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All reforms must pass their inspection and anything curbing their astronomical accumulation of wealth is nixed whereas anything that increases it is shoved forwards. The result is an international banking collapse, a government debt crisis in nearly all first world countries and increasing violence at the bottom of society.
The US in particular has its head buried in the sand and this is partially the fault of the media owners who like things kept this way. For example, the ongoing news about how crummy our occupation of Afghanistan is going is usually tiny headlines on the back pages like today’s story: NATO confirms 6 troops killed in roadside bombing Sunday in Afghanistan were Americans.
All the pro-US military speeches, all the flag waving, all the pretend interest in our troops is a false front. The US government’s operational owners, the rich, don’t give a (shit). Indeed, they studiously ignore the dead and the mental deterioration of the troops as they slowly are ground down by repeated cycles patrolling hostile Muslim territories.
All the pro-US military speeches, all the flag waving, all the pretend interest in our troops is a false front. The US government’s operational owners, the rich, don’t give a (shit). Indeed, they studiously ignore the dead and the mental deterioration of the troops as they slowly are ground down by repeated cycles patrolling hostile Muslim territories.
Miss Julie, while I may agree you about some things (this particular topic, for instance), there's still a gaping chasm in our beliefs. You appear to ignore the half of any equation that includes goodness.
There is Objective Reality, which scientists attempt to untangle for us. And then there is the Consensus Reality, which comprises the things which humans have agreed (consciously or not) to agree about. And far beyond that, somewhere within the confines of Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom, there is what Americans think is going on.
I'll jump to my conclusion today without preamble. The Human Experiment on Earth has failed. The jury is in, the verdict has been read. Planet Stupid? Bound for self-destruction? Guilty as charged on both counts. What does Objective Reality tell us in this case?
Mother Nature made a Big Mistake in the Pleistocene.
For those of you who do indeed have a clue about what's going on here on Planet Stupid, you have my complete sympathy and my condolences. Do the best you can here. Don't forget to have a good time on those rare occasions when life presents you with the opportunity to do so. Carpe Diem!
Some of you have children. Some of you may want to apologize to them now. Why wait?
More compelling evidence that the Human Experiment has failed comes to us in the latest episode of ABC's This Week with host George Stephanopoulis. As you know, Americans think that global warming is a political issue which everybody gets to have an opinion about. A subset of them think there are easy political solutions to the problem. These latter blame the others for their denial and obstinacy.
Conservative pundit George Will, also known here on DOTE as The Bowtie Of Understanding, believes he knows why the United States has been plagued with extreme weather events this year. In a word—
Summer!
But do not focus solely on George's happy view. The entire roundtable discussion is too ridiculous to ridicule.
