SHOCK & AWEful SuperBowl Prono...Spreading Democarcy & Americana

Shock and Awe has come to the most watched prime time sports event that the American media broadcasts. Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson acted out a "soft porn rape scene" as 89 million Americans, including children, watched the half time show during Super Bowl XXXVIII. Disgusting, outrageous, immoral, repugnant, rude, raunchy, offensive, inappropriate, inconsiderate, and on and on. No 'sexually explicit' content warning. No apology from the NFL or CBS. Nothing but another abuse of national broadcast licenses and the audiences that trust the networks to honor their committment to upholding proper television ethics.

While we send our soldiers around the world to spread Democracy and American values, we continue to show why we are hated and not welcome in most places we go. America is viewed as the 'Great Satan' by the religious regions of the world due to our reprehensible behavior. Other parts of the world want nothing to do with our extreme liberal value system, where anything and everything goes and nobody is responsible for any of the ills that fall upon them.

America used to be represented by baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and chevrolet. Now, look what America is represented by. Overwhelming military power. Presidents that lie and abscure to maintain there power and authority. A population of professional consumers. Reality TV filled with contrived love affairs, outrageous and disgusting stunts, self abuse and immorality. Marriage opened up to allow for same sex unions. Two income families that can't make ends meet and are filing for personal bankruptcy at unprecedented rates. Corporate fraud confounding every regulatory agency and violating the trust of the public at large. The Catholic church scandal and child abuse issues continue to taint our religious foundation. Entertainment and sports icons displaying unconscionable behaviors on a daily basis, corrupting what our children see and hear.

During the Super Bowl, the advertisements were for the most consumed products in the United States and all wre targeted at our misguided youth and unconcious adult population. One ad executive said it like this. "The humor has just gotten to such a base level," said Steven Addis, chief executive of the Addis Group branding agency, shortly after Sunday night's game. "There seems to be an unwritten rule in advertising that men can only be spoken to in a stupid way." Ads for sexual disfunction drugs, automobiles, beer, soda, credit cards and job searches dominated the football timeouts. Many with a sexual conotation or bathroom type humor.

Is this what we are trying to spread around the world? Is this what we think other countries and governments want for their populations? Is this what we want for our country?

I am personally appalled at what I saw last night, and it just adds to my view that America has become the Roman Empire of the 21st century. We worship idolic images. We value large screen plasma TV's. We have no regard for our children. We act imperialistic. The American dream is turning into a bad nightmare.