Tuesday, July 04, 2006

How to stop a war and survive to live better


There are several parallel world and local wars going on that center around several man made concepts. There is no easy answer to stop war, greed and desire. It is human nature or literary condition to go to war because: there is a need to "survive", to destroy, to need things you don't really need, buy now and lament later no matter the consequence, to create something you don't really want to stop. There is the obvious OIL war, the war to subvert electric cars, CLASS WARS, war on ecosystems, war on peace, border wars etc, etc and they are fueled by fear and subverting the masses through media. Most fat Americans are dumb as they come. We live in a bubble protected by some body of water, Mexico and Canada. Our way of life is "protected" while other human rights discarded to drive that car, build that house and furnish it with oversized furniture, forks and knifes. We are sold on what they want us to believe. We are what we consume. Billions are never enough. Sharing is out of the question. Few politicians or groups of people take a stand for the people who don't have any power-money for change and you have to wonder that those who have nothing, if put in the same position, would care about the have nots? It's the human condition to ignore the obvious. The truth is we can't save everybody and we have to choose our battles
Wifey and I give to a few charities every year, dog shelters, breast cancer and wfmu. We have to draw the line some where as we need to survive. There is always a hand-out looking for something. These are the choices have to make. Our next car is going to be some hybrid. We leased one of our cars this year with this in mind because we didn't like the choices yet. Sure it's not active but we like what we like and the technology is only going to get better, if everything goes right, is it going to get better? We can only hope. There will always be wars as long as there is a disparity amongst the masses and something known as class. It's what creates the difference. We can stop the war and save a little bit of the world:
If we become efficient consumers
Observe efficient energy consumption
Purchase energy efficiently<
Select a charity(this is your own choice)
Participate in organization likes moveon.org and truemajority.org
support products that are politically savory
Support politicians like Corzine that take action.

It's complicated and people who don't have your best interest in mind will and have taken advantage no matter the cost. Some wars are local. So ignore that NJ Parks are going to be closed for few days, dmv, lottery, gambling & track is closed! Smart move on Corzine's part-- a little pressure goes along way(now if the rest of the us could learn to do this to mr bush somehow) Today maybe baby will get that milk when daddy goes to corner. There is no easy way out folks.
Just remember to "do the right thing" it's not hard and it's not easy lets just be a little bit conscious and call people out when the time is right, embarrass them a little. We all got pride.

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