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Click Here to sign the Darfur Petition!
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END DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER IN JAPAN!
During drive hunts, fishermen panic and confuse migrating pods of dolphins and other small whales with loud banging, then herd them, by the hundreds, into shallow coves, and then butcher them one by one.
Every year, some 20,000 small cetaceans of several species, some of which are endangered, including bottlenose dolphins, striped dolphins, spotted dolphins, Risso’s dolphins, short-finned pilot whales, white-sided dolphins, and false killer whales, are killed or taken in the drives, sometimes illegally.
The hunts have been universally condemned by marine experts around the world as brutal, inhumane, and unsustainable, but pleas to stop them have fallen on deaf ears.
The goal is one million signatures to help these gentle friends in the sea. You can sing the petition by going to this site. It only takes a minute but that minute can stop the slaughter, with your help.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/427037941?z00m=102 912&z00m=102912<l=1157869709
Thanks so much!
It's that time of year...again...the 2007 Canadian Seal Hunt. March 29th is the start of this year's carnage and yes, I'm back on my soapbox again. I keep hoping, year after year, this horrific event will have finally ceased. It's time to utilize my piece of myspace for something that may make a difference, no matter how small, each signature helps.
The emotions I feel range from a sickness inside my heart to rage. I'm a pacifist by nature but when it comes to men with clubs slaughtering baby seals, I fear if I was there, I'd get the largest Fred Flintstone-style club available and go do some hunting of the seal hunters. Of course, I'd end up in a Canadian jail and hope somebody would bail me out (I'd pay you back ASAP) then turn around and go do it all again.
The truth is, I could never get close enough to witness the barbaric acts. Perhaps that makes me a coward but I cannot sit by while those, human or animal--anything or anybody that cannot defend themselves are being harmed or abused. I think that's when my level head loses all perspective and common sense, cases like those. Don't mess with my mom, children, pets or the elderly!
The pups are killed at an early age, in the name of fashion, when the truth is, because once they reach a certain age their fur will develop gray patches, at which point they are fair game for the hunters. NINETY-FIVE percent of the harp seals killed are between 2 weeks and 3 months old. The will be shot or clubbed to death...
If it takes wearing the pelt of a baby seal to make a person feel beautiful, they're sadly mistaken. That's vanity and materialism at it's worst. If they haven't grasped the concept that beauty comes from within, not by slapping fur on your back from your own insecurities, they better get used to being ugly from the inside out and no plastic surgeon who can carve that kind of ugly away. It's ugly to the bone. If looking into the eyes of a seal doesn't touch their hearts, nothing will.
Boycotting the purchase of Canadian seafood seems to get their attention by hitting them in the wallet, which sadly, seems more effective than pleas to stop the slaughter of the harp seals. Whatever means it takes to get Canada's Minister of International Trade, David Emerson's attention to make it stop, that's all that matters. Due to global warming, the seals are losing their habitat as it is, so give them a fighting chance for survival.
It's hard for me to ask anything from anyone. This is my annual plea to those who are kind enough to read my blog, to ask you to please take a minute to sign a petition or two. They're all ready to go, you don't have to do anything but fill in your info, hit send and help stop this annual blood bath. You may sign the petition by going to these links.
The wonderful people at the Humane Society are literally in the field every year and their petition to stop the seal hunt, as well as your pledge to agree to not buy Canadian seafood, is what they need. This is the link to sign the petition to stop the hunt:
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/trademinister_protectsea ls?rk=VpqGiHF1tAgcE
Their page is loaded with information at www.protectseals.org. Some too graphic for me to witness. My imagination is vivid enough, I don't need to see more red blood in the white snow.
The good people at Oceana have a strong petition as well:
http://takeaction.oceana.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=7027
If you Google the Canadian Seal Hunt, you will find many links to wonderful organizations trying to put a stop to it. If every person on myspace took one minute of their time, this could be over.
Thanks to those of you who took time to read this and take action. My heartfelt thanks to you on behalf of the seals...
I'd like to meet:
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle
...oh, men who can tango & who aren't afraid to open the door for me...
Music:
There can't be enough room for this category...I still have VINYL dude! I like all of just about every type of music but not all of any group...The Beatles, John Lennon, Julian Lennon, 80s metal, AC/DC. Aerosmith, ARS, The Stones but I don't like Mick Jagger...go figure, Alice Cooper, Beethoven, Boyd Holmes, Bee Gees, Billy Joel, Blues Brothers, BonJovi, Boston, Boz Scaggs, Brian McKnight, Bryan Adams, Bach, David Bowie, Boyd Holmes, Carly Simon, Chopin, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Cole Porter, Creed, Lifehouse, Crowded House, Dan Fogelberg, Kenny Loggins, Nickelback, The Calling, Fuel, Hoobastank, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Don Henley, The Eagles, Debussy, Duran Duran, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Eric Carmen, Eric Clapton, Ennio Morricone, Foreigner, Foghat, Gabriel Yared, Gato Barbieri, George Gershwin, Gino Vannelli, Georges Delerue, Good Charlotte, Harry Connick Jr., Heart, James Taylor, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship (& any other name they decide to go by), James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, Jimmy Buffett, Joe Cocker, John Barry, John Williams, Johnny Mercer, Journey, Kimber Manning, Lenny Kravitz, Kansas, The Clash, Leon Redbone, Linkin Park, Loverboy, Laura Pausini. LRB, Madness, Melisssa Etheridge, Mercy Me, Mozart, No Doubt, Nat King Cole, Pink, Al Green, Ozzy Osbourne, Pat Benatar, Peter Cetera, Peter Frampton, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Queen, Genesis, Richard Marx, Robert Palmer, Rachmaninoff, Rod Stewart, Aimee Mann, Satie, Sheryl Crow, Smashmouth, Toto, Seal, Sting, Steely Dan, The Police, The Tubes, The Kinks, Tina Turner, Trisha Yearwood, Tom Petty, Tony Bennett, The Clash, The Cars, The Who, U2, Under Suspicion, Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham & Nicks, Van Halen, Wagner, Whitesnake, Winger, World Party...I love soundtracks & movie scores, too...I can't think anymore but I also can't imagine life without music.
Movies:
.. width="425" height="350" ..Again, way too many. It's A Wonderful Life, Marx Brothers movies, Charlie Chaplin films, Cary Grant movies, Jimmy Stewart, anything Al Pacino...Heat, Any Given Sunday, Serpico, Scent of a Woman, Insomnia, Carlito's Way, Frankie & Johnny, Devil's Advocate, City Hall, Field of Dreams, Tombstone, The Saint, Thunderheart, Pride of the Yankees, Rebecca, Gaslight, Rear Window, Niagra, Some Like it Hot, As Good As It Gets, Anger Management, Van Helsing, The Great Gatsby, Forrest Gump, Chaplin, Truman, Moulin Rouge, Tin Cup, What About Bob, Hope Floats, Hope Springs, Spartan, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, French Kiss, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Cutting Edge, Bridget Jones Diary, Love Actually, Lost in Translation, The Family Stone, The Wedding Date, Must Love Dogs, Hitch, A River Runs Through It, The Man Without A Face, Bruce Almighty, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Men In Black II, In the Line of Fire, Absolute Power, Murder at 1600, The Enemy Within, Dave, Roman Holiday, Dracula (1931), Against All Odds, Raising Arizona, And Now For Something Completely Different, Clockwise, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Meaning of Life, The Hudsucker Proxy, Harvey, The Big Lebowski, The Fisher King, Bad Santa, The Odd Couple, Notting Hill, Two Weeks Notice, Sense & Sensibility, While You Were Sleeping, Benny & Joon, Last of the Dogmen, Major League, Legends of the Fall, The Emperors Club, Message in a Bottle, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Hearts in Atlantis, The Others, A Christmas Story, Guarding Tess, The Rock, Prince of Tides, Pushing Tin, Grosse Point Blank, Immortal Beloved, Amadeus, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Psycho, An American in Paris, Giant, East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, 10, Crimson Tide, Hunt for Red October, Legend of Bagger Vance, *61, Jerry McGuire, Quiz Show, The Truman Show, Bram Stokers Dracula, Jefferson in Paris, All Lethal Weapons, Tequila Sunrise, Driving Miss Daisy, Patton, The Changling, Falling Down, Saving Private Ryan, The Burbs, The Birds, Everyone Says I Love You, The Distinguished Gentleman, Pearl Harbor, That Thing You Do, This is Spinal Tap, The Jerk, Only You, Heart & Souls, Miami Rhapsody, Sleepless In Seattle, Twister, Miss Congeniality, Kate & Leopold, Men of Honor, Addams Family Values, Ed Wood, Independence Day, City of Angels...if that's not enough, ask me....
Books:
Yes...I can read..."Outside of a dog a book is mans best friend; inside a dog, it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx
Heroes:
Everyday people who do nice things for others and heroic acts of courage just because. I think the Dalai Lama is a very wise man. I don't have heroes because we're all just people, some do amazing things. I don't idolize anybody...I must say I do love and admire the troops and feel we owe them so much support, no matter how you feel about the war.
