November 18, 2004
Ashamed to be American
I think the only way I'm going to get through the next few years, or perhaps my entire life, is to just stop watching TV. This morning I woke up to a depressing CSPAN debate on raising the federal debt limit for the 3rd time in the past 4 years. The irresponsibility and sheer incompetence is staggering. Yet our "liberal media" and apathetic population still seem to believe the GOP is the party of balanced budgets, despite 25 years of evidence to the contrary. Apparently the only way US citizens recognize the importance of balancing the budget is when a deranged Texan buys a bunch of airtime and lectures them.
But this is all nothing compared to the horror show going down in Iraq. If you think you can stomach even more evidence on the desensitization and demoralisation of American culture, than check this out.