THE WORD MUNCHIES

Well... I stumbled into the esoteric world of blogs after reading my boss's markedly eloquent humidcedar blog... and in order to post anything, it seems one must register for one's very own blog. So I did, specifically with the intent of replying to a Harry Potter post.

But now that I've registered... this blog thing has beckoned to me everyday, all empty and hungry for words. I tried to say no, but it didn't work out.

So, for my first blog entry, I've decided to write about something that I have been thinking about all day. A frustration.

I'm really quite offended by the anti-American sentiment of the Michael Moores and Hollywood limosuine liberals and the "Rosenberg press" (thank you, dr. savage)... (And I'm also rather annoyed with the easy-target, anti-Christian intolerance that seems to have run amuck, but I'll get to that in another entry.)

The thing is, no other country in the history of the world has so quickly accumulated the wealth and power that the U.S.A. has and used it for relentless good causes. This is something I think its own citizens have largely forgotten. There is some driving collective urge to protest something and get angry and yell about civil liberties.

But what I think is that so many people who want to get mad simply pick the easiest targets. Easy targets like, for example, the country that affords them their voices without cutting off their tongues. Or like patriots who gave everything they had in the world up - while bored, whiney brats sip on ice-cold frappucinos with their chompsky readers. Easy targets like men and like Christians and like women who stay home with their children and drive minivans. Why is there a song written making fun of a soccer mom?? Why do so many fear and/or despise every aspect of traditional roles? Why is a husband a predator and a wife a nag? This annoys me, as well, because this ultra-radical, man-hating baloney undermines womanhood and motherhood, and spits on happy marriages where a husband and wife respect each other's needs.

Anyway, I think the desire to be angry about something political combined with good old-fashioned laziness has yielded this movement. Any history buff will tell you that there were MANY times when outrage was justified and when specific regimes and their motives needed to be questioned.

But what I don't understand is why there is little outrage about certain things. Why the easiest, most worthless complaints are the loudest... instead of getting angry with the ones that evoke the most fear... those real threats to the beloved free world. I'm not quite sure how comfortable I am writing publicly about some of these things, so I don't think I will go any further into this tonight, until I think about it some more.

But, alas, no governing body is without some element of corruption, I won't argue that, but the truth is, Americans are very free. Regardless of whether or not a pledge is recited or if the monotheistic God is referenced on a coin or in a federal courthouse.

It takes a first generation immigrant, I suppose, to appreciate and truly see the blessings of a free country. To start with nothing, work hard, and obtain limitless dreams.