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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: Immortalist
Date: May 7, 2008 23:06

On May 7, 10:19 pm, "turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote:
> "Sir Frederick" fuzzysys.com> wrote in message
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>> On the deteriorating culture :
>> Signs of the deteriorating USA culture
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>> 1. Electing bjclinton.
>> 2. Electing the mexican bushman.
>> 3. The present "candidates" for POTUS.
>> 4. The congress being corrupt, and weak.
>> 5. LA, CA has become mexican and corrupt
>> 6. The mexican corruptness is ingressing into the USA,
>> not the USA character the other way, all along the border.
>> 7. Transportation and food costs. In fact everything up, up, up.
>> 8. World politics becoming more important than USA "character".
>> 9. Stupid wars and terrorism.
>> 10. etc.
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>> I am surprised the utilities still work.
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> One nation under god has turned into
> one nation under the influence of one drug
>
>   (chorus)
>   Television, the drug of the nation
>   Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
>
> T.V., it satellite links
> our united states of unconsciousness
> apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive
> the methadone metronome pumping out
> 150 channels 24 hours a day
> you can flip through all of them
> and still there's nothing worth watching
> T.V. is the reason why less than ten percent
> of our nation reads books daily
> why most people think Central America means Kansas
> socialism means unamerican
> and apartheid is a new headache remedy
> absorbed in its world it's so hard to find us
> it shapes our mind the most
> maybe the mother of our nation
> should remind us that we're sitting too close to...
>
>   (chorus)
>   Television, the drug of the nation
>   Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
>
> T.V. is the stomping ground
> for political candidates
> where bears in the woods
> are chased by grecian formula'd bald eagles
> T.V. is mechanized politic's
> remote control over the masses
> co-sponsored by enironmentally safe gases
> watch for the PBS special
> it's the perpetuation of the two-party system
> where image takes precedence over wisdom
> where sound bite politics are served
> to the fastfood culture
> where straight teeth in your mouth
> are more important than the words
> that come out of it
> race baiting is the way to get elected
> Willie Horton or will he not get elected on...
>
>   (chorus)
>   Televison, the drug of the nation
>   Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
>
> T.V., is it the reflector or the director
> does it imitate us or do we imitate it
> because a child watches 1500 murders
> before he's twelve years old
> and we wonder how we've created
> a Jason generation that learns to laugh
> rather than abhor the horror
> T.V. is the place where armchair generals
> and quarterbacks can experience first hand
> the excitement of video warfare
> as the themesong is sung in the background
> sugar sweet sitcoms that leave us with
> a bad actor taste while pop stars metamorphosize
> into soda pop stars you saw the video
> you heard the soundtrack
> well now go buy the soft drink
> well, the only cola that I support
> is a union C.O.L.A. (cost of living allowance) on...
>
>   (chorus)
>   Television, the drug of the nation
>   Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
>
> Back again, "new and improved"
> we return to our irregularly programmed schedule
> hidden cleverly between heavy breasted
> beer and car commmercials
> CNNESPNABCTNT but mostly B.S.
> where oxymoronic language like
> "virtually spotless" "fresh frozen"
> light yet filling" and
> "military intelligence" have become standard
> T.V. is the place where phrases are redefined
> like "recession" to "necessary downturn"
> "crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"
> "civilian death" to "collateral damages"
> and being killed by your own army
> is now called "friendly fire"
> T.V. is the place where the pursuit of
> happiness has become the pursuit of trivia
> where toothpaste and cars
> have become sex objects
> where imagination is sucked out of children
> by a cathode ray nipple
> T.V. is the only wet nurse
> that would create a cripple
> on...
>
>   (chorus)
>   Television, the drug of the nation
>   Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation- Hide quoted text -
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