Subject: Just How Stupid Are We? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 My Fellow Americans, Much amusement has been had over the recent incoherent, air-headed ramblings of Miss South Carolina during the recent Miss Teen USA pageant. (Actually, I feel a little sorry for her, since I highly doubt that her profound cluelessness was entirely her own doing. Usually it takes a lot of co-conspirators -- teachers, parents, friends, etc. -- to result in such extreme bimbo-ness.) For those who haven't witnessed the gruesome event, when asked why a fifth of Americans couldn't find the U.S. on a world map, Miss South Carolina responded with what sounded like the output of a random- word generator. (Go to www.youtube.com and search for "South Carolina," and you'll see what I mean.) Normally, words are used to convey thoughts between people. In her case, the words seemed designed to convey the ILLUSION of thought, but without much success. She was, no doubt, trained to include certain catch words and phrases: "I personally believe," "such as," "our future," "Iraq," "Africa," etc. And she did. She just didn't bother including anything in between, which might have formed an actual concept or idea. But what disturbs me a lot more than that one display of ignorance - - - which is hardly unusual in modern America -- is the fact that when people do EXACTLY what Miss South Carolina did, only with more confidence and steadiness, we Americans usually grant them unlimited power over us. These days the megalomaniacs -- those who desire personal power and dominion over others -- dupe most people without even having to make a half-decent effort. Consider, as a randomly-chosen example, the following clip of Barrack Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5h95s0OuEg&mode=related&search= Looking sincere and confident, he spends several minutes throwing out catch phrases which, taken as a whole, mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. If I have to watch someone spewing out words which convey no shred of thought, I'd much rather watch Miss South Carolina do it. Frankly, I'd also rather have her be the all-powerful ruler of the world than have what we have now, because no amount of good old- fashioned stupidity could ever do the damage which the love-of- dominion crowd does every day through its supposedly well- intentioned "solutions." In his sales pitch for himself, Mr. Obama spoke of wanting a "different kind of politics," and wanting to see the "change and progress that we so desperately need." He pretended to sympathize with the common folk who face concerns about health care costs, pensions and college bills, and said that partisanship was preventing people from "working together in a practical, common sense way." (Actually, "GOVERNMENT" is what prevents that.) He said he wanted us to "come together around our common interests and concerns as Americans." He said that engaged citizens working together can accomplish extraordinary things, and that he has great hope for the future, because he believes in you. Isn't that sweet? So what did we learn from all that? We learned that Mr. Obama knows how to echo the same meaningless rhetoric that all politicians in all countries throughout all of history have used. When's the last time you heard a politician say, "Ya know, I don't much care about your stupid concerns. You're a bunch of worthless twits who couldn't wipe your noses if not for government. I have no intention of changing the system at all, I just want to be the one in charge of it for as long as it lasts, before the poop really hits the fan and this whole silly charade comes crashing down"? (Come to think of it, I might vote for someone who said that.) And I picked Mr. Obama's stupid ramblings at random. The same could be said about the rhetoric of anyone else in government: Hillary, McCain, Giuliani, Bush, Kerry, Gore, Cheney, and so on, ad infinitum. EVERY politician in Washington (with the possible exception of Ron Paul) spews the same meaningless drivel, and it WORKS--as demonstrated by the fact that they're STILL THERE. So before you laugh too loudly at poor Miss South Carolina, who merely sought to win a pageant, look how many of your fellow Americans are eager to give unbridled power, over everyone and everything in the country, to people who do nothing more than parrot the same old meaningless catch-phrases that tyrants have used forever. The ignorance of Miss South Carolina doesn't hurt anyone but herself. The ignorance of the American voters, on the other hand, results in the robbery, extortion, harassment, terrorization, assault, wrongful imprisonment, and/or murder of MILLIONS of innocent human beings. And those same voters have the gall and hypocrisy to laugh at Miss South Carolina. Amazing. Sincerely, Larken Rose www.tyrantbook.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify Charset: UTF8 Version: Hush 2.5 wpwEAQECAAYFAkbYeWAACgkQGmVFo/iGj33SmAQAmDb/7Uy9RFx8VZmtrGgxFzL3TX3I vpdxUUGN97zA6x0yDgk0FhLvZlR3NeJ5Ldd4vwo5AHHkt31wApMQwVMQ/3F5czOGdtEw +L0MPEz+4XNTesTTpu4nPQ2EUN0yV+0FS9aTtzJ8/xmjj5946E2PwKcvTl1Zr6lyvBoI nR7GLpo= =99Q+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Click here for free information on nursing degrees, up to $150/hour http://tagline.hushmail.com/fc/Ioyw6h4eKD7zZkIFsHzlqwar4yG8kvvadtBt5tOhWQMW7rOg8PLBYw/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, send a blank message to tmds-on@mail-list.com To contact the list owner, send your message to tmds-list-owner@mail-list.com