Get Real (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust

May 23, 2011 -- Americans gathered around the hearth of CBS's 60 Minutes must have been bemused to hear reporter Scott Pelley announce self-importantly that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Lance Armstrong's bicycling team for performance-enhancing drug use.

Does it really matter if any pro athlete takes drugs? Why not throw Babe Ruth out of the Baseball Hall of Fame for drinking 16 beers the night before a World Series opener? Or Ditto Mickey Mantle for that, plus smoking two packs of Marlboros in the dugout during every game.

Notice that Scott Pelley did not announce that the US DOJ is investigating Goldman Sachs, or Citi, or Merrill Lynch, or Bank of America or several other so-called banks for looting the American public and influence-peddling in the halls of government. Or the SEC and the CFTC for failing to regulate the trade in frauds and swindles. The window for that sort of action is closing, and with it the reasonable hopes of citizens in the legitimacy of institutions that manage things.

The failures in journalism are now so stupendous that there are only a few possible explanations:

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"Japan, you can possibly forget about. I maintain that they will be going medieval, especially now that they've foresworn further nuclear power development."

I give the Japanese people a lot more credit than that. I think they will be one of the first nations to truly go sustainable. Their solar power announcement today was one good step in that direction.

"China has a deep interest in keeping the oil supply lines open, and it's possible, if the wells, pipelines, and terminals are not wrecked by whatever happens next in MENA, that China will get some oil even if we don't. They offer engineering aid; we just send guys in desert camo with night-vision goggles and guns."

Seems like we could achieve our goals (control the oil) without blowing everyone's women and children to smithereens. The US engages in state terrorism. The Chinese, on the other hand...