Stressmas also reminds me of the injustices one experiences year-round. For instance, at least 433 turkeys (in Congress) escaped Thanksgiving slaughter, and that doesn't include the fowls in the Judicial and Executive branches of government, plus politicians in general.
Stressmas also reminds me of the inevitability of: being screwed by the IRS; lied to by politicians; deceived by religious conmen and the government; constantly subjected to eternal bureaucracy and red tape; and regardless of what the so-called investigators have concluded, been gouged by the oil companies,etc.
Luckily, the inevitability of misery, misfortune and injustice can be offset in at least 1001 ways. I also must admit, no matter how bad things get there will always be some things to be grateful for.
If justice exists in this world, Jesse Helms and his ilk will either get voted out of office or (we can only hope) will oneday die a slow and painful death; Generic products still cost much less than name brands...
The most thankful event on Thanksgiving was the recent resignation of Margaret Thatcher. At least it calmed the IRA down...
Best of all, there's no law saying that one can't buy Xmas presents as if running a business. Here's how: The object is to spend as little as possible and to get as high a return as possible. For instance, I have bought recent hardcover books worth around $17.00 for only 50 cents. I could spend around $1.oo per person and get as much as a hundred-fold profit in return. That's one way I should survive the coming bad years.
One more thing: Merry Stressmas and May the Stress not be with you.
[Originally written for Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in December 1990 or 1991. Also part of my unpublished manuscript: "In Meciocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die: and other Essays.]
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