Author: Hala Deeb Jabbour

No, not the Real Zoo that the famous Dr. Seuss wrote about in 1950, but our Human Zoo, Our Planet with All Of Its Humans, that Chaotic Space where there is a whole lot of Jabbering and Yakking and None of it is making any Sense? Yes, that Zoo is what I’m talking about. So, What Would I Do if I had the run of That Zoo?

First and Foremost, the Fantastic News on June 24/25, 2024: Hero Julian Assange has been Freed! What an Uplifting, Delightful Day that was! Finally! Finally, this Hero’s Sham of an Imprisonment Ended! His Crime was that he exposed the US with it’s pants down and blood dripping from its fingers for the Atrocities and Murders of Thousands of Innocent Iraqis and Afghanis! Is that then why Genocide Joe and Worthless Blinken are Complicit as they witness Netanyahu’s Atrocities and Murders of Thousands of Innocent Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank? Despicable! So, If I Ran The Zoo I would give Medals of Honor to All Genuine Whistle Blowers and Investigative Journalists. Yes, I would!

Then, I would wistfully ask: Had the Brainless Elites of the Democratic Party, back before the 2016 Presidential Election, not thrown Bernie Sanders under the bus and promoted Hillary to compete with Trump would we have been in this miserable situation that we are in now? I do not think so! Therefore, we should be very careful when casting our vote for the 2024 Presidential Election, as well, and just as Importantly, Every Election in our States, Localities, Schools etc. etc. Got it, Humans? And, If I Ran The Zoo I would Mandate Voting on Every US Citizen who has a Valid US ID, and, I would Immediately Cancel “Corporations Are People” and get those nauseating Millions Bribing our Politicians and rendering Our Votes Meaningless out of our Elections! Yes, I would!

Of course, the goings-on in our country have been Hilarious in one way, and Tear-inducing in another! This brings me to the Presidential Debates, because political junkie that I am, I plastered myself in front of the Idiot Box and Watched, and Listened. However, even before the Extreme and Nauseating Hype about the Debate Event our Corporate Media Channels led me to believe that the bought-and-paid for schmucks on MSNBC and CNN rather than turning people away from Trump with their negative hype and vapid sensationalism seem to be salivating for him to Win because they would have ample material with which to continue their hyperventilating! As ousted Moonves, CEO of CBS once said (paraphrasing): He’s bad for the country, but great for our revenues! And what could be more immoral, unethical and corrupt as that? As for Fox, I am waiting for the day when All of Rupert Murdoch’s Evil News Empire will be totally dismantled! If I Ran The Zoo I would Mandate that the three corporate channels mentioned above change their descriptions from “News” to “Tawdry Entertainment.” Yes, I would!

Going back to the Presidential Debates: I must admit that the CNN Moderators, whom I do not like at all, did a fairly decent job considering that they had a difficult assignment. Who Won? Neither Trump and his braggadocio, nor Biden and his pathetic faltering. Who Lost? We, the American Humans! We Lost Big Time! Because, if the future of this nation rests with one of these two then I would be terribly, terribly worried about the US! Trump will execute the Heritage Foundation’s playbook: Project 2025, which is too scary for words, and Biden will be taking us from one war to the next; from one foreign policy misadventure to another, as well as continuing to parrot AIPAC’s talking points! It is a scary prospect! If I Ran The Zoo I would fire Both of them and save the Nation, perhaps even the Planet! In any case, we have about five months to go and who knows if there might be any surprises in the making?

Anyway, after watching I decided that If I Were Running The Zoo, I would Issue an Edict enforcing the use of Honest, Overt, Transparent, Ethical Dialogue throughout Our US Government beginning with the President and Our Administration, as well as throughout All The Governments of The World. No Double-speak. No Hypocrisy. No Hyperbole. No Verbal Gymnastics. No Empty Promises. Just Simple Plain Talk that Anyone, Anywhere can Understand. This is what most Humans are yearning for.

As a perfect shocking example of sinister political intrigue, I think it takes a whole lot of Arrogance, Gall and Chutzpah that the US Pentagon would indulge in a Clandestine Operation to undermine confidence in the Philippines, Central Asia and the Middle East regarding China’s Covid Vaccine? Such Gross Malfeasance at the height of the Epidemic? Unbelievable! Not that Any Other Country on our “Enemy” List has not indulged in Gross Malfeasance against us also. Yes, China, Russia, North Korea, Iran etc. etc. have also indulged in Gross Malfeasance and still are! They are all trying to bring down this country, although we seem to be doing a pretty good job of that without their help! There are no Clean Hands in Politics, and amongst the Politicians of the Whole World! If I Ran The Zoo I would fire a whole lot of Politicians, CEOs, Corporate Media Schmucks and Order All Nations to Cooperate, Coexist and Negotiate rather than be looking for ways to screw each other! Tit for Tat is Dangerous playing with fire, as well as Shameful, Unethical and Unconscionable! It can be fixed if we replace all those Old Politicians and their Passé Mindsets with Fresh, Young Blood! High time if there is to be any Hope for World Coexistence and Peace!

Cast Your Eyes Around our World for a second and You Will Find That We Have A Royal Mess On Our Hands with too many Hot Spots, too much Volatility, and a whole lot of Discontent! Where will it all lead to? Not a good place I assure you! So, yes, fasten your seatbelts!

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My Lovely Friend R shared with me beautiful, emotional writings on a Facebook Message. I was so moved at the way she expressed her feelings, so I asked her if she intended on Posting, or Publishing them. She seemed hesitant, and then she said that she’ll think about it. I encouraged her to do so, and then got to thinking about How and Why some of us Write. The reasons are many and varied going from the Professional to the Transactional and everything in between. So I asked Myself: Why do I Write? And the foremost answer is: Because I Love and Enjoy Writing. This reminded me of something I read and can’t for the life of me remember where: Along the way I found out that I became the person I was looking for. And this is exactly what I feel that writing throughout these years has done to me. It is a precious feeling!

I also write to Share my Opinionated Thoughts for whatever they’re worth, and, perhaps, in reading some of them You might see a reflection of your own Thoughts and Feelings giving You a sense of consolation that You Are Not Alone! Some people write hoping that their work will Go Viral, others look to have Thousands of Followers, however, with a plethora of Words to Read and Images to View all across the Cyber World I wonder how many of those can a Reasonable Human Assimilate, Process and Digest on any given day? Perhaps it’s because I am old, but being a slave to my phone/computer and checking it every second is not my cup of tea!

Moreover, what worries me about most of us Humans sticking only to the sites we agree with is that we might end up by becoming Clannish, Cliquish and Tribal; Set in our Thinking; not Open to Other Perspectives. That’s not good. I feel it is necessary to listen to those that do not agree with us, that oppose our viewpoints, don’t we? However, and much as I honestly try to do that, I have recently become so downcast, depressed, infuriated and totally disgusted with Anyone trying to Justify the Israeli Government’s War Of Vengeance! I ask myself time and again: How can it be Justifiable for Biden to be so totally one-sided after viewing the Massacres and Deliberate Starvation going on in Gaza and the West Bank, and his giving Netanyahu all the room he needs to continue his Evil Doings while making all sorts of Excuses and Parroting the Lies, Deceit and Propaganda of the Israeli Machine? Not only is this Unforgivable. Not only is it Complicity. Not only is it Enabling Genocide. It is Criminal!! Arwa Mahdawi writing in The Guardian on May 30 titled her article: Where Is Joe Biden’s Fury About Decapitated Palestinian Babies? Yes, where is his fury at all that, and at the bodies of women and children on Al-Shifa hospital’s grounds after another Israeli raid on that compound? Why was “Decent” Biden very quick to reiterate – more than once! – the Lies, Deceit and Propaganda of the Israeli version of the October 7 tragedy and the Absolute Falsehoods regarding 40 decapitated Israeli babies, and the murder of 38 Israeli children??? It is so Preposterous to flaunt such Untruths as Facts. Ah! But then, have we all forgotten the Lies, Deceit and Propaganda of the US Government’s Justifications for going to war on Iraq? Have we forgotten Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo? I haven’t!

It is also absolutely insane to have built a Pier off the Gaza shore that cost $320 Million and that was damaged by the weather? Was it made out of cardboard perchance? Isn’t it obvious that the whole project was to buy time for more Atrocities, Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide, while pretending to be Caring and Compassionate???!!! Are we that Idiotic and unable to see through Verbal Gymnastics, Double Standards and Hypocrisy?

Biden’s and Netanyahu’s pathetic foreign policy words and behavior have done so much damage to all our World Institutions, to the UN, to UNRWA, to the ICG and to the ICC, as did railing against student protestors and demonstrations by taking up the anti-semitic mantra thus causing many Professors and Corporate Employees to be unfairly fired from their jobs! Rather than encouraging a Progressive Agenda this behavior encourages a Repressive Agenda.

Unfortunately there is a Real Hysteria gripping these United States. You can hear it as Voters vociferously root for two different Presidential Candidates both of whom are unfit for the job! It is very scary! And, it is causing an overwhelming number of people to be feeling anxious and disconcerted though many are not even able to articulate why! Moreover, there are elections going on all over the world it seems, and the question on people’s minds is: will we be going Left, or Right? Will it be a Progressive win, or a Repressive win? So far, it seems to be Middle of the Road? We’ll see!

Regarding the Ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank: A bit too little, and much too late, I say! I also do not believe or trust neither Biden’s declared Intentions, nor Netanyahu’s, nor any of our Arab Leaders! The Ruthlessness, the Mercilessness and the total disregard for Any Dignity, Human Rights, Legality and Humanity has left us Palestinians dejected, sorrowful and stunned as never before during this Century of Israeli Occupation that is totally supported by the Colonist Enterprise! And, unfortunately, it does not seem like this is ending any time soon! I know that many Palestinians share my feelings!

As I plod Along The Way I feel – as I have been for many years now – that the affairs of our World will get Worse before they get Better, mainly because the Pathetic Political Leaderships of our Planet are not addressing the real concerns of Real Humans who are tired of Wars and Violence and of an Oligarchical Political and Corporate Structure that looks only after itself and nothing and no one else! So, I continue to write, and vent, and rant! Will it help? I don’t know!! I also don’t know what will!!!???