Saturday, July 15, 2006
I M a y B e W r o n g
There is, I believe, a vast amount of American people who have no concept of Husbandry.
The idea, the proper way to raise cattle, sow fields, reap harvests, and prepare the ground for future harvests.
This is all supposed to be done by the sweat of our brows.
This lack of respect for the idea of Husbandry, and lack of sweating at the brow to bring in a harvest will be the reason Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' will not fly with the majority of Americans.
As long as we bring in a superabundance from the fields, and folks go hungry, we will have environmental problems, in my view.
We are not suppposed to be charging our poor interest for their loans.
And we're supposed to allow our neighbor to pluck an ear or two of our corn if he's hungry...without him taking the full sickle to it.
This is certainly not meant to be an indictment of our Farmers, but rather the gross ignorance of Americans in believing that surplusses will continue without fighting poverty.
I believe the first step in solving environmental problems is to feed the poor.
And then get the proper mindset...which is spiritual...concerning tending the planet.
But currently, we have no great Myth to move us to put down the arms we've raised against Nature...trying to beat Her into submission...rather than appreciating Her for All She provides.
We need more Provincial thinking here...not Urban and Logical.
We need to Feel ourselves through this one.
There is, I believe, a vast amount of American people who have no concept of Husbandry.
The idea, the proper way to raise cattle, sow fields, reap harvests, and prepare the ground for future harvests.
This is all supposed to be done by the sweat of our brows.
This lack of respect for the idea of Husbandry, and lack of sweating at the brow to bring in a harvest will be the reason Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' will not fly with the majority of Americans.
As long as we bring in a superabundance from the fields, and folks go hungry, we will have environmental problems, in my view.
We are not suppposed to be charging our poor interest for their loans.
And we're supposed to allow our neighbor to pluck an ear or two of our corn if he's hungry...without him taking the full sickle to it.
This is certainly not meant to be an indictment of our Farmers, but rather the gross ignorance of Americans in believing that surplusses will continue without fighting poverty.
I believe the first step in solving environmental problems is to feed the poor.
And then get the proper mindset...which is spiritual...concerning tending the planet.
But currently, we have no great Myth to move us to put down the arms we've raised against Nature...trying to beat Her into submission...rather than appreciating Her for All She provides.
We need more Provincial thinking here...not Urban and Logical.
We need to Feel ourselves through this one.
