10. Triple
booking—the new trend among some ‘cool’ people. They say yes to three dinner or
party invitations for the same evening, and then choose the one that’s ‘coolest’
(translated—populated by people just like them), without informing the other
two that they’re not coming. Isn’t this just plain rude behavior? Can’t we call
a spade a spade?
9. Do we
need to text when we could call?
8. I feel
like I am being stalked by disturbed people every time someone walking behind
me is talking loudly on their cell phone and walking up to within inches of me.
Are you talking to me? Whatever happened to truly private conversations?
7. The sad
state of TV programming: the irony being that now we have HD-TVs that give us
gorgeous details but there are only reality shows to watch. It’s like getting
all dressed up with no place to go. How did reality trash TV get to where it’s
gotten? Who watches it?
6. The
media’s desperate and obsessive focus on updating us on trite celebrities and
their banal lives: Lindsey Lohan, can you please go to jail already or wherever
it is you’re supposed to be. And Kim Kardashian? Can anyone tell me why this
woman is famous? Can anyone tell me why Snooki is famous?
5. Poorly-written
newspaper articles, especially about science. If society is to understand what
scientists do, journalists need to write better articles about them and what
they do, especially in Europe. American science journalists can out-compete European science journalists any day.
4. How come
Wall Street determines the health of an economy? What do stock brokers do all
day except buy and sell stock? Is this is a real job? Are they producing
anything of worth? Why do they get to determine the fate of companies?
3. The
political scene in the USA—where are the good candidates in the Republican
Party? The ones that have appeared so far just plain scare me.
2. Obama,
get moving and take a stand—you have some good ideas but you’re stuck. Tell it
like it is.
1. Political
correctness is killing us as a democratic society. We need to be able to say
what we mean in a civilized way without fear of retribution, attack, or ridicule. We should be
able to discuss and debate and shake hands afterwards. The real messages are
not getting out.
