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Do you watch Survivor? I presume you do, because I do, and have done so for over a decade. And somehow (usually because I bring it up if some one else doesn't), the show becomes a topic of conversation at nearly every social event I attend. And, so it did just the other night while I was dining with friends. One thing now seems to be certain. The show is quickly losing interest with many of us. So why is that?
On another note, here are some facts that I've recently collected from various published sources: (1) Government spending was 24% of the Gross Domestic Product in 1950 and could hit over 50% this year. (2) Published reports from the IRS report that 60% of all Americans now receive more in income benefits from government than what they pay in, and that number will grow to 70% within the first term of the Halfblack MacMuslim. And (3), while everyone is expected to pay payroll taxes, IRS further states that only 47% of us do. And, many Americans are losing interest in America. So why is that?
Perhaps, if you are like me, you believed that Survivor was about "The best person winning." Perhaps, like me, you thought the group would eliminate the weakest person on the team and the most productive, strongest, and the one with the greatest degree of leadership would prevail to the end. Perhaps, like me, you realized that would not be the case. Instead like me, you saw the laziest, the biggest cheater, the boldest liar, and the most parasitic one ride the shirt tails of the strongest to victory. And so, Survivor is doomed as even I will turn away from it's viewership.
And perhaps if you are like me, you also believed in America. You believed believed in Truth, Justice, and the American way, only to see it erode before your very eyes. As with Survivor, the American winners are not the ones that work the hardest anymore, but are the ones that take from our system without ever contributing anything. And so, like Survivor, America is also doomed. As with me, and perhaps you, we will someday turn away.
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abandon survivor????? R U NUTZ????? the weak are not voted off as they are (always) used in the strategy of the players. very few wean ones survive long enough to win. the smartest one's have always won. not the strongest. not the meanest.
ReplyDeleteabandon the US? U R NUTZ!!!!! why, because even with all the stuff that happens here, it is still the #1 country in the world. it might not be the strongest, the meanest, nor even the smartest. it may even be the weakest....but it still remains #1. ask your canadian friend that lives here. ask the ones that come over the border, legally, or illegally. ask the ones that came 75 years ago, ask your grandparents, their sons, daughters, and grand children.
Give up? never.
cry in your milk all you want. but realize that you have enough resources to buy that milk. and thank God for that. while you're at it, share it with your neighbor.
Survivor went out a long time ago, The only fools I now know that still watch are you two.
ReplyDeleteGood greif ...
It took you 20 seasons to realize that the best person doesn't win Survivor? It only took me about 5 - and then I quit watching it.
ReplyDeleteThe smartest person, perhaps, the most cunning, but definitely not the best or most worthy. As is the case with most reality TV.
And life.