And now commentary on America by Emily Sauter
"It's true...everything is bad for you...except war"

Chris Matthews this morning was saying that we pay 9 dollars to see a movie because we don't want to think of the three fears: "Sadaam, N. Korea, and the Stock Market." The commercial fifteen minutes back said that when you drive an SUV, you start wars, kill Americans, helped 9/11...at least they admitted that it all stems back to oil and gas comsumption in American culture.
TV has a big influence on us now...because we as Americans, believe everything the TV will tell us. A three year old came into the pharmacy and picked up a bottle of shampoo. "Can we get this mommy?" and the mother asked, "now why would you want that?" and the girl, without hesitation annouced "It makes your hair smooth, I saw it on TV."
We rely on TV for everything...and when the TV says that you shouldn't eat cheese...subconsciously you will look at cheese and think that you really shouldn't eat it because of what the TV said. Now men should drink 2 cocktails a day to keep heart disease at a distance...but if women drink 2 cocktails a day, breast cancer is on the way...how do I know this? By sitting in a burger king on the Garden state yesterday and listen to some woman on headline news tell me. We're a fear based society because George likes it that way...it elevates his power. When he said after 9/11 to "buy things," Americans went out and bought shitloads. Now that we're going to war (no smoking gun...oh whatever pull the trigger anyway) the news is full of heartwrenching pictures of wives kissing their husbands goodbye, maybe forever...pulling the heart strings is a good way to get support. Of course becuase of the war machine, we'll never see any real action of the war...just a smarty dressed correspondent talking while the green bombs light up the night sky. No one in America saw anyone die on television during the Gulf War...
Will Gulf War II be different then its elder? It only seems like the only thing that the TV is saying is actually good for us is war. And I'm smart enough to know when to turn the TV off.