I think about this all the time, and wrote a poem about it in a post not long ago called Once Upon a Time in America that starts out:
In an eon hence, after the Trojan horse of Trumpism eviscerated a City of Light, and oceans rose and civilizations fell,
Will we be the stuff of legends, our tropes and memes edging pages of ancient texts on crumbling shelves?
Will waves gently lap against the skirts of Liberty and docile doves nestle in her hair? . . . .
I paired this poem with another by Jane Hirschfield that begins:
Let them not say: we did not see it.
We saw.
Let them not say: we did not hear it.
We heard. . . . .
I fear with the rise of Trumpism around the world it's already too late for us. We will go the way of Rome and another Ice Age climatic change will wipe out what we have built and compel us to start over again. I know--I sound like a doomsayer but in reality I'm not. We are part of a historical record that repeats itself over the ages. We can each do our part to try to pull back from that brink but I don't believe our individual purpose here for the brief time we are given is to save the world (we can't) or bemoan what we don't like about it (protest, yes; vote, yes; let our voices be heard), but to praise the good we find around us in the present moment and add to it however we may.
Mindful living is so very important in these chaotic times. First, it is vital to maintaining a positive memory myth of oneself. Second, it is the privilege and the duty of every believer in and proponent of our founding thoughts and documents to bear witness and resistance to the noisome attempts of Project 2025 to disable notions of unalienable rights. Not only our watch, thanks to your clear and fair-reaching voice. Thank you, Russell.
It's been a mostly disturbing week, including the Inspectors General firings. You make many good points here.
I do think the Left has to come up with a solution that reverses climate change. Especially with all the new coal-powered plants in China and India. I think a massive nano-carbon-capture initiative is probably best, but the Left really resists anything that isn't entirely natural and organic, which is unfortunate, in my view.
I think it's better to be woke than somnambulant. However, Bill Maher has been trying for years to bring the Woke Left back from the brink. We do need common sense.
From recent Climate Crisis events, The Green New Deal now reads like common sense, and this is one of the great shames of our politics. Sooner, rather than later countries will have to do more about the Climate Crisis, and build solutions together.
I disagree about what Bill Maher has been trying to do. I think he made a rightward turn several years ago, and then he lost me as a viewer.
I think about this all the time, and wrote a poem about it in a post not long ago called Once Upon a Time in America that starts out:
In an eon hence, after the Trojan horse of Trumpism eviscerated a City of Light, and oceans rose and civilizations fell,
Will we be the stuff of legends, our tropes and memes edging pages of ancient texts on crumbling shelves?
Will waves gently lap against the skirts of Liberty and docile doves nestle in her hair? . . . .
I paired this poem with another by Jane Hirschfield that begins:
Let them not say: we did not see it.
We saw.
Let them not say: we did not hear it.
We heard. . . . .
I fear with the rise of Trumpism around the world it's already too late for us. We will go the way of Rome and another Ice Age climatic change will wipe out what we have built and compel us to start over again. I know--I sound like a doomsayer but in reality I'm not. We are part of a historical record that repeats itself over the ages. We can each do our part to try to pull back from that brink but I don't believe our individual purpose here for the brief time we are given is to save the world (we can't) or bemoan what we don't like about it (protest, yes; vote, yes; let our voices be heard), but to praise the good we find around us in the present moment and add to it however we may.
Mindful living is so very important in these chaotic times. First, it is vital to maintaining a positive memory myth of oneself. Second, it is the privilege and the duty of every believer in and proponent of our founding thoughts and documents to bear witness and resistance to the noisome attempts of Project 2025 to disable notions of unalienable rights. Not only our watch, thanks to your clear and fair-reaching voice. Thank you, Russell.
As a clear, coherent, and compelling voice of reason for heads-up living, you are unique and treasured,
It's been a mostly disturbing week, including the Inspectors General firings. You make many good points here.
I do think the Left has to come up with a solution that reverses climate change. Especially with all the new coal-powered plants in China and India. I think a massive nano-carbon-capture initiative is probably best, but the Left really resists anything that isn't entirely natural and organic, which is unfortunate, in my view.
I think it's better to be woke than somnambulant. However, Bill Maher has been trying for years to bring the Woke Left back from the brink. We do need common sense.
From recent Climate Crisis events, The Green New Deal now reads like common sense, and this is one of the great shames of our politics. Sooner, rather than later countries will have to do more about the Climate Crisis, and build solutions together.
I disagree about what Bill Maher has been trying to do. I think he made a rightward turn several years ago, and then he lost me as a viewer.