I wake from this nightmare, Bush. It's a dark and stormy night... no, seriously, it's a dark and stormy night and there's this massive supertanker, its hold filled with a zillion billion barrels of crude. Oil, that is. Texas tea. Black gold... No, sorry, wrong story. Anyway, imagine this: black clouds, shrieking winds, towering waves, a rocky coastline up ahead. The captain's drunk. Okay, not drunk. He gave that up. He's blind. He's worse than blind because he thinks he is blessed with twenty-twenty vision. He has this big, stupid smile on his face as he stands at the helm of his ship, so proud to be its captain.
Well, the passengers... so, right, this isn't a supertanker after all, it turns out it's a kind of super cruise ship, with three hundred million people on board, and a bunch of the passengers look ahead and see the rocks and they all start yelling, "Change course! Change course! We're headed for the rocks!" But the captain, they discover, is not only blind, he's also deaf, and he doesn't hear their cries. "Trust me," he says. He has this vision of a rosy future. "Change course! Change course!" the people yell, more and more terrified as they approach the rocks. But the officers and crew all say, "No, no! We love our trusted leader, he can do no wrong! He's the great protector. He's the decider. He speaks to God. And better yet, God speaks to him!"
Meanwhile, the hundred foot rogue waves come speeding in from the open ocean at three hundred miles per hour and that dreadful grinding sound you hear comes from the metal of the hull as it begins to scrape the ragged rocks beneath... The whole ship shudders horribly...
And I wake up from this nightmare, Bush, and I hear the news about North Korea's nuclear test, and I realize that it wasn't a nightmare after all. It's just what's happening.
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Hi Peter. Knew that one was coming. Once you have it, there is no fear of the other guy. But wait! The UN comes, maybe, to the rescue and sanctions North Korea... Gringo, it will be a new future, and if all aren't careful... it will be bright. Leave us pray that there won't be nuclear weapons in Iran, only energy they have the right to have. So sorry my friend, but as for the loose cannons having this sort of power, I can not agree with you. Poor Einstein must be turning in his grave about now. Go read the book Hiroshima, then once you have, tell me you want to see North Korea and Iran with these horrid weapons of mass destruction. If they were ever to land on our soil, it would be devastating. There is also the chance of a chain reaction, want to be part of it? I have 5 adult children and 16 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren, I really would like to see them live out their lives. I don't want to be a part of 'a bright new future', one without much of anything left... Have a nice evening:).
Wow! Hey Gringo, just a short question. Do you always stay perpetually angry at everyone, or do you come out of that long enough to have dialogue with other people? No, my friend, Einstein regretted that bomb the rest of his life... you need to read up on him a tad. He would be far from proud. As far as Hiroshima, you missed the point Gringo. How would you like to try to get someone out of a river, only to come away with outer skin sliding off of their flesh? There are many points, unfortunately that you have missed... in your anger... but yes, Bush does have a crazy belief system:).
You speak a lot for me, but I don't think that way. You put words into my mouth, and thoughts into my head that aren't there. You don't read what I say, you jump back into your own thoughts with no thought of dialogue between us:(. I think that from now on I shall not try to have a communication that is only one way. Maybe someday you will see what you are doing, I hope so. Peace and light Gringo...
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