Greenpeace

      I first heard of the oil "spill", but thought another ship had a leak or something. That would be bad enough. Then I found out it was oil rig with the leak way down. I read some more as time went on, assuming the leak was turned off.  I was in shock when I found out that the leak was still pumping oil into the ocean. I heard that the government and BP were discussing the problem; then I knew the ocean was fucked. The distruction of wild life made me sad and angry.

      I saw a picture of the oil covered sea birds and couldn't look anymore. A lot of people were helping, trying to clean the birds off, but many died a horrible death alone. Animals just live. They take what they need and don't destroy for the fun of it, or to make money, (they don't have pockets).

      Maybe human being clothes should be made without pockets. It used to be long time ago that animals could, run, crawl or fly away from humans. Animals instinctively know that human beings are dangerous. Now they can't get away. We will fuck them up anyware they go. We, (humans), know we're dangerous, but go on trusting each other. We trust that someone building something will at least make it safe. We trust that they will not cut corners to save money or to make it faster to make money in the future.

      BP used equipment that wasn't even approved yet and we said to go ahead we'll give you a temporary permit and see what happens. A fire was what happened.

     I know that trillions of dollars are moved around to keep the rich rich. I know that over a billion dollars was spent to construct a stadium for the Dallas Cowboys. I know that Lebron James has so much money from playing basketball, he was set for life for him and his family, years ago. He lives in a palace. He is a good man and he takes all that he can for his talent because we say it's OK.

     I guess I could say we can turn the government out by voting. I guess we could say that, if we are stockholders, we can influence the companies we support. 

     We can't it's too late. Government and the rich have set up a world for themselves. Average peolple in the middleclass feel that there are screwed up things in life, but are basiclly comfortable so we don't do anything that would displace us from our fantasy land. The government is a bloated, inefficient, wallowing creation, but as long as the middle class can buy a new car once in a while, or get the latest electronic miracle like the iPad, (I got one and it's cool), We will go on writing blogs and get really mad, but we will just truck along and do nothing of consequence.

      You see, the planet is in a desperate place, for disparate  reasons. A lot of us, maybe 5% of the world population, can see the end that is coming. God's crying and he's got his finger on the trigger.

Meanwhile across the ocean
Living in the internet
Is the cause of an explosion
No one has heard yet

But there's no need to worry
There's no reason to fuss
Just go on about your work now
And leave the drivin' to us

And we'll be watching you
No matter what you do
And you can do your part
By watchin' others too

Grandpa put down the paper
Staring in disbelief
Jed had always been good to him
Never gave him any grief

The moral of this story
Is try not to get too old
The more time you spend on earth
The more you see unfold

And as an afterthought
This must, too, be told
Some people have taken pure bullshit
And turned it into gold

NEIL YOUNG

Nissan has come out with a fully electric car, the Leaf......Hello! Make you wonder about something....hmmmm

by David Crosby, Guerilla


It's been a long time comin'
It's goin' to be a Long Time Gone.
And it appears to be a long,
appears to be a long,
appears to be a long
time, yes, a long, long, long ,long time before the dawn.

Turn, turn any corner.
Hear, you must hear what the people say.
You know there's something that's goin' on around here,
the surely, surely, surely won't stand the light of day.
And it appears to be a long,
appears to be a long,
appears to be a long
time, yes, a long, long, long ,long time before the dawn.

Speak out, you got to speak out against the madness,
you got to speak your mind,
if you dare.
But don't no don't now try to get yourself elected
If you do you had better cut your hair.

 

`Cause it appears to be a long,
appears to be a long,
appears to be a long,
Time, such a long long long long time before the dawn.

It's been a long time comin'
It's goin' to be a long time gone.
But you know,
The darkest hour is always
Always just before the dawn.
And it appears to be a long, appears to be a long,
appears to be a long
Time before the dawn.

What else is man but an animal. Wait, animals kill for food or protection. Human beings kill animals for sport and greed. We also kill each other at an alarming rate for sport or covetness  and mostly fear. I watched a documentary about Arlington Cemetary and am  so sad at seeing the endless rows of gleaming white headstones which is continually growing so fast Arlington can't keep up with the demand. We have been killing animals and ourselves for thousands of years, probably ending several trillion lives by our bloody hands. Don't think you are not involved, because you are. Holding a sign in protest, or signing a petition is a microscopic effort in the vastness of history. (Yet it is a valiant effort, keep it up) We seem to have not yet come to the conclusion that mankind has killed and killed for so many centuries that it is the most prolific killing machine imaginable. We will continue, though, to make ourselves even better at killing, if we are still around?

In the year ????? I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old Earth can give
And he ain't put back nothin', whoa-oh

Now it's been ten thousand years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through

But through eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away
Maybe it's only yesterday

In the year ????If man is still alive
If woman can survive, they may find ?????-Zager and Evans