Michael Moore's "Idiot Nation"

Surprisingly, Michael Moore's "Idiot Nation" had a completely different flavor than the majority of Moore's writing. Although his piece was extremely biased and left wing, Moore offered a much more constructive solution to our country's lack of intelligence. Moore's statistic of 200 millions idiots in the United States as compared to eighty million intelligent citizen was a curious number. I wonder how he retreived these statistics?! Anyways, Moore grabs the reader's attention by including you as one of the eight million intelligent souls.
The statistics of games, averages, and various professional athletes added a unique element to Moore's writing. I enjoyed how Moore illustrated that although these statistics seemed irrelevant, they provided entertainment and interest to its most devoted followers. And although sports and professional events may seem unimportant to some, they are meaningful and inspiring to others. It took me by surprise that Moore aknowledges stereotyped meatheads, jocks, and testosterone loaded bruisers may be intelligent, worthwhile human beings.
The most interesting point in Moore's writing is when he challenges the government and media to make politics as interesting to people as professional sports are. Because our country is so consumed with loud, bright, active entertainment, it makes sense that we restart our minds with fascinating and worthwhile entertainment. If we continue to feed our minds with thoughtless media and entertainment, we will soon forget how to use our intelligent brains. I also like that Moore ends with an eye catching statistic that the average American spends 1, 460 hours watching television and a mere 99 hours reading. Just some food for thought.