I really like you quote about freedom, the drones here, only know what the Frank Luntz's tell them, and when they get the "E" mail they all spout the exact quotes word for word and swear they are all independent thinkers.
If you disagree they think they can bully you, It reminds me of the school In my neighbourhood they are called a GOOF.
Keep up the good thoughts, and the independence has a very satisfying feeling.
Thanks Johnp33,
Some people here think I'm blowing my own horn but I'm not. Isn't it just common sense to find out about the system that controls us and finding ways to not allow that manipulation?
I'm using the system to my benefit to live the least expensive, least controlled way possible. If that means I have to learn about taking care of myself and my family with rising fuel costs and rising medical costs than I think that's just common sense, not special, it's what everyone should be doing.
We want to blame Al Gore, who cares about Al Gore! Al Gore isn't living my life, I am. It's up to me to find a way to live and be well, not some doctor who is nothing more than a pill dispenser for the drug companies. I go for a check up once a year, not to have some doctors 'fix' me but to find out what they see, it's my responsibility to fix me. Because the moment they give you pill they own you and the drug companies own you.
Governments don't afford individual freedom, the best they do is offer a 'degree of flexibility', it's what I do with that flexibility that determines my freedom. I can blame everyone but what good does that do? That's what the talk show hosts do, they get everyone to blame everyone else. Nothing gets fixed, nothing gets resolved, we all just become professional blamers while we march to the doctors office for more pills and fill our cars up on the way to pay our fare share to the oil companies who do a great job of teaching us how to hate Al Gore.
So I figured it out. We are less controlled everyday by energy, food and drugs.
Blowing my horn or just smart enough to figure out how to get from under the corporate strangle hold this country is in?
So we're talking about the environment, it's everyone's responsibility, it's the legacy we leave our children and their children. The pollution I create on a personal level affects everyone on this planet. We can say it's only a drop in the bucket but it's one less polluted drop in the bucket. It's one person saying, "Hey this can't go on, I can't live with being a world slob and being the world's biggest per capita polluter. I have to change on a personal level."
Rob