Kathy,
I agree on the Earth worshipping bit. The perspective is indeed
backwards. People are too interested in the "right" to do things, rather
than doing things right. I believe our president already has his legacy
which was very pivotal in the future of our country which I'm not so
sure will be very popular with him. The response out of 911 was good,
although much of that had to do with the people waking up to a national
tragedy and pulling together, and because it is so rare these days, it
made a big impact, but it is the response afterwards that built the
legacy. Very deep and long lasting decisions which we have yet to feel the
affects of to full degree. Whether or not the parks actually get sold or
not, probably not, it does give insight to their blatant disrespect for
the citizens to even bother with legislation for it. Speaking of oil, they
know it exists under the Great Lakes, and have been trying to get angular
drilling off the shores of the lakes for some time, which could mean your
relatives would be looking at oil rigs in the U P. Or worse they are
wanting to mine zinc in the Shakey Lakes Area which would make drastic
negative affects on that whole area in the U P, affecting water, wildlife
and land value as well, and since most folks do not own the mineral rights
to their land, guess who does and can come on your land to reap the
minerals? The huge mining company, so far the local people and legislators
have managed to keep at bay. I'm not a worshipper of land but I think we
need to make smart decisions to maintain stewardship of what has been
given to us to live. Even a dog knows not to soil his own den.
Brad
on 06:08 AM 6/30/2007, Kathy Du Bois said:
Okay, Brad,
Since you liked the stick about the food and fuel, how about a log
discussing our environmental policies which are destroying our
country. Our environmental policies are the main reason that forest fires
are so bad because they refuse to allow the dead brush to be cleared
away. You mentioned earlier that Bush is considering selling off our
national parks to improve our highways? ?Forget it. It will never
happen. The environmentalists would crucify him in the press if he did
and right now, he's looking for a legacy, not a crucifixion. The reason
that we cannot be self sufficient in fuel and energy is because the
environmentalists won't let us build refineries or explore other energy
sources. Instead of us subduing and caring for the earth, we are being
ruled by some who wish to worship the earth and rid it of people
altogether. Now, before anyone gets bent out of shape on my stand, I will
tell you that I am an avid recycler. I recycle everything from paper to
tin. I compost. I'm lucky if I can scrape together one bag of garbage to
go in our local land fill per week, so I'm not talking about running rough
shod over the earth and destroying it because I'm a person and have a
right to do so, but I understand what my God given relationship is
supposed to be with the earth and worshiping it at the cost of man's life
isn't it.
We see in all of this how man is getting it backwards. We love the earth
above people. We think that compassion is letting people come into our
space and bring their filthiness with them instead of insisting that they
learn how to do better. We let them worship whatever they want instead of
teaching them about Christ because to do so would appear judgmental and
that would be cruel. Why isn't letting them die in sin and ignorance and
squaller seen as cruel. It's all about how things appear and not about
truth and reality any more. America has become shallow, where Paris
Hilton's suffering in prison is more important than those who are really
suffering from poverty and injustice. On top of all that, the church has
lost its voice. It has the answer to all this, but is too timid to speak
out.
Just one more thing, you're lucky that barbicuing hasn't been ban in
Wisconsin, as it has in either Denmark, or Norway, I can't remember which,
but as long as you're doing it, have a bratt for me. Man I miss those
things.
Kathy
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