Combating The Moronic Plague

Hello again, after my last post I decided to try and think about what we, as a society, can do to combat the "moronic plague" that our nation seems to be going through.  I was in class today, "History of the Global Political Economy," and we discussed the recession and other current topics.  And my professor said that he wanted this course to educate us at least a little about our current economy and the problems it is facing.  He said that knowledge was power and that we should try and educate the people we know as well.  I took this to mean, help lower the amount of stupid people in the world.  So here is my attempt.  I just read a very good book about the economic crisis.  It discussed, among many things, why everything went to hell in 2008.  The book is "I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay" by John Lanchester.  Here is the link to its Amazon webpage http://www.amazon.com/I-U-Why-Everyone-Owes/dp/B0048ELDUU/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302849369&sr=1-1.  This book does a very good job of dumbing down very complex financial ideas.  And Lanchester does it in a very humorous way.  So there is my contribution.  If at least one person reads the book, I can say I have educated someone.  And I have thus done my part in the war against morons.

And while we are discussing improving people, I would like to bring up donating to charities.  Now I know most of the people reading this aren't exactly rich by anyone's standards.  But if any of you could donate even the smallest amount to an organization like UNICEF for example, I would very much appreciate it (and so would the people you'd be helping).  I donate to UNICEF every once in a while, not as much as I should, considering how much I spend on food that is bad for me.  But anyway, just wanted to put that out there.

Before I go I would like to leave you with yet another glimpse into my world.  I will call this segment "the stupid things my roommates say."  The other day one of my roommates, let's call her K, said to a group of her friends, and I quote, "Oh, yeah dog smell is totally sexy, that plus the smell of meat from Outback [where she works] totally turns guys on, I have to beat them off with a stick."  Now some might argue that she was just kidding.  And I would agree somewhat.  She was half-kidding.  Meaning she was half-serious.  Yep, these are the morons I live with.  "Like sand through the hourglass, so are the morons of our lives."  Oh and that reminds me the morons at ABC have canceled both All My Children and One Life to Live.  I am in mourning over this.  And you will be too when you hear what they're replacing these shows with, more reality programming.  One of which is entitled "The Chew."  Sounds familiar doesn't it?  Oh, yeah don't they have another show called "The View"?  Yes, that's how much imagination was put into this idea.  I'm excited for that show.  Note the hint of sarcasm.