Mediocrity Continued

In America, a vocal minority has declared that rule by clowns and half-wits is infinitely preferable to rule by those with an education. For some reason, and with no sense of embarrassment, these people have decided that only the stupid know what people want. It has spread so far that I have people that ARE intelligent, people that I know for a fact blow standardized tests out the water and send the Test Companies back to their desks crying like little girls, spout the exact same platitudes. How is this possible? You would think that these champions of common sense would use some. So it goes, huh?

Most people don't give their doctors an I.Q. test before making an appointment. Regardless, I am perfectly comfortable, with no polling to back me up, that most people would rather have a doctor who was the smartest they could get. These champions of the middle ground would flee if given a choice from a doctor known as mediocre, much less plain dumb. The same can be applied to anything we have a vested interest in. Give me the absolute best person, as often as possible. Except for our government, and any area that politicians have managed to make an impression on. Need someone to figure out how to fix the economy? Why enlist someone who has spent all their lives studying and working in the top of their field when you can get someone with common sense? Never mind that a national economy runs on different principals than your checking account, you want a common man in charge! Got a question about global warming? Why ask a scientist who has studied this one subject all his life? Nah, he lives in an Ivory Tower.Ask Beck, he'll know, he's a common man/multi-millionaire.  They always know what's best for us!

Again, I want to stress what an absolute shame this is. A country built on greatness and potential has been hijacked by a group of people who think OK is just fine. Who have a deep distrust of intelligence, for no apparent reason. This country better get it together soon. Our money and influence can only protect us for so long. Eventually, we will have to deal with a world that is smarter and better prepared than us in every way. God help us.