Visionaring Through the Dust

The progressives will march forward, despite the push-back from the world's two great fundamentalist nations — Iran and the United States.

Our first challenge is to transfer our energy system from burning dead plants to capturing energy from our Sun. Meanwhile, the Second Amendment guardians will ensure that psychos have access to the most deadliest and effective killing weapons, so that the slaughter of politicians and innocent people can continue.

Next, our challenge is to get rid of highly polluting aircraft and create a system of bullet trains around the nation. During this time, the GOP will simply undo all the progressive actions of the Democrats, and call that "progress."

We must also learn to manage our consumption and exploding population growth. We must learn to protect our oceans, lakes, and forests. All the while, Fox News and other millionaire-backed propaganda machines will divide our country and sow seeds of hate and mistrust, all in the name of ratings and personal agendas.

Homes will be built "green," and we will conserve electrical power using smart grid systems. Meanwhile, drooling pastors will rebuke companies who tell their customers, "Happy Holidays."

Electric cars will take over the roads. More funds will be devoted to education and public transportation, and less money will go to the U.S. war machine, which now garrisons troops in 140 countries, with the ultimate motive of securing the supply of dead plant oil.

The Tea Partiers will scream on about "getting back to the Constitution" while marching on in the name of division, elitism, and xenophobia. And during this time, more efficient and cheaper solar and wind systems will be built. We'll also increase the efficiency of our appliances.

As almost every religious denomination in America continues to shrink, the visionaries of a sustainable society will march forward. The white religious crowd will remind us how moral we were in the 1950s, but they will forget to mention the Jim Crow laws.

Some will wait and do nothing, saying that their divine entity will come to rescue them. Others will deny global warming, as if simply denying it will make it go away. They will listen to the Exxon-Mobile puppets, who tell us that the Earth is actually getting colder. Hell, that sure beats doing something.

Oil prices and food costs will soar, Mother America will crumble under the weight of her military budget, and little birds will drop from the polluted sky onto the polluted Earth.

The moderates will be labeled as liberals and promptly shot. And, God knows, we can't dare say that the rabid talk show and TV show entertainers created a hostile environment. For that might hurt someone's feelings. It's simply better to let people take a few bullets now and then, rather than to, well, piss off the NRA.

So, in our totally dysfunctional, screwed up society, I believe that the progressives will win. The secret is to not get lost in all the disoriented, conflicting, hypocritical God-Gun culture. And rather, we must all focus on the goal of making the world better.

The detractors will brand us, persecute us, and even try to destroy us. For we bring change and new ideas, which may financially harm those who benefit from the status quo. And those with the status quo have the money, and can afford to hire PR agencies to twist and distort reality, until the gullible American public is marching in lockstep behind them.

But we will move on. We are the progressives and the ones who dare to dream. Sorry if my story doesn't match your story. I really don't give a damn.

— The Goose