Reply #50: you can tell a lot about a society by looking at what it values . . .

[OneBlueSky]

in the good ole US of A in the year 2010, what we value is sports and entertainment -- and not much else . . . athletes and performers are the ones we compensate with millions of dollars -- teachers and social workers, not so much . . .

and, for the most part, what we value is programmed into us by the ruling corporations and their immense media machines . . . why is that? . . . could it be that they can make huge amounts of money from sports and entertainment, but not much from schools and soup kitchens? . . . could it be that by keeping us "entertained," they can continue to rob us blind while we're distracted by the latest spectacle? . . .

things that make you go "hmmmm" . . .