Isn’t it wonderful how commercial radio plays the same 50 or so songs everyday? I think the government likes it best because the predictable nature of the playlists keeps the listening audience in a passive, trance-like state. It’s like getting a drug fix. “I need a cigarette or I’ll get agitated.” A girl at the job needs to hear that Alicia Keys song to help her get through the day; no matter that she’s heard it twice a day for the last six months.

The monotony of commercial radio compliments the monotony of people’s lives. When the majority of the radio audience is listening to commercial radio, the likelihood of proles getting organized and voicing their opinions to elected leaders is low. In related news, the legislature recently approved an over $700,000 cut in annual government funding to the Public Broadcasting System. Their reasons are obvious. Conflict of political ideology. To them, anything that isn’t right-leaning is liberal. PBS must really frighten them: in addition to reducing funding by more than half, they’re appointing conservatives to PBS administrative positions.