I'm curious, when did all of America get together and discuss the steady decline of the intellectual nature of our programming on TV? And when did we all vote that this was cool, and we liked it, and we wanted it to keep going? When did we unanimously decide to shove our heads up our asses and ignore the real world because it was so much easier?

Forgive me, my frustration is showing.

Let's talk news headlines shall we? When did Brangelina become more important than say, a bus exploding in India or Afghanistan? I'm sorry, I'm sure this is silly to most Americans, hell, lets just make it most PEOPLE since we're certainly not the only ones suffering from this languorous state of intelligence.

In fact, when did it become more important for me to see Paris Hilton's crotch, or at least know it was seen, than to discuss things like illegal immigration? The fact that we have so many people that don't belong here, that have bypassed and cut off people going through the proper application processes, and sucking the life out of our social programs, not to mention everything ELSE that's wrong with it on moral and financial levels... Excuse me that turned into a run on sentence. What I was beginning to state was, the fact that all of this occurs, and we find it more important to discuss the private parts (literally and figuratively) of Paris Hilton, is not just disgusting, but pathetic. When did our kind, when did humanity, become so lazy as to ignore the issues and lavish itself in gossip?

We happily ignore the rising obsession with weight and dieting in this country, yet we praise and swoon over the "perfect" appearance of celebrities, politicians are included in this. (Think the people that actually think the Obama Girl video was not only serious, but accurate.) We also have completely ignored the fact that dieting has risen JUST as fast as our waist bands expanded. Curiously in sync don't you think? Too bad we had to figure out that stem cells might be used to increase women's bust sizes instead of someone studying the unhealthy effects of dieting.

We focus on our politicians "pop culture" IQ and their looks, more than we focus on their intelligence, their etiquette, their demeanor, their eloquent speech, or even perhaps their ability to represent our country with grace, elegance, and power.

I think it's high time we got back to basics, we returned to our roots. We looked at what this country was founded on. Freedom for all men, men meaning humans. The freedom to speak how we please, and the maturity to understand we are responsible for those words. That we have the freedom to strive, to struggle, to become whatever we may become, to succeed however is possible for us, yet not to expect all our wishes and hopes to be placed delicately at our feet. The ability to worship, or not, however we choose. To marry where our heart takes us. To vote how we please, for what we believe in. To look past the socialite status, and elect a person we think is worthy for the position we appoint them. To return to majority rules, instead of minority's guilt trips. And no, in case anyone wants to attack me on the last statement, I don't mean minority as in race, creed, or sex. I mean minority as in the group of people thinking the least like the rest.

Is it possible, can we become what our forefathers set for us to make ourselves into? Can we lay our pasts to rest, and move on? Can we learn our lessons from our mistakes, forgive ourselves, and live on in a better, more balanced world? Or have we gone so far down a path of pure stupidity, that we can't get back up unless we have yet another revolution in our now world wide society?

I'd like to think that all these mistakes we've made, the people we've raised to be apathetic and lazy, can muster what's needed, to create the world we're supposed to have. I'd like to think it's possible to stop blaming each other, to stop hating each other, at least for the most part, and to accept and forgive for everything we are, and everything we are not.

The sad thing is, I think I'm the minority.

Oh and guys? The bitch is back.