In The News And Other Things....

Hi Everyone,
Been a while eh??!! Well the world has been kinda boring the last little while so I took a break....BUT I'M BACK!
IN THE NEWS....
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner warned both parties that if they did not reach an agreement to INCREASE the country's debt ceiling limit it would bring catastrophic consequences to the country's economy.
well Timothy....you just need to know how to budget better. "DO I WANT IT OR DO I NEED IT" simple statement to ply your economics by: bring troops home (save you millions); shut down un-needed military installation (save you billions); take away benefits of food and travel expenses for congress and the senate (save you millions); shut down the industrial military complex (debt gone)
SEE TOLD YOU IT WAS SIMPLE!
NOW IF YOU DIDN'T LIVE THRU THE LAST GREAT DEPRESSION....you may have another soon. countries are so economically entwined with one another that if the big cahoona goes down...we all do. is that really fair? NO. do we need a one world government to fix it? NO NO NO. what people need is to stop being greedy and demand that your government do the same.
well you are saying 'come on A&E, what the hell do you mean?'
I'll tell ya....here's my view.
STOP....spending beyond your means! do you need a house with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms? do you need that big SUV? do you need that extra food in the fridge that you will just toss out anyway? do you need all the little gadgets that are suppose to give you time back to do other things? do you need that 18th pair of shoes? would it be awful for someone to see that same dress again this year that you could wear?
ARE YA GETTING MY POINT PEOPLE??
make a list of all the EXTRA things you have that you could live without. put them in the spare bedroom and for 1 week TRY AND LIVE WITHOUT THEM. my guess is that 75% of you will laugh and say "why should i?" 22% of you would say "i can do that!" and fail. And 3% of you would be successful and maybe think about narrowing down the 'i want list' a bit.
why do you think that these percentages are so unreal? they are probably very accurate if it was a real poll. my question to everyone is.....WHY IS THE 75% NOT THE ONES THAT WOULD NARROW DOWN THE 'I WANT LIST'????
BECAUSE...we have lost the will to become more self-sufficient like our previous generations and opted for the governments of the world to provide for us. I HAVE A WORD FOR THIS....we are the "SHEEP GENERATION". DUMBED DOWN AND HAPPY TO BE SO.
we have replaced HAPPINESS with HURRY. we have replaced GOALS IN LIFE with CONSUMERISM. we have replaced CONTENTMENT with BLIND GREED. but worst of all....WE HAVE LET THE ONE ORGANIZATION THAT HAS LET US DOWN SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST LEAD US THEIR.....government/big business.
COME ON PEOPLE....WHO GETS THE POLITICIANS ELECTED? WHO CONTROLS THE POLICIES THEY MAKE? WHO CONTROLS WHAT YOU EAT, WHAT YOU DRINK, WHEN YOUR DAYS OFF ARE, HOW YOU DRESS, YOUR HEALTH AND WHAT YOU CAN BORROW?
MAYBE the world needs a depression, just MAYBE it needs to be knocked on its ass, just MAYBE then we will see that living free, healthy and debt free isn't such a bad thing after all. MAYBE....getting back to what is TRUE is what the world needs.

Well That's What I Think!

QUOTE OF THE DAY......

"it's only after we have lost everything that we are free to do anything."

The Dali Lama

Those To Remember.....Deb Gibbons

In Memory Of Deb Gibbons
Deb is at the end of her struggle with cancer. She is in her 45th year. She is a woman of strength and courage. Deb is clinging to an existence that she will release soon. She has come to terms with her human shell and knows that she may transcend to another place where peace of spirit will comfort her.
Please keep Deb in your thoughts...for we all know that it could just as easily be one of us.
We are born, we live, we breathe to be
We grow, we learn, we struggle to see
That all in life is not what it seems
That life is really about living your dreams
And in the end, we are but a shell
Of the Spirit within that does dwell
And the Spirit is released to breathe and fly
Leaving this earth, knowing it tried.

We will miss you Deb.....BE AT PEACE.

Who Takes The Lead??...OIL Of Course

Good Morning,
As the world cried for justice just a few weeks ago for Libyan Rebels, now the powers behind those people are close to sitting on their hands and washing them of the middle east rebellions.
the Americans did strike with bombs in Libya, but now have decided that "maybe its not the place to be!"
in a little publicized statement that Qaddafi made late last week, he said that any country that opposes his rule and sides with the rebels will not be looked on kindly when the dust settles and oil flows again. WELL?? HOW ABOUT THAT?
Cuba for the longest time, was a sworn enemy of the USA, did they invade and bomb them? did the free world jump in too?......NOPE! Egypt decided that they would rebel and rid the country of a dictator...did the USA and the free world step in?......NOPE!
has the USA and the free world run to the aid of Yemen AND ANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY REBELLING TO RID THEIR COUNTRIES OF DICTATORSHIP????......NOPE!
WHY IS THAT, YOU MAY ASK? O I L! O I L! O I L !
Libya is in a strategic position for oil and the pipelines that carry it. Heaven forbid we compromise our energy position??!!
i understand the need for FREEDOM! i understand the need to want a BETTER LIFE!
BUT ULTERIOR MOTIVES.....to engage on foreign soil is just wrong.
Just LOOK who has joined this coalition to HELP THE REBELS.....every oil deficient world power that is having energy problems. (and some because they haven't the political balls to say NO.)
the moral of the story......would these countries that need to protect their oil futures be happy about the fact that if the shoe was on the other foot, THAT THEY BE BOMBED OR INVADED???? probably not. so what to do?
KNOW WHAT I SAY.....NO BOMBING, NO TROOPS, NO FUNDING, NO PARTICIPATION. Stay the HELL out of their backyard and you won't get your hands slapped for trespassing.
ANDDDDDDD....fix your own messes at home first. work on alternative energies (no nuke), fix your healthcare, help the old people, ensure that people who retire will have a pension after working all their life. PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE!
sure Qaddafi is an Alzheimer patient ruling a nation, sure he needs to be slapped, sure his time has come, sure Libya needs some sense of democracy. LET THEM FIGURE THAT OUT! its called....HUMAN EVOLUTION AND STRUGGLE...(we were bred for this)
Quote Of The Day......

"in war, no one wins. our ability not to see this is only blinded by our human need to be supreme. what we can't see is that there is no race, creed or colour....we are ALL of the same genus HOMO SAPIEN."
Me
Nuff Said.

Arresting Silent Protesters??..What Is This World Coming To?

good morning,
well Chalk Up another blow for the ANTI-NUCLEAR CONSCIOUSNESS!
IN A STUNNING MOVE yesterday, 4 protesters were arrested for carrying on a peaceful protest....YOU READ IT RIGHT!! in fact, IT WAS A SILENT PROTEST.

QUOTE :"The disturbance began just after 9 a.m. ET when the protesters chained themselves together at the front of the meeting hall, then attached themselves to a nearby table with a second chain. Others held banners reading, "No nukes are safe. Stop Darlington."

QUOTE :"If you're not prepared to move we'll adjourn the hearings until such time as we can proceed in an orderly manner and a fair manner," panel chairman Alan Graham told the group before the panel left the stage."
HOW SAD IS THAT?!!! the PROTESTERS were chained together and then chained themselves to a table in front of the hearing panel in silence. How much more orderly does Alan Graham want....there was only BANNERs and SILENCE.

QUOTE :"Greenpeace spokesman Shawn Patrick Stensil said there was nothing stopping the panel from proceeding with the activists silently standing in front of them."

"They're just bearing witness to the fact that these hearings are moving forward while ignoring one of the greatest threats to future generations of Ontarians — that is a Fukushima-scale [disaster]," Stensil said."

apparently your right to protest is "NO LONGER ALLOWED."
IF an agenda about BIG BUSINESS and PROFIT is hindered by a few protesters with silence and signs....what would they do with a loud, in your face city or country protest???
i think having them arrested was wrong!!! if you don't want the opposition to show up at a PUBLIC HEARING, THEN DAH!!!!! DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING!!?
THE GREAT IRONY HERE IS : the silent protesters protesting a silent killer that has no way of being cleaned up!
Maybe Alan Graham needs to pay attention to the cost of cleaning up a disaster and its long term effects verses the greed and need for energy.
MAYBE what the government and the energy industry needs to promote is :A LIFESTYLE CHANGE....one that is more in tune with the environment.
there ya go Ontario Government....sink the billions into alternative energies instead, so the population can be around a lot longer to keep you in your cushie jobs.
All the panel has to do is look at the current headlines to know what kind of outcome will ensue if there is a nuclear problem.
- Darlington is beside one of the largest fresh water reservoirs in the world.
- Darlington recently had a water leak into that reservoir.
- Ontario's food belt is just north of lake Ontario, a prime position for contamination.
- The mass populace of Ontario lives and works close to these nuclear areas.
- Nuclear problems will affect not only ontario, but possibly the neighbours to the south.
- contaminated water and lands cannot be cleansed.
-the long-term cost will bankrupt the nation.
- PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT!!!!!
GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND TRY AGAIN!!!

Nuff Said!

Why Is It????

Riots In The Middle East Have Leaders There Running Scared

isn't it interesting that country after country in the Middle East has taken to the streets in protest of their long time repression...one country after the other! is anyone seeing the BIG PICTURE HERE? i think i do. it has been the dominance of dictators and rulers that have been seated there by Western Powers that is now driving these protests. People....like you and i, are tired of just getting by while the Captain's of Industry and Politics tell them what they need. WOOOHOOOO for "THE LITTLE GUY!!!"
in a very predictable move...the King (who the hell has a king anymore? is this the middle ages?) of Saudi Arabia just announced that he was going to go on a spending spree and dump millions into the economy. he wants to boost employment, raise minimum wages, build low cost housing and give government workers a pay raise. ME THINKS THE KING IS A TAD FRIGHTENED...would you agree?
King Abdullah is old and he does not want to face an uprising of the young and oppressed. i don't think his health would survive it. so he opted to appease the masses by throwing them a bone. (while he lives in luxury) i don't feel this is a heart felt attempt to fix the problems that thrive in his country. there is a huge gap between the HAVES and HAVE NOTS. it is just a way to stave off civil unrest. i hope the people are not gullible.
WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT THE "NEW WORLD ORDER". well here it is.....people are waking up to the fact that oppression isn't all its cracked up to be and they are realizing that they can change things!!!
VIV LA CHANGE....i say!
this is your new world order....just not the kind that the DOMINATING CORPORATES WANTED. shitty for them......people do have minds and they are slowly breaking out of the hypnotic spell of MATERIALISM as a DIVERSION from the TRUTH.

Quote Of The Day......

In every age, no matter how cruel the oppression carried on by those in power, there have been those who struggled for a different world. I believe this is the genius of humankind, the thing that makes us half divine: the fact that some human beings can envision a world that has never existed.

~ Anne Braden

WOW!! I Told Ya So.....

So it seems that Japan has a huge and deadly problem on their hands. reactors that are not cooling down after multiple days and attempts. brace yourself world! Japan has been monitoring levels of radiation and they are finding food that has above normal levels. GUESS WHAT PEOPLE??? if the food has it....so will the soil. RADIATION just doesn't dissolve away ....it hangs in there quietly for the long term damage. ASK the people that lived near Chernobyl!
California reported that radiation was detected that came from Japan. the Canadian government said that the levels detected in British Columbia were nothing to worry about, in fact they said that it was equal to what we would be exposed to on a daily basis. REALLY? isn't that what the Japanese said to their people the day they announced that they were having issues with the cooling???
Japan right now is a ROCK IN A HARD PLACE.....why? well i will tell you why. they assured the world that their nuclear facilities could withstand an earthquake. (at the 7 level). the quake registered almost 9. EXPLAIN SAFE NOW? not only have they endangered their own people, but their neighbours as well. they are trying to dig out of this crisis and it will cost them BILLIONS. unfortunately, these leaks are not going to help their EXPORTS. WHO WOULD BY ANYTHING FROM JAPAN RIGHT NOW FOR FEAR OF CONTAMINATION???? will they survive...economically, its slim.
RADIATION knows no boundaries, no race, no religion. IT KILLS WITHOUT BIAS.
IT MAKES ME WONDER.....does CANADA still want to add new nuclear reactors to its soil?? I SAY.....LET THE PEOPLE VOTE ON THAT!!!! ASK OTTAWA...there was another quake there this week!!!
do we GAMBLE and opt to be materialistic to maintain a lifestyle that is doomed to fail anyway? OR DO WE SAY NO....and use another kind of power option that has been sitting in some research closet and not patented yet, for fear that the BIG COMPANIES lose their strangle hold and profits over us?
I AM VOTING IN THE ADVANCED POLL..... I SAY NO!
WHAT WILL YOU DECIDE?
OH AND JUST SO YOU KNOW.....the Pickering Plant in Ontario leaked contaminated water into Lake Ontario. Do you still want generators shipped to Sweden via the Great Lakes now? I DON'T! NOT IF IT MEANS contaminating the largest FRESH WATER DEPOSIT in the world.
Have A Nice Day!