{"id":24922,"date":"2017-08-27T18:47:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T23:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=24922"},"modified":"2017-08-27T18:47:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T23:47:21","slug":"the-american-way-mindless-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=24922","title":{"rendered":"The American Way: Mindless Pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-08-27\/american-way-mindless-pursuit\">The American Way: Mindless Pursuit<\/a><\/h3>\n<section class=\"node node-type-blog node-full node-nid-602398 ads-injected\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>It\u2019s actually embarrassing if I\u2019m to be frank and honest in my opinion. How many times during my adult life did I hear \u2018<em>leadership<\/em>\u2019 proclaim they are simply defending <em>\u2018The American Way\u2019<\/em> without ever really thinking about what constituted the way <em>\u201cWe the People\u201d<\/em> live?<\/p>\n<p>Sure I gave passing consideration now and then, but I always remained safely within the pro-programmed thought box promoted by those who claimed to be defending me and my \u2018<em>way<\/em>\u2019. Therefore when I was younger the answer was simplicity at its finest: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yYXfdnhh2Mo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the mindless pursuit of all things pleasurable.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ds_cpp\" class=\"ds_cpp\" data-dvp_title_trim=\"60\" data-dvp_desc_trim=\"120\" data-dvp_zindex_base=\"90\" data-dvp_mute_ad_na=\"0\" data-dvp_friendly_iframe_na=\"0\">\n<div class=\"ds_sponsorbox\">Of course, this is an over simplification of a complex situation. Then again, maybe not. There are several trigger words in my statement, any one of which can be endlessly argued to death. And if there is one thing I\u2019ve learned in my advancing age it is this. When I don\u2019t wish to confront an unpleasant situation I will argue the piss out of the details until I have convinced myself it doesn\u2019t apply and I can ignore it completely.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A person engaged in mindless pursuit must always be in pursuit of mindlessness. Anything that interferes with this objective is perceived as a disturbance in the force and must be eradicated as quickly as possible. Again, plenty of trigger words in this statement, affording everyone the opportunity to stop reading and find something more pleasurable to do.<\/p>\n<p>I am aware that when you are a hammer, everything tends to look like a nail just begging to be pounded. Since I am a recovering alcoholic, I tend to see the world through the eyes of a recovering addict. And what I see through my admittedly biased baby blues is an America full of addicts in various stages of obsessive compulsive obliviousness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Way: Mindless Pursuit It\u2019s actually embarrassing if I\u2019m to be frank and honest in my opinion. How many times during my adult life did I hear \u2018leadership\u2019 proclaim they are simply defending \u2018The American Way\u2019 without ever really thinking about what constituted the way \u201cWe the People\u201d live? 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