'A modern day journey through the wild western Balkans'

Thursday, February 09, 2006

Here's to you Johnny

I'm not entirely sure which news i should celebrate and/or pout about. In retrospect, i suppose the discovery of the Garden of Eden in the mountains of New Guinea should bring awe and excitement....and truthfully, at first, it did. The pouting has just set in though as I realize that what was just 'discovered' has now been officially opened to human handling. 'Just give us time, they said, and we shall inherit the earth.' Well shit, can't even a small chunk stay out of our greedy, needy reaches? First Galapagos, now the last remnants of the original south Pacific. But things could be worse. Halo ba!
The Christian right in America seem to be actually listening to the word of God - and are now confronting what GW has consistently called his 'base.' A loose coalition of righty repubs have called for immediate action against global warming? Mandatory emission cuts? Halo ba! Opposing baby bush's new corporate budget? And the Lord said, 'let there be light...and there was light!' Agnostics and Jehovahs unite!
Can you fucking believe it? A single parent, socialist, medical doctor, female as President of Chile. And we thought Hugo was a threat. Forget the twelve fighter planes (minus American parts, mind you) that Spain is selling to the Commandante Che-like rebel in Venezuela, and the indigenous, coca-farmer Presidente Evo Morales in Bolivia (Bechtel is still drying there eyes), how can Pennsylvania Avenue deal with a female socialist in South America's strongest growing economy. No wonder the Americans, even if just slightly, are abandoning ship and setting up shop for the final showdown -- Central Asia.
Don't think bombing Iran is out of the question. After all, if those Persian nutters decide to defy the American people and go EURO (just like Iraq had planned shortly before Bhagdad went up in flames) then America cannot simply let this became an example to other resource toting nations. Fortunately we've wrapped up our former friends and t-allies, the Talibani's, in Aghanistan and the pipeline is right on course and closely dotted by American bases. China, the brutal resource monger (how dare they challenge our consumption culture!) is being bullied by good ole Condoleeza to not invest in Africa just for their own resource needs but for the common good and sustainable development for the African people. Hmmm, just like the World Bank and our Bono converted buddy Wolfowitz do, huh? Halo ba!
But hey, who gives a shit about all this world politics rubbish when we have a new version of the pirates of the caribbean, in Somalia. The bandits in America abandoned Mogadishu are so sick of fighting for every bloody street corner that they have taken to the high seas. These mad fuckers are taking off some 80 odd nautical miles into the Red Sea to hijack large vessels for ransom. Is that fun or what? Africa, as our reliable disaster money area, on the verge of a few more 'picnics' for the international community to run to. Ethiopia and Eritrea are about to give it a go again and Congo, remember them, experiences the equivalent of a 9/11 just about weekly now. Halo ba! But hey, they don't call is the dark continent for nothing right?
So i wonder....and at times ponder, why on earth do i have to be so fucking 'heavy.' Why take so much of this to heart? Reading Johnny boys blog made me realize two things. One, don't forget to laugh at yourself and just take the piss more often than not. And two, one thing he said to me a long time ago -- 'if there is something we can do, we need to be asking ourselves 'what', and if there is nothing we can do, we need to be asking ourselves 'why not.' So here's to you Johnny from the crazy capital of the heart shaped land. Sarajevo, over and out ba.

4 Comments:

Blogger Juancho said...

I think you need to get off the bad acid man, and live a little. I've never heard ogf most of those "countries" you mention. Who cares! Fuck it! Ride your bike!

And set up word verification in your comments section or you will get spammed.

9:42 AM

 
Blogger Juancho said...

Yeah Che, Fuck You!

12:43 PM

 
Blogger che said...

Hey juancho....help me out with this blog shit heh?! Your blog seems to show all your shit whereas i gotta go all over the place to find what the hell is going on here. Forgive me, for we be a tad stupid in da Balkans.

3:13 AM

 
Blogger che said...

wow, i guess i should rule out any friendly dialogue here and just expect to be raked thru the coals on a regular basis. Well then, fuck you too maricon.

3:39 AM

 

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