Kinkikali

Firestarters

The recent healthcare debate was fiery.  There was a vocal conservative side of politics that kept calling for stopping the democratic monster at “any and all costs”.  Media commentaters fed off the this and added fuel to the flames.  Then the “masses” got involved stoking politicans and commentaters.  Pretty soon the firestorm built—feeding off each other in frenzy.

Now there is a lull.

Some are calling for “pulling back from radicalism”.  But I have heard few of the commenataters step back and APOLOGIZE for encouraging “any cost”.  It is nice to be impassioned, committed to one’s cause.  But commentaters have RESPONSIBILITIES (Bulldog and Jack).

Back in 2001 the conservative movement was all out for blood “to avenge” Chandra Levy.  All summer that was the focus.  Then while the Republicans were setting the grill up for Congressman Condit a few dozen Arabs decided the friendly sky.  What was worse than witchhunting for the people’s visit was how quickly Chandra Levy was dropped as Golden Victim on 9/12.

Wars start because of emotions run wild.  Genocides are perpetrated because moderate thought gets left in the gutter–dead.  Word has it that the Rwanda genocides were in a large part because of local media firebranding.

“At all costs”, political revenge, holier than thou attitude…nice paved highways to hell folks.  It just seems the two sides of political aisle are raising the stakes—at great cost to country and dignity.  Meanwhile the masses simmer in their discontent. Slippery slopes people.  If you hate your fellow Americans than you hate your “enemies” than we all fall down.

Cash-out

The difficult times we are in manifest themselves in many ways.  One noticeable example of desperate times and the people caught within is the proliferation in media advertising of “sell gold for money”.  Not that it is illegal or immoral to pawn away your savings—there is an ongoing demand for suchstuff.  But what if the recovery is not.  Blowing the last of your assets means more critical mass of desperate and demoralized.  Our leaders tell us NOW is NOT the time to panic.  So be it.  But cashing out is one step shy of giving up followed by getting even.  And pray it does not come to that.  Otherwise I won’t wait for the “go ahead” on panic.

Spring

Despite a mild, tame, and comparative easy winter, I am still so much ready and happy to welcome spring and warmer days ahead. Today is between St. Patrick’s Day and the start of spring.  The mornings are cool, but quickly warm up.  And the sun is strong and sweet.  Yeah, yeah, yeah…go snow go.  The leftover snow is sickly and a joy to see in such a sorry state.  The ice is ready to follow.  Cheers to spring and all that comes—until the frost gets pushy.

Ice Out Wooglin

Lake Winnipesaukee has its annual ice out when the MV Mt. Washington can make the circuit of ports without bumping into ice.  Wooglin has its own form of ice out when the walk from home to head of the driveway (where the Union Leader box sits) is ice free from end to end.  That day happened on Tuesday the 9th.  There is still snow on the ground and ice on the pond.  But the snow is dirty and the ice has open water pools.  Spring is just waiting to bust out all over.

New Lows

Prediction here. Come April 2010, the weather in the northern hemisphere will warm in a ramped up way.  The Gulf Stream will tie in with the Jet Stream.  By May it will be in the 80’s in Greenland where recent earthquake activity has shifted the world magnetism under Greenland.  A new low sits over Greenland–pounding it with twice daily “tropical” storms (due to long day lengths).  All summer long the heat sucked off continental USA gets pumped up the Gulf Stream and fed into the endless low above Greenland.  Lots of warm rain and brilliant sun turn the Greenland ice cap into mush.  The ocean waters rise, but a portion of the ice cap remain.  The global warming nayseyers get strangely silent—a dumb silence.  Putting tonnes of auto exhaust daily into the air eventually reaches a saturation point.  Putting lots of people within the sound of the surf leads to problems if the saturation point is pushed.

Winter returns in the north pole, but summers lengthen as the ice melts.