Kim Kardashian- being paid as much as $10,000 per tweet to shill for advertisers.
Which segues to both sex
tapes and reality shows.
Our country has to both
mature and reach higher. Too many folks are watching either
1.) Otiose, icky white
folks hang around- Keeping up with, The
Girls Next Door, Little People
living their lives, any dating show.
(Freudian slip- wanted to
write: Girls Next Store- as if there were money involved here.
Or 2.) There is a
sufficient audience who stare, glassy eyed, at people performing fairly routine
tasks.
As in baking, barbecuing
or buying a dress.
Other harbingers of our
demise:
Beauty pageants for girls
who still have their baby teeth.
Wal-Mart or the idea that
retail growth takes precedence over the sustainability, the planet and its
resources while profits trump people.
There is also the reality that
government subsidizes such mega corporations.
Wall Street Swindlers who
continue to receive bonuses but no controls or regulations have been instituted to prevent similar
abuses and then collapse.
Ellen DeGeneres. No
problem with lesbians, just unfunny and manipulative comediennes.
The Big Lie.
Examples: Republicans kept the nation safe. Except for the multiple
times they did not.
The idea that America
needs the Senate. The House of Representatives, serving as the people's
legislature together with checks and balances is enough.
Sarah Palin. Glenn
Beck and Fox News. Thomas Jefferson is spinning in his grave like a
whirling dervish.
Cosmic capriciousness. The runner Jim Fixx dies of a heart attack, while obese, drug popping, and cigar smoking Rush Limbaugh survives. Who even knew he had a heart?
Deep fried Oreos, pickles
and Twinkies. Actually, Twinkies by themselves is omen enough.
Artificial chocolate.
Micro pigs as pets.
Pigs as food, specifically
scrapple.
Kindle.
This is just the beginning
of the list. Feel free to add your own dire portents.
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