*!&#%!# (bleep!) is reading the paper depressing. The world reported on in the papers continues to get super ugly super fast. HP laying off another 10% of their workforce. Bush fighting to continue pesticide testing on children (are you kidding?!?!?). Legislature trying to block the appointments of 2 oil industry attorneys to the superior court. Government trying to ‘Weaponize’ space. This is all Saturday paper. It goes on. And on.

What am I willing to do about all the issues in the paper? Continue to put ever more energy into supporting those that want better for themselves, their families, & the world in a respectful, mutually supportive way. Harmful and short-sighted are: testing pesticides on kids; spraying pesticides on our food and landscapes; a war based economy; fighting for oil is not respectful or supportive. Is that the reality we want?

How about changing our stories and putting the force of our mass momentum into the following stories:
“Innovative work and research done for poly-culture agriculture.”
“Kudos to farmers that naturally build their soil year after year.”
“Nation supports an education based economy.”
“Community bands together to install alternative power sources on every house in county.”
“Increased production on vehicles not dependent on fossil fuels.”
Keep the list going!