ARE WE HAVING FUN NOW?
"The sun does not rise in the east. That cannot happen. We can't allow it. If the sun were to rise in the east - just for the sake of argument for it is impossible - then Greece will default, the euro will collapse, the European Union will disintegrate, and all of civilization will face a doom worse than the catastrophe of Global Warming, which by the way, is real."
Don't you find this awesome denial of reality by all the leaders of Europe absolutely hilarious? Yet this only scratches the surface of mirth regarding what is happening in our world now. Speaking of our world, I'm writing this 35,000 feet above it, flying to Africa on a wing and a prayer. The wing is an Airbus 380-300's, the prayer is that I'll have an internet connection in Bangui in the Central African Republic once I get there so I can post this on TTP.
Where I am and where I'm headed is perhaps an apt metaphor. I'm over the Sahara now, with its sandy uninhabited wastes reminding me of Zero's desertification of America's economy and culture. I'm going into the unknown, the deepest jungle abyss of the Dark Continent, similar to the chaotic unknown future facing America.
Yet this non-stop Air France flight from Paris is packed, full of folks with no sense of foreboding whatever. Nor should we, facing the future we are bound for. It's about time we began looking forward to it.

