E nā haumāna puka o ka papa o 2007, e pani i kou mau maka.
ʻAʻohe ʻakaʻaka. ʻO ia kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻo ma kahi pōkole.
ʻAe, e nānā hope a puni ʻoe inā makemake ʻoe, e ka mea i komo i ke kulanui i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa 2003, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia e ka hapa nui o nā ʻAmelika ua hāʻule ko kākou Peresidena ma luna o ka papa o ka mokulele mokulele, ka USS Abraham Linekona, e hāʻawi i kāna haʻi'ōlelo kaulana i ka lā Mei e haʻi ana i "nā hana kaua nui ma Iraq" i ka hopena.
E nānā i kou honua i kahi manawa lōʻihi. E like me kēlā lā lā o Kepakemapa i kou hōʻea ʻana i ʻaneʻi kokoke i ʻehā makahiki i hala aku nei, he lā maikaʻi ʻē aʻe kēia e hoʻomākaukau ai ʻoe e haʻalele a, i ka nānā ʻana, ʻo ka honua - ʻo ka honua ʻAmelika - ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻaʻahu. ʻAe, ua pāpālua ʻia ke kumukūʻai o ka barela aila i loko o ia mau makahiki ʻehā, e like me ke kumukūʻai o ke galani kinoea ma ka pamu; ua lawe hou ka poe Demokarata i ka Ahaolelo; Ua iho ʻo Iraq i loko o ka hale charnel o ka mōʻaukala, i ka mea i kapa ʻia i kēlā manawa, ma ke kakaka i ke Kaua Vietnam, ʻo ka "q-word" (no quagmire); ua hoʻomaka ka nalo ʻana o nā nūpepa ʻōpio i ka Pūnaewele me he mea lā i loko o kahi lua ʻeleʻele; a ʻo ka hoʻomalu ʻo Bush, i ʻōlelo ʻia i ka makahiki 2003 ʻo ia ka "ʻoi loa o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana" i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o kekahi, ua hāʻule i loko o ka haunaele hakakā; akā, eia, aia ka mākeke kūʻai ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka wai, ke alakaʻi nei ka Boston Red Sox i ka Hui ʻAmelika Hikina ma nā pāʻani 8, ke hoʻopiʻi nei nā loio, nā kauka lapaʻau, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā brokers e like me ka mea mau.
A eia ʻoe i loko o ko ʻoukou mau papa hana, ʻo kou mau mākua ma kahi kokoke, ka pelekikena o kāu kula a me nā dean like ʻole, a me nā kumu hanohano, i kāhiko ʻia i mua o ʻoe ma kēia kahua i nā ʻaʻahu nani a me nā pāpale kāhili. He manawa kali ʻia kēia lā iā ʻoe, ka hopena o nā makahiki o ka hana, e like me nā lā puka e like me kēia no ka poʻe ma mua ou.
ʻO ka pā kula, i kēia ahiahi ʻoluʻolu, me he mea lā ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia mai ʻehā makahiki i hala. ʻO ka ʻaʻahu maʻemaʻe like o ka mauʻu, ʻōmaʻomaʻo me ka pūnāwai, i kāwele ʻia ma kona mau ʻaoʻao mamao me nā moena tulip, i hoʻopuni ʻia i ka papa puka o '03 - a ʻo ka papa ʻo '66 paha, ka makahiki aʻu i noho ai i kekahi o kēia mau ʻahaʻaina. Aia ma hope o mākou nā hale moe āu i moe ai; ʻO ke keʻena ʻaina āu i ʻai ai i nā meaʻai poina ʻole he nui ma luna o kēlā puʻu, ʻaʻohe oʻu kānalua ua piʻi ʻoe me ka ʻuʻuku i nā kakahiaka hoʻoilo makani he nui. Ma ka liʻiliʻi o kekahi o nā lumi papa āu i aʻo ai, i hale i loko o ka pōhaku hina hina (e like me nā monuments o ka ʻike manawa ʻole), e hoʻopili iā mākou. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā kolamu ʻano Helene o kāu waihona me kāna mau puke miliona-nui ma nā kumu lāʻau mamao.
ʻAe, nānā a puni. ʻO nā mea a pau e like me ka mea e pono ai. ʻO nā mea a pau a mākou e ʻike ai a me nā mea a pau a mākou e ʻike ai aia ma ʻaneʻi - he mea maʻamau, kūpono nā mea āpau no ka haʻiʻōlelo puka. Kūpono iā ʻoe.
I nā makahiki ma hope koke iho o koʻu puka ʻana mai ke kulanui, nā makahiki 1960 i mahalo nui ʻia (a ʻino ʻia), ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka poʻe ʻōpio e manaʻoʻiʻo i hoʻokahi aphorism: "Mai hilinaʻi i kekahi ma luna o kanakolu." Pono wau e ʻae ʻaʻole wau i lohe iaʻu iho, akā, e like me kēia manawa, loaʻa i ka media ke ala e ʻike ai i ko mākou manaʻo ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kā mākou hana. Heluhelu au ia, ʻaʻano pela no.
I kēia manawa, makemake wau e hōʻano hou i ka huaʻōlelo no kou manawa, e manaʻoʻiʻo mai iaʻu, ʻoi aku ka ʻino ma mua o nā mea aʻu i noʻonoʻo ai i hiki i nā Sixties. I kēlā lā hoʻolauleʻa maʻamau, ʻaʻole wau e ʻōlelo inā ʻaʻole wau i manaʻoʻiʻo koke ia - a inā ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo, i loko o ko ʻoukou puʻuwai, ua manaʻoʻiʻo nō hoʻi ʻoe.
No laila ke hele nei. ʻO kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo puka - ʻekolu mau ʻāpana, ʻoiaʻiʻo - e kūʻē paha i ka hapa nui o nā mea i aʻo ʻia iā ʻoe ma kēia kula hanohano i kēia mau makahiki ʻehā i hala.
Mai hilinaʻi i kāu mea e ʻike ai a puni ʻoe.
Pololei kēnā. ʻAʻohe mea e haʻi aku ai kekahi iā ʻoe, mai hilinaʻi i ka honua i maopopo loa i mua ou. Mai hilinaʻi i kou mau maka ponoʻī. ʻAʻole ma kahi lā e like me kēia, ʻaʻole ma kahi ʻāina e like me kēia. Aia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma kahi ʻē aʻe.
No laila ke ʻōlelo nei au, e pani i kou mau maka. Hele i mua. E hoʻolohe mai iaʻu no kekahi manawa i loko o ka pōʻeleʻele a hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole wau e hoʻāʻo e makapō iā ʻoe. Ke manaʻo wale nei au e hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike maopopo i ka honua me ka pani ʻana i kou mau maka a no laila e puka i ke kula me ka manaʻo kūpono o kāu ʻoihana e hiki mai ana ma kēia honua.
ʻAʻole ia he mea maʻalahi e loiloi, inā ʻoe ma kēia pā kula maʻemaʻe, a i ʻole ma kekahi mall ma ʻAmelika, a i ʻole, no ia mea, ma ka hapa nui o ke kūlanakauhale ma waho o kahi e kū nei kēia pā kula ma mua o Baghdad, a i ʻole Kabul. , a i ʻole Bangladesh haʻahaʻa, a i ʻole Arctic hehee, a i ʻole kekahi ʻātoli Pākīpika i ʻike ʻia.
ʻO kēia lā lā o Mei - ka mea āu e nānā ʻole nei - he hoʻopunipuni maoli. Ke uhi nei ia i kahi honua ʻeleʻele loa e pili ana i kāu hanauna e hoʻoilina ma ka honua ʻelua hapakolu o ka poʻe e noho ana, ma ke ʻano he hui o nā admirals a me nā generals hoihoi i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau i ʻike ʻia i kēia manawa, e noho kokoke ana i kahi kahakai (e hiki mai ana i nā makahiki he nui) . Wahi a ka NGO Christian Aid, hoʻokahi o kēlā me kēia ʻehiku poʻe ma ka honua - he piliona paha ka nui - hiki ke hoʻoneʻe ʻia mai ko lākou mau home a i loko o ka hapalua haneli e hiki mai ana. ʻO nā ʻano o ka neʻe ʻana i ka manaʻo e hoʻolilo i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o ʻAmelika e pili ana i ka neʻe ʻana i ke kānāwai me he mea hoʻohenehene honua.
I loko o nā makahiki he 100 e hiki mai ana - ʻo ka puʻuwai o kou ola a me kāu mau keiki - hiki i ka Honua ke nalowale i kona mau glaciers (nā kumu wai nui ma nā wahi e like me Asia Hema); hiki ke hoohehee loa ka lau hau o Greenland; a hiki i ka hapalua o ka waiwai o nā ʻano like ʻole o kēia honua ke pau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka wikiwiki - ʻike ʻia ua hoʻomaka mua ʻia - o nā ʻano ʻano ʻino loa (nā ʻino nui, nā ʻino, nā monsoons, 100-makahiki maloʻo, a me nā mea like), ka laha ʻana o nā maʻi make i nā wahi hou, a me ka lehulehu o nā mea weliweli ʻole. phenomena.
I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe - a ʻo ʻoukou hoʻi ka poʻe e ʻōlelo nei he kānalua i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka manaʻo hoʻomehana honua he ʻoiaʻiʻo - he kanalima mau makahiki mai kēia manawa, e noho ana ʻoe ma kahi ʻano honua ʻilihune. He mea mehameha loa ia. ʻO ka poʻe, ka poʻe i makemake e makaʻu, ʻōlelo pinepine mākou "e luku ana i ka honua," akā ʻaʻole pololei kēlā. E wili mau ana ka honua. Hāʻawi ʻia i kekahi mau miliona, a i ʻole he mau ʻumi miliona, a i ʻole mau haneli miliona mau makahiki - ʻo ke ʻano o ka manawa, me ka ʻole o ko mākou ʻike, ʻaʻole ia he mea nui i ka wai o ka tinker - e hoʻomohala paha ka honua i kahi wā e piha ana i ke ola. , me ka ʻole o mākou (a me ka nui o ko mākou mau hoa pili kino).
ʻAʻole kānalua paha ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka honua, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo nō kā mākou. New nä känaka 'epekema ua hāʻawi aku ka magazine i ka manaʻo o 10 miliona mau makahiki no ka honua e "hoʻoponopono" i ka "dent" o kēia manawa i hana ʻia i nā mea olaola. Makemake au e hoʻohana i ka laʻana o ka pronghorn antelope, "ka ʻuhane prairie" o ko mākou Komohana, e wehewehe i kēia. He mea holo wikiwiki ia, hiki ke holo ma kahi o 60 mau mile i kēlā me kēia hola, ma ka liʻiliʻi he 30 mph ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o nā mea ʻaihue ma kona kaiapuni. He mea paʻakikī ke wehewehe ʻana i kēlā mile mile ke ʻole ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo, ma mua o ka make ʻana o ka megafaunal mammalian nui hope loa ma kēia ʻāina, ma kahi o 13,000 a 16,000 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, aia kekahi mau mea ola (he liona paha a i ʻole nā ʻīlio weliweli) hiki ke mana i kekahi mea. kokoke i kēlā mau māmā. No laila, no kēlā mau kaukani makahiki, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka mōʻaukala kanaka mai Ur a i nā pōʻino hou loa ma Iraq, ua loaʻa i ka pronghorn kahi hoa ʻuhane. Nui ka manawa ma ke ʻano kanaka a ʻaʻole naʻe i "kau inoa" i ka poho; no ka nui o ka manawa a ua nele kēlā niche i ko mākou kaiapuni.
Ma hope o ka 1950s kahiko, he hapalua haneli-me ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hoʻokahi wale nō mea e hiki ke hoʻopau i ko mākou honua, ʻo ka honua aʻu i ulu ai - nā mea kaua nuklea a i ʻole The Bomb (ʻo ia wale nō, ʻo ia wale nō, hoʻokani pinepine ʻia ke kapikala. nā leka) ma o ka Cold War superpower confrontation. ʻO ka noʻonoʻo o ke kaua nuklea ua maʻi a hoʻoulu i ka moeʻuhane. E manaʻoʻiʻo mai iaʻu, i koʻu lohe ʻana i ka haʻiʻōlelo kaulana a Pelekikena John F. Kennedy ma ʻOkakopa 22, 1962, i ka wā o ka pilikia missile Cuban (aka "ka manawa weliweli loa i ka mōʻaukala kanaka"), makaʻu wau i koʻu honua i ka ʻaina - a ʻaʻole wau wale. . Ua manaʻoʻiʻo mau wau ua paʻa i ka Sixties kahi manaʻo ikaika o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, ma kahi hapa, no ka mea, ua waiho wale ʻia nā mea hiki ke hoʻopau i ka honua, no kekahi mau makahiki pōkole.
Ma luna o ka hapalua haneli ma hope mai, ua hoʻonui a hoʻonui ʻia nā mea kaua nuklea (ʻoiai me ka ʻole o ka mana nui ʻē aʻe e hele mai ana), akā naʻe i kēia manawa pono lākou e laina no ka nānā ʻana i kahi laina jostling o nā pōʻino hopena honua, ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka noʻonoʻo; ʻOiai e noho ana ʻoukou a pau i ka lā nani o kahi paʻa, paʻa, Patriot-Act, homeland-security, gated-community country (ʻo kahi ʻano ʻaʻole i noʻonoʻo ʻia e kekahi i ka makahiki 1950). Ke kū nei au ma ʻaneʻi e nānā aku iā ʻoe, ua pani kou mau maka, a ke kānalua nei au hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo i kou honua, ka mea aʻu e hoʻāʻo nei e wehewehe, a i ʻole ka mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia, ka hapa nui o ka hoʻopau ʻana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka paralyzingly ma luna o ka ʻike ma kēia ʻāina. ʻo ia ka mea i hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i kahi hana, he hoa kāne, a he ʻohana hoʻi - ʻo ka wikiwiki loa o ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻaʻole naʻe he kanaka e hiki mai ana ma mua o kēlā.
Hiki ke kiʻi i ka manaʻo. ʻIke ʻoe i nā ʻāpana o ka semi-ʻike mai ka mea i ʻike i kahi paʻa i kou lolo? Eia kekahi mai ka'u mea pono no keia haiolelo, no ka pololei o kona moolelo. Ma kahi o 1000 AD, aia kahi millenari neʻe o ka poʻe mahiʻai, me ka manaʻo ua ʻike lākou i ka hiki ʻana mai o nā lā hopena, kūkulu lākou i kā lākou mau pahu ponoʻī, a, i ka manawa wānana, piʻi lākou i loko o lākou e kali i ko lākou hopena i koho mua ʻia. No ka haʻi ʻana aku iā ʻoe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i ka mea i hana ma hope. Manaʻo ʻia, ma hope a ma hope paha, piʻi hou lākou i waho.
Akā, eia kaʻu manaʻo e ʻōlelo ai: ʻOiai ʻoe e nānā ana i ko mākou honua ma o kāu mau lens maʻamau, manaʻo wau aia ʻoe i loko o kā mākou mana o kēlā mau pahu, ʻoiai inā e hala lākou no ke ola maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā. I loko wale nō o ka pōʻeleʻele hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka e noʻonoʻo i ka hiki ʻana mai o Pompeii-scapes, ka mea hiki ke wehe loa i ka normalcy. A ma hope wale nō o kou noʻonoʻo ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i ka hana a kēlā poʻe mahiʻai i ka wā i ʻike ai lākou ʻaʻole i hiki mai nā lā hope - ʻaʻole aka, ʻoiai: e piʻi i waho.
Inā e ʻoki ʻoukou a pau mai loko mai o nā pahu kupapaʻu a mākou i kūkulu ai no ʻoukou, aia nō ka pilikia ma mua, akā, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hopena o nā manawa.
"E haalele i ka manaolana, e ka poe a pau e komo mai maanei." E like me ka ʻike mua ʻana o ka poʻe Pelekane, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dante aia kēia palapala ma luna o ka puka o Gehena. I kēia lā, i kou hoʻokumu ʻana i kāu huakaʻi, e hele ana e like me kēlā me kēia papa ma mua o kou alo ma ke alo o kēia pā kula, manaʻo wau e noʻonoʻo ʻoe i kēlā palapala ma luna o kou mau poʻo, no ka mea, ʻo ia ke ao hope ʻole āu e komo nei me ka hāmama o kou mau maka. ʻO kaʻu wehewehe ʻana o Gehena, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe wā e hiki mai ana, he honua i hiki ʻole i kekahi ke noʻonoʻo i kā lākou moʻopuna a moʻopuna paha - a no laila, ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke hana e kūkulu i ʻāina, kahi honua no lākou.
I kēia manawa, no ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻelua - ʻaʻole paha i hāʻawi maikaʻi ʻia ma kahi kikowaena o ka honua kaulana - akā eia ke hele.
E manaʻoʻiʻo i nā hiʻohiʻona Hollywood. E manaʻoʻiʻo i kāu mau pāʻani wikiō. Manaʻo "24." Manaʻoʻiʻo ʻO ka lā ma hopepō.
He ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e ka pale i ke kiʻi hoʻomehana honua, ʻO ka lā ma hopepō, 'a'ole e lilo ka Northern Hemisphere i mea hau ma kahi o 30 kekona; ʻO nā ʻīlio hae, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka zoo kūloko, ʻaʻole paha e hele ma nā alanui o New York City i kekahi manawa a i ʻole nā hōkū kiʻiʻoniʻoni e puhi i nā puke no ka mehana i loko o ke kapuahi o ka hale waihona puke lehulehu o New York; ʻAʻole makemake ʻo spy Arnold Schwarzenegger a i ʻole kāna mea like oiaio Make Loa, honi iā Jamie Lee Curtis i ka wā i hele aku ai ka pōkā atomika, i mālama ʻia e nā mea hoʻoweliweli Arab, ma hope o lākou ma nā Florida Keys; ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻopakele iā mākou a i ʻole ka honua e like me kāu e hana ai i nā pāʻani wikiō pana kanaka mua; a, ʻaʻole, ʻaʻole maikaʻi ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana iā Ã la "24", ʻaʻole maikaʻi hoʻi ma ke ʻano he mea unuhi ʻike. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki mai kēia mau blimps, nā kaʻaahi, nā kaʻa kaʻa, nā kaʻa kelepona, a ʻo wai ka mea ʻike i nā mea ʻē aʻe i hao ʻia e ka poʻe hoʻoweliweli a me ka hele ʻana i nā mea āpau a mākou e aloha ai, ʻaʻole ia e hōʻea i ka wā e pahū ai ke kahua pāʻani, e iho ana ke kahua mokulele, ua paʻa ka Hale Keʻokeʻo, a i ʻole. nalo ke kulanakauhale, ka aina, ka honua.
Eia nō naʻe, mai koʻu wā kamaliʻi, ʻo Hollywood, ʻaʻole hoʻomana, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻopakele nui loa i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka manawa hope. He ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia ma ka liʻiliʻi loa mai ka atomic kaua-kiʻiʻoniʻoni-i hiki ʻole ke hana ʻia - ʻo ia ka mea i pau ʻole i ka lanakila ʻana o ʻAmelika akā i loko o kahi hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū o ka honua - hoʻololi ʻia i loko o ka weliweli a me ka ʻepekema moʻolelo. nā ʻano. Ua neʻe kēlā mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma lalo o ke ao mushroom ma nā ʻano hoʻonohonoho hope loa kahi i hana ai nā ʻano mea weliweli a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i loaʻa i nā kukuna ʻē aʻe i ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale i ka mea a mākou i hana ai iā Hiroshima a me Nagasaki, ʻoiai ka lehulehu o nā poʻe ʻAmelika e hoʻōho a heʻe. ua ʻoki ʻia a ʻānai ʻia, puhi ʻia a ʻai ʻia paha.
A laila, ʻoiaʻiʻo, haʻalele mākou a pau i nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni a i ʻole drive-in me ka haʻalulu iki, hauʻoli iki, a hoʻomaka hou ke ola. He ʻano ʻē paha a he ʻino paha kēia mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni, eia naʻe ka hauʻoli o ka hopena i ka wā i iho ai nā ʻanuʻu nunui no ka helu ʻana i nā ʻauwai o Los Angeles, a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a i ʻole nā mea hoʻoweliweli i pale, a i ʻole nā monsters i luku ʻia. ʻO ia, ma ke ʻano, nā hiʻohiʻona Hollywood o ko mākou ao e hiki mai ana.
Ua ʻike nā mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni, akā no ka mea ʻike mākou. Ua makemake lākou i ko mākou mau maka (a me kā mākou kālā popcorn) a no laila ua hana lākou i ka beeline no nā moʻolelo, nā makaʻu, i hoʻopiʻi nui i loko o mākou, nā mea e hiki ke hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia i ka loaʻa kālā. Malia paha, mai kinohi mai, ʻo ka mea i loaʻa iā kākou ka poʻe i hiki ke ʻike i nā hopena. ʻAʻole paha ʻo ia ka manamana lima kūʻē, akā ʻo ka hiki ʻana mai i ka honua hiki ke noʻonoʻo i kona pau ʻana.
E wehewehe e like me kou makemake, ua hoʻouna mai ʻo Hollywood iā mākou i kahi leka hoʻokahi i ka hapalua o ke kenekulia i hala aku nei i ka piʻi ʻana o nā ao mushroom, iho mai nā malihini, ʻahaʻaina nā zombies post-apocalyptic, hiki mai nā mea hoʻoweliweli swarthy, laha nā maʻi maʻi, a Ua lilo ʻo Los Angeles a i ʻole New York (ka lāhui ma mua o 9/11 Sodoma a me Gomora) i hale paʻahao dystopian, a i ʻole hale hau, a i ʻole he wahi e hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai, a hehi ʻia e nā monsters, a i ʻole…
ʻAe, ʻike ʻoe i ka moʻolelo. Ua ʻike pinepine ʻoe iā ia, ua hāmama kou mau maka i kahi ʻano pouli ʻē aʻe - a i ʻole ʻoe i ʻike iā ia i loko o kou lumi noho ponoʻī, ʻoiai ʻoe e hoʻopunipuni i nā mana paʻa lima e hoʻopakele iā mākou mai nā mutants, zombies, terrorists, ʻino. nā kāne i makemake e hoʻopau i nā mea a pau. Ua nānā ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona, e like me ka al-Qaeda, e like me ka poʻe a puni ka honua.
A laila, e like me ka hapa nui o mākou no nā makahiki he kanalima, ua haʻalele ʻoe i ka multiplex me ka hoʻohālike ʻana he leʻaleʻa wale ka mea āu i ʻike ai, a i ʻole nā leʻaleʻa kahiko, a i ʻole nā mea ʻala, a i ʻole nā maka-maka, ke ʻano o ka puritan wackos. (a i ʻole nā mea hoʻonaʻauao) hiki ke hoʻomāinoino loa. ʻO kēlā me kēia, ʻaʻole ia ke ola, ʻaʻole kēia ola.
Akā, ua hewa ʻoe, manaʻo wau. I mea e hoʻopololei ai, pono ʻoe e haʻalele i ka nui o nā mea i aʻo ʻia iā ʻoe a pono ʻoe e hele i ka naʻauao koʻikoʻi o nā kumu i nānā nui ʻia, akā mahalo ʻia, ma ka honua. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka mea maoli, i loko o ka dope i ka mea e hiki mai ana - inā, ʻo ia hoʻi, e alakaʻi ʻoe i kahi ola e pili ana, inā ʻoe e hana i kekahi mea.
No laila, eia kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hope loa, ʻaʻole paha ka mea maikaʻi loa e hāʻawi i loko o ka puʻuwai o kahi kulanui nui:
Mai noʻonoʻo nui.
Ke nānā aku nei au ma luna o kēia anaina, me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana, i koʻu wā he 21, he nui nā mea e pono ai ke hana. Pehea e hiki ai, ma luna o 40 mau makahiki ma hope mai, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea hou aku - e hoʻomaka me ka pau ʻole (e like me koʻu mau lā kula) hoʻokahi, akā ʻelua mau kaua hakakā, ʻelua mau hiʻohiʻona o ka luku a me ka make, Iraq a me Afghanistan, i ka honua kahi e noho hou ʻole ai nā palena? ʻO kēia nā kaua i hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia e pepehi i nā ʻumi kaukani hou aʻe, i ka wā lōʻihi, e hoʻoweliweli iā mākou āpau - a ʻo ʻoe wale nō e hoʻopau iā lākou. ʻO ʻoe wale nō, e hoʻololi i nā mea āpau. He haawe weliweli loa ko'u hanauna makua, aole loa e kau aku ma ko oukou mau poohiwi, aka e hoomaopopo pono i keia: aole he pahu kupapaʻu, ʻaʻole ma ka pana lōʻihi.
Ua hāʻule mākou iā ʻoe. Manaʻo wau i kēlā a ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu pehea.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, e kali ana i ka manawa hope a mākou i hoʻoilina iā ʻoe i ko mākou ʻike pōkole, akā noʻonoʻo pono ʻoe no ka lōʻihi o nā mea e pono ai ke hana, ʻaʻohe manaʻo o nā mea a pau. E like me ka nui o nā hana e pono ai ke hoʻokō ʻia, ʻo ka poʻe nāna e hana ia mau mea, he naʻaupō wale nō ke nānā aku i ke kaumaha, lōʻihi a wili ke ala, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka hopena. Me he mea lā ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka moe ʻana i loko o kēlā mau pahu i hana ʻia ma ʻAmelika a kali.
Akā, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ke ala aliʻi i nā mea āpau ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi o mākou ke makemake no ko mākou honua. ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi o ʻoukou ke hoʻopakele i kahi honua o nā kānaka a, inā i ʻaihue ʻia ka wā e hiki mai ana mai iā ʻoe a he apocalyptic nā hiʻohiʻona, a laila ʻike ʻia ka hiki ke kūkulu i nā neʻe o kēlā me kēia ʻano. Akā, mai noho i hope a mai noʻonoʻo lōʻihi. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana.
I ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai ʻoe e hana, manaʻo wau e ʻike ʻoe he nui nā mea āu e hiki ai ke kāhea aku no ke kākoʻo, me nā mea he nui o koʻu hanauna, inā makemake ʻoe e hilinaʻi i kahi o kanakolu (akā ʻaʻole nui loa. ), hiki ke loaʻa ka ikaika a me ka manaʻo. A laila, aia kahi moʻomeheu ʻAmelika hiki ke hana (a hiki i ka hoʻoponopono wikiwiki) i nalowale i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ma Katrina-level idiocy and incompetence. Pehea mākou i huli ai mai kahi hiki ke hana i hiki ʻole ke hana (a i ʻole, e like me kaʻu e manaʻo ai, ʻaʻole Republican) pono i ka mōʻaukala a ʻelua paha, inā e kākau mau ana nā kānaka iā lākou ma kahi o ka laina. Akā ʻo ke kaua ʻo Iraq, ko mākou hilinaʻi aila, ʻo nā hopena nui paha o ka hoʻomehana honua hiki ke pane aku i kahi piʻi hou o ka hiki-doism, i kahi lāhui i waiwai nui e waiho i kāna kālā, kona lolo maikaʻi loa, a me kāna mau hoʻoikaika ʻana ma kahi o kāna ʻai. waha a me ka moʻomeheu consumer (a he Peresidena nona ka manaʻo o ka mōhai i ka "manawa kaua" he huakaʻi i Disney World) i kēia manawa.
I koʻu manaʻo, eia kāu hana mua: Me ka pani ʻana o kou mau maka, e hoʻāʻo e ʻike i ko mākou honua me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo no ke ʻano o ia mea a laila e hana i kahi hana kupua: E hoʻokumu i kahi pūʻulu o nā hiʻohiʻona hou - kūpono no ka wā e hiki mai ana e pono ai ke hana maikaʻi. ʻaelike. No ka hana ʻana i ka ʻaha mele a me ka manaʻo nui, pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo iā ʻoe iho, he kanalima mau makahiki mai kēia manawa, e kū ana ma kahi podium e like me kēia, e kamaʻilio ana i kahi hui o nā poʻe ʻelemakule, a i ʻole e noho wale ana me kēlā mau mākua a pau e nānā haʻaheo i kāu keiki ponoʻī me ka pāpale. a ʻaʻahu i loko - e manaʻolana kākou - he honua ʻokoʻa loa me ka liʻiliʻi o nā pahu i ka ʻike.
I kēia manawa, me ka paʻa ʻana o kēlā mau maka, e nānā pono i ko kākou honua, ʻo ka mea āu i ʻike mua ai aia ma laila, akā, mai noʻonoʻo nui. ʻO ka manawa kēia e hele ai ma nā puka puka o kēia kula i mālama iā ʻoe i kēia mau makahiki ʻehā i hala, ma waho o ka ʻīpuka, i nā alanui ma waho, i ka honua ma waho, a e hoʻonaʻauao iā ʻoe iho. ʻO ka manawa kēia e nānā a heluhelu i ka palapala - i kēia manawa, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana me ka pani ʻana o kou mau maka - a laila e hoʻoponopono hou. Pehea, e laʻana: E haʻalele i ka maʻi lolo ʻoukou a pau e puka mai nei.
ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke haʻi iā ʻoe pehea e hana ai a pehea e hana ai. ʻAʻole naʻe au e hoʻohuoi i ka ʻike. No laila, i ka pōʻeleʻele, pono ʻoukou a pau e nānā i loko o ko kākou honua a laila iā ʻoukou iho. Manaʻo wau, i ka wā e pani ai i kou mau maka a hoʻomaka e manaʻoʻiʻo i kāu mau ʻike ponoʻī, e ʻike ʻoe. Ma ka liʻiliʻi paha, ʻike ʻoe i kahi āu e makemake ai e hoʻomaka a, me ka ʻike, e hana ʻoe; a i ʻole, me ka ʻike ʻole, e hana nō ʻoe; a, i ka hana ana, lana ka manao — no ka mea, i na manawa ino, oia mau ka hana e hooulu ai i ka manaolana — a, ma ka manao e ike oe.
Mai ka lihi o ka pā kula o ke ola
E 17, 2007
ʻO Tom Engelhardt, ka mea nāna e hoʻokele i ka Nation Institute's Tomdispatch.com ("he antidote maʻamau i ka media mainstream"), kahi i puka mua ʻia ai kēia ʻatikala, ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu. ka Papahana Aupuni ʻAmelika a ʻo ka mea hou loa, ka mea kākau o ʻAʻole i hoʻokō ʻia ka Misiona: Nīnauele ʻo Tomdispatch me ʻAmelika Iconoclasts a me Dissenters (Nation Books), ka hōʻiliʻili mua o nā nīnauele Tomdispatch.
Hāʻawi kālā ʻia ʻo ZNetwork ma o ka lokomaikaʻi o kāna poʻe heluhelu.
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