Brad,

You hit the nail right on the head! We are so busy dividing ourselves 
into groups and sub-groups, we don't see the perverbal forest for the 
trees.  We are focussed on that one precious tree where our roots 
come from, that we don't seem to notice that our country is going 
down the can, and fast!

purple Mari



At 12:02 PM 7/1/2007, you wrote:
>Complacency is what has us where we are. Well complacency, false 
>sense of security or permanency, as well as disjointed social 
>instincts. We don't gather together to fight the cause, probably 
>like I say, there are so many causes, which is not by accident. And 
>of course dependent upon your social and economic roots, their are 
>different perspectives on each cause :).
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>Brad
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>Brad
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>At 12:13 PM 7/1/2007, you wrote:
>>One cannot live on complacency either, Brad.  PEOPLE MUST WAKE UP 
>>AND BEGIN TO TAKE STOCK!!
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>>LOVE IN JESUS THE CHRIST,
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>>Mari
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>>At 09:43 AM 6/29/2007, you wrote:
>>>I don't think we will have much to do with one world anything 
>>>other than perhaps a tool in making it happen in a quick manner as 
>>>you say, a method of getting it to happen via our fall. World 
>>>powers only stay as such for a term, history shows that, we are 
>>>extremely fortunate to have  what we have and continue to have as 
>>>we are still much better off than much of the world, it is because 
>>>of that we feel it first too. But it is not permanent or a 
>>>guarantee which folks naturally tend to think based off of our 
>>>false sense of security and phantom patriotism. We here in 
>>>Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Area are suffering from an 
>>>unknown  virus in the  fish in which they are diseased and dying. 
>>>Inland lakes as well as the Great Lakes. Watching how fast this is 
>>>spreading over such great volumes of water, really wakens one up 
>>>to see how our food chain could be poisoned, our water make 
>>>non-potable and etc. We have very strange  and unheard of things 
>>>occurring in recent years. We have ports being controlled by other 
>>>countries, private  foreign countries buying our toll ways that 
>>>were Federally run and operated,  did you know this administration 
>>>is selling off, or at least if not yet sold, but is planning on 
>>>selling off, our National Park lands to provide money to fix our 
>>>roads? Something is definitely wrong here. Roads deteriorate 
>>>everyday and will need to be redone again and again, selling land 
>>>is permanent. We're selling the driveway to keep the car payment 
>>>up. Lots of stuff that goes on we don't know about. The average 
>>>American, bless their heart and mine too, much of the time, are so 
>>>involved in our daily lives and goals, that we miss the knowledge 
>>>and warning signs of our future, and yet there are so many fires 
>>>out there we can't possibly keep an eye on them all. Which is why 
>>>I think people just do not have the heart or will to group 
>>>together like they use to. Where does one start?  The blind have 
>>>grouped together in the past because of desperation and a clear 
>>>goal and outline of the fire, that is human nature, the question 
>>>is, how far away is desperation for us, and will it be too late to 
>>>do anything about it? And will our attempts be  equal to 
>>>protecting our sand castle with a dike as the approaching tide 
>>>rolls in. Depressing me out now lol. I feel I'm pointing out the 
>>>blatantly obvious. I do not like doom and gloom, which I feel I 
>>>appear here, but one can't fix something if you don't realize the 
>>>problem either. No room for Ostriches here? :)
>>>
>>>Brad