Cold but not the Cold Hard Facts

It is cold down here on the gulf, at least by our standards. Freezing in November, eww. So, up at the campground office there are these brochures about seafood safety monitoring since the oil disaster. It is expensively printed in full color with pretty pictures of delicious looking shrimp and even a lovely scene of a shrimper. It makes me really hungry for those little darlings. Seafood is my favorite. BUT I would be more likely to eat the picture than the real thing. Most of the test mentioned were conducted months ago and they say as of August, the seafood is safe. And that there are no dangerous levels of oil or dispersants. Oh well the mighty "they" say aspartame is safe also. I thought I remembered reading recently that there are just no real test for dispersants yet. And testing a shrimp that has been cleaned and deveined is not the same as testing one that you throw in the pot to boil whole. The brochure has a list of agencies to contact if you have questions but does not say who published it, hmmm. One of the websites you can go to for more info...BP.  I need one of those t shirts that say "BP Beyond Pissed."

Trying Something New

        It's all about the money. It's all about the oil. It's all about people just being too big for their britches and making other people suffer. It is time we all tried something new. Well, it really isn't so new since we have written directions on how to live. The new part would be following those directions. But that is beside the point. The point is we are in a whole lot of trouble as a world, a nation and as individuals.  Time was when humanity would not put up with things like they are today. But we have grown lazy and we just sigh and say what am I supposed to do? Aren't I just one person? That is true. Maybe anything you do won't make a difference. But doing nothing sure doesn't help. The least anyone can do is "to be the change you want to see."  The least anyone can do is not wait for someone else to take care of everything.
        This is what I am trying...to try something new. Believe me, it is an experiment and it is in its infancy. The blogging part is for me to hold myself accountable. It is to remind myself that I can do better, better for myself and for those around me and for the world. Okay, maybe it is too late. I can see. What I see is not very pretty. The place I called my "real home" has been turned into a toxic science experiment by BP with our government letting them get away with their crimes. War is everywhere and the economy is not getting any better for a long time. It may be "the end of the world as we know it." If that is true, we must be accountable to God and ourselves. We must live our lives as self sufficient honest people and if it doesn't fit in the world plan so what? We must not be quiet.