I listen to the highly rated “Morning Buzz” radio show on occasion, as I drive to work in the morning (WGIR-Manchester FM 101.1). Over the past few days, the crew has been talking about their invitation and attendance yesterday, to the inauguration of New Hampshire’s Governor, John Lynch.
I’ve heard enough. The slobbering and celebrity worshipping that host Greg Kretchmar and co-host Andy Blacksmith are making over Lynch is excessive and embarrassing; let me tell you why.
One of the problems we have in this country is an over-indulgent appreciation (no, worship) of celebrities, which includes athletes. Logically speaking, this really isn’t that big of a deal, until you start to look at some of the people that we worship, their behavior, and the bad examples they set.
There are plenty of celebrities and athletes I could mention here, and the bad ones outnumber the good – but that’s not the critical point.
What’s really a problem is when we start to worship and idolize politicians, like the Morning Buzz crew are doing, and have been doing, over John Lynch for quite some time. When we do it, we run the same, if not bigger risk by validating a politician who has set a bad example: John Lynch is a great example.
Morning Buzz Tip #1: Politicians are public servants, not celebrities
When we idolize politicians, we lose sight of two very important things: 1) We elect them to serve us and our best interests, and 2) They have control of a lot of money and granted power – our money and power – which they will abuse if we don’t pay attention and watch them very carefully.
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