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Posted on 03/11/2009 8:23:08 PM PDT by Cheeks
“Pull the plug”, I say March 11th, 2009 . by Fred
Yes sir, if you want to give meaning to your life, make it useful and worthwhile, my prescription - nay, my command! - is “pull the plug!”
Before we go further, I’ll give you a minute to brace yourself, to buck up, to straighten your shoulders, so you can face the next sentence like a man, and whatever flinching will (hopefully) be kept under control.
Because I am gonna seek to have you pull the plug - on your TV set.
See? Didn’t know you could still flinch like that. And I sure didn’t expect that high-pitched scream, even if it was the most sincere sound you’ve uttered in days. :-)
Heck, I’d say half of you, once you read that, have already quit reading, and maybe even logged off the ‘net - and headed to embrace your TV - to make sure “it’s OK”…
“Pull the plug - you won’t miss anything.”
Because there’s nothing to miss on your TV.
Meantime, while you spend the nearly 40 hrs a week that the average American spends in front of the tube, you are missing a little something called “life”.
Something real, not imaginary.
Something not interrupted every 10 minutes by a commercial.
Something that can, one day, become ugly - and that day is approaching soon - maybe even sooner.
And when that day comes, you’ll be asking “why didn’t someone tell me?”
“Why didn’t someone warn me?”
“Why didn’t someone stop it?”
Guess the answer is, everyone else was watching the tube, right along with you.
While the forces of darkness were surrounding, enveloping, and sweeping over this great land - with you there, on the couch, Defender of the American Way…totally oblivious.
Or worse, knowing it was happening, and doing nothing but complaining, before turning back to the tube…
Yes sir, unplug the set.
Show yourself someone different from the herd.
Show you can live without TV.
It’s the tough thing, but the manly thing, to do.
While you’re at it, pull the plug on your kids’ TVs too.
And all of you hike down to the library, and check out a book on the American Revolution - I suggest one on the very first day of that Revolution, and read what really happened.
I guarantee you, it’s more interesting than anything you find on the tube.
And I’ll be willing to bet you, it will motivate you to work on saving this country, so all the pain, sacrifice and blood put into the Revolution will not go to waste.
Join your fellow Americans in the Appleseed Project. You’ll not find a better group of Americans anywhere.
Because there’s no better people than Americans when they are suffused with the spirit of liberty, and strong in the ideals of the Revolution.
First step is come to an Appleseed. Not only you, but your wife, your kids, your relatives, your in-laws, your neighbors, your co-workers, your friends - why should you be the only enthusiastic American in your neighborhood?
But take heed: Many, prob most, of them will be resistant. They all have TVs, you know.
You’ll have to be stubborn, you’ll have to be persistent, you’ll have to be smooth and persuasive.
You’ll have to sell them on the notion of becoming patriotic Americans again.
Awful as that notion is - that you’d have to sell Americans on being Americans - and even explain to them what Americans are about - liberty and minor things like that - take encouragement that if you don’t do it, no one else will.
Meaning you will be a Very Important Person. To your country. In your country.
You’ll be one of The Few. The few trying to make a difference, trying to stop the ship from sinking, trying to save a once-great nation.
Appleseed is an endeavor to see if there’s still enough Americans who care about their country to make the effort needed to save it.
If there’s enough of us who care enough to want to save her, we will.
If there’s not enough of us, we won’t.
The beauty of it? The choice is yours to make, my friend.
See that plug over there, in the wall?
See that hand, right there on the end of your arm?
See if you can make that hand slowly - ever so slowly - reach over to that plug, grab it, and yank it out of the wall.
Such a minor thing to do.
Such a major step to take.
Hey, both you and I can hear the kids squalling, even before you do it.
And your wife, saying “why don’t you leave the kids alone - let ‘em watch what they want to watch!” This from the lady who has a lot invested in these kids - carrying them nine months and then birthing them, only to sit idly by as they grow up mind-numbed robots?
Good Grief! Is it possible, just possible, that you will be the one “wearing the pants” in your family, again?
Is it possible that “ol Dad” will become a real person again to your wife and kids, someone to talk to and not ignore?
Is it possible you will become a saviour of your country?
All that, just from pulling a plug out of the wall?
Man, it’d be the best thing you ever did!
Check www.appleseedinfo.org to find the nearest Appleseed to you and your family, your neighbors, your relatives, your co-workers, your friends…
I already pulled it.
A long time ago.
I cut off the television feed a long time ago. After doing that, you’ll find out what’s really going on in and behind politics. Television viewers’ minds are easy to distract, confuse and mislead.
No cable. No digital converter box. It’s only a matter of time before my TV don’t work anymore.
I can vouch for Fred though--your life will be so much better if you will just pull the plug.
I have no trouble finding out what's going on in the world just by reading FR and other news sites.
Somehow, reading it is not as hard on you as watching the talking heads telling you their version.
Another plus---look at all the hours I have gained just by not watching commercials!
We only receive one channel, public television. The children get some educational TV, and unless I watch with them, I don’t watch.
I just joined a health club; there are TVs on the bikes and so forth. I thought I might watch some of those shows I hear about. Vapid, slow, repetitive, sloooooow rate of information transfer. Better to bring my own music or recorded books.
On the other hand, I AM on the internet far too much ;)
I’ve got three of them, and can’t remember the last time one was on.
Pulling the plug is only the beginning. Then you have to get out and do something. Educate yourself, and then educate others. The Appleseed Project is a great way to do that, and you’ll learn to be a better marksman as well. You’ll meet other like-minded folks, and have a great time. Check it out!
But NCIS... and the Science Channel... and History Channel... and Military Channel... and NY Mets and NY Islanders...
I quit watching tv news years ago, and I don't even listen to news on the radio unless I'm a captive audience. I get my news online from sources I trust, and I listen to the radio for Rush and music. My tv is almost entirely used for movies and technology shows (sans sound, most of the time--who needs their alarmist patter?).
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