{"id":125941,"date":"2019-01-21T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=125941"},"modified":"2019-01-13T13:15:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T13:15:35","slug":"updating-an-old-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/01\/updating-an-old-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating an Old One"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>An airplane was about to crash. There were 4 passengers, but only 3 parachutes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One passenger proclaimed, “I’m Kanye West. I’m the best rapper on the planet. Millions of fans need me, so I can’t die.” He took the 1st pack and jumped out the plane.<\/p>\n

The next passenger bragged, “I’m the smartest and the best President in American history. I’m a genius and I have the best words.\u00a0\u00a0I said Mexico will pay for my wall. My fans believe anything I say. \u00a0I can insult blacks, immigrants, and disabled folks. \u00a0I can grab chicks by the pussy and\u00a0hush-pay porn stars after the birth of my 5th child by my 3rd wife. \u00a0My fan base is STILL fantastic because\u00a0I’m so great.\u201d \u00a0He pointed at the two remaining passengers and sneered, \u201cYou\u2019re a nasty crone, and you… those long pigtails are a disgrace to teendom!\u201d \u00a0He then grabbed the 2nd pack and jumped off the plane.<\/p>\n

After rolling her eyes,\u00a0author<\/a>\u00a0and Buddhist scholar\u00a0Joanna Macy<\/a>\u00a0told the remaining passenger, Greta Thunberg, “My dear, I’m an elder, with few years left to achieve\u00a0The Great Turning<\/a>. \u00a0Even if you had not riveted the world with your\u00a0speech at the Climate Summit<\/a>, you’re only 15, with many decades ahead, so I gladly sacrifice my life. \u00a0Take the\u00a0last parachute.”<\/p>\n

Greta replied, “Thank you,\u00a0but that’s unnecessary. \u00a0The smartest President in US history grabbed my backpack.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shouting, “Yippee!” they leapt out together, free falling\u00a0into the wild blue yonder\u00a0before floating, hand in hand, to a fragrant meadow.<\/p>\n

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Phoebe Anne Thomas Sorgen is a\u00a0Green Party<\/a>\u00a0USA Delegate and a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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