Readers: this blog is set in the future (sometime after the year 2020). Each entry assumes there has been a 5th revolution in the US — the Revenge Revolution. More about the Revenge Revolution and author, Entry #1. List and general description of entries to date.
Note: most entries are formatted as conversations. Characters appear in a number of entries, with many entries building on previous conversations. Profile of characters (see link at top of page). You’ll catch on quickly. Thanks for your time and interest…and comments.
Scene: Greenie, JC and Jordan having lunch near Jordan’s office in Washington, DC
Jordan: “Greenie, glad you could break away for lunch. You can protect me from your buddy here.”
Greenie: “Now, Jordan. Yes, it’s nice to see you but when did you need protection? Has JC been harassing poor little Jordie?”
JC: “See, Jordan. You’re far too sensitive…and taking yourself way too seriously. You need to get out of Washington more often. You’re starting to act like some of those people in Congress.”
Jordan: “Alright guys. Enough kvetching. What are we going to talk about over lunch? What about…”
Greenie: “…excuse me but if you were going to suggest discussing progress on my articles on the Revenge Revolution, please don’t. I need a break.”
Jordan: “OK, then what?”
JC: “You want something far out…no pun intended.”
Jordan: “Such as…and what pun?”
JC: “Evolution.”
Greenie: “Since when did you become the scientist?”
JC: “Think about it?”
Greenie: “Think about what, Ms. Einstein?”
JC: “How could species evolve from a bunch of elements? And how did the universe get started?
Jordan: “Greenie, maybe Ms. Einstein is on to something. I’ve never really bought into the Big Bang Theory. Understand the theory but what I can’t figure out is where did the matter come from?”
JC: “See, this might be interesting. Where did all that stuff come from? Nothing just doesn’t go bang. Nothing had to be something before it went bang.”
Greenie: “So, if you need something in order to have it go bang, then who or what provided the something? Little green men? ET’s friends?”
Jordan: “Green is not my color. I like ET’s friends better. Seriously…if that’s possible with this group…I’ve always been fascinated by the number of stars. Now after the Hubble telescope, we know there are even more billions of stars and millions, if not billions of galaxies.”
JC: “And, if you believe in the tooth fairy, out of those billions and billions, earth is the only place where life exists. Right. Take another hit on that joint.”
Greenie: “How does all this link to evolution?”
JC: “Evolution, at least on earth, may not be so random. What if we’re a science experiment of one of ET’s buddies?”
Jordan: “If evolution is part of a science experiment, it explains a lot.”
Greenie: “How?”
Jordan: “We know…let me rephrase that…there appear to be more than three dimensions. We don’t know exactly how many but let’s say there are five dimensions.”
JC: “So ET’s buddies could be operating in all five dimensions while we’re operating only in three. And…”
Greenie: “…Let me try. We know time is relative. A billion years to us might be 10 years to ET. Like a gnat’s life is three days by our standards but maybe 100 years by gnat standards.”
Jordan: “Keep going.”
Greenie: “One of ET’s buddies has this experiment. And as part of that experiment there is a giant petri dish called earth. ET’s buddy puts of few drops of something in the dish and things start to grow.”
JC: “After a while some of the amoebas get bigger and eat other amoebas. Over more time other amoebas take on different shapes and new flavors of amoebas evolve.”
Jordan: “After who knows how long, the “generic man” amoeba evolves.”
Greenie: “All this seems sort of weird, doesn’t it? We’re an experiment in ET’s buddy’s petri dish.”
JC: “Weird, yes, but have you got a better explanation? Plus, who’s going believe this idea anyway?”
Jordan: “Does it really matter who believes it? Probably not. However, more people might be closer to believing it than we think. I find it very interesting that when you look at the core beliefs of a bunch of different religions, there always seems to be some ‘super-power’ of sorts at the top.”
JC: “And a belief in that ‘super-power’ makes life less complicated, right?”
Jordan: “Yes, it seems to.”
JC: “By the way, Jordan does this mean you’ve given up religion for a petri dish? Next time we have lunch are you going to order a BLT?”
Jordan: “You’re funny, JC. No, religion is still very important. At a very minimum it provides great guidelines and boundaries. And no BLT, unless its turkey bacon.”
Greenie: “Whew, beginning to wonder about you, too. C’mon, you really like turkey bacon?”
(End of discussion on evolution…at least for now.)
Jordan: “Never admitting a mistake was really his downfall.”
Jordan: “What a great way to start a presidency. Go to confession and beg for forgiveness.”
Jordan: “I know what you’re saying. Since Trump did the country such a favor, maybe we should put his face on Mount Rushmore.”
Matt: “First of all, if Trump really cared about these kids…actually many were young adults…he could have let Obama’s Executive Order continue or issued another one. What was so pressing?”
Matt: “Trump’s rationale wasn’t really about whether these children had legal standing. Trump’s argument was ‘those illegals’ were stealing jobs that Trump claimed rightfully belonged to Trump supporters. In reality the DACA kids were creating jobs and likely qualified for higher-tech jobs…jobs that many Trump supporters weren’t qualified for.”
Matt: “The DACA Detour, as I call it, was an effort to steer away from the every widening Russia investigation. Many in the public realized the terrible precedent that DACA set. DACA finally got evangelicals off their butt and they started saying no to Trump.”
Jordan: “The question is what did the deal accomplish? The Republicans would have passed legislation for the debt ceiling to keep the government operating, even if it took having Democrats join them. But Trump’s ego needed a fix, like right now, so he gave McConnell and Ryan the finger on camera and proceeded to play footsie with Pelosi.”
alienating virtually everyone in Congress and much of the public.”
