WOW, WOW, WOW, DO YOU EVER WONDER ABOUT 'CEMENT' GIANTS AND GOD IN NATURE?

We look for GOD in doctrine, in sermons, in Bible, in others, when really, HE is right there in FRONT of us Every Single Day...IN HIM WE LIVE AND BREATHE....Paul said,

"In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind." (Job 12:10)

 

"You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it. You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers and bless its crops. You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. The grasslands of the desert overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness. The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing." (Psalm 65:9-13)

 

"He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains. They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. The birds of the air nest by the waters; they sing among the branches. He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work. He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate-bringing forth food from the earth." (Psalm 104:10-14)

Genesis 1:1-10 Creation of land and seas
Exodus14:21-29 Parting the Red Sea
Exodus 17:3-7 Water from the rock
Psalm 107:35-41 The Lord turns deserts into pools
Proverbs 25:21 Give water to your enemies
Isaiah 21:14 Bring water to the thirsty
Isaiah 35:6-7 Waters shall break forth in the desert
Isaiah 55:1 Everyone who thirsts, come
Matthew 25:31-45 I was thirsty and you gave me drink
John 4:7-15 Woman at the well
Revelation 22:1-2 The river of the water of life  http://www.globalministries.org/get-involved/justice-and-advocacy/water/water-education-water-themes-in.html

Today I was taking my son to the Zoo and while looking at the scarce trees amongst the mass development of roads and highways and buildings while riding the bus it hit me...

the Giants...but more than just giants, the DIRT that is IN cement, and then, the question,

if WE turn to dirt, then HOW many bodies are INSIDE CEMENT?

Do we Ever think about it?  When I looked out the window I thought about the Roman's and how they have often been praised for their brilliance in engineering of bridges and canals and you know all those bricks and Masonry...all that dirt, compacted dirt, soil, Soil that Could be used for agriculture but instead is used to glorify the accomplishments and wealth of men, etc.  

And I've recently [well about a year ago] LEARNED at just how detrimental our natural world where FOOD growth is concerned Due to the mass over-development of cement, streets/pavement, etc., and the SHORTAGE OF REAL HEALTHY DIRT...DIRT THAT IS BENEFICIAL AND NECESSARY FOR HUMAN LIFE.  LITERALLY HUMAN LIFE,

we don't Think about how WE ourselves are made of DIRT, of the Elements of the Earth, those same Elements that are in Space.   We just take it for granted, not giving it a thought....that is what has happened with the Fall and well to me, the Fall really means the DISCONNECT WITH NATURE, by NATURE I mean all of it, the elements, water, air, etc., botany, we just take it for granted that All those things GIVE US LIFE AND VICE VERSO,

when WE breathe we breath Oxygen that the plants give US, and we breathe OUT carbon dioxide which the plants and trees take and then THEY convert that over to Oxygen...remove trees and green and guess what,

you don't have Oxygen to breath, YOU DIE.  It's That simple, same goes for WATER, another element.  But we don't Think about what mass building and masonry does to OUR LIFE quality, we just assume that nature will just off set our mass development and building and well we just don't Think about it.  [well when we are Disconnected we don't think about it]  But if That isn't bad enough...

I was looking out and seeing how so many Cement buildings and roads are taking over SO MUCH SPACE and then it dawned on me...it's bad enough that WE now are putting Trees in these little grate jails like in the picture below,

but DO we ever stop to think, that if WE return to dust, as GOD said, then how many People are IN the dust that make up yea, the cement and bricks that Go into the cement bridges, buildings, roads, etc., and you know IF you look at those things, Compared to the Natural Life things such as ground with herbs and trees and flowers, you See that Cement, has NO WATER, IT'S DRY, THERE IS NO LIFE,

IT WOULD BE, IF YOU THINK OF ONE IN SPIRITUAL AWARENESS LODGED IN CEMENT, A STONE 'PRISON' OF SORTS...maybe they can SEE [think supernatural now] but cannot move, breathe, feel water, etc., it really would be a type of hell prison,

where as those who are IN the soil that is attached to LIFE would have water, be able to breathe, etc., in the trees, plants, so forth.  Have we Built eternal prisons for those who pass one who did not receive nor love Life and God, in our quest for some falsified glory?  In our disconnect from our Natural God Created Self?  

Look at what WE are doing to Trees, Soil, Botany...today,

 

So while God creates LIFE and LIFE ORGANISMS, we fence in trees, that give US HUMANS needed oxygen,

we pollute water that without we die in less than a week,

and then, to top it all off, we have this obsession with Tombs...from Ancient Egypt to Rome to Turkey to Cities Worldwide, humanity has not changed it's obsession with Love of Death, not only does humanity Destroy LIFE by worshiping Death,


humanity comes up with more and more ways to make Death happen.

Fethiye Cliff Tombs

Tombs around Pyramids Egypt

Saadian Tombs, 66 of them, Marrakech

Yep, churches have built mass tombs, empires, mosques, pagan shrines, you name it...MEN have built them, not only Built them but Decorated them and Glorified them...as Well as glorified the Weapons of DEATH they use so well, particularly against those who Can't defend themselves, like women, children, in their glorification and WORSHIP OF DEATH....DYING....MURDER.

And you may ask, how is This relevant to the development of skylines and cement buildings and masonry?  Well simple,

for This

you have to have This,

 

 

that is Dirt, Compost, Land....numerous claim that the answer or solution is Genocide, killing humans, population control--YET those who lay such claims say Little to Nothing about curbing or ending development, going Back to primitive living, Doing something about materialism, greed, indifference....NO, better to hang onto the selfishness, blame the poor because the Poor [and esp other non-white races or infidel races or oh, the number one target of death, WOMEN, FEMALES]

 [ya cuzz you KNOW those people are the Ones that are just mass consuming and by golly destroying the Environment

yet These are THE target for Extinction, and well...that is the solution offered, by sadly many Nazi oriented 'white' upper to middle class Greens [who aren't Really Green they are just selfish Capitalists who Hate God and Hate LIFE] or Imperialists or Religious Fascists/Misogynists Theocratic Authoritarian butcher of females, etc.,

in the Meantime...the Tombs keep a coming...Cement gods, those GIANTS,

while masses of Humanity die so that THESE GIANTS CAN LIVE,

 remember those Trees,

and remember the Water

 So let's look at This again, GOD creates AIR and Trees and WATER and LIFE,

there are some who claim that Science does not Prove God therefore They [elites or religious imperialists] have RIGHT to choose Who should birth and Who should not because after all it's those poor 'dark skins heathens, infidels, non-desirables'  or 'poor females' who are the Cause of all the environmental problems of the world due to their mass population, etc.,  OR we have Religious who claim we should push for mass population to Compete with non-whites or non-Their religion and others infidels and born slaves to them [males] and their 'god' [cuzz that's Really their issue] and that there IS no such thing as Global Warming [cough cough yea Right] 

and then we Still are building vast amounts of big homes [killing trees] and oh, yea, This

ya cuzz you know WE can't Wait for those instead of GOT MILK commercials to turn into GOT OIL?  TO DRINK THAT IS,

and like no Oceans well no AIR either....

plus the GIANTS....those CEMENT TOMBS...ONE BIG CEMENT TOMB, HUMANITY IS CREATING BECAUSE THEY ARE DISCONNECTED FROM GOD AND WELL, THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN 'GOD' FOR THE MOST PART [other than god of war, god that hates women, god that abuses children, etc]

SO EARTH IS BECOMING, ONE BIG GIANT 'TOMB'

ever Think about it?

 Jane

God is So Awesome!

He ALWAYS, COMES THROUGH,

you know more and more, I don't CARE what anyone says, God is Truly AWESOME! The World might be horrid,

people might be cruel

families might be dysfunctional

but GOD

JESUS

is FAITHFUL, TRUE, PATIENT, KIND, UNDERSTANDING,

when other's let you down and they Will as so will YOU let other's down, ain't human nature grand? :( God doesn't just walk off and toss you aside, oh no, He waits, and Waits, and Waits, and Patiently woos us and reminds us and hints at us and well really He sort of goes HEY, YOU, YOU HOO, OVER HERE, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT THERE, IN YOUR SLEEP, IN YOUR WAKING HOURS, I'M RIGHT HERE, ARE YOU LISTENING?

He isn't the one hard of hearing, WE ARE! Anyway...so Spring is here and Summer almost around the corner and I'm having a discourse with Lord about those little things in childhood that Then, had a lot of meaning, they Still do in fact but you see so many once they become Adult and So Knowing [Ha!] well, they take these things with a grain of salt. Anyhow,

so I'm pondering all the cool things like June Bugs, why Is it they are drawn to light again? Funny how we forget those things, and so I look it up and did you know they are attracted to Moonlight? So are Moths. So, then I look at another info site [on bugs] about lightening bugs. I have not seen lightening bugs, NOT that I recall, maybe this year. I have seen 'bats' though, Creepy, they make the eeriest sounds, circling around in the dusk of evening...wouldn't be too upset if I never saw them again. But well, nature is just amazing in of herself and God is really, if you THINK about it, GENIUS, seriously so I'm pondering and reading up on Bugs today, and earlier this morning and through out the week I have been working on some things with God about negativity,

and in looking at a sight on bugs, I stumbled onto this, and it is just well, I just had to post it.

http://www.tomslighthouse.net/lighthse/foot17.htm#anchor002

So I am going to close, with some Cool Bug sites, one from this man's site [awesome site btw] on Lightening Bugs, which I thought was way uplifting because for those of us who Still are a 'child' at heart [maybe more than heart, but anymore, I am thinking, kind of Like it that way, losing the cyncisms is well, kind of Nice], the little things in nature are really, their own Magical World. So--since I am not good at Writing on these things...something I don't write about really, I'd rather show it in pictures, what I see about God's Kingdom, in Nature.

Starting with A BUG'S VIEW OF THE BUG UNIVERSE CREATED BY OUR LORD

Couldn't resist this one, below,

Hilarious, now That's something my brother would have done as a kid, ROFL

now HOW ABOUT, SOME OF THE MORE 'UNIQUE' WHAT YOU DON'T SEE OFTEN...FROM FOREIGN BUGS TO THE EXTRA-ORDINARY...THE AMAZING HANDIWORK OF OUR LORD

even the smallest Creatures, God created the 'stars' for Them, Nightlights

Cave glow worms

and below, these little guys really Do light up their 'female's' Fire, LOL, [they light up for each other, a mating ritual, God thinks of Everything, lol--funny thing is majority of men we hear about do more to PUT out a woman's fire, not Light it, ROFL, ok ok I know NOT nice, but couldn't resist that one, sorry guys, the BUGS got you beat on that one!  Things we can learn from a bug or two eh?

Like, check how Romantic these bugs are...God even provides the perfect uh, setting, LOL...

and it don't Cost them no $150.00 a Night either NOR did this bug have to 'wait' for a Birthday to put out the extra effort, and they say Bugs have smaller brains????!  [and mankind thinks they can Beat God in the Love department, Yea Right?  Like Whatever!!!]

And who'd have thought, God even has a Sense of Humor [this is a new one for me, I"ve seen a lot of Weird things but this was a first]...God, even created a Spit Bug, check This out, [location she says NW Washington]

Now, let's take a trip around the World shall we, starting with Philippines,
"This argiope spider belongs to a family with members around the world, many of which build webs with the type of white "stabilimentum" which you see here, whose purpose might be to help birds and other animals to see the web, and so avoid damaging it."

Russia, unidentified flying object, lol, no, unidentified Russian DragonFly

Indonesia, now She knows just the Right material to make the perfect canopy bed that is water resistant even, site says:

"They're also some of the most beautiful of spiders with attractive, often metallic colors, like this tiny female guarding her eggs.   They have great personalities, too - the two large main eyes which are a distinguishing feature of the family make these spiders look more engaging, and unlike almost all other spiders they'll actually turn and look at you.   If they decide you're a threat then they will often move to the underside of the leaf they're on, otherwise they'll continue about their business, stopping from time to time to check that you're not doing anything nefarious."


Belize, NO, this isn't plated like baby shoes, nor has it crossed paths with Midas, LOL.  This is actually a real Bug, Amazing, God even turned some 'bugs' into Jewels, though probably not a wise idea trying to wear one as a ring [and NO don't even Think about it, we have damaged Enough of Mother Earth and her animals for garments and hats, etc] 
A gold-colored darkling beetle

Malaysia, hmmmm, wonder why insects never have chiropractor bills?  [looper caterpillar, butterfly]

Malaysia

[baldy legs say I need a shave say What?  You only Wish you had legs as nice as mine] 

 Thailand, and you ladies think You have the monopoly on the Bee Hive Hair, Ha, God gave me one heck of a hair do, just Check out this hive? 
"This is one of the tiger moth species, a family which is recognizable by the tufts of hair on the caterpillars' backs, a feature which gives them the alternative family name of tussock moth".

The photos of the Foreign bugs are from http://www.richard-seaman.com/Arthropods/index.html

His site is Awesome btw, check it out, for a lot more pics, found it couple of years ago, some amazing photographs.  I do believe the other photos if you click on them will take you Right the the blog/web site they are from [I'll check to be sure].

More on the nature series tomorrow and this week,

Peace,

Jane

There is Dirt and then there is Trash, Pedophile-Raping Trash, can we tell the Difference?

I'm going to interject here, with two topics that I want to add to the blog [both I have mentioned before but want to go more into depth at later time] that I believe needs to be a public campaign on a mass scale.  The first one is about 'dirt',

if you saw the PBS special, the movie DIRT!, and I hope you did, it really begs to be publicized to everyone.  The movie is about how we, created from clay [Adam means Clay, Eve means Life in Hebrew] or dirt, dirt that is also from Space, depend and are connected to our planet's soil and how we, humans, have been killing the soil therefore, killing Humanity, via famines caused by poor soil which can't grow food.  [thanks to big corporate one crop farming, killing forests, pavement rather than land, etc]  It was a really good movie and so after I finish the misogyny in secularism, and I may incorporate the issue of Earth and the pillaging of Mother Earth into that, because that IS one of the forms of Social Engineering and Gendercide that has been hugely supported by the secular [anti-God lot] so...

the next topic, one that I mentioned a while back, from the RAWA reporting of, and one that is just horrific and sad, is the sex slavery/kidnapping of young boys in Afghanistan [a sick crime that is also common in Pakistan] by War Lords, Police, etc. corrupted gov officials, of whom I might add, are getting the support/financial backing by none other than the United States government and Corporations, for Big Development, the rich and powerful and NO conscious jerks who already horribly abuse women/girls and who Obviously aren't Human, even Animals don't do this crap to their young,
are taking young poor boys, promising them money, dressing them up as girls/forcing them to dance for a room full of men [Pedophiles, can we be blunt here] and then raping them...

Frontline had a movie about this--it's heartbreaking but I think more Infuriating than anything and well, I want to write about it here, because many are not aware of this sick crime that is not uncommon in many nations, and not just in Islamic nations, but in India too [where children are molested at young ages by their Parents],

and that it's not just these nations, there are Academics, secular, who want to see these sick crimes become Normalized and Legal, in the West.  Anyway I think the most horrid thing was to watch these men [documentary] who had sons/young sons of their own, rich powerful men, who then would go out, and look for boys to pick up, exploit, have raped by Numerous men, and they didn't even blink an eye, like NO conscious what so ever...and the men whom the interviewer [who risked his life making this film] when he asked, what about your wives and Every one of them said, She has no say so...she accepts it or else.  So, not only are these women/girls raped/gang raped/beaten with total impunity and normalized misogynist beliefs,

these same men, brutalize their own brother's sons...men who simply only see the poor, boys, women, as nothing more than 'things to rape'.  And then, they go on with life as if nothing is wrong...it's an Evil that is just unbelievable...

so, the links:

Dirt,

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/dirt-the-movie/getinvolved.html

Frontline, "The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan"

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/

and also, is Pedophilia Rare, or is it more Commonly practiced and IN societies that have horrible low status of Women?  [long study and you'll be Shocked, at the leading Pushers, of Pedophilia, who don't give a rats ass about Consent, and it's NOT the religious--it's the Secular Intelligentsia leftists or I would say, left Capitalist-State Capitalists who parade around as 'liberals'...sure, liberals for their desire to abuse/exploit the most vulnerable...why I will keep saying this, Misogyny and Patriarchy are not just a religious thing...

from the S.M.A.R.T. website [Ritual Abuse] see  [these are a MUST read]

The Universality of Incest – Lloyd DeMause
Journal of Psychohistory 19 (2) Winter 1991
http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/the-universality-of-incest-lloyd-demause/
http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/the-universality-of-incest-lloyd-demause-part-two/
http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/the-universality-of-incest-lloyd-demause-part-three/
http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/the-universality-of-incest-lloyd-demause-part-four/

What needs to be pronounced LOUDLY is that the Ancient 'pedophile/sex slavery of Boys' isn't just a Catholic issue or Afghanistan or the links to dehumanizing women/girls as nothing more than breeding beings...but that This Bacha Bazi [boy play]  [or Altar Boy Play]  was around in Ancient Babylon, Rome-Greece, the Spartans, Ancient Mayan/Aztecs, where it was Normalized to rape/gang rape and prostitute young girls/women [and dispose of them as if they were nothing more than trash],

but it was Also normalized to exploit/rape/make into sex slaves young Boys--

what's More shocking, is the hints of this in the Book of Daniel...where Daniel and the other boys were fed and the king concerned that if not fed well they wouldn't be 'attractive' to stand before the king in the Court,

why the need to be Attractive?  Well obvious it wasn't just for showmanship...so How far does the Pedophilia go back into time?  And why isn't it called what it is, RAPE of Children?  There is Nothing good that comes from these Crimes,

children cannot give FULL INFORMED CONSENT, THEREFORE IT IS

RAPE.

It's as simple as that...the story of Lot in the OT is a very disturbing story on two fronts, one, in that the old AND the young went to Lot's house to gang rape the angels, but even more so that Lot offered up his own daughters to 'be done with what the men pleased', they weren't even deemed Human Beings,

and if That isn't bad enough, the daughters themselves, after being delivered with their father Lot, to the mountains after GOD destroyed Sodom and Gommorah, then believed [from the reading] that there would be no seed from the father's line so they got him full of wine and then slept with him to carry his children, to carry forth seed.  What I question, is was Incest - Child molestation of Girls So normalized that these daughters [who had been promised to sons in law yet not married yet, as it says in Genesis] so they were Obviously very young, that they didn't even think anything wrong with the crime, due to internalized abuse?  This may not be difficult to accept if one reads how normalized [though not Liked or enjoyed mind you by the Victims of such horrific Abuses] child molestation of girls especially, in India [for the worship of Kali] is...

where children are nothing more than Commodities, girl children especially, for breeding purposes and for sexual play by adults, that Consent isn't even considered, why?  Because not only in nations that Women are deemed NON-HUMAN WITH NO HUMAN RIGHTS, SO ARE CHILDREN, DEEMED AS NON-HUMAN WITH NO HUMAN RIGHTS.

The two go Hand in Hand, therefore, Patriarchy, is Conducive, to both dehumanizing women AND commodifying children into nothing more than

boy/girl toys.

The Corruption, in the World through Lust, is what God calls it...

http://agonist.org/numerian/20100319/bacha_bazi_boy_play_in_afghanistan_and_elsewhere

He wasn't kidding.

Jane

More to come on these issues,

Jane.

WHY WE NEED TO LEARN ABOUT ETHICAL CONSUMPTION INCLUDING IN OUR CLOTHES

[see update--bottom]

Most, are aware of the sweatshops,

but, are we aware, of the abuses, of children, child labor--in the picking and producing of

cotton?

I will be adding some articles here, on the abuses, in some places where they are down right Horrid, in regards to the

COTTON SLAVERY

that we get our clothes from--

starting with Uzbekistan.

http://www.ejfoundation.org/page142.html

more on this to come later today and this week....so check back

Consumers should:

• Demand that all products containing cotton are clearly labelled stating the country of origin of the cotton fibre;
• Pick your cotton carefully - refuse to buy cotton products without certain knowledge that they have been produced without causing human rights abuses or environmental destruction;
• Choose products which have been certified as fair trade.

MORE INFO, ON THE INDUSTRY OF COTTON, AND THE SLAVERY-EXPLOITATION OF THIS MARKET...

http://www.laborrights.org/stop-child-labor/cotton-campaign

BTW, I first learned, of the 'cotton' exploitation, by stumbling on it, I was fully aware of the sweatshops and how that whole industry works, from corporate to the fashion industry, and I had wondered about the utilizing of what Could be, lands for agriculture for food, being used for cottons,

but I did not know, about the brutality, of the cotton industry, Until I was browsing through a photo archive, by one photographer who does a lot of photography [and who has been threatened by political Islamists because of his photos of brutality in many Islamic countries], and he had done a write up and photo essay of the Suicides, by Cotton farmers, in India. I will go back and pull that section up, to add on to here,

but I simply had no idea, but its like in the flowers [why I don't buy flowers for Valentine's day--another very exploitative slave market] and why I am switching over to Fair Trade chocolate, why I don't buy diamonds any more, because of the blood diamonds, but look, NOT like this is any sacrifice OK, not like I ever BOUGHT diamonds to Begin with, LOL, like Duh...ain't in that money level market, closest thing I get to diamonds is those nice little things called

Glaaaasssss

ah, but anyway, not big on diamonds anyhow, so like, not like here bragging on like these Huge sacrifices, because well, its not sacrifices for me/my family because well, we just don't shop much--no money, ya know,

but still, people need to be informed and well I always shopped either thrift stores or dumpster diving [yea, we Fregans] and well, other than my teen girls, not much of a clothes shopper either. But the reason I got so involved with the anti-sweatshop coalitions, was because of learning about the fashion industry and the ties to the slavery of women, in piece meal work, including in embroidery, which well, then That, that raised my eyebrows...and it took off from there,

long story, one day I might share it, but if you know sewing, you might not know, just the Extent, of the exploitation of Women, because of their caring for children, being more easily exploited, cheap labor, etc., of just how far that all goes, back in history, and how Deliberate the exploitation in Textiles has been. And well, its just corrupt beyond measure and the thing most people aren't aware of, is that Textiles, I do believe, is the second largest Global industry, according to the WTO and IMF. Don't quote me on that, its either second or third, but its way up there, as one of the top five largest,

and, the Most, exploitative and what is NOT really mentioned, is how Women--as CONSUMERS, actually have a lot of power here, and how, sadly, we, as Women, and on this, I blame that whole beauty market-patriarchal 'standard' to be 'accepted' to male desires/mores, actually, Feed into the Slave Market,

every time we shop IF we are not aware. And I say this, NOT to condemn, because many simply do not know,

but I will say, I have run into, those whom I Have informed, who after they do know, simply, do not care--and maybe that is why, I tend to get a little vocal in confronting Privilege, or better, the 'insistence' of protecting privilege and its here, that you really see the Geo-political racism, imperialism, American exceptionalism and well, class and before one says, yea its those white folks,

got news for you, there are Plenty of African Americans and Latinos, that have assimilated into that whole consumerist 'imperialist' exceptionalist culture just as much--Greed has no race--ethnicity or religion, or the rationalizations for, so,

well, lets just say,

its one thing to be Aware of these things, its quite another, to radically change whole consumption lifestyles, particularly if one has teens, long years of habitual shopping, because its NOT something, we like, think about, and may I also add,

often times, the 'ethical consumption' is more geared towards the upper middle classes, who can Afford the higher prices. And fair trade-etc., can be more costly--because they aren't in demand as much as cheap products. For working class--lower middle class to lower incomes--sometimes its simply not an option, to pay $70.00 for a shirt when they can pay $5.00 at Target or Walmart, and the thrift stores, while they are an alternative,

they don't always carry boys clothes, etc., so even if you thrift, you still depend on the 'markets' for clothing, etc. So, I just want to say,

because of this, I will be adding here, other alternatives, for ethical consumption, BECAUSE I know, what it is, to be low income and to also contend with trying to find alternatives--that one can afford, and sometimes its one of those things you just have to weigh, so, no condemnation here, OK,

because there ARE ways, in which we all can help, if anything, to make our voices heard and to Give support, to those who are working for Fair labor practices which btw, is Demanded, by Scripture, in both Old AND New Testaments.

While I'm in no way, Utopian, and believe that all these injustices will change in our lifetime, I do believe, we have a responsibility, at least some, to at least--make an effort, to be more fair, in our consumption, by fair, I mean, more ethical, in how our choices, lifestyles, may effect others, our neighbors, and again,

these are not things you just like overnight, change because consumption, IS after all, a habit. And some habits, are a bit hard to break...oh, you may not think so, but like with the chocolate,

once I started looking into buying only Fair Trade chocolate which there isn't any near us, without driving miles and with no car--you know, makes it kind of hard and the prices, don't help either, but what got me, was just how much, we really use Cocoa, its not just the chocolate but how many products USE cocoa, that is made by child-slaves. More than we think...

so, I decided, because the kids asked, that well, we might not be able to like, forever end all buying of cocoa...but we will do our best. And in meantime, write those letters, to Hershey and Nestle, demanding, that they change their labor practices, and work to inform,

because the MORE people are aware, the MORE social pressure, the MORE the DEMAND then begins to DEMAND, ethical labor practices. And it has to start somewhere...

and that means, Supporting those companies that Do take those cuts in Corporate Profits, when they do decide, to do more ethical and fair trade business. The more we support those, the more they become competitive, and the markets begin to change...

Personally, I don't know why we all can't just get a class action lawsuit and sue some of these Chocolate companies for Mental Cruelty, because to Think, that all those years, especially in my CHILDHOOD, I was eating chocolate that was made by forced slavery, of CHILDREN, who the same age as my youngest--

is Deplorable and I think, and outrage, and I think, that Hershey and Nestle and some of those companies, M&M included, OWE THE CHILDREN WHO WORK IN THESE SLAVE CAMPS, MORE THAN JUST AN APOLOGY--REPARATIONS, AND

THEY OWE AMERICA'S CHILDREN,

A BIG FAT APOLOGY--because if Children really knew, WHAT they were buying,

they wouldn't be too happy about it.

Both of my children, passed on Hanukkah's golden coins {we celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah} this year Because, they didn't want to eat something, that reminded them of the horrible images of small children being beaten with chains, BY ADULT MEN, for not harvesting cocoa leaves fast enough. It has caused my one daughter some problems--seeing those videos [because she's older and has more understanding] and as a parent, yea, it sort of pisses me off,

because Corporations, are making big bucks, off ENSLAVING KIDS. Kids sold for $30.00 [BECAUSE OF OVERPOPULATION-PATRIARCHY=LOW STATUS OF WOMEN, WAR, AND POVERTY in Africa]...

why I DO support, Birth Control, oh yea...OK won't get into That issue--but well, when children, are sold for $30.00 to be beaten, so we can buy cheap consumer goods,

Something, is really Sinister and EVIL about the whole economic framework that institutes that.

Anyway, come to find, its not much different in cotton either, not only that but cotton, industry, pulls a LOT of resources, from land AND water due to irrigation, water in places where water is rare AND the people, are impoverished. AND as one, who has been a dumpster diver for YEARS and has first hand knowledge of the MEGA AMOUNT OF CLOTHES WASTE IN THIS NATION,

there is simply, no excuse for pillaging and raping the land--for cotton production and on top of that--to do this labor--via SLAVES?

so, yea, I'm gonna be posting a lot here, about these things because well, we need to know.

Let me close in saying, while I am dead set opposed to the unethical practices of capitalism, I in no way, any longer, support the left parties--or the political 'agendas' of those who Manipulate these issues, who are Just as despotic, as the imperialists and the capitalist-corporations are...and Why is that?

Well, will tell you, because many of them, have joined forces, with Political Islam--and they see nothing wrong with enslaving women [in the most brutal and Inhumane ways] and not only that, while they are opposed to Western Religions--due to the history of imperialism,

well, Ironically, in Islam, Slavery is not only tolerated--its condoned and supported by Hadiths. Look at Sudan--

and so, to say, on one hand, one is Marxist--and then, support a religion, that is pro-Slavery, well, its sort of an oxymoron...in my opinion...

you don't end slavery/wage slavery by embracing a system that is rooted in the beliefs of SLAVERY, like, uh, DUH, knock knock, anyone there? You know,

[and if one doesn't believe that, do some looking into the torture and oppression of the Communist Worker Party in Iran--and yet, we have idiotic 'leftists' and 'liberals' here in This country, who march along side, the very ones who one day, will yes, indeed, enslave them--the leftists in other nations, KNOW THIS,

but for some reason, there tends to be some either denial or complete stupidity in America AND in Europe over this. Even commies-socialists and union leaders in former Soviets, know a bit more, about the dangers of compromising with fundies on this one...[though, we won't get into the hypocrisy of the commies there--with that reality of capitalism for the elites--feudal Slavery for the masses, but eh, I speak as a one time, supporter of that whole ideology'.

Regardless, though, I never embraced capitalism nor will I--but I do believe, there has to be some other 'alternatives' other than state social engineering, selling out to the Dark Ages and/or embracing complete anarchy [been there, done that one too], LOL,

well--I think one solution, is women centered economics--another issue, another time,

and well, what DID surprise me, was the Voluntary 'communal' distribution in the Bible--from hearts of Love--not by coercion,

and it was one scripture, that Marx often quoted, many think its his own--to each according to his needs,

well guess what, its in the Bible--read the book of ACTS. It was, the First Church--who claimed that one.

Bet many didn't' know that, eh?????

One more thing, and this is another area where I really butted heads with many in the far left in those days [when I was a party member], and its on the state--protection of children, which often times, is really not protection, but is more exploitation on a whole other level. Allow me to explain,

one one thing, that I would disagree with, with the labor front--international, is in regards to child labor--its not 'enough' to say, end child labor WITHOUT replacing the NEED for that labor, with alternatives, because IF WE DON'T,

THEN THOSE SAME CHILDREN, ARE VULNERABLE TO TRAFFICKING-SEXUAL TRAFFICKING ESPECIALLY.

Now, the capitalist will USE that fact, to perpetuate the 'excuses' to justify child labor, or to sweep them under the rug, etc., and the leftists will use the children to target capitalism yet once the economy has been pulled out, even though yes its exploitative, they tend to leave the children vulnerable to Other predators and those predators are in the left as well as the right--so, this is where I think, a women centered or feminist [true women centered, not misogyny masked as feminism] economics-fair trade is in order. I would suggest, Until there is either a better market [labor] or means for families to make enough to support themselves, to make fair labor practices While cutting hours, and making education available for these children--that way, they aren't cut off at the knees OR exploited,

that is only one suggestion. I also think, this is Really, where Empowerment, Economic Empowerment for Women-Mothers really is important, because a lot of the child-labor IS due to the low status of women, who can't get work that pays enough, to support AND the patriarchal low status of women in many societies, that force women to be pregnant--in abusive marriages, etc., who can't work, because they always have young kids to care for--leaving the older Kids to have to work--to support families.

In other words, its an oxymoron to say on one hand, lets end child labor, but on the same hand, be tolerant or apologetic towards Cultures that oppress and subjugate mothers, e.g. women, and think, that child labor will end. It may end, but it won't end completely, it will only be transferred to trafficking,

which, one one hand, at Least--if children are employed locally, they can be monitored with Labor unions, if they are trafficked to other nations, with different languages, in sweat shops OR in worse--sex slavery-legalized prostitution [oh, Holland is the WORST] where there IS no rescue or help for these kids--

and they can't be monitored there--and many wind up dying, either of AIDS or torture/mutilation, etc., which is why, the support of Porn--the demand for legal prostitution which 'normalizes' that whole market--[which ironically, is supported by today's hypocritical LEFT], is also, a part of the whole problem--and I include this, because its that whole sex industry, that guess what,

is supported by big Corporate Lawyers and big business conventions all over the big cities--to entertain--those big business elites. Corrupt, you betcha,

it gets really nasty.

So like with many things, you can't end one form of exploitation and be 'sympathetic' towards another and Expect real change to come about--and what is so funny, both Marx AND Lenin, said as much,

and why they were opposed to the more 'liberal' forms of what they deemed as Bourgeoisie Liberal Socialism.

Hate to say it, but on Those points--they were 100 percent correct. So--taking All that in mind, there needs to be, a more wider solution, targeting the problems of economy, so that, in one form or another, these children AND their families, don't fall between the cracks. And part of that solution,

is where WE come in...demanding Fair Trade, Ethical Labor-Living Wages-and an end, to Fraudulent practices.

Jane

more on this later, Peace




Jane