2 posts tagged “politics”
That's what I've decided.
It's my reality and I don't have to acknowledge anything else if I don't want to.
Why not?
I mean that's what the neocon thugs who run the dictatorship in the states do. Don't try to tell me otherwise.
"Friends of his from Texas were shocked recently to find him nearly wild-eyed, thumping himself on the chest three times while he repeated “I am the president!” He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of “our country’s destiny.”
If that isn't absolute proof that the draft dodging, coke snorting, alcoholic, misogynist, racist, xenophobic chimp they elevated to dictator has lost what tiny little piece of brain it had left I don't know what is.
The point is that no matter how horrible things get, no matter how many people suffer and die, none of these eliteist thugs seem to notice. It does not register in their reality. The displacement of 2 million people isn't even a blip on the radar and the death of thousands of american troops is more a cause for annoyance than concern. Mostly because they don't like having to deal with grieving families. It slows down the pillage and looting of the foreign country they are occupying.
My problem is this: I happen to be one of those strange people who actually gives a damn. It matters to me that Iraqi people are being murdered. It matters to me that service people are dying for no reason. It matters to me that the slave owners in charge enjoy all the benefits and none of the costs of war. It matters to me that they seem to want to pretend that none of it is even going on and worse, that it's none or our business and we should just leave them alone to do whatever they like.
Well after years of fighting against it I am taking the recommendation seriously. I'm done. I'm conducting my own withdrawal. I am retreating into my own reality. If shrub can do it why can't I? The major difference being that in my reality it's not cool or funny when people die.
I'm lucky in a lot of ways. I'm married to a guy who really cares about me. We are kindred spirits. We have pets we love and we have a warm, cozy, wonderful place to live in a small, quiet little town located just slightly east of the middle of nowhere. In the winter there's skiing and in the summer there's a beach. We are extremely limited in our means which is a polite way of saying we are dirt poor but we always have enough to eat and the ten year old car is still on the road.
It's really a pretty nice little reality and I feel fortunate to be part of it. I'm glad I will be living here full time from now on.
Goodbye to war. Goodbye to propaganda crap that passes for news. Goodbye to world, politics, country, war, genocide, pandemics and global warming. In my reality, none of these things exist.
What is the point in living in a reality where I can effect no change and no one gives a damn what I do or say when I can live in a reality where it actually makes a difference when I volunteer and help out? Think small is my new motto.
I will do the very best I can to make my little slice of reality the best it can be. Everything within the sphere of my existence will be important. Anything outside of it will be discarded.
And I feel better already.
People laugh about it but it's true. While the rest of North America digs itself out from a recent ice/snow storm that has killed 30 so far and left large parts of cities without power we enjoyed a snowfall that produced 4 inches of wet snow that will be gone if not in the next day or two then certainly with the rain on the weekend.
After years of winter that lasted from October to April I can honestly say I'm not at all perturbed by the change in the climate. Summer is warmer, starts earlier and lasts longer. Winter is shorter and produces less and less snow every year. What's not to like?
Don't misunderstand me. I'm concerned about global warming. I'm more than a little concerned about the fact that a large chunk of the arctic recently broke away and started drifting and melting into the ocean. I'm upset about the continuing dependence on fossil fuels and the fact that no real progress or efforts have been made toward finding a new source of power. I'm very bothered by the fact that the corporate community seems determined to undermine all efforts to make any kind of change in the world.
But I had an epiphany recently and because of it I decided to give up worrying about the planet and let it take care of itself.
It doesn't matter how many petitions I sign or politicians I influence or marches I take part in or pop cans I recycle. The tiny piece-meal efforts made by green groups and various individuals will make no difference in the long run. Not because the efforts are worthless, but because the conglom that is the global corporate society and it's government butt-buddies are using all their money, machinery and influence to undermine all of us.
So I stopped worrying about it. I stopped watching the news and in general, I stopped caring. The world is on a path to destruction. When it happens their will be global catastrophes like pandemics and mass deaths and extreme earth changes like floods and earthquakes.
Sure, it's going to kill a lot of people. Maybe even all of us. But that's when I pause and realize that it will take all those "more money than brains" corporate/politico jackasses with it. And if that isn't enough to make a pessimist smile, what is?
Yes, the earth is changing. It's more than likely we could do something about it if the right people changed a few things. But it won't happen. The desire for power and money are greater than all other motivators. They'd rather spend the next 20 years suing people for daring to suggest global warming is a reality rather than doing something to stop it.
Only when the reaper is at the door will they finally look around and realize the opportunity to help themselves has long passed.
I've decided not to spend the next few years worrying about climate change. Instead I intend to enjoy it. When the waves of the rising ocean cover my home, I'll just surf the apocalypse into the sunset.
