marriage. I will have a great deal to say about this topic, along with the general de-secularization of American politics. The Supreme Court is always a hot topic, as is the notion of conservative activist judges,who nonetheless claim to cling to the notion of "Original Intent." Of course, as anyone with a rudimentary Lit Crit class under their belts knows, the notion that one may get into the head of an author, founding father or not, is no less absurd than attempting to crack one's skull so as to locate the mind. Finally, I am very concerned with two opposite, but equally bothersome, trends in American culture. The first is the pervasive sense of apathy amongst significant numbers of pseudo-citizens. In 2004, long after it had been indisputably documented that we were snowed into invading Iraq, just over 50% of registered voters bothered to vote in the Presidential Election. Secondly, and perhaps more disturbing, is the tendency of those who do "engage" in politics to fail to have a single thought of their own. There is little that will get me more riled up than some fool spouting off about issues of which his only source of information is some idiot talking head, "fair and balanced" of course. While I try my best to engage in reasonable political discourse, I will not hesitate to devour such 'idiot heads" as I just mentioned. Of course, most of them don't realize that they are leaking respect like a sieve, which is the real shame of it. Down, boy.
There is much more that I would like to say, but I must restrain myself. Alas, I must do something other than stare at this computer screen, potentially writing for no one but myself and those who would feel to guilty not to visit at least once. Thus it is that I go in search of a giant herring. Wish me luck; herring is not exactly plentiful in the Deep South.
Friday, March 12, 2010
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Cool buddy
ReplyDeleteI put a link on my blog to your blog. Good luck with it! :)
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