HEllo Bob,   
      
   On Sat 2039-Mar-26 15:11, BOB KLAHN (1:123/140) wrote to ALL:   
      
      
      
   BK>  Do you remember "Telstar"?   
      
   INdeed.   
      
   BK>  I mentioned that Telstar is actually quite significant.   
      
   BK>  Once this was a country that made a hit of a musical piece that    
   BK> celebrated a scientific and technical achievement.   
      
   OF course, we actually celebrated lots of scientific and   
   technical achievements back then.  But since then we've   
   become a culture of pampered dipshits the celebrate nothing   
   but greed.  Just more for me, however I get it and damn the   
   consequences.  I think in another echo you moderate I   
   mentioned this in my discussion of cultural malaise.   
      
      
      
   BK>  Once America was a nation that celebrated knowledge and science.    
      
   BK>  Now America is a nation where right wing lies and hate are the    
   BK> nationl currency of debate.   
      
   BK>  Enjoy your prison.   
      
   OF course they will, if it has all sorts of television   
   channels to choose from, vacuous music (in many genres) that especially can be   
   had for free and everything available at   
   the touch of a button it's a pretty comfortable prison.  As   
   I said in that thread in the other echo, we've lost touch   
   with who we are and how we got here.   
      
   I blame the left as much as the right in this country for   
   that one.  INstead of working to instill a respect for   
   knowledge and the meaning of taking responsibility in our   
   young we've felt that politically correct speech and a few   
   platitudes is all that's needed.  Just shut up and consume   
   whatever is fed you by the media, and those who are your   
   cultural icons but really don't have any knowledge either.   
   WHen we celebrate gangstas whose only skill is intimidating   
   somebody and selling crack and put them on pedestals because they have the   
   trapping of wealth and let the wall street con men get a free pass on their   
   criminal behavior it's no   
   wonder.   
      
   And this surprises you how?   
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
   --- timEd 1.10.y2k+   
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