Blogging about technology is enjoyable for me. It allows me to explore my interest in the topic, but sometimes, there are issues that just need to be reflected on that have nothing to do with technology.

America is a big and complex country, but culture is something that is usually consistent and prevalent in a geo-political area. Saturday night I was presented with these two conflicting representations of American culture.

"Later on when I got home, I flipped the TV on
I saw a little town that some big twister tore apart
And people came from miles around just to help their neighbors out
And I was thinkin' to myself I'm so glad that I live in America" -- Rodney Atkins from his song It's America

"Greed isn't good! In fact, it's the common thread that runs through all the problems this country faces from financial meltdown to health care to climate change, Americans will do anything to each another for money .... we do it all to each other, the killing and the keeping people sick and poor and in jail and destroying their habitat because a generation ago Ronald Reagan and Gordon Gekko told us 'Greed is Good'. Humans have always been greedy, but they never convinced themselves it was good" -- Bill Maher - New Rules (05-29-09)

I was left with the thought, "will the real America please stand up!"

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