MAD, MAD WHIRL

MAD, MAD WHIRL
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD. NO, NOT THE TITLE OF ONE OF THE ALL-TIME BEST COMEDY FILMS, BUT THE NONSENSICAL EDDY AMERICA FINDS HERSELF IN TODAY.

CELLPHONES AND BLACKBERRIES HAVE EMPOWERED THE IGNORANT, THE OBSESSED AND THE OBNOXIOUS. WHAT GOOD PURPOSE DOES EITHER OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES SERVE? THEY APPEAR TO DRIVE BOTH USERS AND OBSERVERS MAD.
CARBON-NEUTRAL VACATIONS ARE THE RAGE. GOING GREEN, ALSO CALLED THE 'PRICE OF OFFSETTING," IS NOTHING MORE THAN PLAYING WITH ILLUSION. TRUE NEUTRAL WOULD BE THE NEGATION OF A VACATION. WHO NEEDS TO ENTER ANOTHER WHIRL OF UNNECESSARY AND EXPENSIVE ACTIVITY CALLED A GETAWAY ANYWAY?

THEN THERE IS THE USE OF SUPERIOR WISDOM IN DECEIVING OTHERS, TANTAMOUNT TO SPIRITUAL THEFT. THIS IS PRACTICED IN WASHINGTON WHERE LEADERS USE THEIR SKILLS AND CLEVERNESS FOR PERSONAL GAIN, NOT TO PROMOTE HONOR OR CREATE A JUST STATE. AMBITION WITHOUT VIRTUE IS MADNESS.

AS HENRY DAVID THOREAU SUGGESTED, SIMPLIFY - DUMP THE CELLS AND BB'S, SIMPLIFY - DUMP THE VACATIONING, SIMPLIFY - DUMP THE POLITICAL BOZOS.