It’s The Pits Of Humanity!

“Where is she? Where is Humanity? I’ve been looking for her and I can’t seem to find her!” Says my daughter.

Sorrowfully, I respond: “Humanity has been long gone along with Justice and all those qualities that we describe as ‘Good’. Without going too far back into History, just think WWII and the atrocious criminality of the Holocaust, think Vietnam, Palestine, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, as well as Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Gaza for the Sixth Time and on and on and on!”

“And we believed that Good will prevail over Evil?”

“I am actually beginning to believe that half this world is likely Good, and half is likely Evil, and Evil seems to have been Overpowering the Good. I didn’t use to think so! I believed that Good was prevalent.”

Speaking of Good: there are thousands upon thousands of writers of all genres – novels, essays, articles, blogs etc. etc. – who are Honest, and who want to share either the Truth and the Facts, or their Experiences, Stories and Points of View. They sit in front of their computers doing their Research, wrapped in their feelings and sifting through the mounds of Information. Their job is Lonely, Exhausting, but Rewarding too! There are others who are Bought-And-Paid-For and whose objective is to disseminate Propaganda, Lies, and Misinformation. The US Corporate Media Hosts, Journalists and Reporters fall into this category. Their job is easy. They simply read the Talking Points they receive every morning and string those into words, sentences and blather that will Convince, Sway and Trigger the required Emotional Response in their audience. Common Good be damned! I have been aware of their Dishonest Tactics for a very long time. Nevertheless, I watched them, liked some of them, and, in fact, enjoyed some of their long-winded jabbering and false indignation. Some of their acting was actually fun to watch!

However, whether it is now that I am an aging woman who gets tears in her eyes over the slightest thing, and/or whether it is because I have witnessed so many Horrors in my lifetime that Corruption, Dishonesty, Complicity and Propaganda now offend me more than they ever did, I simply cannot listen to the US Corporate Media any more. I believe this feeling, which had been churning subliminally within me for long, was highlighted when Biden went to war with Russia using Ukraine as his Launching Pad. It seems that, again, Making Money is very okay for warmongering Biden, even if thousands are devastated in that depraved process! You need more proof than this article? I was more disgusted that no real context was ever given about any aspect of that misadventure, although there were many articles, opinions and facts written about the Truths of this Senseless War by very Respectable and Honest American Writers and Analysts. They were Never allowed on the Propaganda Channels that Political Leaders and their Minions, as well as Ordinary Americans were subjected to. Yet, even with that war raging, I still listened and watched, and even recorded some of my favorite talk shows. Now, with Netanyahu’s Cruel War intensifying in Gaza I have finally – finally – switched most of them Off, deleted the pre-set recordings and confined myself to the Principled Amy Goodman on Democracy Now; to the BBC which has been doing fairer reporting than others; and to Al-Jazeera for news updates, as well as C-Span’s Washington Journal, which is really terrific, and always shows both sides of an issue. I am also giving Ali Velshi, Ayman Mohyeldin and Mehdi Hasan of MSNBC another chance being that they were benched and muzzled after Gaza. Time will tell how “obedient” they have become to the State Department, Military Industrial Complex, AIPAC and their Bigoted Bosses, and whether I will continue to listen to them.

Stephen Sackur of the BBC’s HARDtalk program is much more Honest than the US Media Hosts when, for instance, he interviewed Representative Adam Smith, Democrat, House Committee on Armed Services and asked him (paraphrasing) that when he stated that Putin’s leveling of Mariupol in Ukraine was a War Crime would he say the same about Netanyahu’s leveling of Gaza? Perfect unanswered question that summarizes exactly all the Hypocrisy, Racism and Inequality!

Yet, unlike Political and Media figures there are still Moral, Ethical American Human Beings in this nation of ours be they Whistle Blowers, or Government Employees. Certainly, certainly Josh Paul, who resigned from his State Department post, is a terrific example! If you haven’t read about him in a Politico article and elsewhere, please do! Respect, and More! Moreover, there seems to be an upheaval amongst some  Staffers going on at the State Department, as well as amongst some EU employees regarding the Unconditional Support being given to Israel and its Propaganda Machine. There are also worldwide protests going on and demanding an end to the violence. Yes, indeed we can still find Integrity and Principles in this World!

Netanyahu stated at the beginning of this horrid war: “I will change the map of the Middle East.” Who the hell does he think he is? Striding the world lawlessly and yanking the chains of every Political Leader across the damn Planet? What is “this evil hold” that the Israeli Government has over all of them that they acquiesce to this nauseating and unjust extent? How can they stand by at this relentless and criminal Collective Punishment? How do they sleep at night while totally Complicit in this atrocity? Biden, as I have said, and will repeat, is Done! Done! Was he really Echoing the Israeli Propaganda Machine as he cast aspersions and quibbled on the Palestinian Health Ministry numbers of Dead? Really? Hypocritical  and so Insensitive. Would Five Thousand Dead be okay, Biden? More believable? Acceptable? Biden and his Entire Administration are Disgusting! So are the EU countries and NATO! Pathetic Colonist Hypocrites, Racists and Bullies! They are arrogant, corrupt, despicable, and I believe that the world has had enough of their bullying and warmongering!

Heartbreaking Sorrow, Despair, Guilty Helplessness, and, yes, Rage? Not even Close to how I feel! Not!

“Where is She Humanity? I looked for her and can’t find her,” says my daughter.

“Israel, Biden, the EU and NATO have warped and massacred her! It’s The Pits Of Humanity!”