Not much to say here except to link together a few articles containing information that we should all be paying attention to.
East coast has a 5.8 magnitude earthquake, strongest since 1988, very rare for the region. People have too much fun "tweeting" about it to wonder why it may have happened.
Maybe it's just a fluke thing and there's nothing to worry about. Earthquakes happen all the time after all, and even regions where they are rare still have to have them... after all, rare and impossible are not the same.
Or maybe, right in line with some thousands year long cycle coming to an end a little over a year from now (as predicted by the Mayans, who as anyone who knows anything about the Mayans can tell you, knew next to nothing about cycles... not) the Earth has finally had enough with us, and these disasters lately including this one are it's warning shots before it decides to throw us off its back for good.
Or maybe, as some scientists are saying, we brought this on ourselves:
Fracking could have caused East Coast earthquake
The gist of the article is that there is evidence that the earthquake, along with many other geological instabilities along the East Coast of late, may have been caused by"Hydrofracking."
This relatively new innovation brought about by our insatiable thirst for energy involved injecting millions of gallons of saltwater bi-product into the Earth's crust.
Funny how no major US news sources are reporting on this yet, even though the evidence seems pretty damning.
And at the same time, power companies with nuclear plants along fault lines cut funding for quake sensors so they can save money.
“Quake sensors removed around Virginia nuke plant due to budget cuts”
While we still are dealing with the impact of the disaster at Fukushima in Japan almost 6 months ago.
“We are basically recreating Fukushima all over again” — Clouds of radiation continue across to Pacific Northwest
As we hurtle forward...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Never Again.
We said never again.
In Hebrew school, and in grade school, and in high school, we learned of the Holocaust, and held our heads high in the face of tragedy, of atrocity, of what we call one of the worst examples of what humanity is capable of. And we said never again.
The fucking nerve of us.
We said never again like it was the first time it had happened.
Had we already forgotten that the land we now stand on once was the home for a thriving, fully formed, civilized people? What we satirize in cartoons as kids as Indians, people who were he long before us who lived in harmony with the land. If their way of life prevailed instead of ours, if we had tried learning from them instead of kicking them out, changing them, and murdering them, would we be facing the destruction of the Earth we face today?
What about that in the very same years we thought we were fighting the horror, we built it on our own land? Freeing Jews who had been robbed of their humanity and property from concentration camps in Germany while we robbed the Japanese of their humanity and property right here in the US, and put them in camps of our own.
And what about Africa? What about our total rape of a land that also, for hundreds, or even thousands of years supported peoples living in harmony with the Earth? Did they need Jesus? Would Jesus have cared that they chose to live with the Earth while we chose to control it?
And the genocide has not stopped since.
What is it you value? What makes you proud to be an American? Is it standing up for truth, justice, and the "American way"?
If so, it's time to stand up for those values. The history of this country is marred with open oppression of minorities and dissenting opinions. And if you want to tell me progress has been made, then I tell you go look at what we were doing in Hawaii only a little over 30 years ago. Go look at what we were doing in Puerto Rico, and the political prisoners we hold to this day. Look at Chile, and our overthrow of democracy there. And these are things you can find in the news, in the history records, in the records of our laws and governmental actions.
Are we the shining beacon of hope and justice and equality and above all freedom that we claim to be? Can you look at all of the above and say we are the light of the world? Or does it seem to you that we have been a cancer spreading across it.
And do you think today we have overcome?
The unwarranted search of people "suspected to be illegal" in Arizona. And that was in the past year.
Overseas we continue to rape. Look at Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Libya. Look at our support of the persecution of Palestinians. And don't think the genocide will stop.
Slavery of blacks, and though slavery on paper is long gone, it has been followed since by systematic discrimination that still exists today.
Sexism, and yes my sisters, though now you may have the vote, look at magazine covers, look at television ads, take a stroll down frat row of any university and tell me you have your equality and freedom.
Can you look me in the eye and tell me I'm wrong?
I ask you all, take a long hard look at the real source of terror in these United States. Really, really look.
I ask you all not to simply do what is easy, to stop believing what is forced into your heads, and look yourself for the truth.
I ask you all to take responsibility for the comforts you enjoy. To push the freedom we have to its limits. Because though we are more free than many, we are not free, and the freedom we do have has come at a high price paid not just by us, but by the entire world.
Sisters, Brothers, Fathers and Mothers, it is enough. Let us together say never again, and let us this time truly understand what that assertion means.
Never. Again.
In Hebrew school, and in grade school, and in high school, we learned of the Holocaust, and held our heads high in the face of tragedy, of atrocity, of what we call one of the worst examples of what humanity is capable of. And we said never again.
The fucking nerve of us.
We said never again like it was the first time it had happened.
Had we already forgotten that the land we now stand on once was the home for a thriving, fully formed, civilized people? What we satirize in cartoons as kids as Indians, people who were he long before us who lived in harmony with the land. If their way of life prevailed instead of ours, if we had tried learning from them instead of kicking them out, changing them, and murdering them, would we be facing the destruction of the Earth we face today?
What about that in the very same years we thought we were fighting the horror, we built it on our own land? Freeing Jews who had been robbed of their humanity and property from concentration camps in Germany while we robbed the Japanese of their humanity and property right here in the US, and put them in camps of our own.
And what about Africa? What about our total rape of a land that also, for hundreds, or even thousands of years supported peoples living in harmony with the Earth? Did they need Jesus? Would Jesus have cared that they chose to live with the Earth while we chose to control it?
And the genocide has not stopped since.
What is it you value? What makes you proud to be an American? Is it standing up for truth, justice, and the "American way"?
If so, it's time to stand up for those values. The history of this country is marred with open oppression of minorities and dissenting opinions. And if you want to tell me progress has been made, then I tell you go look at what we were doing in Hawaii only a little over 30 years ago. Go look at what we were doing in Puerto Rico, and the political prisoners we hold to this day. Look at Chile, and our overthrow of democracy there. And these are things you can find in the news, in the history records, in the records of our laws and governmental actions.
Are we the shining beacon of hope and justice and equality and above all freedom that we claim to be? Can you look at all of the above and say we are the light of the world? Or does it seem to you that we have been a cancer spreading across it.
And do you think today we have overcome?
The unwarranted search of people "suspected to be illegal" in Arizona. And that was in the past year.
Overseas we continue to rape. Look at Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Libya. Look at our support of the persecution of Palestinians. And don't think the genocide will stop.
Slavery of blacks, and though slavery on paper is long gone, it has been followed since by systematic discrimination that still exists today.
Sexism, and yes my sisters, though now you may have the vote, look at magazine covers, look at television ads, take a stroll down frat row of any university and tell me you have your equality and freedom.
Can you look me in the eye and tell me I'm wrong?
I ask you all, take a long hard look at the real source of terror in these United States. Really, really look.
I ask you all not to simply do what is easy, to stop believing what is forced into your heads, and look yourself for the truth.
I ask you all to take responsibility for the comforts you enjoy. To push the freedom we have to its limits. Because though we are more free than many, we are not free, and the freedom we do have has come at a high price paid not just by us, but by the entire world.
Sisters, Brothers, Fathers and Mothers, it is enough. Let us together say never again, and let us this time truly understand what that assertion means.
Never. Again.
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