Lori Kim’s Blog 9/12/2012
Heading south. The weather is getting wetter, more humid as I do. I’m through Maryland, but I’m still unsure of my destination. I’m trusting Soren, though. He is giving me directions, but I don’t know where he’s leading specifically.
I bypassed D.C. I got some stories of what is happening there. The land is slowly turning back to a swamp. It’s still a center for patriotism. People still go there as delegates, usually self-appointed, assuming their need for order will translate into a rebuilt America. D.C. still thinks it is America, that if it is operating, we’ll all get through this.
Then reality hits, as if all of this wasn’t reality enough. Remember Katrina? Red tape caused thousands of people to live on their own in what was basically a small version of the world now and it all went to hell. Same thing is still happening. I don’t know how many people, all with delusions of grandeur, trying to remake the world with no authority or ability to execute. I think they’re STILL arguing a health care bill there, unaware of what’s happened to the rest of the world. I’ll stop in on the way back. August was always the worst month there, a time of typhoid, west nile and flu. With the shift of the seasons, August is now two months long, of sweltering ugliness. Then it slams into hurricane season.
The kudzu around here is out of control. There have been three places where I had to pull out my machete to clear the road, and one where it took down a tree across the road. Had to backtrack across an overpass to get around that one. Kudzu will take over the south before long, hopelessly and forever.
I have a feeling that bad weather is on the way, the rise in humidity is cranking higher. Hope where I’m going is nearby.
Tags: health care, health care reform, kudzu, machete, Washington D.C.