When I wrote my “Love America” post a week ago, it was inspired by Power to the People
In Power to the People, Mrs. Ingraham talks about some of the things that she feels have gone wrong in today’s society. Each chapter ends with a way everyday people can get more involved with the political process and thereby take power from the government. Ms. Ingraham argues that real power belongs to the people and not to Washington. Amendment X of the U.S. Constitution states, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people”{emphasis mine}. We need to remind our elected representatives of that important amendment.
The book is also semi-biographical. Each chapter talks about Ms. Ingraham’s life in some degree. Laura Ingraham discusses her own battle with cancer in a few portions of the book. However, Power to the People is not a biography. The focus of the book is not the author, but instead the reader.
Each chapter focuses on a single problem. Some of the chapters include “Power to the Family”, “Judging the Judges”, “Protecting the People”, and “School’s Out…of Control”. There were two chapters that I think may have stuck with me more than the others: Saving Our Pornified Culture and Taking the Real Power Trip. In “Saving our Pornified Culture, Ms. Ingraham talks about how our culture and entertainment standards now seem to revolve around sex and violence. When Fox News and CNN cover Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton as if they are world leaders, she may be onto something. I have already caught myself watching TV in an entirely new light.
In “Taking the Real Power Trip”, Ms. Ingraham discusses Christianity in her own life. This is a very powerful chapter. She talks about how her faith, and the outpouring of faith around her, got her throw some of her toughest times. When she wasn’t sure she could make it through the cancer treatments, her faith gave her the strength she needed. This chapter alone gave me a new respect for Laura Ingraham that I don’t think I would have gotten from simply hearing her on the radio, or seeing her on TV.
Power to the People is a very enjoyable and quick read. It is different from any other political-type book I have read. Most books talk about political philosophy and grand directions that nations need to follow. In Power to the People, Laura Ingraham lays out the direction our nation needs to go, and how we can get it there. Everyone who reads this book should be able to find a new way to get power away from Washington, and back into our hands.
6 comments:
I definitely watch TV or "news" with a raised eyebrow these days; it's impossible not to, when every week there is a new "breaking news" story regarding THE LATEST on Britney's custody battle with "K-Fed" over the wee ones...WOW....
I realized there was a certain amount of "Pornification" of our TV, but it didn't jump out at me like it does now. Power to the People has really made me reexamine some of my favorite TV (including Fox News).
I am hoping that the writers strike goes on for a while. Maybe Hollywood will get some new talent that can really write.
Its interesting that when people want to rail against the ills of society how often the lump sex and violence together.
I bring up sex and violence on TV as an example of why much of TV is worthless. Many programs simply squeeze as much of the two together as they can. Would you add to the list or detract from it?
I think it's interesting that they always seem to be lumped together as 2 parts of the same problem when they are so vastly different.
I admit that there are times when I cringe a little at the immodesty on many television shows.
But it seems to me we should be much more concerned about the amount and intensity of the violence our children are exposed to in the media. But often it seems that people get much more upset if a boob pops out on TV than if some guy gets 6 bullets in his chest.
The crazy this is that in real life everybody loves boobs. And everyone pretty much hates getting shot in the chest. But then when it comes to TV it's the opposite. Go figure.
You can always count on me to take these discussions somewhere you weren't expecting. Hope you don't mind.
I don’t mind you moving the discussion around. The reason I created this blog was to talk about these issues. I like that there are people who see the same issue but have a take on it I might never have considered.
I agree with you that sex and violence are simply symptoms of a larger problem on TV today. My family and I flew on an airplane yesterday. During our trip, the plane showed a movie and a TV show. Neither was appropriate for my three year old daughter. I doubt the powers that be at the airline even considered that. The fact that a TV show that airs on Friday night that has some graphic content was considered ok for a airplane that could have a very wide variety of people is yet another symptom of what Laura would call the “Pornification of our Nation”.
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