I know just what you mean about the state of the world. Hence this blog and the themes in my book. Sometimes, no matter how much you’d just like to keep your mouth shut and live an easy life, there’s no way you cannot voice your concerns, is there?

Good luck to you and your family for 2009,
Steve

Thank you again,

Cynthia

Yes, I wonder what future generations will make of us when they uncover all the life/energy/environment saving devices that have been buried by corporate greed? I remember decades ago complaining to my mother that my beloved bacon sandwiches tasted of fish and that I didn’t want them anymore. She thought I was crazy. Then it came out that such huge amounts of cheap fish were being fed to pigs that it was affecting the taste. Mad cow disease? Didn’t anyone think it would be a mistake to feed meat to herbivores!?

Man’s stupidity, arrogance and greed really defy belief at times, don’t they?

And please don’t worry about preaching to the choir - I’m always eager to disover new facts and I’m sure there will be readers who aren’t so well-versed in the issues we are discussing so would appreciate the info (I can only include so much in my posts before I risk overwhelming people).

Obama? He’s making some of the right noises but only time will tell just how much he can shake off the corporate leash, if in fact he wants to. Still, he has to be a step up from Bush.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I hope the New Year brings some happiness in what must be a very upsetting time.
Steve

Food, soil has added nitrogen to make the yield larger per acre and animals are being fed more corn, hormones, antibiotics, the whole thing is a crime, fast food is garbage, margerine should be illegal, it was made to fatten up turkeys, it killed the turkeys so they added food coloring and some flavor and sold it to humans… greed. Diet coke has a ingrediant called -Potassium Benzoate that turns into benzene, you know? that cancer causing chemical? my brother just died from it a week ago. I am so angry that people as a whole are too stupid, lazy and dishonest to do anything about it, heck most of them dont believe the truth.

I dont know what the answer is, I got involved with the Ron Paul campaign and saw how the Rupert Murdock owned stations and papers totally ignored him, it is all corrupt.

Where does obama come up with a billion dollars? Doesnt anyone ask? The large banks and corporations paid him to get in office and continue screwing the citizens of the US just like they did with Bush.

I am totally disgusted with mankind, in all the time we have lived on this planet, why havent we gotten anywhere?

Thanks in advance for your work, your feelings are very similar to mine.

Cynthia

‘None of the above’? Yes, a few of my readers have voiced similar thoughts. What a sad state of affairs it is when that’s your preferred option. Harry, have you read this post of mine?

http://www.lionsledbysheep.com/2008/05/08/lazy/

Please do. I’m sure you’ll find it fascinating.

Yes, the renewable energy fiasco. Well, the answer why we’re still struggling in the quagmire that we are is simple, isn’t it? I know the answer, you know the answer, everyone knows the answer - GREED!

Thanks for a great comment, Harry. Good luck with Rare Sense,
Steve

I have to absolutely agree with you. We are in this mess because we have elected officials from both parties who are lazy, short sighted and only concerned with getting reelected.

I call them Rebublicrats and Demicans because you really can’t tell them apart anymore. they both talk a good game promising things they cannot or will not deliver upon and the American people just sit idly by and watch. They count on the fact that we refuse to become involved.

I for one am tired of being fed lie after lie, like somehow just because they are elected officials their IQ is 100 points higher than mine.

So, what am I doing about it all. I am actively harassing my current elected officials to do something. I am involved with T. Boone Pickens group for alternative energy and several other social networking groups to raise awareness and encourage action. I am working on grass roots campaigning to get others involved as well.

I really wish when we go to the polls that we would have the option of voting for “none of the above” and if none of the people running get enough votes then they are out, even the incumbants, and we get to try again with new candidates.

And don’t even get me started about the technology for running our vehicles on alternative, renewable fuels. this technology has been around and has been buried by the auto companies and their evil henchmen the gas companies. Why is it there are people actually converting their cars to run on tap water? Here are a couple sites to check it out: http://www.gasconversionkits.com and http://www.carsrunwith water.com. How is it a European company has come up with a car that runs on compressed air.? This was featured on the Discovery Channels Future Cars.

We can and must find ways to harness and use cheap renewable energy sources in a effort to save this planet. It will be too late when we are running out of air or being sizzled by the sun without an ozone to say, damn should have done something about that.

I have said in my book, we need the planet, the planet does not need us. We are simly a parasite!

Keep up the good fight as will I!

Harry E. Shade
Author - Rare Sense, One Day It Will Be Common

Yes, there are a few of us trying, aren’t there?! The numbers are swelling, but, oh, are they swelling slowly!

Steve

Thanks for contributing, Heidi,
Steve