It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of
a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into
privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing
algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the
planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times. How about those Republican family values! This morning, we received an email message that exposes the core of what Republican family values really are. It's from a youngster who expresses the essence of the Bush/Cheney campaign platform quite succinctly: Hi, i'm 14 years old and live in Washington State I just wanted to let you know that my S.U.V. loves Iraqi oil and also; BUSH CHENEY '04 Fuck You... Here it is, proof of the way that the Republican agenda is spreading smarmy, selfish, war-loving, polluting, foul-mouthed values amongst our nation's youth. Not exactly Ozzie and Harriet, is it? Oh, kids these days! I'm wondering: Is this young fella on the Bush/Cheney campaign staff? He seems to have really hit on a great campaign slogan for 2004: "BUSH CHENEY '04: Fuck You, America!" Return to the Irregular Times Main Page
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