Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Saving the Environment

Just about everybody says they want to save the environment, stop global warming, save the polar bears, reduce polution, etc.
Really? I wonder.
Saving the environment in all its forms is beginning to remind of the War on Poverty. Remember that war, the one that has been almost as successful as the War on Drugs and sure to be as successful at the War on Terrorism.
I think all of these 'wars' are fought with the best of intentions, especially the War on Poverty and the War to save the Environment. But there is a problem. It's called "human nature."
In the case of efforts to save the environment, in my view, all efforts are doomed to failure if the basic problem is not recognized and dealt with. I am talking about the continued growth in the human population.
Every additional human equals more and more consumption of everything. As the bad guy in the Matrix movies so cruelly noted, humans are the disease. "We have met the enemy and the enemy is us," said Pogo, a cartoon character.
What I most fear is that we will do nothing, be like a cancerous growth, and stop growing only after we kill off our host.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Books not to read

Books not to read

I will read just about everything and anything, including what is printed on cereal boxes. I do have my preferences. Fiction in just about any category comes first, followed by science, philosophy and theology.
What I tend to avoid is any and all of what I call "By/With" books. If you can't write it yourself, nuts to you and your book. Neither do I care for autobiographies and memoirs. What is the difference between an autobiography and a memoir? I'm not really sure but tend to think something is called a memoir when it less throughly researched than an autobiography. In other words, "I'm not sure what really happened to me or why someone did what I think they did to me, but this is how I feel" No thank you. If you're not sure, I couldn't care less.
But probably the number one group of books I won't read no matter if they are fact or fiction or what is any book that has the name of anyone who is famous and has lots of money. Screw all books by all CEO's, famous actors and others in the entertainment industries, including sport figures, politicians, etc.
You know darn well the books were written to make more money for the eternally greedy. No thank you very much

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Faggy reporters

The media is full of creeps who wish to destroy free speech while they claim to be its protectors. To suggest Clinton did anything wrong in mentioning the assassination of Bobby Kennedy shows nothing but the media's faggy bottom political BS.