A culture that worships fun

I had a better word a minute ago, when I thought about this. I know I almost worship fun, experience, keeping myself entertained. I live in a culture that does the same. I can only control myself but I do see it all around me.

What is the antidote for that if there is an antidote? I'm not sure. Serving God? Thanking God for all our blessings, including the ability to keep ourselves entertained? I'm not sure. I struggle with having to keep my mouth full of food at the same time I struggle with satisfying my wish to be distracted by entertaining things: TV, solitaire, books, etc. Maybe spending more time actually being present to people would help. Perhaps what this is all about is hiding from people.

OK. Enough navel gazing for right now. If you have read this far, bless you. I need to move on to my other big concern right now. I am reveling in the big Republican win on the national elections of the off year. I am looking nationally and specifically more locally in Texas. I'd like to believe this means we had embraced personal responsibility and repudiated increasing the transfer of money from responsible people who create jobs and wealth to people who are not willing to help themselves but wish for Big Government to take care of them. I know it's not that simple. It probably means nothing so profound.

But will anything important happen as a result of the change on power in the Senate? I pray that it will. I pray that Obama's power to run the government without consent of the Congress will be weakened. Increasingly this government is becoming government of people and less of laws.

Deficit spending will eventually cause a collapse of our economy. We have to get spending under control. Taxing the rich will not get us out of this. Entitlements are not actually reaching those truly in need. Those who can play the system are the true winners there. Despite all the billions paid out we still have need the food kitchens. Despite all the billions poured down the education rat hole we still have a lot of people who cannot read or function in society. People have to be responsible, take responsibility for themselves. No one can do it for them. Government is too inefficient as a purveyor of social help. If we got back all the money being spent to game the system given to those who do not deserve it or even need it we could balance the budget.