Creeping Malaise
Sounds like a landscaper might use this as ground cover for a job at the Munsters or the Adams Family dwellings. It is actually plucked from the Pink Floyd album Animals. It is a phrase they use to describe the mentality of the sheep that graze quietly while the wolves prowl silently just out of sight. The sheep are content to rip up the grass and walk from meal to meal knowing that the size of the flock will protect them. When provoked by the fringe they dream of rising up to avenge the attackers only to realize that they are just sheep. They have been trained to believe that not making waves is the best way to survive so they return to their field of dreams and in the back of their minds, dread the creeping malaise.
Now how did we go from a country that was willing to risk it all to overthrow the mighty Britain to a nation of grazing animals? We have a great system of government that should be responsive to what the public wants but something altered the direction of that system. It is almost like we have become conditioned to be content grazing all day and being herded from one field to the next. The sheep dogs and the shepherd have been strategically placed to keep us in line and ensure that no one strays from the assigned path. Whether it is the legal system or the media, it is a matter of keeping the sheep from asking any question that are not on the agenda. Sounds mysteriously like a governmental system that collapsed about 20 years ago.
I have tried to shield myself from the broadcasts that numb the mind. I realize that we have been ingrained to watch television and that it is the only form of entertainment for millions of people. The innocence of the network broadcast was quickly shed when it was understand the power of beaming pictures into households. The days of I Love Lucy and Gunsmoke are gone. Now we forced to watch a parade of shows that are thinly disguised attempts for some one's political or moral agenda. Keep the sheep focused on those shiny things so they do not question the bigger issues. Sex, fame, and wanting the big, bad better life. What goals. What goals?
Either way. Look up and see where you are being herded. But don't trample the creeping malaise, the gardener won't be happy.
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Cobb
Now how did we go from a country that was willing to risk it all to overthrow the mighty Britain to a nation of grazing animals? We have a great system of government that should be responsive to what the public wants but something altered the direction of that system. It is almost like we have become conditioned to be content grazing all day and being herded from one field to the next. The sheep dogs and the shepherd have been strategically placed to keep us in line and ensure that no one strays from the assigned path. Whether it is the legal system or the media, it is a matter of keeping the sheep from asking any question that are not on the agenda. Sounds mysteriously like a governmental system that collapsed about 20 years ago.
I have tried to shield myself from the broadcasts that numb the mind. I realize that we have been ingrained to watch television and that it is the only form of entertainment for millions of people. The innocence of the network broadcast was quickly shed when it was understand the power of beaming pictures into households. The days of I Love Lucy and Gunsmoke are gone. Now we forced to watch a parade of shows that are thinly disguised attempts for some one's political or moral agenda. Keep the sheep focused on those shiny things so they do not question the bigger issues. Sex, fame, and wanting the big, bad better life. What goals. What goals?
Either way. Look up and see where you are being herded. But don't trample the creeping malaise, the gardener won't be happy.
Icool
Cobb
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