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Raoul’s 2 Cents<\/h5>\n

Silly TV Shows<\/span><\/h2>\n

Some of you are gonna hate me for this observation so before hand, let’s be clear that this is just my opinion.<\/p>\n

I’m traveling with my wife. We don’t subscribe to cable so one of my routines is to turn on the hotel TV and look at what “the rest of America is watching.”\u00a0 Some shows are truly interesting but a majority are disappointingly stupid.<\/p>\n

I see reality shows of people sharing beauty secrets and recipes oozing with decadence, girls fighting over sleazy boyfriends, sports analysis galore, rehashed political opinions\u00a0ad nauseum<\/em>, and old (really) old\u00a0B<\/strong>-rated TV shows. Oh, and then there are those commercials. Cars that promise to make you the envy of friends and neighbors, Fast Food that are\u00a0scrumptily delumptiously<\/em>\u00a0unhealthy and lawyers that will fight their own mother to win you your case. What a silly world we live in.<\/p>\n

Feed the population with stupid media and you get stupid citizens. That’s what I say. If you’ve been drowning in these shows since forever, you may have already lost your sensitivity. I just thought I’d share this observation looking at things from the outside. If you share my observation, my question to you is WHY? Why are you still subscribing to that stuff?<\/p>\n

But of course, this is just me.<\/p>\n

Pardon me, while I get back to my vacation!<\/p>\n

TGIF people!<\/p>\n

\"Clint<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
Joke of the Week<\/h5>\n

Thanks to Charlie of\u00a0 New Jersey for sharing this joke.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"TGIF<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Don’s Puns<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

From Don’s collection of puns<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Don's<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

You ain’t ever seen a wave like this.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shared by Don of Kelowna, BC<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/_1GFnleJdnA<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Parting Shot<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to Naomi of N Hollywood, CA who shared this.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Parting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A DEA officer stopped at our farm yesterday, he said, “I need to inspect your farm for illegal growing drugs.” I said, “Okay, but don’t go in that field over there.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[818],"tags":[2895,2894,1080,2896,2892,322,2893,2897],"class_list":["post-13695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-raouls-tgif","tag-badge","tag-dea","tag-farm","tag-military-drill","tag-silly","tag-thailand","tag-tv-shows","tag-wave"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Almighty Badge - Traveling Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This week's TGIF edition features silly TV shows, our joke of the week - The Almighty Badge - and a video of an amazing Thai military drill.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/the-almighty-badge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Almighty Badge - 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