HONEST TO GOD?

According to a recent Harris-Decima survey, 23% of Canadians, roughly 7.6 Million people, DO NOT believe in a god.. any GOD.

A new ad campaign has arrived from the Motherland that is aimed at opening up a discussion on religion.

This is the controversial bus banner.
However only 8% of Americans DO NOT believe in a god, and the other 92% presumably are convinced that they believe in THE GOD.

My guess is that 92% of the 92% of the Believers in America are not interested in researching the origin of THE GOD.

Paleo-Anthropologists and Geneticists tell us that Homo Escapeons have been in their present form for for atleast 140,000 years...all of our DNA can be traced back to Mitochondrial Eve, our most recent common ancestor, who lived somewhere in Eastern Africa. This is a maternal pathway and she wasn't the only female alive at the time...the Eve part is purely metaphorical to emphasize a start date.

So why do you suppose that THE ONE TRUE HONEST-TO-GOD GOD wait so long to introduce itself?

He waited for more than 100,000 years before appearing to the...
Hindus @ 1500ish BCE ?
Confucianists & Buddhists @ 500ish BCE ?
Jews @ 600ish BCE ?
Christians @ 30ish?
Muslims @ 600ish ?
Sikhs 1500ish ?
Mormons @ 1800's
Scientologists @ 1950's

Hmm.

What exactly did GOD have against the millions of Human Guinea Pigs who lived out their lives before he introduced himself to his new favorite group?
Did he just notice one day that we Humans were performing unspeakable acts of cruelty upon each other and think," D'OH! I had better go back down and see if I can clean up this mess."

It is safe to say that all of these Religions started somewhere with someone..
so let us not split any hairs and agree that they are all essentially manmade.
This simple fact is what started my re-dedication to AGNOSTICA over ten years ago.

I cannot say for certain whether a god or THE GOD exists or not, but I have been convinced that Homo Escapeons created all of the current reigning GODS in our own image.
..and yes, perhaps it was out of necessity. They all seem awfully Human. One would imagine that an entity capable of structing the universe on a sub-atomic level wouldn't have much to be jealous about?


Prehistoric people didn't know that vertebrates are formed as default female (ergo Men are Mutants)..if they had, it would have made perfect sense for the females to run the show and they would have invented the GODDESS.

Life would be totally different if the men had not usurped the female's natural role as the dominant gender. I doubt whether anyone would care to argue about how the males have made this world a living hell for billions of people who lived before us.

So, don't you think that it's time that the next generation deserves to be taught comparitive religion from a purely historical perspective?
Why wouldn't we teach it with the same matter of fact methodology that we employ when we offer instruction on Language or Math?

Why do we still let people (especially parents) play fast and loose with
THIS during the child's formative years?

Why are we still hanging on to the past? What is so scary about not having a prefab, made-up, explanation concerning WHY we are here? Most of us don't understand how our cars, stereos, or computers actually work but we don't lose any sleep over it.

We don't wiggle around with the basics when we teach other subjects why can't we stop this cycle?

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD!

One of Dubya's final acts of dismantling international diplomacy, and what a legacy it will be, is to begin to barricade the longest, unmilitarized, border in the world. This one!

Of course we should be thankful because VP Dick Cheney probably tried to reinstate the old FIFTY FOUR FORTY OR FIGHT! campaign. Actually Cheney and his 'Peeps' would just as soon invade us RFN if all of the troops weren't overseas.

I guess that a "Good Neighbour Fence" is inevitable.

This one has holes in the top and bottom so that we can shoot at each other but..

they will probably want something more durable..perhaps designed by German Engineers like this beauty built back in 1961.

You would think that Dubya would be more concerned with his Southern Border but what do I know? I guess his 'Posse' misses the Cold War and it is colder up here than it is in Mexico.

(Photo is the brilliant work of Lee at footnote TV )

Homeland Security's deliberate decision to erect a psychological barrier at the 49th Parallel has certainly put a damper on my plans to sneak into the USA and pursue my lifelong dream of getting paid $1/hr. (under the table) to wash dishes in a downtown Los Angeles Restaurant.

Damnit anyway!

I keep hearing the ghost of Ronny Raygun saying,

"Mr Bush, tear down that wall!"

Now I have one of those good ole days stories to tell my future AMERICAN Grandchildren.

Is there anyway that we can convince Dubya to lose his Erection BEFORE the November Election?

WARNING:

it is a Federal Offence to threaten the President and they have this fancy schmancy prison in Cuba where lawyers are persona non grata.

THE INSULTIN' OF TOMEI!
Last week I stayed up late and watched a bunch of movies. Why?
I am getting ready for my annual OSCAR wager with the Sultan Of Brunei...
why you little..

Now I am not one to boast but I haven't had to phone my Banker in the Caymans to request a transfer in over 5 years..and I don't intend on losing one thin dime this year either...
not like the bundle Marisa Tomei cost me back in '92...
hence the title.

The fact that not one of the 50 highest grossing movies was nominated makes it a little tricky trying to predict a winner. Just between you, me and barn door, I use FBI profilers.

That's right. Even though the movie studios now cater almost exclusively to teen males, the majority of the eligible Academy voters are all 3 days older than kerosene. Plus there is almost as much money spent on the Nomination Campaign as there is on the actual production. So there is a lot more to it than meets the eye.
Hollywood only made $9.6 Billion at the Box Office in 2007, and Home DVD sales slipped to $23.7 Billion. ((sob)) Whatever. I still happen to believe that Movies are the best form of Entertainment ..fully clothed entertainment.
Did you know that Video Game sales in 2007 reached $17.94 BILLION...HELLO! No wonder the Media Conglomerates LOVE those Teen Males.

Anyway here is what I watched last week...



Oh did I mention that Monica Bellucci was in Shoot 'Em Up?
SCHWING!

Do you care about the Oscars?

pssst...

I was over here and here but they are GONZO!...

Imagine My Relief was..

SUPERFUNNY CANADIANS

I am delighted to be sharing the planet with the likes of two young actors from Canada, Michael_Cera and Ellen_Page .

Cera is the same lovable, dorky, 'George Michael' in Superbad and Juno. For those of you out of the loop he is the new IT guy. He has the driest delivery on the planet and has perfected the art of trying to squirm out of the moment to a science. His stunned, goofy, mannerisms are priceless.

Ellen Page is spectacular in Juno. She is adorable and her snippity, far-too-smart-for-her-own good portrayal of a Pregnant Teenager in JUNO has earned her an Oscar Nomination!

For me the knowledge that there are kids who can 'kill' like these two creates a sense of relief that our species still has a chance. I find that I can relate to the angst and cynicism of Generation_Y. They have access and exposure to WAY more crap than I did when I was coming of age in the early 70s.

Our social engineers have managed to discombobulate us with gadgetry which this crowd is using to shove it right back. I am actually relieved that this Generation is so skeptical and jaded?

If they were compliant, little, sheeple then I would be really worried that they would blow it like their Boomer Parents did by squandering the chance to make a real difference. Oh sure they aren't perfect but they seem less likely to buy in to our bullsh*t.
Better late than never.

Mental Masturbatorium was

Who is Obama REALLY running against?

HEALTH TIP TUESDAY:

WIZ QUIZ

If you do not drink enough water, urinal lot of trouble.

Our pee is supposed to be clear!

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Has anyone ever even seen clear pee?

WHO'LL LET THE DOGS OUT?

Have you ever wondered what this world will be like when Gaia has finally had it up to HERE with us and pulls the plug. Imagine Earth without people.

I don't know if Homo Escapeons will be eliminated by Natural Events or 'Weather', ha-ha, we will do it ourselves..but it will happen. Gaia has already reshuffled the deck 5 times ; 488 Million Years Ago, and again around 444 MYA, 306, 250, 200, 65 and most Scientists believe that we are in one RFN!

My best guess is that a combination Viral Pandemic, Global Climatic Catastrophes and a Nuclear War will probably do the job. The only person who may survive would be Victoria Principal, Pam on DALLAS, who apparently had lead walls installed in her bathroom to prevent the paparazzi from sneaking photos of her when she was nekkid.

Here is a picture of my Mom & StepDad back in '96 posing in the master bedroom of the tourist mecca known as South Fork Ranch...ooh aah!

Anyway...

There is a program called

LIFE AFTER PEOPLE HERE

which is scheduled to air this Monday on the History Channel. One of the interesting aspects of this program is an examination regarding the 'other' surviving animals who will inherit our mess.

Domestic cats that can manage to escape the homes of their dead caregivers may survive..but smaller dogs will be in big trouble. Wildlife from the neighbouring countryside will move in and stake claim to the abandoned cities. Medium sized dogs are expected to form packs and return to their primordial wolf-like state.

Do you have an escape plan for your pet?

FOR HEAVENS SAKE

I don't believe in Heaven anymore but I still love the idea of it.

It's comforting to think that there's a 'perfect' place for the dearly departed.

I wouldn't mind being completely wrong about it..afterall I would be reunited with my Dad, my brother Jamie, My Grandparents, and far too many Friends and Pets...quit snickering I might squeak past the Pearly Gates!

As far as metaphors go, Heaven is a beauty. The eternal, redemptive, reward for living a decent life. The worries of this world washed away. Peace Out.

I also love the idea of Hell as a final destination of eternal torment for all of the monstrously twisted, psychotic, assholes who do such a great job of making Life a "Living" Hell for the rest of us...that would be too good to be true.

Anyway back to the metaphor thingamabob. I was curious to see how many songs that I had in my Music Library that used Heaven as a reference. I suppose that the generic version(s) of Heaven has been commercially Hallmark'd and Kitschified into something less regal than our predecessors had imagined it, but what are ya gonna do?

Anyway here is my list..

BeBop Deluxe: Maid In Heaven
Bee Gees: Too Much Heaven
Belinda Carlisle: Heaven
Bob Dylan/ Eric Clapton/ Guns N Roses:
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
The Cure/Taking Back Sunday: Just Like Heaven
The Fray: Heaven Forbid
Fall Out Boy: Seven Minutes In Heaven
Gorillaz: Don’t Get Lost In Heaven
K-OS: Heaven Only Knows
Lacuna Coil: Heaven’s A Lie
Led Zeppelin/Jimmy Page/Techno Trance:
Stairway To Heaven
Phil Collins: Something Happened On The Way To Heaven
The Pixies: This Monkey Gone To Heaven
Psychedelic Furs: Heaven
REM: Near Wild Heaven
The Tea Party: Heaven Coming Down
Tears For Fears: Closest Thing To Heaven
Toad The Wet Sprocket: Little Heaven

Do you know of any others?

(PP..it's OK if you ixnay the obvious Classical, Gangsta Crap, and 80s Christian Pop stuff ..no really)

THE TAMING OF THE SCREW

If you need any further proof that our species is headed for the dustbin of History here it is. Six Million Years of Evolution and some of you are still using those frickin Flathead or so-called 'Standard' Screws!
Come On People!

How many times have you lost contact while screwing and stabbed yourself in the finger because it slipped out?

((SON-OF-A-))

Why do we screw? Sure nailing things is OK but nothing beats a good screw. The simple answer is that screws are used to unite two objects together.

The best type of screws are the self-tapping screw which has a cylindrical shaft and a sharp thread that cuts its own hole and has proved to have uses far beyond its original application.. more of a recreational screw.

The first screws were made from wood (not surprising) in the 15th Century and by 1700’s the damned flat-bladed bit was invented and handheld screwdrivers were in use by 1800. Screwing with your head was invented by Sigmund Freud in the 1920s.

But the Screw to end all Screws was invented in 1908 by a Canadian, P. L. Robertson, it’s those long winters eh! I can declare without fear of hyperbole or contradiction, that the Robertson is One Billion Times better than a slot head. Why? Because the square headed screwdriver will not slip out of the head during installation! Greater torque and and tighter fastenings. Yeah Baby!

By the mid 30’s Henry Phillips patented those sissy Phillips head screws. These (cross head/star) screws were originally designed for mechanical screwing machines which is why they were intentionally made so the driver will ‘cam-out’ under strain to prevent over-tightening. Pfffft! Case closed.

Did you know that a Canadian perfected screwing? Nyeh!

WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRACTION

In the 21st Century we are fully engaged in The Culture of Narcissism and everyone is famous for 15 minutes…which will no doubt soon be edited to 15 seconds on the Internet.

How on Earth will Historians decide WHO makes it into our History Books? Certainly the current uber-villains are always shoe-ins, Osama bin Laden’s legacy will be raised to the ranks of psychotic despots who were responsible for the death of Millions like Hitler, Stalin, and Mao Zedung.

How are they going to sift through the Celebrities? During Hollywood’s Golden Era there was a finite stable of STARS that were carefully managed by the Studio. Now we are being managed by the Corporations. The Gossip Rags are killing the News Magazines..the Mediarazzi and The Great Unwashed elevate trivial, sideshow, wannabes to undeserving levels of global recognition.

American Corporate Pop Culture is inundated with people who are famous for simply being famous…and thanks to the Internet it has ‘gone Global’. Next to the Military, the Media Machine is their second greatest weapon. It is a ubiquitous, sinister, subversive, ‘weapon of mass distraction’ that is masterfully released upon the rest of us.

It seems banal and innocuous enough, but it is Psychological Warfare. So while you’re gawking at some Celebrity, your resources can be ‘yoinked’ from right under your nose. You would think that there is safety in numbers but our ‘herd mentality’ actually offers an economy of scale for the Industrial/Military Complex.

What if we all followed the zany BOARDROOM antics of the Corporate CEO’s and the parasitic Lobbyists instead of the BEDROOM exploits of Movie Stars?

NOTHING TO KILL OR DIE FOR

We've come a long way from chucking rocks at strangers out on the African Savannah.

I cannot even begin to comprehend the amount of money and resources that Governments waste on developing, maintaining, instigating, and applicating, to the Death and Destruction of other Homo Escapeons.

War is the BIGGEST BUSINESS on the planet. I have no way of knowing how accurate THIS is, but take a look and tell me what you think.

Now look at this THIS

Imagine all the people,

Living Life in Peace?

UNHAND ME YOU BEAST!

Last night I watched Beastly Games on the History Channel. For Centuries the Roman Empire captured countless numbers of animals, especially the African predators at the top of the food chain, to be sacrificed for the entertainment of the great unwashed in the Arena. Homo Escapeons have always had a negative effect on the other animals on the planet.

It made me think about how we treat our Earthly cohabitants…

especially the other ‘Hominid’ Primates.

HERE is a great link to the Big Five.

From the oldest (16MYA) Orangutans to the newest, not us, Bonobos (3MYA), most will probably disappear from the wild thanks to our ignorance and insatiable quest to populate every inch of habitable land. It is estimated that there are only about 400,000 great apes, our closest relatives on the planet, and that there are over 6.5 Billion of us.

Far too many of the great apes live in war torn regions of the world, are captured for the exotic pet trade, and even harvested as Bush Meat to feed workers. Tick tock.

We are very ‘simian-lar’ to these creatures especially the Chimpanzees (Mock Man) who are male oriented omnivores who occasionally murder each other and start wars with their neighbours. The ubersexual Bonobos (Ancestor) or Boner-hos as I like to call them, use Sex as a conflict resolution and I write about them once a week so now we can finally start talking about SEX!

Scrotum size tells us a lot about a Primate’s reproductive behavior or in less scientificky terminology, their ‘Sexcapades’.

Male Gorillas, despite being the largest Ape, have a solitary dominant male who keeps a harem so they have small balls, they don’t need a lot of fertilizer. Male Chimps and especially Bonobos, have HUGE balls because they are promiscuous and need a lot of fertilizer. Male Homo Escapeons are in the middle but have a lot of sperm that is designed to kill and block other sperm..so that pretty much answers your question about monogamy.

According to condom maker Durex, the average Human Earthling has about 10 sexual partners during their lifetime. You can check out your National Statistics on their survey HERE .
I’m sure that it must be completely unbiased HA HA HA.

Do you believe their findings or are they just trying to validate our inner bonobo and sell more rubbers?

Zenee Welldigger!

OK so we're all sick of American Politics ...
boring..

so um...
did I mention that Bridget Jones is here shooting a movie called CHILLED IN MIAMI
ah yeah..((cough))

OK I got nuthin!

Déjà vu,
the worst case scenario

By the time you read this Barack Obama will probably have grabbed the BIG MO in New Hampshire and be well on his way to securing the Democratic nomination.

I hope that the best security guards on the planet are watching over him because if the horrible events of 1968 are repeated another generation, one that is on the cusp of trying to make a difference, will have their own martyr and a reason to lose hope.

It is bad enough that the foreign Terrorists present a threat..let's face it, their cause is easier to sell if the Infidels elect a hardliner hellbent on bullying the world..

but what scares me more than anything, is the possibility of a homegrown, white trash, neo-nazi, racist, skinhead, asshole, taking his shot at infamy.

The whole thing scares me to death because the country would go into hypervault Big Brother lockdown. Not to mention shutting out the rest of the world..basically the Monroe Doctrine on steroids.

Along with the Media Firestorm, race riots, mass demonstrations, and a national political paralysis, the country would start eviscerating itself in a National charm offensive instead of attempting to rid itself of this Cancer. The lone, psychotic, gunmen, starving for celebrity at any price.

Unlike his (it's always a man) Middle Eastern counterpart who blows himself up to get a crack at the 75 Virgins waiting imaptiently for his arrival in Paradise, the American Madman demands to be taken alive in order to savor his exploits for decades from the comfort of his prison cell.

It would be a real tragedy and the Conservatives would have a chance to re-install their brand of Law and Order to calm the masses...just like they did in '68. U.S._presidential_election 1968

Cross your fingers, get out your rosaries, light a candle, send out positive mental energy, do whatever it is that you do to protect that brave, young, man.

CLANDESTINY
Today’s theory is that the inevitable destiny of Homo Escapeon populations will be to reorganise into archeo-homogenous Clans.

Here is the short version: After 7,000 Generations, homo escapeons appear to be unable to overcome their bio-evolutionary psycho-socio predisposition that makes it almost impossible to share their territory with people who look, think, behave, and believe differently...

now run along to the final question...You're Welcome!

If you have a lot of spare time on your hands go ahead, knock yourself out...

click on these maps: Yugoslavia . USSR. Czechoslovakia .
Race riots in Europe. Tribalistic atrocities in (click) Africa. Sectarian warfare in the Middle East. Iraq on the verge of trisecting. Militant tribalistic terrorism from Indonesia to Pakistan.
American political de-fragmentation..Red State/Blue State blah blah blah.

Humans seem incapable of escaping their evolutionary predisposition to assimilating in racial/religious clans.

Even the outrageous behavior of extreme Fanaticism displayed at sporting events, most notably soccer, is another indication that it takes very little to unleash the dark side of our past. This phenomenon is a sad reminder of how our primal wiring is overloaded by the psychological demands of living in large urban centres. Perhaps 140,000 years hasn't been long enough for our brains to adapt to livng outside of Clans and Villages of 150 people?

What is it that drives this significant portion of our population to reject accepting ‘outsiders’ within their midst.

Perhaps the idea that there is some concrete identifiable form of 'WE ' that is a soothing consolation for the stark realization that we are living on a gigantic, spinning, rock (replete with molten core) out in the middle of a cold, dark, Universe. Hmm...I suppose that most of the people who adhere to US v. THEM probably don't think about our galactic isolation in Scientific Empirical terms?

Their cosmology is relegated to the confines of Religious Dogmatism.

I would dare to suggest that they are more inclined to view their predicament as one of Mythical Divine Predestination or Providential Manifest Destiny.

The absolute scariest type of thinking on the planet.

So should we say Goodbye to the idea of a Global Village?
Maybe.

Look at the dynamics of the current American Presidential Election. Each faction jockeying to have their own representative implement their cosmology on the entire nation. Pollsters and Politicians target each segment of voters by Age, Race, Income, Lingo, and Religious Ideology.

I watched an interview with an American Tradesman who had lost his job and his house, but he and his wife were still planning on voting Republican because they are Christians more than they are Americans and adamently opposed to abortion. HUH? Anyone notice any disconnect? What separation of Church of State?

There are literally millions of other people around the globe who think just like he does. This is a perfect example of how powerful Religio-Ideological bonds are. The individual can completely ignore relevant life affecting issues in order to bond with like-minded others to form a Clan and feel less alienated. Once in a group the mob mentality morphs into a self righteous, defensive, Clan which becomes an agent of self preservation. The Clan takes any measures deemed necessary to protect itself from any and all outside ideological intrusions from the rest of the world. US versus THEM!

Religion and Pigmentation are certainly the Grand-Daddies of most division and derision. What better way to separate the Sheeple from the Goats. We are visual creatures. At the lowest level of entry, YOUeither LOOK like US or you don’t, then, YOU either THINK like US or you’re against us.

Whether you are a sheepherder in a forlorn pile of rocks like Afghanistan, or a successful Businessman in a posh Mega-Church in the American Bible Belt, your REAL identity seems to be centered on your CLAN.

In modern countries, you don’t need to look exactly like us, you just need to think like us. In many older parts of the world, you absolutely need to do both without question.

Some of us obviously want to get past our past. The very notion of trying to build a society that is not limited by the tyrannical dominance of one single ‘group’ is still in it’s infancy…but I am seriously starting to wonder whether it is viable.

Countries are ideas. Those lines on the map mean nothing when the Earth is viewed from outer space. Humans evolved into groups with similar features because of their Environment. Adaptations to UV rays and other Climatic conditions, along with limitations in accessing reproductive partners, gave rise to our ancient Clans forming large pockets of “familiar faces”.

For 140,000 years this process plodded along.

Somewhere down the line some Clan dwelling Villagers miraculously gave up killing neighbouring Clans via inter-generational wars and began trading with them. Eventually these temporary truces and the advancement of collective Agricultural advancements that were accidentally discovered and preciptated by Climatic conditions, led to the creation of City-States, and invariably, Empires.

History attests to the fact that most Empires were held together by force.

Empires have come and gone, but one thing is certain. Empires NEVER last forever.

I have always hoped that we could rise above the beast, can you say Idealist, but when I watch the News it becomes evident that without a proper (non-religiously biased) education, Escapeons will continue to keep their kinfolk immersed in self preservation mode. The path of least resistance.

Perhaps we should readjust our thinking and pluralize Global VillageSSSS. The present American Empire is showing serious signs of decay and retraction and one has to think that the other Monolith, China, will eventually lose it's centralised, coercive, control, and defragment at some point in the near future.

The hilarious and irrefutably Politically Incorrect movie Blazing Saddles, is a colossal testament to these two factors of race and religion. When the town Mayor exclaims that they will "take the n*ggers and the ch*nks, but we don’t want the Irish,” (Catholics), it is a telling leak in the subliminal mindset of mentally rsing above 140,000 years of evolutionary behavior.

The unholy alliance between Pigmentation and Religious Ideology is percolating just beneath a thin veneer of acceptable behavior. I understand that Mel Brooks was satirically exposing America's the Achilles Heel of tolerance and getting it out in the open. Many others take exception to his methodology.

America has struggled with these issues from since it’s inception. The subjugation of the First Asians who had evolved into 500 Nations after crossing the Bering landbridge and the immediate importation of African Slaves are still sending repercussion waves 400 years later. The aforementioned groups had been minding their own business and enjoying their own inter-Tribal warfare for thousands of years before the Europeans intruded. How rude!

Scan forward to the American Elections in the 21st Century and witness the self congratulatory, political, wankfest. Imagine that a Person of Other Pigmentation or Bearer of Ovaries might actually become the President? This is deemed to be monumental breakthrough for this Empire. Come On!

Escapeons have been experimenting with Civilization and Nationalism for over two Millenia. How many more countries do you suppose will collapse into their original Tribal/Clannish units? I suspect that there are probably far more revisions to be made on the the world map.

Good news for the folks at Rand McNally.

Will we recognise the Map of the World in 100 Years?

WHEN DREAMS BECOME NIGHTMARES

I find this hard to believe but one half of the population of America, 150 million people, have been born since January 1, 1969.

This is important because I believe that the ‘polter-zeitgeist’ (noisy spirit/ghost of the times) of the Baby Boom Revolution died in 1968...click & check it out

Like many others I believe that 1968 was the year that the DREAM turned into a nightmare. John Kennedy's assasination five years earlier changed everything. When Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. were murdered it sealed the fate of Idealism. The price to pay for ending the War in Vietnam was the rebirth of Conservatism and the inception of the reign of the not-so-Silent/Moral Majority. Then Watergate soured the Nation but American Hostages in Iran made them embrace a Fatherly Reagan to restore some sense of the good ole days.

Many of the Hippy student protestors eventually morphed into the Yuppy Capitalists and it felt as if most of the Boomers abandoned trying to change the world.

After '68, the Status Quo resurfaced with a vengeance and political correctness imprisoned us in a New 'Guilted Age', the era of the Lobbyist and Self Interest. This pitiful Era may have reached it's zenith in 1998 when political correctness forced Baby Boomer President Clinton to share his "PERSON" of the Year award with his nemesis Kenneth (what's the frequency) Starr

..no relation to Beatle Ringo Starr.

Forty years after '68 and the domestic unpopularity of the War in Iraq eerily mirrors Vietnam. The exuberant feeling of providential destiny that America felt that it had acquired by saving the world back in WW2, is remarkably clinging on the ledge by it’s fingernails. The once de facto presumption that the USA was going to SAVE the world from itself is on life support in 2008.

Which brings me to the insufferable, mindboggling, coverage of the Presidential Race now in it’s final year ((sigh))

The Democrats had the chance to organise a run at the White House with a Hillary/Obama ticket that would have sent a positive message to the rest of the planet. With Dubya's approval rating in the 30 percentile one would imagine that this strategy would have almost guarandamnteed a decisive victory.

Now that the ridiculous no holds barred bitchfest electoral popularity contest has scraped off all of the feelgood shine on the Dems, the (Silent Majority) Republicans have a better than even chance of winning again…

who’d have thunk it possible 6 months ago? The fact that a person of colour or one with ovaries has never been President is a sad, pathetic, testament in and of itself.

Now I am a Canadian but unfortunately what happens below the 49th parallel will have more of an effect on my world than a Federal Election would up here..
which is more of a 30 day eeny-meeny-miney-mo type thing anyway. To be fair we have never had any illusions about single handidly policing and rescuing the world.

Forty years ago in 1968 there were already 5 countries that had Nukes;
USA ‘45, Russia ‘49, UK ‘52, France ‘60, China ‘64.
In 2008 we live in an infinitely more dangerous and volatile world;
India ‘74, Israel ‘79, Pakistan ‘98, North Korea ‘06…and these are the countries that we know about! Which is almost as terrifying as the thought of the psychotic, delusional, religio-terrorists getting their 'next-world-lovin' hands' on Nuclear Weapons.

List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons

History may repeat itself again and the ture cost of getting out of Iraq may be require a a return to a more formal recognisable brand of Conservatism.

Because the world is so f*cking scary there are no real electable Peacenik Hippy Candidates running for President. The mass hysteria of the conglomerate controlled Media insists that the present situation requires uber-tough love, a 'carry a BIG stick' kind of love for mankind.

If the ‘DREAM’ had not died in ’68 would/could this craaaaaaaaazy world have turned out any differently?