TARGET: American Apathy

As if the Politically Correct Congress was not enough, wishing to drop the term "the long war" and "Global War on Terror" (which I am sorry as Hell to inform Nonni, is already printed on HH's citation for the medal he earned fighting "GWOT") from official parlance, now TARGET has made the bold move to enshrine the latest name for the War That Dare Not Speak Its Name. "Nobody's War".

Amidst the rush of gross American consumerism and aisles piled high with the largess of freedom, two nice young men in the uniform of our great nation were asked to leave a TARGET store for reminiscing with an old friend because of political correctness, discrimination, and hate.

The Global War On Islamo-fascism is "over there" and even Congressman Jack Murtha used a term I found eerie when referring to the elimination of funding for GWOT. His voice echoes in my ear. He repeated the word "THEY" a total of four times in his recent rant on bleeding the troops of funding.

"...(snip) ...They won't be able to do the deployment. They won't have the equipment. They don't have the training and they won't be able to do the work,"

"THEY" -"THEY"-"THEY."

WHO IN THE HELL DOES HE THINK "THEY" IS?

The apathetic, elitist, anesthetized American public thinks it knows. But I think the nice man in the uniform knows better.

Because when the TARGET, STARBUCKS, and BLOCKBUSTER crowd is finally bombed right out of their cozy little existences on Main Street USA and ripped from the easy-listening cocoon of American ignorance, many will cry, "Save US from THEM!"

"No", the nice man in the uniform will say, "I am taking my family off the grid and protecting them with the skills I already tried to protect YOU with. YOU invited THEM here. YOU can fight THEM by yourself, hand to hand in the streets if YOU like. Because I was "THEY" then. YOU are "THEY" now."

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Comments

[Stealthkix]

Jane, you continue to give me goosebumps.

[Sniper One]

Hmmm... so much for me shopping at Target.

The number of stores that I will spend my money at keeps getting smaller and smaller.

[JANE SAYS: And which products can you buy when you get there? Rosie's List?]

[Stealthkix]

That's it, I'm making my own soap and growing my own food, dammit!

:P

[JANE SAYS: Screw your sarcasm! JANE is making the soap and growing the food>>>but you can come along to offer the color commentary. And worship me. hee.

AAAASS. ///S

;) xoxoxo]

[Stealthkix]

Well somebody has to go along to administer your daily stroke. I nominate me.

[JANE STRENUOUSLY SECONDS.]

[Just Me]

I have been reading your blog for a while and I will have to say that I like reading this blog. I can't say that I enjoy it. This is because I can't say that I enjoy reading about this kind of ignorance on behalf of our Congress. The very people who are supposed to help in the defense of this country by supporting our troops. I have an extremely hard time understanding why Congress would unanimously vote to send troops into Iraq, and then turn around and pull support for the troops before we have an opportunity to finish the job we went there to begin with. Keep up the good work. I will keep reading.

[JANE SAYS: You are reading this unvarnished account of The World According To Jane PREEEECISELY because it IS uncomfortable. You bravely read this blog, and other blogs like it because you need a dose of reality that you know that you cannot get anywhere else.

Truth is not always pleasant.

Some blogs proudly sugar coat the lemons.

I simply SQUEEZE.]

[Babs]

I have such a hard time believing these stories... Just read this morning that Vets are having a hard time getting work.
I don't understand it. What is wrong with everyone? Is it in the bottled water???
Thank you Jane and, see you on Lex.

[JANE SAYS: No Babs. Its not IN the bottled water. Its BECAUSE of the bottled water. And the grocery stores packed with junk food. And the TiVo. And The American Idol. And the People magazine. And the ME-ME-ME first attitude of a SAD MAJORITY of YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. Yes, even the "good ones" wil give PLENTY OF LIP SERVICE to Patriotism, but precious little else.

Thank you Babs for having the concern to ask a VERY GOOD QUESTION. WHAT IS WRONG WITH US?

Lets get off our sofas, unplug from the Pop Culture Nipple and TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK.

I have confronted yapping old hippy dippy Libs in the produce aisle. In otherwise polite company, I have enlightened my BUNCO group to the politics that WILL EFFECT THEM SOONER than later. I have demanded accountability from my LOCAL elected officials.

Get out of your comfort zone, Babs>>>>EVERYONE>>> JUST ONCE A DAY >>>>> EVERY SINGLE DAY>>>and we WILL change this world. FOR REAL.

Thanks Babs!!! xoxo]

[Cathy]

"Because when the TARGET, STARBUCKS, and BLOCKBUSTER crowd is finally bombed right out of their cozy little existences on Main Street USA and ripped from the easy-listening cocoon of American ignorance, many will cry, "Save US from THEM!"

**I disagree. It will still be America's fault. We made THEM angry and that is why THEY came here.... THEY will still be apologizing for THEM.

And as Napoleon Dynamite would say.... "IDIOTS!"

[JANE SAYS: I have more hope than that...if you can call my distinct brand of cynicism, "hope". Heh.]

[mRed]

My "bad" happened in a small store locally owned. I know the owner and have used her service many times. This LAST time, as I stood in line, I heard her state to a customer that our little village had gone to Hell as had the country because of Bush and all his "yes-bots".

Aloud, I asked how someone could not support the mission of toppling despots and freeing 50+ million people and the brave troops that made it happen. (sound of turd hitting the punchbowl)

Three out of the five waiting in line left behind me. Happily, I am now the village pariah in the coffee & pastry shop, art gallery store, etc., but not in the stuck-in-time diner.

[JANE SAYS: GOOD ON YOU!!!! What I find the most disconcerting is being arty farty Conservative. I am, after all a CRUNCHY CON / Southern Belle / Big Game Hunter / Artist, if there ever was such a hybrid---and I hang out in some of the most Liberal places in the world---art galleries (as you said), coffee shops (my FAVE is by the university, loaded with stinking Libs, and OWNED BY A GOOD CAPITALIST CRUNCHY CON-HA!), and health food stores/co-ops.

Nothing like routing the Libs where they live. Throws them off. GREAT FUN! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

And the R.O.M.E.Os at the diner are my BEST BUDDIES. When I need a dose of good company--nothing like a "Retired Old Man Eating Out". Buy him a coffee, Mr.Ed, and tell him Jane said "Hey, y'all!".]

[ProphetJoe]

Great post, Janie, as usual!

Read about my thoughts on the subject and about Kate T. who chastised the Marines in the story at:

http://rodeoofthemind.com/2007/04/10/target-and-the-us-marine-corp/

[mindy abraham]

I know what you mean. This why I find myself getting annoyed at the news, which talks about people like anna nicole smith like she was important-we do not pay attention to those who are meaningful.

[JANE SAYS: I have determined that CABLE NEWS>>>actually CABLE TELEVISION in general>>> is TOXIC to a sane person's well-being. We have turned our cable back to the basic rabbit ears stuff and even THEN I can't stand it. I refuse to allow pop culture to unscrew my skull and shit on my brain for HOURS a day the way most folks don't even think TWICE about doing. The television is the main delivery device for a subtle poison that numbs you to reality. It agitates your spirit, fills you with material anxiety, becomes a defacto parent to your children and generally lowers the quality of one's life, THOUGH MOST ALL PEOPLE WILL DENY ITS EFFECTS ON THEM.

The TARGET-STARBUCKS-BLOCKBUSTER reality is but a sad side effect of this poison, not the cause. Pop culture delivery devices (trashy gossip magazines, glossy impossible lifestyle magazines, television promotional advertising, vapid video games and product placement in our kid's school even) are insidious and WILL STEAL THE SOUL of your family UNLESS YOU ARE VIGILANT.

MOST EVERYONE I KNOW>>>GOOD and DECENT people>>> LOYAL READERS OF THIS BLOG>>>>will DENY this reality in the most alarming ways. The escapism of pop culture is KILLING US. It TRULY sickens and saddens me for the future of WHAT WAS the greatest nation on Earth.

UNPLUG YOUR CABLE. HEAR YOUR WHIMPERING SOUL.]

[robert firth]

BARBARA BOXER
ENVIORMENTAL & PUBLIC WORKS COMMETTE CHAIRMAN

Dear Ms Boxer,

You are wasting the public’s money conducting meaningless hours of discussions concerning imposing on the American people any kind of energy tax (carbon tax).

You surely know this and I’m sure that the subject is a pet one with your supporters and the environmental nuts who are pushing such agendas across the civilized world.

You have no chance today of imposing such a tax not even of obama were somehow elected as our commander in chief and supported such absurd taxation.

The American people vehemently oppose such a stupid move and would never allow you to do anything so reckless and destructive.

The economy is today on shaky ground as you doubtless know. What do you want to see- a total meltdown? If you and your silly pals were to have your way everything, food, transportation, the cost of doing business, electricity, in fact, every energy source we have today would increase in cost.

99% or our energy use today is based on some from of carbon energy- gas, coal or petroleum. All our trucks, trains and planes as well as some 150 million private cars run on carbon energy. Are you truly nuts? The carbon tax bill is DOA. There is no alternative to oil for the next 25 years as a bare minimum. We need to develop our coal, shale and offshore oil fields and do this now while we can. We have to stop shipping billions of our dollars to the bloody Arabs and Senior Chavez.

Your assumption that man is somehow contributing to climate change in any kind of significant way is equally silly. For every scientist who thinks that if we stopped burning carbon energy the earth’s climate would cool down there are two who disagree.

What they all do agree on and for which we have empirical evidence is that the sun has been steadily warming since we have been measuring. This warming trend has been occurring for eons and will continue into the distant future. In some 800 million years our sun may expand and explode as many super novas witnessed in distant galaxies. Before this the temperature on earth will increase until the oceans evaporate and all life is extinguished. It would be interesting to know if you knew this? Dr. Roy Spencer just told you as much at your hearings on July 18th.

What you perhaps haven’t considered is that there are no Hummers on Mars and the polar ice caps there are melting as the planets temperature increases. Scientists all agree that the reason this is occurring is due to the warming trend of the sun on which humans have absolutely no control.

Let’s get real and get off the idiotic nonsense. You all are wasting our money and time. Build nuclear plants and open the offshore fields- let’s get with the program. There’s enough oil right here at home to support our requirements for hundreds of years. We will have lots of time to develop alternatives and should. It is manifestly stupid to build the most advanced aircraft the world has ever seen and then power them with the residue of dead dinosaurs. I’m all for developing reasonable alternatives but today, in the real world, there is simply no alternative- not even on the drawing boards.

Robert Firth