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   From: steknospam@yahoo.com   
      
   "Karen Y Byrd"  wrote in message   
   news:slrnfq3kc9.j9a.kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu...   
   > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:49:19 GMT, dfte  wrote:   
   >   
   >>no where Karen have I seen negative changes as much as in the NE.   
   >   
   > Just read some history. Don't you have a lot of free   
   > time???   
   >   
   > It might help you understand how recent "negative changes" that   
   > you are so worried about are nothing compared to living 100-150   
   > years ago before there was even dependable electrical service   
   > for instance. You or I can't even imagine living in that   
   > kind of environment. I mean we freak out when we lose   
   > power in storms. Imagine not having electric power as a way-of-life!   
   > Where if you were lucky all you did have was gas for lighting.   
   >   
   this is true so its a matter of accepting your cup half full or half empty   
   I would rather compare to every city in the US today, only because thats a   
   better real comparison one can hope to have.   
      
   >> Many   
   >>people from midwest talk as if none of this is happening.   
   >   
   > Given that I have friends in  Nebraska I can tell you that   
   > their frame of reference is indeed different than our   
   > own but that doesn't mean that they are free from   
   > modern problems like drug addiction. It's just that they   
   > don't smoke crack, they use crystal meth and alcohol.   
   > And the "decent world" you think exists out there is   
   > illusionary.   
      
   You might think differently someday .There are variable changing conditions   
   in the US cities . To some extent we have people who base reality only on   
   the cities where they exist and make conclusions. . You might have a panel   
   of people on PBS talk about people not trusting anyone anymore and crime  in   
   another city they talk about how to get solar energy into more homes and   
   celebrations, not how many people were killed.   
   I was watching a news feed from Britain and they were talking about one   
   murder as if this was unusual and it top story. There was nothing unusual   
   about it although very sad all the time it happens. But this one murder had   
   no special politician or famous person connected, they reported it most   
   likely because it happens so unoften. Can you imagine ABC starting their   
   program about a murder in Missippi without a more urgent correlation besides   
   just a murder?   
   So you see reality is very contrasting and some people live very much better   
   lives , pollution is just one variable and an important one that already   
   affected everyone more then others who didn't . You might not be sick and   
   you might not die but I can guarantee heredity has less impact then you   
   think compared to pollution  and those people who ate the same healthy   
   things generally speaking in clean air always perform better and are   
   healthier then people who don't. How much so is the unbelivable factor.   
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