Shitty Christmas, Toby Keith, And Bushman

Ahhh Christmas Eve. I wish I was still a little kid and so excited about the gifts and what not. It really is sort of depressing when you reflect on it. Santa Clause is not a cruel lie to tell children, it certainly makes things exciting. I think the loss of the myth just becomes more depressing with age. I find no religious meaning in Christmas, so that whole reason is gone. All it ever was about to me was Santa Clause. So now, without children involved, Christmas lacks that something.
Oy today this redneck boy I work with went into Toby Keith defense mode when Garrett and I started in on the idiot. He was saying "He is the only musician supporting our troops. Dumb rappers only sing about the war inside. At least he is singing about a real war..." Aghh. I think that beautiful protest songs with sympathy to our troops are more supportive than that stupid idiot basically generalizing the Middle Eastern culture, poking fun at their religion, and saying "We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way." I may be wrong, but I don't think the majority of this country is going for that image, and I don't think it is very helpful to the cause of peace in the Middle East. I was thinking today and if I could describe our current country in three words they would be big, dumb, and slow. Big can apply in a lot of ways. For instance, big could apply to the numerous obese people in this country. So many, in fact, that the number of starving and obese people in this world are equal. Big could also mean flashy and in your face. We always have to demonstrate how we are number one. Dumb is quite obvious. Academically, we pale in comparison to other countries. High school children don't even need to study to receive their diploma, and I speak from experience. Also, our president is a moron, which is extremely frightening. Slow, well, that takes some explaining. We definitely aren't slow to jump into conflicts where we don't belong. But it is that exact lack of judgment and reflection that makes us slow. We are going backwards almost. We are not as culturally evolved as the rest of the world. In fact, do we even have a "culture"? Bahh, who knows, maybe hidden away somewhere. What happened to the time when our most bright intellectuals ran the country. When we did not have to fear the fact that our nation's fate was in the hands of a blood lusting cowboy who can't speak publicly and has a need for vengeance for his daddy. I was my hands of it. I'm moving to Amsterdam.