September 19, 2007

  • Rant

    Apparently today is my opinion day. Be prepared.

    I finished watching a movie today in women's studies: "Iron Jawed Angels". It was about the movement to get women's suffrage and what they had to go through to get it. It really made me respect those women much more (or, sadly, at all) with how passionate they were and went through so much crap just to get a voice in our nation. What really infuriated me was how the president and higher-ups were lying about things just so they could get their way. For instance, Alice Paul (one of the most important leaders of the movement) was sent to a prison for when she was picketting in front of the White House (arrested for "blocking traffic"). She refused to eat so they forced-fed her and made her stay in the mental hospital and see a psychologist. He kept telling the president and his crew that she wasn't crazy and that she was just supporting her cause. They kept trying to manipulate what he said and thought to what they wanted. They blatantly lied so much. SO much. I resisted the urge to hurl something at the screen just because it infuriated me to that extent. It also made me think...how trustworthy are the people in our government? Our political system? Now, I'm no scholar when it comes to politics but I do know right from wrong. There are so many people who want to do great things for our country but many get skewed when they enter the political realm. Just today I was talking to someone who was about seven to nine years older than me and was married. He kept mentioning how him being married must be such a turn-off and how he normally likes the younger girls (his wife is a couple years his senior). Um...?! What is happening here?! For one, when did the sanctity of marriage become such a crock? Secondly, these are the sorts of people who are making huge decisions for us? Something is greatly wrong here...

    ...which brings me to another thing that gets me. Now, I'm not completely sure what I think happened with the whole O.J. thing back in the 90's. I'm getting the feeling of 'guilty' on his part but who knows except him and God. Now, the news coverage of his newest ordeal involving possible robbery and so forth. Firstly, if I were him after the whole Nicole murder thing, I'd stay out of the public eye for pretty much the rest of my life. Apparently he and I don't see things the same way. Anywho, what doesn't bug me isn't necessarily that he's involved in more crap now but how the media is covering it. It threw me when this article mentioned his clothing colors and styles...as if it mattered. Little hints throughout the article (and tons of other stuff) leads me to the conclusion that our culture is simply becoming too based on entertainment. We pay entirely too much money to actors in films (most of which who are good at what they do) and athletes when we have so much we could use that money for. How big is our debt again? Oh yeah....huge. I'm all about reaping some benefits but to an extent. I don't mean to sound cocky or "holier than thou", but despite how little money I have had throughout my college career, I'm still sponsoring a child in Ecuador. Now, I realize that not everyone has the financial capability to do so, but those who do...why aren't we trying to help more? What I have is God's anyway, so who am I to try to control what happens with it? So, all rabbit trails aside, my summary (READ THIS PART IF YOU'RE LAZY) is that our culture/country is going down the crapper. Hooray.