Ngisanda kuchitha amahora angu-5 ebusuku ku-US Interstate Highway 80, “umgwaqo omkhulu waseMelika” ogcwele i-semi-trailer. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, abantu base-Indonesia, eThailand, eNdiya, naseSri Lanka babebhekene nenhlekelele yemvelo embi kunazo zonke engakaze yenzeke esikhathini eside kakhulu.
Ngike ngaphenya emsakazweni ukuze ngithole izindaba zakamuva nolwazi mayelana nezigameko ezimbi, okuhlanganisa ikakhulukazi noma yini yokuthi ngingaluthumela kuphi usizo lapho ngifika ekhaya.
Ngokuqinisekile, ngacabanga, ukwaziswa okunjalo bekuyotholakala kabanzi emsakazweni wesizwe “esihawukelayo” nesikhanyiselwe kakhulu emhlabeni kulezi zikhathi zokuhlupheka okukhulu kwabantu.
Okunye ebengikufuna bekutholakala ngesikhathi sezindaba esiteshini esisodwa somphakathi engingakwazi ukukucacisa.
Nokho, ngemva kwalokho into eyinhloko ngaphandle komculo emsakazweni kwakuyinkulumo yezemidlalo. Lokhu bekungukuqukethwe eziteshini ezi-3 kwezingu-4 AM engizithathe phakathi kwe-Iowa ne-Chicago. Kulezi ziteshi, njengoba isibalo sabantu abashona ngokusemthethweni kule nhlekelele esiyingqopha-mlando sasikhula, umuntu wayekwazi ukuzwa inkulumo-mpikiswano evuthayo futhi ngokuvamile enolwazi kakhulu ngalezi zindaba ezibalulekile ezilandelayo:
• kungani ama-Chicago Cubs (i-baseball) eqhumile ekupheleni kwesizini ye-baseball ka-2004
• kungani ama-Chicago Bears (ibhola) abe nesizini enzima kangaka kulo nyaka
• ukuthi uNotre Dame wenze kanjani ukukhetha okungalungile kokuqeqesha ibhola ekupheleni kwale sizini edlule
• kungani umgadli onamandla we-Indiana Pacer (basketball) omisiwe u-Ron Artest efanelwe ukudelelwa ngenxa yokuqhuma kwakhe okunodlame e-Detroit emasontweni edlule.
• kungani umdlali wasemuva we-Cubs u-Corey Patterson engasoze abe umdlali osemthethweni “wamathuluzi amahlanu”
• ukuthi i-Iowa Hawkeyes (ibhola lasekolishi) ilungiselela kanjani ukunqoba okukhulu ku-Capital One Bowl, ezodlalwa ngoJanuwari 1
• ukuthi umqhudelwano we-Rose Bowl ozayo (ibhola lasekolishi) ungathini mayelana namandla ahlobene ezinkomfa zezemidlalo zezikole ezimbili ezihlukene.
Kanjalo…idrayivu yezemidlalo evamile futhi ngokwayo engenacala elawula ukudayela kwe-AM. Okwenza le ngxoxo evamile yomsakazo igqame ngokukhululeka okungaka kimi kwakuyisizinda senhlekelele ye-tsunami eyenzeka. Ukuzwa yonke le nkulumo engathi shu ngalesi sikhathi bekungikhumbuza ngendlela ecasulayo engaba nomuzwa othusayo engaba nawo lapho ngibona izikhangiso zami zokuqala zikamabonakude ngemuva kokuba ukukhangisa kumisiwe isikhathi esingangesonto ngemuva komhlaka-9/11/2001.
Ukucasuka kwami komsakazo wezemidlalo kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba phakathi nengxenye emangalisa kakhulu ku-WGN AM 710, isiteshi saseChicago. Emahoreni amathathu ngihamba ngemoto, ngalalela ngokumangala inkulumo evuthayo, enothando, futhi ecishe iphikise ye-Houston Fox TV “Umqondisi Wezemidlalo” “ngesihloko ebengiphila naso ubusuku nemini emasontweni ayi-6 edlule.”
Umbuzo osuhlalele lo mxhumanisi wezindaba zezemidlalo isikhathi eside kangaka? Ukuthi i-Houston Astros (i-baseball) izokwazi noma cha ukugcina isihlabani sayo esiqinile “samathuluzi amahlanu” uCarlos Beltran “ngenani lemakethe elifanelekile” le-$15 million ngonyaka iminyaka eyisikhombisa. Ngithe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-15 ngonyaka iminyaka eyisikhombisa…nge…ngokudlala i-baseball…(yebo, abanikazi benza okwengeziwe).
Ingabe isibalo esingu-$15 million sizwakala sijwayelekile? Lokho kwaba isithembiso sokuqala sikaGeorge W. Bush kwabahlukunyezwa yi-tsunami, okwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kwaba namahloni okufika ku-$35 wezigidi, lapho namanje kuncane kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nezindleko zokuhlala ngokungemthetho nokubulala e-Iraq - cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-151 kuze kube manje.
Abasakazi bemisakazo ye-WGN kanye nabafonayo abaningi bavumile ukuthi i-Beltran “ifaneleka kakhulu” intengo yenani lika-$105 million ($15 million X 7) futhi bazwakalisa ithemba labo lokuthi iChicago Tribune Corporation (umnikazi wabo bobabili i-WGN kanye namaCub) izohlonipha “umphakathi wabo. ” kanye nesibopho “sokuziphatha” “kubantu baseChicago” “ngokukhuphukela phezulu” nokwenza ibhidi engathi sína ye-Beltran.
Ngabe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-15 (noma ngaleyo ndaba ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyi-105) ayezoya kude kangakanani eSri Lanka, ngazibuza ngedwa. Ngazibuza ukuthi, ingabe ingafinyelela kude kangakanani ezindaweni ezihlala entshonalanga naseningizimu yeChicago, lapho izinkulungwane zezingane ezimnyama zazihlala kulokho abacwaningi bezenhlalakahle abakubiza ngokuthi “ubumpofu obujulile,” ngaphansi kwengxenye yezinga lobumpofu lesizwe elaziwa kakhulu eliphansi nelinganele. ?
Nokho, akukho lutho eziteshini zezemidlalo olwalungangilungiselela ukujula nezinga lokunengeka engakuzwa lapho ngicosha futhi ngiqapha kafushane imisakazo emibili yezingxoxo zezombusazwe. Abasingathi abaphiko lwesokudla kulawa mafrikhwensi baphumelele kakhulu emzamweni wabo wokuvusa ulaka lwabafonayo. Ofonayo ngemuva kokufona ubefona ezwakalisa intukuthelo yakhe embikweni wakamuva “we-Paris-based” (OECD) okhombisa ukuthi i-United States inikela ngengxenye encane yomcebo wayo omkhulu wezwe ekusizeni abantu baphesheya kwezilwandle. Okunye okwafika ngokusolwa kanzima kwakungamacala avela ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweNhlangano Yezizwe Ezizondwayo okuthi uGeorge W. Bush wayenecala elibi kakhulu futhi enolaka ekuphenduleni kwakhe inhlekelele ye-tsunami.
“Abazi yini laba bantu abakhalayo,” kuvuma abamemezeli, ngokuvumelana nenjabulo yababephethe, “ukuthi iMelika iyisizwe esisodwa esinozwela nesinomusa kunawo wonke emhlabeni.” Omunye ofonayo wathi: “Siyapha futhi siyapha futhi sinikeza okwengeziwe, futhi asilokothi sibuze noma sisho lutho ngezombangazwe noma uhlobo lwabantu esibasekelayo ngenhlalakahle yethu. Sinikela ngobuhle benhliziyo. Futhi abakwenzayo nje ukukhononda ngokuthi akwanele. Mhlawumbe kufanele sivele sibanqume bonke sibone ukuthi bathini.” “Ukube bekungengenxa yenhlangano yethu yobuKristu emangalisayo, engenabugovu,” kuphetha omunye ethukuthele, “bonke lab’ ohulumeni nezinhlangano zosizo iZizwe Ezihlangene beziyowa ngokuphazima kweso. Bafunani kithina?” Omunye owashaya ucingo wasebenzisa izenzakalo zamuva nje njengethuba lokunxusa ukuba kuhlakazwe iZizwe Ezihlangene. Ngemva kokuba i-UN “iyehlisiwe,” lo owayeshaya ucingo wathi, “bonke laba bakhonondayo bazophindela emzini wethu, befuna inhlalakahle eyengeziwe kuMalume omdala ocebile uSam. Laba bantu bayangigulisa.”
Ababungazi nabafonayo bebegxile kakhulu emsuka “waseFrance” olahlayo wombiko we-OECD. Bavumelana ngokuthi ingxenye elinganiselwe yomcebo wesizwe oya ezinhlanganweni zosizo ayinamsebenzi - okuwukuphela kwento ebalulekile inani eliphelele futhi ngaleyo ndlela iMelika iyabusa!
Ngicabange ngokushaya ucingo futhi ngizame ukwenza amaphuzu anengqondo mayelana:
• isabelo esihluke kakhulu sezinsiza zomhlaba ezidliwa abantu base-US
• isabelo esikhulu nesihlukene ngokulinganayo semfucuza yomhlaba wonke kanye nokunukubezeka okwenziwa abantu base-US
• umqondo wenkolo wasendulo wokukhipha okweshumi, osekelwe ngokunembile engxenyeni yengcebo isiyonke hhayi nje inani eliphelele
• indima yenqubomgomo yezomnotho yomhlaba ye-neo-liberal yase-US ekuphungeni izizwe kanye nabantu emhlabeni wonke, isiza ukubenza babe sengcupheni ngendlela engenakulinganiswa kunalokho obekufanele babe sengozini yezinhlekelele zemvelo njengeziphepho, ukuzamazama komhlaba, izikhukhula, ukukhukhuleka kodaka, namatsunami
• ubukhulu obuncane kanye nobukhulu obuncishanayo bomnikelo wobuntu waseMelika, bubonakale ngendlela emangalisayo uma buqhathaniswa nesabelomali “sezwe elicebe kakhulu emhlabeni” “sokuvikela” (umbuso), okuhlanganisa nokuchitha igazi nokungena emthethweni e-Iraq (okubuye kwabulala. abangaphezu kuka-100,000 abangewona amaMelika) kanye/noma ekuncishisweni kwentela okukhulu uGeorge W. Bush akunikeze ozakwabo besigaba esibusayo abanobukhazikhazi
• isicelo esivamile sase-US esikhethayo kanye nokwenqatshwa kosizo lwezomnotho nolwesintu lwase-US ngokuhambisana nezinjongo zezombusazwe zase-US kanye nokuchema okuhlobene nemibono
Angizange ngishaye ucingo ngenxa yezizathu ezimbili. Okokuqala, angithandi ukukhuluma nocingo ngenkathi ngishayela, ikakhulukazi uma ngizungezwe amasondo angu-18. Okwesibili, angicabangi ukuthi kukhona inkhulumomphendvulwano ephusile okufanele ibe nayo nenqwaba yabantu abacwasa ngokwebala, abangama-hyper-nationalist, ama-proto-fascist-patriot-patriots abavame ukuvama eziteshini zomsakazo zezwe ezilwela amalungelo. Laba bantu bamelene nempi kunoma yikuphi ukuzindla okungase kubangele ukuba babuze ukuhlakanipha okutholwe ukugunyazwa nombuso.
Kungcono, ngicabanga, ukubabuyisela emuva ezintweni ezibalulekile, njengomzabalazo kaCarlos Beltran wokuzuza amashumi ezigidi ezimfanele ngokucebile.
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