Anybody watch the Grammys tonight?

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2chfreak..you nailed it. The dumbing down of America is correct. I haven't watched any award shows for years since those shows are nothing more than political arena's for moron's. What has caused this downhill slide during the past twenty years is this. The college professor's. The Universities in the U.S. for many years have been taken over by liberal socialist. Not liberals. These Socialists hate this country, teaching false history of our founding father's. Not teaching the truth that the foundation
of our government in 1789 was designed by Freemason's. James Madison, who drafted the U.S. Constitution, was a Mason as well as Thoma Jefferson who drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Paul Revere planned out the Boston Tea Party with his fellow Masons on the night of December 14th, 1775 at their Masonic Lodge in the Green Dragon Tavern in Boston. I love American history and could go on forever. Gore Vidal's series of books on American history are remarkable revealing facts and historical events that were never revealed in High School history books across the country. 

My pleasure, jc4659; I feel cleansed myself after venting about this pitiful excuse for a celebration of music. I just read that the ratings were down 24% from last year, which warmed the cockles of my heart... so deeply satisfying to hear that people are rejecting such rubbish.

audiozen - Thanks you. A lot of accurate responses here, and the Grammy's is a sore subject with me, as are most all of these award shows. Tv in general. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame being a complete joke also, as garebear alluded to. "These "Hip pops"....made me laugh but so true and more sad than funny to be honest. 
Glad to hear that you don't watch these shows, and that you are aware that the dumbing down that we are witnessing, and have been experiencing for years, is very real and tangible. Not that I ever doubted you. If someone wants proof, just watch  The tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. If you thought Leno set the bar low, this Fallon character has no shame at all. Talk about trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator... this is dumbing down the likes of which mankind has never before witnessed. Unwatchable, frat boy humor, drinking games, cracking raw eggs over the guests heads, and a human laugh track audience programmed to laugh hysterically at every lame word that comes out of this suck asses mouth. Low brow, light weight guests who will never challenge him, and a complete inability to conduct an interview. Johnny Carson must be spinning in his grave. Yeah, I know... who's Johnny Carson?
Thanks for the history lesson - very interesting. Gore Vidal had a remarkable mind, and I always enjoyed listening to him being interviewed. His views were too honest for many people to process, and It doesn't surprise me that High Schools shunned his works. 
You are so right about these shows having become political arenas for these opportunistic moron's, most of whom I have never heard of, and couldn't care less what they think about any subject.
 Let's see... our show is horrible already, but we can make it even worse so why don't we have these little lip synching barbie dolls sashay their bad selves out there and stand up for the cause, because their music sure as hell ain't doin' this country no damn good, but maybe their spoken words can make all these suckers forget about Martin Luther King. Get em' all motivated to listen to computer generated "music" with no real singing or instruments. All fake, just the way they like it!
 ESPN got political and viewers are leaving in droves. We can only hope that the Grammy's suffer the same fate, God willing.

Bruno Mars "Alblum of the Year" "Song of the Year" ! Who is he??? Are we near the end of Civilization!!! Maybe I'm too old for this cr*p!