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09/19/09
some broadcasters. There are politicians who fan this ugliness on without ever saying it has gone to far and enough is enough. Looking from the outside in one can come to believe that all Americans think this way and that is why it is good to come to sites like this to hear voices of reason. The 70% of Americans who back Obama need to speak up louder than the other 30%.
09/18/09
Horrible milquetoast asshole, that David Brooks. Just a real dreadful apologist for the DC crowds last weekend. The froth of the hatred escaped him. Yet he writes about how rude Kanye was. Nice.
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Mercury's in retrograde. Let's blame that.
09/18/09
I've been teaching for 15 years. During this time the number of students I see who consistently refuse to take responsibility for any of their actions or ownership in any failing they may have experienced is increasing dramatically. They are almost impossible to deal with - no course of action will work for about half. The parents of these children split equally between backing the school and defending their child even when he/she is clearly wrong, so you can't blame parenting entirely.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I think it is more a cultural thing. When I was growing up in the dark ages, we were taught the USofA was bigger, better and ALWAYS right over any other country. Now my generation was on the very back-edge of the baby boomer/hippie era and we didn't really buy into the crap. The next ones, however, were part of what I call the Reagan era "Me" generation and this propaganda fit their needs perfectly. And when they had children.... Voila. It just snowballed from there.
Whatever the cause, we have some humbling to do here in the States.
09/18/09
But I think the reason has a lot more to do with the increased blame placed on parents for who their children turn out to be. Child abuse only became a recognized problem in the 70s and 80s and parents have a lot more fear of disciplining children in the 00s than they did in the 60s. Another example of this is toilet training. As a teenager I helped out in a few summer preschool programs and if you weren't toliet trained, we kicked you out. I know now 4 different nursery schoolers in different states (children of friends) who go to school in diapers because their parents don't believe in forcing 3 year olds to use a toilet. And the schools let them.
I don't think this is Kayne, Joe or Serens's issue but I don't think the problem is excessive patriotism either.
09/18/09
Back then, we were all irresponsible rude heathens who got pregnant out of wedlock, drove like maniacs, and watched horribly violent movies like Braveheart. This was proof that we had no self-restraint and youth culture was going straight to hell. There was usually something about rap mentioned in there too. Ah, how times change.
09/18/09
I know some parents who are amazed that all the other parents they hear are always telling their kids they are good at everything. I think there was a movement towards never telling kids anything negative. They strike out every time they are up for bat, and you still tell them how great they are at softball. I think that can result in kids thinking they can do no wrong. I sucked at sports. I knew it. I also know I was good in the arts and math.
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Wait, did I just date myself?
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Actually, that last one may be true...
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09/18/09
Give it a week, yo.
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09/18/09
Why are we acting like Kayne beat someone or even slandered the prez? Why is his backlash seemingly worse the when Chris Brown beat Rihanna? Wasn't it all "Let them work it out alone" when she was beaten? But Taylor gets rudely interrupted and a case of the hurt feelings and we're ready to run over Kayne with a truck?(He's an asshole for sure but he doesn't beat on anyone)
09/18/09
Okay Pop Culture and Media, prove me wrong. I'd really like to see you do it.
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09/13/09
Of course he never meant his apology. This was the best thing he's ever done! He's gone from being a nameless, pointless schmo in the House. NOW he's a Fox News Superstar with people calling him a hero in every red state in the country. And if the congress does censure him it'll only make his star burn brighter. He'll go from a "truth speaking Amur'can hero" to "Free Speech Martyr unjustly silenced by those Evil Libs"
I can't see any way to make this a bad thing for him. So much for Jefferson's theories on appropriate discourse...
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