On the turning away...

I have not felt like writing much this week. First we had the news of the torture memos. Always knew they existed, but reading them is sure sickening. Second, we have promises from the Obama administration that they will not prosecute these criminals.... I guess it is "Live and Let Torture" for this administration. Add that to the fact that the highest number of US military will be in combat roles come this fall since Vietnam - thanks to Obama. And that no one will be held accountable for the ruination of tens of millions of lives in a war of aggression. No one held accountable for the extrajudicial murders (those "ghost detainees" are quite dead) and kidnappings and sexual assaults. Did you know that it was okay under Bush to threaten rape, but not do it? But you can be sure that many folks went farther than threatening it. Oh, and the economy is going to keep on tanking. And the worst news of all - Pakistan is being overrun by the Taliban and Islamic extremists, and they will soon have their hands on a hundred nukes. Well, I heard it was 100 nukes in Pakistan, I don't know how many for sure. But I do know that Bush sold Pakistan F-16s, thereby making it possible for the Taliban/al Qaeda types to deliver them in an adjoining country.

Bombs away..........

The more we drop bombs on Pakistan, the more unstable it gets, and the more likely this is going to happen.

Bombs away..........

One day we will find out. And meanwhile, our elected officials, most of our corporate media, and a sizable majority of our population is going to turn away from all this evil, until it smacks them in the face and they cannot escape it.



This all reminded me of the song by Pink Floyd:

On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say
Which we wont understand
Don’t accept that what’s happening
Is just a case of others suffering
Or you’ll find that you’re joining in
The turning away

Its a sin that somehow
Light is changing to shadow
And casting its shroud
Over all we have known
Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that were all alone
In the dream of the proud

On the wings of the night
As the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite
In a silent accord
Using words you will find are strange
And mesmerized as they light the flame
Feel the new wind of change
On the wings of the night

No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
Its not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there’ll be
No more turning away?

I wish there would be no more turning away.... but it appears that is a dream, a mirage, nothing more.