Last weekend CNN apparently suggested that Malaysian flight 370 disappeared because of "supernatural" reasons - including a possible black hole. My immediate thought was, "Seriously? Supernatural reasons? Maybe that's why Russia invaded Crimea...or why Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend." Oh, wait - I know! Our whole country is actually under a supernatural spell, which is why nobody will admit that the Obama administration has overseen a period of American decline. Yeah, it's supernatural all right. Bravo, CNN...for showing us again why you're in decline as well!
Man, I really don't want to write a political blog...and I definitely don't want to rant. My posts are typically funny & raunchy - but the reason I get to write it them the first place is because I enjoy the freedoms of living in America. I'm a minority-within-minority: the rare and elusive Gay Republican. I believe in small government, stronger national defense, and capitalism in all of its forms - including health care. I genuinely think Conservatives should run the national scene, while Liberals should handle the local, social things. But if I had to choose one side over the other, I'm Republican all the way.
Hold that thought.
Man, I really don't want to write a political blog...and I definitely don't want to rant. My posts are typically funny & raunchy - but the reason I get to write it them the first place is because I enjoy the freedoms of living in America. I'm a minority-within-minority: the rare and elusive Gay Republican. I believe in small government, stronger national defense, and capitalism in all of its forms - including health care. I genuinely think Conservatives should run the national scene, while Liberals should handle the local, social things. But if I had to choose one side over the other, I'm Republican all the way.
Hold that thought.
Going back to CNN's Mystery Mobile coverage, I was taken by the fact they all but ignored Russia's invasion of Crimea...and Obama's limp-wristed response. Putin is clearly reassembling the Soviet Union, and Russia has invaded a sovereign nation - an act should scare the hell out of everyone. I watched Bill O Reily's commentary on these events, and he chillingly described how a perceived weak USA encourages smaller hostile nations to lash out without consequence. North Korea is firing missiles, Iran is eying Israel, and both China & Russia are threatening uncooperative behavior within the UN. And while all of this is happening, Germany is raising hell to everyone. Merkel clearly understands Putin's threat, and as history has proven twice, when Germans get angry, we reeeeeeeeeeally might want to take them seriously.
Earlier this week, NASA announced a report which predicted the possible end of civilization within 40 years. I haven't read the document yet so I don't know if it's a rehash of the usual doomsday fodder, but I have read responses to its claims and all have a similar theme: our world is interconnected - financially, technologically, and culturally. The NASA report got my attention because it focused on entropy, and how every part of our civilization depends on everyone else. Some countries have food, some countries have oil, some places allow the flow of information; with the exception of North Korea, we're all as connected as the cards in a house of cards - and when one card fails, the whole structure comes down. And that's what the NASA report is all about: the inevitable failure within the total structure. Basically, we're screwed if we don't start colonizing space -
But of course Obama has cancelled the shuttle program, with nothing lined up to replace it.
Earlier this week, NASA announced a report which predicted the possible end of civilization within 40 years. I haven't read the document yet so I don't know if it's a rehash of the usual doomsday fodder, but I have read responses to its claims and all have a similar theme: our world is interconnected - financially, technologically, and culturally. The NASA report got my attention because it focused on entropy, and how every part of our civilization depends on everyone else. Some countries have food, some countries have oil, some places allow the flow of information; with the exception of North Korea, we're all as connected as the cards in a house of cards - and when one card fails, the whole structure comes down. And that's what the NASA report is all about: the inevitable failure within the total structure. Basically, we're screwed if we don't start colonizing space -
But of course Obama has cancelled the shuttle program, with nothing lined up to replace it.
All it takes is a bare chested dictator - charging on a horse with an outdated view of manifest destiny - to make NASA's report a reality. We all owe way too much money to each other, and once military machismo gives Wall Street a spook, economies fall like dominoes. There has never been a time in history when US leadership has been more important, but while Putin redefines the boundaries of Russia, Obama fills out his draft picks. Entropy was started in the Ukraine - but has been expedited by a community organizer.
This morning's news was filled with breaking stories on the Malaysian air crash. Apparently a Chinese satellite found even more debris in the Indian Ocean, and CNN is wall to wall crash speculation - while Fox is balanced with other stories, including both North Korea's and Nancy Pelosi's predictable escalation of hostilities. Only Drudge is following Michelle Obama's China visit - yet another taxpayer-funded vacation, and the perfect photo-op for the gals to wear red dresses. The President didn't accompany them though, as Ellen DeGeneres was apparently more important. The gossip rags claim that both Barrack & Ellen are on the skids with their wives, so I wonder if they went out for drinks after the show? A little Bill Clinton limo action, maybe...?
Whatever the case, if - on its return trip - Michelle's plane goes down in the South China Sea, CNN is primed to cover it. I hope that doesn't happen of course (no terrorist thoughts in me, NSA), but you've got to admit that if her blip did vanish from radar, it would be totally worth hearing Anderson Cooper suggest it happened under supernatural circumstances.
And while all of us watch the ocean search for a black hole filled with Sweet n' Low packets & Chinese takeout boxes, you can but guarantee that CNN will find a way to suggest that Republicans are somehow involved...
Whatever the case, if - on its return trip - Michelle's plane goes down in the South China Sea, CNN is primed to cover it. I hope that doesn't happen of course (no terrorist thoughts in me, NSA), but you've got to admit that if her blip did vanish from radar, it would be totally worth hearing Anderson Cooper suggest it happened under supernatural circumstances.
And while all of us watch the ocean search for a black hole filled with Sweet n' Low packets & Chinese takeout boxes, you can but guarantee that CNN will find a way to suggest that Republicans are somehow involved...