WALKING ON THIN ICE

 

hope for the best, expect the worst - that’s how i live my life. now that the neo-con-jobs and the religious wrong can no longer lie about global warming, it comes down to one yes or no question - are we going to do something about global warming in time, or are we not?

the answer is obvious: we are not.

neither china nor the u.s.a. is going to cut greenhouse gas emissions before we’re past the tipping point. no matter what the rest of the world does, china or the u.s. alone is enough to push us to the dark side.

because of this, whatever the u.n. report says about the possible temperature increases over the next 50 years from global warming, it will be worse than they estimate - and it will happen faster than they think.

think about it. this u.n. global warming report is what 1,600 world scientists could agree on among themselves - you know their estimates are conservative because that is the way of committees. ergo, it is worse than they say.

so be happy now.  you have dreams you want to live? live them now. places to go? go now. things to do? do now. words unsaid to loved ones? better say them now, my friends, because tomorrows come in limited quantities from here on in.

welcome to the down size. this is the it it is.  and we all helped make it so.

but just in case we’re not too far gone, it wouldn’t hurt to let your politicians know you’re not happy with what they’re not doing. after all, politicians are a crooked and cowardly bunch of weasels - they are easily frightened into doing the right thing. it’s time we scared them straight.

speak up, speak out - or start doing all those things you’ve been putting off. in fact, start doing all those things you’ve dreamed of anyway - it’ll be good for your soul.

kathy and i are doing just that.  we sold our studio, gave away our possessions, and left america august 1, 2006. 2 weeks northern england, 3 weeks london, 1 week amsterdam holland, 7 weeks krakow poland, 13 weeks liznjan croatia - and now 8 weeks in the south of france. after that, spain, germany and greece are potentials - then hopefully nepal. we were headed for thailand until we learned of their draconian grass laws - mandatory urine tests whenever the police feel like it, no matter where you are. and to think the best grass i ever had was ‘thai stick’ in michigan 31 years ago..

thailand recently had a military coup, and life is never advisable under military dictatorships - a fact america will be learning when cheny bush declare martial law just before the next elections … probably use their new war in iran as their excuse. welcome to the american brain camps with their thought police and morality masters monitoring all.

governments are going to get worse too as global warming displaces billions, and the powers that be forcibly take over the remaining oil fields. the rich always do what they want no matter what, and everybody else pays their tab of greenhouse gasses, polluted seas, foul air, and mass disease.

but being an eternal internal optimist, i still plan for the future even though i expect no future. no, let me amend that - mother earth will survive, she will get rid of the messy poisonous irrational virus called man and grow on her merry way.  but bye bye blogging, bye bye internet, bye bye air, bye bye sea, bye bye agriculture, bye bye baby bye bye.

this is smith reporting from the ugly rotting tarnished silver underside the mirror.