It has been a while since my last blog post. Why? The easy
answer is “overwhelmed”. With what?
Well, hell, the list of things to comment on is long and often but not always
involves the really stupid and/or dangerous stuff the government is doing. The ongoing
distortions from Fox News(?) is pretty discouraging from the perspective that
the founder and CEO of Fox, Roger Ailes, stated from the beginning that he loved
the propaganda mechanism of the Nazis in the 30s and wanted to influence the
American public to his very conservative point of view using the same Nazi
techniques. And it worked and is working.
Morons increasingly deny climate change in the face
of escalating problems relating to it. Morons blamed the current President for
the chemical spill in West Virginia, even though: A; they hate government
regulations and regulators and B; the regulation of that operation was under the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!!!
Morons in Florida love Rick Scott. Misguided FSU
fans monopolized the internet for days around and during the big game. Big
Deal. And the list goes on.
So I have been catalyzed into inactivity with the
plethora of problems to write about. So what about good news? Yes, there is
some. Great food to report from Vienna, and some interesting beer as well. The unusual
cold weather may kill off some of the bugs that are killing northern forests. I
have a clutch of very good students this term. Trip planning for future travels
are going well. And that list goes on too.
I guess the problems really relate to the issue of
“Zadarum” (http://searchesworld.blogspot.com/2010/10/zadarum.html) and the
persistent feeling that what I say and know to be true makes no difference in
the grand scheme of things. Things will loosen up a little in the near term,
but really guys, the long term is seriously bleak. You conservatives better
start praying now more than ever. And it will do about as much good as it
always did. None.
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