A Mind Off-Grid, Nr.05 - Annual Awards

      
“L a d i e s    a n d    g e n t l e m e n      
it is my great pleasure to announce the winner      
of this year’s annual award      
for industry’s most industrious industry      
 … yes … for the 50th time in a row …      
… The War Industry      
which in 2016 generated, globally      
over $2trillion-dollars’ …      
yes you heard that correctly, $2trillion,      
that’s $2,000 billion-dollars      
worth of business in a gruelling market      
and succeeded against all odds      
whilst not flinching from the onerous task of      
killing thousands of soldiers, tens of thousands of innocent      
civilians, and helping millions of refugees move house …      
oh, and yes, also killing a few people believed to be enemies      
of the state - plus in addition, amazingly,      
the occasional poet, dreamer, free-thinker, peace-activist      
and person living off-grid …      
     
Way beyond the call of duty      
this marvellous achievement includes      
the traumatising of another whole generation of youngsters      
who are now prepped and pumped  
to be part of the controlled opposition,  
beautiful cannon-fodder enemies in the future …      
As ever, the always ingenious war industry with its masterful strategies      
to create continuously new streams of income      
and provide jobs      
has also made a new breed of millionaire politicians      
and swallowed in 2016, without complaint, a black-budget      
in excess of one $trillion dollars.      
Never before in the history of human progress      
has one single industry achieved so much.      
     
And yet, incredibly, it still has its detractors -      
sad, misguided, and ill-informed people      
who refuse to recognise the massive contribution      
of The War Industry in changing the course of human history      
for the better, giving jobs to designers, engineers,      
computer programmers, PR agencies, marketing whizz-kids,      
secretaries and makers of in-house gymnasiums -      
all the while whilst paying      
above average wages and achieving astonishing      
price-leverage with governments.      
“Make war, not peace” is a strap-line      
that has stood the test of time, and      
The War Industry with great fortitude      
is, commendably, and with great patience still waiting      
for the anti-war laggards to catch up      
with the modern business environment.      
     
This year’s prize includes exemption      
from all accusations of aiding and abetting murder      
a whole new bevy of legal loop-holes      
generously provided by governments      
thereby avoiding time-and-money-wasting      
indictments of criminality …      
plus direct access behind closed doors      
to the judicial process, generously enabled      
by national security agencies      
and to top it all, the prize of prizes      
… recently passed in the U.K … The Investigatory Powers Act …      
allowing activity deemed illegal here to be contracted out      
thereby also streamlining the ability to criminalise      
those who counter the War Industry’s heroic efforts      
to make the world a better place.      
So, put your hands together and please give      
a huge round of applause      
to 2016’s most exemplary global industry …      
The War Industry!