Animals, Humans and the Contaminated Food We Eat

He was 11 when I unwittingly gave him poisoned food, and he died.

For 11 years - from the day I found him at 2 weeks old & brought him back to health, Lazarus Blues was a cool animal guy - accompanied me across country a few times, was bright and sociable, & a 151 lb dog everyone who met him loved. He didn't have a mean bone in his big ol' body &, up until mid-December, was pretty darn healthy......

Until big profit and the deceitful, lyin' big businesses killed him...poisoned him.

You know, the food began coming from Menu Foods on the 3RD OF DECEMBER!!! When were we told about the recall? MARCH!!! Oh, gee, do you think that might be a bit deceitful?! A tad criminal!? Naw - after all, they're all just animals, eh?

Really? Read 'FAST FOOD NATION' - required reading in a few aware high schools. Then you'll know what your kids and you are eating as well!

Do we really believe that Big Food corporations (for example, Monsanto and their genetically modified Brave New World) really give a rat's poison about what we eat or how sick we get as long as they profit?!!!

Back to the recall: I heard on CNN News this morning that the FDA is saying that only 14 animals have died - GET REAL!!! PLEASE!!! The reported total I know of, just little ol' me, is in the 100s and climbing! What's up here?!

And why are we importing wheat or anything to do with wheat from China??!! Or anywhere else for that matter, when we have farmers here who could do it?! Do you truly believe the story about something having happened in China in some rural province - WHERE WE CAN'T POSSIBLY CHECK TO ENSURE THESE GUYS IN THE FDA/BIG HUMAN/ANIMAL FOOD BUSINESSES are telling us?!!

Sure. Right. We believe you. Yep. We'll just continue eating your crap and then wonder why we all have cancers and diabetes and more. Then we can all go to your 'stay sick' medical establishments and receive MORE PILLS FROM BIG PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATIONS - THE ULTIMATE DRUG PUSHERS OF ALL - JUST WATCH TV!!!

Am I angry? You bet.
Am I stupid? Nope.

DO YOUR RESEARCH, FOLKS!!! DO...YOUR...OWN...RESEARCH...PLEASE!!!

There's a very old expression: Buy locally, think globally. It works. Here in my state, there are plenty of local farmers, Co-ops, even folks who grow organic beef, chicken & pig (you know, the kind of farmers who don't push downed or diseased or infected animals through the process to our tables because - hey, they're just stupid CONSUMERS - what will they know?!) Buy from the local folks.

Let me repeat that: BUY FROM THE LOCAL FOLKS!!! Go visit them. Take the time. It could mean your life, your children's lives, and & lives of your pets.

One more thing for this post:

STOP BEING ONLY CONSUMERS - that's the way we are seen!

START BEING CITIZENS AGAIN - FULL ON AWARE CITIZENS WHO DO THEIR RESEARCH...KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.

Do you really believe that Reality Shows and all the rest of the cah-cah on TV are not intended to dumb us down?! Oh, please.

DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH...THINK...THEN ACT...OR SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD AND EAT WHAT IS GIVEN YOU...

EVER HEARD OF 'SOYLENT GREEN'? Yum.

Funny Thing About Immigrants...

Seems We are all Them...Immigrants, that is...

Oh, you can say you are an A-1, All-American Whatever. But the fact is, your parents/granparents/great -grandparents/great-great grandparents came from somewhere other than here.

I always say to my sweet English hubby, well, you know, you and the Dutch and the French and a few others actually aced out the only native folks - the Native Americans. You gave them smallpox-infected blankets, and many other creepy things - but you did it - face it.

And when the next group of immigrants came...Irish...Italians..you name it...they were all mistreated...called names...looked upon as less (we seem...as humans, to be prone to that)...and of course, the races that were darker colors, well they were simply lumped together as darker colors - so they banded together, yes? They became Blacks, Negroes, and whatever else the lighter skinned races chose to label them.

Did our ancestors look into their eyes? I doubt it.

And now, we have the immigration issue, primarily geared toward Mexicans. What's the story, eh? We just built a house not long ago. The folks who did the best job were those who built the foundation - Mexicans. The builder - a tried and true American fella with the nicest looking, middle-class, I am a great guy look - took us to the cleaners.

These are ALL stereotypes. Do the research, my friends. Let's give Amnesty to all the folks here now and start over. Make a fair and equitable law. No one is hurting us. Is someone taking a job that you really crave? Somehow I doubt it. Let's get real. See that It is What it is.

Are you letting someone talk you into a Fear-based reaction? C'mon. Don't be fooled.

We are ALL ONE. When whoever in your family came here, they were discriminated against. Are you continuing the trend? This is the 21st century, and Jesus, the radical Christ, said:

Love One Another.

Namaste. Let's get with the program.

Sunday, 30 April 2006

Just got back from Kyoto a little while ago...wow.

The folks were so polite...so cool...so special. I was there for a spiritual conference - which was fantastic - and the amenities & kindnesses the traditional Japanese hotel extended (I'll post the name when I have the card in front of me) were above and beyond anything you'd get at most hotels for the price.

Like:

heated toilet seats - don't laugh! If you live in any climate that isn't hot all the time, this is an idea that we should take on!

Free Foot baths - oh Man!!! My little Barney Rubble feet never felt so good! Every single day, my feet found their way to this item...in a courtyard where Cherry Blossoms were about to bloom, then blooming...landscaping so well done...can't tell you how great it was!

The Baths - they were separated by gender in this hotel, and gosh, lots of folks on our team spent twice/day in them! So peaceful...so hot...so well done.

It was a great experience, and just wanted to pass it on. From beginning to end, it was a lovely experience. Namaste.

Some Thoughts on an Article from November - still applies though - Namaste.

So, I'm reading an article about politics in Virginia...and I wonder if any of us ever read World and American History (and when I say read, I mean research - not just the view with which we align - but also other views - this causes that stuff called Objectivity...Perspective...Awareness.)

So, I'm reading an article about politics in Virginia...and I wonder...hmmm...any of my neighbors ready to get out there and pick crops? Nope. Can't think of one, y'all (I live in the South, I'm allowed to say, y'all.)

So, I'm wondering...let's see

a/We want others to do the work that is
1/beneath our skill level
2/necessary but dirty
3/backbreaking, often causing major physical challenges
4/simply what we don't want to do ourselves.

b/And whilst these others are doing the above work, we want others
1/to stay out of our neighborhoods
2/to make minimum wage or below ('below' is preferable to business & many citizens (note I did not say Consumers) do not feel that honest work for an honest, livable wage, is something this 'type' of work calls for, and believe (really?) that these 'others' should simply accept it as their lot in life.
3/not to receive even the most basic health care or the most basic decent housing - they're not entitled, are they?

Someone I know once said, Insomuch as you do it to the least of these, you do it to me....wow.

Know what else this fellow said? He spoke all about looking at your neighbor - and when you look into the eyes of your neighbor, to see your Self there. It's that oneness thing, you know? We are One. What do you see? Or do you look?...

The Struggle for Islam's Soul - (& soul searching for All Religions)

I came across this article in a New Statesman newsletter that I subscribe to and almost never get to read. The headline caught my eye (the parentheses comment is mine.)

I'd be interested in your reasoned thoughts on it.

Namasté.