The Green House
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release April 23, 2011

Statement from Gaia on Events Surrounding Commerce-based WMD

The Green House is troubled by reports of continued development of WMDs by the economic engines of both the developing nations and the developed nations. Gaia has made a number of calls to both foreign and domestic leaders regarding the ongoing situation with little response. As a result, surgical strikes have been undertaken at high value targets both here in the US, and abroad. This release will detail the latest on Gaia’s efforts to curtail the development and deployment of WMDs.  Read more...

Seriously, folks, how does media do it? To fulfill the task of NEWS, the media has to spend 24/7 looking for hideous circumstance–or even better–circumstance that leads to outrage. Then produce columns of scorn, pictures of evil, witty flash with indignation, careful clarification on the crafty affluent, troubled terms apropos the drug ridden poor, blasts at the government, vapid indignation at corruption, commerce-based concern at corporate contempt, and my all time favorite: myopic melodies producing diminutive murmurs about the degrading milieu. And have you ever spoken to someone who was at the core of a NEWS story?  Read more...

“Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a miserable stormy day here in the Midwest. Welcome to opening day of 2011 Tornado Season. I am your host Random Mishap and this WSPN, a station for all seasons–with apologies.”

“This year we will be covering the 2011 Tornado Season in depth, with reports from ravaged cities, destroyed malls, mangled homes, and incapacitated manufacturing locations–in addition to trailer parks and the empty prairie. On a lighter note: the President did not throw the first bit of debris from this season’s opener–as has been the tradition in the previous administration. Due to a rules change, a member of Congress has handled that task. Now this message.”  Read more...

Time to face reality: The nation state is dead and the corporate state is on the upswing. Our corporate parents and their progeny, the ubiquitous lobbyists, own the conduits of power. Therefore, I suggest that we immediately embrace these next logical steps in our society’s growth:

1) We declare the United States and all the other nations of the planet to be window dressing and abandon them.
2) We embrace the concept of slavery.  Read more...