Nothing all that exceptional here, at the end of the world as we know it, but, while re-reading a news piece that FINALLY got popped to the top of CNN's "world" section (which can be read here; it's about a virus that's killing lots of kids and stuff; nothing all that outrageous or new, but an early report about it caught my eye a few days ago: Ok so I lied, it can be read here from CNN), I just can't believe that I can buy a 250GB external USB hard drive that works plug and play for 119 bucks (with tax) while, at the same time, the civilized world can't come together to either A. End global poverty NOW (which, second only to global warming, is the most pressing issue facing our survival - even though ending poverty is SO MUCH EASIER AND MORE DO-ABLE), B. Er, well... I guess, just come together to stop global warming. FUCK YOU BUSH ADMINISTRATION: while I have no dearth of contempt for many other heads of state (both American and otherwise), you will be regarded as the most disastrous President in the history of this great dream; you will forever be remembere ("forever" being a very short term) for being the President who managed to simultaneously disprove my own firm belief that a fucking circus monkey could run the country while also being the only guy to piss so casually on all the fundamental rights and freedoms that make our country great. And destroyed the world, or (at the VERY least) sewed the seeds for its destruction.
119 dollars for an external hard drive so large, and so fast, that I can back up my computer for as long as I would ever conceivably need such convenience... and children are born into the WORST AND MOST UNECESSARY POVERTY seen in generations... We have telescopes in space, and know how small we are, yet we can't come together on this tiny blue marble to save ourselves, our planet, and our future. THAT'S the one thing that separates us from bacteria: they don't have private ethnic/economic interests to divide them.
In short: we are fucking doomed, and I love it that this country gave GWB a second term in office; I FUCKING LOVE IT: because, just like throughout the rest of the history of our bold experiment in democracy, WE GOT THE PRESIDENT THAT WE DESERVED.
Congratulations, my fellow Americans: while, throughout my lifteime, this country was (at times) the sole beacon of reason, freedom, and hope - the shining city on the hill, where anyone could come and at least get a fair shake at beating the odds - we re-elected a President whose inneptitude was so complete, so stunning, and so obvious that my only conclusion is that we are a nation of fucking morons. Fucking idiots. Spectacularly fucking idiots.
119 dollars for a USB harddrive that could contain the digital scans of everything I'[ve ever written./.. meanwhile, it could have bought 110 malaria nets, fed a family of 3 for a FUCKING YEAR (well, it COULD have; before the market fell apart in terms of food); paid for the inoculation of MORE CHILDREN THAN I CAN COUNT; been spent to prevent 50 kids in America from going without food; sheltered, clothed, helped... sheltered, clothed, helped... It is so grotesque that it defies the imagination. Once we were the shining city (and I firmly believe we can still be), but now... we are little more than another evil empire, compromising our otherwise uncompromisable principles for reasons that steered by hatred, fear, and xenophobia... We were once the "land of the free, and the home of the brave."
May God (if there is one; shit) bless and keep safe our service men and women at home and over seas; and remember to thank them for their service, whatever your opinion of this administration's political stance may be.
And cheers!: It's the end of the world as we know it...
