Slouching Towards Oblivion

Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Fouling The Nest



I saw Gasland II on HBO last night and our situation seems not to be any more hopeful than it was when the first installment came out 2 years ago.

One of the really great parts for me was the bit about the mayor of Dish TX.  The guy was deeply involved in the selling (as in selling out) of an entire town in Texas.  They changed the name of the town to Dish in exchange for 10 years of "free" TV service from Dish Network.  Pretty much the classic public/private dick move - altho' a bit more benign than some.  So this mayor was a solid Republican; a guy who was always on about deregulation and getting government out of the way of businesses doing business etc.  But along comes fracking, with all the huge problems with water and air quality - and suddenly this guy's a registered Independent having to sell his house at a bargain basement price and move his family somewhere else because of the risks to their health.

And btw - there's really no such thing as "somewhere else" now.  There are no more Green Spots.  You can't just pack your shit and find some fresh joint.  And y'know what? If you've fucked up the place you're living now, what makes you think you'd be welcome in some place that's less fucked up than the one you just left?  Through your own actions (or by your own inaction), you helped fuck it up - so you get to stay and help un-fuck it up.

Here's a taste from Gasland (the first one):

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