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Phil sadly secretly I know what you say is true about the reality of the world...still like many kids I grew up going to Sunday school being taught about the decency that was expected of good humans... I believed the bad guys were the ones that the cops were after...well now I have more respect for a robber than many CEO's as at least in the robber relationship they tell tyou the truth they are there to steal your cash.. not so with many CEo's with the same intent..robbers go to gaol CEO go overseas on holiday... I lived for a long time in that make believe world thinking that as the Governements openned for business with a prayer and referring to God etc that somehow decency was part of our system...
it is not I find...
I dont know that there is much I can do but I love to complain simply to show I dont fall for the crap I was raised on... funny I can not get the urge to be decent out of my system however or the belief that one should love thy fellow man..clearly there are very few of us who care about doing the right thing if it cuts across the flow of cash.
I could not believe that at the Bali thing folk from nations like ours had the gaul to say that the poor hosts were basically to blame for the GW thing as they were cutting down their trees ...stop doing that so we can go on our greedy ways..hypocritic sadly..mind you I dont like to see their forrests going but it is this do as we say not do as we do that ticks me off.
As to the Green power plant I have not looked into it but you can bet it turns on a tax subsidy that simply is a method of getting money out to those who need no more of it... like the tree planting scam..cut down a diverse forrest, evict the creatures and plant trees for the paper to supply the paperless society which perhaps is still coming maybe. Tells the masses it is to save the planet not to get huge tax concessions to vested interests..
I believe that much of the Global Warming thing is simply to soften the masses to accept neuclear power.remember John Howard..one breath..we must accept the planet is heating..braw another breather ..we must consider nueclear power.. what crap then from considering to a list of places where they were to go.. our people would not have accepted that if not for the continual softening process that was going on and on at that time.. is it so good for the planet dont you know.. so safe and will save the barrier reef from drowning.there was a marine biologist on the radio saying go neuclear and save the reef..and because she was a scientist..bought and paid for I suspect..folk were inclined to think she had our best interests at heart..who paid her wages I wonder as I suspect it was their best interests she had at heart.. what lies.. the barrier reef has been around for millions of years and survived world temps much hotter than they predict... how nasty to use such emotive propagandah...
so you change your light bulbs and save the reef now whilst those like Gore travel by jet and limo...
Daniel I wonder why no one mentioned it I guess they were simply too busy thinking of all the other good things they could do for us... I have never witnessed such pork barreling and sadly the public respond best to that...
is their another planet out there that runs on need and not on greed.
Geoff I agree with your approach... I try in my own little way to remind folk of the wool that they try to look thru each day.. I am not pressured by so much that many have to meet each day to survive and I stand back and listen to the spin that is fed to us daily..it is so transparent... but if you are late for work, running to pay the bills you can miss the subtle manipulation that we are subjected to each and every day.
So personally I find it satisfying to protest about what I think is wrong..whether anyone cares I do not know but it comforts me to think they are not conning me and given the others here who say similar I find that good also.. but my reality is I am an old man, bitter that I can not do anything to make the world like the one I believed we had..the one I learnt about in Sunday school...the one my teachers said I would go out to contribute to one day...
the bible lists the negative emotions to avoid and that list seems to be the list of must have attributes for the modern world it seems.
But personally I am very happy that I no longer am taken in by the crap...you know whne the Vietnam war was on I believed the crap we were fed and would have given my life away on their lies..and nothing has really changed as lies still hide the motives of the Wars we find ourselves in..think of the poor young folk who believe they are fighting for good when in fact they are simply pawns in a game of greed.
Merry Chrismas everyone be good be happy and be informed as best you can.
alex
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