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"John Smith" wrote in message ... Ed Cregger wrote: ... ----------- 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. ... 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 --------- 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 back to antennas |
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