A-meh-rica Rising: Lost Perspective, Willful Ignorance

Pajamas Media ^ | July 4 | Clarendon

[AJKauf]

Two hundred and thirty-three years ago, our founders celebrated the birth of a new country. This weekend, some of us, inspired by their example, will once again take to the streets to plead with our elected leaders to listen to the people in a time of crisis. Most of us, however, will not. America has turned into Amehrica, land of the freaks and home of the blasé. It’s not that nothing seems to faze us anymore; it’s that nothing of importance seems to even register with large chunks of the populace.

Who cares if we’re offering platitudes about the best chance at reform in Iran that we’ve seen in our lifetimes? Jon and Kate are getting a divorce! Who cares if a nuclear nation run by a tyrant is threatening us? Perez Hilton got a black eye from a Black Eyed Pea! Who cares if a sweeping piece of legislation gets a vote without lawmakers having read the bill? Michael Jackson died!

How can a country that cares more about the deaths of pop stars and pitchmen than the death of responsibility and the crippling of our economic future remain strong? How can we survive in a world where we view ourselves, our allies, and our enemies as occupying the same moral ground?

It has become fashionable, in these cynical times, to think that America was never really good, much less great...

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

Spot on. Celebrity worship, spoon-fed to the masses by a corrupt media won't cushion the fall of the lemmings over the ledge.

America isn't at war. AMERICA IS AT THE MALL. THE MILITARY IS AT WAR.