So I'm thinking, what the hell are we (Mrs. Dada, I and Sammy) going to do if (when) we bomb Iran? I've got to face reality, this isn't Venezuela where (U.S. supported) coups aren't tolerated and are overturned by the people. (Proof: U.S., November 2000 Florida presidential election.)
This isn't a nation of leaders who fear the people, it's a nation of people who cower before their leaders. Americans haven't the will to resist the decisions of a small group of insane men lusting for more and more power, no matter how many innocent lives and shit they have to destroy to attain it.
I don't know what we'll do, but I dream about blogging from someplace where the most pressing thought when I get up in the morning is to check and see what the fuck those stupid Americans are up to now. God, what a kick that would be, to view this insanity from afar, as laughable!
That's the dream. The reality that's far more likely is I'll stay aboard this sinking ship of fools. Thankfully, I won't be losing much. With the majority of my best years behind me before the Bush regime landed upon our shores, it's the younger ones I feel for. But maybe not too much. They seem well distracted by "American Idol" while the pirates are looting their booty.
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I'm thinking dual citizenship in Canada... Eh?
Last year we went to British Columbia, and I was impressed at just how happy Canadians seem to be. I mocked myself at my lack of basic metric knowledge (the odometer has metric #'s but they are in blue & you can't see them w sunglasses on!)- I felt like an idiot, thrown by kilometers per hour speed signs. I was baffeled too by the fact gas is sold by the liter. $24 a liter-- Huh??? Stupid Americans... not even up to speed with the unit measurements of .... the rest of the WORLD. Yes they are laughing at us, & I at myself.
But in the "now for something completely different category", today we had a group of Buddhist monks & activists start a Peace Walk for the end of Nukes today in our fair city. Nothing else seems to make much sense- there is a spark of sanity, and a glisten of hope. Mostly I leapfrogged to various sites through out the day, but at some point, joined the walk. Chanting, drumming, in a procession, simple, humble, but pure. It was refreshing and recharged my batteries. The monks & walkers will go all the way to the Bangor Washington US Naval Submarine Base, Startegic weapons facility, where likely interfaith visionaries, along with random peace activists, will be arrested for, civil obediance. Sounds like a nice summer trip to me. The Monks are not walking the entire way, they will fast forward to some places.
There is one very elder Monk doing the walk as well... it was an honor to be in their presence today. A walk on the sane side.....
If plane flight is out, I vote for the southern tip of Vancouver Island. I fondly remember a vacation in Victoria. Just a ferry ride away from the cares of the world. Yes, what a pleasure it would be to keep track of USidiotsy from the perspective of a kindly neighbor concerned about the demented guy next door, the guy who still insists on giving everyone his advice years after he apparently lost his mind. And as Got Dem brings up, learning the metric system should be easier than learning french. ~~ D.K.
http://www.victoriatravelguide.com/
ps, what IS the mysterious key that prevents me from linking (with those nice little blue links) in blog comments? ~~ Frustrated, D.K.
funny, i didn't think people were cowering -- i think they are being brainwashed - numbed out by tv and the bought and sold media...
we - the american people - do have a will...it's just we need to find it again...hugs my friend!
I, too thought about abandoning the ship, but I've decided to hang in there for the duration. Who knows, something wonderful might happen.
Fast Food for Slow Minds
I've only been to CA twice. Calgary to the Canadian Rockies once, Victoria, Vancouver Island was the second.
I liked Banff, but my favorite that trip was a very little village called Field in eastern B.C. I think I could definitely live there.
On Vancouver island, Chemainus on the eastern side of the island with murals painted on the sides of many buildings enthralled me.
I got the impression Canada is more of a stickler re its laws. Visiting Calgary tower a couple hours before our plane was to leave, we returned to the street to find our rental car had been towed with luggage and all. But they were nice enough for me to send in my ticket for a partial refund and, fortunately, we made our flight.
Nice story G.D. Sometimes renewal comes to us from a direction we're least expecting.
And az...I'm probably just more pessimistic than you but, man, do I hope you're right!
dada, now that you mention it, I recall our rental car was almost towed when we left it overnight at the Victoria BC ferry (as advised by our hotel, to make for easier departure the next morn). I say "almost" because instead of towing it, they merely left us a polite note asking us to please observe this is a no-overnight parking area. Very polite, those canadians. I think the reason they didn't tow it is because they felt so sorry for us. You see, we had inadvertently parked it directly under a favorite pigeon roosting area. So it was, we found our beige car completely covered in hardened white bird guano & I do mean completely. We had the distasteful job of scraping off the windshield before we could drive it up the ferry ramp, thus delaying our scheme for being among the first in line for the early morning ferry. And here we'd thought we'd found an overlooked prime space right near the head of the car line. ~~ D.K.
Loved your Canadian rental car experience, deke. Speaking of getting your car covered with "stuff" reminded me of our other Canadian trip with our other rental car. It was a white Pontiac. Slowed by construction, a truck that had been spraying an oily tar on the road, raised the arms of his sprayers, allowing traffic to pass. Only the oily tar he had been spraying from the extended arms didn't shut off in the upright position. The result was 4-5 cars getting tarred!
It caused considerable delay for the 4-5 cars weren't quite satisfied with the crew chiefs reassurance, "It'll wipe right off." It didn't. Taking pics and waiting for a real supervisor from Belligame (Bellingham?) to arrive, we ended following him to their equip. garage in town. He later drove us to the A/P for a new rental car. PDX in portland was surprised when we returned a Ford Taurus instead of the Pontiac and, while this didn't happen in Canada, it was during our Victoria trip.
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