A Few Good Forrest Klumps

As usual, I am watching CNN. Or Fox. Or SOMETHING of the sort...

The army has put out stats that say that they no longer have a few good men. Not that recruiting isn't up, it totally is because the worse off we are in society, the more our youth goes running in the direction of health care and training opportunities- Tadaah! The Armed Forces.

Please don't get me all wrong here. I think its super cool the sacrifices that are made for my freedom to sit on my corpulent keester and type my lil' old opinion at all times of day and night. Not only do I love a man in uniform (I've had my share), I also love a man who can keep me safe, 'cause as God as my witness, I'll never be hungry again! hee hee

Okay, let me back off the Gone With the Wind antics and get to the freakin' point: It has become all the more obvious to the armed forces that they are the choice just before Job Corps and cooking meth. Why? Because statistics show that 75% of all youth ages 17-24 are either too fat, on drugs, drunk as hell, or too stupid to go into ANY branch of the military. Read that again for super dramatic effect.

I couldn't even laugh at this. Okay, I'm lying- I laughed until I puked a little sweet tea. But seriously? What is this world coming to if you can't ship your kid off to the army to learn some discipline- because he or she is too stupid?

Looking at my younger brother, I can see what they are sizing up, and I, too, am afraid. OJ and my mom are almost on first name basis- she makes "suggestions" for his behavior, then he does whatever he thinks is best. Usually this involves the phone, video games, weed, chicks, or snacks. Or some combination of two or more.

I don't really know where to go with this. It is far more a tragedy than a joke. Who can save them? Who can save us? How can we have a better future if everyone is stupid, strung out, or checking their blood sugar because of juvenile onset diabetes?

One more thing? ADHD is so NOT the new multitasking.

The wild rebels from the 60's and 70's have really dropped the ball on this. I am only 30, and when I was a kid we prayed at school, said the damn pledge, went outside to play, and feared ALL adults, because a good, hard spank could come from anywhere.
Pumas? Cougars?? MILF's??? What the hell happened?