[SMARTY]

Establishment America has been so completely and recklessly demonized that young people would much rather associate themselves with absolutely any group or organization (no matter how radical or even criminal) than think of themselves as ‘American’ in the traditional sense.

The problem is, their parents stand by casually allowing the MSM and the public schools turn their children into counter-culture losers... THEN they complain that the kids are under-served, unemployable, etc.

[rktman]

LOL! You wanna see “counter-culture”? You should be in the Reno area this week for the annual “Burning Man” er, event, festival, gathering out on the Black Rock Playa north of here. 70 thousand “occupants” permitted to go. And since we’re the closest “city”, this is the jumping off point for the event. Think “MadMax” meets hippy love in. Then they all come back to town after a week without showers (for most of them) and smelling of pot and patchouli oil with dreds galore. Great for people watching for a short time.