Do you think the hoopla about American Idol is indicative of the state of mind of many citizens. I read many of the emails on the BLOG. It was not nice. There was real hatred and anger evidenced by a high percentage of the writers. There were, of course, many who sounded sane and expressed positive thoughts. But the level of degradation and angry was extreme in my opinion.
Much of it was racist. Name calling, rude remarks, cruel assessments were the norm. None of them stopped to think about what it would be like to receive these barbs. And fewer still had any appreciation for what it would be like to be a participant and be under the same scrutiny.
One in particular expressed alarm and real malice towards Fantasia. At age 19, she is a single mother who has risen to stardom through the AI competition. The bloggers point was that she was somehow undeserving because she had a child out of wedlock. That she should have been disqualified to be considered an idol. The presumption was others would now want to get pregnant so they too would have the sympathy and get the votes. Duh!
As I thought about it, I was struck by this oddity. Here the bloggers are, criticizing Fantasia for overcoming her mistakes and striving for her "gold medal." I ask - would it have been better to have killed the baby (abortion) and then lived with the secret? She could have then appeared on AI and no one would have been the wiser. So being honest and saving a life gets her skewered by some percentage of the public - while being and hypocrite and killer would allow her to have the facade of purity.
This would seem to be a microcsm of the political world today. W seems to be losing big time as the left bombards him with criticism about his policies. Lacking real evidence, the best they can do is accuse, tarnish and maul him for the decisions he has made. There seems to be no awareness or caring about the impact this has on the soldiers, the enemy or our "allies." This is just about winning back the White House. (Not sure why they want it after the last guy took everything out.)
We live in a world of no grace. Cut, chop, pillor - smoke and destroy. So many of the commentators have cast aside any semblance of reasonableness and decided to just gore W and the rest of the GOP. I listen regularly to Hannity and Colmes as well as O'Reillly and Dennis Miller. I am in awe at how consistent the liberal message is (and predictable.) It is almost laughable. I keep hoping I will hear authentic analysis and thought. But all I hear is rethoric. Wouldn't it be nice if someone would answer a question withou equivocating?
Enough of this for now. But I do want to thank you for reading. Please write me if you have time.
Much of it was racist. Name calling, rude remarks, cruel assessments were the norm. None of them stopped to think about what it would be like to receive these barbs. And fewer still had any appreciation for what it would be like to be a participant and be under the same scrutiny.
One in particular expressed alarm and real malice towards Fantasia. At age 19, she is a single mother who has risen to stardom through the AI competition. The bloggers point was that she was somehow undeserving because she had a child out of wedlock. That she should have been disqualified to be considered an idol. The presumption was others would now want to get pregnant so they too would have the sympathy and get the votes. Duh!
As I thought about it, I was struck by this oddity. Here the bloggers are, criticizing Fantasia for overcoming her mistakes and striving for her "gold medal." I ask - would it have been better to have killed the baby (abortion) and then lived with the secret? She could have then appeared on AI and no one would have been the wiser. So being honest and saving a life gets her skewered by some percentage of the public - while being and hypocrite and killer would allow her to have the facade of purity.
This would seem to be a microcsm of the political world today. W seems to be losing big time as the left bombards him with criticism about his policies. Lacking real evidence, the best they can do is accuse, tarnish and maul him for the decisions he has made. There seems to be no awareness or caring about the impact this has on the soldiers, the enemy or our "allies." This is just about winning back the White House. (Not sure why they want it after the last guy took everything out.)
We live in a world of no grace. Cut, chop, pillor - smoke and destroy. So many of the commentators have cast aside any semblance of reasonableness and decided to just gore W and the rest of the GOP. I listen regularly to Hannity and Colmes as well as O'Reillly and Dennis Miller. I am in awe at how consistent the liberal message is (and predictable.) It is almost laughable. I keep hoping I will hear authentic analysis and thought. But all I hear is rethoric. Wouldn't it be nice if someone would answer a question withou equivocating?
Enough of this for now. But I do want to thank you for reading. Please write me if you have time.
