I like many probably saw the video below some time ago on
Facebook. Last night I watched the final
episode of the 3rd Season and I thought this episode really was well
written and really ties up a lot of loose ends. Then I read today it is the
series finale and well that makes a lot of sense. Although the show had some ups and downs,
Overall I liked the show. I liked the
witty banty between all the characters. This was a great ensemble cast of
performers (Sam Waterson, Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortenson, Dev Patel, Oliva Munn
and many more) I like that it references
Don Quixote often. I liked how it showed the transformation of people from the
status quo to struggling to become principled people. I liked their “mission to civilize” Mostly I liked how it showed how our News has
become entertainment. I notice this more
and more everynight when I watch national news.
Yes I do want to be kept up on pop culture in America, but there are
other ways to do that than the nightly news.
I want to watch the news for news.
Its why I still read the NY Times every morning. As Thomas Jefferson said “wherever the people are well informed
they can be trusted with their own government;”
A good show, with good acting, with good writing, and a good message.
Worth catching on re-runs if you haven’t seen it.
In his speech why America is not the greatest country in the world the lead character states:
"It sure used to be… We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reason. We passed laws, struck down laws, for moral reason. We waged wars on poverty, not on poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were and we never beat our chest. We built great, big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases and we cultivated the world’s greatest artists AND the world’s greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men. We aspired to intelligence, we didn’t belittle it. It didn’t make us feel inferior. We didn’t identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election and we didn’t scare so easy. We were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed… by great men, men who were revered. First step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16K6m3Ua2nw
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