George Carlin is a brilliant mind – what a loss! I mention him because I watched some more of him on youtube yesterday, in his rant about the effete liberalism of “saving the planet”. (“Can you believe the arrogance of that? We haven’t even learned to care for one another yet, and we’re gonna ‘save the planet’??) I really agree that we well-meaning progressives have some debatable and frankly annoying notions. Sure we’ve done horrible damage and continue every day, but pachamama (earth) will cleanse and regenerate just fine, and thrive long after we’ve extinguished ourselves in greed and apathy and denial.

Even if you disagree, accept this offering of refreshing levity on the subject(s!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw

Blessings,
Noel

The vulcano is an anarchist, because of its air-contamination 65 000 flights had to be canceled, – la, la – and so or so, the cup I cleaned up.

lg
shaq

A great article. I’d worry slightly about the logic here though:
“In the face of that wake-up call, the volcano would hope that collateral damage, such as underpaid workers in Kenya, in the UK and elsewhere losing their jobs, will channel their frustrations into a demand for radical change”.

Perhaps they aren’t implying that the collateral damage is a good thing. But, alternatively, it reminds me of, for example, the person that saw HIV/AIDS as a good thing because it seemed to be bringing some communities together (with the rise of home-based carers etc.)..I’d prefer to take positives from positive things than positives from negative things..