I didn't know

Found this at zyozy.org. Anyone remember the term "future shock"? Tomorrow is the future.

THOUGHTS #1

This is a comment I attempted to post for an article in New Scientist:

"We have what we need to improve the situation. But, is there the political and societal will to adopt the kinds of change we need? There are thinkers, inventors, iconoclasts and "outlaws" that have the the ideas and the knowledge to begin, but, without the support of politicians and economic forces, we
may as well prepare for the collapse of this "brave new world" into which we have stumbled."

I, like most Americans, am incredulous that the big 3 automaker CEO's decided to come begging in their private corporate jets and that previous beggars have used their alms to throw galas and give themselves bonuses at our expense.

I want this country and this world to be better. Shoring up the house of cards that this economy seems to be built upon is useless. There will be change. Our best bet at this point is to guide that change so that the world can be better for a majority of its peoples. This will require political and corporate and individual will and ethics.

Here is a rough list of areas where a difference can be made:

• Energy: Fuel cell technology offers great hope and is non-polluting. Bio-fuels are replenishable and clean. Wind and solar technologies can be used on both large and small scale to provide energy and Independence. Even nuclear power (if we can provide safely and securely for the waste) provides great potential.


• Economics: We must provide for people. A living wage and, at least, limited assistance for the needy so that the stresses of everyday living don't destroy families and lives. If we are to have corporate welfare, it must be tightly regulated. And there should never be bail-outs for companies that continually fail to produce products that the average American needs, wants and can afford.


• Agriculture and the environment: We do not need mega-farms. Small farmers use land more efficiently and get more production per acre than giant corporate farms that destroy the environment, create a monocultured, less nutritious product (destroying bio-diversity in the land and the health of the consumer). Permaculture and organic gardening techniques offer some valuable techniques.


• Education: You cannot shove knowledge into any ones mind. But you can entice them into thinking and that is what we need. We are not data-machines. We are thinking, emotional, spiritual individuals. The admen know this and use it to lead us all around to the next "big thing". People of all ages need to think and learn and be able to adapt to new realities.


• Politics and legislation: There is no need for more unenforceable laws. Educate and lead people. You know that, just because you made a law, it may not complied with or even enforced. Americans, if you scratch deep enough, are not your "common man". We are individuals allied in our search for and expression of the freedoms expressed in our Constitution and Declaration of Independence.

As I've said this is a rough (and incomplete) list. I will follow with more specific thoughts soon. Until then let us be open to more new ideas in our world and I will search for people and ideas that can help.

Keep on smilin'!

Yeah, it's serious!

We don't need to loose any more good people to this viscious cycle.
HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse.

Education & computers...hmm?

The kids arent stupid, but they are easily bored. Give them something to do, that has a purpose, and I'll bet educational standard will improve. Check SupportBlogging out!

If only I had the $

I have a penchant for the esoteric and arcane. So, yeah, I'd love to have this in my collection.

Aren't all outlaws immortal?

When (the search for) immortality is outlawed, only outlaws will be immortal. -  The Eleventh Hour (TV series)

Blogging helps

Well it is called social networking. Good to know blogging is good for to soul.

GOOD QUOTE

The difference between fiction and reality

is that fiction has to make sense.

-Tom Clancy

First images captured of alien solar system

The Hubble Space Telescope will be expanding our knowledge til its end. Here's some new video.

OH, COOL!!

I'm not really into all the ins and outs of web/computer technology. but I love this!

100 MPG '59 Lincoln Mark IV

2.5 tons at hiway speeds getting 100+ MPG. Then, when you get back home, plug the car into the house to POWER YOUR HOME with all the energy that you've generated by driving around. The LincVolt team, Neil Young being the famous one, are almost there. We have the imagination. We have the technology. And, obviously there are a few outlaws still around willing to buck the system and get the job done!

Doctor prescribing placebos

Shortly before the election the BMJ reported the half of US doctors (actually not all doctors) prescribed placebos. Here's a better breakdown and explanation. If it works is it still a placebo?

Music for good and a free MP3

If you like Tom Waits  like I do, check this out! Gotta love this album, and it's for a good cause.

I HATE POLITICS

For me politics is like watching a motor-vehicle accident. It' horrible but you just have to look.

Don't get me wrong. I'm REALLY glad of the outcome of this election and am hopeful about the future. (Besides it's about time that an African-American gets to live in the greatest House ever built by African-Americans.)

As a liberal leaning individual I do believe that it is our responsibility to help our fellow humans. But there is also the fear of "government" trying to regulate too much of our lives. So, the anarchist and the progressive do constant battle for my soul. There MUST be a middle-ground, a DMZ if you will, where government assists the growth and maintains the infrastructure of society as well as protects the freedom of and grants responsibility to the individual.

I admire President-elect Obama and pray that all will go well for him and for this great country. I believe that he will help us become, again, a world leader and not just a unilateral force. I hope that he will place safeguards on our rights to privacy and our basic freedoms to act freely within the law. And to allow dissent from the common view (for America was not and is not created by common people, as he himself has shown.)

Thank you all for listening. Go forth with freedom and pride in who you are and give a helping hand to those in need of your help.

Let's get this country movin'!

Here's what some of the "thinkers" think. Time to get busy before it's too late.

Keep on blogging, keep on blogging,...

Okay, this blogging thing is brutal! I'm somewhat of a perfectionist and to jump in here, having read so many how-to's and what-to's, is sort of silly.
But this is where I'm at, and as they say, "Practice makes perfect."
HA!
Well, at least it can't hurt.

I'm cutting this off here. I tend to over verbalize and still need to do more organizing. Thanks for stopping by. See you soon!