What have we learned about 2004? Things seem to run from the divine to the boardroom. The movie about Christ brought in 370 million dollars at the box office, yet the number one show on TV was Desperate House Wife. Professed morality vs real morality that's what 2004 was really about. We talk a good puritan game but still enjoy a little sex and violence in the bedroom and our media.
The year started with Janet Jackson exposing herself at the Supper Bowl. America was agassed and CBS was fined $500,000 for letting it happen. So many people used their TiVo recorders to view and review the event that the whole TiVo system almost crashed. My favorite event of the year was when they carted Martha Stewart off to the Big House and it got even better when she was busted stealing sugar from the prison kitchen so she could make holiday cookies in her cell. On to Bean town, the Sox's won the world series. The team looked as thou they came from the cover page of a lumberjack magazine. The last time the Sox's won a series was 86 years ago and it will be another 86 before they win another one. Americans dropped pounds like there was no tomorrow. Stores could not keep the low carb breads, past's and cakes in stock, but all that faded away. I say bring on the doughnuts. We all thought we were going to get the flu and all rushed to get the vaccine, finding there was a shortage. It was going to be a crisis for sure and we got all worked up about not getting our flu shot. Now they can not give them away, nobody is taking the time to get the vaccine. Will and Grace and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy were top ten TV shows, yet seeing homosexually marry in public was too much for America. Maybe we are not as comfortable with homosexuality as we thought we were.
Moral Value was the top election issue in 2004. Americans talk one game and play another. The USA is really not a place for me, my moral values run more with those of the Europeniens. They do not talk out of both sides of their mouths at the same time. I was just born on the wrong continent.
AND SO IT GOES
The year went by so fast. I am looking forword to 05
ReplyDeleteGreat article !!! The years come and go and I am ready for a new one !!!
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