america doesn’t produce any of the stuff it sold.
and hardly produces anything at all.
it was only a matter of time before nobody could buy it.
so it’s matural that nobody would sell it anymore.

it’s time for the foreign producers to start enjoying the fruits
of their own industry.

but there is cause for optimism for america.
we may not be an intellectually industrious culture like china
but we do have bravado.
it took china 500 years to recover.
i bet america can do it in the less than 480
if we start retraining now.
so start retraining now.
a journey of even a thousand years..you know the rest.

the wider it gets, the slower it moves, and the more space there is between rings…

now, we know there is no way to stop it, but what happens in the meantime?

I know there are people who still have their jobs…I was just at an interview (I am in technology, which has actually been suffering for years from neglect due to greed) where for 4 hours I entertained my prospective employer, for a perfect position for my skills, personalities meshed beautifully on both sides, and yet…’They loved you, but are going with someone they know…”

So, I ask myself, why bother? why not just drop out, move to the woods, move some rocks around, and prepare for next winter by replicating primitive survival techniques as seen in the movies? eat bugs? chew bark? make fire with stones and straw?

I think about the people who can’t imagine the day when the lights go out, and already see more people sleeping in the park, in this cold early summer, than in any previous years. I know an old man who has lost all his retirement, because he was loyal to Merrill Lynch, his first employer 50 years ago, who knew Mr. Merrill personally, and has kept all his money in Merrill stock all these years. He is despondant…but I am not.

I am so angry that the pure energy from rage keeps me from giving up. I watch the teensy tiny upcreep in jobs postings, and pity the hr folks who have to sift through thousands, yes, thousands of resumes. I watch the insane politicians flipping & flaying like dying fish in a sea of poison…

Stories of the Mushroom Cloud…well, like George Carlin said, bless his soul, the earth doesn’t care if humans are on it or not…it will renew itself, despite the abuse we’ve subjected it to…we, as a species may not survive, and the structures we’ve created, corporate, institutional, cultural, are likely all doomed, in their current form.

We are experiencing a transformation, and who can say what will happen? We are like an adolescent, with a serious case of hormonal imbalance, prone to insane acts of impetuous dangerous and destructive behaviour. Some, no doubt, will survive, even thrive, but it will certainly take a long time to finish this transformation. The details are truly interesting, but the big picture is really amazing.

I don’t really mean this to sound so pessimistic…the chronicles on these times (like this site) is proof that there is hope, because there is

1) intelligence (light)
2) anger (energy) and
3) compassion (warmth) …

all ingredients for a new life form…viva la revolution!