headless chickens and ostriches
For once in the history of mass media and the 24 hour news cycle, everyone’s got their fucking tongues tied. Not many disasters have occurred like the oil spill. Everyone knows who’s to blame, there’s nothing the intellectual scum-bags on the hill can say to fix it, and there’s absolutely no way for them to prevent future spills. World runs on oil. There’s only an estimated amount left to last the human race till 2040, and not many of the cretins running things right now will be alive by then.
The therapeutic solution to the problem? Two schools of thought seem to be reigning supreme right now on that issue; the ostriches and the headless chickens. Half the world is digging their heads into the sand and pretending that there are no repercussions to the problems they are causing daily. They want to believe that things will gradually even out to the way they were in the past. The oil will magically regenerate on its own before we run out. The gulf spill will fix itself after a while. The price of gas and food shooting through the roof mixed with an already shoddy economy will not bring us to the brink of anarchy. Meanwhile, bigger problems are on their plate. They need to know if Lindsey Lohan will go to jail or not. And who directed that new Kate Perry video.
On the other hand, there are the headless chickens running around. They’re aimlessly pointing fingers at everyone. They’re calling for the end of all oil drilling, all nuclear dependancy, all mining and logging operations. They’re no better than that dude on the sidewalk with the “apocalypse is now” signs. They have no idea what repercussions the end of such ventures would have on the world, the balancing act our world leaders and big capitalists actually play keeping everything running efficiently. How would fruit get to the Midwest without oil? What would happen to the ivy league schools without electricity? Every headless chicken out there refuses to hear stories about the daily riots in Greece. They’re the test run for when everything goes to shit. Better save up for that gas mask.
And of course, both sides curse the other for being the evil harbingers of death and destruction. That’s nothing new. Thanks to mass media, we have been led to believe that emotions must play into the sides we choose. News is boring. But opinion on that news is entertainment. And emotional persuasiveness is the quick and dirty hook they use to reel us in day after day. Vice President Biden reminded me the other day on the Tonight Show, something the fathers of the constitution truly believed (except for Aaron Burr), “No matter what side people are on, they’re trying, they truly believe, they are working to make a better (America)” I’m sorta paraphrasing, I think that’s close anyways. At least that’s promising. Maybe there’s a secret group of birds formulating a plan for the future. I hope they’re not geese, I hate geese.
So Fuck It — to the headless chickens and ostriches.
