Big Wide World

i was watching "the daily show" and j.stewart had on a guy named mendelbaum (or something). he wrote a book called "a case for goliath". and he actually said the words (may not be word for word) "america is the global good". i'm not kidding. he was making a case for why 'goliath' was a good guy, and how positive it was that they were involved in everyone's business. ok, hands up if you have something contrary to say about this. basically, the guy is saying "we're doing so many great things, and poor us.. we're not doing anything wrong, others just need to blame us and use us as scapegoats so that they can distract away from their own deficiencies. if we were so bad then ppl would rise up against us". dude, i think the words 'delusions of grandeur' and 'kiss ass' come to mind... oh, and 'mind your own business' too. the fact is, just like goliath, people will take it and take it b/c they're afraid of goliath stomping on them, but one day, others will start to see that goliath is becoming an egomanic, and will also bring him down. it's happened quite a few times in history.

i have so many thoughts that i can't even get into it. its just too ridiculous and self serving. any time you call someone goliath, or you compare something to goliath, you are, by definition admitting that its the big evil overpowering presence trying to take out the little guy. arg.