Has America "Jumped the Shark?"

Okay, our economy sucks. We'll be lucky to get out of this mess without leaving our kids and grandkids with crushing debt. But if anyone can do it, it's our elected leaders, right?

Nope, they're too busy texting body parts. And if they don't have the good sense to keep from Tweeting their privates, what hope do we have that they can balance the nation's checkbook?

Well then, we just need to vote these scoundrels out of office and get some leaders with brains and common sense, right? Nope, almost 1/3 of us, according to a Marist College poll in USA Today (6/8/11 page two), think this kind of behavior is just hunky-dory...i.e. "expected" of our elected leaders.

So...in short...we're screwed. Our leaders suck. The people who should hold our elected leader's feet to the fire, suck. The nation has officially "Jumped The Shark" -- a Hollywood term meaning, "past it's prime and ready for cancellation." The term originated with an episode of "Happy Days" when Fonzie jumped the shark and it was clear from that moment that the series was doomed.

 

Thanks to the stupidity of our leaders and the complacency of our people, I think our nation, like the show, has seen the end of Happy Days. But that's just one blogger's opinion. What do you think?

 

Comments

[Name Withheld]

Doomed! Doomed, I say!

[steeb]

I found all this shameful and petty, but are we doomed because of it? They are politicians after all, and that's what politicians do. At least they're not in advertising.