Lenny Bruce: “We all live in a happy-ending culture, a what-should-be culture. . . . We are all taught that fantasy. But if we were taught ‘This is what is,’ I think we’d all be less screwed up.”
And more able to change, adapt, let go?!?Getting a little foggy in there? Wise old Kurt Cobb calls this the Cult of Continuity. 'I've got mine'
There are a lot of smart people connecting the dots, despite the blather that passes for entertainment coming out of the squawk box. And the media? Please....
There Will Be Blood.
As long as as it's not spelled out in my bills
A fellow Peak Oil kook over at Survival Acres puts living on this literal and figurative island it this way:
I personally believe that Americans are in very serious trouble regarding several factors, such as:
a) situational awareness — they have no idea what is going on around them and have no interest in it either;
b) comprehension limitations — they are so brainwashed that anything out of the ordinary is completely lost to them;
c) cognitive dissonance — they are quite unable to perceive anything outside of their comfort zone and will continue to vehemently deny their own suffering as long as possible;
d) they actually prefer their own bias, ignorance and laziness, it’s preferable to them because it does not require of them any personal responsibility or accountability
And I leave once more with words that speak more than well enough for me.What do you think?
"If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time" --Chinese proverb
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It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing.
-Elizabeth Kolbert
Acoustics in hear.
'Can Bush ignore the Pentagon? It's going be hard to blow off this sort of document. Its hugely embarrassing. After all, Bush's single highest priority is national defence. The Pentagon is no wacko, liberal group, generally speaking it is conservative. If climate change is a threat to national security and the economy, then he has to act. There are two groups the Bush Administration tend to listen to, the oil lobby and the Pentagon,'
And this article is from 2004!
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