Let’s walk and talk through the madness gripping this ball
of confusion, mass confusion.
Raised as an only child, my paternal grandparents crafted
me into an “inquisitive” reader. I routinely
sat on the front porch, in my “treehouse”
Gramps had constructed, or in the bathroom
with a Reader’s Digest, an edition of Weekly Reader, Boys Life, Right On, Jet, The Auto of
Frederick Douglass, “Life” and “Look” coffee
table picture books, National Geographic and the World Book Encyclopedia books, seriously.
Trust me, I’m a vivid example of a massive waste of
parental time and resources, and I like to
believe pure inherent talent…. “Underachiever” is my middle name.
On one occasion they gave me an oversized set of iconic
disaster newspaper headlines, you know, like
the sinking of the USS Maine, the Hindenburg,
The Great Depression, December 7th, 1941, and
the blood-soaked trilogy of JFK, MLK & RFK
assassinations, and of course, the sinking of
the RMS Titanic.
For whatever reason, perhaps my innate fear of water, I
was fixated on the Titanic, at around age 9.
Virtually none of my peers were.
The Titanic remains above all else an illustration of
greed and arrogance, placing oneself, and
others, in harm’s way… in search of massive financial
rewards.
There are ubiquitous examples of this reckless,
thoughtless, and careless attitude present
throughout society, like the magical pills
with wild names from immense Pharma peddling
treatments for conditions you weren’t even
aware of, bombarding us with ads, regardless
of the far-reaching side effects of these
formulations. “If you bleed out of your ears, can’t breathe, your heart
begins skipping beats, contact your
physicians.”
The vivid colors and synthetic scents of the foods we eat
mask the invasive additives that significantly
benefit the big-name producers while causing
growing health risks like a sixth finger on
our hands. Greedy corporations don’t think
twice about mass-producing these harmful
commodities, even with the government’s
lenient stance - all for a hefty portion of
gleaming profits.
Marauding, rapacious voodoo
economics, honed and perfected by cunning
minds trained at the world’s top business
schools. Steely-eyed, rapacious capitalists
engaging in unscrupulous, predatory practices,
honed by formidable corporate titans from
esteemed institutions - what does that tell
us, my friend?
Buyer beware!
Ford recognized that the “Pinto” hatchback was a virtual
ticking time bomb, with an explosive gas tank
mounted to the back bumper. Yet, in an act of
insatiable greed, they reasoned that any
potential lawsuits resulting from these
dangerous cars would only affect a small
fraction of vehicles and still lead to
enormous financial gain. Consequently,
production continued without even the
slightest modification to the flawed
blueprint.
The government, the lawyers, and the dealers - they were
all aware of what was really going on, but
despite that, everyone was getting filthy
rich.
Gilded missiles and misguided
minds… men drunk with power….
Recently, the world, fixated on wealthy people, as always,
all but ignored the mass drownings of perhaps
as many as 750 Pakistani, Syrian, Egyptian and
Palestinian refugees and migrants. Only 104
people were rescued alive from the
Mediterranean Sea. Granted, they weren’t
assumed to be alive for almost a week, but our
collective compassion and interest was about a
“5” on the “give a damn” meter, while for the
Titan tragedy, it was like 5 blond-haired
White millionairess beauty queens were being
held hostage by a group of Black thugs….
Gilded missiles and misguided
minds… men drunk with power….
It’s interesting the value and importance, or rather lack
thereof, that can be attached to human beings,
fascinating how the worth and significance, or
even the absence of it, which can be placed on
human beings varies so drastically. We have
misplaced and misconceived values and
standards.
Are we merely “cave” people living with electricity?
Russian Emperor Vladimir Putin towered in evident
intoxication, drunk with power, unrestrained
in his aspirations for control. His attempted
annexation of Ukraine serves as evidence of
his deep-seated appetite for wealth and
dominance. The recent Prigozhin Rebellion
brought into strong scrutiny the extent of his
authority, leaving some to question if Russia
could be perceived as a nuclear-armed fuel
station with a harmless elf as its mascot.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s ravenous goal to seize absolute
sway in 2024 appears driven by his hunger for
power and supremacy.
Clutching power in their ruthless fingers, China has a
maniacal man at the helm with a vision to
monopolize the planet. Israel is led by a
power-hungry madman in Netanyahu. And all the
while, weapons of mass destruction exist on
every corner, threatening global destruction.
Gilded missiles and misguided
minds… men drunk with power….
May the Gods help us!
