Thursday, June 24, 2010

Earth, the Story: Your blank slate

by Cliche Rinpoche

So you know about the gulf, right? Of course you do. And it makes you sick.

And you've watched An Inconvenient Truth, and you have decided to align yourself with the remarkably united opinion of scientists that (1) are sane, (2) are honest and (3) have actually worked on climate science. That is to say, you know that human activity has reached the level of having a real effect on the planet.

So you do what you can - recycle, cut back on unnecessary purchases or trips, write to your congressthing.

That's wonderful. And you know it's wonderful. But there's a hole nestled deep in your mind. On one side of it, the ten dollar bill you found that you're pretty sure belonged to the lady up by the corner. On the other, your inability to rush down to Louisiana, save a family of pelicans, throttle Tony Hayward and plug the leak with his ... um, yacht.  There has to be something more.

So what to do? Well, in the immortal words of Mickey Rooney: "Hey kids, let's put on a show!"



continued at Daily Kos....