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averygoodun42) wrote2011-03-05 06:12 pm
averygoodun42) wrote2011-03-05 06:12 pm
Patriotism
We're #1! We're #1! Or not.
And Hillary (rightfully) bashes the US media.
We have become so insular as a nation that we don't even realize how far we've sunk. It's really sad. (And reminiscent, though only mildly, of USSR days, where they were told they won the war.) And what's even worse is that telling the truth about this nation is deemed an act of treason nowadays.
It's like saying to a heart-attack patient, "Oh, your heart is fine! It's absolutely fine! You might want to cut out the bacon, but you'll survive no matter what." Or, more accurately, a team of doctors arguing about how to treat the heart-attack patient as he comes into the ER. With none actually touching the patient. And shooing the nurses away.
Anyway, that first article is really good.
And Hillary (rightfully) bashes the US media.
We have become so insular as a nation that we don't even realize how far we've sunk. It's really sad. (And reminiscent, though only mildly, of USSR days, where they were told they won the war.) And what's even worse is that telling the truth about this nation is deemed an act of treason nowadays.
It's like saying to a heart-attack patient, "Oh, your heart is fine! It's absolutely fine! You might want to cut out the bacon, but you'll survive no matter what." Or, more accurately, a team of doctors arguing about how to treat the heart-attack patient as he comes into the ER. With none actually touching the patient. And shooing the nurses away.
Anyway, that first article is really good.