I'm Putting My Efforts into Global Awakening... If I Can Educate The People, Then There Will Be No Need for a Violet Overgrow of the Ruling Class...

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Did You Ever Notice... Reality? It's Right Outside Your Door... Take a Walk in the Woods... Unplug... and Experience Nature...

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Hey MAGA Morons: 

The Time has Come for YOU to Notice Reality... 

Go ahead... Stop Believing LIES for One Day!

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Congress needs to subpoena Donald and Melania... Because they have Intimate Knowledge about the Epstein case... And when I say Intimate I mean 

"wink wink nudge nudge" Intimate... 

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The phrase "Real Eyes Realize Real Lies" is famously attributed to the late rapper and poet Tupac Shakur. It is often presented as part of a larger, profound quote: "Don't believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies".

He was one of the most influential musical artists of the 20th century, and a prominent political activist for Black America.[1] Shakur was born in New York City to parents who were Black Panther Party members. Raised by his mother, Afeni Shakur, he relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1988. 

and Now for Something Completely Different!

I played the drums at an anti-war Protest in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House... There was a guy playing a marching band bass drum in the drum circle and he said to me... "I'm tired of holding this up. here... you play..." And I did! -----> on another occasion at the same protest, I played a little handheld ping pong paddle drum with Buddhist monks... They were playing a very unnatural and odd beat... I asked them why... And they said: "you have to focus your attention to play The Beat correctly... That frees your mind... It's a meditation technique..." George Bush the Father was President and the War was against Iraq the First Time... I saw Daniel Ellsberg and Dick Gregory at this protest... 

And then at the rainbow gathering in Utah... I was sitting in the main Circle waiting for dinner and... I picked up a drum and started playing it... I chose to play the "Queen beat" ... Boom Boom Chick (rest) , Boom Boom Chick (rest) , Boom Boom Chick (rest) , Boom Boom Chick (rest) ... And no one was interested... No one played along... And So eventually I stopped... It seems like they always play "Jingo" by Carlos Santana... You know it... It goes: "Rainbow ya ya, whoa ya ya, whoa ya ya, whoa ya!" repeat... 

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OVERPOPULATION IS THE MAIN CAUSE OF OUR PROBLEMS. What if we reduced the population to 6 billion... I believe the survivors would have a better quality of life... Climate change, the high cost of housing and food, environmental disasters, traffic jams, clear cut forests, War for oil... 

With 8 billion people on Earth our collective actions cause the disasters we are now facing... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWUKFUaoL4

Here's a LINK to "GREENWASHED" a great movie that explains what we need to do and how to do it... We don't have to become extinct! 

One obvious thing we ought to do is to make birth control and abortion free and legal worldwide.

Featuring BBC-presenter and fearless activist, Chris Packham, and created by Mexican physician and environmentalist Sofia Pineda Ochoa, this film confronts existential ecological crises threatening our planet through the lens of a major yet uncomfortable truth — one that most environmental organizations refuse to acknowledge or, worse, actively deny. The film exposes the threat this silence poses for both humans and animals worldwide. We know how to solve our problems and change the world. But the question remains, will we?

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We've known about this since the late 1960s. Ever read the book The Population Bomb?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb 

The Population Bomb is a 1968 book co-authored by former Stanford University professor Paul R. Ehrlich and former Stanford senior researcher in conservation biology Anne H. Ehrlich.[1][2] From the opening page, it predicted worldwide famines due to overpopulation, as well as other major societal upheavals, and advocated immediate action to limit population growth. Fears of a "population explosion" existed in the mid-20th century baby boom years, but the book and its authors brought the idea to an even wider audience.[3][4][5]

Zero population growth: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_population_growth

The Zero Population Growth organization, founded by biologist Paul R. Ehrlich, induced a prominent political movement since the 1960s, aiming to reach zero population growth.[2]

The movement considers zero population growth to be an objective towards which countries and the whole world should strive in the interests of accomplishing long-term optimal standards and conditions of living.[3] It faces substantial support as well as criticism, involving different groups of people in society.[2]

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Good video... Thank you... Keep doing what you're doing... I've been protesting since the late 1960s and... Sometimes I get discouraged when it seems like I have no possibility of actually changing any Minds but... There are moments when it all seems worthwhile... Like when I met the comedian Dick Gregory and had a conversation with him at an anti-war protest... You don't get Precious Moments Like That unless you actually show up...

I was walking down the street in a black neighborhood of Washington DC and this old man was walking ahead of me... but I noticed that everyone was turning around and looking at him... So I walked a little quicker to find out who this person was that was attracting so much attention... And it was Dick Gregory...

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I've had a lot of joy dating smart and powerful women... I married two of them... And we always figured out what to do with our lives by having long detailed honest conversations and then taking action.... Like the time we decided to leave Santa Clara California and move to Columbia Maryland so she could take a fancy pants government job.. And I went to college for a year studying computer programming... But then the money got tight so I went to work as a civilian designer draftsman making equipment for the Air Force.... That was a decision that worked out great...

Is @$$@$$iNATION the Answer?

Or is it really the Question???

Inquiring minds want to know!

Hey MAGA MORONS: You Can't Eat Trump's Lies... Prices on Everything are Higher... Job Layoffs Worse than Ever...

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Did you ever notice the horrible traffic jams we have? That's because too many people live here... Please help the situation by going away!

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Many of the people that are talking about leaving California are MAGA Morons... Just think about how much better California would be if all those gun nuts would just GTFO? 

SE SAID:

I still can't wrap my head around the fact that Republican politicians would rather protect Velveeta Voldermort than get justice for Epstein's victims! Most of these people have daughters, granddaughters, nieces. How can they be more concerned about protecting a criminal than they are about protecting vulnerable young girls from predators? It's absolutely mind-boggling! If these people have nothing to hide, release the files and let the world know who's on that list so they can be publicly shamed. That's what they deserve, right? The whole country should be united on this. This shouldn't be a partisan issue. We have sunk really low to have come to this point. This is a no-brainer. Victims of convicted sex traffickers or a convicted felon who has no business being the president. Are people seriously rooting for the second one? Do they think these women are lying, making the whole thing up? What would they have to gain by doing that?
And where are the women? I don't expect much from Melania at this point, although traditionally a First Lady would be leading the country in rooting for the victims to get justice in a situation like this. It's hard to believe Marjorie Taylor Greene is showing more compassion for the victims than the actual First Lady! But where is JD Vance's wife? Surely she feels compassion for the victims? How could any woman listen to their stories and NOT feel compassion? What about Ivanka? She's nowhere to be found these days, but surely she has compassion for the victims?
I can't believe we've sunk so low as a country that this is even being debated. You simply don't take the side of the sex traffickers in a situation like this. I don't care who you are or what party you belong to or what country you live in, you don't side with sex traffickers. Release the files, the UNALTERED files, and let's help the victims get justice.

tRUMP's Coronavirus is Helping With the Problem of Overpopulation! Now The Vast Majority of Deaths are in People That DID NOT GET THE VACCINE... SEE? Behaving Stupid Can Be Fatal!

and there were a Half a Million Americans That Died from Drug Overdoses... and Really, If you are so Stupid as to Die from a Drug Overdose... We Are All Better Off That You've Gone... Thanks!

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Let's Make Birth Control and Abortion Free and Legal Worldwide... The Troubles of OVERPOPULATION are More than Just Too Many People Living in the Bay Area... It's Too Many People EVERYWHERE! Ever notice that there are Thousands of People walking from Central America to Texas looking for a Better Life? That because they Can't FEED THEIR CHILDREN in Central America or Mexico... The Catholic Church is Opposed to Birth Control and so there are Millions of Starving Children... I've Actually Traveled to Mexico and The Starving Children Really Upset Me... SO... I Never Traveled there Again... 

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Not Surprisingly My Catholic Friend Disagrees...  

MD Said: There is no problem with over population. In fact the opposite is true. Europe has a declining birth rate except for Muslims. The US also almost has a declining birth rate except for Hispanics. In fact the problem is the replacement rate is not sufficient to support the social welfare nets for Seniors. Overpopulation is a myth.

and I Replied:
So You Say... In Fact, Traffic Jams are Directly Caused by Overpopulation... So are High Rent and High Food Prices... Too Many People Competing for Limited Resources... and Climate Change is Caused By Too Many People Polluting the Air... Back when we had a Billion People, You Could Heat your House with Coal, Wood or Cow Dung... NOW, That Behavior Causes Global Warming... Whatever... YOUR Children and Grandchildren Can Share the Misery... Free Advice! Move to the Coast of Oregon... Cool, Rainy and No Problems of The City. 

and Don't Forget The Mormons... They are Reproducing TOO... Senator Mike Lee's Rebuttal of Green New Deal... the “real solution to climate change” is to have more children... He Displays a Painting Of Ronald Reagan Riding a Dinosaur while Firing a Machine Gun... His Hope is that Children are Smarter Than their Parents and They will Figure out a solution... Really! https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/04/senator-mike-lees-rebuttal-of-green-new.html

MD Said: that’s called capitalism. The whole point of capitalism is to create demand has nothing to do with overpopulation. High rent and high prices are again caused by demand and inflation, and they have nothing to do with overpopulation. We have enough food to feed the world many times over, but it’s because of poverty and corruption in political governments and lack of education not overpopulation.

Companies create demand by limiting their products thus increasing their prices for their products. Harley Davidson is famous for this. We do not have limited resources nor do we have overpopulation.

Climate change has nothing to do with overpopulation.

I Replied: A small number of People Polluting the Air is Not Significant. a Large Number of People Polluting the Air is a Problem... Biology/Thomas Malthus. Just Like The Quantity of a Herd of Deer will be Limited by Starvation in the Winter... He published the Principle of Population where he made the observations that the human race would be likely to overproduce if the population size was not kept under control.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Robert_Malthus

and then SE Said: One thing that drives me crazy about the "we need more housing" people is the fact that they never, EVER address the issue of water. Santa Clara Valley is in a severe drought right now, yet we have around 2 million residents currently, and we will have thousands if not millions more residents when all of the neverending high-density apartments are finished and occupied. If the current 2 million residents are being asked to conserve water, where do they plan to get enough additional water for the million or so more people who will eventually move here? This is the point where someone usually comes along and says, "But apartment dwellers don't use nearly as much water as people who live in houses," and "The biggest use of water is a lawn. People living in apartments don't have lawns." Okay, fine. But we're talking THOUSANDS, maybe even MILLIONS of people in addition to the 2 million who are already here. The fact that they don't have a lawn doesn't change the fact that there will be so MANY people using a limited amount of water. Even 2 million additional people taking a daily shower will use a ton more water than whatever is currently being used! And not everyone is conscientious about trying to conserve water by taking shorter showers or turning off the faucet while they brush their teeth or whatever. Some people are wasteful by nature, and some are jerks who feel entitled to use as much water as they want. I knew a guy a few years ago who used to turn on his shower and let it run for TEN MINUTES before getting in. I have no idea why anyone would do such a thing, but in his case, I think he was trying to rile me up because he knew I cared about the water supply and the environment. I never said a word because I don't like confrontation and I don't like to argue, and I didn't want to give him the satisfaction of knowing that his blatant waste of water was upsetting me, so I never once said a word about it. But my point is, there are people like that who feel entitled to waste water. When you're talking about hundreds of thousands, or maybe even millions, of additional residents, it really doesn't matter if they live in a house with a lawn or whether they live in an apartment building. And sure, you can encourage people to take shorter showers or to shut off the faucet while they brush their teeth, but there is no way to monitor millions of apartment dwellers to make sure they actually ARE doing those things. And even if each and every one of them DOES take extra steps to try and conserve water, the sheer number of additional people WILL put a drain on the already-stressed water supply. Why don't the "we need more housing" people ever talk about this? 

We DON'T need more housing. We need fewer people. The only way we're ever going to be able to have a decent quality of life again is if we STOP making it so easy for more and more people to move here.

VK Replied: My dad is one of those "people need more housing" folks but I guess I sort of understand because that's how he earns a living. He got some land development deal in Cupertino where he might be earning some $200k commission from. In all honestly I'm kind of bad about letting the water run while brushing my teeth, mostly because I'm always rinsing my mouth out and don't brush that long. It's terrible and Pat actually is the one who reminds me to shut it off. As far as the shower, I usually have to let it run for a minute or two because it takes a while to heat up, but 10 minutes is kind of ridiculous.

SE Replied: The water in my kitchen takes a long time to run COLD, if you can believe it. I need it to get cold before I can run it through my Brita filter, so sometimes I have to let it run for a minute or 2 before it gets cold. I always feel terrible about that, though, because I know it's a waste of water.

MM Said: We need to invest in better technology in agriculture here in CA—ones that conserve water and use it in a more efficient manner. Look at the pie chart. Most of the water is consumed by agriculture.

And the water use is different for the regions here. Our area really doesn’t use as much water as other regions. But yes there is a drought but are we the only ones that should be encouraged to use less water? How about asking agriculture to invest in more efficient ways of utilizing their part of the pie chart? Government incentives for them to do so?

I drove down HWY 5 a few years ago and noticed that many of the orchards there were abandoned, the owners couldn’t afford their water supply—profit margins dwindled and they had to pack it in. This of course affected our economy as well.

We need better water management, better tech to conserve water in agriculture by making the irrigation process more efficient and less wasteful. Education and technology can help farmers manage their crops better too—cooperating with folks who own cattle to rotate fields and provide time for one section to be pasture and naturally fertilized with manure while others actively grow crops. The State and County Fairs need to provide free seminars paid for by our State government towards these aims.

Anyways, my two cents.

MM Said: And it’s a major hill to climb, considering most farmers are quite set in their ways—they don’t like being told what to do with their crops or farms. But they use most of the water and are not considered in this push to conserve water. They are overlooked. So it unfairly falls on the urban areas to take up the slack?! We don’t use as much water as they do!

SE SAID: But it pisses me off about the "we need more housing" crap. We wouldn't have a water shortage if there weren't so many people needing the limited amount of water that we have. This is not the time to encourage more people to move here.

VK SAID: Yeah, I agree. I was actually just saying that the bay area is one of the places I'd never move back to. We moved here because the cost of living was cheaper, but it's gone up a lot and I feel like at this point we could move to SoCal and pay around the same. This isn't my dream place to live, I'd love to be close to the beach and have consistent weather that isn't too cold during the winter. Maybe after we build up some equity in the house and have more income we can make it happen.

 SE SAID:  Yeah, I feel so stuck here in San Jose, but I don't know how I'll ever get out. I'm from this area, and my whole family is here, and I've lived here most of my life, so it's 'home.' And of course, if I move away, first I'd have to save up enough to get myself set up in another city where I don't have any family nearby...but how can I ever save when it's almost impossible to find permanent employment anymore? Contract work means you end up going long stretches of time in between jobs, and that makes it impossible to save money. I get really depressed sometimes when I think about it because I don't really see any way out. It's like being on a merry-go-round or something.

VK SAID:  Yeah, I totally feel that. I'm fortunate that I could keep my current job and work out of the Irvine office if I wanted to, but I don't know if I'll still be at this job at that point in time. I'm hoping to eventually be 100% freelance, but we'll have to see. Pat said he could always do UberEats full time until he found something, he's been having better luck with that vs rideshare. I was just lamenting recently how we wished we could have moved away sooner, but like you said it's really hard if you don't have a job lined up. The only way we were able to move here is because we had somewhere we could stay and Pat was able to transfer his job while I was on unemployment. It was pretty rough for a while. Moving out of state would be even harder, especially if you're buying a house because like my current loan is restricted to CA only and you have to have 2 consecutive years in the same employment industry, or buying a house outright in another state would be dicey for us because we'd both need new jobs. If I was 100% freelance, I'd need at least 2 years worth of that income as well.

VK Said: The water at my dad's house takes FOR-EVER to heat up so it can easily be 10 minutes of letting the water run. I heard it's because he has the water heater turned turned way low and he thinks he might be saving money that way, but in reality he's wasting a lot of water that way and as a homeowner, you do pay more for water/garbage in a house, so it doesn't make sense.

CB Replied:  My MIL puts a pitcher under her faucet to catch the cold water while it’s heating up before she showers/hand washes dishes or whatever and then waters plants with it. You could suggest/try that if you need to let it run for a bit to heat up.

and then I Said: Let's Make Birth Control Free and Legal Worldwide... The Troubles of OVERPOPULATION are More than Just Too Many People Living in the Bay Area... It's Too Many People EVERYWHERE! Ever notice that there are Thousands of People walking from Central America to Texas looking for a better Life? That because they Can't FEED THEIR CHILDREN in Central America or Mexico... The Catholic Church is Opposed to Birth Control and so there are Millions of Starving Children... and... Abortion Should be Free and Legal Worldwide...

OVERPOPULATION Is THE Major Problem Today. It Causes Traffic Jams, High Food Prices, High Housing Prices, Plagues and Global Warming.

Thankfully, Mother Nature is Inventing New Diseases To Reduce Overpopulation. tRUMP's Coronavirus Is Just The First of Many Plagues to Come...

I Believe the Needs of The Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few or the Stockholders. 

I Question the Validity of the Entire Profession of Medicine. People are Living Longer, Thanks to the "Wonders" of Modern Medicine. A Classic Example of the Needs of the ONE Outweighing the Needs of the Many. Old People are Refusing to Die and We Consume Housing, Food, Air, Drinking Water, Plastic, Computers and Electricity. 

The Polluting Actions of ONE Billion People Did NOT Cause Global Warming. HOWEVER, When that Same Actions are Done by SEVEN Billion People... The Temperature Goes UP!

Recommended Action: Make Birth Control and Abortion FREE and LEGAL All Over the World. Did You Notice that in Catholic Countries Like Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras the QUALITY OF LIFE is so bad that they are Walking North to the USA to Escape Their FAILED CULTURE... Really! I'm Not Making This UP!

Massive Overpopulation in Mexico where Birth Control is Prohibited by the Catholic Church. 

What We Learned from tRUMP's Coronavirus. Working From Home is Great! We Save a LOT of Time and Money Spent Commuting.

Our Corporate Masters Have Resisted Working From Home for Decades BUT... Now That Everyone Has GRASPED the CONCEPT They Have Realized that they Can Save a LOT of Money That was Wasted RENTING OFFICE SPACE. 

Everybody WINS! Traffic Jams Will Be Reduced Whenever a Person Simply Refuses to Go To The Office. Less Air Pollution Caused By Automobile Exhaust. Less Global Warming... and People Get to Spend More Time Doing Useful Tasks... Like Playing With Your Own Children... OR... Writing the Great American Novel... OR... Gardening... Dancing... Knitting... Blogging... Driving in a Car to Work IS A TOTAL WASTE!

Sadly, MOST Jobs Do Not Offer the Option of Working at Home. Clerks in Stores, Waiters, Cooks, UBER Drivers, Factory Workers, Nurses, Doctors, Garbage Men, Fishermen, Loggers... Only Office Workers Can Have a Home Office... 

and the People on Facebook Commented:
JC: we have learned that it's the working people who make the world go round not the billionaires who sit in air-conditioned offices. we the people are not willing to die so that they can have a better quarterly earnings report.

SG: America is doomed, and people deserve their leaders.

CS: Keep TP handy.

SR: Trump will sacrifice all of America for himself.


BAH: That the earth was starting to repair itself in many places because places were not congested. Which is why I don’t want people out ruining the planet.

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Did You Know That FRACKING IS INSANE? It Costs More Money to Get the Oil Out of the Ground Than They Can Sell it For. They Lose Money on Every Barrel... HOWEVER, The US Government SUBSIDIZES Fracking... The Entire Business Plan is DO SOMETHING as an excuse to SUCK MONEY FROM THE TAXPAYERS. Welfare for the Rich!

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How to save A LOT of Electricity and help prevent Global Warming... It's EASY!

Simply MOVE all marijuana farms OUTDOORS and grow the plants in the Sunshine instead of using Gro-Lights. Currently there are thousands of clandestine farms indoors using millions of fluorescent lights... The electricity that powers those lamps is often generated by burning natural gas or coal... Creating greenhouse gasses that cause Global Warming and Climate Change. For Example: All farms in Colorado are indoors... wasting electricity.

Another simple thing we could do is MOVE the Workplace closer to where people live. Many people work at office jobs... AND... Offices can be located in the anywhere. For Example: Google, Facebook and Twitter are all located in the Bay Area... those jobs could be done in Chico, Eureka, Sacramento or Mendocino where house prices are lower and there are fewer traffic jams... Current employees that own a house could sell their house for a Million Dollars and then buy a similar house for $300,000... AND PUT $700,000 IN THEIR POCKET.  Quality of life is better without a two hour commute in traffic jams. We have the technology to move corporate headquarters to locations close to where people live. Simply map where the employees live move the workplace. That would save a LOT of Gasoline and Improve the people's mood leading to higher productivity.

Another simple thing we could do is convert Exercise bicycles and treadmills into electricity  generators. Millions of people visit health clubs every day. Why not create electricity on the gym machines? Simply spin an alternator using the kinetic energy created by burning Human Fat. Sell that electricity to PG&E or SoCal Edison.