Chillin’ at 33,000 Feet - Politically Incorrect

Let’s face it….I am a white, middle-class, male in my 30’s. I am not rich, but I am not poor. My father’s side of the family is somewhat on the poor side. My mother’s side is somewhat on the middle-class side. Both my mother and my father went to college and worked hard to get where they are. Growing up, I had the benefit of loving parents that taught me the value of working for what I want, but also making sure that I had ample opportunity to excel.

I know a few rich folks (and I mean rich). I also know some quite poor folks. I know a lot of middle-class folk. I have some black friends, and some Hispanic friends. I had some other ethnically diverse friends growing up, but they have all gone away.

Most, and I mean all but maybe one or two, would be considered conservative and borderline right-wing.

I read about the bills that are potentially being passed that support giving licenses to illegal aliens, giving illegal aliens the right to vote, and socialized medicine. I see the press reporting about ½ of the news, and only that which supports the leftist majority stance that our government is beyond reproach and that Bush is the anti-Christ. The press has long sense abandoned any sense of neutrality.

But here is what I don’t understand. Most of the people I know have stopped listening to the major press. They don’t support socialist reform. They believe that we are doing the right thing by fighting the war on terrorism. They are fearful of what is happening inside of our own country. They would like to see a return to some semblance of sovereignty. In other words, they support fairly conservative points of view. That being that the United States should be a country with a unified people, an official language of English, a sense of morality, pride in our heritage and history, and a belief that if you are willing to work for it that you can achieve success.

So WHO is supporting the largely democratic leftist? I mean, if almost everyone I know doesn’t support it (and I am generalizing all the friends, relatives, clients and everyone else I have met across the country), there has to be someone support it or I would think that it wouldn’t continue to exist.

BTW – I do have to note, that I do know people who are not republicans, and do not support Bush. They are not what I would call the socialist left, either.

I hypothesize that because our country is so enamored with “reality” (i.e. read as non-reality) tv shows, entertainment and apathy that it has allowed the leftist, socialist agenda to take root. Ironically it is the entertainment industry that has the capitol, and the lunatics to support the machine.

I don’t know. I am truly stumped when I see these types of things and I can’t find anyone that supports them. Where does this come from?