Is it just me, or is the divide between smart people and stupid people becoming greater? How is it possible that there are people out there who don't know who fought in the Civil War, much less what it was about? For God's sake, the answer to "who" is right there in the title! Talk about a "spoiler"!
Here's a good example of what I'm talking about: Dr. Phil's entire TV career! Does anyone else notice themselves shouting the same advice to the imbeciles on his show that he eventually disperses to them after exhaustive repitition of Texas colloquialisms? My question is...how do I profit from this imparting of so-called "wisdom" to the dumb masses? (Ha-ha...sounds like I said "dumb asses"...that's a Beavis & Butt-head moment.)
I'm starting to think that the participants on the "Jaywalking" segment of "The Tonight Show" are the rule rather than the exception. Recently, I got a dose of collassal ignorance hurled in my lap while listening to The Neal Boortz Show. He was discussing a "man on the street" item in the Atlanta newspaper in which the reporter was asking passerby "Do you think the government should start paying for x?" (Substitute any number of things for x -- I have to admit that I was so shocked by the answer given that I can't even remember what service was mentioned in the question.) One man actually said -- get ready for this -- "Yes, because if the government doesn't start paying for it, the taxpayers will." (Crickets chirping here.)
I felt all the emotions -- anger, resentment (at the fact that this guy probably gets to vote), shock, incredulousness. Is this the best we can do? This guy probably thought he was giving a thoughtful, measured answer that would cause people to go "Wow...he's right! I never thought of it that way before!" I wonder how hard the reporter was laughing at the guy...or maybe he wasn't. Maybe he's part of the dumbing-down conspiracy. After all, if you read it in the paper it must be true, right?
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