Well, here we go again, is it David Bowie's; Panic in Detroit, or John Trudell's; Bombs over Baghdad- How ever you slice it, something is rotten in Denmark. What are we to do? My feeling is that gathering information is still a valuable pursuit, and boy, do we have a lot of information at our finger tips these days. But how to use that value remains a mystery. A snippet I heard tonight on the local progressive radio station KMUD, as I pulled up to my home, forced a proverbial driveway moment. I was curious what the answer would be when a guest was asked if there is anything we can do in our personal lives to, you know, help climate change? The guest, presumably a guest with some information or authority on the subject offered that of course we should do all we can in our personal life to be aware and make good decisions and all, but it was also very important to be engaged in the global conversation, about the changes we need to make...O.K. right, we need to turn lights off when we don't use them, recycle, drive Prius's (Prii?) and talk among ourselves about this important issue. And these simple actions will turn the Juggernaut of over a century of industrialization and environmental exploitation? With an ever growing avaricious population, that shows absolutely no interest in changing enough of anything. I'm sorry, sure we should all live groovy conscientious lives, of course we should. But, some are just trying to survive, others don't give a shit, and still others, the big boys, the ones that really make the difference are every day planning and building the next pipeline, mine, highway, smart consumer appliance, time wasting computer game, new consumer experience, action movie, armed conflict, and coup.
The important conversation, the great hope for the future of the world, the usually fraught and ultimately ineffectual United Nations Climate Change Conference , in it's 21st annual meeting is scheduled for Paris next month. It certainly will be a different show this year taking place in a capital city on lock down, in a nation that has stated "We are at war." And then it is full steam ahead; a year of presidential candidate side show.....Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends, we're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside.....
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