A Nation Of Wimps And Wusses
I’m Susan Allen. A couple of recent articles, one calling American’s wusses , the other about how folks are relocating to Texas in droves plus a Toytoa commercial provide insight into the mindset of our nation when Open Range Returns. What does a Toyota commercial, a Wall Street Journal piece calling us “a nation of wimps” plus the fact that one out of twelve Americans now live in Texas have in common... if anything? A spot for Toyota Highlander supports the initial article's theory that we are becoming a nation of wimps and sissy’s by showing a young boy visibly embarrassed that his father drives an older station wagon. What's really sad and disturbing is that Toyota believes we identify with his classmate, a haughty brat (that could pass for a girl) who enjoys making fun of his less affluent friend as he struts to the new Highlander awaiting him at the front of the mommy car pool line. While this ad insures I’ll never drive a Toyota, it also reveals the refreshing chasm that still separates a rural west and towns like mine, little Cashmere Washington where boys and girls still proudly drive old pickups, walk or ride bikes to school while supporting the Wall Street Journal article I mentioned above that chronologed the “ diary of a wimpy nation” showing how since WWII America has become a country of coddled children and soft men. What does this have to do with Texas? Maybe, just maybe, the Great Lone Star State migration, the rush to live in a tough, cowboy, conservative, lightly regulated, small business friendly state is fueled by the fact that “deep in the heart” of Texans and a lot over of us, we really are sick of being weak wimps and wusses. Thankfully there's still time to "Cowboy Up"
