The astonishing collapse the West Coast’s biggest wild salmon runs has sparked concern by government officials and has even prompted cash-strapped fishermen to call for an unprecedented shutdown of salmon fishing off the coasts of California and Oregon. See while everyone works on being green they are missing the point that more green and green is being removed from the Earth by deforestation and land development and if we do not slow down to let Mother Nature catch up we will destroy the world as we know it. Unlimited demands on limited resources are much more devastating than global warming and greenhouse gases but don’t tell China, India, the United States, and Europe that, business must expand at all costs and anything to the contrary is just detrimental. People dismissed Ted Turners rant last week in regards to the perils facing humanity but if you eliminate his delivery and some of his outlying statements you will see that under his bell curve is a message of truth and concern and it is something that not only Americans, but the world, needs to address.

Remember that less than 1% of the world’s water is readily available for direct human uses and most countries are not spending in this area for improvement or modernization. This 1% of water is used for agriculture, drinking, and energy generation. Globalization is increasing competition for water but is not helping produce more of a supply and this is a natural resources on which we all life on Earth depends. Billions of humans do not have adequate sanitation services to address modern needs and water-borne diseases are now said to be killing over three million humans a year but do we care? We just say turn the lights off, or drive slower, we do nothing to address the water issues and the problems following it. Industrializing and modernizing many areas of the world are resulting in pollution from towns and cities resulting from increased industry and agriculture which is actually polluting and destroying water supplies for people and freshwater ecosystems. When you destroy the water you destroy life on all levels and eventually this will result in major problems for humans throughout the world. Waste water containing cyanides and heavy metals are being flushed into freshwater rivers, diversion of water for agriculture and industry results in a depleted freshwater supply and a polluted return is destroying freshwater lakes and rivers.

However, to these individuals I say you will get what you deserve for your efforts. Did Martin Luther or the following Martin Luther King stop their mission because they were only one person? Did Gandhi or Mother Theresa stop because they were one person against the world’s opinions? Jonas Salk, George Washington, and I can go on and on. We want the good life but we have forgotten how to get it. We let trade agreements go by unchallenged, we let companies off-shore far too often, and now we have foreign countries swooping in to buy American businesses, is this the prosperity your lazy azz really wants Mister and Miss Non-Voter?

You complain about a short Christmas break, well soon the day may come where your company is owned by a foreign country where Christmas is not only not recognized but any celebration of it is banned, what will you say then? Numerous so-called Big Businesses are sneaking jobs out of the country and bringing the money back in based on tax breaks, what will you do Lazy-Azz when your job gets targeted for outsourcing? Will you cry ignorance or inability to act then?

You have the chance to make sure American businesses produce in America and are not foreign owned but to do this you have to put forth a little effort, a very little is all that is needed, can you do this for your own future? Can you keep your own job in America, are you ready to try? There are numerous countries out there such as India and China which look the other way in regards to labor law and safety regulations and who have no concern whatsoever for human rights or civil rights.

You have to make sure the global light is shined on these countries so that American business is on a level playing field with the rest of the world and you then can lead your lazy-by chair lifestyle. You must make sure your congressman, Senator, Governor, and President are working for you and not the interest of Big Business or foreign lobbyists. You need to correspond with them and hold them accountable. You also need to take a minute and let your neighbor and co-workers know that you are politically active and aware of the outsourcing of America and you want this to end.

What can you do to make a change?