Eco-fiction by Jan Spencer
"My fellow Americans, I come to you this evening with a message that is simple and of great historical importance. As you all know, we are experiencing rapid changes in the world and at home. We are tracking events as well as we can at the Federal level.
"You elected me to be your leader five years ago on a platform to contain these changes, to keep the price of food reasonable, to insure supplies of gasoline, to maintain order and our prosperous way of life
"To be honest is critical at this time. We have failed in our promises. We have failed to understand and respond to global forces beyond our control. Admittedly, there were voices warning of these kinds of circumstances. We didn't listen very well. In hindsight, if we had made better choices and policies thirty, forty, even fifty years ago, much of this could have been avoided. Truthfully, the premise of an entire culture structured around buying, selling, and consuming to the degree we did--and leading the world to do the same--was a mistake."
