Taylor+K's+OpEd+Article

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 * "Just Too Much" by Taylor K.**

O' woe is me- what does a raker do without their precious muck?! Why, find some, of course! Honestly, I feel really stupid for having to find something to bitch about right now. The truth is looking for muck to rake is like walking into Home Depot and shouting "Quick- I need someone to insult my intelligence by explaining to me what a hammer does!"- there are so many hammers and so many douchebags to assist you that you'll be overwhelmed and spiral into a cynical and depressing view of society as a whole.

Then there is the issue of exclusion where I could choose to ignore so MANY more problems than I acknowledge by choosing just one subject: like the genocide of homosexuals in Uganda where the hatred flows as freely as the 'faggot' blood from the diced bodies of the universally despised minority(funny that it appears only hate can unite people of different races in our world currently). Or maybe the clubbing of seals on the tundra for pelts worn to a single chique afterparty- no? Child trafficking in Thailand? No? Child-trafficking homosexual seals from Africa pelting people with clubs? See. I simply can't cover every subject and have it make sense, too. Unless you have met some of those seals, in which case you can club them all you want because they really are ornery.

The point is: the world is too chock full of problems to cherry pick through them and find 'the best' or 'the most relevant' iniquity spawned from the human mind because there are too many humans and too few solutions and frankly, I'm running out of energy just pointing out our flaws.

We're the problem- not the goddamn ozone-layer, Zeus, trans-fat, or the Mayan calendar; all byproducts. How many giraffes have you seen robbing banks? Did an armadillo shoot JFK? And, surely, it was one of those hooligan flamingos that stole your kidney.

Moral of the story: until humans stop being such greedy, merciless, unsympathetic scabs, kangaroos are going to keep kicking idiotic tourists in the sternum on camera, Kanye's going to keep drunkenly canvasing for Beyonce, and I still won't be able to narrow down my rant to a single attribute of inhumane humanity. Hey- a topic!