The Cost of Affluence

“perhaps this essay will drag you with me, into the abyss of despair”

http://guymcpherson.com/2012/03/the-cost-of-affluence/

Acceptance, perhaps, can be built

By using a slight mental tilt:

Try to construe

An objective view,

Without too much blaming or guilt.

Abandoned Nuclear Reactors in the Future

The nuclear Doomsday Machine

Is not clean, or earth-friendly green;

It’s a time bomb that’s ticking,

And when it stops clicking,

Blows apart what's left of our scene.

Our unthinking nuclear spree

Provides a backup guarantee:

If not global heat,

Nukes assure we’re dead meat;

Not overly cautious, were we?

On top of what other things suck,

There'll be nuclear plants run amok;

When too much of this dread

Piles up on my head,

Sometimes I say, "WTF?"

There’s not much that really compares

To these serious real-life scares

For which we won’t contrive

Any way to survive,

But as usual, nobody cares.

"End of Empire News" Blog

While headed for doom on life’s cruise,

There’s up-to-date news you can use:

The reality views

Which you may peruse

At the “End of Empire News.”

http://endofempirenews.blogspot.com/

Cassandra

When first understanding doom’s script,

Your mind’s turned around like you’ve tripped;

Next, your predictions

Are greeted as fictions,

And people just think that you’ve flipped.

NASA

http://billhicksisdead.blogspot.com/2012/03/nasas-slow-collapse-continues.html

What is a space program worth

While we fail on our planet of birth?

We’re not going to Mars

Or out to the stars—

We won’t even survive here on earth. 

Einstein Vindicated

"Einstein vindicated as neutrinos obey speed limit"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-17/einstein-can-rest-easy-as-neutrinos-obey-speed-limit/3895896

Ever since time first began,

Light traveled as fast as it can;

Al’s theories still thrive

(Except for warp drive)

‘Cause he’s fucking Einstein, man!

It sure is a clean machine

For particles to careen,

But putting that drive

Into how to survive

Would make me feel much more serene.

What is important to know?

Where should our best thinking go?

Not so much something new,

Rather, what’s best to do

While we’re slipping down off the plateau.

Technology isn’t a way

We can end up saving the day,

But it seems beyond doubt

That there is no way out,

So whatever, I guess it’s O.K.

More South Park

Kenny

Kenny helps get us instilled

That doom prophecy will be fulfilled:

Whatever we do,

Before the show’s through,

Somehow, we’re gonna get killed.

Cartman

The concept’s not too esoteric:

The future will look just like Eric;

He’s got the right stuff

For playing it rough

And being completely barbaric.

Chef

Gonna make sweet love all night long,

Pretty woman, take off that thong;

Play with my dong

And I’ll sing you a song,

Oh woman, you can't go wrong....

Chef! CHEF! CHEF!

Wha? Oh, hello, children.

Waiting

Once we’ve accepted our fate,

And the fact we can’t alter its rate

Or make its course veer,

Like the headlight-struck deer,

We’ve got nothing to do but wait. 

Stuck?

When confusion and feeling stuck surge

So you don’t even know your own urge,

Don’t run away:

You’ll find, if you stay,

That soon something new will emerge. 

Who’da Thunk It?

An intimate talk with a friend,

Intelligence to comprehend,

Great ideas we have penned,

Fine arts that transcend—

Who thought this would all ever end?

Kubler-Ross Stalling

Bargaining can become an obsession

To delay the next stage in succession;

When it finally gets through

That there’s nothing you can do,

It’s time to deal with depression. 

Vanity of Vanities

Vanity, all is in vain:

All that man strove to attain

Will return, as he must,

Back to earth’s dust,

And nothing of it shall remain.

Just Passing Through

Overshoot’s no aberration,

But a recognized expectation:

A new permutation

Of species innovation

For a temporary duration.

Wisdom from Walden

Ask how those who suffer privation

Handle all their frustration;

The answer they’re giving:

Most people are living

Lives of quiet desperation.

Corruption and Global Warming

Seeing corruption’s depressing,

But most folks are acquiescing;

Not up to redressing

That kind of transgressing,

They’ll never stop warming progressing.

Why Prepping is Important

Prepping means being a buyer

For when there is no more supplier:

Then things won’t be dire

When what you require,

You should have acquired prior.

Selective Inflation

Selective inflation for you

Means only enough money to

Buy things you desire

And do not require,

But not for the things that you do. 

Feeling Like Cassandra?

What we have to say is so hot,

We can’t see how folks think it’s not;

A more comforting view

Is there’s nothing we can do,

And the long-term difference is squat.