Remain calm. Try to pretend we haven’t completely drained the planet’s resources. I mean, it keeps spinning no matter what we do to it. Try to convince yourself that we haven’t pissed off every other nation, including our supposed allies. Then tell yourself that security is a reality and not the product of what we are taught to believe. Most of us believed in Santa until someone told us differently anyways.


I think this is probably why I don’t like flying. It really brings forward how skewed things have gotten lately. You are deprived of rights and dignity (trust me I get searched more than guys with all consonants in their name and a beard to their waist). Then you’re at the mercy of someone you don’t know to get you from point A to point B on a mode of transportation than inherently defies the natural order of things. There are literally hundreds of people ensuring your safety on any given flight and should one of them have one too many cocktails at lunch; their carelessness could mean your life. There you are strapped in and helpless.


Now we get another tape from Bin Laden saying they’re planning a new attack. Ask yourself, how much do you trust the government? I’ve been trying for almost 5 months to get my mail forwarded. The chances that color coded warnings and guys like me getting cavity searched at the airport are the reasons we have been safe the last 4 years sounds about al likely as our country adopting the metric system, increasing funding for education and collectively getting off our fat asses.