DST Ends More Darkness Begins
I have always hated when Daylight Savings Time ended, marking the beginning of cold weather and worse the beginning of the 5:00 shadow of gloom. Like a lot of people I need sun to maintain some level of sanity pure and simple. But year after year we must endure the end of October, beginning of November melancholy because we have no say in it.
I stumbled across this article which appears to be in agreement with me but on a scientific level. Maybe the time has come to end turning back the clocks come the season of Halloween (Isn’t it ironic that earlier darkness befalls around Halloween?), allowing us one more full hour of precious light. thinkingblue
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For 2010, the ‘Daylight Saving Time’ (DST) for Americans and Canadians is set to end on November 7. DST is the practice of going fast forward in time. Do not get flummoxed, clocks in US and Canada are advanced temporarily so that afternoons get a larger share of daylight and the mornings get way less. DST is an energy conservation exercise where usually, clocks are advanced by about an hour at the onset of spring and are then adjusted backward when fall approaches.
http://thebrilliantstories.com/daylight-saving-time-ends-for-2010/453092/
(You can fall back to regular time, labeled as “Standard Time” on November 7, 2010)
Chilean Miners Were Rescued But The Truth Remains Entombed
I watched Chris Matthews’ of Hardball Fame while he reported on the beginning Rescue Operations of the Chilean Miners, until it had gotten so laden with gobbledygook that I couldn’t take it any longer and turned the channel. When Matthews (trying so hard to fill time) started in with a spiel about how the miners came from generational mining families and even went so far as to say something like… These miners come from families with a long tradition of mine work. It’s in their blood, handed down from father to son (paraphrasing)… Actual quote below:
MATTHEWS: “Let‘s talk about the culture of the miner. You know, I grew up with it only in the movies, basically, “How Green Was My Valley” and the guys, the old Welsh coal miners going underground in terrible conditions. And today, of course, still in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, you‘ve got that tradition of guys going down there, coming up with their faces covered with soot and having to take a shower, and obviously, that bonding that goes on. But the guts it takes just to go down there every morning with your lunch bucket and your light on your helmet—what is that about? Is it a certain kind of person? Is it inherited from father and son, the guts that it takes to be a working guy a mile or so beneath the surface of the earth 40 hours week?”
All I could manage to mumble, before I turned to something more interesting like an “All in the Family” rerun was… Holy baloney, where is this man coming from? These miners are down deep in the Earth digging for metals to help make the rich, richer… BECAUSE… It’s a damn job and they do it to put food on their family table. They risk their lives because the Chilean government is in cahoots with the corporate world and allow (with little or no regulation) the corporatehoodlums to get away with unsafe practices so they can accumulate more wealth and more power. (sound familiar?)
Today I came across this article (Chile’s Ghosts Are Not Being Rescued) which begins with:
The rescue of 33 miners in Chile is an extraordinary drama filled with pathos and heroism. It is also a media windfall for the Chilean government, whose every beneficence is recorded by a forest of cameras. One cannot fail to be impressed. However, like all great media events, it is a facade.
The accident that trapped the miners is not unusual in Chile and is the inevitable consequence of a ruthless economic system that has barely changed since the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Copper is Chile’s gold, and the frequency of mining disasters keeps pace with prices and profits. There are, on average, 39 fatal accidents every year in Chile’s privatized mines. The San Jose mine, where the trapped men work, became so unsafe in 2007 it had to be closed – but not for long. On 30 July last, a labor department report warned again of “serious safety deficiencies,” but the minister took no action. Six days later, the men were entombed.
What a world we live in where truth is chewed up, spit out and swept under the proverbial carpet so that those at the top of the heap can stay up there and paint reality any which way they wish; while those who live at the bottom, in a real world of victimhood, are subjugated by those who hold all the keys.
If you would rather read some bitter truth instead of being spoon-feed sugarcoated BS by the media, read the rest of this startling article HERE. thinkingblue
PS: I am thrilled that the miners were rescued, one of my favorite fables is THE ONE LITTLE STARFISH story, which goes something like this:
One morning an elderly man was walking on a nearly deserted beach. He came upon a boy surrounded by thousands and thousands of starfish. As eagerly as he could, the youngster was picking them up and throwing them back into the ocean.
Puzzled, the older man looked at the young boy and asked, “Little boy, what are you doing?”
The youth responded without looking up, “I’m trying to save these starfish, sir.”
The old man chuckled aloud, and queried, “Son, there are thousands of starfish and only one of you. What difference can you make?”
Holding a starfish in his hand, the boy turned to the man and, gently tossing the starfish into the water, said, “It will make a difference to that one!”
Until our species can escape the Greed that grips it, inhumanity towards one another will sadly continue.
Chile miner media frenzy
ONE NATION RALLY IN DC OCTOBER 2,2010
Latest from the Science Front By The Esteemed And Revered STEPHEN HAWKING
Hold on to your hats while you watch an interview with some of
Glenn Beck’s Followers.
Watch A Fracking Mess ‘GASLAND’ here
RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on ‘Fear’
Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV
Please sign this very important petition “demand question time” (of our political leaders) HERE.. We really need more dialog from those at the top… The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can’t hide behind “NO” any longer! thinkingblue
Let’s keep our heads, while we continue
to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!!
AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER? House Burns To Ground Over $75.
No pay, no spray: Firefighters let home burn
With all that you hear today from the Tea Party Goofballs about Pulling Up Your Own Bootstraps and Government should not be involved with citizen Safety Nets, etc., etc., etc., it kind of makes you feel like we’ve all been kidnapped and taken to a faraway place called The Land Of LA LA, doesn’t it? I wonder what will happen to all those who clamor “if you’re not tough enough or smart enough to make it by yourself… YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN BUDDY…” (From This Site) when someday they will need to retire because they are too old or too sick to work? Will they regret their LUNACY? You bet your Pea-Picken Life, they will!
Here’s a video of the Keith Olbermann interview with Gene Cranick victim of a horrible rural policy within the South Fulton Fire Department, that orders firefighters to watch a home burn to the ground if the homeowner didn’t pay a $75 city fee … I guess the new Tea Party chant will become “BURN BABY BURN!”
Hmmm, where have I heard that before? thinkingblue
Gene Cranick interview on Keith Olbermann
PS: TALK ABOUT HYPOCRISY (To the highest DEGREE!)
The below statement was on the Fulton City Fire Department’s website: http://www.cityofsouthfulton.org/fire.htm
Mission Statement
“The mission of the South Fulton Fire Department is to protect the lives and property of its citizens…”
AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER?
A saying from the Bible’s story of Cain and Abel. After Cain had murdered his brother Abel, God asked him where his brother was. Cain answered, “I know not; am I my brother’s keeper?”Cain’s words have come to symbolize people’s unwillingness to accept responsibility for the welfare of their fellows — their “brothers” in the extended sense of the term. The tradition of Judaism and Christianity is that people do have this responsibility. (See Good Samaritan, Love thy neighbor as thyself)
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Firefighters Watch As Home Burns: Gene Cranick’s House Destroyed In Tennessee Over $75 Fee Huffington Post
ONE NATION RALLY IN DC OCTOBER 2,2010
Latest from the Science Front By The Esteemed And Revered STEPHEN HAWKING
Hold on to your hats while you watch an interview with some of
Glenn Beck’s Followers.
One Nation Rally – What A Genuine Rally Looks Like!
Highlights From The ‘One Nation Rally’ in Washington DC
October 2, 2010
Here’s what a genuine rally looks like.
Please watch this video and witness what a real genuine rally looks like. A rally round the working man. Not a rally for Bigotry, for War and for Corporate Interests. The first thing you will notice is, that the crowds consist of all people not just those of European descent. Another difference from the Tea Party rally is the tone, it is one of common sense and sanity. I feel proud when I see courageous souls cheering for the common, hard working everyday folk and I feel proud to belong to a mindset of reason.
The Tea Party makes no sense at all when they applaud Corporate Interests and clamor, down with the safety nets for those of us (including most who call themselves Tea Partiers) living on the edge.
Take a moment or two and view the determination of a people who care, not only for themselves, but for all human beings. A far cry from the Glenn Beck assemblage,
FOR SURE! thinkingblue
Latest from the Science Front By The Esteemed And Revered
STEPHEN HAWKING
Hold on to your hats while you watch an interview with some of
Watch A Fracking Mess ‘GASLAND’ here
RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on ‘Fear’
Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV
Please sign this very important
petition “demand question time” (of our political
leaders) HERE..
We really need more dialog from those at the top… The
Republicans have got to be made to realize they can’t hide behind
“NO” any longer! thinkingblue
Let’s keep our heads, while we continue
to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!!
