Popular Infatuation

With the recent death of Anna Nicole, and my newly developed cynicism toward many of Americas ridiculous cultural practices, i have noticed (at least in myself) a growing dislike for the American peoples infatuation with useless trivial news. Less and less I find myself spending time on such trite activities as seeing what the cause Anna Nicole's death was, or how amazing it is when beniffer, brangelina, or whoever have even the smallest hiccup in there amazingly successful lives. These people are worshiped in America. Literally worshiped. If this does not sound imbecilic to you, then you need to re-think your priorities and purpose in this world. More and more I do find myself reading enlightening books, reflecting on life, writing just for the sake of writing, and playing the best music of my life. Too often the bourgeois American society looks to MTV and FOX for the most recent scoop, and nary a thought is placed on the world outside of our own self indulgent nation. In a country that ranks 49th for literacy out of all U.N. nations, and whose most powerful and influential news papers are written on an 8th grade reading level, is it any surprise that there is little to no pressure placed on the common American to look outside of their own selfish problems and attempt to gain a better understanding of the world around them?

It seems like everyone and their mother now has a Myspace and/or Facebook, myself included, but the extremes that some people take it to are outrageous! Hundreds of pictures of oneself uploaded and precisely arranged to show people every aspect of their lives. It is becoming increasingly important to realize that while we may be one of the most intelligent and technologically advanced nations, that intelligence is not based on an average, but on a few people who make up for the numerous and vast number of feeble minded citizens. We are quickly being left in the dust by forward thinking nations, who abide by set rules and place their faith not in a hopeful miracle or ancient scripture, but in reason and truth. It is a stubborn nation that is an uneducated nation, and we seem to take the proverbial cake when it comes to being pertinacious. Whether it is a war on drugs or a war on "terror" the music does not change. And the beat always stays the same. An ignorant president backed by an entire society that simply does not care. American citizens are more powerful than any citizen in any other nation. We wield incredible amounts of power simply by voting for a bill, law, or government leader. Sadly, our government has become so separated from the people that on average only a fraction of what our government does is known to us. Imagine if instead of tabloids and fitness magazines next to the check out, there were political magazines from around the world. Science magazines and actual intelligent pieces of writing, in place of these contrived pieces of work written solely to relate to the common teenager there could be books that make us think!

I feel lucky that I have begun to question society and not just go along with the massed herd. It is imperative to learn, absorb, and question. Question everything and always try to attain a more enlightened state of being.