The Reconciliation
by Steve Payne and
Jeff Provine
Author
says: "how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that's
wise?" mused Sophocles. Please note that the opinions expressed in this post
do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).
On March 12th 2008,
shaken awake from the peaceful sleep of aeons into the frightful nightmare
of his corrupted Paradise the Supreme Being disowns the cold-hearted
stranger that man has become instead he abandons the Earth to build a new
Eden on the Planet Mars.
Months of peeping through telescopes quickly develops into a 24x7
Internet-based fixation until technocrats step into the void of childish
disappointment by promising to reverse mankind's "downgrade".
Funded by the largest PayPal fund in human history, a colloborative
international project is launched which quickly consumes the global
resource pool of geeks at the expense of gadget development which is
temporarily put on hold. Until finally landing on the Red Planet, the
wayward child confronts an angered parent exhibiting a "this better be
good" expression which signals a somewhat limited patience for
reconciliatary dialogue.
Disregarding a carefully pre-prepared (but somewhat over-complicated)
statement carefully drafted by World Leaders (and their lawyers),
Commander Robert A. Taylor removes his helmet, looks the Supreme Being
straight in the eye and delivers an emotionally shattering ad hominem
- "Something was missing in our harsh world, and that was love".
Author
says to view guest historian's comments on this post please visit the
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Imagine what would be, if history had occurred a bit
differently. Who says it didn't, somewhere? These fictional news items
explore that possibility. Possibilities such as America becoming a Marxist
superpower, aliens influencing human history in the 18th century and Teddy
Roosevelt winning his 3rd term as president abound in this interesting
fictional blog.

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