Thursday, November 03, 2011

NOTA EVOLUTIVA PARA AS PRÓXIMAS DÉCADAS

Soltem os cães, larguem os gorilas, acalmem os votantes,

evoquem os legisladores, aticem os juízes, protejam os especuladores,

que há gente zangada nas ruas, vá-se lá saber porquê,

alguns deles periclitantes outros apenas com razão,

que horror de gente que até parece gente mesmo,

coisa imposível de gerir, coisa impossível por si só.



Soltem mais cães, talvez não mordam nos nossos gorilas

e possamos ficar com alguns votantes intactos,

informem os legisladores, cuidem dos juízes e tratem dos especuladores,

que há muita gente furiosa e revoltada à solta,

gente terrivelmante indignada, que quase reivindica em tudo,

coisa horrível e pegajosa de humanidade incompreensível.



Soltem os cães todos e espalhem os ratos mutantes laboratoriais, esqueçam os gorilas,

acautelai os fiéis votantes, congelai alguns legisladores,

preservai alguns juízes e salvai os melhores especuladores,

há multidões incontroladas nas avenidas, insistindo cada vez mais,

anónimas multidões, famintas e múltiplas de aspecto diverso,

coisa incontrolável e hedionda, coisa massiva e sem historial.



Soltem os cães que ainda faltam, espalhem todos os ratos de terceira geração,

já não há gorilas, já não há votantes, preservai os resistentes legisladores,

alimentai os poucos juízes, embalai os poucos especuladores,

há uma multidão gigantesca exigindo ser ouvida, exigindo ser real,

coisa catastrófica, coisa surreal, coisa inverosímil, coisa somente vinda do mal.



Soltem os cães radioactivos, espalhem os vírus de última geração,

inoculai com o antídoto o último legislador, isolai o último juiz,

embalsamai para momento oportuno o último especulador,

há o mundo inteiro à solta, há o mundo todo com vontade de existir,

há um horror múltiplo de liberdade contagiável, etc. etc etc...



E agora fora do mote...

Cada dia seu dia, cada dia sua revolta, cada dia sua conquista, cada dia sua reviravolta,

cada dia sua lição, cada dia uma inspiração, cada dia uma visão, cada dia

um novo dia, cada dia um novo mundo, cada dia um novo tempo, cada tempo um novo mundo, cada mundo uma nova história, etc. etc. etc...

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

A note of appreciation from the rich

Let's be honest: you'll never win the lottery.
On the other hand, the chances are pretty good that you'll slave away at some miserable job the rest of your life. That's because you were in all likelihood born into the wrong social class. Let's face it — you're a member of the working caste. Sorry!

As a result, you don't have the education, upbringing, connections, manners, appearance, and good taste to ever become one of us. In fact, you'd probably need a book the size of the yellow pages to list all the unfair advantages we have over you. That's why we're so relieved to know that you still continue to believe all those silly fairy tales about "justice" and "equal opportunity" in America.

Of course, in a hierarchical social system like ours, there's never been much room at the top to begin with. Besides, it's already occupied by us — and we like it up here so much that we intend to keep it that way. But at least there's usually someone lower in the social hierarchy you can feel superior to and kick in the teeth once in a while. Even a lowly dishwasher can easily find some poor slob further down in the pecking order to sneer and spit at. So be thankful for migrant workers, prostitutes, and homeless street people.
Always remember that if everyone like you were economically secure and socially privileged like us, there would be no one left to fill all those boring, dangerous, low-paid jobs in our economy. And no one to fight our wars for us, or blindly follow orders in our totalitarian corporate institutions. And certainly no one to meekly go to their grave without having lived a full and creative life. So please, keep up the good work!

You also probably don't have the same greedy, compulsive drive to possess wealth, power, and prestige that we have. And even though you may sincerely want to change the way you live, you're also afraid of the very change you desire, thus keeping you and others like you in a nervous state of limbo. So you go through life mechanically playing your assigned social role, terrified what others would think should you ever dare to "break out of the mold."

Naturally, we try to play you off against each other whenever it suits our purposes: high-waged workers against low-waged, unionized against non-unionized, Black against White, male against female, American workers against Japanese against Mexican against.... We continually push your wages down by invoking "foreign competition," "the law of supply and demand," "national security," or "the bloated federal deficit." We throw you on the unemployed scrap heap if you step out of line or jeopardize our profits. And to give you an occasional break from the monotony of our daily economic blackmail, we allow you to participate in our stage-managed electoral shell games, better known to you ordinary folks as "elections." Happily, you haven't a clue as to what's really happening — instead, you blame "Aliens," "Tree-hugging Environmentalists," "Niggers," "Jews," Welfare Queens," and countless others for your troubled situation.
We're also very pleased that many of you still embrace the "work ethic," even though most jobs in our economy degrade the environment, undermine your physical and emotional health, and basically suck your one and only life right out of you. We obviously don't know much about work, but we're sure glad you do!

Of course, life could be different. Society could be intelligently organized to meet the real needs of the general population. You and others like you could collectively fight to free yourselves from our domination. But you don't know that. In fact, you can't even imagine that another way of life is possible. And that's probably the greatest, most significant achievement of our system — robbing you of your imagination, your creativity, your ability to think and act for yourself.

So we'd truly like to thank you from the bottom of our heartless hearts. Your loyal sacrifice makes possible our corrupt luxury; your work makes our system work. Thanks so much for "knowing your place" — without even knowing it!

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Socorro

Embasbaquei-me comigo próprio. Se calhar estou a ficar um produto do que sempre me embasbacou. Amanhã vou procurar um psiquiatra.

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Procissão lusitana

Volto à carga.
E com a imensa, efusiva, gratificante e embasbacada vénia para o dragoscópio:
Bem-vindos à nova procissão...

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Estado gastou 14 milhões em projecto falhado

De pontal em pontal

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Ao apostar em alternativas aos tribunais comuns, o Ministério da Justiça (MJ) admite criar um sistema de justiça ao domicílio. A experiência vai ser feita no âmbito da mediação familiar, com os mediadores a deslocarem-se à residência das pessoas para aí promoverem um acordo entre as partes em conflito. A revelação foi feita ontem pelo secretário de Estado da Justiça. Ora precisamente ao domicílio é que a peixeirada é mais fresquinha e caseira e envolvente e de facto. Pondo de parte a habitual morosidade processual, e muito porque quanto mais tempo mais fermentação, este será um sistema inovador onde os mediadores poderão assistir in loco às contendas e desavenças, podendo consultar acerca da matéria os vizinhos, sogras, parentes, contraentes e animais domésticos. Aliviem-se os tribunais e ponha-se corropio nos lares!!!