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   From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On Sep 22, 12:18 pm, "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"   
    wrote:   
      
   > African people need tablets, those cheap Chinese tablets so they can   
   > watch Netflix. You know, there's a Canadian movie they could never   
   > make in America. Check it out in Netflix. "Tunnel Rats."   
      
   Let me talk about Tunnel Rats and strategy in the jungle. The lion has   
   no chance in the jungle. The tunnels belong to the rat, the ground is   
   the hunting ground of the snake and the air is the realm of the   
   mosquito. In the movie the Marines are stuck in Vietnam fighting a war   
   where the enemy knows the terrain. They tried Agent Orange but it's   
   impossible to wipe out the whole jungle and then some of the American   
   troops were affected too. WMD's are a Pandora's box.   
      
   The movie is brutal, the jungle is brutal. In this asphalt jungle   
   where I live a bike ride can become a nasty fight for survival. It   
   happened to me. And they treat me as an insect, so I become a nagging   
   mosquito. We could come out of the jungle if they rich paid attention.   
   The poor are just trying to survive and trust the leaders, always   
   hoping that the next one will be the right one. And the leaders   
   themselves are trying to survive without antagonizing the rich. They   
   are sacred, every social program is on the table. Not that they are   
   the solution. They are an aspirin. Obama promotes some Universal   
   Healthcare but it may be complicated and --they argue--   
   unconstitutional. It may have been nice and simple like in Canada but   
   it antagonizes too many people. It may actually have saved a lot of   
   money, but you don't hear that from the politicians. If they are   
   trying to sink Obama's plan, they could have at least a Plan B. No,   
   they figure their audience hates Obama anyway, so no further option is   
   offered.   
      
   What a dilemma! Nobody wants to face reality. It's too scary. The   
   Planet is being trashed. Not even recycling here. Only a handful of   
   states have deposit programs on bottles. The supermarkets oppose it. I   
   don't know where to take the used batteries, maybe they dump it too.   
   Money is going down the drain on road embellishment, which adds yet   
   another obstacle. The big corporations don't want to hear about saving   
   energy. The politicians oblige. The little corporations wonder then   
   their technologies will have a chance. Wind and solar energy remain in   
   the wings. Neighborhood Electric Vehicles remain a toy for the golf   
   course, not a real vehicle for the community. Just insane to drive one   
   among the big trucks speeding around with casual disregard for others.   
   The rich escape to walled enclaves and the poor are doomed to live in   
   fear. There's no right and wrong, just a struggle for survival...   
      
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEuGECjMls   
      
   Do the African people need Internet tablets? They need to catch up,   
   don't they? Many of these things that we dismiss in the West --the   
   bike, the wind and electric technologies-- can be put to use. Maybe   
   they can have a better life than we do in the rat race. China is   
   winning the race anyway, so things are bound to change. THAT'S   
   REVOLUTION TIME.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)