"Idiocracy" Hits Home

Money from the future shows the evolution of the presidency.

If you have not seen the movie "Idiocracy," try to as soon as possible. But be forewarned-- it is not for the faint of heart. It foretells a bleak future for our species, and one which is well underway as anyone with half a brain, which is most of us, knows. In a nutshell, people are getting dumber, and 500 years hence the dumbest among us shall rule the world.  And wait til you get a load of who's the President! Anyone who doubts that we are getting stupider by the minute should simply pick up a copy of the Wall Street Journal, once a beacon of intelligence, and see the depths to which it has sunk, or is it sunken? (See, I don't even know which is the correct word, and I used to. I'm getting dumber right now.)

One example of authentic idiocracy in action from today's paper can be found on page D3, wherein a reader with a personal quandary asks: "Can you give me some suggestions for some good-looking (iPad) cases that aren't cumbersome? It needs to be masculine-looking and not too expensive." Jeez, has the person never heard of Google? Or Dogpile or Yahoo or Bing, for that matter? I mean really, who asks a newspaper columnist anything anymore?

Okay, yes, I am bitter today. I did not win yesterday's Powerball and I'm still pretty upset about it. And my son bought a ticket too, and he's a lucky type so I thought for sure if I didn't win then he would. I was so ready.