Edumacating The Masses: Boob-Tube To The Rescue -- Schoolhouse Rock!

Governments in the modern world are far from perfect -- sometimes, they must engage in activities that aren't exactly wholesome. But when these activities are controlled and underscored by justifications that come across as complete hypocrisy juxtaposed against the realities of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, things get really messy. With the recent misadventures of the US in the Middle East, and this recent story by Seymour Hersh (hat-tip FWIW), our nation is now showing itself to be one of the biggest hypocrits on the planet -- all courtesy of the Bush Republicans and their enablers. And, unfortunately, those other members of Congress who have failed to stand against them and decry their actions (and inactions). Oddly enough, this does seem to be a rather stark departure from the nation born under these sentiments: We're a nation formed under the concept of preserving rights and liberties, and to this end our founding fathers had defined a system of checks and balances to keep our three primary branches of government in a rough balance. Under the George W. Bush Administration, this system of checks and balances has begun to take on too many qualities of a three-ring circus...like this one, in fact: Pay particular attention to when the judiciary is introduced, and "wrongs" are balanced against our "rights" -- interesting imagery. I almost started to wonder and ask when they would send in the clowns, but then I realized I shouldn't bother: they're already here. Schoolhouse Rock videos as found on YouTube. A little more about Schoolhouse Rock, from their unofficial website:

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Schoolhouse Rock originally aired on the ABC Television Network from 1973 to 1985. This classic series of three-minute educational vignettes combined animation, hip music, and catchy lyrics to tackle lessons in American history, the rules of grammar, multiplication tables, science, government, and finance. Its toe-tapping lyrics entered a generation's lexicon and, four Emmy Awards later, its melodies are still a pop-culture frame of reference common to an astounding number of under-30 Americans (above excerpt is from ABC Classroom Connection--Summer 1995)

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