Having spent some unbelievably large block of mental time on thinking of what to actually put in this space, I am still at something of a loss. We sit and watch as little condescending turds of information fall around us - executive privilege, torture, voting abuse, systematic privacy violations, 'real' media as a fluffer, the continuing rise of corporatism and the growth of corporate person hood, illegal wars, rolling back of basic human rights, attacks on Science and the Rational from both the left and right, theocracy, the theft of our nations reputation and treasury. 'Scooter' Libby. No Child Left Behind.
The denial of a decent, rational, golden rule universe that I once imagined possible if only in tiny little pieces; squandered for some frightened little jebus theocrat universe.
There is a process which is happening which transcends a simple analysis of each of these little turds. Each historical wave - Nixon and Reagan - carried the mantle of unchecked executive privilege and the greedheads backing it. Each time they come better prepared, and each time we give away more and more of the ephemeral spirit of America. Traded in for fear and flags and television reality shows. Our little five minute hate.
I am still at a loss at the Gestalt.
Oh well. I will do what I always do - drink and complain and maybe do a little thinking. In the mean time I will look around for a nice box for all this fertilizer.
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