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 3 Nov 2006 @ 12:29
Web Science?
Link = [link]
I wonder about building things without a design.
This is an organic situation then of sorts...
A "whole system" method of construction...
yet no one seems to understand whole systems...
Yet how can they...
the emmesity of whole systems seems to preclude there
lack of top down control... a good thing
yet the web is intended for democracy...?
another good thing of sorts...
so we have "whole system democracy"
hmmmmm not sure if there is any such "plant" "animal"
or "person"....
swanny More >
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2 Nov 2006 @ 18:03
Nov 2, 2006
Earth
The Web:
The emergence of a Global "economic conscience"?
The events of the tsunami of Dec of 2004 were unprecidented
in a way. Never had the news of such a massive shift or disaster
spread around the globe so quickly perhaps. Why? Mostly because
of the internet. Within minutes calls rang out around the globe
of the scope of the disaster. Continents or least coastlines
had shifted in a matter of moments and the ensuing death tolls
from the resulting tsunami continued to mount by the hour.
The animals seemed somewhat uneffected as they seem to have had
advance notice. Their tolls perhaps a fraction of the human
and structure loss and costs.
Yet within hours relief efforts were on there way... and then it began
to happen. People reached into their hearts and wallets in a "global"
way as itself was unprecidented. Here, was it here that the
"global economic conscience" truly began?
Perhaps but what is clear is that somehow people were "globally united"
as if by magic to reach out and help virtual strangers across the
planet. Not much solicitation seemed needed, the need was obvious and
was addressed and met by and because of the internet and this strange
global economic conscience that mysteriously manifested and somehow as
quickly faded.
We showed though that we could do and that beneath the hard numbers
humanity has a heart.
ed jonas
2006 (C)
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2 Nov 2006 @ 11:20
Nov. 1, 2006
Earth
Thursday
Dawn
THE "GREEN" TRUCE...
Well I'm thinkin as I do that yes we need to focus on the warmth and joy and light and love, but as well, a while back
I discussed the notion of a truce. Well yes humanity?, will we ever have a truce with one and other, well maybe yes, maybe no, but I suppose more pressing for the future, G. bless them, we need a truce with the mother, the planet, this gaia.
We, the people, need a truce, a "green" truce with the planet we which have come to discover, we are most "interdependant" upon. If we are to sustain the so called "civilization" we have derived we must do so in the spirit and acts of cooperation with the planetary conditions.
We must diversify our crop production thus, to reflect the more sustainable benefit and synergy of this symbiosis. We must take from the lead of Cuba which has reduced its energy dependance and reversed the crop production deficite to the point that whence it used to take 17 units of energy to produce one unit of goods it is now taking Cubans 1 unit of energy to produces 10 units of goods.
That is not only remarkable and amazing but the way that it should be.
As well we have to treat the water with the worth that it is and has.
So hence we need this truce, this "green" global consitiution and declaration of planetary interdependance. We need to pay back the ecological deficite and debt and resource the green account.
So then let us come and commit:
To care for the soils...
To care for the air...
To care for the water...
To care for the warmth and joy...
To care for the love and light...
To care for the plants and animals...
To care for our gardens...
and to care for one and other.
So be it....
sir More >
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1 Nov 2006 @ 16:01
...just ask those who know!... ; )
[link]
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How the Bush Family Makes a Killing from George's Presidency
bushco
Halliburton scored almost $1.2 billion in revenue from contracts related to Iraq in the third quarter of 2006, leading one analyst to comment: "Iraq was better than expected... Overall, there is nothing really to question or be skeptical about. I think the results are very good."
Very good indeed. An estimated 655,000 dead Iraqis, over 3,000 dead coalition troops, billions stolen from Iraq's coffers, a country battered by civil war - but Halliburton turned a profit, so the results are very good.
Very good certainly for Vice President Dick Cheney, who resigned from Halliburton in 2000 with a $33.7 million retirement package (not bad for roughly four years of work). In a stunning conflict of interest, Cheney still holds 50,000 stock options in the company. Why pursue diplomacy when you can rake in a personal fortune from war? More >
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31 Oct 2006 @ 16:52
Oct. 31, 2006
Canada
Morning
Monday
WARMTH & JOY
What has happened to the "warmth and joy"
or was it never really there?
Looking at my own life, there is a definate
lack of such. There were admonitions to
"seek the light" but we seem to have neglected
or forgot about the warmth and joy.
But hey warmth and joy is crutial, the whole
ball of wax in some respects, so what, where is
it? I've looked inside and found few references and examples.
Jesus didn't mention it, and Castenada didn't mention it
so? Is there a personification of warmth and joy?
no not santa claus or ???
ed More >
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