Jaded Times

No, this is not a satirical piece. Well, not entirely. And no, it is not a critical or rhetorical question.

If you have a spare minute, watch this clip of Scarborough Country, archived by the good folks at onegoodmove.org. Now, ignoring the hilarious irony of this guy calling out the President on being inarticulate, there is a valid point to be made: is our president, well, stupid? Answer: of course. To be more tactful, he is simple. A simple puppet who projects the image of a man who cannot see past his ridiculous notion of god to actually comprehend the consequences of his actions. This is obvious to anyone observing the past five and a half years of American governance.

But is he qualified to be president? Sure. The president is a figurehead. Much like the Buddha (but with far less in the noggin), anyone can be the president. The bigger question is how relevant the whole thought is in the first place, which brings us to the point of this piece: why is GWB our president?

The answer is relatively simple: we are not a smart nation. That is not to say that we are not an intelligent nation; intelligence is an innate quality, and I honestly believe that the majority of this country is far more intelligent than it is given credit for. But smart? Hell no; for one thing, we don’t care about education. And we aren’t the first generation not to, which is pretty evident, since we don’t care about education. Take this for example:

In a 2003 study conducted by UNICEF that took the averages from five different international education studies, the researchers ranked the United States No. 18 out of 24 nations in terms of the relative effectiveness of its educational system. [source]

So does it matter that our president is “simple”? No, because the majority of the people (or at least a large enough portion to be portrayed by the media and the compromised ballot boxes in several states) elected a simpleton. Because they wanted one in office.

Which brings me to my point: the real reason GWB is the president of our country is, put simply, birth rate. Yes, birth rate; look at the history of the world, the conqueror/victor has almost ALWAYS been determined by birth rate. Conquering nations, uprisings, mobs, all determined by numbers, which in turn are a result of the larger surviving birthrate.

The brilliant (though rather pugnacious) Gary Brecher has pointed out this trend in several of his War Nerd columns in the Exile; birthrate determines the true victor, as though the “stronger” force may win out initially, the kids who grow up as the minority eventually just by sheer number become the majority. And if our schools aren’t educating our kids (which, come on, we all know is as true as truth gets these days), then our parents and communities are. And how strong are they? Not very, because they are populated by the products of a failing educational system and a decrepid social structure. So the ignorant (not stupid, mind) are educating the ignorant, and archaic beliefs overrule logical approaches, religion overtakes rational thought, and concern for truth and progress are overrun by a simplistic greed, masked as “purity”.

But now, the real problem: think of how many of your friends who are highly intelligent, well-educated, and strongly logical have kids. If they do, I bet it’s one or two. Now think of how many thick-looking teens you saw today pushing strollers on your way to work, and think of how many stupid people you know who are one of eight or so children. Yup, the simple are simply outbreeding the intelligent, and that is who has grabbed control of all of our branches of government (at least on the figurehead level, I don’t think anyone could impune Cheney’s intelligence, for example).

So you whiney liberals want a real solution? Stop bitching and start educating, because a smarter populace elects smarter officials. And start fucking, because the stupid are outbreeding you several times over.

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