New Low

There are plenty of new lows happening every day. For example, the surf is as pinner as I have seen it all year. No surf. No report of surf. Even Chuck couldn't scare a swell up by the way things looked today. I did get surf up until Saturday; three LB glide days at Sharks and the Hook followed by a couple of SB days at Second Bowl. Lance provided a great BBQ on Friday at the Rock, Dane totaled his car - Dane love your mother, and I started educating Paul about the 50-rule. The Mayor lent me some DVDs of the protest shows filmed by G.Brown & Q-Tip - I saw the first one and it was great, but for some reason the second one is not for me to see. More on the Baghdad Palace. Twenty-one buildings on 104 acres of riverside parkland. Iraq's interim government - essentially a US puppet group - transferred the land to US ownership in Oct 2004 under an agreement whose terms were not disclosed - sorry Iraqi public - US land grab rules. Cost estimates soaring over $1 billion. Of course, five american companies involved with construction. New Orleans - fuck it. The palace has its own water wells, electricity plant, and wastewater treatment plant - more than most Iraqi towns. Five high-security entrances and an emergency entrance-exit (cave to airport?). They will need it when the Iraqi public riot. They call it an embassy, but an embassy is the official residence or offices of an ambassador in a foreign country. Right now, there is no government in Iraq. If it is a country - it's because it's bordered by other countries and use to be a country - kinda like nothing is something by virtue of everything else around it. OK - check out the "Interfaith Stewardship Alliance". These folks are on a different planet. Their mantra - Dominion. Stewardship. Conservation. Notice the first pillar - Dominion - yes, dominion over nature - folks know best. Really? How many examples are you aware of where human beings knew better than nature? In fact, if as the interfaith folks believe, nature was created by GOD and GOD is nature, then doesn't Dominion put these folks on an equal footing with the Almighty? In my experience, our dominion over nature has been a complete failure - have we not learned? Here are some of their thoughts (by the way, these people do not subscribe to global warming):
"many people mistakenly view humans as principally consumers and polluters rather than producers and stewards" Seen clear cutting lately? How about LA on a clear day? Humans work "to improve the condition of all living things" Why was salmon season curtailed? What happened to sardines? Why was DDT banned? Where is the Grizzly Bear shown on the California flag? Does nature know best? - these folks don't think so - humanity alone "can unlock the potential for all the inhabitants on earth" at least those with enough resources who beleive as they do and are human. These folks are anti-earth day wrapped in green. Dude, seriously. These people are on acid - I'm sure the earth was doing fine without humans. Sustainable is not equal to domination. Domination is equal to corporations and genetic engineering. Corn seed for a price. Who are these fuckers? Find out and beware.

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. -Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (1879-1955)  ¶ 8:03 PM