January 29, 2007 at 21:57:40

JASON MILLER INTERVIEWED BY CAROLYN BAKER

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I recently became a vegetarian because of the abject cruelty of factory farming and because meat production is deleterious to the human race and to Earth. It takes 50 times more fossil fuel and 1,000 times more water to put meat on the table than it does other types of food. Satisfying our carnivorous desires also demands deforestation and the grossly inefficient use of land for grazing (instead of crop cultivation). Potable water is in short supply in many countries, fossil fuels are non-renewable, Climate Change is a reality, and 35,000 people die of starvation each day. Meat is a luxury the human race cannot afford.

I donate my extra money and several hours of volunteer service each month to a local entity which provides numerous means of uplift to people who find themselves homeless.

I recently filed an internal whistle-blowing complaint with my employer related to the human rights of a large group of people in the Middle East. I am awaiting the results and/or consequences.

For a variety of reasons it is not in the cards for now, but I intend to begin engaging in war tax resistance at the beginning of next year. If you have strong moral objections to the federal government pouring fifty percent of our tax money into our murderous war machine while poverty, inadequate education, lack of health care, hunger, and homelessness are becoming increasingly prevalent in our nation, I urge you to consider war tax resistance (not to be confused with tax protest). For more information, go to http://www.nwtrcc.org/what_is_wtr.htm

I believe that the inspiring opposition to US global hegemony arising in Latin America coupled with non-violent resistance (each according to their ability) by enough US Americans will ultimately end the brutal tyranny of our ruling oligarchs. Despite my earlier observations that there are apparently still large numbers of people who still believe in the American Fairy Tale, it is readily apparent that the Bush Regime's "bull in a China closet" approach to imperial expansion is beginning to awaken some of our sleepiest somnambulists. Which is why I refuse to accept skeptics' assertions that I am tilting at windmills. I will press onward.

Aside from these specifics, my general objective is to lead an essentially humane and decent life. Even though I have been engaged in this endeavor for fourteen years, I had a lot of atoning to do. And since I am neither perfect nor a saint, I need to continue toiling tenaciously as long as I can sit up and take nourishment!

CAROLYN BAKER, Ph.D., manages her website at www.carolynbaker.org where articles by Jason Miller are frequently posted.

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Carolyn Baker, Ph.D. is author of U.S. HISTORY UNCENSORED: What Your High School Textbook Didn't Tell You. Her forthcoming book is SACRED DEMISE: Walking The Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization's Collapse. She also (more...)

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