It is the early morning of January 28th, 1969 aboard the Union Oil drill platform-A: Six
miles from Santa Barbara , California . On an otherwise routine day, well number A-21
experienced a underwater blow-out lasting ten days, and covering all within
sight with sticky crude oil. At the time
it was the worst environmental oil spill ever.
Today it's been bumped to number three, after the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989; and the infamous Deepwater Horizon which ironically occurred on Earth Day just five years
ago.
Aghast at the destruction of the Santa
Barbara spill, the following year senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin
conceived of "Earth Day" and soon got it approved as an annual
observance to further our understanding and appreciation of our mother
earth. That oil spill and the resultant
Earth Day observance are generally considered to be the genesis of the
conservation movement.
How well I remember that time 45 years ago; back when our
passions could not be defeated by any bureaucracy and some of us thought we
were seeing the dawn of a bright new day for Gaia and all her children. Finally, progress was being made somewhere if
not everywhere, and the sweet smell of hope filled the air, and our heads. For a time.
There were a few politicians who took up the banner for
conservation, along with groups like Greenpeace, Sea Shepherds, etc; and
gradually, little by little laws were enacted to further protect the
environment, natural wetlands & watersheds. things were looking up; for a time.
Sometimes the pendulum of change seems more like the
scimitar. As soon as face-shooter Dick Cheney and his smirking chimp GWB puppet figurehead took office; laws
which were protecting the environment and mother earth were summarily stripped
off the books and replaced with the patriot act. Things have been rolling downhill ever since
for Gaia, and all of us along with her.
As we greet the 45th observance of Earth Day we are finding
there is indeed not much to celebrate.
Just this last week fracking operations in Oklahoma
released another swarm of 4.0+ earthquakes, with the same thing occurring in Idaho ,
Montana , and basically everywhere
fracking is permitted. So, this insanity
called fracking, which makes drinking water so toxic it is flammable, and
creates swarms of earthquakes-is perfectly legal?
I'll just say it, What
the Fuck?!!?
Meanwhile the timber industry is busy trying to cut down
every last tree they can find so Japan
can have wood for houses. We're
stripping Tuna from the Atlantic fast enough for it to be called genocide, so
the Japanese can have some non-radioactive fish to eat in their new homes. Everywhere we look; animals are being
harvested with zero regard for anything beyond profit. Not only are entire forests still being
burned in south America in the name of progress and profit; all over the world
the rapacious demand for palm oil kills even more wild virgin forests at a
truly staggering rate.
Humanity can live just fine without palm oil, whale oil, and
fucking shark fin soup. Why we insist
upon such ugly, greedy practices just amazes and confounds me. I seem these days to be trapped in one long,
drawn out, What the Fuck moment;
because every single day those running this game ratchet the insanity up a few
more notches.
Has the media where you live covered the massive dead whales
beaching themselves in Japan ,
or that this act is thought to be a precursor sign of earthquakes. Did they tell you that just days after the
beaching, Japan
began having not just an earthquake, but once again, swarms of them? Didn't hear about that? Didn't think so. Then you might not have heard about the new
volcanoes erupting in Japan
either.
It isn't just Gaia having a really bad time of it this week;
her human children aren't doing so good either.
A man guilty only of running while being black is shot to death, in the
back, as another man arrested for the same "offense" dies from a mysterious broken spine while in
custody. Elsewhere, a 70 year old volunteer police
"officer" killed a suspect with his gun while thinking he was firing
his taser. He was unqualified for either
in my humble opinion; but was found not only not guilty, but also deserving a vacation in the Bahamas ??!!
Yup, another WTF moment.
Obama is celebrating Earth Day with some nuclear
brinksmanship and saber rattling with Iran
which is probably making dear Gaia a bit nervous. Why isn't he sending some humanitarian ships
to help save drowning refugees fleeing Libya
instead of blockading Iran ?
Earlier this week a postal worker in a gyrocopter flew in under all the radar in the most controlled air space on earth, evading all the muscles of homeland security; and landed on the white house lawn to deliver 535 letters-one to every member of congress protesting campaign funding practices. To the further embarrassment of DHS, the postal worker had notified the authorities and media he would be conducting this act of civil disobedience. And he still sneaked in and took everyone by surprise even so.
Earlier this week a postal worker in a gyrocopter flew in under all the radar in the most controlled air space on earth, evading all the muscles of homeland security; and landed on the white house lawn to deliver 535 letters-one to every member of congress protesting campaign funding practices. To the further embarrassment of DHS, the postal worker had notified the authorities and media he would be conducting this act of civil disobedience. And he still sneaked in and took everyone by surprise even so.
A crazy week on planet Earth!
Getting back to mother earth as a focus; we find that Fukushima
has killed the pacific ocean, as the fishermen return with empty nets again,
like last year, there are no fish.
They're all dead & gone, but
then we already knew that. We also know
it will only be getting worse as more radiation spews into the air and sea
daily from that festering open sore created by incompetence fueled by greed.
At every level, when
it comes to humans, it seems they cannot ever be counted upon to make the
correct choice for the greatest good. As
example, take the king crab fishery in Alaska ,
just down wind from Fukushima 's
continuously erupting nuclear volcano.
That fishery should have been shut down immediately, Why you may
ask...because crabs feed on the dead &
dying of the ocean, which means all things killed by radiation. The crabs become toxic from eating irradiated
fish, and still they are selling Alaskan crab for top dollar around the world
four years after the nuclear accident; knowing it is poison. Not only don't those involved get into any
trouble, they get their own TV show!
Utter insanity.
Back in the gulf of Mexico; the remnant of the Deepwater Horizon well is still leaking
oil, as are a good many of the hundreds upon hundreds of abandoned gulf oil
rigs. BP sprayed unknown thousands of gallons of corexit which is designed to sink
the oil, not absorb or disperse it.
Almost all of the Deepwater
Horizon oil, plus all that corexit
has turned the gulf into a dead zone; and the ocean conveyor currents are
circulating that death around the planet.
Stuff like this is kept from us by the news minders at propaganda
control, for our own good. It's easier
to ignore if we aren't being reminded of it every day.
All over the planet we see the same exact thing: those who
have either depleted or contaminated their own natural resources behaving as if
they have a god-given right to the resources of others; either by commerce, or
by war if necessary. This is not just an
unhealthy mindset, it is maniacal &
insane.
Those shadowy ones behind all these atrocities continue to
spray deadly toxic chemtrails above us in stark disregard for our resentment,
dulling our senses, making us sick, and taking us right out of the
equation. For a while now we have seen
the reports claiming that some Wal-Mart
stores would be used as containment facilities, when all the undesirables and
rebels were rounded up. Those reports
are easy for some to dismiss, but then this week also saw the announced closing
to several Wal-Mart stores in
different states all closing for plumbing
repairs. All of them, Really?!
Seems just a bit strange to me when you consider how Wal-Mart stores hate to lose a penny of
business. Hmmm! Very strange indeed. Then there are the reports of all those railroad cars with leg irons for the passengers; easy to ignore until related stories begin traveling in clusters, then it begins to make sense.
Between the neocons, archons &
morons all the promise of Earth Day
has become more of a longing for what was, and what we have lost. Poor old Gaylord
Nelson must be weeping in his grave.
Meanwhile, as they totally ignore the mega-risks to earth from
Mega-business, news people show us how we can save the earth by
making earth day hats from empty cereal boxes instead of tossing them in the
trash. While California suffers from a devastating drought, residents are threatened with stiff fines for wasting water; 11 huge private golf courses; and the almond industry in southern California use all the water they want. What complete rubbish! With so much at stake, why are games and nuts such a high priority? Once again, we are fed this puerile idea that
it is the behavior of individuals like you &
me that has caused all these deadly ills to mother earth; and Our job to fix it.
How utterly insulting.
The indigenous original people of north America
called Gaia by a different name, they knew her as Turtle Island, and knowing also that all things are connected on
the great medicine wheel of life; every day was earth day! They showed
her respect, and she gave them abundance.
Good trade!
Somehow, since that time we have allowed others to steal our
power and use it to wage war upon the sweet dear earth in our name. To our enduring shame we have watched this
parade of increasingly horrifying atrocities to the environment without raising
so much as a whimper of meaningful protest.
We just pretend we don't see, then pretend nobody else does either, and
continue on with our little rat race lives, in servitude to those in the
shadows of power.
Not too much to celebrate, is there?
© 2015 full re-post with permission only
May the Source Forgive Us
Epilogue:
Within a week of Earth Day 2015, the predictions made in the video above came true:
over 4000 dead in the volcano eruption in Chile & the Massive Earthquake in Nepal.
Are we paying attention Yet?
Update:
On May 20, 2015: a month after 'Earth Day' ~ Santa Barbara Calif. suffered yet another massive oil spill reminiscent of that 1969 spill which inspired the conservation movement.
As if to answer the question above: No, we haven't learned shit.
Thanks for all the silence.
Nature strikes back.
Emergency closure of fishery along entire west coast- no fish survived -population decimated!
Are the nationwide walmart closures connected to detention centers for Americans?
Within a week of Earth Day 2015, the predictions made in the video above came true:
over 4000 dead in the volcano eruption in Chile & the Massive Earthquake in Nepal.
Are we paying attention Yet?
Update:
On May 20, 2015: a month after 'Earth Day' ~ Santa Barbara Calif. suffered yet another massive oil spill reminiscent of that 1969 spill which inspired the conservation movement.
As if to answer the question above: No, we haven't learned shit.
Thanks for all the silence.
Nature strikes back.
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Nature strikes back.Emergency closure of fishery along entire west coast- no fish survived -population decimated!
Are the nationwide walmart closures connected to detention centers for Americans?
Every word you said is absolutely TRUE. I wish with all my heart that all the folks who close an eye to this situation would wake up and help do something about this. As well as the 1%. They have to eat and breathe too. Now they are talking about migrating to Mars! Lord help us.
ReplyDeleteGreat article... I particularly liked '' between the neo cons, the archons and the morons'' lol...that about sums it up!
ReplyDeleteActually, It would have been more accurate to name this post Earth Day - DOA
DeleteIt isn't included on any of my calendars, none of the "Nature" based cable channels devoted any significant programming to it, and Earth Day was also ignored pretty much across the blogosphere.
Feels like I am the only one who remembers what could have been, and what we've lost.
Fujck all y'all - I'm heading to the mothership
all things moving to a head i believe my brother. i believe most dont really want to see what is actually happening as it is too too painful. just as most dont want to take a real look at 9-11 and see what actually happened. me i say let all things come to a head. give me liberty or death . and death is not something to be feared not at all not at all. i dont do being a slave very well. what i see going on has actually made me fearless. let a judgement occur let a great shaking occur on this planet . let the earth be cleansed of its evil and freed from its enslavement. if that is our destiny so be it. but to live in fear no wont do it . and to live in despair no wont do it. dont think this current phase is going to last that much longer before real change occurs for better or worse and if i cant live free i will make sure i die protecting and helping those who i can. but fear no i embrace and welcome the upcoming crescendo to all of this
ReplyDeleteNicely stated, man. Moose don't smoke crack, therefore need no insulation from reality.
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