It happens; you get to doing all kinds of crap and while you see plenty of things to write bits about, you decide against writing. Which is not to say that I haven't been writing; come on, me not writing is like me not breathing. I haven't been writing in my blog for various reasons, mostly because I have summer school.
Well, today I'm not at school because last night, I somehow completely wrecked my back. Don't ask me how, because all I know is that I woke up around three and realized I could hardly move. So now, I'm sitting on the couch, wincing often, Icy-Hot patch and ibuprofen applied. I ought to eat breakfast, but that's looking like a long, uncomfortable walk to the kitchen. I'm sort of in a foul mood, and there's not better time to write than when you're caught in the midst of a smoldering temper.
Let's talk about Sarah Palin. If you haven't heard, she's an idiot who refuses to acknowledge that she's an idiot. She tries to dismiss her gaffes as "technicalities." Recently, she was quoted talking about Paul Revere, and how he (apparently) sounded bells and horns to tell the British that we were there.
Upon watching this clip of Palin's idiocy, I felt annoyed. Why is it that people with no real education can get this far in the political sphere, all the while spewing this kind of crap and being smug about it? Palin isn't the only one, either; in the midst of telling people Americans need to read the Constitution, one politician cited "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," a well-known quote from the Declaration of Independence.
Is this the new standard? Have the anti-intelligence masses become such a majority that well-organized, thoughtful arguments are a thing of the past? In any other developed country on this blue planet, those who are well-educated and worldly are considered far superior potential leaders than those who use blind, irrational fear to gain popularity. In any other country, people like Sarah Palin would be laughed out of town.
So is this what America has become? Is this the other side of democracy? We now consider people who don't even know their own country's history to be legitimate contenders. These are against people who have taught American law in universities, people who hold doctorates in political theory and have made a lifetime career of understanding the complexities of the US government. This is insanity, but it is also the reality of a democracy where the citizens have become lazy and uninformed.
Alas, I am in pain and I'm cranky. I'm missing a class I like and I'm going out of town on Thursday. Packing whilst suffering from back pain is akin to throwing myself down the stairs repeatedly. I'm not looking forward to it. And I suppose that's the problem with the nation in general- we all have stuff to do. The economy's weaving up and down like a drunken sailor, unemployment grew slightly, everything's on fire or everything's flooded. This, however, is the price of living in a country run by the people. If we are unwilling to pay attention to what's happening, who is left to maintain the watch? Not anybody we want to leave in charge, I'll tell you that.
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