There's no doubt about Bill Maher, Jon Stewart and Stephen Corbert being out front in the news today with their political satire. It is a new phenomenon in the United States to have the comedians quoted and featured on the daily news. This is an essential innovation to wake people up with the blatant truth.
Dear Ones,
In analyzing why these actors have gained so much prominence in our daily life is two-fold. First of all actors are gaining great strength in politics because their names are already well known in the public. And since all human beings in every walk of life are affected by corporate government exploit and explosive wars seen on TV screens clouded with black carbon smoke from chemical and radioactive ammunition, it is only natural that satirists would speak out for human inherent rights and try to bring the public to its senses.
Secondly, comedy is really healthy to all of our psyches. In a world of demonizing behavior of fanatical religious extremists and terrorists, we all need to have levity to calm our nerves against the turmoil. Humor is an outlet for pent up steam and emotional anguish over how misfits and demonic minds affect our very souls, as well as their own mentality. With the trauma of combat, soldiers especially need laughter to keep them from committing suicide. But unfortunately it isn't enough since they have been committing suicide during and in the aftermath of battlement for centuries, now increasing dangerously.
Actor, comedian Bob Hope is a perfect example of his service to the armed forces. For years he and his troop of fellow actors would entertain them during the Christmas holidays. His great spirit of comedy always brought laughter to their smiling faces.
Today Jon Stewart is reaching out even further than his regular TV show. His political rhetoric is expanding into other areas besides entertainment. He has taken on a new public service to help wounded veterans. These young men and women need to get respect and honor since they risk their lives in combat. Jon Stewart is very sensitive to soldier's needs and savvy of how the corporate government sacrifices their lives for propaganda, political clout, power and control of other nations' and their natural resources.
The first people of the Americas know how much humor is paramount among humanity. In the midst of litigation and the government taken over their lands even today, lawyers in court have asked them how they keep their sanity. "How can you laugh and kid during such times of corruption?" I witnessed one of these occasions while doing research on indigenous problems in the West. A group of American Indians replied, "We laugh because if we didn't we couldn't survive."
We need our political satirists now more than ever before. They bring hope to the world that some day people will at last realize military solutions only bring on more problems. Unbiased secular education, serious negotiations, communication and professional arbitration are the only true answers for holding beautiful planet Earth together in peace, instead of blowing it into pieces.
Mame,
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