Take a friend to reality day.

Perhaps you have participated in a take your son or daughter to work day. I am of the opinion that these days are helpful to the parent, beneficial to the child and a pain in the butt to the employer who looses close to half of that employees productivity for the day.

Taking a child to your workplace exposes them to the real world. A world where "wouldn't it be great " meets, you better have this on my desk by Friday or else. In other words, reality. Even if the employee shifts down a gear to explain the world they work in, the child still gets a backstage pass to what will be like to be a responsible citizen.

I propose a new day, Take a friend to reality day.
You may have to do this on a weeknight or over a weekend, but the premise is this; take them away from their televisions, away from American Idol, away from CSI and get them to pay attention to the real world around them.

Show them what is happening in Darfur today, right now as they sit on their couch, thousands are being killed. Show them that the radical Islamic terrorists were there long before we invaded Iraq, and they want to kill you and your children. They will not stop wanting to kill you if we shut down Guantanamo Bay and turn it into a Baskin-Robbins. They hate America and Americans. They hated us when Bill Clinton was President, they will hate us when President Bush leaves office. They are not going away. If we bring the troops home, they will still attack us. I guess that would mean we would have more troops at home when we have to implement Martial Law after they start blowing up our schools and shopping malls, but I would rather kill the terrorists over seas than here at home.

Show them that they need to pay attention to what is going on around them. When they say, politicians are all the same, agree with them. Yes they are, they all think their ideas are right and the other guys ideas are wrong, you must do your part and find out who is one the side of truth more often. I would show them Kos and the bunch on the left to find out what the other side thinks. Tell them to look at both sides, follow their logic down a path guided by the reality of the world we live in and see which America they want their kids to live in.

A secular, socialist world where the churches are empty and the Government is seen as the solution to all your problems. Take a look at Europe for where this logic leads you.
Freedom means, free to smoke pot, free to demand someone else pay for whatever you want and freedom from religion anywhere at anytime.

They may choose to live in a world where America is strong, our people have a good idea about right and wrong, and freedom means security, a strong military, a sound economy and freedom of religion.

Or maybe they make another bag of popcorn and turn on Desperate Housewives.