Books, books and more books

You know, I love books. I figure I've ranted enough about the Bullshit that is the Obama Administration (I use the term 'administration' loosely. So far, it looks like a train wreck.) and concentrate on something that is good.

Books.

I spend a LOT of time reading. I cut off my cable access for it. Well, I cut it off primarily because Charter sucks and is too busy screwing us to actually make anything work. But, I got rid of the TV since, really, there's not a damn thing on worth watching. I have a couple of things I enjoy, Midsomer Murders, Leverage, Burn Notice and Psych, but why pay $60/month for 3 shows (Midsomer Murders isn't shown in America anymore)? I mean it's a joke what they push off as 'entertainment' these days. So, I told Charter to fuck off and have been TV free for over a year now.

This has given me (and my kids) plenty of time to read and trust me, it's a much more enjoyable pastime than sitting in front of the idiot box. While other kids are turning their minds to mush watching Ghost Hunters or some stupid reality show, mine are reading about History, and Science. Fantasy is much better when you use your own imagination. Not to mention the fact that they love to read and can read on a much higher level than most adults I know.

Sadly, the intellectual level of America is in the toilet. There's no interest in reading, just mind numbing repetitiveness on the TV. I'd rather read a book than bar hop. Or go clubbing. Although, I do go sometimes just to watch the idiot white boys who can't tell what color their skin is and the skanky hoes who think their shit don't stink and laugh my ass off at them. Pathetic losers, all of them.

Sadly, literature is a fading commodity. GOOD books are hard to find nowadays. Anyone with 5 minutes (not even 15) of fame writes a book that's poorly designed and executed. And really, what the fuck does Oprah know about literature? Nothing. How many 'authors' of hers has turned out to have made their stories up? Tow? Three? I mean can she really be trusted.

Not to mention, I tend not to read about contemporary items. I live in the present. I don't much like it, actually, why would I want to read more about it?

I much prefer history. It's amazing how the bullshit going on now has been repeated dozens of times in the past. And yet, you idiots out there continue to do that SAME DAMN THINGS your ancestors did. Usually with the same sad results. I get a kick out of that as well. It's funny watching my beloved America collapse like a flan in a cupboard the way the Byzantines, or the Romans or the Ottomans, The Franks, you name it, fell in their turn.

And the less people read, the more mistakes of that kind they will make. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad and I knew that my kids would have to deal with the fallout of idiot leaders who can't look past their immediate future.