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Update:
You can listen to the friendly Idaho Governor here at Defenders

From Idaho Fish and Game website :

When feasible and legal, the state would propose hunting wolves to provide opportunity for harvest of wolves, as well as to reduce problems with livestock and to maintain a balance between wolves and their prey.

Please allow me to draw your attention to the phrase “harvest of wolves”…

From The Sportsmen for Fish & Wildlife ( supported by King’s big business in Killing ) :

SFW continues to use politics as a tool to protect our hunting and fishing heritage in Idaho. With full-time staff in place Idaho SFW members will have their united voices shaping the policies and legislation used to manage our treasured wildlife resource.

From In Defense of Animals :
“the native species conservationists worked so hard to reintroduce and protect will likely be stalked and killed soon by an even more aggressive predator — man.”

So basically as i see it, the human predators at the Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, are dancing on thin ice above hypocritical waters… (if they aren’t already swimming proudly)… They admit (boldly and proudly) that they are “using politics”… They portray that they are supported by big business (Kings) who OF COURSE stands to gain plenty from permission to kill these precious native species.

Are we really so civilized? Do we have no capacity to create peaceful pathways of co-existence? Do you personally respect life? Does that wolf have less right to exist than you? Is it threatening your ability to survive?

What are the reasons to destroy these animals? To take their last breath from a long distance without any fair fight? Is it wise to encourage men to use their intelligence to kill? When will we decide that the power rush is just not worth it? When?

As best as i can gather from my distant investigation, The primary motivating factors for killing all but 100 wolves in Idaho are as follows:
1. Sport (I suppose people have the right to entertain themselves as they wish and suffer the karmic consequences duly)
2. Protecting Human Lives (Have there been any injuries or deaths?)
3. Protecting livestock and other domesticated animals (ranchers will be reimbursed for wolf-related deaths)
4. Economic profit (from sport, and “saved” livestock)

So what are the statistics? How many livestock have been killed? How many humans have been attacked? Who are the real “invaders”?

Crazy world we live in!

White man takes land from nature, driving the people away who actually know how to coexist and communicate with and respect the creatures of the land. Then we want to protect our “live stock” so we can kill them ourselves…

And yes, we call ourselves civilized.

:-D

Please consider to take action now…

much info out there:
http://www.fws.gov/mountain%2Dprairie/species/mammals/wolf/annualrpt05/
http://www.fws.gov/news/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=6F1726CD-952D-6E23-9A79F5D44DBC2637
http://www.newwest.net/index.php/topic/article/idaho_governor_declares_wolf_public_enemy_number_one/C41/L41/
http://www.pocatelloshops.com/blogs/Journal_Politics.php?id=1869

Please join this campaign if you have a moment… even if you don’t have a dime, just your attention and prayer (or hope or whatever you wanna call it)…

http://www.feed333.com/

Organic semiconductors make cheap, flexible photovoltaics and LEDs from PhysOrg.com
Imagine T-shirts that light up, or a beach umbrella that collects solar energy to run a portable TV. How about really cheap solar collectors for the roof? All this and more could come from cutting-edge research at Cornell that demonstrates a new type of organic semiconductor device which shows electroluminescence and acts as a photovoltaic cell.

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UPDATE:
the new 2007 version is up:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/39894058/
64% ~= $632 Billion $ is military (please keep in mind 7 Billion by Russia is the next biggest military expenditure in the world note: they are allies)

What is your career contributing to?
What true needs and frivolous wants are you striving to fulfill?
What is the true source of those wants, and do they deserve the attention that you give them?

If you feel attacked or annoyed or judged by those simple questions, please “don’t shoot the messenger”… This is real data and it demands attention… i hope that as americans we can realize that we can give alot more away before contributing to this system that is so clearly OUT OF ORDER…

We do have strength, in numbers and in information, and in ideals! Hopefully, also, in sufficient sustainable action!

What do you think it’s going to take for more of us to grasp the
seriousness of our situation? How would you describe those conditions
that are going to provoke us to really change?

I think that all conditions are provoking us to really change. (more…)

Listening to :
http://www.investorideas.com/Companies/RenewableEnergy/Audio/default.asp

DESI : http://www.defgllc.com/DESI.php

Subsidies?? what is the government doing? how are subsidies impacting job creation?

?Wind and hydro are the most economic?
?Solar and Fuel cels, dependent on subsidy and future technology development?

immediate impact:?:
demand response
energy efficiency, portability of fuel cels

wind is the strongest player… nanotech is an unknown futuristic enigma…

LED lighting taking over!

I really get the feeling that we need to wear our sharp pointy skeptic noses… everything eco, bio, green, soft and fuzzy isn’t always backed by sound environmental ethics… take bio-diesel fuel for example.

from a cute little guardian article recommended by peter:

“Between 1985 and 2000,” it [was] found: “the development of oil-palm plantations was responsible for an estimated 87 per cent of deforestation in Malaysia”. In Sumatra and Borneo, some 4 million hectares of forest have been converted to palm farms. Now a further 6 million hectares are scheduled for clearance in Malaysia, and 16.5 million in Indonesia.[…][The british government:]Knowing that the creation of this [bio diesel]market will lead to a massive surge in imports of palm oil, knowing that there is nothing meaningful it can do to prevent them, and knowing that they will accelerate rather than ameliorate climate change, the government has decided to go ahead anyway.

perhaps the worst part is the role of govenments with money blinding their insight and leading to their destructive decisions.

As BP is saying:
Its time to go on a low Carbon diet.

Erik is also mentioning Ander’s comments about “powering down” his network to focus within the rule of 150 active network members….

This whole concept is a little funny for me personally because i didn’t don’t won’t study business. Networking is a new concept for me - the universe has been showing me what networking is by throwing important people at me… constantly…

I think there is a certain beauty and a certain danger with networking. I don’t like the way it feels to think of people as assets. I don’t like the way it feels to think about owning names or ideas. I do like the idea of cherishing each and every spark of life… connecting with every sliver of intelligence that we can manage to percieve…

So many decisions made on the brink of a blink… so much etheric intelligence surrounding our seemingly discrete psyches… are we ever not relying on the greater mindNet to guide us.?. are we ever free from the ideas that have been ingrained into us by our teachers and parents and experiences.?.

I think technology can help us to make a smooth transition to trusting telepathy… to grasp synchronicity and play with it and cherish it without thinking its weird and or scary nor taking it for granted or expecting it… how many times have you felt a friends pressence only to recieve an sms moments later or to find an email waiting when none was expected?

we are all right here, right now… and realizing it more and more with every moment…

Even (perhaps especially) in the midst of such incredible luxury and excessive entertainment, people still yearn for meaning.

I am hoping that people will tolerate glossy superficial advertising and media less and less and begin to demand that the companies they are supporting are in turn supporting the care of the planet and our people and our resources.

This article over on Creating Passionate Users is feeding my hopes. :-D