It amazes me how many things now...real things...would have been relegated to the world of conspiracy theories, and tossed asunder as the mad ramblings of loons merely a year ago.
Did anyone but those on the fringes of society, and sci-fi geeks (the latter of which I am proudly a member) think there was really a possibility that robotic, remote-controlled (yes, those are two different things) aircraft would be used in surveillance and covert operations against formal citizens of their source nation? How many of you out there have ever heard of Skynet? How many of you out there are aware that Skynet is an actual, real, brick and mortar organization?
We've got UAVs making sure no one's growing pot, a nation across the world holding a serious grudge, a defeated pope, nuclear threats from two separate nations thousands of miles apart, the possibility of cold war II starting, laws being written with a basis in an incomplete bronze age faery tale, an egregious lack of equality, treason, spies, our own representatives fighting amongst each other instead of steering the nation forward, and the ever-present threat that Justin Bieber could release another album.
And what are we worried about?
What's on the news?
The queen has a tummy ache, the princess very nearly revealed the sex of the royal spawn, a football player has a fake girlfriend, another one has a completely overblown and very real salary, honey boo boo's mother lost twenty pounds, Martha Stewart is a shrewd businesswoman, and just look how these puppies and kittens frolic!
This is one of those days I just want to grab everyone I see by the lapels, shake vigorously, and yell:
WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK!?
Puppies and Kittens. Awww... what were you saying? Puppies and Kittens!
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