Global economics aside, the headlines are rife with “The Brink” headlines; things we are on the brink of. I like that word “brink”
brink [brɪŋk] n [from the FRee Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/brink]
1. the edge, border, or verge of a steep place the brink of the precipice
2. the highest point; top the sun fell below the brink of the hill
3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) the land at the edge of a body of water
4. the verge of an event or state the brink of disaster
We are on the brink in many different ways, from global disaster to scientific discoveries of a magnitude we can’t even imagine, and yet within this mess of a symphony we have all the emotional components that ebb like a tidal force, from the collapse of one nation, the lies discovered about corporations, celebrities, politicians and others, to the brink of utter mediocrity when we celebrate the Kardashian wedding, throwing in Lindsay Lohan tossing shots for good measure.
•Libya Rebels Overtake Tripoli As Gaddafi Regime Crumbles – on the brink of collapse
•Child Identity Theft Takes Advantage Of Kids' Unused Social Security Numbers – on the brink of massive fraud
•Rihanna Ditches The Red, Returns To Brunette – on the brink of boring me to tears
•Space Hotel Pictures: Russian Firm Releases Photos Of Commercial Space Station – on the brink of excitement about SOME space venture even if we are not a part of it.
•Supreme Court Justice, Tea Party Wife Wage War On Obama Health Care Law –on the brink of rethinking the whole Supreme Court thing!
In fact, the next most overused statement is “The Truth of..” where generally there is little truth to be found. As Jack Nicholson shouted in “A Few Good Men” : “You want the truth; you can’t handle the truth.”
I am on the brink of screaming at some of the idiocy that I feel surrounded by. Look at the rapid, and ever increasing degradation of the fabric of society. I spend more time trying to decipher the truth, find facts, live a simple and decent life and make a living to support my family and frankly it is getting near impossible to do that.
Food is either tainted, mislabeled or just bad for you. I can’t tell my a label where it came from because often you are told that it is packaged in the USA which does not mean it comes from the USA. An example of this is the tainted honey stories circulating how China exports the honey to us complete with contaminants and in some case just colored sugar water with a trace of honey. This story alleges that US manufacturers faced with shortages have mixed in this product. More HERE and HERE and HERE
Why is this not big news? Well can we trust our media? The premise of an unbiased media seems to be gone in the minds of the American public, although most reporters I know realize they are only as good as their last story (and that would be a great story were it not for the vast government conspiracists that keep this sort of thing under wraps tighter than the Area 51 alien bodies and crashed spaceship from which we gained our modern technology – except figuring out those damned stupid crop circles!
We’re on the brink of something, to be sure. With Libya collapsing and Ghaddafi, Khaddafi – however you spell it – looking more like Michael Jackson, and likely hiding in Saddham’s old hole, we are watching history unfolding with less interest than the wedding that Kim Kardashian flaunted or Rhianna changing her ugly red hair color, as if I care, as if it is important, as if this is that common cultural knowledge we are supposed to share that betters our species, or at least our nation.
But before you can say slow news day, break out the hypodermic for that daily fix of “The Brink” because now it turns out that…
Department Of Justice Investigates BP For Faulty Oil Spill Estimates
Oh surprise me, please!!! The headline above it read BIG PROBLEM but in reality it is not a big problem but one that will get some press buzz, another idiotic oil head will step down and be replaced by a clone, as the oil continues to do its damage, as the global warming (whether man made or natural – who cares – it is getting hot!) increases destroying in the next handful of years what is left of the glaciers and forever (for us) altering the global weather patterns. Didn’t you enjoy the heat wave, America? Who needs to go to Florida for that tan. You can get it cheaper in Utah!
“Declined to answer” is the next favorite phrase almost always used because of on ongoing investigation, ongoing litigation, undisclosed terms of a settlement or just because we have no answers and would hate for you to think we are just plain STUPID.
Gotta love that 5th Amendment.
So it seems that the decline we face is based solely on the truth that puts us on the brink for which no one has a suitable thought and chooses instead to decline to answer. To cover this fact up we encourage the coverage of the likes of Linday Lohan shot putting at Kim Kardashian’s wedding (which, if celebrity nuptuals go, maybe over in another week) and then spend the rest of the time selling the American public on corrupt food products, police brutality against minorities, blaming POTUS for his shorter than Congress vacation, as we slowly all turn dark from the heatwave that we may have caused as a result of lax manufacturing controls, zero accountability for crooks, thieves and liars and of course, global warming regardless whether it was a result of creation or evolution. And for this, we always invoke the Almighty to bless us.
We are on the brink. We are surfers inside the big global toilet bowl of life and the chain has already been pulled. “Surfs up, dude!”
MisterWriter
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