Enough Already!

Man fined $65 for allowing
uncontrolled pet python to
excercise in hotel hallways.

Enough already! How much longer is idiocy going to prevail? Somebody do something! Our ridiculous “war” in Afghanistan continues even though our soldiers don’t even know precisely who the enemy is. The Taliban, who just want us to get out of their country, seem to be growing stronger and more successful with each passing day. We are spending ourselves into national bankruptcy, failure, and disgrace for a cause no one believes we can ever “win,” and if our efforts have a purpose it is being kept secret (although we can surmise it has something to do with regime change in Iran, making sure our evil empire continues to try to control events in the Middle East, and desperately clinging to our claim of being the greatest country on earth, while merely managing it in the best interests of the ruling international corporations.

Turkey and Brazil managed to get Iran to agree to something the United States originally proposed, but now that they have done so they are being castigated for it (how could any other countries have the temerity to try to bring about peace and avoid war in the Middle East). This indicates pretty clearly that it is not an end to Iran’s (perfectly legal) processing of uranium that we seek, but, rather, regime change. Iran, contrary to the big lie the Israelis keep promoting, is not a threat to the U.S., the world, or realistically, even Israel. But whatever Israel wants, Israel gets (from the United States). We continue to allow Israel to commit even the most terrible war crimes and even collaborate in them. Having herded thousands upon thousands of Palestinians into a ghetto called Gaza they are systematically starving and slowly killing them at will, all with the compliance of the U.S. They continue to bomb and assassinate them, and even now the Israeli navy is going to keep aid ships from delivering aid of any kind, including toys for their children, with the incredible, jaw-dropping and utterly false claim there are no hardships in Gaza.

And how about this for trying to fool all the people all of the time, we have now signed on to a plan to make the Middle East a nuclear-free zone, but we don’t want to single out Israel for non-compliance. But Israel is the only country in the Middle East that has any nuclear weapons, and as long as Israel has these weapons, and as they always do whatever they wish, thumbing their nose at the U.N. and even the U.S. whenever they feel like it, what are the chances of ever having a nuclear-free zone? Of course as the Obama administration has preached nuclear disarmament, they could not very well have refused to sign on to this plan for the Middle East, even though there is no chance Israel can be made to comply. It’s merely an attempt to make people believe we are actually trying to bring about the abolition of nuclear weapons while we and the Israelis continue to develop and maintain them, hypocrisy at its very best.

We are well on the way to becoming a third-rate nation. This can be allowed because nations and national interests no longer control the world and vie for power and position. The world is now under the control of a small number of huge international corporations whose annual incomes exceed those of most, if not all nations (probably even the U.S. if you subtract our national debt from the equation). These gigantic corporations are so wealthy and so powerful they can act with impunity, as BP is doing at the moment. You may be told that BP will be entirely responsible for the horrible disaster they have wrought, but considering that the Exxon-Valdez spill has yet to be settled twenty years after the fact, and considering that the BP lawyers are already hard at work, don’t bet even a nickel on their being held solely responsible for the crime they have committed, and don’t believe the taxpayers will get away without paying. And do not forget that our Congresspersons no longer represent we the people, they represent their corporate masters and will do their bidding no matter what. Democracy, as the term applied to the government of the United States, is a laughable farce that has slowly and insidiously over time been converted into a charade that masks the grim reality that hides in the shadows and persistently and hungrily eats away at human worth and dignity. Democracy is dead. Long live Kleptocracy!

Surprise! Top Kill has failed. Stay tuned for the next questionable experiment while the Gulf keeps on dying. Hey, it’s only the Gulf of Mexico, who needs it? It’s not as if it’s the whole planet. Accidents do happen, especially when you are recklessly 98% accident prone. Don’t worry, next time will be different, probably even worse. Stupid is as stupid does.

LKBIQ:
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.
H. L. Mencken

TILT:
The coconut is a fruit, not a nut.