American culture comes to me
June 18th, 2005I’ve felt out of place most of my life. I still do and I’ve learned that it’s a good thing. Whenever I start to fit in I start to become concerned. I’m sure that’s played a strong part in my fierce individualist philosophy. One of my life philosophies is, “When you find yourself in agreement with the majority it’s time to examine your premises again.”
But…
It seems that maybe I’m just a bit ahead of the curve. Since I was a young boy I’ve loved (in no particular order) God, NASCAR, poker, rodeo and boxing.
In case you haven’t noticed, all but the last is rising in popularity these days. God’s working a revival in this country like we’ve never seen in human history. Churches are springing up everywhere and growing fast. NASCAR is the most popular spectator sport in America, eclipsing even MLB, NBA and NFL by large margins.
Poker, in the last couple of years, has exploded in popularity.
I can now find NASCAR and poker on TV nearly every day. In some cases I have to make decisions about which NASCAR or poker show I want to watch because they are playing on multiple channels at once. I sometimes have to choose between poker on 3 different channels.
As for God, I have multiple 24/7 Christian stations on my satellite service and for 12 bucks a month I can get Sky Angel (again) and have 36 more channels of 24/7 ministry.
America’s a Christian, NASCAR, poker playing nation. The “blue staters” are the freaks here and they’re going to continue to fade into irrelevance if they continue their condescending, pseudo-intellectual path of imagined superiority.
This is a redneck country. It was birthed that way and it won’t be overthrown by a bunch of pansies that wear patches on their elbows and spend their whole lives in school.
Now if only we could get a few more rednecks elected… get rid of some of the pansy academia bullshit legislation and bureaucracy, we’d be straight.
Preach it brother! Preach it!
Do you really enjoy Sky Angel? We have thought about it. The commercials make me roll my eyes and be embarrassed for Christian marketers. “Are you living a life of quiet desperation?” Seriously, does having a TV change that? Anyhow, just askin’. Good to see you posting again. Been awhile
I don’t have Sky Angel at the moment. I didn’t install the second dish when I moved a few months ago. I’ve been starting to miss it, though. Yes, I did enjoy it. It’s especially great if you have children. At 12 bucks a month it’s a bargain. In fact, it’s less than that if you pay a year at a time.
I know what you mean about their commercials. I don’t really care much for the whole Angel One channel, for that matter. Angel Two isn’t much better. Just so you know, most of the other channels on Sky Angel are not actually run by them; they just provide the satellite service.
Sky Angel? What is it? Just evangelical type programming?
I don’t even own a TV so I guess I’m safe.
Sky Angel is a Christian owned and operated satellite network. You can get a small dish (like the Dish Network dish) and get 36 channels of all Christian and/or “family-friendly” programming.
But then anyone with enough computer skill to click a link could’ve seen that. Do you need some computer training, Difster? ‘Cause I know a guy…
I never had any use for boxing. I couldn’t understand how people could watch it, then I learned to box. Now I watch it whenever I can.
I admit I am a freak. I can be condescending, I am not pseudo-anything, and I am superior to some. This is a redneck country? It was birthed that way? Apparently I am a really ignorant northerner. But I am neither a pansy nor a patch-wearer.
However, I have no issues with how rednecks (or anyone else) run their lives as long as they are not hurting anyone in so doing. I would really appreciate being permitted to live my life without censure, as well, as long as I am not hurting anyone.