The Hell with Political Correctness...

Earlier this week, while getting a tattoo of my dog on my left calf...my tattooist, John and myself started into small talk...something to keep the time going as he put ink to skin...

Small talk morphed into the history of corruption...Hitlers' Nazis bullying into controlling Austria and surrounding countries; the omnious phase of the "New World Order" coined by GHW Bush; Hugo Chavez, The Motorcycle Diaries, Iraq War, Oil, Renewable Energies, Wal-mart, socialism, capitalism...

I was a bit uneasy at first approaching any of these topics...and that is a problem I have realized that occurs in American life daily. We are conformists by nature, we want to fit in, regardless of the outcome....

The idea occured to me that our school system model could be a great place to start...our scholastic system is very outdated, it was setup to teach children to be on time, follow directions from authority figures outside the home. Why were/are these traits so important? The model is to make as many factory workers as possible...now it is service workers...as in ...can I take your order please?...Attention Wal-mart shoppers there is a two for one sale on hunting rifles...Original thinking is frowned upon in our school systems, students are taught to regurgiate a circulum that will not leave them behind. There is a connection. Federal/State governments set up guidelines to be met, if they are not met, they take away dollars. So schools will only get money if they teach what the federal/state government subscribe. And what do these governments like to taught? Science is taboo. Religion is science. World History is European history. American History is proproganda. Civics? What is civics? Is that the study of Honda?

So why is our government not helping or at best shuffling its feet at this outdated system? Simply put, it helps them. Keep us fat, dumb and happy and they can keep making money.

The older I get, the more I appreciate "1984"...it just becomes more and more prevalent everyday....