i am tired of people

no- really.  i think that the best thing that could happen for this planet is if human beings extinct themselves.  seriously.  there is no humor in my words.  why is it that you can’t get food made to order that is made correctly?  no mayo- means no mayo.  or why does there have to be fair trade coffee?  why can’t people be ethical towards their workers?  why are people so greedy that they want to make water a commodity instead of a right?  why is it that my 65 year old neighbor charged my 85 year old neighbor to move a small table from her front porch to the back?  why do you think i want to hear your craptastic music blaring from your fucking suv while you blow smoke out the window at a light?

why do we put up with it?  it is a mystery to me why behaving badly is so well received.  my 85 year old neighbor won’t stop buying coffee- although she doesn’t drink it- and the neighbors go and drink it by the potful without ever buying her a can or offering money once in awhile- and she doesn’t say a peep.  we think nothing of bitching a blue streak about condiments scraped off the bun after we order with no mayo- but how many take the time to say something?  is it the corporatization of the world that has left us so unfeeling and unmindful of others?  or do we not say anything because we put ourselves in the other’s position and realize that we would probably do the same thing?  i used to wonder if it was just american culture that is so lousy- but i fear it is an epidemic with globalization and westernization.  it is a shame.  when being polite and professional is the exception rather than the norm- i would say that’ s a problem.

i am going to go and have some rainforest alliance tea.

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march winds howl in

it’s a tad windy here today- not sure it’s great kite weather as it’s also rainy. and warm. there isn’t any doubt in my mind that there’s global climate change on a- well, global scale. i heard an interesting rumor that al gore was going to run for president as an independent candidate with michael bloomberg as his vp. i am not going to get my hopes up but i felt a bit of relief as i read those words. why? i don’t know. gore would have a tough time getting things cleaned up to- but at least he is familiar with the landscape and has public backing for policy change on environmental issues. we’ll see. i would definitely vote gore. bloomberg- gee i hope not. although, it could bridge some gaps and he isn’t a horrible rightwinger. we’ll see. i guess i wonder if it would shut the clintonistas and the obamalamas up for a while. i have never seen or heard such stupidity in my life. i don’t know what else to call it and is second to pelosi and reid in reasons i am changing my party affiliation to independent. instead of fighting the real enemy- this party is eating its own. stupid and shortsighted- and the reason that the right wing always makes a comeback. i can’t in good conscience be a part of that- and i send them back their beggings for money with a note- ‘no impeachment = no money.’ perhaps someday an actual person will read it.

in the meantime, i am researching fair trade coffees and teas and where folks can buy them because i had no idea (but why it should surprise me is beyond me) that coffee and tea plantations were outside sweatshops. not that most americans give a damn- but i do. if i am going to buy something, i don’t want my enjoyment to cause suffering to another living being. if i have the choice between sweatshop and fair trade, i will pay the few extra cents. and that’s my two cents for now.

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