Reality?

I absolutely despise reality TV. I have tried once or twice to watch a few episodes of one, but I get so mad and disgusted, I have to turn it off. The things people do to get their face on television, are ridiculous. TLC has turned into 'The Little-People Channel'. If you're an extremely large person, you can have your own show. If you've got severe psychological problems, come on down. People used to go to professionals to get help for their bad behavior, now they find a way to make a quick buck from it.

I really, really miss the days when writers TRIED to come up with original ideas for new shows. Shows like Columbo, Mannix, The Rockford Files, just to name a few old ones, wouldn't make in today's era of quick, cookie-cutter shows. It's really sad too, because it's teaching new, younger writers to do the easy thing, instead of using their God-given imagination. In these days of text messaging (which I happen to do), IM'ing, and such, everything has a shortcut. Sometimes, I like to just sit quietly, and meditate on a subject, and see what I can come up with, something that takes some thought to write, and to read. Something fairly original.

This attitude has spread into other areas of writing also, not just TV. If you read some of the poetry pages on the Internet, there is so much drivel being passed off as poetry, it's just sickening. Nobody tries at anything anymore. And that leads us to a bigger problem.

Our country has become so lazy, we take for granted the many things we have, that our ancestors fought hard for us to have. We take for granted our freedoms, having food to eat when we want it, being able to buy cars, get good medical care, nice clothes, having a roof over our heads, and a comfortable place to lay our heads at night. Living a few days in other countries around the world would really open a lot of people's eyes. It's this laziness that is actually causing the erosion of our freedoms. We have politicians telling us lie after lie, and rather than look up the facts, we take their word that they are right. We put the blinders on and go back to playing our video games, while texting friends, and worrying about what Kate Gosslin is going to do, now that she's divorced.

When this country finally does fall, and I don't think it'll take much longer, it will be our own fault. We stopped doing our own thinking a long time ago. All we care about is US. As long as WE have what WE want, the President and all the other law makers can do WHATEVER they want. We just don't want to be bothered by all the details.

If you read the book of Revelation, and wonder why Jesus never mentions America in all His prophecy, I can tell you why. It's because THERE WON'T BE AN AMERICA IN THE LAST DAYS!!! If we don't wake up soon, we're done. I just hope it's not already too late. Lord God please help us. Lord Jesus, come quickly. I'm ready to leave now.