The planet is dying.
It is slowly being changed into a world that cannot sustain life.
How do we know this? Well ... 150 to 200 species go extinct ... every day. That's A Big Fat Red Flag isn't it?
To debate this just adds to the noise. It is ridiculous to debate the existence of Peak Resources, Overpopulation, or Global Climate Change because we don't have the time. Every 11 seconds a life form on this planet disappears ... forever. One of these days that's really going to make a difference when it's our turn in the barrel.
I'm not going to write about the noise anymore. No more Republican vs. Democrats, Liberals vs. Conservatives, or What's Wrong With The Political System. My grandchildren are not going to care whether I was a Democrat or not. They aren't going to care about what I thought about the debt ceiling, the deficit, health care, campaign financing, or media reforms. They're going to want to know why I didn't do anything when the land, water, and air became so foul nothing will survive. They're going to want to know if I knew what was happening every 11 seconds.
Herbert Stein, economist and Nixon adviser, got at least one thing right when he said, "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop."
Stein also said there is no reason do to anything to make the unsustainable thing stop ... because it will stop of its own accord.
He's dead now so he's no longer concerned with ... outcomes. It only concerns us whether to make civilization stop before, or after, it goes sailing off the cliff ... with everything riding on it.
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