Polar Caps

Warning: I am writing this as I go and I have a feeling it's going to be very random and possibly not well thought out.

In college, I took several geography classes that all dealt with the many different subjects and variations of geography. I believe it was in a course that focused on climate and weather that I first heard that at several different times in the earth's history the poles had reversed. Meaning that north became south and south became north. I don't believe this has happened at any point during human existence and I've since wondered what will happen when this occurs again. Will gravity be temporarily lost? Will all of us not nailed to the ground spin out into space. I guess the good news of that is we will go through a series of freezing and burning till whatever ever is left of us basically breaks down in outer space.

Also we talked quite about the poles melting. Which my uneducated and naive intuition feels may just trigger the above to happen. Meaning most of us will be covered in ocean by the time it happens then.

I guess what made me think of this was how polar opposite the world feels right now. The gap between the right and the left in politics in this world continues to grow. The current U.S. presidential election features an old white guy (nothing new there), who despite being in his mid-70s and a part of politics for the past 30 plus years, that is trying to sell people he is the opposite of what he appears. A maverick? A trend setter?

Then you have a middle aged black man who picked an old white guy for a running mate all in hopes that people will see him as a traditional, safe, ready to be your leader kind of candidate. But lets face it. The guy grew up in the Illinois political climate. For those that don't know, Illinois politics is as corrupt as most third world dictatorships. If you really think he is the next coming of Kennedy, think again.

I guess what's funny about it all is these are two men who appear the opposite are really trying to be exactly the same. They're trying to connect to people fleeing to one pole or the other. Hoping that the weight on one end will carry them over. Heck they're even switch they're polar positions if it means four years in a seat that will likely make them one of the worst presidents no matter what they do. Times are going to be tough.

I guess no matter how the world spins and which pole is north and which is south, they'll always be one on opposite ends. Unless, of course, the guy from Kids in the Hall is siting on the moon and crushing us with his fingers.