A.A.D.D.

You're probably wondering what A.A.D.D. is, well it's a new term I've come up with(I'm coining it here and now, don't even think about claiming it as your own).

It stands for American Attention Deficit Disorder, and I'm afraid that almost every last one of us suffers from this affliction.

It's that whole mental part of us Americans that can go from watching a news story about the Russians invading Georgia, than move right on to Paris Hilton wearing no underwear while attending the Emmy's.

We're cold hearted, just admit it, we're a cold hearted country for the most part. We experience tragedy, feel terrible for about 2 months, claim that we're going to change the way we live, change the way we live for about another 2 months, than, BAM, we go right back to giving each other the finger, cussing up a storm, complaining when we can't afford that new flat screen t.v., and the list goes on.

I'm not saying all Americans are like this, as there are those whom do actually change and become better people through reflection. It's just a trend that I don't think anyone can miss in our culture, we can be very cold.

It's this ability to jump from tragedy to being greedy and un-caring that is the biggest symptom of A.A.D.D.

I've watched this back and forth switch with things like 9/11 and the Columbine School Shootings, just to name some of the bigger ones. And, it's scary how quickly we can go from being caring, heartfelt, save the world people to complaining about the most shallow things in the blink of an eye.

Russian Roulette

Every one's been ignoring Russia since this whole war in Iraq started, and I guess now we're going to regret it. We should have learned from history that the Russians like to sneak in and use their military might while no one is looking. It happened in WW2, when they were on Germany's side, than Germany turned on them, so they were supposed to help stop Germany, and, next thing you know, they didn't want to give any of the territory's they'd helped free back.
Of course things haven't changed over time, Putin is a believer in the old KGB view of Russian power and might. They're not going to pull out of Georgia and just say "sorry about that", they've put too much force into taking the territory's they've taken, plus their are parts of Georgia that have expressed interest in having Russia "free them" from Georgian rule.
And, of course, America, the self styled world police, are going to stick their noses into the whole thing. It's because of those poor innocent Georgians, right ? Wrong, it's because there is a major oil line involved, that Russia could potentially gain control over.
That's all for my return post, we'll see how it plays out I guess, but I don't think things are going to go down the yellow brick road with this whole Russian power play.

Picking on Myself...

Why do we pick on ourselves so much ? It's a simple question, with many answers.
Some say it's the media that makes us feel un-easy about the way we look, act, and feel.
While there are whole groups of phychologist's, with piles of research, pointing towards bad parenting.
But, even with all of these answers, the in-ability to accept ourselves for who we are mentally, physically, and emotionally is a tough concept to grasp for the majority of us. It's that fine line between a big, nasty, overbearing ego and an overly sensitive, put yourself down every chance you get, I hate the way I am way of living.
The hard thing is knowing where to draw that line, when jobs, family, friends, and even our own minds are constantly fighting against us to be something that we're not.
Society requires us, on a regular basis, to often be the exact opposite of who we really are. The world revolves around giving people what they want, telling them what they want to hear, and being who they want you to be.
It's a struggle, a struggle between the truth and the reality that comes with truth, and the need and instinct to survive and adapt.
I personally don't have any more answers for the question of why we pick on ourselves so much, or how to fix it.
I would love to know the "cure" for this problem just as much as the next guy, but I struggle with it just as much as the next guy.