Oil Lawyer for C E A - by Hénock Gugsa

Oil Lawyer for Chief Environment Attorney 

- by Hénock Gugsa -
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     Someone on Facebook posted a link on the latest news of a new Justice Department  appointee titled:  "Trump Names BP Oil Spill Lawyer, and Climate Policy Foe as Top DOJ Environment Attorney".*
     The general reaction was mostly negative and indignant.  But one lone proponent had this to say:
     "Ok so .....he picks an attorney who has litigated VERY well and knows all the tricks of the trade to avoid environmental regulation and the inner workings. A lawyer who did his best job for his clients and did it WELL. Sounds like a pretty decent choice in that respect....there are always more to it....but get your blood pressure boiling...our system is MEANT to allow for those who have NOT served in government to be appointed to offices to avoid group think. Bottom line the average joe left leaning American likely is not out to make America a communist Soviet, and the right are not Nazi fascists. I challenge you to stop looking at all we have that divides us ideologically and start looking at what we share. Both sides will agree that despite our differences in ideological ways to get there truly our republic is better served in how we find common cause. Both parties came together and have throughout history. So I choose to have faith in the system and voice my resolution at the ballot box. Otherwise I'll be hanging with my five year old."
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 * The appointee's name is Jeffrey Bossert Clark ... and the link is:
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06062017/trump-names-bp-oil-spill-lawyer-climate-policy-foe-top-doj-environment-attorney
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     My Response: 
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     Obviously, in the new cabinet, there is a NEW "group-think" ... and it is well-oiled (no pun) and there is no timidity, no conscience, and not even an ounce of self-consciousness. The members and their leader can straddle issues, and support both sides against the middle no matter what or who they are. Naturally, these days, so-called "devil's advocates" thrive and muddy the waters without rein!

A Magical Tale (Part 3) - by Hénock Gugsa

A Magical Tale *
by Hénock Gugsa
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--- Part 3 of 3---

Like a magician, Eve dove into her big purse and brought out a checkered table cloth and studiously laid it down on the ground in front of Zach.  Then she opened up the lunch bags that she'd picked up at the corner deli.  The ground beneath her was firm and even.  This was indeed a nice park, and there were hardly any crawly critters in sight.  She handed Zach his favorite sub which consisted of fresh Italian bread, mortadella, big hunks of muenster cheese, cucumber slices, and a generous layering of mustard.  There was potato chips to munch on, and bottled water to wash everything down.  Eve's lunch was going to be a boring vegetarian's "salad delight" ... and that was that!  For dessert, they were going to have a banana each. 
As they sat eating, Zach began to hum the tune he'd heard in his dream.  It was all kind of eerie and unsettling.  No surprise then that Eve didn't much care for it, and her displeasure was quite visible.  So, Zach stopped and concentrated instead on his sandwich.  He wanted to get done with lunch and pick up where he left off on his little tale.  But sweet Eve was in no hurry, she always ate slowly.  She never hurried about anything in her life, ever!  But she made up for that oddity with her good manners, she always apologized and earnestly too.  Eventually they were both done eating ...  and while Zach disposed of the garbage, Eve put her tablecloth back into her magic purse. 
- "What do you think, Eve, are we going to live to a ripe old age, in good health and comfort?"
- "Maybe ... if you're good and sweet as you are right now.  If you change, get grumpy, or get greedy, and get angry like the generation before us ... why then I won't even stand to be near you let alone be your friend and lover."
- "Yeah, I know.  And I'd be miserable without you.  And I'm really afraid where we're headed right now.  It is beginning to look like there won't be much of a world left for us."
- "Why, babe?  What makes you say that?"
Zach sighed.  He was beginning to fall into a rueful and melancholic mood.  He had to be careful lest he wallow too deep in such dark waters of the mind.  Still and all, he was happy that his sweetheart was there to cheer him up and bring the sunshine in.
- "I'm worried and we both know the old timers are not leaving this world the way they found it.  They're leaving us a horrendous mess, and they don't even care," he said.

- "But we have magic on our side ... and it is a special, secret magic.  We have to be careful and keep it hidden from them. However, we among ourselves can spread it around ... kinda like by osmosis!  You know what I'm talking about, right?"
- "Of-course ... yeah, yeah, yeah!  We're not so hung-up on that "individualism" b.s. like they are.  They have nothing really to teach us except their mistakes.  More and more, and day by day, we are seeing how morally bankrupt they are. "
As Eve's hands softly caressed Zach's face, he could not help but smile warmly at her.  She loved his brown eyes, and he loved her dimples --- It thus seemed natural that Eve and Zach continue gazing at each other longingly ... even while they discussed the world's weighty issues!

- "What is the first thing to come out of our magic bag?" Eve asked.
- "A new language, a secret language that only we young people can understand and speak, right?"
- "Right! .... And magic number two is exclusive group-think between ourselves.  We have to shut the old people out of our lives."
- "We will be pioneers, establish our own island communities.  You and I, we're in our early twenties.  We'll be a unit and join or better yet start a commune.  Yeah, Eve, we can do that!  We should start our own EveZach pronto!" 
"Yeah!" She laughed. 
Zach was momentarily lost in thought again. He looked inquiringly at Eve, and she was gleefully smiling and nodding at him.

- "Yes, yes, I just now heard your thoughts inside my head," she said, "We are indeed telepathic already!"
- "S w e e t !  But this is new territory for us humans.  We have to tread lightly."
- "Yes, but don't you see the bigger picture?  With telepathy, you have to be careful with your thoughts ... 'cause your thoughts will control your actions and behavior as well as those of our group." 

Zach's face lit up.
- "This is fantastic.  This is magical.  With this power, we'll be able to build a new society unlike any that came before.  All the old problems of society like distrust, fear, lying, and cheating will die out.  Crimes, large or small, will be eliminated to a great extent. Utopia, here we come!"

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* Inspired by a dream I had on 11/15/17