Chaka chabwino chatsopano! Chaka cha 2004 chikhoza kudziwika kuti ndi chaka chomwe Dipatimenti Yachikhulupiriro Yochokera Kudziko Lakuda ya Nkhawa inathandiza George W. Bush kubwerera ku White House.
Kumapeto kwa 2003, a Tom Ridge, Nduna Yowona Zachitetezo Padziko Lapansi adakweza chenjezo ladziko lonse kuchokera kuchikasu kupita ku lalanje.
“Ndi chenjezo lalalanje kachiwiri,†Ndinamuuza mkazi wanga. “Tiyenera kutenga njira zoyenera zopewera zigawenga.â
âTisiye kuthirira kapinga?â adafunsa kuti, “kapena osamuimbira pulamba pomwe chimbudzi chikutuluka? Mwina, tiyenera kukhala m'nyumba, pokhapokha ngati kuli kofunikira – monga kupita ku chipatala chosudzulidwa mafuta. Ndipo osayiwala kusunga mfuti zathu ndi ma alarm pama batire athunthu maola 24 patsiku.â
"Chilichonse chomwe mungachite," adalankhula mwachipongwe, "musayang'ane mabuku okayikitsa omwe ali mulaibulale yamasiku achikasu, alalanje kapena ofiira ndikuwonetsetsa kuti mwiniwake wa sitolo yogwiritsidwa ntchito salemba mutu wa mapepala aliwonse omwe mumagula kumeneko – monga Mlandu wa Madzi a Poizoni.
"Ndipo chifukwa cha ubwino, musagule almanac."
“Huh?â€
"Pali nkhani ya AP mu Disembala 30 LA Times yomwe ikuti FBI idatumiza chikalata chausiku wa Khrisimasi kwa apolisi 18,000 kuwachenjeza kuti asamalire anthu onyamula ma almanacs, chifukwa zigawenga zitha kuzigwiritsa ntchito - kuthandiza ndi zomwe akufuna. kusankha ndi kukonzekera kusanachitike.’â€
"Ndipo," adakuwa ndikuthawa kuti, "Ngati muli ndi almanac, musalembemo, chifukwa apolisi azikhala akuyang'anira anthu omwe ali ndi mabuku oterowo pamalo okwerera magalimoto ndipo ngati muli nawo. dzina lachinyumba chachitali chomwe chili pansi, bulu wanu ndi udzu Cass. Ndipo siyani kuoneka oda nkhawa kwambiri.â€
Ndizoipa kwambiri kuti ndimadzimva kuti ndine wosakwanira tsiku lililonse ndikatha kumva mauthenga ambiri kuchokera pawailesi, TV, manyuzipepala, magazini, zowonekera pa intaneti, ma sipamu a imelo ndi zikwangwani zamabillboard, koma tsopano ndikuchita mantha kupita kulikonse. Kodi izi zikuphatikiza chiyani? Chenjezo lalikulu lalalanje pa tsiku lomwe mwana wanga wamkazi akuyenera kuwuluka kuchokera ku New York.
"O, ndi Tom Ridge wokhazikika uja akusewera ndi M&Ms wake," mnzake wosuliza adatero. “Ngati ali ndi chidziwitso chokhudza zigawenga zomwe zinaukira United States, nchifukwa ninji samatiuza mwatsatanetsatane? Kapena akufuna kuuza zigawenga zokhazokha, osati anthu omwe akufuna kuzunzidwa?â
Kodi chinachitika ndi chiyani kwa brown? Ndimadzifunsa ndekha. Kodi chokoleti imatanthauza kukhutira? Ndi chifukwa chake Ridge adayisankha pazosankha zake zabwino za M&M? Zowonadi, arch wing kumwera kwa California Republican Congressman Christopher Cox akuti anayerekeza kugwiritsa ntchito makina amtundu wa Ridge ndi a toboggan ku Baghdad.
Ziribe kanthu, ndinapotoza manja anga, monganso mamiliyoni a ena. Ndinali kuloweza tchati changa chamitundu. The otsika chiopsezo masiku ndithudi oyenera wobiriwira; Chiwopsezo chokhazikika ndi buluu. Yellow imatanthauza ngozi komanso lalanje – monga mtundu wochenjeza pamaloboti – zikutanthauza chiwopsezo chachikulu ngati mungapitirire. Chofiira? Osaganiziranso za izi.
Kodi munthu angachite bwanji zonsezi? Zofotokozera sizipereka zambiri zokwanira.
Mamiliyoni aku America, komabe, adakonzekera "kufufuza zachitetezo" kosatha m'mabwalo a ndege ndi malo ogulitsira, ndi malo ena aliwonse omwe "achitetezo" angapange.
Chaka chisanathe, mabwana a “achitetezo†anakakamiza kuletsa maulendo angapo apandege kuchokera ku Paris kupita ku Los Angeles ndipo anapempha alonda okhala ndi zida pamaulendo apandege akunja.
Maboti a Coast Guard ankathamanga mmbuyo ndi mtsogolo kudutsa madoko akuluakulu. Alonda okhala ndi zida ankalondera milatho ndi malo osungiramo madzi. Ena anaika nsanamira pa ma gridi ofunika kwambiri amagetsi. Mfuti ndi majekete, mawailesi ndi zida zina zidapachikidwa pa ma vests ndi malamba awo. Chitetezo!
Mnzake komanso woyendetsa sitimayo adafunsa m'modzi mwa akuluakulu achitetezo omwe amafunafuna zomwe iye ndi gulu lake amafunafuna pamene adayenda pakati pa Santa Barbara ndi Oxnard pagombe la California.
“Ndakhumudwa ngati ndikudziwa†adatero mkuluyo. “Palibe amene anatiuza zoyenera kuyang’ana. Anangotilamula kuti tiziyendera kwa maola 24 panthawi yachenjezo lalalanje. Sitinawone kalikonse koma kaboti kakang'ono ka chamba. Koma ine ndi ogwira ntchito anga sitinathe kukacheza Khrisimasi kunyumba ndi mabanja athu.â
Zinandivuta kuti ndiganizirepo: Kumveka kwa mabelu akumveka kuchokera kwa okamba nkhani m'masitolo akuluakulu, amafuna kuti ndigule tsopano - zilizonse zomwe zingakhale - mitengo isanakwere ndi machenjezo a nthawi zonse a zigawenga zomwe zikubwera. Choncho, ndinatsegula TV, njira yabwino kwambiri yosangalalira zododometsa. Ndinayang'ana amuna olemera komanso olemera kwambiri akuthyola mafupa a wina ndi mzake ndikung'amba minyewa, ndikumvetsera kusanthula kwanzeru kwa njira za "masewera a maso" awa - ndi omwe kale ankasewera ndikupulumuka mochuluka kapena pang'ono chidutswa chimodzi.
Ndinaonerera kubwerezanso kwa The Sopranos kuti ndikhale wotsimikizirika kuti a Mafia ali ndi nkhaŵa zofanana ndi zimene anthu wamba amavutika nazo—mavuto ndi akazi, ana, mabwenzi achinyengo ndi zibwenzi zakale. Ndiyeno, ndi mpweya wa nyambo, ine pamodzi ndi 18 miliyoni akumudzi kwathu ndi akazi tinatenga nzeru ndi nzeru za Michael Jackson pamene iye anafotokoza mbali yake ya nkhaniyi kwa Ed Bradley pa December 28 60 Mphindi.
Zodabwitsa ndizakuti, izi zinali 9 miliyoni zochepa poyerekeza ndi zomwe zidawonera zapadera za ABC za February, Living With Michael Jackson. Pulogalamu imeneyo, ndithudi, inaulutsidwa banja la mnzake wakale wa Michael lisanamuvutitse. Mwachiwonekere, ndipo iyi ndi mphekesera yofunika kwambiri yomwe iyenera kuyang'ana, Michael wapereka kasamalidwe ka katundu wake ndi maonekedwe ake a TV ku Nation of Islam. Izi zokha, zomwe zidakanidwa mwachangu kenako ndikutsimikiziridwa, ndikugula kosatha, ziyenera kuyambitsa zokambirana zopanda pake kuti zitithandizire kudzipatula ku mantha omwe amapezeka ponseponse: ndi liti zigawenga zomwe Ridge akutitsimikizira kuti sizingalephereke?
“Khalani ndi chikhulupiriro,†mlaliki wa wailesi ya KKLA AM analangiza kuti ndi njira Yake yothanirana ndi kusatetezekaku. “Kukhulupirira mwa Yesu kudzakutulutsani mumdima wadyera wodera nkhawa za chitetezo chanu ndi kulowa mu kuunika kwa chipulumutso.
Inde, ndikuganiza. Khalani ndi chikhulupiriro mwa Yesu ndikuyiwala kukayikira kwanu konse ndi nkhawa zanu, mafunso onse osayankhidwa. Lekani kuganiza palimodzi ndipo lolani mlaliki wa wailesi ya AM wolankhula mofatsa a John MacArthur akonze malingaliro anu ndi machitidwe anu. Ingoyesani “mmene mungakonzekere kuti muchepetse nkhawa ndi kupsinjika maganizo ndikukutsogolerani ku moyo wodalira kwambiri Mulungu wolemekeza Mulungu. Pezani chikhutiro chozama, ziribe kanthu zomwe mukukumana nazo.â
Ndimayembekeza yankho pamene pulogalamu ikutha ndipo mlaliki wina wawailesi akuimba.
“Pali china chabwino kuposa Mose, chabwino kuposa Freud, chabwino kuposa Prozac. Ndiye Yesu.â€
Florida yatsegula kumene ndende yachikhulupiriro. Ndi angati akupha ndi ogwirira chigololo angati adzapeza Yesu m'dzenje?
Osaseka. Chikhulupiriro chapulumutsa Purezidenti Bush ku uchidakwa, kapena ndizo zomwe akunena. Anthu amene anali ndi ziwawa zakale, monga malemu Eldridge Cleaver, anapeza chikhulupiriro mwa Yesu. Zowonadi, wachinyengo wa Nixon Chuck Colson adayambitsanso gulu lobadwanso la A-mitundu pomwe adatuluka m'ndende atakhala nthawi ya hanky panky motsutsana ndi a Democrats pomwe akutumikira ku White House.
Madzulo, ndinagona ndipo ndinalota kuti Colson anayambitsa kampeni yolemba anthu ochimwa kwambiri mu 2004. Colson anafika ngakhale kwa Saddam Hussein ndi uthenga wachipulumutso - asanaimbidwe mlandu. Wolamulira wankhanza wakale waku Iraq, ataona kuwalako, adakhala Msilamu wobadwanso mwa Yesu. Kampeni yosankhanso zisankho za Bush idamugwiritsa ntchito ngati chikoka chachikulu chopezera ndalama zamagulu a kinky Republican. Madzulo ndi Saddam Hussein anali ofunika 25K pa kampeni yosankhanso.
M'malotowo, Purezidenti adalankhula ndi anthu omwe amakayikira ngati akugwira kampeni: âNdine munthu wokhululuka. Saddam waulula machimo ake – ndipo anali owopsadi. Koma tsopano wapeza chikhululuko cha Mulungu. Ndinatembenukira kwa Yesu ndipo ndinakhululukidwa. Ife tsopano tiyenera kulola wochimwa uyu - ngakhale ali A-rab - kulandira madalitso a Mulungu.
“Aleluya!†anafuula motero.
Malotowo anafika povuta kwambiri. Kuti apereke thandizo lopanda ndalama pakusankhidwanso kwake –chifuniro cha Mulungu— Bush adakhazikitsa nthambi ya Faith Base Homeland Anxiety motsogozedwa ndi Minister Pat Robertson Jr. Analemba ntchito Saddam Hussein ngati “mlangizi†kuti akawonekere. pa TV kuti auze anthu aku America za zoopsa zomwe angakumane nazo ngati “Munthu wofooka (wa Democrat aliyense) apambana utsogoleri."
Oyimira demokalase adakanganirana ndendende kuti ndi ndani mwa iwo amatanthawuza "ofooka".
“Dzuka,†mkazi wanga anakuwa. “Iwe ukulota maloto oipa.â€
“Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndi loto chabe,†ndinamuuza, “ndipo osati limodzi la maulosi a m’Baibulo amenewo.
Buku latsopano la Landau ndi THE PRE-EMPIVE EMPIRE: A GUIDE TO BUSH’S KINGDOM. Kanema wake watsopano ndi SYRIA: PAKATI pa IRAQ NDI MALO OVUTA. Amaphunzitsa ku Cal Poly Pomona University ndipo ndi mnzake wa Institute for Policy Studies.