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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 2008 We still have all those people Who say, our Earth is not in trouble Who want to burn the fossil fuels So their profits, more than double. The oil and the coal companies Don’t care about the rest of us They just care about their bottom line Say, “There’s no need for all this fuss!” Those in some other foreign nations Who burn their coal and cut their trees Don’t care at all, about what’s right And they do exactly, as they please. And, we aren’t too much better With all our great technology We could have some alternatives To make some things, pollution free. Yet, we try bad things like Ethanol Raise the price of corn, sky high Pay more subsidies to farmers While Earth’s people, starve and die. We were/are the “Industrial Nation” Who brought us here, to this brink Too many times, we didn’t care And many more, we didn’t think! Already too late for some species Like, Polar Bears and many more While we waste all our resources On things like, the illegal, Iraq War. The ice melts as the Oceans rise And Land will quickly go away To crowd our populations more And more Wars, the price, we’ll pay! We can’t provide for those we have There’s almost seven billion, now With seven million more, each month How to feed them? Who knows how? Our Children and their Children Will have a very dire future If we, the stewards of this World Don’t step up and try to find a cure. We must admit, there’s a problem And try to use some common sense Believe, all of us are in real danger And must wage, a common defense. So, this Earth Day, do something To make this Earth a better place If we would all do, our fair share We just might save, the Human Race! 04.21.2008 prior> 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. 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 wouldbe 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, 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. Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. [This message has been edited by Abe (04-21-2008 12:27 PM).] |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you, dear Abe, for your powerful, sensitive works for Earth Day! Your words are precious reminders, but there are too many deaf ears! This society is out of balance, some signs of awareness are timidly showing all around the world, but PROFIT seems still priority, instead of serious measures to heal Mother Earth and to provide food for her inhabitants who die of hunger in the face of indifference and apathy of authorities and society. Thank you Abe! Love, Margherita |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
It is very important to treat our Earth with respect too  ARCTIC WIND |
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Larrysmom Senior Member
since 2008-04-03
Posts 533Florida, USA |
Margherita is so very right and this is a wonderful reminder… Thank you Abe. Tammy<333 |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Abe, you really excelled yourself with this powerful post, I think it is brilliant. A lot of thought has gone into this one. Well done my friend. Lindsay |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Abe, The natural world works in cycles. It always has and always will. Time marches on. Bobby |
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