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America: Land of Bobble-heads
Every time I read the news about America, I am amazed at my countrymen's idiocy. My country is full of mindless, thoughtless people, people who, like the man on a lame donkey, blame the potholes in the road for the damned bumpy ride.
For instance. . .Americans think it mighty wonderful that a major TV production company will pay millions for the exclusive right to broadcast the Olympics. One channel on the television is going to let you see all of the Olympic Games? One entity is going to decide what you see and when you see it. And America considers itself blessed by this monopoly! America wallows in the joy of one voice, one directed vision, even though it is impossible to cover the entire--or even a major portion of the--Olympics. Why would anyone want to bother questioning such a decision?-- they've been saved the intricate and painful exercise of choosing.
In China, where there is State run TV, there were upwards of five channels (non-cable) covering the Games, each channel focused on different aspects of the Games. Five channels certainly offers up more freedom of choice than one voice, it seems to me.
What could Americans possibly have been thinking to let someone else make such a decision for them!
Or. . .
Lately, there's been a spate of increased shooting crimes with resultant deaths, across America, especially in Connecticut where--of all things!--women and children were injured. . .as if to say it's okay to kill men. The police, not able to contain the violence, have instituted curfews in these communities. These curfews are for children under 18 at night--except for a couple cities where it's 24 hours. The reporters found nothing wrong with this para-military decision and apparently neither did America, home of the brave, land of the free: no outcry.
What a "Duh!" South Park blonde sorority sister cheerleader moment. Americans must be micro-cephalics.
For 40 years America has heard how the answer to rising crime is more police. So we get more police. And then we get more crime. So we need more police. And then we get more crime. . .until now the bloated police force, unable to control crime, want to corral the innocent population. And America accepts this decision as the only possible right and just manner of containing crime.
Let's see. . .gun crimes are carried out by adults, so, yes, it's good to keep the youthful non-offender off the street at night. To save our children. But. . .that puts the criminal, the killer, on the street. The shootists are free! The rest of us are imprisoned. This is controlling crime?! Already the police do not police certain sections of some cities because they are too dangerous--and we expect them to control an entire city full of thugs? People, where are your minds?
But here's the really stupid part: many of these gun incidents happened during the day. So it makes really good sense to impose a night time curfew.
Can you say, "Police State"?
Could it be that a fair proportion of these gun injuries and deaths might be prevented if the guns themselves were controlled?
Do you think a curfew for adults over 18 might be effective? Shoot-to-kill violators?
Why is it that America's first choice for problem-solving is immediate violence?
Or. . .
In the Catholic Church, a mortal sin is a sin of grave matter committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent of the sinner. That is, mortal sins are not accidents, like premeditated murder is not accidental. Also, "sins that cry to heaven for vengeance" are mortal sins. Sodomy and homosexual relations are included in this set, as per Genesis 18:20. If you commit a mortal sin, you are eternally damned. No possibility of being saved. In common parlance, your ass is grass. God's Law, as propounded by his Church and Earthly representative, The Vatican.
There are many people who believe in heaven, hell and eternal damnation in America. People want to be saved and sit at the right hand of God. If this idea of mortal sin and eternal damnation were truly God's Law, were truly a binding reality, then one wonders about first degree murderers and people who buy murder. But, more importantly, one wonders why priests, God's own servants, willingly and repeatedly sodomize little boys. Is eternal damnation worth a cute little hairless ass?
Maybe, just maybe, God doesn't enter into the equation at all.
Look. . .there's more.
The FDA is recalling and banning all un-approved Quinine because this Quinine is associated with life-threatening side-effects when used for leg cramps. But. . .the FDA, that approves the sale of drugs, has an unapproved drug it's approved? How is it that Quinine, a natural drug derived from the bark of the Cinchona tree and now produced synthetically because the Cinchona was wiped out, has side-effects when it's used for one thing (leg cramps) and not another (malaria)? Does Quinine know what it's being used for? Does Quinine consciously make a decision to be harmful only in certain cases? And what about Quinine water, AKA tonic water? Is the FDA going to ban it, too?
Fact: It doesn't matter how you get Quinine as long as you get it: injection, pills/capsules, tonic water. Originally, Quinine was used to stave off malaria. The Brits took to carrying Quinine water because it was less trouble. But Quinine water tastes pretty bad. So, they cut it with alcohol (a habit-forming drug that causes brain damage) in the form of gin. Et voila! Gin & Tonic. The gin doesn't do much for the taste of tonic water but after 2-3 drinks you just don't care. A lot of people drink gin & tonic with no thought of malaria--or leg cramps. No Quinine side-effects here.
Fact: There is only one pharmaceutical maker of Quinine in America. That means monopoly. That means no competition. And that means the price of Quinine can be whatever the maker wishes it to be: what are you going to do about it? You've got no choice.
Fact: The head of the FDA is a Big PHRMA man.
I'd like to ask: So whatcha think? But American's don't think. So it's a stupid, pointless question.
An authority says that Quinine used for leg cramps is bad but that Quinine used for malaria and mixed drinks is good, so it's true and right and beyond question. . .for Americans.
I think it's idiocy.
I could go on and on. . .but I've got a headache. . .
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