America Why we know nothing: The answer to everything.           I saw it again today. This time, in the form of my parents denying my brother computer access, to a computer he himself bought with his hard-earned money, harping once again (as I had to listen to as a kid) about the evils of computers and “teh internets”. Why does the general American public so [happily] indulge in selective ignorance? Why must the older generations so oppress our youth with their self-important, narrow-minded outlooks on the world? We promote ignorance more than anything! It seems to me (maybe just because of my own life) that we are happy to promote conformity, shun individuality, and partake in a [MMORPG] Massively Mediocre, Outstandingly Redundant, Progressively Generic lifestyle!           America. Land of the free; land of the used to be. Don’t get me wrong. I know that my country [was once] great [for everyone]. I love being a part of it; though I must turn a blind eye to 90% of all going on around [and above] me to even have remote delusions that I am enjoying myself within it’s extremely (and ever increasingly) restrictive bounds. ...

Sorry for the lack of updates everyone, but thank you for registering and participating when able thus far. Unfortunately, I come with a heavy satire (if not heart), and as such feel obliged to write a bit now. I shall start right away... First Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, now Lehman Brothers. As one blogist/journalist wrote, indeed, Wall Street is becoming Fall Street. This credit problem is growing steadily worse as more big companies fold. Yet mankind carries on as if nothing is happening... scurrying like many rats on a sinking ship to the refuge of potential investments. This makes me wonder. Loyalty is a humble notion, but a rare entity. Thus, perhaps, we should all put money into the businesses we prefer? Should we pay taxes at all if capitalism's dream is to make as much money as possible off little investments? Capitalism never ceases to amuse me. Bureaucracy, credit, paperwork; the epitome of "civilized" society. Shifts of money dictate shifts of power. It's getting hard to follow who has all of what cards in the financial world. And in the wake of it all [the while] feverishly fanatical denizens of the dollar chase what[ever] little hopes that they can find in their little preferred ...