Environment World

I was watching the PBS show with Charlie Rose interviewing Al Gore, Mr. Gore has interesting things to say about the environment and global warming in particular. This show was no exemption to the plea for everyone to do something. This show added the plea for all Americans to stop bush (I won’t capitalize his name). It added something I thought is interesting, a Gore/Obama run for president.

The Bellingham Herald

It’s embarrassing to explain to my Japanese friends on a lifetime of no health insurance. I live in Japan and I live with multiple sclerosis. I didn’t come to Japan to get insurance, I came cause I thought I was done with living and I wanted to live and see more of the world, I didn’t have hope of living a good life. I was completely wrong, again. Now I use a wheelchair but I have hope I can get myself out of it. The physical rehab is going great and that’s from the Japanese health national insurance. My wheelchair is from Japan national insurance. I plan on getting rid of the contact lenses and going back to glasses and Japan national insurance will help with that. If I had problems with my teeth (I don’t) Japan national insurance would help pay. The insurance is not expensive, it cheaper when everyone pays into it and it is so helpful to have. My mother is back in the U.S. and I’m so worried that she’s not getting the care she needs (I’m 41 years old so you do the math). I know the care available is perhaps the best there is but only if you can afford it. Senator Obama has thrown his support behind national insurance and I back him and support his race for the president. I said previously that I would support a republican president but I see the news and sometimes you may see truth in the reporting (never from fox) and I see the standards are falling fast someone is needed to stop the collapse and give back to the people.

I’ve gotten permission from my wife, Makoto Vazquez, to post her version of the song “You’ve got a friend” written and originally performed by James Taylor. The recording quality isn’t very good after all I did it. She has other songs she does well but I like this version best and I hope you all will too. BTW if I’m breaking copyright please write me (no email) and I’ll remove it. The mailing address can be found on right sidebar.
Continue to hear the amazing talent of Mako

Rejoice, The Hummer Is Dead / It might be the end of the world’s most phallically sad SUV. But has the damage been done?

You may have noticed (if this isn’t your first visit) I’ve gone eco with the warning signs in the air. I still hold that this is a natural phenomenon but I’m under the opinion that as the waters rise it’s better if those waters weren’t poison. This s an article that puts into words that I can’t find. Take a read through Mark and check if you agree if you don’t the lose of Jerry Falwell musta been devastating to you.

How NASA Screwed Up (And Four Ways to Fix It)

An intelligent essay on the waste of money and time the space agentcy, NASA, has become. Don’t get me wrong they’ve done some great and many of the dances they’ve done has gotten into the hands of Americans like… Tang.

Let private companies with a passion for space pick up the ball and give us all what we want and what we need.

Photos: Austin builds on green concepts | CNET News.com

I thought this series of slides showed us all what we (or I) really want and not in just a government offices.

Wave technology could be ‘holy grail’ of renewable energy. 17/05/2007. ABC News Online

I think there a real answer to our worlds woes with this simple answer (not simple to me) in that there is not simple single answer to our woes but a series of smaller fixes that lessen or footprint. We need answers like this for coastal regions and solar for those regions that make sense and wind for those regions ad nuclear and … Of course we won”t see any change as long as there is no profit for someone.

101 Greatest George Carlin Quotes

Time to lighten up people, there in one quote here that stands out to me

Once you leave the womb, conservatives don’t care about you until you reach military age. Then you’re just what they’re looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers.

AlterNet: War on Iraq: Majority of Iraqi Lawmakers Now Reject Occupation

The citizens of the U.S. want to be out of Iraq and now the majority of Iraq government wants to the U.S. to leave, everyone shares a common goal but the U.S. administration. I guess Bush is
waiting for the next Saddam to come up in the Shite community. With the recent scrabblings going n under the radar, this article made the point on why the U.S. attacked in the first place, “Blood for Oil”

Wellington Grey — Miscellanea — World obesity

I found an interesting site I had to share, I have previously stated that being overweight is not a bad thing but obesity is poor fr the health of the person in question and is a burden on their family, friends, and the whole community in general. If you find yourself in that group please take care and skip that pizza tonight and remember that McDonald’s is not a good replacement.