NPR Hurts
I’m usually not one to spin the dial on my commute. It’s a rarity for me to not have new music or an audiobook to soothe my senses while I’m driving. This week I wasn’t in the mood for any of the music in the car, so I decided to catch a few Christmas tunes and check in with a few of the local talk radio stations.
Occasionally, I endure the slightly masochistic enjoyment of hesitating when my radio dial lands on an NPR station. It never lasts more than a minute or two. Despite my experience with people and my awareness of the lack of principled morality that most people maintain, NPR never fails to surprise or annoy me. This particular segment took place in Iowa as part of the orgasmic liberal frenzy associated with the vote-buying conference known as the Iowa Caucus. The host asks individuals in a local restaurant about why they would vote for their particular collectivist. All answers were the typical catch phrases… their candidate had “good ideas” or “would turn the country in the right direction” — yea, sure they would.
This particular answer stood out as the most illustrative of how pathetically apathetic most people have become. You ready for it?
“I’m either gonna vote for Hillary or Ron Paul”
Seriously? You’re either going cast your vote for a big-government, pro-abortion socialist.. or a limited government, pro-life Capitalist?
No big deal… there’s no inner conflict of fundamental philosophical premises that a few hours on the internet can’t resolve.
This is hilarious until you ponder how this remarkable, yet typical mindset represents a prevalent segment of our population. One which plays a decisive role in what kind of country my family lives in.
