IDIOCRACY

At Andy's suggestion, I watched IDIOCRACY. It is very funny, but I fear also very prophetic. Two average people are propelled into 2500, and find that they are the smartest people in the world. Our language is all but gone, books are for "fags" and nobody reads or writes. I don't actually think it will be 500 years before this prophecy comes true. In fact, I know a lot of people who wouldn't "get it" because it depicts the way they talk and think right now. It probably didn't do well at the box office because there is no sex, no nudity, no car chases and no shoot-em-up's. Thanks, Andy, for the suggestion.


Muthah

Freedom

A friend sent me this today and I thought it merited sending on. It's so true!

In just a few days we will celebrate the birth of our great nation. For most Americans, our defining characteristic is freedom. We live in the land of the free. We send troops abroad to defend our freedom. To be American is to love freedom. Except that we don't really know what it means to be free, so we choose other ways to bind ourselves. Why would we do that? Why would Paul have to warn the Galatians to not submit again to the yoke of slavery? Who would want to go back to slavery? Well, almost all of us. We talk about loving freedom, but mostly we want other people to take care of us. This is why the politics of fear work so well even in this "freedom loving" country of ours. This is why most Americans don't really mind saying to our current administration that it's okay to spy on us, that it's just fine to detain people indefinitely without due process, and that we don't really care that our government tortures people, even if they might be innocent of any crime. Spying, secret detention, and torture: Are these the things for which our founding fathers set us free? We have chosen bondage to these things because they're easy and make us comfortable. But freedom is difficult. Claim your freedom as Christians in this nation. Do not submit again to the yoke of easy tyranny in the name of the "public good." After all, once you've sold your neighbor's freedom at a cut rate, yours is as good as gone, too.

Muthah

"Free Gifts"

I must be on the mailing list for many charities. I keep getting asked for $$ with "free gift inside" on the outside, and address labels on the inside. I know this is designed to make me feel guilty for accepting the free gift and send $$. But what is a "Free Gift"? I always thought all gifts were free, with no strings attached, except for the psychological impetus to do something in return.
It's redundant, this "free gifts" phrase, and they don't make me feel guilty for not responding with a check. At least I never have to buy address labels ever again! But stop this "free gift" crap already.

Muthah

Alcohol, tobacco and teenagers

First of all, I have two things to admit: I am a happily recovering alcoholic and I have been smoking for 60 years. What's bothering me most is that the government is trying to claim that the tobacco companies are luring teenagers. Where on earth are all these ads, since they killed Joe Camel?

Alcohol. When all sorts of seductive beverages have commercials on television, sometimes followed by a "drink responsibly" tag line, and most sporting events are sponsored by one beer or another, doesn't the government think that they are encouraging teenage drinking? My kids, when they were in high school, used to tell me that half the student body was drunk before noon. The parents' comment was always, "at least it's not drugs." Bull! Alcohol is a drug! A deadly drug in the hands of prom-going teens.

Smoking all these years has only meant that I am possibly hurting myself. I don't smoke in anybody's car, house, or presence. I am not subjecting anybody to mythically dangerous second-hand smoke. None of my kids even smokes.

But it's hard, especially for a former drinker, to see all these alcohol ads, taunting everybody to just taste. Does anybody think that kids don't see the "Budweiser" signs in the football and baseball stadia? Why aren't we prohibiting alcohol ads the way we did cigarette ads? More people are killed by drunk drivers year in and year out than are killed by second-hand smoke.


One of the answers is that I come from a state that produces a lot of alcoholic beverages. What? Impose a tax on the snowmobilers who drive 90 mph to get to the next bar? No way. It's really sad to me that we haven't the sense to stop this madness.

Muthah

Dumbing--Again

Well, I tried..hit the wrong key, of course. I record "The DAILY SHOW" every night and watch it in the morning. Today I learned that Michael Moore was bumped last night on the Larry King Show by Paris Hilton. Michael's new movie is trying to get improvement in our health care system, while PH just wanted to whine about how unfair it all was. Why do we care more about this spoiled rich girl than we do in learning about our health care? One only needs to watch "Crosswalk" on one of the late shows to know just how dumb we are. Most of us don't read newspapers, don't watch or listen to the news, and are woefully ignorant about this Republic of which we are so proud. Andy recommended I watch "Idiocracy", which I am going to do right now. I'm glad I'm an old lady!!

Muthah

The Dumbing Down of America

The Dumbing Down of America

Casserole from Golf Widow

I have finally figured out how to turn off the screening of comments, so Golf Widow, you can knock on my door any time with a casserole.

Muthah

JESSIE DAVIS

I wish I could generate some sympathy for Jessie Davis, who was found dead the other day with baby Chloe still in her womb. Why on earth would a woman bear a child with a known womanizer, then turn around two years later and get pregnant by him again? She had to have known that he was married and that he was spreading his sperm all over town.

We have lost our morals!!!


Muthan

GUNS

Okay, Andy warned you. I got to thinking about the Second Amendment last night, which I believe was created to form a militia against repressive government. Here's my proposal: Why don't about a million of you gun owners storm the White House and take over our corrupt government? I am sick of being lied to, of fighting a war where we have no business being there, poor people getting poorer and rich people getting richer. I watched the 1938 Ronald Coleman TALE OF TWO CITIES, where the peasants stormed the Bastille. It didn't work out so well, but I'm sure we can do better with Federal Government than what is being done.


Muthan

Mutha's Musings

This is Muthah Martello (Andy's mother for those who know him). I decided to join the blogging fun.
Write to me--I have all kinds of thoughts and opinions. Hanging above my computer is a plaque which reads "You can agree with me or you can be wrong."

Muthah