Yesterday's post-thesis, "I need to think about something else for a while" adventures led me on some interesting journeys. It started with the news... this headline caught my eye: "Students attend first integrated prom." I was expecting to read the story and find out that it was some place in Africa -- perhaps in South Africa where apartheid ended a little more than a decade ago. So I read the story... including this quote: "I've asked, 'Why can't you come [to the Prom]?' and they're like, 'My mommy and daddy -- they don't agree with being with the colored people,' which I think is crazy," she said.
I was quite surprised to find out that the story was based on a place that was less than 50 miles from where I lived for nearly 5 years... the story was from Ashburn, GA -- 160 miles south of Atlanta. Read the full story at: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/04/23/turner.prom/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Then I made the mistake of listening to Dan, who pointed me to a website where one can watch all kinds of documentaries... and I came across one called "Bush link to Kennedy Assassination." I've never much subscribed to conspiracy theories... haven't cared for the idea, no considered them to be serious alternatives. But my curiosity got the better of me -- I've been curious about the JFK assassination for quite some time -- and I watched the film. Interesting. Lots of little bits of evidence put forth that raise quite significant questions about George HW Bush... I don't want to elaborate on all of them, but let's just say there is pretty convincing case. And that's just JFK's assassination, to say nothing over some other theories that are out there regarding Bay of Pigs, Watergate, and Iran-Contra.
While these are all just theories... they led me to wonder something I've been wondering frequently over the last 7 years, and that is: How in this world can a third-rate recovering alcoholic who has never been successful at much of anything become the President of the US? I must say that conspiracy theories shed quite a bit of light on that in the way of networks, favors, and connections... and it leads to a necessity to ask questions about more current events, particularly 9/11 and Iraq. But, like the media and vast majority of the public.. I don't have time for that right now. I have a thesis to work on.
And work related to that thesis leads me on interesting journeys as it relates to our food... I continue to find ways to be disgusted by the food industry... factory farmed meat to ready-to-eat meals, other poor substitutes for "food"... mostly brought on by our own ignorance.
All of these things seem to happen out of our ignorance. Or our apathy. Either way, when I'm looking at the things we are doing to the world... climate change, species loss, and so many other things that are leading us in the opposite direction of a sustainable world... these two -- ignorance and apathy -- will be what decides whether or not we can make it. So while I'm weighed down by the awesome amounts of ignorance and apathy that dominate... I'm buoyed by the hope that comes from knowing how fast things can change when people decide it's time to change. Let's make the decision sooner rather than later...
Then I made the mistake of listening to Dan, who pointed me to a website where one can watch all kinds of documentaries... and I came across one called "Bush link to Kennedy Assassination." I've never much subscribed to conspiracy theories... haven't cared for the idea, no considered them to be serious alternatives. But my curiosity got the better of me -- I've been curious about the JFK assassination for quite some time -- and I watched the film. Interesting. Lots of little bits of evidence put forth that raise quite significant questions about George HW Bush... I don't want to elaborate on all of them, but let's just say there is pretty convincing case. And that's just JFK's assassination, to say nothing over some other theories that are out there regarding Bay of Pigs, Watergate, and Iran-Contra.
While these are all just theories... they led me to wonder something I've been wondering frequently over the last 7 years, and that is: How in this world can a third-rate recovering alcoholic who has never been successful at much of anything become the President of the US? I must say that conspiracy theories shed quite a bit of light on that in the way of networks, favors, and connections... and it leads to a necessity to ask questions about more current events, particularly 9/11 and Iraq. But, like the media and vast majority of the public.. I don't have time for that right now. I have a thesis to work on.
And work related to that thesis leads me on interesting journeys as it relates to our food... I continue to find ways to be disgusted by the food industry... factory farmed meat to ready-to-eat meals, other poor substitutes for "food"... mostly brought on by our own ignorance.
All of these things seem to happen out of our ignorance. Or our apathy. Either way, when I'm looking at the things we are doing to the world... climate change, species loss, and so many other things that are leading us in the opposite direction of a sustainable world... these two -- ignorance and apathy -- will be what decides whether or not we can make it. So while I'm weighed down by the awesome amounts of ignorance and apathy that dominate... I'm buoyed by the hope that comes from knowing how fast things can change when people decide it's time to change. Let's make the decision sooner rather than later...
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