REAL TALK

America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Above is a quote by the great Eleanor Roosevelt. That is "real talk". So much of our talk is not real at all. A bunch of bull is what it is. We have so many layers of fluff that it's hard to see what exactly is going on. Most of our news coverage is one big mess of "information" which is about as useful as a "poopy flavored lolly-pop".  All the while our government and military either think we are too smart to be told the truth or too dumb to really care.

I will use the recent military strikes in Libya as an example. What is this intervention, or in the words of Sarah Palin "squirmish", what exactly are we doing?  Some leaders are calling it a "kinetic military action". Great, I'm glad that we are moving around while blowing stuff up. Overall, the picture that seems to be repeated by the United States Government is that we have numerous double standards, and we will use the language we deem appropriate to uphold those standards.

This is a vicious cycle. If the truth was what we were really getting most American's wouldn't know how to react. Government is a strange contradiction. Most of the time those most fit to lead shy away realizing the problems associated with the job. Much like everyday life you seem to be "damned if you do, and damned if you don't". Someone will always be there to criticize, like me right meow,. Those willing to accept this and lead anyway have on some level sacrificed their desire for good government with a desire for control.

While real talk is so difficult to get at is exactly why it's so necessary. When confronted with actual truth we either correct it or we back away. Continually spoon feeding ourselves what one NBC anchorwoman refered to as "a poop-sandwich", my brother loves those, just keeps us in the dark. I am not proposing America's demise, but if we want to continue our tradition of Hot, Nasty, Bad-Ass speed we better get real.