August 28, 2017
Ever since I voted for Charlottesville Mayor, Michael Signer, to become president of US — I haven\’t heard much from him or about him. I\’ve actually heard more from his deputy mayor as-of-late. From what I gathered — my presidential nod may have been a bit premature: it seems his constituents are a bit angry with him…(I wonder if they were paid to be angry?)
Of course the White House has welcomed the intrusion of Hurricane Harvey to deflect the comments made by ol\’ Pumpkin\’ Head at his recent campaign rally in Phoenix. Are you kidding me?! When this House of Cards falls, it\’s going to be very, very ugly.
But the real problem that I want to address in this attempt is: I\’ve been feeling rather stupid all Summer long.
I was charged to create 2 new curricula for two courses I\’ve never taught before: Social Psychology and the Sociology of Education. Since the catalog course descriptions for both are rather general and vague — I\’ve pretty much had to start from scratch as I attempt to give these courses some bang for my students\’ bucks! (My readers know that I bemoan the fucked-up job market that we Baby Boomers have left subsequent generations.)
And in my endeavors to infuse my course curricula with profound and meaty information that could possibly lead my students down-the-yellow-brick-road to the green land of Oz — I found that I\’ve been pretty much sucked dry, tapped out — with regards to creatively massaging these curricula into something giving them brains, heart and courage.
So, in my cognitive doldrums — I turned to the network news, Bill Maher, CNN, and anywhere else that people are having sober discussions about our nation going off the rails — to try to find some inspiration…
And every TV channel I visit, I hear these goddamned intelligent people explaining what the Hell is going on! I even watched Paul Ryan\’s Town Hall — even he sounded knowledgeable and articulate (even sincere at times). But there is something about that guy; those little smirks he gives when he doesn\’t think a camera is on him — that cause me to distrust him. Still, he came off sounding pretty smart to me.
Never mind that so many of the talking heads are beautiful women, who may or may not be using teleprompters, but they also sound very intelligent and well informed. Wolf Blitzer, whom I used to detest — is coming off like an Einstein to me these daze.
So I ask the Question: With so many intelligent people out there reporting on our world — why does everything coming out of the White House sound so dog shit stupid?
Even the brain trust of my beloved Times has been dumbed down — with an editorial coup that took out key left-leaning folks and replaced them with people who need jobs and are willing to do what the Big Owners (the Tribune?) want them to do (ostensibly to perk up sales and \’modernize\’ the medium). Small wonder that this past week saw me favoring Letters to the Editor above all else.
I do believe that I\’ve come down with a case of Trumpitis: I realize I can say any old shit and people are going to believe it — so why bother trying to impress with something meaningful? I\’m mired in the swamp: the Neverending Story\’s NOTHING…what new name can I give the empress?