As I write this, four Bison and eight shark attacks happened
this year. There have been coyotes walking New York City streets and in Central
Park and fish killing little girls in the South!
Maybe animals are
nearing their breaking point and blame humans for ruining the way things were.
Think about how we have forced ourselves on their land, and trashed their homes
and habitats. We've been building them further in the hills, and not paying
critical attention to problems we have caused, (poor polar bears which may
become extinct within the next 10 years.)
Oil balls are still found on the beaches of Louisiana
five years after that 210,000 gallon oil spill, and there is little media
coverage about the problems being seen after the 3K oil spill north of Santa
Barbara that hit more than 800 acres of ocean and 135 miles of coastline in
May.
Those batches of water-based animals, if they live, are
probably shaking their little heads and saying, “Jesus Christ,” (in the manner
of Joan Crawford’s daughter Christina after the wire hanger incident in the
movie, “Mommie Dearest.”)
When I was in the U.S. Navy, I got written up for having a
monthly allotment going to Greenpeace efforts; and jeez, I have been recycling
for 30 years (too bad that never took lol) and celebrating Earth Day even longer.
I have written a lot of stories regarding our great outdoor neighbors, and
wrote one of the first stories about fracking, (early 1990s).
I even remember the electric car in the 1970s which was
squashed, literally and figuratively, by Big Business – which is why we are so
dependent on overseas oil. Great film on that: “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
Americans spend more money on their pets than their
children. A sad commercial can fund a shelter, which by the way is sort of a
scam when you are paying $300 for a rescued cat. In my day, lol, we got our
animals for free, just for wanting them.
And there are certainly more sites online that cater to animals rather than helping humans. And don’t forget the U.S. money being spent in other countries while nearly 2 million kids in America get one meal a day, if they’re lucky! I’ve always wondered why we bomb cities and then spend a lot of money to build them back up!
It's all a little skewered in my opinion. Wait until the
trains start crashing and spewing their toxins, (which happened over the weekend,
and are owned by Warren Buffet, which explains why we keep buying
oil) Decks and bridges are falling down. I do believe human lives over anything
else – money, business, exploitation, et al.
You know, it may be silly, but I still believe one voice,
one vote can make a difference in how we treat this planet, humans and animals,
forests, prairies, et al. I’m just going
to keep screaming for what is just right!
