transition to resilience

fall fell and leaves of poetree dried up and blew away
now winter snowflakes swirl and spiral thru the skies
bright lights shine into oncoming years of peak @@
each lengthening day brings spring much closer to our door

brass bands will serenade transition towns around the world
dancers will dance those seven great themes the live long day
the Word spreads songs resonate tapdancers clatter
every prophet poet keeps warm in heart what She will say

true conservers conserve

in the 21st Century

from an anarchist=libertarian=decentralist=eco-perspective
"government that governs least governs best"
the his-torical political spectrum has always revealed
a statist=totalitarian=authoritarian right
[20th century corpstate fascism]
a statist=totalitarian=authoritarian left
[20th century statecorpse communism]
both of which have been delusional destructive and deadly
in relation to both humanity and Nature
both statecorpse left and corpstate right
been hell bent on militarism
power control using different delusional ideologies
to achieve the same power-over control domination goals
nowadays militarism war and obsolete megaweapons
no longer assert power control populations achieve goals
no matter how worthy or unworthy they may be
radicle ("rooted") decentralization and conserving consensus
locally and bio-regionally
are the only paths any rational citizen can take
toward peace the common GOOD eco-balance
common decency

daddy bush's iraq war
clinton's iraq war
shrub's iraq war
obama's iraq war
a million dead inside iraq
even longer war in afghanistan
our economy on the rocks
have convinced me
time to unite moderate left & moderate right
the liberals & the libertarians
the independents and alienateds
as a conserving consensus to end STATE-ism
(Statist Totalitarian Authoritarian Triumphalist Elitism)
waging unilateral preemptive perpetual wars
on a world that can no longer be controlled by force

as people begin to notice that obama elected is still trapped
in the same failing war economy that we fell into in 1960-61
(hear Ike's speech on military industrial complex 50 years ago!)
all the rip van winkles will be invited to wake up
to the warnings of the floundering fathers

deja vu all over again each day
no new news from mogadishu or bombay
on high definition digital array
america armed to the teeth
dare not let its children out to play

from a letter by 100 scientists

(i) The planet is warming due to increased concentrations of heat-trapping gases in our atmosphere. A snowy winter in Washington does not alter this fact.
(ii) Most of the increase in the concentration of these gases over the last century is due to human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.
(iii) Natural causes always play a role in changing Earth's climate, but are now being overwhelmed by human-induced changes.
(iv) Warming the planet will cause many other climatic patterns to change at speeds unprecedented in modern times, including increasing rates of sea-level rise and alterations in the hydrologic cycle. Rising concentrations of carbon dioxide are making the oceans more acidic.
(v) The combination of these complex climate changes threatens coastal communities and cities, our food and water supplies, marine and freshwater ecosystems, forests, high mountain environments, and far more.

peace is the way

no way to peace
peace is the way

this is not work
it is just play

joy comes from justice
justice comes from joy

i'm with howlin' wolf
hoy hoy i'm the boy

look at a sovereign darfur
create no fly zone
refugees return home
tell every victim
"you are not alone"

and mean it

ban the maiming land mines
find the Way each day
face down mammon
face down moloch
until they no longer hold sway

might no longer makes right
might just makes a mess
every just grievance
must be addressed