Posted by
CCBlogger on Friday, September 28, 2007 5:10:57 PM
This headline caught my attention this morning and
its really no surprise -- I could
have told you this, and I didn't need to do some survey to figure it out.
A new Gallup poll reveals that, as the organization puts it,
Americans now "express less trust in the federal government than at any point in
the past decade, and trust in many federal government institutions is now lower
than it was during the Watergate era, generally recognized as the low point in
American history for trust in government."
Among the findings: Barely half trust the
government to handle international problems, the lowest number ever. And less
than half express faith in the government handling domestic issues, the lowest
findings since 1976.
Faith
in the executive branch has fallen to 43% -- only 3% higher than it was just
before President Nixon's resignation in 1974. At the same time, trust in
Congress, at 50%, is its lowest ever.
Of course, the Democrat's
AND Republican's incompetence could have a lot to do with this...
But,
just go on ABC.com and watch "Traveler" or rent "Shooter" or any of the
COUNTLESS movie after movie coming out of Hollywood. They all depicts the
government as corrupt, unethical, criminal, and despotic. ABC's TV show
"Traveler" did so bad, they had to cancel it rather quickly. It features two
college kids who get set up for a terrorist bombing by the Director of Homeland
Security, and then with the help of the Patriot Act, have their lives torn
apart. Isn't that predictable.
In Shooter, a patriotic marine
sharpshooter unknowingly plays a supporting role in the massacre of women and
children in a Arab country, and then is left to fend for himself when the secret
ops goes wrong. A few years later, he is recruited by a high level government
official (an aid to a gun-loving, hunting senator from Montana) and is set up
for an attempted assassination of the President, which turns out was a
sanctioned assassination of a bishop in connection to the previously mentioned
murder of women and children. Yes, its that twisted, but the point of the whole
movie is that there is no such thing as rule of law -- only power, and money and
whoever has them both is truly in control.
Movie after movie are made to
overtly distort people's perception of our government and plant the Liberal's
view of the government...well, the government while Bush is president, that is.
Because, you know...(sarcasm alert) Liberals would never do the evil, terrible,
horrible things Bush has done...
So, if you wonder why so many Americans
don't trust our government, you might want to look West. My wife and I are so
fed up with the trash being called "entertainment" these days, we actually went
out and canceled our Blockbuster subscription.
Are there any actual
talented script writers left in LA? Is the concept of moral clarify,
good-vs-evil, and good old fashioned dramas a lost artifact of the past in
Hollywood?
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Notes: Have you seen a movie that
surprised you with its moral clarity and with a story of good winning over evil?
Leave your reviews in the comments. I would love to hear about them.