i'm a surfer, world-traveler,volunteer for animal rescuing, and i have in my family tons of rescued fellow animals.
i adore history, anthropology and logical, clear thinking on all issues in public life, including politics, saving the world, finding better ways to do things.
the zeitgeist of every situation is mandatory to a complete understanding of any issue, and emotion, although it excites people, should be out of politics altogether.
currently, only using cheerleadery and fact-deterring methods is keeping the republicans politically alive with their minions.
apparently rush limbaugh with whatever appeal he has (I don't see any!) has a stirring style. he actually was a cheer-leader which should give you some idea of what and who he really is and why he's been effective in leading people astray from the issues.
the Democrats had better get a little more interesting and animate, like we primates all respond to, by jumping around, grimacing, and coming alive.
this, apparently, is what garners votes.
forget the dour words, and concentrate on the showbizzy aspects, as the Republicans do and remember - as they know, negative emotions stir up more easily than the other type, and they ably handle all jousts with true issues by physicality and diverting of attention, as the old Romans did.
this is my political thought of the day. Democrats? Drop the abortion issue so the many religious voters can focus on everyday issues that concern them, and not feel that their spiritual values are at stake! Women's rights votes have never counted anyway, and less so today.
here is my posting on Nefertiti, really named Nefrotete -
i love your article - i struggled through yet another history channel show on Nefertiti, and isn't her real name Nefrotete?, with almost no real investigation - no mention of her alien origins, no mention of her as the source of the new god, no mention of the fierce xenophobia, gynephobia, and deophobia, since she weilded power over, as they saw it, the Pharoah and over worship and the country, no mention of the fact that Tut was most likely a step-son, or what country Nef was most likely from - i had always wondered about the elongated skull, having studied anthropolgy and noticed that Nordic and Africans often have it, and had wondered from which area she had originated.you have answered many questions for me today!thanks, Oceanhttp://www.OceanMusic.com
p.s.- i'm a history and anthropology and traveling fiend - i love Egyptology! their art and style are unsurpassed!
The Mermaid who transmits her own blog to me is found here - MermaidBlog.com
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i guess this is how i add to my own blog -
i wanted to add some more info and writings and links -
http://www.Veganize.com
http;//www.EcoChildFree.com
http://www.ChildFix.com
Ocean’s Four-Fold Plan to Save the Planet
There is a four-fold plan that will absolutely save the world, if instituted universally very, very soon, while there's still time -
1. Veganize
2. Be Child-Free
3. Ecoize
4. Create Diplomatic Solutions Internationally - Think Globally
1. Veganize
Veganize to Save the Planet
"Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetabe-based diet."
-Albert Einstein
"If Americans were to reduce their meat consumption by only 10 per cent for one year, it would free at least 12 millions tons of grain for human consumption - or enough to feed 60 million people... Indeed, if Americans were to stop eating grain-fed beef altogether the grain thus released would be enough to feed all the 600 million people in India. -Peter Singer, Author
Do you want the planet to survive? Do you want for all the starving childrn in the world to thrive? Do you want all the over-fed children to survive?
Do you actually care for the spiritual? For Compassion? For others? Do you care about the cruel suffering inflicted upon helpless, sweet beings?
Veganizing from a Spiritual Perspective
Suppose you met a soul who was unable to speak quite legibly, who was naive,
trusting, and not quite as bright as yourself.
Would you treat him with kindness? With respect?
What if he were in fact helpless. Would you offer sympathy, compassion? Pity, at least?
Treat him with mercy?
You meet him every day in many forms- this innocent, helpless soul,
As the innocent and helpless victims of the most horrendous aspect of our society, the most helpless of all beings, the victims of the meat industry.
The most shameful legacy of our shameful era, factory farming has taken the already cruel practice of eating fellow mammals and taken it to a level far beyond evil.
In the interest of profit for the handful of owners, every shred of decent behaviour extended to these utterly dependent and feeling beings has been stripped away.
Few laws protect them, and of those, most are ignored.
In many states, even inspection in to their torture chambers is not allowed.
Why would they - the growers, the ones who make profit off the untold misery of totally innocent animals - why would they not want for their warehouses, their transporters, and, particularly, their butcheries, to be seen? only if they are not complying with the minimal laws which are in place would they seek to hide their doings like criminals.
One does not act guilty if there has not been a crime.
The fact that they do not ensure either that the animals in their care are either raised humanely, transported humanely, or even killed humanely.
We, the people, we, the Americans, have a voice in this.
We must use it to aid the sentient, suffering beings at the very bottom of society- the animals raised and murdered for food.
We need to make sure that the cruelest of people are not allowed to continue their clandestine outrages against the ones who, in Issac Bashevis singer's words are 'totally inoffensive' animals.
We must be their voice.
'If ye have done it unto the least of them, you have done it unto me.'
The words of Jesus apply to all these souls, the very most helpless of our world. Jesus himself chose not only to be born among them- the barnyard animals, the least of society- our greatest victims, - but he also chose to be called ,'the Lamb'.
Veganizing from a Personal Life Enhancement Angle
Do you like to live? To be hot? To stay youthful? To be healthy and vital, energetic and attractive?
Do you want to be able to, with every part of your being, with your body, soul, mind, and heart, with your spirit, be able to say that you are aliened? Whole? That what your mind knows and your heart feels - that it's wrong, wrong, wrong to shove innocent fellow animals into horrible, small complexes that make the idea of hell a reality and then to murder them in atrocious conditions - that it's wrong to take the acres needed to grow grain that would keep countless starving children alive by growing grain instead of feeding grazing herds of cattle - would you like to have all of you - mind, soul, heart, body - aligned in knowing that by your every meal, your every day of being alive, that you are living in compassion and righteousness?
Your entire life will change into a glowing, beauteous exercise in power, stamina, energy, and spiritualness that you have never before had access to when you decide to go vegan.
http://www.Veganize.com
http://www.EcoEat.com
2. Be Child-Free and/or Adopt
Think of the world as one household. The house is small, the income fixed, and they cannot move. The family already has a child, and cannot feed another, and yet they think of having another child. Either the quality of life will suffer and each will have less food, they will put one out to starve, close the windows, and not heed his cries, or they will stop having children, if they have any compassion or caring.
EcoChildFree
Stop Human Overpopulation
GetFixed.org
ChildFix
3. Ecoize
Ecoize to Keep the Planet Alive
Ecoize and You Will Thrive
http://www.ecoize.com
With your heart, make every choice in life.
Choose to buy only planet-friendly, vegan, compassionate products.
Seek them out.
Get lists of who does and who doesn't test on animals, like these -
http://www.caringconsumer.com/
http://www.americanhumane.org/site/DocServer/CCIC_Shopping_Guide_2006.pdf?docID=3821
Boycott cruelty-based industries.
find lists here
http://www.thepetitionsite.org/
Find out how to use only green products and where to buy them.
Even with pests - learn how to deal with them respectfully and compassionately at
http://www.loveinsects.com/
Tread lightly during your stay on earth, your spirit will lighten too.
4. Create Diplomatic Solutions Internationally - Think Globally
Insist on diplomatic rapport, on unilateral discussions, on peaceful conclusions to all problems in the world among nations, within nations, and other cultures.
Insist that religiosity stay out of politics.
Insist on logical thought, problem-solving, and in finding answers.
Find common denominators. Focus on what we have in common.
Diminish the differences.
Seek to communicate with all and insist that our governments do the same.
Vote with your conscience.
Vote with your determination to save our planet.
Vote with your dollars and your voice every day. Boycott where necessary.
Email and join campaigns, lobby, spread the word. Use your power.
If you feel that war is wrong, voice your feelings and your morality.
If you don't, then examine your soul, and follow the money - find out who war benefits and who it destroys.
Find out which industries excel at making profits on war and basically, follow the themes, the threads, and decide how you want your tax dollars to be spent and how your conscience feels about it, and then become active in effecting change.
If you do not step up to create change, you are part of the problem - not part of the solution.
Become active.
Do something every day to help innocent victims, to help starving children, to help helpless animals, to help struggling adults, to help save trees and wildlife and wild lands, to help create green industries to take over from the cruel ones, to learn more and more about how your power right now can save the world - and by every meal, by every purchase, by every thought - be compassionate.
This will save the planet.
Act now!
Also, i'm assisting Veganize.com in developing a world-wide list of Vegans - would you please contact
them via their site
http://www.Veganize.com
and add your name to the
http://www.VeganEzine.com List!
Also, Veganize is accepting other volunteers - i volunteer too! - to add articles, items of interest and other things to their VeganEzine !
This is a great opportunity to show off your writing, your devotion to saving animals, and to human health, as well as your committment to save our planet!
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