Sad Reversal of Values

(I had a brainstorm when I was in the car a week or two ago so I wrote it all down in my little notebook but I can tell I was all wound up about it because I can hardly read my notes.)

I was commenting on the many aspects of society that have always been considered to be mainstays, crucial to our core beliefs. This thought process touched on all the public services that are adversely impacted when your economic and moral infrastructure breaks down.

We are without:
- Sufficient top quality teachers to provide our kids with a well-rounded, high caliber education all the way through affordable colleges that are more interested in educating all kids then in only focusing on minorities
- Sufficient police to stop gangs and truly discourage crime
- Sufficient DEA staff to stop drug trafficking
- Sufficient prisons & sentences to discourage or maybe even stop repeaters
- A sustainable way to eliminate the proliferation of guns - this is so bad even children are brandishing them around schools - today another headline that a physician in Johns Hopkins Hospital was shot

We have too much of:
- Reality tv (I'm gagging here - enough said)
- Is there a sports figure alive who makes less than $1MM a year? The same question of top actors/actresses. I don't think so. And how much does the president of the United States make? This isn't a political question, I'm talking about any president.

So how often are these sports figures and actors/actresses in the news for spouse abuse, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, cheating, or anything else that is indicative of a lack of moral fiber.

I'm not anywhere near the right side of the wing, I'm just disgusted at the Babylonian breakdown of our values. Because the behaviors these people and tv in general promote are lying, cheating, backstabbing, unhealthy conflict and just a general dearth of morals, period.

That's it, I'm done. I refuse to ruin my Friday night with any more of these painful reflections. Maybe tomorrow there will be some good news.