The Absurd Times

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THE ABSURD TIMES

(The Absurd Times)

No, we are not under new management, just on our third title or address. We started with ContemporaryAwareness and gave up on that because it had too many letters to type in. Aware21 followed, but the focus had shifted. The articles on Cognitive Therapy are still in the archives (Mainly July and August, 2006), but then attention was on the election and the need to restore some semblance of a balance of power in government.

The original idea was to comment on the irrational situation in life and how cognitive science could enable people to live with it. However, simply mentioning these events and laughing at them is the only sage guide to survival in increasingly absurd times.

The name suggested itself to me while a talking conservative head on HARDBALL had published something in the NEW YORK TIMES and said that he first looked for a publication called the Ironic Times. Well, he had used the word correctly, he thought, because he was one of those who think of the New York Times as a leftist newspaper when it is really corporate owned and fairly right-wing. Whenever one of its reporters gets caught lying and being too fascist and exposed as such, they merely say “oops” and fire the reporter. The last incident had to do with a female reporter/supporter of the war in Iraq.

What really goes on today, however, is incredibly absurd. I have a few modest examples:

The Baker Hamilton Report, or Iraq study group report, bipartisan, made some suggestions to extricate us from the mess in Iraq. Bush, Rice, et al., jumped all over the suggestion that Iran, as well as other border and area countries, be involved, saying that Iran had to do such and such before they would talk to them.

The President of Iran was asked for his reaction, which was, essentially, “Why should we help George Bush? He started the mess and it’s his problem.” Everyone assumed that Iran was simply dying to get to talk to us.

Miss USA, a pretty blonde from Kentucky, is being de-Tiaraed. Seems she was drinking, doing coke, and kissing Miss Teenage America. Isn’t Miss USA supposed to represent the media’s version of what is ideal in the USA? Oh yes, guess who owns the pageant? Donald Trump!

Mrs. Bush said Condy Rice will never be President because she is single. I don’t need a reason. The main question is why Laura Bush ever made such a comment? Could it be because Rice made it to Provost while Laura stayed a librarian?

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