(Reader beware that this is one of my rare rants. If you would rather move on to another post, be my guest, otherwise suffer through and let me know your opinion.)

I got up this morning and decided to watch The Today Show. I don't normally watch tv first thing in the morning anymore, because I don't like what I see or what I hear. I was quickly reminded why I made the choice to steer clear of the boob tube. It's funny how the more you watch television, the more numb you become to it. It's not until you haven't watched in a while that your eyes are opened again. Otherwise, you just tune out all the garbage after awhile, and that is very dangerous.

The big turning point for me was when Regis and Kelly were having their Igougo contest, and my friend and I decided that we would get serious about trying to stay on top of the clues, and see if we could win. So this meant staying committed to watching this show every single morning for a month, even taking notes, so that if they called we would know the answer to the meaningless question. As I began to start this quest, for the first time, I really felt like I had to listen to every word, every sentence, and every thing they decided to discuss. I wrote down what I thought THEY would consider important enough to quiz someone on, and what I discovered is that they didn't say ANYTHING important. I truly didnt care about who was dating who, who wore what, who Regis went to dinner with, and all of the other nonsensical junk that they ate an hour of my precious morning with. I began to despise the show, in fact began to dread watching it. So I tivoed it so I could cut to just the show, and even that took too much of my time. I felt like I had made a verbal agreement to stick this out with my friend, and honestly it was the best decision I had ever made.

Why you ask?

That is an easy answer, because I realized all that I had missing and it wasn't much. Tv is full of self centered, materialistic, dishonest, non christian, rhetoric designed to consume your mind and hopefully your life, and it works. After awhile you don't even recognize how much time you spend in front of it, and how much you allow their thoughts to invade your mind and your day. You even become discontent with the realities and simplicities of life, because by the world's standards that isn't supposed to be enough. This small group of people, that have such a loud voice, dictate to you what success and happiness looks like. However, the real question you should ask yourself is, "If they have the answers that they proclaim they do, than why is the world so unhappy?" If they are so full of wisdom, why can't we just watch, learn from their wisdom, and find this thing called contentment?

Tv is a highly addictive, mind numbing, brain washing of lies. If it is so harmless, than why is it so difficult to shut off? If it's not an addiction, than why does everyone feel they NEED it in their home, and don't know what they would do without it?

Now don't get me wrong, I don't think that there isn't anything useful or entertaining on it, but I don't think we use it properly or only for educational purposes. I love the History, Learning, PBS, Cooking, and even some of the children channels. I say that loosely, by the way, because the majority of the time those have to be moderated too.

The media made up this phrase called, "politically correct", and I despise it. The truth is the truth, and you should never say something just because it is politically correct. If that were the case, and the Lord agreed with that theory, he would have been way more PC, and He would have skipped the cross all together.