This weather begins to make me wonder about my non-belief in a greater being up above us. It really begins to look like someone just got fed up with Humankind, and then tossed a switch to change everything about the weather, and then sat back to enjoy the resulting chaos. We here in North Carolina have been lucky so far, having missed out on California’s Atmospheric Rivers falling from the sky. But, we used to live in downtown San Francisco, and so we feel their pain. And then there’s Texas. They cancelled, what, 6000 flights into or out of Texas airports? How awful is that? Especially for folks trying to leave Texas.
And then, right in the middle of this weather chaos, we have
republicans beginning to gain speed in their zeal to become the Evil Overlords
of America. They’re busily banning books that make them uncomfortable. They are
threatening teachers with felony convictions should they dare to reveal to
their students how the world actually works.
But then republicans really do so hate educated people. They ask so many
embarrassing questions. And then those same educated people seem to
insist on voting, and we know how that works out for republicans. All in all, the chaos here in America makes me
think about moving, except for two things. One, I’m 88 and have no serious
wherewithal to pick up and leave to some other country.
But then I also have this other issue. Even if I were able
to move, where would I go? I used to
imagine New Zealand. But then Jacinda Ahern left as their political leader, and
the weather Frankenstein moved over their country, creating chaos there. I
mean, Britain seems totally screwed up politically, Australia isn’t any saner
than America. So I guess I am going to have to look around a bit more
cautiously. Politics does seem kind of
screwed up so many places.
And then, and then, our police started thinking it was ok to
kill people, just to demonstrate who’s really in charge. And that is never a good thing. We need our
police. Really, we do. But we really do not need police acting out their worst
instincts. First, five Black cops,
belonging to some elite unit, decide it’s ok to beat some other (Black) dude to
death. And here I thought we learned something from the George Floyd disaster. And then, some other White police dudes
decide it’s ok to chase after a guy with no legs and then shoot him. Wouldn’t want
him getting away, would we? Makes me
think maybe the Brits have the right idea by denying arms to their beat officers.
So, now, as I gaze outside at the dismal weather, I have to
resist the urge to watch any TV news, or even to follow any Newsie outlets in
my computer, since we seem to have all bad news all the time. Remember that
Ukraine place? Yeah, it’s still there, and Vlad the Impaler continues to sit in
his comfortable Moscow office and issue orders to kill and maim as many
Ukrainians as possible. He is so bad that even Russians have begun fleeing
their country to escape the possibility of being drafted into Vlad’s Evil
Army. Begins to bring back memories of
both the Cold War and that war in Southeast Asia. Remember that? Such fun.
When did it used to be fun living in America? Remind me, please. I’m really old and have
begun to forget when those good times were a’rolling.
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