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4.13.2012

Tracking Plan B - War Room 041312


Tracking Plan B - Lester Brown's


Posted: 12 Apr 2012 04:06 PM PDT
START LOVING - INSHE WARRIORS, WE'RE DEAD TILL WE ARE ONE. nd sLoving here. Never before yesterday saw I that the War of Mass Destruction is underway - WWIII, WMD. Enlightening. Frightening. Empowering. nd 'Where MLK was Aiming: 'A person's not equipped to fight, war, till they know what they would die for.' sLoving on MLK's shoulders nd 'Let's say all who you know are alcies,
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:39 PM PDT
Attacks on climate science by former NASA staff shouldn't be taken seriouslyThe Guardian
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 12:50 PM PDT
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 12:33 PM PDT
BP operations in Tar Sands 'could soon be illegal', First Nations tell ... PEJ News - ‎1 hour ago‎ Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) teams up with UK Tar Sands Network and Gulf Coast representatives to send clear message to BP shareholders that tar sands is a risky investment. Thursday, April 12, 2012 - The Indigenous Environmental Network ... The Guardian
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 12:06 PM PDT
nd 'Let's say all who you know are alcies, stone drunk, and all's lost lest you sober them up?' sLoving
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:02 PM PDT
Report claims ASIO spying on coal protesters ABC Online - ‎9 hours ago‎ The Fairfax report raises concerns from security officials that anti-coal activists pose a greater threat to energy security than terrorists. ASIO 'spying' on activists strains Greens allianceSydney Morning Herald
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:42 PM PDT
nd 'If little green men were killing our kid's home, Earth, like OUR use of fossil fuels is, WE'D KILL THEM ALL, fast as we could.' sLoving
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 08:53 AM PDT
Five bird species in Maharashtra on the verge of extinction Times of India - ‎15 hours ago‎ PUNE: Five species of birds found in Maharashtra are on the verge of extinction. There are 14 species of birds that are critically endangered in the country, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:44 PM PDT
Amtrak CEO: New rail tunnels to New York critical Philadelphia Inquirer - ‎8 hours ago‎ And it is integral to the railroad's long-term goal to build a new high-speed Northeast corridor rail route that would allow trains to make the 426-mile trip between Boston and Washington in three hours and 23 minutes - compared with the current eight ... Amtrak to start using buses again; record
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:44 PM PDT
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rail-probe-20120410,0,4494270.story
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 04:19 PM PDT
Chocolate: A Sweet Solution to Tropical Deforestation? National Geographic - ‎17 hours ago‎ She has just moved for two months to the highly-deforested frontier town of São Felix do Xingu in northern Brazil to work with local farmers, ranchers, landowners, indigenous groups and city officials to together promote forest-friendly sustainable ...
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 07:12 AM PDT
Brazil Wind Power Green Chip Stocks - ‎2 hours ago‎ By Sam Schrader On Wednesday, Spain's Acciona Windpower was awarded its first contract in the burgeoning wind market Brazil. Many industry analysts expect Brazil to become the fourth-biggest wind turbine market this year because of Brazil's goal to add ...
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 07:13 AM PDT
Wind Energy plans for 2000 MW Bangkok Post - ‎19 hours ago‎ Wind Energy Holding Co (WEH), Thailand's first private wind turbine operator, is proceeding with plans to invest 40 billion baht in seven wind turbine farms over the next four years. Board chairman Noppon Suppipat said the company is now developing the ...
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 07:09 AM PDT
Arguments against wind turbines overblown Campus Times - ‎6 hours ago‎ It dates back to the early 1980s, to Altamont Pass, one of the first wind farms in the United States. The small, now-outdated turbines constructed back then were more dangerous for birds: The blades spun much faster, and there were places in which ...
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:00 PM PDT
Renewable-Energy Investment Plunges in Quarter to Three-Year Low BusinessWeek - ‎4 hours ago‎ By Alex Morales on April 12, 2012 Global investment in clean energy dropped to its lowest since the depths of the financial crisis three years ago as the US and European nations cut support for wind and solar projects, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said ... US leads in wind power power and
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 07:05 AM PDT
Poverty And Obesity: Breaking The Link Huffington Post - ‎13 hours ago‎ A significant body of scientific evidence links poverty with higher rates of obesity. Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the most comprehensive study conducted thus far to document the nutritional status of the ...
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 07:03 AM PDT
Let's start doing something about global poverty Iowa City Press Citizen - ‎5 hours ago‎ In other parts of the world, poverty is more severe. One billion children around the world suffer from poverty; 640 million don't have adequate shelters; 400 million can't access clean water.
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:42 PM PDT
Dolphin Deaths Global Animal - ‎17 hours ago‎ Global Animal A dolphin washed ashore. Photo Credit: bobistraveling via Flickr Several mass deaths of dolphins have occurred over the past few years and while experts are worried about the die-off they say we are not witnessing a global population ...
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 06:59 AM PDT
Thou Shalt Not Kill The Planet - Over-Population, God and Human Survival The Inquisitr - ‎3 hours ago‎ Over-population is killing the earth. If you were to listen to most experts on the issues facing humanity, they will argue endlessly about global warming and the evils of fossil fuel. They will discuss in great detail the horrors of warfare.
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:42 PM PDT
Feeding the World, While the Earth Cooks [Live Webcast] Scientific American - ‎2 hours ago‎ Pair that with a world population growing in both absolute terms and hunger for agriculturally intensive products such as meat and you may have a recipe for disaster.
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 06:22 AM PDT
http://topnews.us/content/247641-former-nasa-scientists-warn-against-rising-carbon-dioxide-levels
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 04:21 PM PDT
'Perfect recipe' for wildfires as season starts earlymsnbc.com Wildfires engulf Tennessee, probed in New Jersey, New YorkReuters Your preferred source:Massive brush fire rages on Long Island; residents, horses fleeLos Angeles Times From New York:Northeast brush firesAlbany Times Union In Depth:Crews still battle brushfires in NortheastCNN
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 04:55 AM PDT
EPA's Balance between Environmental Benefits and Costs Politic365 - ‎19 hours ago‎ The EPA wants all future energy generating plants that use fossil fuels to employ certain technologies to reduce the amount of carbon emissions that enter the air. EPA Denies an Environmental Group's Request to Ban a Widely Used Weed KillerNew York Times EPA OKs Pesticide; Major Increase in Use
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:00 PM PDT
Study: Climate change boosts, then stunts, plant growth R & D Magazine - ‎16 hours ago‎ The findings, published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, show that plants may thrive in the early stages of a warming environment but then begin to deteriorate quickly. Climate Change 'boosts plants at first and then quickly stunts it'Newstrack India Short-term climate change
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:02 PM PDT
Research blames climate change for West Coast oyster die-off Bend Bulletin - ‎22 minutes ago‎ The Associated Press file photo By Craig Welch / The Seattle Times Researchers for the first time have found definitive evidence that changing ocean chemistry from increased carbon-dioxide emissions are at least partially responsible for massive oyster ...
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nd 'Unviolent Action - Throwing one's body at the deadly 'sacred cows' of a society.' sLoving

'Unviolent Action - Throwing one's body at the deadly 'sacred cows' of a society.' sLoving

4.12.2012

nd sLoving here. Never before yesterday saw I that the War of Mass Destruction is underway - WWIII, WMD. Enlightening. Frightening. Empowering.

nd sLoving here. Never before yesterday saw I that the War of Mass Destruction is underway - WWIII, WMD. Enlightening.  Frightening. Empowering.

nd 'Where MLK was Aiming: 'A person's not equipped to fight, war, till they know what they would die for.' sLoving on MLK's shoulders

'Where MLK was Aiming: 'A person's not equipped to fight, war, till they know what they would die for.' sLoving on MLK's shoulders

nd 'Let's say all who you know are alcies, stone drunk, and all's lost lest you sober them up?' sLoving

'Let's say all who you know are alcies, stone drunk, and all's lost lest you sober them up?' sLoving

Pr. Obama Dragged to War by Israel, GOPigs, and Leftie Cowardice dailybeast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/12/war-looms-for-obama-in-iran-syria-and-north-korea.html

Canada: Congo Abuse hunger striker taken to hospital CBC.ca


Fredericton hunger striker taken to hospital

CBC.ca -
(CBC) A Fredericton man, who has been on a hunger strike for 38 days to protest against human rights abuses in his native country of the Democratic Republic of Congo, collapsed on Wednesday afternoon and was taken to hospital.

washpo equivalent headline 1942: Auschwitz Inmates Decline Hitler for Peace Talks


Palestinians spurn Netanyahu's invitation to resume talks, demand settlement ...

nytimes Pr. Jimmy Carter: Israeli Obstruction soon to Doom Mid-East Peace Forever

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/opinion/dont-give-up-on-mideast-peace.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1334235638-nK0FkVVybMxVLFUzb0/cVQ

4th Reich is Insane: Thomas Friedman Praises Palestinian Jew Murderer FrontPage Magazine


Thomas Friedman Praises Palestinian Jew Murderer

FrontPage Magazine -
In his New York Times article of April 4 (“A Middle East Twofer”), Friedman does offer one accurate insight into the psyche of Israel's population: Israel can accommodate a Palestinian state on its border only when Israelis can feel strategically ...

4th Reich: Günter Grass says Israel ban reminds him of East German Stasi The Guardian


Günter Grass says Israel ban reminds him of East German Stasi

The Guardian -
The German Nobel literature laureate Günter Grass has compared the Israeli interior minister to the Stasi, the latest move in an escalating dispute following Grass's publication of a poem criticising Israel.

Today's GOP: Allen West says Democrats are commies Los Angeles Times


The voice of today's GOP: Allen West says Democrats are commies

Los Angeles Times -
By David Horsey Rep. Allen West, one of the loosest cannons in the Republican arsenal, believes there are about 80 members of the Communist Partyin the United States Congress.

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Tracking Plan B - Lester Brown's


Posted: 11 Apr 2012 03:54 PM PDT
START LOVING - INSHE WARRIORS, WE'RE DEAD TILL WE ARE ONE. THIS IS A REALLY HOPEFUL MODEL: Cover The Night Details #1 Statewide Cultists: Creationism bill becomes Tenn. law Politico Tracking Plan B blog - War Room 041112 Twenty-seven Moroccan political inmates on hunger strike Chicago Tribune 4th Reich: Congressmen threaten PA aid over Helen Thomas award Jewish
Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:46 PM PDT
Ocean acidification linked to larval oyster failure Eureka! Science News - ‎1 hour ago‎ Researchers at Oregon State University have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon, where larval growth had declined to a level considered by the owners ... Study Links Massive Oyster Die-offs in
Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:44 PM PDT
America Doesn't Need More of Canada's Dirtiest Export: Tar Sands Oil Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) - ‎4 hours ago‎ Since President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline for dirty tar sands oil, some pundits have claimed that Canada's tar sands oil must be "set free." Energy companies, they insinuate, are at the mercy of America's shifting energy policies. See all 9 sources 
Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:59 PM PDT
Natural Gas Is Bridge to Nowhere without Carbon Price & Serious Methane Leak ... CleanTechnica - ‎50 minutes ago‎ Carbon-free power is the bridge fuel until we can figure out how to go carbon negative on a large scale by the end of the century. Natural Gas Is A Bridge To Nowhere Absent A Carbon Price AND Strong Standards ...ThinkProgress
Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:13 PM PDT
Deadly fungal threats a growing concern, scientists say msnbc.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ An unprecedented number of diseases caused by fungi have been causing some of the most severe die-offs and extinctions ever witnessed in wild species and jeopardizing crops to boot, scientists now report.
Posted: 11 Apr 2012 10:57 AM PDT
http://trackingplanb.blogspot.com/p/countdown-to-environmental-genocide.html
Posted: 11 Apr 2012 07:38 AM PDT
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Existing_U.S._Coal_Plants
Posted: 11 Apr 2012 07:24 AM PDT
2-Degree Global Warming Limit Is Called a "Prescription for Disaster ... blogs.scientificamerican.com/.../two-degree-global-warming-limit-is-... Dec 6, 2011 – 2-Degree Global Warming Limit Is Called a "Prescription for Disaster"... must prevent warming of more than two degrees Celsius to prevent ... 2 Degrees of Warming a Recipe for Disaster, NASA Scientist Says ...
Posted: 11 Apr 2012 06:58 AM PDT
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-california-wind-investment-20120410,0,599064.story
Posted: 11 Apr 2012 05:56 AM PDT
Nasa scientist Dr James Hansen says no to coal-fired powerBBC News
Posted: 11 Apr 2012 05:27 AM PDT
Carbon in Polar permafrost 'behind ancient global warming'The Earth Times
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4.11.2012

nd 'War's won when enough decide they have too. They figure out how, later.' sLoving

nd 'War's won when enough decide they have too.  They figure out how, later.' sLoving

THIS IS A REALLY HOPEFUL MODEL: Cover The Night Details #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYmkcRNGZnI

Statewide Cultists: Creationism bill becomes Tenn. law Politico


Creationism bill becomes Tenn. law

Politico -
Tennessee will now allow the discussion of creationism theory in its classrooms. The controversial legislation - known as the “Monkey Bill” by those who said it attacked teaching evolution - became law on Tuesday without Gov.

Tracking Plan B blog - War Room 041112

Tracking Plan B - Lester Brown's


Posted: 10 Apr 2012 04:11 PM PDT
Global Warming on a Roll at the Poles: Increased Melting, Cracking & Splitting Huffington Post - ‎2 hours ago‎ Bottom line: our warming globe is depleting the South Pole's ice cap faster than it can be replenished. Traditionally, as ice slowly moves out to sea, it bunches up and creates a bottleneck that acts as a doorstop to impede the ice's flow (Check out ...
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 03:41 PM PDT
More scientists call for methane leakage scrutiny State Journal - ‎4 hours ago‎ Their strategy centers on concern over fugitive emissions of methane gas during the process of extracting the gas. While natural gas, specifically methane, emits less carbon dioxide than fuels such as coal, the methane
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 03:35 PM PDT
Renewable Sources of Power Survive, but in a Patchwork New York Times - ‎11 minutes ago‎ JUST a few years ago, the future of renewable energy looked as bright and shiny as a white turbine blade coming out of the mold.
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 03:31 PM PDT
START LOVING - INSHE WARRIORS, WE'RE DEAD TILL WE ARE ONE. nd 'In High Noon, had the Marshall not stepped in, what then?' sLoving det 'b. You Can't Save Folks till they Want to be Saved.' sLoving (vid if/when wifi crippling heals)) det 'a. 99pct Spring, 350.org, Killing All Life, all Time left.' sLoving (vid, later) nd 'Slaves Blind to their Slavery (no longer human?), Harriett
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 03:28 PM PDT
Wind Power Seen Surging as Custom Barges Cut Set-up CostsBloomberg
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 02:12 PM PDT
Time For A Reset On Our Clean Energy FutureForbes
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:37 PM PDT
Water Risk Threatens Businesses, National Security Forbes - ‎1 hour ago‎ One of climate change's biggest impacts is on water systems. Unreliable water can impact both corporate bottom lines and jeopardize natural security, as two recent reports point out. Water wiseSalt Lake Tribune
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:25 PM PDT
Natural Gas and the Invisible Spill: How Much Methane Is Reaching the Atmosphere? TIME - ‎7 hours ago‎ But the leak is a disaster for the climate all the same; natural gas is mostly made up of methane, a greenhouse gas that has 25 times the warming power of carbon dioxide. Engineers working for Total estimate that it may take half a year to shut the 
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 11:35 AM PDT
Coal-Free Western US: At What Price? EarthTechling - ‎6 hours ago‎ by Susan DeFreitas Making the switch from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles and increased energy efficiency in buildings have both been lauded as important steps in cutting carbon emissions. But some big brains at the University of California at ... Harmful energy trend needs reversedCoshocton Tribune
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 10:05 AM PDT
http://ilovemountains.org/spruce-mine-ceq
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 06:33 AM PDT
Coal-Free Western US: At What Price? EarthTechling - ‎1 hour ago‎ by Susan DeFreitas Making the switch from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles and increased energy efficiency in buildings have both been lauded as important steps in cutting carbon emissions. But some big brains at the University of California at ... Harmful energy trend needs reversedCoshocton Tribune
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 06:02 AM PDT
Climate Change Could Be Tough on Seniors' Health: Study MSN Health & Fitness - ‎14 hours ago‎ Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston found temperature fluctuations related to climate change could claim thousands of lives every year. First study to examine long-term effects of climate change on life expectancyNews-Medical.net Summer Temperature Swings May Harm
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:57 AM PDT
Now This Is Interesting: A Climate Prediction From 1981 The Atlantic - ‎1 hour ago‎ By James Fallows It is very much worth checking out an item on Real Climate, from two Dutch scientists. They have found a paper by James Hansen and others from 1981, before climate change was even an occasion for political disagreement. Climate Issues Similar To Moral Issue Of Slavery, Says Physicist
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:48 AM PDT
Greg Barker calls for 30% emissions reduction target The Guardian - ‎2 hours ago‎ Britain should boost its carbon emissions reduction target to 30%, a government minister said on Tuesday - but only if Europe does the same. Barker backs tougher EU emissions targets ahead of Denmark talksBusiness Green Greg Barker: Britain should increase carbon targetsSolar Power Portal
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:38 AM PDT
Climate change threatens all of civilization Sacramento Bee - ‎7 hours ago‎ The other is to invest in climate-adaptive infrastructure and improved water management. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that winter droughts in the Middle East are increasing, and human-caused climate change is partly ... What happens when all the wells run dry?Sydney Morning
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4.10.2012

Twenty-seven Moroccan political inmates on hunger strike Chicago Tribune


Twenty-seven Moroccan political inmates on hunger strike

Chicago Tribune -
Groups say 27 political prisoners on weeks of hunger strikes * Majority of hunger strikers arrested after protests * Moroccan government urged to respond to their demands By Souhail Karam RABAT, April 10 (Reuters) - Twenty-seven Moroccan political ...

4th Reich: Congressmen threaten PA aid over Helen Thomas award Jewish Telegraphic Agency


Congressmen threaten PA aid over Helen Thomas award

Jewish Telegraphic Agency -
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- In a letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, two congressmen said a medal awarded to veteran journalist Helen Thomas could hurt US assistance to the PA.

'Tortured' Chinese rights activist is jailed The Independent


'Tortured' Chinese rights activist is jailed

The Independent -
Ni Yulan, a Chinese human rights defender left wheelchair-bound after police mistreatment, was sentenced yesterday to two years and eight months in jail for fraud and "unruly behaviour".

4th Reich: Israel tries to save West Bank settlements it vowed to dismantle Los Angeles Times


Israel tries to save West Bank settlements it vowed to dismantle

Los Angeles Times -
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's approach appears designed to avoid eviction of Jewish settlers and appease conservative lawmakers.

nd 'In High Noon, had the Marshall not stepped in, what then?' sLoving

'In High Noon, had the Marshall not stepped in, what then?' sLoving

det 'b. You Can't Save Folks till they Want to be Saved.' sLoving (vid if/when wifi crippling heals))


On the heels of processing the disinterest I'm so aware of feeling about this 99% Spring, training a hundred thousand people in civil disobedience - in the processing of that, what's come to mind yet again is, well as I'm currently thinking of it it's new, for me.

Not rarely in conversation someone has said to me something along the lines of - there's no hope until everything falls apart, until civilization this crushed.  Have I ever totally dismissed that idea?  I don't think so.  But I've dismiss the morality of it.  The immorality of it, the immorality of just stepping aside, washing one's hands, absolving oneself of trying to avoid Armageddon.

What's coming to me this morning however is a variation that I don't recall thinking of before, that is, waiting until Armageddon is so looming in the minds of enough people, in the hearts of enough people, that there's something to work with that, there there are people that want to save themselves, that want to save their children.

For probably decades, I've been trying to move beyond the best definition that I've had of leadership, because I knew that it could be moved beyond, and I wasn't seeing it.  Yesterday as I was walking to my homeless meal-truck supper, it fell in my lap.  'Leadership is the creating, holding within oneself, channeling, and maintaining of creative tension', sLoving.  Creative Tension is Dr. King's term as far as I know.  That's what I've done throughout my adulthood, that's what I do now.  That's certainly what King did.  That's certainly what Gandhi did.  That's certainly what no one in the current so called movement's do by any appearance.

Elinor Roosevelt said, 'she who would give light must endure burning.'  That's the creative tension - must hold fire within themselves - fire hurts; fires hot;  fire's something that part of ourselves wants to separate from.

But nothing ignites without fire.

Do I enable, with all my histrionics, seen and  experienced by so few people, but, as one individual  I put out a lot of heat.  And my desires are so outword, or so toward other people 'getting it.'  Have I been enabling, do I enable?  Do I even in my small way to fill the void, whose frigidity, in this chill should not be filled, should be allowed to engulf as many people as possible, that they might feel the void, the deadly void, the black hole sucking everything in?

It may be that I've been enabling; it may be that I enable, and that I need to fully, explicitly withdraw into a cave; probably a cave that's in plain sight hre in DC, but to avoid the mistake of sending sending energy, any energy outward.

A mob was about to stone a woman, and my understanding is that Jesus knelt down.  He didn't say anything but he knelt  down and began drawing in the dirt.  He wasn't throwing up his arms, he wasn't screaming at the crowd,  he wasn't addressing himself to the crowd.  He knelt down and started drawing in the dirt with a stick.  He was waiting until something happened in the crowd, until they wanted to know, until they wanted to hear, until they wanted to think.

I don't know how this will play out, these thoughts in me, how profoundly or how subtly, but I expect they will play out.

My expectation, which I hope to get stuffed down my throat, is that this 99% Spring will have a major impact - It will kill more time, that we don't have.  Yet another free lunch rant that my generation set in motion the early 70s - no cost - everything is free.  Unlike our parents generation, we don't need to put our bodies on the line, for anybody, no matter what.  Insanity.  Inhumanity.

I think I need to step back, working harder than ever to prepare, in the event that Armageddon is ever so looming that there are people that want to save themselves, and their kids.

I don't know how this will play out in me, but it will, these are substantive, correct thoughts

det 'a. 99pct Spring, 350.org, Killing All Life, all Time left.' sLoving (vid, later)


(vid later.  Wifi crippled - upload impossible).

Within recent weeks there's an item that has given me a rare modicum of hope, tiny, but hope nonetheless.  The first I learned of it was in news reports that the AFL-CIO, rather than a huge lump sum check to the DNC this year for the election, decided at the suggestion of president Obama I'm guessing, to put that money into grassroots organizing grassroots, grassroots efforts.  You know, that still gives me a modicum of hope. I don't see how bad can come out of that. Money into citizens being able to remember and execute their individual personal civic duty.  Yes, there is hope in that.

More recently, I've been getting e-mails from 350.og, SEIU, others, on what I think is being called the 99% Spring.  There are trainings going on this week in civil disobedience, meetings and trainings, of a planned 100,000 people.

Last night, for half an hour or so I watched Chris Hayes on MSNBC; film clips of his segment within recent days on this event.  He's a young man of some small promise.  It featured clips and ideas of Tim DeChristopher who is currently in prison for two years for putting his body in the way of illegal and heinous exploitation of national lands in Utah.  That fellow who for a brief time was president Obama's green Czar  early in the administration, and several others were on the panel, or in any case, in the discussion, and I was distinctly aware of how dis-interesting and un-hopeful  I found it, and wondered why.  I don't wonder why anymore, and yet I can't articulate it all that clearly.

I don't expect violence from this group, but it's a mob.  The Freedom Riders weren't a mob, the Civil Rights marchers weren't a mob.  The Freedom Riders, the Civil Rights marchers were people of the highest moral character either throughout their lives, or they found and applied the highest moral character ever seen in humanity.  It wasn't their effort to manipulate.  It wasn't their effort to force others, it wasn't their effort to obstruct others.  It was their intention to pay the price as every responsible human does for what they want, to personally pay the price for a change.

No they weren't martyrs.  They didn't know what form of that price would be exacted from them but they knew what they were going to pay everything they had, and and everything that they were.  I see no hint of that in this 350.org 99% Spring.  I see another free lunch effort by the left.

There was a right winger, a young right-wing blogger or news guy, I didn't recognize the name, on Chris's circle.  He raised the one particularly intelligent and insightful point.  Maybe not for the right reasons, but it was the right insightful point. Chris had just said - finally, the left has learn a lesson from the tea party, and this guy shot in - no they didn't -  They still haven't learned the lesson of the tea party.  The tea party was, not his words, but his sentiments - the idea of the tea party was to work the system, elect the representatives,  manage and control the primary process,  and then stay on top of the representatives to hold their feet to the fire.  What he didn't say and could've said was either raise the public will or so intimidate the bystanders that they stay out of the way so that the net will available is the will you want.  I'm not ever endorsing that, but for the counter to it, the genuinely raising the public will, having sanity prevail.

This 99% spring is yet another of 40 years attempts by the left at free lunch - No we don't have to do that work.  We don't have to work, we can have sort of a party and 'act' like activists, for our four hour post and forfeit.  I pray I'm wrong.  I pray this is stuffed right back down my throat in coming weeks.  But I don't have any hope of that.

A fire doesn't start with the wood, piece of wood, large or small, that's not on fire.  I don't see anyone on fire.  Thank God I see a little bit of backbone emerging in Bill McKibben and reemerging in Jim Hansen, some seriousness of purpose, but not fire.  And in this the green czar Guy, he was  the original Pr. Obama green czar,  he never impressed me, oh, great intelligence, he knows how to work the system, this is what you're supposed to do on the left, but no fire.

So the left is expecting to do without fire, without igniting itself, what has only ever been done by people igniting themselves - the women suffragists, the civil rights movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement.  At the core of those, at the heart of those, at the start of those was always people on fire.  Code Pink for God's sake, was mentioned in the list the people behind this 99% Spring.  Coldhearted, ranting, overprivileged, zero fire.  The arrogance that they're going to do for free, without fire, without burning, what the people that I'm sure they think they admire, sure they think they're following, like Alice Paul, couldn't do.  The arrogance, the stupidity.

They're killing humanity, because they are killing what little time is left.

nd 'Slaves Blind to their Slavery (no longer human?), Harriett Tubman Couldn't Save.' sLoving

'Slaves Blind to their Slavery (no longer human?), Harriett Tubman Couldn't Save.' sLoving

nd ''Genuine' Acts Against Armageddon: BOYCOTTS; Blockading the Env Wreckers....' sLoving

nd ''Genuine' Acts Against Armageddon: BOYCOTTS; Blockading the Env Wreckers....' sLoving