Woven progressions on the nerve river...
Thinking about BLOOD AND OIL
Ok, I want to encourage my friends on tribe to do a little political activism.I think we the people need to take a more active role in our nations politics, and I know Im probably preaching to the choir here, but I think grass roots efforts can make a difference. I think we should wright letters to our Senators and congress-people, and the white house, with very non-threatening ideas, written in non-aggressive language. The more people we can get to do this the better chance we have of implementing good ideas. I am an idealist, and I know the powers that be have very specific reasons for not supporting logical means of decreasing our dependance on oil, but if enough americans demand change it might make some waves. I am an obsessive media watcher and the latest polls on W's approval ratings are making a big impact on the media spin we are being fed, so they do care about public opinion. My first idea is asking the government to support public transportation as a way of decreasing our dependance on foreign oil. feel free to copy and or modify the letter I sent to my state representatives. if you are at all motivated to send off some letters to your representatives encourage your friends and family to do the same. Especially folks who are republicans, but might be questioning the way things are going. We need to let these bastards know we are out here, and we need to do it in a way that does not attack their twisted ideology. I also encourage folks to address the war in Iraq and request that we start using diplomatic means of solving that tragic loss of human life.
so here is the first letter I sent off...
After 911 President Bush told the american people that we would have to make sacrifices in order to win the war on terror. I have an idea to help alleviate our dependance on oil, and save money at the same time. I think the US Government should start a campaign to encourage Americans to utilize public transportation and car pool in an effort to conserve and cut down on US oil consumption. Government subsidies for public transportation would also go a long way in decreasing our dependance on Oil. This might sound crazy to a lot of people, but being a non driver, I have a very different perspective about transportation than most Americans. We all know that fossil fuels are a non-renewable resource, and we also know that that much of the oil in the world is comes from the middle east. The same place were many terrorist come from. Shouldn't we as patriotic Americans do everything in our power to reduce our dependance on oil, as a means of fighting the war on terror. I encourage you to do everything in your power to help raise public awareness about conservation issues and reducing our nations dependance on foreign oil. The brave men and women in our armed services are paying the ultimate price because of our dependance on foreign oil. It is time to bring the troops home, find a diplomatic solution to the issues in the middle east, and start finding creative ways of reducing our energy consumption.
Sincerely.
Isaac Coblentz
isaac@copperweaver.com
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I know Im a dreamer......... so you don't need to point out the futility of my dreams.....
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if your reading this I congratulate on getting this far!! Thanks!!
I just wanted to add a few more thoughts. Being a non driver I have accumulated a list of reasons why I don't drive. The oil issue is only one aspect. Economics is the main reason I don't drive. A car cost's a lot of money, you must buy a car, buy insurance, buy gasoline, pay for parking, pay for car repairs, and lastly pay parking and speeding tickets. That all adds up to a lot $$. It is easy for me to choose not to drive and there are many things I sacrifice by making this choice. I am a single man with no children, so I do not have to deal with transporting kids and I know that's a very big issue for lots of people. It has been an inconvenience for women I have dated in the past, but it's part of the package..... I am confined to living in a town or city, or rely on friends to get me around. But, living in a city I can ride the bus and train. I can also ride my bike and walk, both activities providing me with exercise!!!!!
The other reasons I choose not to drive include....... Im a bit of air head..... absent minded professor type.... I like to look at the world going by, and feel I would be a danger to other drivers.
It wasn't that hard....
I had a job interview at an Apple computer store today, and though it could have gone a lot better, it could have been a lot worse.For me this is a big deal, because it was probably my third "real job" interview in my life. Im 30 now and have spent most of my teen and adult years working under the table at various hands on jobs, organic farm hand, small scale compost bin manufacturing, straw-bale house construction, landscaping, etc...... So A "real job" interview is a big deal and also very scary, because I try to avoid mainstream/corporate work at all costs. I do not have the social network here that I had in the last town I lived in, so under the table jobs have been a struggle to find. It is not at all my dream job, but Apple computers are one of the few things I feel qualified to sell, because I love the operating system and have 10 years of experience, installing troubleshooting and creating various forms of creative content on all kinds of macs. Im very anti corporate, and I know apple has it's corporate down side, but I know I can feel half way decent about selling their products, and we all have to eat and pay the bills. My current childcare job will be over at the end of August, so I have to find something and it really has to pay more than what I have been making. Things like driving a car, or getting any job that pay's the bills is not a big deal for most people but for me they are very foreign so my experience today was very empowering. After being in Cleveland for six months I finally rode the bus, which turned out to much easier than I had imagined. All in all it was a great confidence booster and even if I don't the job, it gave me valuable experience that will help motivate me to get out there and find some kind of work.
My first saturn return is alsmost over!!!!
I just recently read what a saturn return is all about, and realized I am at the tail of my first saturn return..... It will probably take a few months to full leave the influence of saturn. I hope I am more effective with saturn being in Leo...... It makes a lot of sense now that I look back on the past two years, but I feel like I failed to synthesize my life experience and figure out how I am going to use my gifts. This is what I have been trying to do, searching myself for what I should be doing. My heart and soul want to drop out of society and go live like a human should live in balance with the natural world and the universe, but then a very small part of me feels like I need to keep one foot in the reality of our self destructive society. I want to make life affirming art, share my experiences and knowledge through teaching. The practical part of me feels like I I should go to grad school, and become certified to be a collage professor so I can pay my student loans back...............
I do not like to put energy into thing that have no hope of bearing life affirming fruits...... I want to teach and to share, but I don't want to do it in the chains of some institution.... I also don't want my artwork to be available to anyone who is moved by it. I wish we had a better established system of barter and energy exchange.... Money just does not my medium for enjoyer exchange........... It drives me mad to know what human potential we have and then look at the reality of human interaction on the planet. I guess I just need to learn how to plant seeds of hope and know that the future will bring change....
living life
I just wanted to say that I have been living life out in the world, with much less time and patience for siting in front of the computer. I am also feeling less inclined to communicate period...... It's just a phase and it will pass......National Rainbow Gathering in West Virgina
National Rainbow Gathering in West VirginiaI just got back yesterday from the national rainbow gathering in West Virginia. It was too short a visit, sunday-tuesday, but it brought me a much needed healing. The prayer circle on the 4th was wonderful and energizing. I have not been to a gathering since arizona in 98. This was the first time I have been and only stayed for two day's. I usually stay for a week or more, but life did not allow. It was so good to be immersed in nature and the concentrated pool of open minds, freaks, outcast, and kindred spirits, a nice microcosm of the good, bad and the ugly. The whole experience has re-kindled a sense of freedom in my spirit that I have not felt for many years. I feel more alive than I have for years. Less constrained. More open, like I have dropped a few layers of my scorpio facade.... It's a good thing!
