This corollary to the global-warming agenda is buttressed by UN figures in which 14 countries have reported record high temperatures for 2010. Putting it on track to be the hottest year ever recorded. [In Iraq, where US troops patrol in heavy armor, temperatures topped 126 degrees in July].
The all-purpose verb "transition" comes urgently to mind. The planet may be transitioning from one status to another. Environmentalists like Al Gore are arguing for a corresponding transition in the way humanity uses and dispose fossil fuels.
The struggle has been joined, and the combatants engaged. While the eventual results are still open to debate, there is little debate about the appearance of this efficacious verb throughout our history. We are repeatedly -- respectfully or reluctantly -- transitioning from one stage of life into another.
I believe this fact was first reported as the Angel of God was driving humanity out of the Garden. It is said Adam looked desperately at Eve: "I think we're going through a big transition here...!"
So many points in time when other commanding shifts occur. With children: Cute to brat! Young women: Single to un-married! Mature women: Beautiful to handsome! Men: Hunk to dignified! Marriage: Warm to cold! Home: Nest to empty-nest! Celebrity: Star to super-star! Celebrity: Super-star to forgotten! Sports: Game to grudge! Politicians: In to out! Nation: Great to empire! You and me: Life to death!
The rhythms to our existence are in these ways predictable. However, predicting is not always the same as preparing. Anybody on Wall Street will tell you that. And surely anybody on Main Street over the age of reason should be able to tell you that.
Trouble is, our reason all too often fails us. What then to do...? Some get a license to carry concealed firearms. [Sean Hannity, Howard Stern, Don Imus and Donald Trump among many]. Others get a license to pray. [Christians, Jews, Muslims and Buddhists among many]
Lock & Load...? Look up and Love....? There's a choice.
So many points in time when other commanding shifts occur. With children: Cute to brat! Young women: Single to un-married! Mature women: Beautiful to handsome! Men: Hunk to dignified! Marriage: Warm to cold! Home: Nest to empty-nest! Celebrity: Star to super-star! Celebrity: Super-star to forgotten! Sports: Game to grudge! Politicians: In to out! Nation: Great to empire! You and me: Life to death!
The rhythms to our existence are in these ways predictable. However, predicting is not always the same as preparing. Anybody on Wall Street will tell you that. And surely anybody on Main Street over the age of reason should be able to tell you that.
Trouble is, our reason all too often fails us. What then to do...? Some get a license to carry concealed firearms. [Sean Hannity, Howard Stern, Don Imus and Donald Trump among many]. Others get a license to pray. [Christians, Jews, Muslims and Buddhists among many]
Lock & Load...? Look up and Love....? There's a choice.
Make mine religion; at least the core message of religion.
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