Happy Earth Day

I was watching a replay of comedian George Carlin last week and during one of his clever rants he exclaimed "the Earth doesn't need our help, she'll shake us off like a wet dog trying to dry itself". In this humor lies a lot of truth, the real genesis of "Earth Day" is the fear of us humans that the Earth may not be as human-friendly a place as OUR impact takes its toll.

In short, the Earth will do just fine it is we humans who are in peril.

Here are a few other threats that may deserve their own "Special Day"! Although giving a world-wide peril issue a "special day" is like being on the Titanic and snapping a picture of the Iceberg and saying,.."isn't that pretty".

We minimize the danger by wrapping ourselves around a camp side fire called a special day.

Anyway back to the dangers at hand;

Genetics Day;

The Pope today called on the world to treat all stages of life with respect! Meanwhile the bio-tech stock holders rush head first into the unknown by messing with Gods' soup. I suspect as we head down this arrogant path, God will choose an appropriate time to assert himself and remind us that we aren't God, but rather a cheap copy borne of his image.

Energy Dependence Day;

As we seem impotent to move any meaningful effort or resources toward a non-petroleum based energy source, we march mindlessly into a virtual cornucopia of perils. None the least of which is WWIII. This war will involve the USA, India and China (who now holds over 60% of our debt). India and China are in the fledgling stages of their industrial revolution. Imagine what their need for oil will be given the 1.1 and 1.3 billion citizens (only 2% of whom own cars today).

This conflict will make WWII in the Pacific look like a sporting event.

When we go to war with India who will take our tech support calls for help?

Roe Appreciation Day; This will piss a few people off....

Our celebration of a women's "right" to terminate pregnancies has resulted in an annualized abortion rate of 1 million each year (USA) . I find it tradgically ironic that now we must turn a blind eye to illegal immigration as our work force is aging. We need more able and willing employees to do manual labor. It is estimated that we have over 15 million illegal immigrants in the USA and get this; we estimate sucessful illegal border crossings a a rate of 1 million per year (where did I see that 1 million number before?).

Perhaps, back when Roe v. Wade was decided, had we not opted to unleash the unmitigated abortion genie, maybe we'd have enough young workers today. If these workers were American Citizens as opposed to the less politically empowered illegal aliens, we may have entry-level wages that don't subjugate an entire class of people to impoverishment.

The consequence of the current dynamic is the largest rift between the haves from the have nots since the roaring twenties...and we know how that movie ended (The Great Depression).

Oh, by the way, don't look now but that Social Security Check that you are counting on in about 2022,..may not be there. The work force v. retiree ratio has been turned upside down by rising average ages and lower birth rates reduced further by abortion on demand.

God does have a sense of humor,..he just delivers the punch line on a different timetable.

The sins of the father are visited upon the son...or so it seems!