A CALL TO ACTION!

Happy Armed Forces Day!

            If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English thank a vet! I have always liked that saying. To me it sums up plenty. Today, Saturday May 20, 2006 is Armed Forces Day. Unfortunately, this day is not celebrated like it should be. True we have Memorial Day which was created to honor our war dead (which most people seem to have forgotten) and we have Veterans (Armistice Day) which is to celebrate all veterans, but I think it important to celebrate our Armed Forces. At no time since the Vietnam War has it been less popular to be in the Armed Forces. Americans love a quick war, like the first Gulf War. We have way too little patience and probably attention span to support a longer war. Well guess what. Most wars are very messy and usually take years to win. Look how long the Cold War lasted. Americans love a winner. That is one of the main reasons the Korean War and the Vietnamese War are not recognized more positively.

            I think television has done great harm to this country and the West in general. It has created a very visual and impatient populace, who’ve been conditioned for immediate gratification. That is all find and dandy if you are trying to sell something, but not for engaging in long term projects or discussing complex issues. I believe Americans were much more literate when they depending on reading for most of their information and education. Have you ever noticed that when you enter a room with a television on it immediately attracts your attention? Research has shown that when children are in a room with a closed circuit TV and something unpleasant is occurring in the room the children will immediately turn to the TV to watch what is going on. It is a way of disassociated with reality. Perhaps that is why with the Nation is in deep crisis, Most people seem disconnected. If something is not happening to them directly, it is like it isn’t really occurring! Another interesting phenomenon is that people requiring corrected vision, are much more common than they used to be. I think that TV might have something to do with this as well.

            Whatever the reasons, we tolerate much more interference from government than we ever have before. The Founding Fathers revolted for far lesser reasons than we have today, if only people cared. It is easy to assume what we enjoy is the norm. This is not true. For most of its history civilization has been composed mostly of highly controlled societies with rigid social structure. Whom you were born too was far more important than what you had achieved. Hollywood used to be composed of mostly working folk who held a great similarity to those who watched their movies. Now we have an entire entertainment class. More and more children of actors and entertainers have become the second or third generations in entertainment. This leads to a very out of touch and delusional class of people which have great effect on our values and world view. How much of a role does being entertained play in your life?

Peace

Fox News is the only ones who have talked about Armed Forces Day. They have a special on every Sunday called "war stories." The rest of the media cover garbage such as anti war groups. Hollywood? This makes me laugh! Most of them are not even American. 90% of them hang out over in Europe anyway. They like to make their millions that America has to offer and then go back to Europe and do their fashion shows and trash America on their off time. Most of them along with Democrats don't like the Military and want it done away with. Just look at the anti Military program on C-Span that Democratic Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney held. She along with all of the other loons wants to kick all Military recruiters out of public schools. I guess this is yet another reason to bag public schools. It's a disgrace! As for me, I love the Military and am grateful for every second of service they render to our Country. I am in debt to them forever. We all are! It's time we do more to help them.