"John Smith" wrote in message
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Ed Cregger wrote:

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No offense intended, but the first really scary thing that I learned as
an adult was that there is no "they". It is all random. See, I told you
that was scary.
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Well, I differ, the "they" are those in power with the chance to make
things better, or make a buck--however, we seem to live in a world where
this two things are mutually exclusive! If it were I or you, or we
together, who were the ones in "power", we would face great temptations to
do the same--sell out our fellow citizens to fatten our wallets. The
safeguards, which were once in place, are now gone--money purchasing your
congressmen and senators fixed that ...


Anyway, we have another chance, in fact, multitude chances, to save our
civilization. But it will probably spring from technologies and ways of
thinking which we cannot even imagine presently.

Try to enjoy the good things and times while they are here, for they too
are transitory. And just in case you forgot, so are we.

Ed Cregger

We are indeed in a time of GREAT transition. The gold in the gold fields
is gone. The BIG trees in the forests have all been harvested. In the
Sierra Nevada's, "they" have left belts of trees along the highways for
aesthetics, but venture a little ways off these highways and you find
great areas of clear cut land. In the old days, one single log could fill
a logging truck; today, these trucks appear to be carrying loads of
pencils! Every acre of ground is now in the hands of private citizens,
companies/corps or the gov't. All the farm ground is now in production
which is economically feasible to grow crops on; we tax the reserves of
cheaply available fertilizer we have left to raise these crops. Every
gallon of water in the lakes, rivers and streams is owned by some entity.

Without anymore natural resources to exploit--we now face a much different
world. While capitalism was wonderful when resources were abundantly
plentiful to be raped, it will now be interesting to see how it functions.

I see a world with vast numbers of impoverished "have-nothings" and a few
members of a ruling class with their knaves and female servents ... but
come hell-or-high-water, we shall see this "new world order." The gears
which bring it turn now; and, I see none powerful enough to halt them.

But then, I digress from antennas ...

Regards,
JS

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The more people that want a piece of the pie, the smaller the pieces will
be. Our main, number #1 problem is over population for the resources we have
remaining and the lifestyle we wish to live. But you know that.

Nature culls its creatures occasionally. Will it be by disease/plague? By
wars? By things we cannot even imagine? No one knows. Enjoy the party while
it is going on. Analyze later. Worrying hurts no one but you and those
around you. I have given up worrying about it all. It is now in God's hands.
I surrender.

Ed, NM2K

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