Education is a lie: child stars

In Chris Brown's song, "Look At Me Now," he says, "I get what you get in ten years, in two days." Wouldn't life be a lot easier if we were only so fortunate? Talent, as I have mentioned on several posts, is a means of making more money than any graduate degree. It does not even have to be considered traditional talent anymore: Snooki and other reality stars. My advice is this: prep yourself and your children to be talented.

The Jackson Five, The Olson Twins, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber,  and countless other stars are richer than their own parents and the majority of people with graduate degrees. Why receive financial aid or any other form of financial assistance/debt if the return is not equal or greater to the investment?

Facebook is, to the best of my knowledge, the biggest social-networking site on Earth. Does anyone believe that Zuckerberg rushed back to college? I don't think so. Education is a lie, so please save your money and invest in yourself. If, however, you are offered a scholarship or you happen to be wealthy, enjoy your college or university experience. 

 I cannot think today. I am upset at Weiner. I don't understand this youth culture that has grown men taking shirtless pictures in the mirror and sexting. It is quite unsettling to me because this is the new, high-tech way of cheating and it displays the immaturity of men who are supposedly representing our nation.

Tracy Morgan's homophobic remarks were disgusting. Instead of allowing such ignorance to be debated--everyone in the U.S. knows that we all have freedom of speech and so on--I would appreciate a critical discussion of why this cannot be tolerated. He advocated violence against homosexual males. It is important for us to hear from survivors of hate crimes and the programs that we are using to quell such hatred and violence. People must realize that they all know someone gay, they just haven't come out yet. Some may go a lifetime with that secret and I, as one person, will not tolerate it. It is a direct insult against humanity, as are racial slurs.

The Hangover 2 was not funny. The writers had to resort to racist jokes in order to have content to fill the screen time. It was disgusting to hear the n-word in the music and used by the actors in the film. Did people of African ancestry abdicate their right to be offended by the word that is rooted in a racist history? Are racist jokes funny? I did not appreciate the Asian jokes either. They should have stopped with the first one. I have always been ambivalent about sequels.

Hope is still alive. If I were rearing a child, or in a position of power to give advice, I would tell anyone who listens that education is a lie.


 

Living the tax-free American dream!

That sounds impossible, because everyone knows how persistent the IRS can be, but there is a glitch in the system and some people-- living in the states with the highest tax rates-- are living the tax-free dream! Please, change this, Obama. Enter permanent residency. Permanent residency is used by a lot of people from other countries in order to act and operate as Americans without the tax burden. Some of these permanent residents have lived in the U.S. for decades but they are exempt from paying taxes because? Well, I cannot fathom a plausible reason that anyone is allowed to live tax free but receive the same benefits as American tax payers. With the national debt at its highest level in history, shouldn't there be an end to permanent residency? Shouldn't they have to file back taxes? I am sure that some would be willing to return to their native countries before they were hounded by the IRS as some Americans would be. I hope to not sound conservative. I consider myself logical. I try to consider the validity to each side of an argument but this bothers me. I disagree with taxation without representation. I do not understand all of the taxes that I pay. I do not understand billions in foreign aid to rich countries. As a law abiding American citizen, I know that I must blindly follow the rules. I have to pay taxes. I do not have the money to plead my case in front of a court. Therefore, permanent residents should pay up, too. The military is well taken care of. The largest amount of money is issued to the military and then. . .? Blank. I need to find out but until then, I think that their money should go to rebuilding the education system, paying off the national debt, research and other areas that will benefit Americans and humanity. There is a book by Daniel Pink called "A Whole New Mind". The book focuses on the shift from MBAs to MFAs---from a Master's in Business, to a Master's in Fine Arts. I believe in the arts but they are often neglected. Joseph Campbell's, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" is a favorite of mine because it draws on classical themes. This goes back to history and the collapse of the Roman Empire: save the Middle Class. We need to focus on helping the poor and saving the Middle Class. The rich will usually be able to buy themselves out of any issue and buy people that make decisions in their favor, but no matter how many protestations there are against the rich, there are not enough solutions for uplifting the impoverished and establishing security in the position of Middle Class. I think that it is time for the permanent residency status to end and for such individuals to file back taxes. Feel free to leave any comments, suggestion or arguments related to this issue.