I've always had this overly idealistic dream, that I wish would come true. I wish for one whole year, that America would close all chain supermarkets, restaurants and fast food places. Along with the elimination of those things, all major network television stations would go off the air. What we would have left are local markets, farm stands and public television.Outside of the anarchy that I am sure would ensue at the start, as this country is so spoon fed on idiotic TV and bad food, the dust would surely settle, and the people left would be forced to take on the world in a whole new way. There would be major change. People would begin to think for themselves, rather than numbing out and/or being bombarded with drug companies advertisements and products that they don't need. Obesity would surely decrease and health would increase.
As much as I want to be proud of my country, it scares me. I don't trust the current President, and I am beginning to not even trust CNN anymore. It's all wrapped up together.
That's why I have always been faithful to Public Television and good radio like NPR (which I've advocated a number of times before on this blog). Watch more Public TV. Learn to think for yourselves, and learn new things. Donate, if you can, as well.
I was inspired to write this blog today, because with my current sleepless nights, PBS has been my late night/early morning friend and I have been lucky to catch some great music specials.
One from this morning was called "Playing For Change. Peace Through Music"
If you go to the PBS website (www.pbs.com) you can purchase the program DVD and music discs and make a donation all for the price of $75.00
There were all sorts of wonderful, revolutionary music, spanning from Nepal and South Africa to France, India and Belgium.
Anyway, I thought it was a great way to donate and get something special and just wanted to share.
