Friday, September 03, 2010

S**t Happens

Take, for example, this mushroom.


It has paid no attention to the imminent "end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it" storm. Yet, we humans seem to have paid an inordinate amount of attention. Will either attention or inattention have any effect on the storm?

Yes, we should prepare ourselves. But how many times do you have to be told that a serious storm is approaching and you had better get ready? Are there no other events that will negatively affect us? Like, the economy, the wars, climate change, the assault on our freedoms, the stupidity, incompetence and greed of our leaders, etc. Since the latter are all man-made, wouldn't it stand to reason that we'd have a better chance of preventing/stopping such foolishness if we devoted the same level of concern and attention to these problems as we do to the storm?

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