Living in the Twilight Zone
How else could I describe what's going on in the country today, but like a bad episode of the twilight zone?
Today is May Day, a major communist holiday. Supposedly illegal aliens from all over the country are going to skip work and school, stay away from stores, and march in the major cities. To protest any government action to seal the borders or ship them back home where they came from. Name one other country on the entire planet that would take this stuff seriously, other than the good ol' USA. Meanwhile our Senators posture and dither and look like the complete fools they are, while nearly every one of them is completely safe in their seat. Look at Indiana - there is no viable alternative to either of our senators that will even try to run against them for the foreseeable future.
Things seem to be gradually and slowly calming down in Iraq, but you wouldn't know it from most news reporting. In the meantime, Iran is mooning the entire western world and exposing the United Nations for the corrupt and inconsequential body it is. Nearly the entire population of the US has Attention Deficit Disorder, and can't bear to wait for a stable Iraq, despite the fact it is the most successful war in our history in all measurable terms. Even though the only way we can really be safe in this country is most likely going to be taking on Iran next, we won't do it unless or until Iran nukes us. Sometimes I think the influencers in our country actually want that to happen.
It's so bizarre that so many people fail to see any connection between what's going on in places like Iraq, Iran, and Venezuela and the prices we all have to pay for gas to power our cars. Those are the main villians behind the high global crude prices, but some would rather pretend it's somehow being manupulated on purpose by Bush and his evil oil baron buddies. It seems to me that anyone who is on board with high gas taxes, disallowing oil exploration and drilling everywhere in the US and offshore, protesting any US involvement or influence in the middle east whatsoever, and barricading construction of new refineries for over 30 years, has abdicated their right to complain about $3 gas.
Most distressing to me is that none of this stuff really seems to matter to most Americans. The general population seems more interested in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, or the Duke Lacrosse Team case, or who's going to win American Idol. They seem to hate the president partly because of the Iraq war, but seemingly more because he admits to being a person of faith. I find it particularly bizarre that Bush is leading the way on perhaps the most liberal of proposals on so-called "immigration reform", yet for some reason he's hated even more for that stand by those who actually would otherwise agree with him.
If you could create a documentary that just records rhetoric on these and other front-burner issues, then take it back in time 30 years and play it for everyone, it would have to be as an episode of the Twilight Zone. Because there's no way it could be believed as a serious look at the future. Makes me wonder how much more bizarre things will become in the next 30 years.
Today is May Day, a major communist holiday. Supposedly illegal aliens from all over the country are going to skip work and school, stay away from stores, and march in the major cities. To protest any government action to seal the borders or ship them back home where they came from. Name one other country on the entire planet that would take this stuff seriously, other than the good ol' USA. Meanwhile our Senators posture and dither and look like the complete fools they are, while nearly every one of them is completely safe in their seat. Look at Indiana - there is no viable alternative to either of our senators that will even try to run against them for the foreseeable future.
Things seem to be gradually and slowly calming down in Iraq, but you wouldn't know it from most news reporting. In the meantime, Iran is mooning the entire western world and exposing the United Nations for the corrupt and inconsequential body it is. Nearly the entire population of the US has Attention Deficit Disorder, and can't bear to wait for a stable Iraq, despite the fact it is the most successful war in our history in all measurable terms. Even though the only way we can really be safe in this country is most likely going to be taking on Iran next, we won't do it unless or until Iran nukes us. Sometimes I think the influencers in our country actually want that to happen.
It's so bizarre that so many people fail to see any connection between what's going on in places like Iraq, Iran, and Venezuela and the prices we all have to pay for gas to power our cars. Those are the main villians behind the high global crude prices, but some would rather pretend it's somehow being manupulated on purpose by Bush and his evil oil baron buddies. It seems to me that anyone who is on board with high gas taxes, disallowing oil exploration and drilling everywhere in the US and offshore, protesting any US involvement or influence in the middle east whatsoever, and barricading construction of new refineries for over 30 years, has abdicated their right to complain about $3 gas.
Most distressing to me is that none of this stuff really seems to matter to most Americans. The general population seems more interested in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, or the Duke Lacrosse Team case, or who's going to win American Idol. They seem to hate the president partly because of the Iraq war, but seemingly more because he admits to being a person of faith. I find it particularly bizarre that Bush is leading the way on perhaps the most liberal of proposals on so-called "immigration reform", yet for some reason he's hated even more for that stand by those who actually would otherwise agree with him.
If you could create a documentary that just records rhetoric on these and other front-burner issues, then take it back in time 30 years and play it for everyone, it would have to be as an episode of the Twilight Zone. Because there's no way it could be believed as a serious look at the future. Makes me wonder how much more bizarre things will become in the next 30 years.
posted by Dan S. at 9:19 AM
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