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EARTH DAY
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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EARTH DAY 2007 We have “An Inconvenient Truth” And Cheryl Crow traveling the land With so many more celebrities Who are choosing to make a stand. There are scientists and politicians And governments and some countries But far too many of Earth's people Who still do just as they please. It seems all the worst offenders Are those who have the most to lose And all those poorest of this World Do not have the choice to choose. Our Nation's people and leaders Those, who seem to talk the talk For one lame excuse or another Are those who won't walk the walk. We can't count on our Government It will take the individual one To just do our own little part If we hope for anything to get done. Most believe in global warming Some think it some conspiracy But to continue the way we are Is dumb and complete lunacy. Americans are so wasteful And we should all be ashamed Of how we've treated Mother Earth Since our wilderness was tamed. With just some very simple things And small changes in our life We could make a huge difference And help to ease the eco strife. So this Earth Day make an effort To make this World a better place For our children and their children Lest we destroy Mankind's birthplace. 4.21.2007 past years > EARTH DAY, 2006 Once there was a paradise Both wild and so pristine Apart from the rest the World With Oceans in between. There were People, one with Life Who were Keepers of the Land Revering all around them Just as the Great Spirit planned. Their lives were good and simple And those Native Nations knew If they took care of Mother Earth That, She’d take care of them, too. Only taking what they needed And using everything they took Although they’d never read it Seemed to live by some, "Good Book". But, then the Europeans Learned the World wasn’t flat Set sail, landed on these shores That, brings us to where we’re at. They brought the white man’s greed And began a sad Time in Space That just may be the downfall Of all of our Human Race. We, of these new United States With all our technology And our quest of the "Good Life" Will leave a horrible legacy. The ice of the World is melting As all the Seas begin to rise Warm Weather wreaking havoc With destruction from the Skies. We pollute our Air and Water Cut/burn Forests to the ground Bury ourselves in our Garbage And drill where any oil might be found. Species are becoming extinct And not by any Natural ways We’re killing our Environment As we all number our days. Not to mention Nukes and War And the lies and corruption Health care, poverty and homeless And all the moral destruction. Hungry People in our Nation The richest place on Earth Kids education and safekeeping Not what they once were worth. We’re five percent of the People A Land of haste and waste Who lost the vision of a leader With a pride which is misplaced. We want the cheap and easy way Don’t care about the consequence As long as we get what we want We ignore what was our Conscience. Our Government doesn’t care And it seems, neither do we About our Earth in its Death throes And our fossil fuel dependency. Oh, we all say, "It’s a shame!" "We’ve got to change our way!" But, when it comes down to it We all want someone else to Pay. We use a quarter of the energy Cause most of the Earth’s pollution And as long as Corporations rule There will be no resolution. There’s no doubt we could change it If we would be so inclined But, we’ll leave it for our Children And "pass the buck" down the line. If we don’t begin to care about This Planet all of us live on The Human being and most life Will most all be Dead and gone. Americans must take the lead Since we are the worst offenders Try to turn these things around Before Old Mother Earth surrenders. Earth Day, 2006 EARTH DAY, 2005 A Senator thought, "Earth Day" That a President empowered It was the germ of the idea That ultimately flowered. An idea by Gaylord Nelson Back in Nineteen sixty-two Who asked the Kennedy’s about it And the Brothers liked it too. The President began a tour In Nineteen sixty-three To put it on the agenda But, it wasn’t meant to be. Nelson didn’t let it die With the assassination He knew that people cared All across this Great Nation. There were demonstrations Against the War and other things So at a conference in Seattle Nelson said, he’d pull some strings. Springing up from the Grassroots In the Spring of Seventy A demonstration for Nature And Nationwide Conservancy. Our Earth’s Environment Was finally placed on the table And People everywhere Began to do what they were able. Now celebrated round the World As more People learn and see If we don’t take care of it Our World will someday cease to be. 4-17-2005 Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. |
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Drauntz Member Elite
since 2007-03-16
Posts 2905Los Angeles California |
Amen! |
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rrrstop Junior Member
since 2007-04-21
Posts 27Florida |
'Tis a commendable write, but up until "Americans" were mentioned I thought perhaps you were writing clandestinely from the PRC. |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! |
What is the PRC? Del "Abe" Jones |
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