Gary Rumor’s Anti-Entropic Continuum

That is the question of the day. He has reached a level of political sophistication that has made him a viable candidate. He certainly has the machine behind him. He has the right sound bites and he has made himself as moderate in the eyes of the American public as the pundants seem to insist that a politician need be. But is he saying anything that will result in real changes?
If the ship of state is more like a super tanker or an ocean going barge, then change can only be slow and incremental. It cannot stop and switch directions on a dime. I am prone to disbelief when it comes to the promises of the establishment politicians. It seems that more than ever before the business of America is business. But we need a real change of orientation. We need to build a starship Earth and America must be the helm from which this ship is led to the new adventure and challenge of life in deep space.
Among science fiction buffs there is an idea that when we generate the capacity for interstellar flight, that we will be contacted by representatives of the galactic civilization. A quaint notion, but at least a hopeful one. Part of me shares in that dream. Another part of me says we need to take care of business here on mother earth. And by that I mean not business as usual but, getting down to business, the nitty gritty needs of people world wide.
It is my hope and belief that we can do both. But I will have to say that even though the military is a great stimulus for technological developments, the rest of the world has shown that you don’t need the military to spur development, all you need is curiosity and a desire to move on to new horizons. We need to mature and move beyond the childish games of nation state interests and start to think of ourselves as a world civilization. It is interesting that multinational corporations are beating that drum the loudest. But we need to have human development, not corporate, we need a world that is democratic not oligarchic. That may start with Obama, it is hard to tell but at least he is better than one of the Neanderthals of the republican right. But in my more perfect world there would be a serious green alternative party. That is what we need more than ever. That is why I am torn between hope for a liberal and real change.

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