Careers, Education and Life

Careers, Education and Life
How far we have come regarding what can be printed and presented to the public. Yes, it is true that some people have pushed the "envelope" way too far (pornography, filth, etc) but just consider when many of us Baby Boomers watched television. Remember Edward R. Murrow? Back in the 50's, he made a documentary for CBS called "Harvest of Shame". It aired the day after Thanksgiving and really shifted public opinion about migrant farm workers. It was surprising at that time, that CBS allowed Murrow to make such a film--remember this was the McCarthy era....and if you ruffled feathers, you could be blacklisted, put in jail--hard to believe that America was like that only 50 years ago.
In watching the President last night regarding the state of the union, the Democratic rebuttal came immediately after the address and Mr. Webb minced NO words. This would have been unheard of even 40 years ago!! You didn't insult a VIP, much less the President of the United States. So we have really come a long way--both in positive ways and negative ways.
Poor ol Bushie Boy! He is really having a hard time and people are seeing him for he really is--a man who got lucky because of his birthright. He was never suited to be President, I don't know what people were thinking when they elected him in 2000. I can forgive those in 2000, but the ignoramuses in 2004 are entirely another story--the London Times was right--how could 10 million people be SO dumb?? So all of you heavy handed, Neo-Con Repubs out there, we have only you to blame for the situation, graft, greed, financial blood-letting, ignorant mistakes that are going on now!!! Yay for you--I applaud you for your ignorance and stupid flag waving!!

Too Much Information

Just thirty-five short years ago, it used to be that you could decide to read all the great literature that ever was in about a year. I know this is true because many of the teachers that I had told me that--this was the late sixties, early seventies, everyone who was a part of the "enlightened" group wanted to be an intellectual and know all there was that could possibly be known......
Today, it would be ridiculous to read all the great literature, know all there was to know about one's "pet" passion because the information NEVER ENDS. Because of the Internet, we have so much information that one can never "rest" or "coast" because even if you read and researched everyday, you would never get to the end of information. Technology has truly created a "fuel injected" knowledge base. All of this information has created great possibilities, but also endless problems--the technology that was supposed to be a time saver, has now become like the high maintenance pet--sometimes technology seems to be in charge of us and we are spending endless hours in the "care and feeding" of our little information "Gods".
When did quit becoming the master of our "things" and become a "slave and caretaker" to our things.
Who is taking care of whom?