The Blind Leading the Blind to Anarchy

Edited version submitted to Teen Ink.

The Blind Leading the Blind to Anarchy

I have lately become very appalled with my generation, embarrassed to be a part of it.

When I was but a child, my parents instilled in me a sense of respect. “Please” and “thank you” were some of the first words added to my rapidly expanding vocabulary. I addressed adults and authority figures with their proper titles, adding ma’am and sir where necessary. Most of you have had the same experience.

During a slideshow at my school’s annual Veterans’ Day Program, a clip of Bush commending our American armed forces for their sacrifices was greeted with a corus of heckles and boos.

I had thought the basic sense of respect would have stopped many of the students from being so blatantly rude, especially in front of our veterans. I was wrong, though. I apparently put too much faith in the maturity of my generation.

These were high school students, which means that they should have had the maturity to know to respect a figure of authority. This includes the President of the United States, even if we may not agree with him.

Of course, maybe it’s not their fault. After all, we’re growing up in an era where a person will lay the blame on anyone he or she can instead of accepting the consequences of his or her own actions. Nearly an entire generation of parents has let the television and internet raise their children.

So, let’s point the Crucifix at another Satan.

If anyone is more to blame for their own ignorance other than themselves, it would be the corrupt news media filling your head with lies, prejudices, and stereotypes. One of the many problems with my generation is that we don’t think for ourselves anymore. Like sheep, we look for a shepherd to lead us to greener pastures. Unfortunately, we look towards the wrong shepherds. We allow celebrities who are no more mature than we are to acpture our attention and strongly influence the way we think, speak, dress, and act. We look to movies and video games to find solutions to our problems, and we look to a cesspool of baised media to find our stands on current issues.

Sit down and ask yourself this very important: exactly what reasons do I have for not liking George W. Bush? Many of you will probably say that he’s an idiot, that you don’t like him because of the war raging overseas. Unfortunately, you say thisbecause you have allowed the biased, partisan media to educate you instead of doing the research for yourself. Do you homework and you’ll find that Bush isn’t the idiot you think he is. NOt only did he graduate from Yale University with bachelor degree in History, he was also the only president to ever have a master degree from Harvard. During his time in the military, Bush served as a fighter pilot. The position is one of the most highly educated in the military, even today, and every soldier serving in this position must at least have a college degree. To add to this, he flew F16 Bombers, which were the most advanced warcraft for the time and one of the aircraft model that receives the most action today.

As far as his two terms as president go, George W. Bush has done a lot of good things for our country. it’s because of Bush that you can walk the streets safely again, or am I the only one who remembers the child abduction scare a few years ago? Our current president was the one who signed the Amber Alert, which created a system to immediately alert the nation through various media sources when a child goes missing. In January of 2003, he signed the Adam Walsh Protection Act, which requires all convicted sex offenders to register in a national database and update their states (current address and such related things) at least once a month instead of the previous once a year requirement.

Unfortunately, the debauched press corps wouldn’t tell you that good news. All you hear about are his failures and his shortcomings. In fact, this modern devil would make up lies to turn you against your country’s leadership. George W. Bush’s military service in the military has been a subject of a somewhat controversial nature. A journalist serving as a henchmen for the wicked cause of Democratic controlled media claimed to have produced a set of documents that showed a rather cowardly act on the part of our president. These documents were apparently evidence that showed Bush to have skipped his physicals while in the National Guard so they wouldn’t send him to Vietnam.

There’s a reason why that man retired shortly thereafter. One must realize that no one in politics is ever fired. They simply resign.

These documents were proven to be forgeries. It was discovered that they were typed in a font that hadn’t existed during that time period, when documents were still typed up on typewriters or the most basic of word processing programs.

You didn’t hear that in the news. What few of you realize is that you are being led by a group of people are unaccountable for the crimes that they commit against their fellow Americans. Freedom of speech can only be upheld when they stop throwing lies at us. Libel and slander are illegal, but the law haw made no moves to stop the lying devils cleverly disguised as  our good shepherds from committing their acts of defamation and malice.

Are these the people you want to continue to be led by? Will you make the decision for yourself, or will you stay happily nestled within your false belief that whatever the corrupt media tells you must be true?

I won’t tell you that I understand politics, and I won’t pretend to. I simply know what I learned from doing the research that I have done and speaking to those who actually know what they’re talking about.

If you walk away from this article with anything, let it be this: treat soemone with the respect that their position deserves and reserve all judgement of a person’s character for a day when you’re better educated about what they have done and who they are. I have broken free of the spell cast upon my generation by the wolves in sheeps’ clothing. Hopefuly, my fellow Americans and students, you will also be able to think for yourself one day and judge yourself before you heckle anyone.

“An anchorman is a bland, well-coifed TV entertainer who is paid more to read the news that ten reporters are paid to report it.”
- The Cynic’s Dictionary
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