Some of it's good, you just don't hear it on the radio. See Jamey Johnson, Shooter, BR549, etc.
For stuff on mainstream radio I like Miranda Lambert, most of her songs are real country. She has a few clunkers, but even George Jones did "High Tech Redneck". Hell, I even have respect for Taylor Swift; she at least writes her own music.
Yeah, I like the Ryan Bingham's, Chris Knight, Jamey Johnson, Shooter, Junior Brown stuff a whole lot more than the main stream stuff on the Wolf or WDRM.
I like Miranda Lambert, not all of her songs, but she has a great voice, can pick, and she writes most of her stuff too. Being hawt doesn't hurt. I have mucho respect for Taylor Swift, hate her songs, but you are correct, at least she writes them.