Pittsburgh, south of where I live, is a wonderful microcosm of the rot that has spread through America. Several extremely wealthy families control the area, as they have since before the centralization of steel mills brought a century of massive cash flows into their pockets from all over the world.
Wealthy families are marvelously skilled at insulating themselves from criticism by “giving something back”. They subsidize operas, playhouses, and any number of “green” organizations. Their foundations are generally run by Communists who revel in the process by which they are able to use the money of the rich to keep everyone else as poor as possible.
Last night a “green building” show aired on one of many local public television station that exist largely to record the endless magnanimity of the local rich people who are “giving back”. It was the dumbest half hour that has appeared on television since the last Sesame Street.
Among other things, Pittsburghers were told that they should “go green”. One of the ten suggested ways to “go green” was to turn off the water while brushing one’s teeth.
It was a painful half-hour of mindless drivel, doing the job it meant to, deadening the minds of all who watched it.
