[lit-ideas] Re: End of Times
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:47:15 -0400
You want science to substitute for superstition in the year 2006? God is like
a mechanical bunny on a racetrack (the Jewish guy); the Messiah will return
from a well (Islam); God wants the perfect heifer, and when they get one, it's
all over (the Christian, with the all important rabbinical assistance). The
New Middle Ages? How about the New Stone Ages? Even W.B. Yeats. Did he
believe that stuff? Stupid question. Everybody believes that stuff. Anything
that happens, tsunamis, bird flu, are all acts of God in the year 2006.
Marlena is still conspicuous by her absence. She once said the Bible
prophecied the end of times will come from China. Maybe she meant pollution.
30% of the pollution in California is from China. 20% of the mercury in the
Great Lakes is from China. There's literally no blue sky left in China.
They're in love with cars. Something like 23,000 miles of beautiful interstate
have been built in China since 2000; the U.S. has a total of about just
under 50,000 miles. They're not worried about end of times. They're having
too much fun driving, the middle class is anyway, which numbers about 250
million compared to our 300 million. The rest are still very much dirt poor
peasants, but they're still pouring into the cities. In case anybody started
to get cheered up, there are something like 300,000 deaths directly related to
pollution per year in China. It's funny how ethanol is sweeping the U.S.
(supposedly), but to create ethanol they have to use coal (and oil based
fertilizer for the corn, courtesy of ADM). Coal is exactly what's polluting
the air so much in China. Can't win. That mechanical bunny, just can't keep
up with him.
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These people should a) look into Quantum Physics and b) learn how to live in
the Now.
Julie Krueger
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Date:7/23/06 12:54:12 A.M. Central Daylight Time
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