As everyone is sitting around bemoaning the current state of our discourse, this little video \u2013 Land of Confusion<\/em> by the group Genesis \u2013 came to mind.\u00a0 I remember hearing the song on the radio coming home from work a few years ago.\u00a0 The DJ said \u2018wow, they had trouble getting that played back then!\u2019\u00a0 I wondered what he meant.\u00a0 Who had trouble?\u00a0 This was played round the clock when I was in college.\u00a0 It was that time when, sadly, it turned out Ronald Reagan hadn\u2019t plunged the world into nuclear annihilation as many had predicted.\u00a0 Hence, the emphasis on \u2018I can see the fire\u2019s still alive\u2019 referencing the problems still around.\u00a0 Old prophecies die hard I guess.\u00a0 Now, in terms of our modern discourse, try to imagine a video like this \u2013 exactly like it in tone and contempt \u2013 aimed at President Obama.\u00a0 I won\u2019t hold my breath.\u00a0\u00a0Certainly not by any public personality with any hope of continuing a career.\u00a0 So, is it the rhetoric, or is it something else? <\/p>\n Fun note: The \u2018generation that would put it right\u2019 has been in charge for some time now.\u00a0 How do you think they\u2019re doing?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As everyone is sitting around bemoaning the current state of our discourse, this little video \u2013 Land of Confusion by the group Genesis \u2013 came to mind.\u00a0 I remember hearing the song on the radio coming home from work a few years ago.\u00a0 The DJ said \u2018wow, they had trouble getting that played back then!\u2019\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n