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IT WAS A FEELING

After getting an extra hour of sleep last night I followed my normal Sunday routine of heading to Wal-Mart and Giant at 7:00 am to avoid the onslaught of Wal-Creatures. It was crisp Fall morning with temperatures in the low 50’s with a gusty breeze. The sun was up and as I looked up expecting nothing but blue skies. What did I see? I saw chem-trails all over the sky. If you looked to the left, nothing but blue. Look to the right and you saw chem-trails forming into low level clouds. That pissed me off and set the mood for the trip.

As I drove the few miles on empty roads I couldn’t help but get the feeling the next few days would be historic and game changing. Normally I just get the essentials I need at Wal-Mart and then make my way to Giant for the food. Today I had a feeling I should pick up a few extras. Another case of water and a few extra gallon jugs to add to my supply. Some more supplies from the emergency aisle. Last week I bought another large propane tank. I’ve had this feeling before, and nothing came of it. But the water and supplies are in my storage area for when I am right. No downside to being prepared too early.

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NO WAY OUT

I know there are many people out there who don’t watch the daily drivel emanating from their 72 inch HD boob tubes. I don’t blame them. Most of the shows on TV are dumbed down to the level of their audience of government educated zombies. The facebooking, twittering, texting, instagraming generation is too shallow, too self-consumed, and too intellectually lazy to connect the dots, understand symbolism or learn moral lessons from well written thought-provoking TV shows. But there have been a few exceptions over the last few years. Breaking Bad, House of Cards, and Walking Dead are intelligent, brilliantly scripted, morally ambiguous, psychologically stimulating TV shows challenging your understanding of how the world really works.

The Walking Dead is much more than a gory, mindless, teenage zombie flick. Personally, I find myself interpreting the imagery, metaphorical storylines, and morality lessons of Walking Dead within the larger context of cultural, political, and social decay rapidly consuming our society today. I don’t pretend to know the thought process or intent of the writers, but I see plot parallels symbolizing current day issues plaguing our empire of debt. Their mid-season opener was one of the most intense shocking episodes of the entire series. It was titled No Way Out, as the main characters appeared to be trapped in a no win situation with long odds and little hope of surviving.

From my vantage point I see four explicit types of characters inhabiting the world of the Walking Dead. There are the infected mindless zombies roaming the countryside in search of flesh to consume. They are oblivious to the world around them, unable to think, feel, or act human. They can be distracted and led in different directions by loud noises or other diversions. Then there are the still human zombies inhabiting the walled city of Alexandria who are sentient, thinking, frightened men and women, not prepared to face the harsh reality of an unfair brutal world and the consequences of not fighting the forces of evil. They cower behind their walls and hope for the best.

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