Didn't know they had free blogging.. cool! 8) ... uh, although even my few years of webdesign seem to not be enough to figure out how to use these tags. wow. 8p

I'm a daily LiveJournal blogger and today, I discovered that the GP site has RSS feeds. I arranged for the "Online Action" and "Latest News" feeds to be syndicated on LJ. Go me! LOL 8)

I have many friends who are very politically aware of what's going on and have come to see what goes on behind the scenes as such a discouragement to no longer see the point in voting, in taking action, in anything. Many intelligent, caring people.. suffering from disillusionment.

I'm not well versed in politics at all, but follow my heart to tell me what is and isn't right. I listen to speakers and activists when at all possible on independent stations like KPFK here in Los Angeles, and do support those lines of public communication in staying alive and available.

On a private snicker too, I thought of how coincidental when one of my friends who for all other aspects of his personality and character make up for his Republican edged blogging, deleted his journal entirely soon after the Downing Street Memo came out as well as the Bush Administration's Global Warming denial came out--a crisis that he was so adamant in sprending denial propaganda as well. Hahaha!!! Oh, I love it. 8)

On a more personal level, I've reached a point in life where the need to feel 'connected' has become terribly apparent. And thankfully, such communities as public radio news, Greenpeace, Sierra Club, PETA and various volunteer organizations provide a multitude of choices of how to forge that connection.

Granted, not all organizations are perfect nor do I necessarily agree with all their philosophies, but there is something utterly remarkable so many of us yearn for.. the passion in the heart behind the intent.

We, as in, we--the synergistic parts that make up the wonderous, living organism called Earth--are still breathing. And we must, each coming day, take even deeper breaths to focus and create our future.

Yes, today is the first day of the rest of our lives. Glad to see you all here!

AUM