the_world_will_not_be_safe kx21 The World will not safe 1) if ... 2) until ... 3) with... 040525 ... Piso Mojado -the world will not be safe if we continue living the way we do now (violence, war, polution, poverty, ignorance, anger, cheese wiz, colonization, manipulation, and on and on) -the world will not be safe until its destruction/until human society is destroyed (atleast in the animal kingdom/nature there is a pattern, an understanding to the law of the jungle.) or maybe until the angels of god come to announce the Grand Change -the world will not be safe with president bush reelected. or with the way we (i) live now- living and consuming with money being the only major consequence (ie using the heater only thinking about the bill at the end of the month, versus thinking about the amount of gas used to heat, where that gas comes from, what politics are involved for my use of gas, etc) (ps im not feeling preachy- these are things that are constantly on my mind) 040525 ... minnesota_chris these things are constantly on my mind, and I wish they weren't. Got any suggestions on how_to_get_out_of_my_thoughts? 040526 ... Piso Mojado think them through, dont fight them, think about them- all those thoughts that you fight/ignore, that you keep from rising to the surface, because they emotionally overwhelm. allow them to take over and run their little course, with their circular logic, and soon they will have exhausted themselves from your mind. 040526 ... minnesota_chris I can think through how SUV's are dangerous and wasteful all day long, but it just makes me crabby. 040527 ... Piso Mojado be proactive? 040527 ... minnesota_chris "I'm taking your keys away, in the name of the environment!" No, just kidding, you're exactly right, I have to start creating my Nirvana. I gotta get a different metaphor, Kurt killed that one. 040527 ... thieums The world *is* not safe, anyway... 040527 ... Piso Mojado what else could you do besides taking away keys that would make you feel like youre making a difference? 040527 ... minnesota_chris like I said, start creating my Nirvana, my own patch of heaven here on earth. I guess I did that when I was living in the city, I'd make coffee or sushi and bring it over to my friends, or have them over and feed them. I come from a family of cooks. Right now I'm miles away from anybody and anything. I told someone the other day that when you're stuck in Podunkville, you practice your instruments or get good at some skill. Then when you arrive in the city, you can rock the house. I spend most of my time playing video games and blathering, however. I'm enabling my grandmother to stay in her house, but I'm paying a price, carved from my social life. And I'm a VERY social person. 040528 ... 8 as long as danger exists 041024 ... unhinged OH shit this time next year, things are going to be fucked up my friend; if tonight was any fucking indication, the world will not be safe 041025 ... Bill OReilly If you cross Fox News Channel, it's not just me, it's Roger Ailes who will go after you. I'm the street guy out front making loud noises about the issues, but Ailes operates behind the scenes, strategizes and makes things happen so that one day BAM! The person gets what's coming to them but never sees it coming. Look at Al Franken, one day he's going to get a knock on his door and life as he's known it will change forever. That day will happen, trust me. 041025 what's it to you? who go blather from