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dianeravitch The Worst Day in American History Today, as most people celebrate the Independence of our country, we think of the men and women who not only established our government but enabled it, prodded it, and compelled it—to live up to its ideals. On July 4, 1776, many Americans were not free; many did not have the right to vote or to own property or to be educated. Many did not have the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” We have still not lived up to the democratic ideals that the Founding Fathers put on paper. Currently, nearly half the states have enacted or intend to enact laws making it more difficult to vote, which is an attack on the fundamental promise of democracy: one man or woman, one vote.
We have only recently learned how fragile our democracy is. On January 6, 2021, a large…

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♫ Me & Bobby McGee ♫

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Me_and_Bobby_McGee_-_Janis_JoplinA few nights ago I played a song, Summertime, and the version I played was by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong — two of my favourites.  A couple of readers noted that Janis Joplin had also covered the song, and they liked her version.  I listened, but still prefer the Ella/Louis one.  However, while Janis Joplin was not among my favourites growing up, but she had a few songs that I really liked and that have stuck with me through the years.  Me & Bobby McGee is at the top of that list.  Coincidentally, our friend John Howell mentioned this one in a comment yesterday, and thus it seemed to be kismet that I play this here tonight!

Written by Kris Kristofferson and songwriter Fred Foster, it was originally sung by Roger Miller.  Often misinterpreted as a love song for Janis Joplin, the real inspiration behind Kris Kristofferson’s ‘Me…

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A Dying River- Will the People Change What They Have Been Doing?

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A dying river can kill the people who depend on it after a while

If only those who make a living and use the water from it, could go the extra mile

When the people are aware that a dying river can cause them to die

It would be nice if they make the important changes because they know why?

If the Government had employed people to keep the river clean long ago

I believe the pollution would be reduced and there would be less sorrow

Water is life but when it is polluted it cause illness

It would be good if everyone could join in and help to clean up the mess

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We all want to be healthy even when we grow old

For some folks, health is a lot more precious than Gold

Since the river was clean before…

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Children Who Care About the Environment

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What we choose to do will determine the kind of future we will have

Every day we should think of changing the way we behave

Single-use-plastic is a huge problem and that was not around in our Grandparents days

Now it is time for us help our children to understand why we should plan to change our ways

Now that there are so many concerned children out there

Saying they want to pay attention to environmental care

Adults can assist them with the plans they makeeach day

And give them ecofriendly tips so they can treat the environment in a great way

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Children don’t need to grow up with the bad habits the adults had

When they learn to protect the environment we will all be glad

Many of the problems we are having now will disappear

When children know how…

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The Plastic Pollution Problem is Huge

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The size of the plastic pollution problem is not known by many people, or maybe they don’t care

Maybe not much of us are interested in living in a healthy environment so we can breathe in clean air

Burned plastics release toxins and that is bad for our health

Why do we keep on supporting themanufacturers who only want to increase wealth?

It is now clear that living in a modern society means living in an unhealthy environment

As more people seem to believe that having more stuff will help them to find contentment

We have so many habits we could change so that the plastic pollution problem would be reduced

But those who only care about wealth, want to earn more so they advertise more when they produce

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If we keep on thinking of growing businesses that produce more waste to discard

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Climate Change – Heat Wave Killing Many in Canada

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We can no longer see environmental protection awareness as an option we can afford to ignore

If the Summers should get any hotter, there could be a worse problem in store

It is time for us to change the way we live and try to solve the climate crisis

Even though there are people who say there is no crisis and they have become critics

Environmental protection won’t do us any harm

We will be doing something good, instead of watching as the earth gets more warm

Reducing the emissionof greenhouse gases would be an easy thing for us to do

If the developed countries would should decide to help the poor countries to make it through

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Developing in a sustainable way has been seen as a great thing to do at last

No one paid attention to some important facts in…

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Delta variant is California’s most dominant coronavirus strain – Los Angeles Times

The infectious Delta variant has become California’s most identified strain of the coronavirus, a troubling development that underscores the strain’s danger to unvaccinated populations.

New data released by the California Department of Public Health now say that 35.6% of coronavirus variants so far analyzed in June have been identified as the Delta variant, which was first identified in India. That’s a dramatic relative increase from May, when the Delta variant comprised just 5.6% of analyzed coronavirus cases in California, and Delta was the state’s fourth most identified variant.

Source: Delta variant is California’s most dominant coronavirus strain – Los Angeles Times

« Vogliono trovare l’ORO, è stata la loro avidità che ha ucciso la maggior parte dei nostri anziani molto tempo fa! Gli uomini *bianchi con soldi vogliono di più. Vogliono distruggere di più. È la loro tradizione: non hanno limiti! »

Vivaldi translation of introduction: “They want to find GOLD, it was their greed that killed most of our elders long ago! White men with money want more. They want to destroy more. It is their tradition: they have no limits! »

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Casa comunale Yanomami nella foresta, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – foto: Barbara Crane Navarro

« In passato, non dovevamo parlare della foresta con rabbia perché non conoscevamo tutti questi bianchi mangiatori di terra e alberi. I nostri pensieri erano calmi. Abbiamo solo sentito le nostre stesse parole e canzoni dagli spiriti xapiri. Questo è ciò che vogliamo essere in grado di fare ancora .

Se la tua mente non fosse così chiusa, faresti uscire i mangiatori di sporcizia dalla nostra foresta! … Non sai come fare niente con la foresta. Sai solo come tagliare e bruciare alberi, scavare buche nel terreno e inquinare i fiumi. Tuttavia, non ti appartiene e nessuno di voi l’ha creato!

Tutte queste parole si sono accumulate in me da quando ho conosciuto i bianchi. … Potrebbero finire per dire a se stessi: “Questo è tutto! I nostri grandi uomini non hanno saggezza! Non permetteremo…

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