Yeah , I know , "why don't you write more , it'l get all that stuff out of your head! If I've said it once , I've said it a hundred times to myself. Well, I guess there's a lot on my mind , with the "president" breaking the law and all , and acting like he really doesn't care , and it's been so damned cold! But , actually , right now , we're in a thawing period.
Anyhow , what was I thinking about ? Oh , yeah, the environment. Yeah , that old thing. What , there's too much mercury in fish, caused by toxins in our air and water? It seems that all those pollutants we constantly are putting into our air and water have a down side. What, you say , I thought we could just drive all we wanted , and run the factories on coal and put as much hydrocarbons into the air as we wanted without any regard to what would happen to it. I thought we could dump as much toxic sludge into the water as we wanted , 'cause we can make more money in the short term. I thought we could make as much money off the suffering of others without any regard to how it affects anyone.
Isn't that what drives big business? So now there are tremedous levels of mercury in fish. Aren't there tremendous levels of mercury in chicken , beef and pork , too?
Isn't the mercury in fish the result of all the hydrocarbans in the pollution mixing with the oxygen , thus causing mercury levels to skyrocket? Has anyone measured the levels of mercury in animal products? No , probably not. I mean , according to the Chicago Trib article from last Sunday , they haven't really tested for mercury in fish for quite some time , and they weren't that thorough to begin with. I mean , I've got mercury in my fillings , and the Ada sanctioned dentists say it's alright , because it's in such low levels , that it won't affect you. Then, there are the alternative dentists that say any level of mercury will affect you and it can never fully leave your system. Confusing? Double messages? Yeah, that's what America is all about , the double ( and sometimes triple) message. Abortion , no good . War , good. Sex , no good. Pornography , good. Greed , good . Poor people getting ahead , no good , and on and on. I guess if you worry about this stuff too much , it can drive you crazy. But someone should be worried about it. Lots of people are sick from lots of toxic stuff in the environment and no one seems to want to take responsibility for it. "It's too expensive to clean up" I don't like regulations" I don't like big government" Hey ' you asses , all the money you're making right now as a result of your short sighted , "lets have no regulations" policies won't help you in ten years , when you have to wear oxygen tanks 'cause it'll be the only way to breathe without suffocating on all the toxic particulates in the air. And we won't be producing nearly as much if half the population has died from all the pollution. So , guess what . The air and water have to improve for you to continue to exist. Got that ? No , you're only thinking about the next six months , just as you've been doing for the last twenty five years. Hey , we can't just keep producing more and more stuff. There are effects of our actions. Plastic doesn't just go away. Toxins in the air and water don't just flush away for someone else to deal with. We're all living in the same toxic soup.
Marry x mas ? Happy chaunakah ? Oh , well , I had to cleanse my system . Do I feel better? No , my neck hurts from sitting at the computer too long. Work out tomorrow! Yeah!
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