Hello to all our members and visitors.  Welcome.

Today seemed like a good day to step back and look at how well or ill-informed we are as a nation.

Television is a good place to start.  Do you think that we’re watching enough television?Haven’t heard that question asked in, well, ever!

Is there any chance that there could there be a TV viewing deficiency in our country? Dittos here too.

We can lay that question to rest immediately, as the chart below shows:

If  education was measured by media exposure alone, then that should be reflected by the amount of television we’re exposed to vs. IQ  or SAT scores.

Well, as we know, SAT scores have dropped so badly over the decades that they’ve had to adjust the ranking process to disguise the fact that educational institutions have largely failed to educate the populace.

In fact, although I don’t have the statistics, I’m sure you’re contacts with the public and employees in the public arena match mine and have convinced you as they have me that we’re actually more and more approximating the movie premise in the film “Idiocracy“.

It’s a comedy that I recommend you watch for pure entertainment, but, of course, it’s really about much more.

It’s more like the future we fear (and see) coming if we don’t take some action to change directions. The mere appearance of a movie addressing the concept of a declining intelligence overall could be a good sign that it’s coming to the surface to be noticed.

Movies can do that sometimes and the best reflections of Society and Politics often come from the court jester and ‘fool’ (in this case comedy film).

Of course,  tv can educate if it’s given the right material programming, but, there’s too much competition and corporate sponsorship of junk programs and brainless shows instead. I mean, where is the real news today?

It’s on the internet!

The internet is a far better source of behind the scenes news reporting today. That’s why the major newspapers are going down in readership by such huge percentages each year now. The People know that they’re not getting the real info from the mainstream media anymore. They’ve been bought and paid for by corporate interests who are only interested in the bottom line.

Take this blog for instance. Do you think the television networks are going to tell you how many people they have addicted to their broadcasts and for how long each day?

Not likely. That’s why that chart above and the information on it came from internet news sources, not mainstream media.

I love that aspect of the internet.  Presenting the truly different from a new perspective is a real kick to me and I hope it’s something you like to read here from time to time as well (along with our unconventional market reports and charts).  - George

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