04-27-2017, 12:00 PM
Our natural heritage is under assault. Those of us who care for our Earth, are feeling hurt and concerned, because we value our environment. We know that we depend on it, and we know it gives us life and inspires us with its glory. Climate change is being denied, despite the evidence. Our public lands are being taken over by industry for destruction. Our wilderness, parks and national monuments are being opened to mining and drilling without regard to the consequences to the land and wildlife. Our air and water are being degraded, and we're going back to the time when we heedlessly exploited and abused our planet and its life for our own gain, and when we turned everything into a trash heap. This is called "making America great again."
It is being blamed on Donald Trump, and we are being asked to tell Donald Trump to stop destroying our environment. And rightly so. But Donald Trump was put into office by people who voted for him, and most of them still support him. These voters are also responsible for what's happening to our heritage. And many of those same voters also decided to put Republican Senators into office in states where Democrats had a chance. The Republican House and the new Republican Senate are also dedicated to destroying our environment. Their decades-long record is already abysmal. We can't blame Trump alone. Every Trump voter, every Republican voter, and every Republican office holder, is responsible for what is happening to our Earth. When we march to deliver a message to Trump, we are also marching to deliver a message to them.
Many Americans need to realize what they have done, and to admit and take responsibility for this error on Nov. 8 2016. You knowingly or heedlessly created this ongoing crime against Nature. How long will it take for you guys to realize your mistake, question your beliefs, and reverse course? Do you have the courage and the wisdom somewhere inside to do so? Where there is life and spirit, there is hope. It is there inside you now. May the light shine within you, and someday, may you awaken to the Truth.
And I hasten to add, now that our government has been turned over to a few greedy and heedless corporate CEOs, by the decision of the voters, those of us who care need to act on our own and in our groups to continue to build the new sustainable and compassionate world. We need to start or continue to change the way we use energy as individuals and groups. We need to watch what we buy. We need to support organizations working on Earth's behalf. We need to question the authority of the big business interests and their free-market ideology of greed. We need to keep speaking out, and keep on praying and/or envisioning for the life we want.
It is being blamed on Donald Trump, and we are being asked to tell Donald Trump to stop destroying our environment. And rightly so. But Donald Trump was put into office by people who voted for him, and most of them still support him. These voters are also responsible for what's happening to our heritage. And many of those same voters also decided to put Republican Senators into office in states where Democrats had a chance. The Republican House and the new Republican Senate are also dedicated to destroying our environment. Their decades-long record is already abysmal. We can't blame Trump alone. Every Trump voter, every Republican voter, and every Republican office holder, is responsible for what is happening to our Earth. When we march to deliver a message to Trump, we are also marching to deliver a message to them.
Many Americans need to realize what they have done, and to admit and take responsibility for this error on Nov. 8 2016. You knowingly or heedlessly created this ongoing crime against Nature. How long will it take for you guys to realize your mistake, question your beliefs, and reverse course? Do you have the courage and the wisdom somewhere inside to do so? Where there is life and spirit, there is hope. It is there inside you now. May the light shine within you, and someday, may you awaken to the Truth.
And I hasten to add, now that our government has been turned over to a few greedy and heedless corporate CEOs, by the decision of the voters, those of us who care need to act on our own and in our groups to continue to build the new sustainable and compassionate world. We need to start or continue to change the way we use energy as individuals and groups. We need to watch what we buy. We need to support organizations working on Earth's behalf. We need to question the authority of the big business interests and their free-market ideology of greed. We need to keep speaking out, and keep on praying and/or envisioning for the life we want.