I too do not like the way the world is turning out.

What if… we could all live together peacefully
What if… we had all the technology to make a better standard of living
What if… we could end starvation.
What if… there was no need for war, ever again.
What if… all these things and more were true….

well it is true, we can choose as one world to love instead of hate, we have inventions and technologies to improve our lives, using Omega gardens, verticle gardens and countless other designs we could end starvation, we could supply everyone with all they need and never have to fight. It is possible but its up to you, and you and you and me. We have to stop selling our selves and start improving our lives.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN6puH9DYnQ

make it happen

Yes, you’re right - some people live in a totally different world, don’t they? I know all about tight budgets, but then while some Wall Street banker might think he’s having a tight year if his bonus only runs into the low seven figures, some poor kid in Ethiopia thinks he’s having it tough if he can only afford one bowl of rice a day. It’s a weird world, isn’t it? The problem is, some people get obscene amounts of wealth while others get barely enough to feed themselves. It’s ciminal that in the 21st century we still allow this to go on. The whole $700 billion fiasco has just confirmed all this.

Nearly every politician you care to name is tarred with the same brush, I’m afraid. It’s a total shift in mindset that’s needed, not just a few extra dollars going to charity and a little tax relief on green technology. If we want to evolve as a society and as a species we need to reassess our whole worldview.

Thanks again, Kim.
Steve

Yes, silly me, I was on ‘their’ road interferring in ‘their’ day. Sadly, that seems to be the problem with much of the Western world - despite technology, economies, and cultures bringing us together we seem to be constantly striving to become more insular. Everybody wants ‘me’ space, filled with all the best ‘me’ stuff money can buy. And woe betide anyone who encroaches on either.

‘Bigger, better, richer’? Yep, that’s always going to be a problem. I’ve written about greed and over-consumption many times now, so I won’t go over that ground again, but it is going to take a drastic change in mindset before the human race can evolve to another ‘level’. (We don’t have to of course, a simple re-write could solve that problem entirely - “To arrogantly go where no man has gone before.”)

So, yes, for now I’ll be content with raising awareness of these issues.

Thanks for adding to the discussion, GM.
Steve

as for the workers thing. check out the documentary “The Yes Men” and note the gold CEO suit. great stuff. then you will see where you fit.

as for the peeps in the car, again, they were in THEIR car, on THEIR road and along you came, interfering in THEIR day. how inconsiderate of you. didn’t you get the memo that they’d be out and about (not watching where they were driving being in control of a mechanical vehicle that could harm others if the operator of said vehicle was not qualified to use such a vehicle in a safe and healthy way. gees louise.

and as for the children in the third world. that says it all really. when the people that could do something about and for the people that can do so little, then something is missing.

i have to admit that i do agree that the population of humans is getting out of hand but i would have to say that it does not need to be that way. coupled with our consumerist, profit full, “us first”, “way of life”, it does leave members of the human race behind. but then that is only natural because the game is to be bigger, better, richer, have more and control more after all. there will always be losers in a game who’s players objective is to win. until there is a fundamental shift in ideology that includes everyone and everything then there will always be an imbalance.

(sigh)

there have been a number of people that have pointed these things out before so i’ll leave it to them.

god said something about being nice to one another and only doing good things.

christ said the same thing and actually went into a fair amount of detail.

i think most deities did.

and philosophers, both of old and more recently.

gene roddenberry showed us a vision of what humans might do if they tried.

jacque fresco had/has similar ideas

and douglas adams exposed the truth of the whole matter by proving we are descended from the useless third of a not so bright populous from another planet anyway and that we (well, our forefathers and mothers) were all supposed to die by plunging into a star.

genes are important, dna is important, health is important, being nice is important, education and doing the right thing is important.

be aware that not all people are equally educated, that their ideas are not always universal and that there will, as long as that is the case, always be idiots. including ourselves.

your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to make people aware of this. and that they in turn should grow up, get real, face facts and make it better, and that that is their mission.

shit happens, as a matter of fact, it is happening all the time. it’s just not always happen to us all the time. thank your lucky stars, stay away from cars (and the idiots that drive them), you’re really not missing much on tv. and just keep trying to make a difference. or better still, just make the difference.

^.*/,,,

Americans invented a wonderfully apt phrase for just such occasions - yeah, right!

I don’t like banning anyone, but some people just leave me no option.

Oh and don’t worry, it wasn’t just Catholocism he had it in for. No, it was everyone and everything.

Thanks, Heidi.
Steve