this is gonna be a good one…
ok. so i don’t think it will. not that i want to sound pessimistic, but while ’06 was one of the worst years in regard to social and governmental and in my case financial regard, i just don’t see an upswing in the near future. though it’d take some time and i have nothing too pressing to fill my day tomorrow, but some revamp webplay, i won’t bore you with a year in review.
listening to NPR on the ride back to the cities and then watching a few awesome movies have spurred what some would call a depression recently. things aren’t the worst they could be though, which oddly enough makes it seem worse. knowing there’s still some downward spiral just adds something to look forward to, but only if you like myself get a kick out of mass destruction, greed, and decay.
the neocon movement centers on the public’s disinterest in government regulation and is fed incessently by corporate wallets that view regulation as a knock on profit margin. they’re winning we just came off an election where oil prices stalled and then fell the month before elections only to rise the day after. i’m sure the rule of supply and demand found november seventh to be an important day the war in iraq threatens to teeter over the line into perpetual. while the “liberal revolution” was heralded as a new course for america, the majorities are so slim it will likely only facilitate moderate to pathetic change. reality tv is filling cable because it’s not only the cheapest programming to produce, popular culture is soaking it up like rice soaks up water. the top ten percent of america holds seventy percent of the wealth. we were pivital in killing a hated dictator in a rushed fashion for 148 killings while leaving thousands of questions and killings in a cloud of speculation. we’re fighting a war in a country that hates us only slightly less than they hate each other. eleven percent of our oil will be dried up within the next decade. global warming is still being widely ignored by those in power and those with money because they see only instability in finding alternatives. even those who see a decline in polar bear populations are waiting a year to place them on the endangered list because it would mean putting “global warming” as a major cause. auto makers with the exception of probably toyota stall in their efforts to improve technologies that could not only help the environment but increase their profits and market share. i guess they still may be confused carlos mencia has a show. kids are spending more time on their computer than watching tv. good thing they spend all that time on their ass snacking on the newest creation from corporate obesity and end up dying sooner.bad thing [generally depending on the kid]
corporate responsibility has given us enron, addiction to oil, status as fattest nation ever, media addicted personalities, socially isolated populations, monetary values of self-confidence, luxury drugs, and the slow death of our planet. government has given us a laughable status globally, fear, lies, corruption, and insignificant political pressure on epic problems.
no where to turn and no one with the balls to build the road to change. none of this is short-term and none of it will change in the next 365 earthly rotations. unless consumers and the population as a whole decide change needs to happen it never will. until hummers are seen as the oil guzzling piles of shit they are, wealth isn’t measured in accounts, global warming is seen as a threat, corporations see the value in being socially responsible as well as profitable, government isn’t run by unaccountable think-tanks, and people realize their choices have national implications, nothing will change and we will speed ourselves down that spiral toward destruction. i guess i’ll just watch a shitton of movies, make a few dollars here and there while they’re still worth something, and try to have faith in the sheep. this is me stoked.