Statecraft Informer

That’s right, dedicated readers, we will no longer just be producing so-called “fake news” here at statecraft. It is called fake news so you can distinguish it from real news, but after all, what IS reality? And what is NEWS? And what is the capitol of Mauritania?

Some folks obviously think only they have all the answers. Some people think only their opinions matter.

This is simply silly thinking.

We know all the answers and opinions that really matter can be found here at statecraft (and perhaps even at OTHER 451Press blogs)!

To increase its audience, and expand its focus, statecraft has thrown open the once sacrosanct boundaries of editorial decorum within which we have heretofore operated.

We will no longer be bound by the outmoded dictates of some universal mind’s blogitorial™ correctness. Oh, no, from now on, as in this grand and glorious country of ours, anything goes here at www.statecraftinformer.com.

We therefore bring you: Poetry.

Like all art, even the art of politics, we may not always know what constitues poetry – be it good , bad, or indifferent (we have been in different, ennui won’t go back again – but we do know what we like. That would be pretty much the stuff we, ourselves, write :-).

Without further adiue (for we haven’t even started), here is our first previously published, and completely protected lyrical offering…

Disposable World

There are so many people on this little sphere
And a privileged few using up more and more
Of the precious resources once plentiful here
And I wonder how we can endure

There are so many people on this tiny rock
In a blink we are turning this heaven to hell
All our progress and profits can’t lessen the shock
All our money cannot make it well

It’s a system in balance
It’s a matter of fact
We are teetering close to the edge
If we marshal our talents
We can turn the clock back
We can still step away from the ledge
This is not a disposable world after all
This is not a disposable world

There are so many people on this shrinking ball
With no thought for the future’s inherited plight
Making toxins and weapons and no sense at all
As posterity’s day turns to night

There are so many people on this spinning globe
And we add tens of millions and more every year
There is room for improvement but little to grow
And there’s no place to go except here

It’s a system in balance
It’s a matter of fact
We are teetering close to the edge
If we marshal our talents
We can turn the clock back
We can still step away from the ledge
This is not a disposable world after all
This is not a disposable world

© 1995,2006 TS Tyler All Rights Reserved

Before long, whenever we figure out how to make all the pieces fit, statecraft may begin offering pictures, maybe even MOVING pictures (Of course some will be moved, others not, but we can’t help that.).

In the meantime and in between time, don’t forget to enter the great Third Party Mascot Hunt. The United States will never have a viable third party alternative until an emblematic and versatile mascot (or icon) is chosen. It would be nice if the new symbol were wearable (you know, like a sports mascot), for rallies, parades, congressional hearings, etc.

Valuable prizes are being added every day (at least theoretically :-), and you could be the big winner! Since the only entry so far is ours, and we technically cannot win, you’re odds are fantastic. So don’t delay, enter today!

C’mon, we’re talking even money here! Your chances are 1 in 1. You cannot lose. OK, if any body else enters (but what are THOSE odds?), then you might not win the grand prize, but we haven’t even told you about the consolation/honorable mention prizes, yet!!

We don’t actually have any, yet, of course, but I’m pretty sure we will, so c’mon!

I mean, it’s not like you have to vote, or anything ;-p