Don’t Think, Just “Do Something!!”

As I watch the United States continue on it’s downward spiral of rewarding stupidity, I’m drawn to the latest edition of knee-jerk politics regarding gun control. Some lunatic freaks out at VT and everybody wants more gun laws. I have no problem with gun laws. I have no problem with ANY law, as long as it does something constructive. I do have a problem with stupid people, however, and I really wish there were a law against them.

I have heard repeated news programs questioning how in the world insane student Cho Seung-Hui was able to buy a gun. How? Because he passed the background check because there was no record of his craziness in any database, that’s how. Just as gun-haters have proven their stupidity by assuming that the over-two-thousand guns laws we currently have aren’t enough, they now want a magic database that knows whether people are crazy or not. Don’t laugh, they really think that. Most gun controllers just don’t like guns and they openly admit that they are for “anything that restricts guns.” Their position is that they are morally right and therefore do not need facts, statistics, or logic of any kind to prove their point. You see, as long as a new gun law might stop a crime, or might stop one crime out of ten thousand, it’s still worth it. It doesn’t matter that law-abiding citizens may get punished. I read that the mental health records for Seung-Hui were not reported to the authorities because it must be done voluntarily. I wonder if the ACLU were involved in that law. I wonder why a law that allows crazy people not to report their craziness to the authorities is an acceptable risk to “protect out freedoms” but allowing law-abiding citizens to buy guns is not an acceptable risk to “protect our freedoms.”

Don’t laugh again…

The problem here is an American one. We’re the fattest country on earth, but no one believes there is a connection between obesity and our upward spiraling heath costs. Don’t put away the donuts and walk around the block, just switch to diet soda and sleep well at night knowing that you’re doing “the best you can.” Apply the same twisted logic to your spending habits. Buy houses, cars, and plasma TVs you can’t afford and ignore your kids college fund. It’s not your fault. You’re doing “the best you can.” If some nut shoots 30 people, just pass another gun law. You’re doing “the best you can.” If that law has no affect on crime, or the likelihood of that crime happening again, so what? You have to do something. You’re doing “the best you can.” Remember, doing something shallow and meaningless is fine as long as YOU believe it’s worthwhile. That’s the American way.

Final Score IMUS 0, Racists 1

CBS Chief exec Leslie Moonves Fired Don Imus last week and had this to say regarding his decision.“Those who have spoken with us the last few days represent people of good will from all segments of our society — all races, economic groups, men and women alike. In our meetings with concerned groups, there has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society.”

Ok, let’s have a definition of terms:

“people of good will” – I don’t know what this is supposed to mean
“concerned groups” – Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Also, others who just waited to see if a stink would be raised in the media which would mean [they] would have to pick a side
“all segments of society” – blacks and people who are afraid of being called racist by blacks

Now I’m ready. This is ridiculous. Imus is a bonehead for saying “nappy headed ho” but so what? He’s always been a bonehead. Talk radio is for boneheads. If you don’t like it, turn the radio off. It’s obvious this is just another shallow ploy to pretend everyone in America is a racist, which is not true. Most people aren’t racist, some people are. That’s it. The worst reality of this entire story is that most of America isn’t willing to listen or even think logically about it. Here are the ugly truths:

Racism is not worse today than it was 40 years ago.
By far, the vast majority of Americans are not racist.
Racism is not caused by DJs.
If a black guy said those things on the radio, nothing would happen.
If Imus said Italians were greasy, Poles were dumb, Jews were cheap, or the Irish were drunks, no one would care. Some people would laugh, some would not and that would be the end of it.
Nothing Imus said will have any negative effect on “people of color.”
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson don’t care about anything other than getting their names in the papers.
These statements are not false or inaccurate because I am white.