Cape Karen
Someday, I will get around to discussing the watermelons we grew and the nice weather we are having and other more mundane topics, but, for today, my mind is still in the deep south and thinking about cause and effect. I believe that we are all pretty much in the dark about what is going on in our stratosphere and what is causing storms to get stronger and devastation to get wider than we have ever seen before.
Here is a small quote from a Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist and author who shared his concerns about global warming in a discussion on a radio show in Boston this week:
ROSS GELBSPAN: "Unfortunately, it has to be political action. It's not lifestyle action. Even if we all sat in the dark and rode bicycles, it would not stop global warming, especially given the reliance on coal in India and China and on oil in Mexico and Nigeria and the developing countries.
We need to take the lead in spearheading a rapid transition to clean energy. That will happen only through political pressure. . . ."
To read the transcript you can go to Google and type in "global warming" and read the article called "Katrina's Real Name is Global Warming" in the Democracy News. Then, read, read, and read some more.
We need to get outraged, and act! Apathy and ignorance are showing their effects all too clearly right now.
Perhaps, sending money will help - perhaps, sending prayers will help, but educating ourselves about 'cause and effect' and then sending letters to our state and federal government leaders could prove to be be more powerful than either money or prayers, at this crucial moment in our nation's history.
We all need especially to revolt against our president's stubborn lack of action in the matter of global warming in this country - and we need our voices to be heard, quickly!
More storms are coming. More devastations will fill our television screens, and, more people than you can even imagine, will die otherwise.
Ignoring our wise scientist's forewarnings is nothing short of evil, and as someone once wrote:
"All it takes for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing."