United States of Stupidity

This simple fact is undeniable: America does not value intelligence.

For proof, look at the rise of Sarah Palin. Here is a woman who is a complete imbecile, an uneducated redneck bitch with only a handful of working brain cells rattling around under that beehive hairdo. She's been proven to be an uneducated, inarticulate retard and yet I would not be surprised if this woman become president in 2012. People love her (and when I say people, I'm referring to ignorant, Bible-thumping, gun-toting super-Republicans like the ones being lured into the Tea Party movement). This woman represents the lack of intelligence in this country and how if someone is entertaining, he/she can lead the pathetic lemmings of this country straight over the edge of the cliff.

Our education system is in the crapper. We're falling behind most industrialized nations in the important subjects of math and science. Why? Because intelligence is no longer one of our core values here in America. You want to know what we value? Take a look at the salaries for professional athletes, movie stars, pop singers, and reality dipshits. This is what we value in this country: entertainment. We value these fucking clowns more than any doctor, lawyer, politician, or educator in this country. We all want to sit on our asses and be entertained while the rest of the world surpasses us in every area that matters. What do we produce in this country? Great minds? No. Great leaders? No. Great innovation? No. We are the world's greatest producer of clowns.

Obama is demanding year-round schooling and merit pay for teachers. Sounds like nothing more than rearranging chairs on the deck of the Titanic. Changing school schedules and teachers won't help. We have to change our culture first. Our entertainment industries have stereotyped intellectuals as nerds and losers who will never get laid. They do this because typically it's stupid people who watch television. Unfortunately, now these portrayals have seeped into our culture and made being intelligent taboo. When we change our cultural values, then we can lift ourselves up out of our pit of stupidity. Until then, we're destined to wallow in dark with the Sarah Palins of the world.