Okay, the Visa's back in my hand, flight's confirmed, everything's almost set, except for the actual DOING of all this, which there is no expediting. Just as well, I suppose, and in the immortal words of Patrick Star from Spongebob Squarepants, "I'll be mellow when I'm DEAD!" for now, it's a whole lot of "Yikes and away!" and dodging trees on the way from here to there. And yes, I probably DO have a preoccupation with cartoons, but as serious as the rest of my life is, one has to lighten up at some point, thus, why not lighten up in the company of someone whose goal it is in their LIFE to lighten your load, like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Spongebob Squarepants or whomever you choose?! Makes perfect sense to me, somehow we have to counteract all the John Hinckleys, Dick Cheneys, Arnold Schwarzneggers, and whomever else the Republican Party can controvert, either from that person either actually being in the Republican fold, or having been so folded, spindled and mutilated by a Republican-led America that they have no choice but to be a nut?! Well, anyway, that's just MY little take on things, it means nothing, essentially, because in the wake of the fall of Communism, generally speaking, and the fact that Socialist society, as explained to me by a card-carrying Socialist, ie; a society where the wealth is retained by the people who generate it, is hobbled by a gap between idea and execution the size of the Grand Canyon, nothing else will simply never happen on a large scale. (and don't tell me about England, or any other European country where "Socialism works," okay, it very well might, but the countries themselves where it does peak out in size and population at about the size of Texas.) Capitalism and the Democratic society have their faults, we all know that, we see it every day, and God bless Jay Leno for his RIGHT as an American to make fun of the system.
How much worse could it be than America, as it stands? Ask a Holocaust survivor or a Native American, I guess. It's a sad commentary on the state of things, and just as sad that, even though my daughters, at this point, don't understand what I mean when I say, "Fair is for cows, and even they're halfway to hamburger," inevitably, they will. SIGH. I recall a laboratory study years ago, don't ask me what institution, or any other details, but that basically proved that beyond a certain threshhold population density, we all just go more and more NUTS in more visible ways. The study was done on mice, and over a certain population density was where we started having higher incidence of random, mouse-on-mouse violence, homosexuality, and what generally would be regarded as a breakdown in society as a result, essentially, of a turf battle. Even the mice, in striving to hold their ground, went to lengths you amost wouldn't believe to do so. So will the madness of what we refer to as "civilization" continue until we've all essentially either annihilated each other or been killed off by disease just barrel forward, unchecked by ANYTHING? Perhaps, except for the one thing that we all SHOULD be doing; thinking. I realize its impossible to ask every member of humanity to simply be more thoughtful in the manners in which they live their lives, but the truth is, if you want to, YOU CAN!
Abide by the idea that you shouldn't have more kids than parents, or ultimately at least no more kids than parent's hands to hold them. Ask yourself if a Hummer H2 really makes sense, particularly if your proclivity in living has more to do with yourself, someone special, and long weekends. Far be it for me to be the wet blanket, and say individuality is bad, my Lord, self-expression is probably more a part of my very being that a lot of people's! Gross abuses of everything else leaves nothing but us in the end, and then the question must be asked......."where do we go from here?" I make no greater plea to humanity than just THINK!!! Consider the universe outside yourself once in a while. We can all do things to make the world better. The question is, WILL WE?!