Forget about any moderation in the U.S.; it’s become our civic duty to push everything to the point of bizarre. Take freedom for example, now there’s a whole new level of freedom – the freedom to be as stupid as we wanna be. “Stupid” is now the new “smart.” If you have potential to be “outrageously stupid”, congratulations, you could go far. You could become a millionaire with your own reality show, or a TV/radio talk show host, or maybe a news anchor, or a politician or maybe even president of the United States! The more outrageously dense you are, the more potential you have for hitting it big! Goodness, are you still using your brain? What are you, stupid!? 

Turn off and dumb-down. Why do you think when President Obama planned to give school children a pep talk to study hard and do well in school, some parents and teachers refused to have the children listen to his speech? Those adults knew better: Being smart would only lead to children working harder! Why work hard when you can be rich and famous just by being an obnoxious dolt? Barack Obama may be the Commander-In-Chief, but so was George Bush. Now admit it: Between the two, who has more money and fun? Heh, heh, heh!

 

Case in point: While President Obama feverishly works to undo the damage left by former President Bush, he stuns the world by receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision was unanimous, to the delight of most people outside of the U.S. But here at home, instead of lauding the President for bringing home the prestigious award, we feel compelled to question the intelligence of the committee. 

 

Americans want to know: Did he deserve to win the prize? What did he do to deserve it? Why didn’t he turn it down? What if he doesn’t succeed at bringing world peace?  Why didn’t I receive the Nobel Peace Prize – I am much more deserving!

 

If the questions were not bad enough, enter Mr. Bozo himself, the voice of the GOP, Rush Limbaugh, who weighed in by saying Obama winning the Nobel Peace prize is “A greater embarrassment than losing the Olympics, yada, yada, yada, (more vitriolic stupidity).” Yes, that’s right, while he, Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly and ilk are calling President Obama a racist socialist, they’re getting big fat paychecks from their sponsors, thanks to the doofuses that get their jollies listening to them. I wonder if republicans realize that theirs is a two-tier party – those at the top, making the big bucks, using those at the bottom, to carry out their agenda? 

 

All right I admit, there are some republicans I admire who are not part of this republican mindset, but they mainly keep their counsel with quiet dignity. What is wrong with them? Don’t they get it?

 

President Obama himself has got to get with the program. He receives the Nobel Prize, and then promises to give the $1.4 million prize money to charity. Now that’s really stupid; it’s not like he’s a billionaire. His gesture only confirms why those parents and teachers refused to have him influence their children: Obama’s over-achieving is what makes under-achievers roll their eyes in disdain.

 

So stop being a fool asking smart questions when mind-numbing questions are the trend. Even news reporters know, asking a freaking foolish question over and over again, will eventually land the important, “gotcha!” slip up from the person being interviewed.  Catty remarks are always better than facts. Boring facts do nothing for enquiring minds. 

 

So, here’s to all of us for pushing freedom of speech and civil rights to glorious heights of bombastic absurdity. So-called values such as dignity, ethics, morals, and proper etiquette require too much thinking. Puh-leeze! Stop thinking so much; why waste time? Intelligence is out; stupidity is in. Until people stop being rewarded for being as stupid as they wanna be, acting stupidly holds more promise than responsible consciousness. Oh-oh, I’m starting to feel an urge to heckle already!