Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The Daily Rant

We have on our hands a world confused, scared and in, without being trite, a major meltdown. Each tick of the second hand brings 2 or 3 posts from Face Book Friends trying desperately to find solace within themselves (and me too) so as to, for the moment, feel in control of the spiraling chaos plaguing our three realms of reality. !st, our TV's. 2nd, our internet. 3rd, our lives. There is nothing other than those three windows where we get our stimulus. We'll give 7% of us the credit for actually being involved with a specific current crisis- WI, Japanese FB Friends in trouble over there, Middle East ties, you Politicians peeking in for advice :), media personalities, the governmentally involved, those in sickness- We all can speak directly and with authority to specific chaotic microcosms, yet, we still are seeded with 93% of impute from media produced hype as a parakeet is driven by it's own reflection in a mirror.

Unions don't affect me, my kids teacher doesn't affect you, genocide in Libya or the despair in Japan, unless within that 7%, we are reacting to images as we react to a well crafted book. The intent of the author is to provoke heavy emotion regardless of consequences. Make them feel it!

I know that. You, the 1500 writers that make up this very forum, must know that. But those outside this group don't. They see banter and contention, then act upon the impute like misguided sheep. Like what they see is their reality. When, in reality, their lives are unaffected or so removed from the turmoil, the world's chaos could only be described as a ongoing mini series broadcast 24/7. A planetary version of The Truman Show.

Or that's how it was.

Today the images show an advancing threat on several fronts all colluding to pounce. (If all worse case scenarios come to pass)

Terrorists nuke in NY, radiation spilling across territorial boundaries, the failure and collapse of all monetary systems, A War on our western border, the success of Anarchy. These are real and there are no pockets of amnesty- no safe havens.

While it would be ideal if every utterance could radiate light, love and compassion, the true needs of the world now can only be met by frank, honest, judgmental exchange between and among a species which has the capacity for self induced delusional hope, even while waiting in line at the slaughter house.

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