May 13, 2013

• Is our species about done???

   

   

   

  

   

       Have you ever wondered why we’re even here?? The short answer is theological, but the long answer can be very complex. Some say we all descended from monkeys……where the monkeys came from is another mystery. Some believe the human circus started with a genetically challenged fish or a talking gecko lizard. Maybe it was just a simple one eyed jelly fish with a progressive mentality. Anyway, I don’t lose sleep over it, but what does keep me awake at night, is what went wrong? We are so convoluted, as a species, that we are often a hazard unto our own selves, much like a Republican rally.

       We need armed police to protect us from each other and huge armies to protect us from other civilizations who also need protecting from us! Humans and rats are the only mammals that kill their own kind without provocation. Through out history, our wars have filled cemeteries by the thousands and untold mass graves. We love movies with incredibly high kill ratios and our video games score us on our killing expertise. We are evidently preparing ourselves for one huge friggin shootout!!

       I don’t understand the human race anymore, just like I don’t understand how the voting works on American Idol. Racism, corporations, our government, and hotdog filler totally dumbfound me. It seems we stopped getting along with each other awhile back, so now we put up cameras, hook up security systems, erect fences and install extra locks. We buy guns and ass biting dogs. We keep stun guns and pepper spray at the ready as we walk around in public. The knock at the door after seven at night terrifies us! We are each others most feared enemy and bogyman! The days of the protective tribe are long gone now and even the days of my youth, when neighbors kept an eye on each other’s kids while watching out for strangers cruising the area. Now, we’re traumatized when our kids are ten minutes late from school and we quickly turn on the news as we reach for our phones. 

       What does all this mean? What’s it going to be like in fifty years? Will we live, work and educate our young in a bio dome that shields our home? Or.…will we simply finish what we have begun…..our annihilation as a species. Our planet’s turning into a compost heap of non degradable refuse and only a hippie would drink from a river or stream today. We’re preparing every day for the next war or conflict and the clock is ticking down to the next terrorist attack. We are the dinosaurs gazing up at the giant meteor, just before it hits earth. It seems like the human race is coming up to the finish line and on the other side of that finish line is a dark and nasty abyss filled with decaying lawyers and CEO‘s.

       I got stuck at the grocery store today with a dead car battery and two half gallons of ice cream and a large pack of chicken legs in the trunk. So, when I finally got my ass home, I decided to write a happy blog!!!!!!!!!!!!

   

                                                                                                                                                       Charlie

   

  

   

   

   

   

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