¡ Globalize !
The House ...
¡ IS ON FIRE !
[ Pardon Me ... While I ... ¡ RANT ! ]
While THIS Page ...
Is 'Tailored' ...
To The 'Good' ... Ol' ...
U. S. of A.
Similar ...
'Activities'
Are Occurring
All Over The Planet
Under Most ...
--- EVERY ---
Government
IN ... 1969
IN ... The United States of America
IN ... The Great State of Ohio
The Cuyahoga River ...
¡ CAUGHT FIRE !
¡ A RIVER !
¡ ON FIRE !
THINK ...
ABOUT ...
¡ THAT !
[ FYI: 'Cuyahoga' ... means ... 'Crooked River' ...
OR ... 'Place of The Jawbone' ...
Depending on Which Native American Language ... You subscribe to ]
But THIS ... Wasn't EVEN ...
The ONLY Time ...
That The Cuyahoga River ...
¡ 'Caught' ... FIRE !
It Has Happened ... 13 Times ...
Since 1868!
And The 1969 ... 'Event' ...
WASN'T EVEN ...
¡ THE BIGGEST FIRE !
THAT Happened In 1952 ...
Causing Over 1.3 Million Dollars of Damage
( In 1952 Dollars! )
And Took ... DAYS ... To Extinguish!
BUT PLEASE NOTE:
It Was ... NOT ONLY ...
The Cuyahoga River ...
--- Running Through Cleveland ---
That 'Caught' Fire
But Rivers IN: ...
Baltimore,
Detroit,
Buffalo,
Philadelphia,
And Elsewhere ...
Have ALSO ... 'Caught' ... Fire ...
During Our, 'Great' ...
Nation's
History
However ...
THIS Particular RIVER FIRE ...
Eventually LED To ...
--- THE ---
Environmental Movement
And To ... The Creation of ...
--- THE --
Environmental
PROTECTION
Agency
( The E.P.A. )
And The RULES ...
& REGULATIONS ...
Which The E.P.A. Implemented ...
In The Years SINCE ...
'The RIVER FIRE'
HAVE Helped ... To Clean Up ...
The Cuyahoga
--- AND ---
HAVE Helped ... To Clean Up ...
Other Waterways ...
THROUGHOUT ... Our ...
'Great' ...
Nation
BY PREVENTING POLLUTERS ...
--- FROM ---
Well ...
¡ POLLUTING !
And Conditions ...
HAVE ... DEFINITELY ...
Gotten Better ...
--- THROUGHOUT ---
Our ...
Great ...
Land
--- Although ---
WE STILL HAVE ...
"
MILES
TO GO ...
¡ BEFORE WE SLEEP !
"
--- Robert Frost (paraphrase)
BUT ...
¡ Right Here !
¡ Right Now !
[ Actually ...DURING:
The Jan 20, 2017 - Jan 6, 2021 ...
U.S. ... 'Administration'
And WE DO REMEMBER ... WHO 'THAT' WAS ...
Don't We ? ]
In The United States of America ...
Our 'Leaders' and 'Politicians' ...
The Ones That ...
--- WE ---
--- 'THE PEOPLE' ---
'ACTUALLY' ...
[ And 'Surprisingly' ... ]
(¿) 'ELECTED' (?)
[ ALTHOUGH ...
--- ( as an 'aside' ) ---
Perhaps 'THEY' ... AREN'T ... 'REALLY' ...
The 'Leaders' ...
THAT 'WE THE PEOPLE' ...
WOULD ...
ACTUALLY ...
HAVE ...
ELECTED ...
--- IF ---
'WE THE PEOPLE' ...
HAD A TRUE ...
'One-Person / One-Vote' ...
DEMOCRACY
NOT ... DILUTED ... BY ...
Such NON-DEMOCRATIC ... 'Extras' ... AS:
'Voter-Suppression Laws' ...
'The Electoral College' ...
Partisan ... 'Gerrymandering' ...
Corporate ... 'Donations' ...
Political ... 'Obstructionism' ...
A ... 'Monkey-Wrench'... 'Filibuster' ...
And A ... NON-REPRESENTATIVE ... SENATE !
¡ OK ! ¡ OK !
So ... 'Maybe' ...
--- Just 'Maybe' ---
Our 'Founding Fathers' ...
'HAD' ... To Make ... 'SOME' ... 'Compromises' ...
In Order ... Just To FOUND ... Our Nation ...
But That Does NOT Explain ... WHY ...
WE ARE STILL COMPROMISING
ON SO MANY, VERY, VITAL ISSUES
Nearly ... 250 ... Years ... Later
¿ DOES IT ?
And Besides ...
THEY ...
( Our Nation's Founding Fathers )
COULDN'T THINK OF EVERYTHING ...
¿ COULD THEY ?
I Am 'Pretty' 'SURE' ...
That They NEVER ...
EVER
EVEN
--- IMAGINED ---
¡ 'School ... Shootings' ! ]
¡ OK ! ¡ OK !
SO ... ¿ WHERE WAS I ?
--- Oh, Yeah! ---
... I remember now ...
--- THIS ---
Current ... 'Crop' ...
[ The Jan 20, 2017 - Jan 6, 2021 ...
U.S. ... 'Administration' ]
Of 'Apparently' 'Elected' ...
'Politicians' ...
THIS ... 'ADMINISTRATION' ...
WANTS TO ...
¿ ROLLBACK ?
¿ PROTECTIONS ?
FOR OUR RIVERS
STREAMS
WET-LANDS
¿¿¿ AND OCEANS ???
In a Quid-Pro-Quo
With Their Corporate Contributers
WHO WISH
TO POLLUTE MORE
Than They Are Currently Allowed To Do ...
--- UNDER THE LAW ---
Because it is 'Affecting' ...
--- THEIR ---
'Bottom Line'
And 'Many' of These ...
'Corporate Overlords' ...
DEFINITELY WOULD ...
POLLUTE MORE ...
[ We ALL ... KNOW ... That THEY WOULD ! ]
--- If NOT Reigned-In ---
By Government Oversight
And Public
Opinion
And SO ...
We 'May' ...
--- VERY SOON ---
Be Able To Look Forward To ...
River Fires
Once Again
¡ SAD !
¡ JUST ... SAD !
: (
And While We're ON ...
The Subject OF ...
The Environmental ...
'PROTECTION'
Agency
As ... 'Overseen' ... By ...
THIS ... CURRENT ... U.S. ...
'Administration'
[ Jan 20, 2017 - Jan 6, 2021 ]
Right NOW ...
In The Great State of California ...
The E.P.A. is Seeking TO ...
--- STRIP ---
This Great State ...
Of Its Ability
To REGULATE ...
The EMISSIONS ...
Of Automobiles ...
SOLD ... Within ... The State
BECAUSE ...
They ARE ... MORE ... STRINGENT ...
Than The Regulations ...
Of The FEDERAL Government
WHICH Regulations ...
The E.P.A. ...
Has Just Recently ...
¡ NEUTERED !
[ Again, During The Jan 20, 2017 - Jan 6, 2021 ... U.S. ... 'Administration' ]
These SAME Politicians ...
Who SCREAM ...
To THEIR ... 'High' ... 'Heavens'
About ... 'STATE'S ... RIGHTS'
(When It SUITS ... THEIR ... 'Agendas')
NOW Seek To ...
STRIP THE RIGHT
Of An Individual State ...
To REGULATE ...
The Harmful Emissions
And Pollution
Within Its OWN ...
Sovereign
State
Borders!
[ Sounds a 'little' ... 'HYPOCRITICAL' ...
AT THE VERY 'LEAST' ...
¿ DOESN'T IT ? ]
And While I'm On a 'Roll' ...
[ Albeit ... A 'Ranting' ... 'Roll' ... I must admit ]
Our Forests ARE ...
¡ ON ... FIRE ... TOO !
FOREST FIRES ...
ARE OCCURRING ...
--- ALL ACROSS THE WORLD ---
From Australia ...
To Siberia ...
To America ...
To China ...
To Italy ...
To Greece ...
To Turkey ...
And To MOST Of ...
Southern Europe ...
And Are EVEN Threatening ...
The Ancient Cedars of Lebanon ...
ALL
DUE
TO:
EXCESSIVE
CARBON
EMISSIONS ...
BY ALL NATIONS ...
CAUSING ...
CATASTROPHIC
CLIMATE
CHANGE
--- AND ---
--- Above And BEYOND ---
All THAT ...
We HAVE ...
FIRES ...
DELIBERATELY SET ...
BY WE HUMAN BEINGS
In Order TO ...
'CLEAR' ... LAND ...
TO ... 'FEED' ...
TOO ... MANY ... PEOPLE ...
WITH ... TOO ... MANY ...
'BURGERS' ...
[ Billions ... And Billions ... Served ... 'ACTUALLY!' ...
Maybe EVEN ... 'TRILLIONS' ]
Which Leads DIRECTLY TO:
THE AMAZON RAIN-FOREST
¡ IS ON FIRE TOO !
[ This Latter 'Atrocity' ...
Is 'Mostly' Due ...
To The Brazilian 'Government' ...
Which ALLOWS ... The Burning of The Forests ...
In Order To ... 'Make Room' ... For: ...
CATTLE GRAZING ...
AND SOY PRODUCTION ...
( for animal feed )
10,000 Sq. Kms or 3,861 Sq. Miles ... For The 3RD Straight Year
Although ... To Be 'Fair' ...
It Is REALLY ...
THE WORLDWIDE ...
DEMAND ...
FOR BEEF ...
That IS 'FUELING' ...
--- LITERALLY ---
¡ These FOREST FIRES !
'Only A Third of The Tropical Rainforest Remains Intact'
¡ WAKE UP !
¡ SHEEPLE !
YOU ... DON'T ... NEED ...
--- 'BEEF' ---
¡ TO SURVIVE !
--- But ---
YOU ... DO ... NEED ...
¡ FORESTS !
You NEED FORESTS ...
Because THEY ...
REMOVE ...
CARBON DIOXIDE ...
¡ FROM THE AIR !
Which Will PREVENT ...
Rising Temperatures ...
BECAUSE ...
CARBON DIOXIDE ...
¡ TRAPS HEAT !
¡ IN THE ATMOSPHERE !
[ You DO Already KNOW ... That THIS ... Is Called: ...
'THE GREEN-HOUSE EFFECT'
¿ DON'T YOU ? ]
[ And You DO ... ALSO KNOW ... THAT ...
'ATMOSPHERE'
MEANS:
'AIR'
¿ RIGHT ? ]
--- AND ---
You Also NEED FORESTS ...
Because THEY ...
PRODUCE
OXYGEN
--- Which ---
--- I 'Assume' You Already Know ---
¡ YOU NEED !
¡ IN ORDER TO BREATHE !
[ You DO ... BREATHE ...
¿ DON'T YOU ? ]
And ALL of THIS ...
Is Just ...
BECAUSE:
¡ SCIENCE !
THESE ...
LANDS OF OURS ...
¡ ARE A GIFT !
If NOT From 'GOD' ...
Then From 'NATURE'
From Our Very OWN ...
--- MOTHER ---
¡ EARTH !
These Are The SAME Lands ...
--- WE ---
Walked ...
Through
And The SAME Rivers ...
--- WE ---
Fished In ...
Played In ...
Swam In ...
As Children
The SAME Lands And Rivers ...
That Our Fathers ...
And Our Mothers ...
--- KNEW ---
As Children TOO
As Did Our Grandfathers ...
As Did Our Grandmothers ...
The SAME Lands ...
That Were HERE ... BEFORE US ...
BEFORE ... Our Ancestors ...
First ... Came ...
The SAME Lands And Rivers ...
That The 'Indigenous People' ...
--- KNEW ---
Where THEY Hunted ...
Fished ...
Played ...
And Swam
THESE Lands ...
And Mountains ...
And Rivers ...
Which ... WE'VE ... INHERITED:
How DO ... They LΘΘK ...
¿ TODAY ?
JUST ... WHAT ... EXACTLY ...
HAVE WE DONE ...
WITH OUR ...
--- IRREPLACABLE ---
¿ INHERITANCE ?
Cuyahoga
R. E. M.Bill Berry
Peter Buck
Mike Mills
Michael Stipe
wikipedia
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[ or on your favorite source ]
¡ LISTEN !
Let's Put Our Heads Together
And Start A New Country Up
Our Fathers', Fathers', Father Tried
Erased The Parts He Didn't Like
Let's Try To Fill It In
Bank The Quarry River Swim
We Knee-Skinned It You And Me
We Knee-Skinned That River Red
This Is Where We Walked
This Is Where We Swam
Take A Picture Here
Take A Souvenir
This Land Is The Land of Ours
This River Runs Red Over It
We Knee-Skinned It You And Me
We Knee-Skinned That River Red
We Gathered Up Our Friends
Bank The Quarry River Swim
We Knee-Skinned It You And Me
Underneath The River Bed
This Is Where We Walked
This Is Where We Swam
Take A Picture Here
Take A Souvenir
¡ Cuyahoga !
¡ Cuyahoga !
¡ GONE !
Let's Put Our Heads Together
And Start A New Country Up
Up Underneath The River Bed
Don't Burn The River Down
This Is Where They Walked and Swam
Hunted, Danced, and Sang
Take A Picture Here
Take A Souvenir
¡ Cuyahoga !
¡ Cuyahoga !
¡ GONE !
Rewrite The Book...
And Rule The Pages
Saving Face, Secured In Faith
Bury, Burn The Waste...
Behind...
You
This Land Is The Land of Ours
This River Runs Red Over It
We Are Not Your Allies
We Cannot Defend
This Is Where They Walked
This Is Where They Swam
Take A Picture Here
Take A Souvenir
¡ Cuyahoga !
¡ Cuyahoga !
¡ GONE !
¡ Cuyahoga !
¡ Cuyahoga !
¿ GONE ?
¡ HOKA HEY !
¡ All My Relations !
¡ LET'S GO !
¡ PEOPLE !
Let's STOP ...
--- The 'Fat-Takers' ---
From TAKING ALL ...
That Is Worth Living FOR!
Let's STOP THEM ...
From TAKING ...
--- OUR ---
¡ INHERITANCE !
After All ...
Some of Us ...
Still Have To DRINK ...
From Those BURNING ...
¡ Rivers !
But At Least ...
We'll Still Have ...
Selfies
[ From Amidst ... The Ruins ... ]
¡ IT'S NOT TOO LATE !
--- YET ---
¡ TO PUT OUT THE FIRES !
--- YET ---
¡ TO PUT OUT THE FIRES !