Take A Good Look At This Flag

A few years ago, I saw this sticker on the back of a trailer truck, on its way up from California heading north to who knows where.

Crackity crackity CRACK!
Could the stock market hit be the last straw? The camel’s back? More like a two-by-four than a straw, really. But hey, Condi just invited Iran and Syria to talks. What’s it gonna be? “PSYCHE! Ha ha ha ha ha!” I wish I had access to the playbook, man.

But we all know how the game generally goes now, don’t we? It’s a really weird time right now. Knowing this is the look back at the peak, I mean. If you think about it, since the US peaked in oil production in 1970 / 1971, we couldn’t sell oil anymore, and we became an oil importer.

Now the whole world is peaking, and we can look back in the rear view mirror at September 11th and other events to realize that in the scheme of things, the earth is beginning its die off. Scientifically speaking, it’s fascinating to witness. Because as humans, we have the potential to overcome the complexities of life and figure out how to save ourselves.

But there are those with power and money that are the greedy ones, and I don’t think they like the idea of sharing. They are the most hungry human yeast, and there either is or isn’t a grand plan for depopulation of the earth. The point is, when society gets crazy enough because people are starving, it will be safe for no one. In America though, we do have a sense of what independence means, and all the advertising gimmicks in the world, along with all the imbicile talking heads at corporate controlled media outlets cannot hide reality any longer.

Crackity crackity CRACK!
Greenspan’s words yesterday are an amazing trigger. He aimed his verbal crosshairs and took a shot, only it sailed through Wall Street’s chest and hit China in the head. It’s going to be a calculated ride from here on out kids.

It might be time to join your local Neighborhood Emergency Team. If you don’t have one to join, maybe it’s time you start one so we can hang onto the colors in our flag, eh? A lot of people have died for the symbolism behind it, and not in vain so that greedy power players can own the world.

The American flag stands for INDEPENDENCE. Not Republicans, not Democrats, but INDEPENDENCE. You don’t need the bullshit two party system to tell you that you are free – the US Constitution still stands and if they tell you it doesn’t apply anymore… that, my friends, is tyranny. At that point we are required by our Forefathers to abolish such a government.

Interesting times indeed. The system must change right now, or it will continue to implode upon itself. If too many of us are hurting, it will get violent, and we are better than that. We the PEOPLE own this country, not corporations.

Assuming we still have a right to Free Speech here in America, we must all do our best to help people maintain their humanity during such turbulence. After all, isn’t that what the flag is supposed to stand for?

Chick burping. Wow.

This made me cry laughing. I love fun drunks – turn up your speakers.

Wiping One’s Ass With Stock Dividends

It might feel a little less soft than normal poofy-wipes, but the moment it soaks up last night’s “I don’t know the source of this food” dinner, you should feel proud.

Proud that you took the bold step to recognize that you have the power to change the world for the better. You know that because you are a stockholder, right? And unless you own stock in socially responsible companies that say, foster research for sequestering carbon from the atmosphere, you are probably in some way profiting from companies that don’t give a rat’s ass about preserving the earth or future generations.

That’s because corporate decision makers are directly required by law to do everything that is legal to obtain and increase profit. Of course, if it’s illegal, they just have it made legal, but I’m not bitching about that today. This fiduciary responsibility of putting dollars into shareholder pockets is defined by law. So it’s their job to make you money, even if it requires dumping toxic waste into drinking water systems, or launching a massive military strike against innocent people of another country.

They are required to do it to make profits, and profits are made from war.

Now, I *HAVE* to assume you have some wits about you. Can anyone truly argue against the idea that at this point in human history, the only way arms control will succeed is if the high tech industry makes more profit from arms control than it can make from weapons-related research and production?

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Fuck me man. I thought humans were smarter than yeast.

I Denounce War With Iran

We cannot afford a war with Iran. No one can afford a war with Iran. This is intolerable. Shame on money! Shame on money and racism and war and the inability to share our planet with one another in a loving, peaceful manner.

Shame on us humans, all of us. NO WAR WITH IRAN!!!

Shame on you, Mr. Cheney. Apparently, the American position has moved from “We are not planning a war with Iran” to “All options are on the table.” Iran has pleaded again for peace, for negotiations for avoiding war. Peace is still possible, NO WAR WITH IRAN!

It’s not too late to stop the bombing path. And if global powers are truly trying to take down the United States, then we have to be prepared for a new way of living and dying, RIGHT NOW.

Call your congress people. Now. TODAY. Demand they pass a resolution banning an attack on Iran and do your part to help save the world!

The following video should have never had to have been made:

America’s War Plan For Iran in 20 Seconds

“”The only option for our security and survival is to go on the offensive — face the threat directly, patiently and systematically until the enemy is destroyed.” - Dick Cheney

This video outlines our approach to war with Iran, and what will happen to our country when we go through with it. Man we are idiots at the helm.

Testing a new ‘Lawns to Gardens’ Widget

Why Is The Whitehouse Afraid of Carpooling?

Did anyone see this? It appears the White House has decided Carpooling is for pinko commies. I mean, we certainly don’t want the terrorists to win when neighbors pile into cars to go do shopping and go to work?

I thought the president said we were SUPPOSED to go shopping and work multiple jobs. Come on dudes… make up your minds!

Here is their stellar case against carpooling: Based on the latest data supplied by the White House, only about 13 percent of motorists carpooled to work in 2000. That compared with 20 percent of daily American commuters in 1980. “This trend makes it unlikely that initiatives focused on carpooling will make large strides in reducing vehicle use,” the White House said.

Gee… since gas prices shot up in the 70’s, people got the clue back in the day and learned that carpooling with neighbors and other people is fun, saves money, and is generally a cool thing to do. But once Reagan took office and struck the deals he needed with his sultry Saudi buds, oil prices fell and Americans forgot they had a future problem. So with cheap gas, they started back on their paths to “ME ME ME!” and SUVs. From the early 80’s to 2000, people forgot what an energy crisis means.

What Peak Oil means is more war, high prices for everything, and the end of convenient, modern living. The only question is how it’s all going to go down. One this that is for certain is that we have peaked, and the rates of oil’s decline are already making the markets jittery.

But there they go… the White House says a better solution would be to ‘build new highways and charge drivers fees to use them’. Say what? That’s as dumb as buying a surfboard for a trip to the desert.

This deal stinks of kickbacks and back scratches. I wonder what companies would score those lucrative road contracts? And do you know how much OIL is used to build and maintain roadways? If you have friends in the construction business, they will make boatloads of Americans’ hard earned cash from road contruction projects and payment schemes.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm. I see how well these guys suggestions work in other areas… maybe they should keep their hands out of carpooling’s cupboard.

The Last Breath Before The Crash

It’s time to call Bullshit.

It’s the last breath before the crash bang boom! You can feel it…. the lunge that money is making to hold on to power… the final dive upwards before life turns for the darker side of the moon. The peaking of life on earth, before growth can no longer hang on.

And for so long now, the US economy has been the leader of life… the most growth, the fastest and most tippity top of earth’s capacity to hold on. All has been swell for a long time, Beave! And now, we start the slide downward. Now it gets dangerous and ugly. But there is always hope for humanity. It will come when money is abolished and we all conserve and share energy and water while we quickly figure out how to get along.

But that won’t happen without violence from someone. I just can’t help feeling that enough humans are humbled yet… someone has to die first, according to the macho men running the world. That’s why this week Republicans are trying a blitz, making 4 major plays at once, and not all of them are working. They are starting to lose, realy, really bad and are getting frustrated.

“Let’s take a look at the scoreboard, Pat.” Since coming back from halftime, Democrats have taken the lead from republicans, and are leading with a good spread of 1 female speaker of the house and a 1 black guy with potential (NOTE: This is only cynicism. I do not profess sexism or racism). The Democratic combination plays have Republican Coach Dick Cheney and his star QB George Bush pretty rattled. Add in the fact the Democratic defense just sacked Bush this week with the Scooter Libby trial, and you can see why the Repubs have turned up the heat.

Well, what we have here John is a blitz run by the Republicans against democracy by simultaneously attacking National Public Radio, and Speaker of the House Nanci Pelosi, and a changing out of their offensive lineup.

You’re sure right Bob. Just looking at this offense shows how determined the Repubs are right now. Add in that their defensive tackles just blocked the Iraq War debate and we start to understand why all these hit pieces and aggressive moves are being made. Add in that we know the playbook and have a sneak peak of their upcoming big move, and you understand just how tight this game is.

“Pat, you know, these is still just the final game between our home teams, don’t forget the world chanpionships are going on at the same time and China, Russia and Iran are all formidable opponents. And no one knows just what the Wildcard team is planning over in Israel.”

All I can say this this point is that humanity had better wake up to the danger we are all in. We can handle global warming and prevent massive starvation, famine, and war. All we need to do is put down the guns and work together. If not, someone is going to die soon, if not all of us.

That’s why I’m going to go turn on some music. If aramageddon is what happens every time a society crashes, this sucker looks to be the biggest one our civilization has ever faced. You never know when it’s your last day to dance!

Today’s Idea: Introduce legislation into Congress to force credit card manufacturers to use something other than plastic. The energy we are depleting from making all the plastic used in Credit Cards is leading us to war, therefore for our own national security we should ban the use of plastic in the credit system.

We Can All Use An Angry Jarvis Cocker.

So I admit. I love Brit Pop. I’m a sucker for it. And Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker is one respectable man indeed. He says what needs to be said about world leadership.

Which leads me to the point at present, where we stand before we breakout Global Nuke Threats 2.0, either in the form of life-on-earth ending nuclear missiles and bombs, or nuclear factory furnaces to replace rapidly declining energy sources. Either way, we’ll be crankin out enough Unranium and Plutonium to fry Uranus.

But whatever. We’re only talking about the end of human civilization here, right? Why we as humans can’t accept the fact that mankind either, through evolution or by the hand of a greater power (or both) is at the point we’re at today. Which is that we are fucked as a species unless we change. Like, right now.

And either way, we know we have history. A past to draw upon. That 10,000+ years ago, mankind learned how to farm, and didn’t need to chase around animals as much any more to survive. And so we settled, and started trading via Pirate ships and now we have Nintendo Wii. Only along the way, people grew differently into different colors and cultures, and *POOF!*… here we are. Chinese, American, Russian, Arab, Persion, African… the whole enchilada.

There is no reason to argue anymore. It’s a team effort or we all go bye-bye in the cosmic microwaves caused by nuclear war or global warming. Or maybe just by eating one another when mass starvation kicks in due to the collapse of economies and technology. Of course, we all possess the inner technology to stop that from happening. All we really need is global recognition of the ultimate truths… that we are all in this together. That there is no one country or race that can win in the end. That’s why I’m going to start ending each post with an idea. One, simple idea anyone can bring to their local city officials to get started on saving your own town. We have to start where where the money is if action is to get started right away.

IDEA #1: How Your City Can Make Money For Peak Oil Communications
This one is easy. Cities can sell socially conscious advertising on the sides of their garbage and recycling truck fleet. But only advertisers with a positive, sustainability message should be allowed.

This way, you could have a local nursery that sells fruit trees and vegetable starts sponsor a message like “Bob’s Nursery – For All Your Composting Needs”. You get the idea. The city can take those advertising revenues and then put them towards buying back land to start community gardens, pour it into crash programs, you name it.

Can Humankind Save Itself?

I was just reading the book “Ishmael“, and started to ponder mankind’s adventures in warfare around the world due to humans tapping out mother earth’s ability to sustain our presence.

It’s time for humans to grow up emotionally and spiritually. There are over six billion individual humans on this planet, all living at the same time. Yes, there are lots of crazy motherfuckers in the world, and we all contribute to the whole. The real fun part is that now we actually have the technology to instantly destroy ourselves, or quickly repair the only place we can inhabit.

But many people believe we are destined to have a cataclysmic ending. Whoa!!! Hold the horses! First and foremost, let’s put aside all the bullshit and immediately call a special session of the United Nations to have a collective discussion in the world of all the religions and ask ourselves, “Do we believe God rules our destiny, or do we rule our own destiny?”. Until our national leaders all attend such a world summit and assess we can choose a destiny of cooperation, we are ultimately screwed.

I believe we don’t need to destroy ourselves because a variety of religious stories with destruction as their endings are deeply held beliefs around the world. So many religions are stuck in “woe is me, we’re all gonna die, boo hoo, now I can be selfish”. Shame on every one of us that does not stress taking care of now and being loving gardeners for future generations. Frankly, we have the potential to create a happy ending, and overcome the childishness that is selfishness. But not while more people are interested in who wins the Superbowl than they are how to deal with the problems in the world. The hangover we’re about to get from this Superbowl party will be like no other, and it looks like we’re going to keep growing the war.

There’s our violence problem… muscling our way into parts of the world we need to maintain our existence through money and oil. Only now we can’t hold on… the life span of America peaked in the 70’s, and we’ve been borrowing oil ever since. And all over the world, the elite and mega wealthy live far too priveledged a life to allow the world freedom from the bonds of debt and slavery. That’s why it’s just the US posing as the villain of the moment. If it wasn’t us, it would probably be someone else playing the role. And I’m willing to bet many more countries are going to be joining the cast in a big way soon.

And that’s where we stand. Each one of us, living in such a decisive moment, right before the shit completely hits the fan. So, congrats to humanity so far for all our hard work, from evolving from hunter-gatherers to sending humans to the moon (assuming it wasn’t actually a NASA soundstage).

But now comes the choice… cause the earth and all its inhabitants to die a miserable death, or we grow up, face that we are dying in our own haste to waste, and do our best to fix this world. As far as our neighbors are concerened, whether on a micro or global level, we are now choosing to either Invite Them or Fight Them.

They say “Ignorance is Bliss”, but really now… ignorance means the death of the planet. I submit that the present story of violent death as the destiny of mankind bears the markings of poor writing, and we are the ones with the pen in our hand.

Here is the start of new story that is a HOW TO guide for making this positive change reality. I encourage you to read it and comment on it.

And then watch this funny video starring Steve Martin.