Madam Jane predicts -- nothing!
"I'm all confused about the future," I complained to Madam Jane
this morning over a nice cup of herb tea. "Do you see anything in
your crystal ball that can guide me? Should I travel off somewhere to
report on the news? Should I stay at home and chill out? And what
should I do over Christmas?"
"Sorry," replied Madam Jane. "I've got nothing." You've got nothing? Zilch? Nothing at all? There's no future for me? Wha?
I'd love to go down to Puerto Rico and help out. I'd love to go off to
the Philippines to see how that new anti-colonial president is doing. A
trip to Syria is always good. America and Israel always keep saying
that they are closing in on Assad. Yeah, right. Seems to me like just
another lame excuse to pour more of our taxpayers' money down an
already-very-clogged drain. America's "war" on Syria is just as useless
and cruel now as its "war" on Vietnam was useless and cruel back in the
day. America has no business in Syria. But I have! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOmQoADOQWs&feature=youtu.be
Maybe I could go off to Juarez. Lots of hot news there about what those
NAFTA criminals are up to this time around. Maybe I could go to Flora-duh. Or to
Washington DC and watch Joe McCarthy's ghost deck the halls. Or else
try once again to sneak into poor sweet Yemen to report on the ugly
Saudi/US-driven genocide there. Or go to almost any place in Africa.
There is such a large number of places in America's worthless has-been outdated dying
undemocratic brutal and stupid empire that could use a good op-ed
reporter right now -- and I am the best! https://news.vice.com/story/the-u-s-is-waging-a-massive-shadow-war-in-africa-exclusive-documents-reveal
"Sorry," replied Madam Jane. "The stars are just not aligned in your
favor." And neither is my bank account either. Maybe I should just
hang around here in the San Francisco Bay Area this winter -- which
seems to be the only sane place left in the world.
"Yes, I can see the Bay Area seceding from the rest of the planet,"
replied Madam Jane. "Perhaps you might actually have a future here."
Sounds boring. But I'll take it. Think globally, act locally? Better
that than no future at all.
PS:
If I really wanted to write about some of the many lives that have been
ruined by the decaying American empire, I would only have to walk down
the mean streets of any American city to see thousands of human beings
who have been broken by a cruel system that puts the twin evils of power
and money above everything else -- and especially above the teachings
of Christ, Buddha, Moses, Mohammad and just about everyone else I
respect.
PPS:
Maybe I'll just have a merry little Bay Area Christmas this year and
take public transportation to the Dickens Fair, the KPFA Christmas
crafts fair, the Union Square tree-lighting ceremony and, in the spirit of Jesus, to all the
away-in-a-manger homeless encampments that are springing up like
mushrooms around here. And perhaps I'll even buy a tree. And celebrate
Hanukkah, Buddha's birthday, the Hindu Festival of Lights, Mohammad's
birthday and any other religious celebration that I can think of.
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