An Outstanding Article...

[YankInHolland]

(IMHO)

http://moderateindependent.com/v3i6tv.htm

Excerpts:

"TV is a hypnotic drug. It is not the programming itself but the blue light and alpha waves that are stimulated. This is an important distinction to realize. It is not about the quality of the programming or lack of it, it's not about "surfing" the wrong sites on the web. To say that would be like telling a coke addict his problem is he just isn't doing the good stuff.

America, you want to blame George W. Bush for what has happened to our nation, you want to blame Bill Clinton, you want to blame liberals. The reality is, our nation's drug addiction is the cause of our ills.

Virtually everybody in our nation is overweight - read that clearly: virtually everybody. 70 percent are very overweight, 35 percent obese. That is virtually everybody right there, and then you add in those who are just regular overweight and you see it is BASICALLY EVERYONE"

and...

"TV causes obesity, anti-sociality, lethargy, and a skewed view of reality that borders on insanity. It causes psychotic detachment from the people and the world around you and the inability to respond to life-threatening situations that are immediate and present dangers in your life.

Only a nation of fit, sane, social people can stand up to our government when it steps out of line. Picture if one group split off from the obese, TV-addicted rest of the nation and decided to fix their nation by first fixing themselves. If you want to be part of the solution, you must lead by example.

Let the left tell you George W. Bush and the Republicans are the problem. Let the right tell you liberals and Democrats are the problem. We Moderate Independents are the only ones honest enough to tell you that no, we are all the problem, and we must take action now, beginning with ourselves. Remember, it is these two parties who have let things get this way without taking any action. Neither Clinton nor Bush have cared that more than 200 million Americans are in immediate danger, and that the dire consequences that could occur are entirely preventable and reversible.

No, they appreciated that you would sit idly by as they did as they pleased."