Ah, America

How much does it suck that I have a blog dedicated to Americana and almost everyday, I am reminded of just how ashamed I am to be American?

In this week alone, whores dominated the news, morning talk shows, midday talk shows, and cable stations after the governor of one of the largest American cities was caught diddling one; Joe Francis was repeatedly described as a "maven," "guru," "genius," "rock star," and "mogul"; and all of Capitol Hill literally bent over backward to kiss Bill Gates' ass as he demanded Microsoft and Google be allowed to give more overseas workers jobs because they will work for less than their American counterparts!

I really wanted to go-off an a rant here, but to be honest, just re-reading that... I mean, it pretty much says it all.

Governor Spitzer's entire platform was "cleaning-up" the streets and he was all against the hookers. That he should be caught banging one is no surprise. I think that's what bothers me more than anything: the fact that I'm not bothered by it at all. I wasn't even a little shocked; I couldn't care less. And the fact that the whore involved now has a budding music career which took-off literally overnight? Pffft. I won't even bat an eye when the reality show is announced.

The Joe Francis situation is quite a bit different: this guy is a pornographer! No, let me take that back: this guy doesn't even have the balls to be an actual pornographer - he's such a douche that even chicks who do hardcore porn don't want anything to do with him. He is the creepy 30-something guy who hangs around outside of highschools... literally! I mean, he literally is! Now, I whole-heartedly agree that he was illegally imprisoned by officials who abused their power and authority, but "genius"? Joe Francis is what passes for a "genius" in America? Really? Really, America? Genius? Really?

Last, but oh so far from least, the Bill Gates appearance on Capitol Hill was quite literally breathtaking - breathtaking! One politico after another prefaced their every word with ass-licking praise for the world's richest thief of intellectual property before saying they agreed with every word he said when he suggested they allow even more moderately-qualified foreign workers into the country to take jobs major computer-based companies, including Microsoft and Google, refuse to pay equally or better -qualified American workers a competitive wage to do!

Now, tell me again why it's bad to drop out of highschool? Why is it wrong to sell drugs? What, exactly, is the problem with taking advantage of people?

Let's face it: if you get caught committing a heinous crime in America, you will only be infamous for 15 minutes - but if it makes you rich, you're a genius.

© C Harris Lynn, 2008