Where are we?
Lately, I have really been noticing what kind of spot we are in as a nation. In my opinion, we are in a terrible spot. I don't even know where to start. Well I guess I could start with out values, or the lack thereof. My grandfather once told me that, when a nation collapses, take the Roman Empire, it is because of two things. 1. The nation loses value of its dollar. 2. The nation loses its morals or values. We are losing our morals and values faster than I can write this blog, and our money is worth less than Canada, Yikes!! So you do that math and tell me what lies ahead for us in the future if we don't make a change as a nation.
The reason of my rant today, is mostly how, also in my opinion, professional athletes have become somewhat of a joke. In the past year we have seen such stories as one athlete who electroshocked and killed many dogs, or another who shot himself in the leg at a night club. Recently, we have encountered Tiger Woods' incident, the number 1 golfer in the world, where he crashed head-on into a tree practically in his front yard, causing $8000 in damage to his car, and is now being accused of having affairs with every girl in L.A. Now I have hung out with some wild dudes in my day, but none managed do accomplish that one. Smooth Tiger. All these people I just talked about are world known athletes looked up to my millions all over the world, including many children. Hmm. Now I from a small town, but the married guy who is screwing every gal in town, is a bad guy, but we still seems to love all these guys I listed above, doesn't make sense. It's like they go to jail for 2 years and are praised more when they are allowed back into the NFL, which is a whole other rant. ha
Then there is the steroids in baseball. This one really pisses me off, not so much that certain players have been caught using them because I believe at one time steroids were in every clubhouse around the MLB. The thing that really gets me is how they sit and lie about it until the grave when the whole world knows that they did. A-rod, in my mind is not someone to be idolized, I want to get that off my chest. He is a liar, a cheater, just a all around bad dude in my mind. But we idolize him for some reasons I don't know, oh I guess he's a really good baseball player, and some gals think he has a cute butt. So forget that he has used steroids damn near his whole career and then lied about it on national television to our faces, or that he was accused of tipping pitches to opponents. For those who don't know, that means he was standing on second base letting the other teams hitter know what pitches were coming. He wanted the other teams to catch up so he could have another chance to get up and hit a home run. Who cares right? He's a Yankee.
I think we as people have to really look at who we are choosing to be our role models before just putting them on a pedistal. It is not just athletes, there is a lot of wierdness going on right now in the world of fame. It is hard to write about, because I want to just go into every single story and pound my point in that some of these people should not be looked up to like they are, but it would take forever. I don't want to trash all athletes or anything like that, most of them are in fact good people, who are proud to be an elite like they are, and they act like it. But a few bad apples give a lot of them a bad name.
I understand shit happens, there are so many times I can recall doing something stupid that I should not have. Who hasn't ? But I do believe if you are man enough to make it to the spotlight and get yourself into a bad position by acting childish, you better be a man and admit it. It makes me respect them so much less when they lie, and it comes out two weeks later that they were guilty. Really, A-roid, you cousin' in the Dominican Republic was your source of steroids, I think that was Sammy Sosa's excuse too buddy.
My advice would be to be cautious when choosing role models, or someone to look up to. Look beyond those who can just shoot a nice jumper. Look for those who are really doing something good for the world and are legit, honest people. Those are the ones we should praise.
One Love, Tim
