Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The real racist

Dear concerned citizen,

In recent days several incidents of racism have occurred, aimed at presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama.
There is a certain irony that white supremacists groups are not the only side of the political spectrum preaching racism and violence against blacks.
Recently African-Americans have become the third biggest demographic group due to massive immigration of Hispanics, but they represent by far the largest group of abortions.
Five times as many abortions are performed on black women as on white women. And Barack Obama has stated as president his first bill he signs will remove all restrictions on abortions.
If white supremacists really wanted to eliminate blacks, they would openly support Obama. Obama as president means more abortions on black babies, resulting in less black people.


Daniel Barker

out of this world

Dear concerned citizen of the world,

We all know the implications of a world dependent on petroleum and fission for energy; everything from the military to international relations, and climate change to the financial world and the environment.
Sometimes you have to look outside the box to put it all in perspective. According to many people, there is a source of energy that will provide all our needs.
According to scientist and engineer Sid Deutsch, the entire energy output of the United States could accelerate a 200 metric ton spacecraft at one tenth the speed of light in three years. This means that we currently have no ability to travel to another star - even with all our energy combined.
Therefore one spacecraft visiting the Earth from another star would have more than the capability to provide all the energy for the whole world.
That's right. The existence of one E.T. means no more oil, no more coal and no more nuclear power. So the next time you hear about a UFO, your first thought should be, what is the first thing I would change when we stop using oil, coal and nuclear.



Daniel Barker

wilderness: a paradigm shift

Today, Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC Action Fund, wrote about saving the last 375 beluga whales of Alaska's Cook Inlet.
In the report was the usual suspect: "whose population has plummeted due to the industrialization of Alaska's most populated and fastest-growing waterway."
There it is again, growth and development. We destroy wilderness and habitat, then we are supposed to spend massive amounts of reources to preserve nature.
I am beginning to see a paradigm shift in how we perceive ourselves and nature. For example, people initally saw hybrid vehicles as an alternative to the interanal combustion engine due to higher mileage in city driving. Now we are now seeing that a hybrid vehicle is an alternative to a power outage; a hybrid vehicle has energy to power a typical home for several days in the event of a power outage due to the batteries.
We are also beginning to realize wilderness begins at home. Rather than go away from home to nature and wilderness, we are beginning to turn our yards into wilderness by removing lawns and putting in native plants.
I ask you - are your children going to live in a world with less wilderness? What legacy are we leaving?

Daniel Barker