Comments on: Telling the Universe What You Want http://notronwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/telling-the-universe-what-you-want/ Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:17:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Laura Caton http://notronwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/telling-the-universe-what-you-want/#comment-15564 Laura Caton Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:34:17 +0000 http://notronwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/telling-the-universe-what-you-want/#comment-15564 I agree with the author's sentiments My view is education. Making sure that children understand they can make a difference both in their community and their homes. It means getting kids back into nature, and out from behind the Wii and Ninetendo's, so they know what they are fighting to save. I agree with the author’s sentiments My view is education. Making sure that children understand they can make a difference both in their community and their homes. It means getting kids back into nature, and out from behind the Wii and Ninetendo’s, so they know what they are fighting to save.

]]> By: mikull http://notronwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/telling-the-universe-what-you-want/#comment-15552 mikull Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:59:58 +0000 http://notronwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/telling-the-universe-what-you-want/#comment-15552 I ignore everything and donate to the ASPCA because I love dogs - partially because I believe in what Carlin said: "Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are fucked. Difference. Difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We've been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we're a threat? That somehow we're gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin' around the sun? The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles...hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages...And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet...the planet...the planet isn't going anywhere. WE ARE!" I ignore everything and donate to the ASPCA because I love dogs – partially because I believe in what Carlin said:

“Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are fucked. Difference. Difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We’ve been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we’ve only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we’re a threat? That somehow we’re gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that’s just a-floatin’ around the sun?

The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles…hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages…And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet…the planet…the planet isn’t going anywhere. WE ARE!”

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