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“People are so isolated, and so alone, and so suspicious, and so competitive with each other, and so sure that they are about to be conned by their neighbor, or by their mother, or by their sister, or their grandmother. What's the use of having fifty percent of the world's wealth, or whatever it is that you have, if you're going to live this pathetic, terrified life?” ~arundhati roy

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GLOBAL WARMING INFO
Q: What causes global warming?
A: Carbon dioxide and other air pollution that is collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun's heat and causing the planet to warm up. Coal-burning power plants are the largest U.S. source of carbon dioxide pollution -- they produce 2.5 billion tons every year. Automobiles, the second largest source, create nearly 1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually. Human activity is a major contributer.
Q: Is the earth really getting hotter?
A: Yes. Although local temperatures fluctuate naturally, over the past 50 years the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history. And experts think the trend is accelerating: the 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1990. Scientists say that unless we curb global warming emissions, average U.S. temperatures could be 3 to 9 degrees higher by the end of the century.
Q: Are warmer temperatures causing bad things to happen?
A: Global warming is already causing damage in many parts of the United States. In 2002, Colorado, Arizona and Oregon endured their worst wildfire seasons ever. The same year, drought created severe dust storms in Montana, Colorado and Kansas, and floods caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in Texas, Montana and North Dakota. Since the early 1950s, snow accumulation has declined 60 percent and winter seasons have shortened in some areas of the Cascade Range in Oregon and Washington. Of course, the impacts of global warming are not limited to the United States. In 2003, extreme heat waves caused more than 20,000 deaths in Europe and more than 1,500 deaths in India. And in what scientists regard as an alarming sign of events to come, the area of the Arctic's perennial polar ice cap is declining at the rate of 9 percent per decade.
Q: Is global warming making hurricanes worse?
A: Global warming doesn't create hurricanes, but it does make them stronger and more dangerous. Because the ocean is getting warmer, tropical storms can pick up more energy and become more powerful. So global warming could turn, say, a category 3 storm into a much more dangerous category 4 storm. In fact, scientists have found that the destructive potential of hurricanes has greatly increased along with ocean temperature over the past 35 years.
Q: Is there really cause for serious concern?
A: Yes. Global warming is a complex phenomenon, and its full-scale impacts are hard to predict far in advance. But each year scientists learn more about how global warming is affecting the planet, and many agree that certain consequences are likely to occur if current trends continue. Among these: 1. Melting glaciers, early snowmelt and severe droughts will cause more dramatic water shortages in the American West. 2. Rising sea levels will lead to coastal flooding on the Eastern seaboard, in Florida, and in other areas, such as the Gulf of Mexico. 3. Warmer sea surface temperatures will fuel more intense hurricanes in the southeastern Atlantic and Gulf coasts. 4. Forests, farms and cities will face troublesome new pests and more mosquito-borne diseases. 5. Disruption of habitats such as coral reefs and alpine meadows could drive many plant and animal species to extinction.
Q: Could global warming trigger a sudden catastrophe?
A: Recently, researchers -- and even the U.S. Defense Department -- have investigated the possibility of abrupt climate change, in which gradual global warming triggers a sudden shift in the earth's climate, causing parts of the world to dramatically heat up or cool down in the span of a few years.
Q: What country is the largest source of global warming pollution?
A: The United States. Though Americans make up just 4 percent of the world's population, we produce 25 percent of the carbon dioxide pollution from fossil-fuel burning -- by far the largest share of any country. In fact, the United States emits more carbon dioxide than China, India and Japan, combined. Clearly America ought to take a leadership role in solving the problem. And as the world's top developer of new technologies, we are well positioned to do so -- we already have the know-how.
Q: How can we cut global warming pollution?
A: It's simple: By reducing pollution from vehicles and power plants. Right away, we should put existing technologies for building cleaner cars and more modern electricity generators into widespread use. We can increase our reliance on renewable energy sources such as wind, sun and geothermal. And we can manufacture more efficient appliances and conserve energy.
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My Interests

well, surprise, surprise! synchronicity strikes again!

You are Supergirl Supergirl 90% Superman 90% Wonder Woman 80% Spider-Man 75% Robin 75% The Flash 70% Green Lantern 50% Hulk 50% Batman 40% Catwoman 25% Iron Man 25% Lean, muscular and feminine.
Honest and a defender of the innocent.
Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...
You scored as b>C.G. Jung. You are more of a spiritualist than would be immediately apparent. Some of your notions are questioned by the cynical, but deep down you know the human consciousness is more than the flesh and tissue can account for. You tend to take a scientific observationist look on matters the average person wouldn't even begin to analyze. You personally are responsible for most of the ideas that are floating around in modern psychologist's/psychic's paltry little skulls. On the down side, you tend to be associated with that asshole Freud.

C.G. Jung


100%

Friedrich Nietzsche


75%

Dante Alighieri


67%

Mother Teresa


42%

Stephen Hawking


42%

Sigmund Freud


33%

Jesus Christ


25%

O.J. Simpson


17%

Miyamoto Musashi


17%

Elvis Presley


8%

Adolf Hitler


8%

Hugh Hefner


0%

Steven Morrissey


0%

Charles Manson


0%
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studying jungian analysis theory, and any/all of jung's writings * mommying * smoochin' my boo * watching riley grow * reading, reading, reading * civil rights * painting * igniting passion and interest for/in the world * holisitic/herbal healing * no more prisons * alternative, independant media * truth * saving the world * peace * abolishing the death penalty * philosophy * social change * activism * dream analysis * i enjoy everyone in the cheese family - especially brie - yay france!!! * crossword puzzles * genuine conversations with genuine people * human rights * justice * beauty * living fully, not simply existing * mint chocolate chip ice cream * bringing the outdoors indoors * brainstorming * writing * learning more about our world * mouth parties * organic food * sweatshop products/clothes suck * exchanging ideas respectfully * keeping it real * road trips * synchronicity * rabble-rousing * fermented grape juice *

I'd like to meet:

you --- if you share the vision for a more peaceful, artistic, beautiful world. ya basta! OR i would liked to have/would like to meet, depending on the current, individual alive/dead status: howard zinn, noam chomsky, ani difranco, carl jung, the historical jesus (when i say that, know that it's loaded. quite frankly, his followers today pretty much scare me. i'm interested in who he was, as a historical figure. i'd like to figure out how, given what this man supposedly said so many thousands of years ago - how that has been twisted into what we have now in the culture. i'm also not interested in being converted, whatever that means, by the way... don't get me wrong, i think he was a cool dude, but i sense a real disjunct in today's actions in his name and what he stood for), buddha, sylvia plath, my ancestors, my partnerlove's father, e.d. nixon, thich nhat hahn, nikki giovanni, emma goldman, mother jones, eugene v. debs, utah phillips, subcomanadante marcos, dr. martin luther king, jr., amy goodman... i seriously could go on FOREVER!

Music:

ani difranco,wilco,stephan smith,ali farka toure,bruce cockburn,govinda,rufus wainwright, emmylou harris, sigur ros, rage against the machine, nina simone, jeff buckley, bob marley, rusted root, radiohead, peter mulvey, forrest whitlow, five defy, chad rex, the coup, barclay martin, g-love and special sauce, kasey rausch, mikal shapiro, mike rector, soundsgood, tabla rasa, coldplay, digable planets, bob dylan, dead prez, erykah badu, public enemy, etta james, fiona apple, tori amos, tom waits

Movies:

we could be here for hours. a few off the top o' me head:
the cruise (viva speed levitch-alution!), brazil, the life of brian, why we fight, harold and maude, manufacturing consent, amelie, waking life, the hours, the source, garden state, life and debt, hotel rwanda, donnie darko, waiting for guffman, best in show, house of yes, mulholland drive, life is beautiful, raising arizona, the end of suburbia, the corporation, bowling for columbine, zapatista, this is what democracy looks like, the big sleep,

Television:

northern exposure re-runs.
that's it.
ok!ok!ok!
and maybe an occasional x-files re-run. and THAT'S it. ever. infinity. if i watch the box for too long, i get sucked in and my hours and days disappear into oblivion.
and we CAN'T have that - i gots stuff to do.

Books:

* a people's history of the united states: 1492 to present - howard zinn * the soul's code - james hillman *coercion - douglas rushkoff * the power of myth - joseph campbell * jung - deidre bair * mrs. dalloway - virginia woolf * terra - w.e. leathem * the bluest eye - toni morrison * you can't be neutral on a moving train - howard zinn * night - elie wiesel * how to raise a peaceful child in a violent world - diamond and slade * understanding power - noam chomsky * missile envy - helen caldicott * devils, dice and car parts - jason ryberg * our word is our weapon - subcomandante marcos * no logo - naomi klein * the best democracy money can buy - greg palast * memories, dreams, reflections - carl jung * man and his symbols - carl jung * a moveable feast - ernest hemmingway * nickel and dimed - barbara ehrenreich * no more prisons - upski * the problem from hell - samantha power * bunnicula - howe and daniel * war talk - arundhati roy random authors: susan faludi, kurt vonnegut, billy collins, hallie smith, eric alterman, studs terkel, bell hooks, douglas rushkoff, lawrence ferlinghetti, margaret mead, simon pettet, anais nin, gore vidal, tom robbins, abbie hoffman, barry glassner, michael moore, peter breggin,cornell west, and so on and so forth...

Heroes:

be your own hero. as for me, i don't have any. it's true. i think heroes are dangerous. i do have people that i respect a bunch - an example would be howard zinn. or my partnerlove. he's the stuff!

My Blog

MOTHER'S DAY!

what started what we now celebrate as mother's day - time to reclaim it, mamas!  ya with me?xoxoxk.Mother's Day Proclamation - 1870by Julia Ward Howe Arise then...women of this day! Arise, all ...
Posted by supergirlest on Fri, 11 May 2007 02:50:00 PST

i'm always down for a little challenge

especially one that involves rallying for peace. we need more blogs for peace!  we're not even close to the one million mark...  but we could be. we need to turn that 462 into 1,000,000.&nb...
Posted by supergirlest on Fri, 11 May 2007 11:15:00 PST

no responses

from the bulletin i sent out, so i'll post it here, too.spring has SPRUNG...and so have the baby kitties!!! there's a litter living between the houses next door. they are ADORABLE. we've brought on...
Posted by supergirlest on Thu, 10 May 2007 12:16:00 PST

open letter to john mccain

dear john, NOW i get it!  acts of war are FUNNY - how clever and insightful and SMART of you to change the lyrics of that beach boys tune, barbara ann,  to bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb iran. i n...
Posted by supergirlest on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:59:00 PST

virginia tech - do the math

more senseless killing that very well could have been avoided.i just heard about this awful attack today. i caught a bit on npr about one of the professors that was killed - how he had survived the ho...
Posted by supergirlest on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:34:00 PST

OMBFP .4

photo borrowed from www.fotos.geschichtsthemen.deWhat does this photo say to you about the war?this photograph says to me, "you are responsible for this - this child's fear and pain.  the knowled...
Posted by supergirlest on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:26:00 PST

GOOD STUFF!

so's youse don't think i just complain all the time.  ok - community market season is upon us! YESSSSSSSS!!!!!  the farmer's community market in brookside will open this saturday, april...
Posted by supergirlest on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:12:00 PST

OMBFP - better a day late than never...

clicking the pink links below will take you other interesting places. now, on to the writing prompts for this week's challenge:Try to imagine yourself as a lifelong Iraqi citizen.it is fairly difficul...
Posted by supergirlest on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:32:00 PST

for my kc peeps

passing along the latest info for the step it up 2007 rally that will happen here.  there should be events planned nationally on this day - find yours here!  see you there!k.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
Posted by supergirlest on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:29:00 PST

one million blogs for peace tuesday topic

                                   Have y...
Posted by supergirlest on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:05:00 PST