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...What??s the likelihood that you’re sitting back in your comfy chair, legs on the table, sipping some tea as you take a leisurely look at the daily news? Almost zero...
...address, Kennedy sought to lead “a new generation of Americans” to face the challenges of the Cold War. Obama wants to be a modern incarnation of that figurehead; throughout American history, he proclaimed, “a new generation has risen up and done what??s needed to be done. Today we are called once more—and it is time for our generation to answer that call...
...clear: ratings seem to coincide with negative backlash. Put simply, those out to cleanse the country’s presumed filthy entertainment-hungry soul aren’t as noble, righteous or decent as they seem. In reality, they’re nothing but capitalistic parasites: they find what??s popular, make waves about how terrible it is—especially for our youth—and then, once that popularity has waned thanks in part to their attacks, they move on to society’s next trendy craze...
...what airs today—the new focus of censorship can be attributed to the fact that we as a people have evolving tastes. We begin to really like something, and only then does someone come along to ruin the party. Most of the time, the reasoning is simple: What??s most popular generates the most airtime for a cause. Sometimes, however, there is a self-interested component that doesn’t go unnoticed...
...campaigns, either. So far, so good: I surely haven’t seen a change in my entertainment cocktail (four objectionable TV shows, mounds of explicit lyrics-laced music, and the very occasional hour of coarse videogaming). At least, not yet. But as the stakes get higher (and really, what??s higher than the highest office in all of the land?), the fight to restrict my entertainment bliss will become that much stronger...