George Bush VS. The World . . . . . . . .Who's Right, Mr. Wrong?

. . . . I'm "Not Ready to Make Nice" either.

George Bush's Attitude:

Why Save the Planet, When We Can Make Money?

"Global climate change is 'very likely' to have a human cause"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6321351.stm

Friday night, I watched the BBC News on my local PBS which included the report on the climate paper out Friday, February 2nd. The “EU (European Union) said it was the starkest warning yet, while the UK (United Kingdom) said climate change threatened world peace and prosperity” (from the website, news.bbc.co.uk). When television’s BBC World’s Alastair Yates was questioning someone (that I can’t give you the name of because I was doing the dreaded house work stuff at the time and didn’t note it), he asked if it is important that the U.S. join the other countries around the world with this issue. The answer was stunning. Basically, the man said, it isn’t that Americans aren’t doing anything. They are, he said. He named the states of California and New York, said that 100 mayors are jointly, businesses and some American people are doing affirmative efforts to help in this problem, just that President Bush and the United States administration aren’t doing anything. He went on to volunteer that we only have President Bush two more years and that then things could change. Imagine – the whole world, like me, is trying to wait out this leaderless leader. I grit my teeth.

What a fool. And to think he said that God had told him that he wanted him to be President. Remember that?! If this was the case, God doesn’t have good judgment and her/his sense of humor is askew. Surely, George got his wires crossed on this communication.

From the BBC website: “The report, by more than 2,000 top scientists, says world temperatures could increase by 3C by 2100. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) also projected that sea levels were most likely to rise by 28-43cm, and said global warming was likely to influence the intensity of tropical storms. The findings are the first of four IPCC reports to be published this year.

EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said he was now deeply concerned by the accelerating pace of climate change. ‘It is now more urgent than ever that the international community gets down to serious negotiations on a comprehensive new worldwide agreement to stop global warming,’ he said.

UK Environment Secretary David Milliband said that international political commitment, which had so far been lacking, was now needed.

South Africa's Environmental Affairs Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said failure to act would be 'indefensible'.

And officials from Indonesia and the Maldives said they feared for the future of their countries, both threatened by rising sea levels.

US Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said he accepted the conclusions of the scientists. ‘We're very pleased with it. We're embracing it. We agree with it,’ he said. ‘Human activity is contributing to changes in our Earth's climate and that issue is no longer up for debate.’ But he said that a unilateral US programme to cut emissions might damage the US economy and send business overseas.

The US contributes around one-quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.”

The link to the report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6326667.stm

Hey, Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines, I’m “Not Ready to Make Nice” either. I am not a country music fan and I never had any of the Dixie Chicks’ cds, but I have been interested in them ever since many of their “original fans” jumped ship, when Natalie used her freedom to speak at a time that apparently it was unpatriotic to practice her constitutional right. Check out: http://www.dixiechicks.com/

Speaking for myself, President Bush is an embarrassment.

Website links about our planet’s climate:
http://www.climatecrisis.net/
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_feature.asp?id=11

Matthew Rhys is More Than Kevin Walker

Matthew Rhys Evans' acting career is varied and colorful. He's bold, has great comedic timing and will surprise us, Americans, with his many voices.

I am fascinated with the talent of Matthew Rhys. In April 2000, there was this article in Elle magazine of Matthew and his flatmate, Ioan Gruffudd, whom he has known since childhood. I have the four pages here of the article, but the web address is http://melissaroo.tripod.com/elle/elle.html

Here is something special, a movie clip from "Very Annie-Mary". See if you recognize the other BROTHERS AND SISTERS regular in this clip. Matthew Rhys teamed with pal Ioan Gruffudd to play a gay couple called Hob and Nob in the comedy "Very Annie-Mary".

Check out My Blog at tvguide.com as ilovemylife. Especially, the post "BROTHERS AND SISTERS Finds The Great Divide in the USA" posted January 25, 2007. There you will find links to hear Matthew Rhys speak in different styles. The one I find the most intriguing is the one in his native language of Welsh. You won't understand a word of it (unless you speak Welsh), but still, it is delightful and will pull you in to his world.

This man overflows with talent. We are blessed to see him as the beloved Kevin. But he is so much more than Kevin.

I hope you enjoyed this. I did.

The Power of Beauty - Higher than Reason

Dad and me

What if I die tomorrow and I chose to postpone joy today?

. . . . And what makes life . . . . . . life?

And what makes it so enjoyable, that you anxiously want to take it all in?

For me it's my passions.

So many passions, so little time.

I love being in this bliss.

I never knew my life would be this good. I am humbled . . .

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I will not remember

what you are in the form of words,

but

in essences.

It isn’t words

that give you power over me.

It is important that we open

ourselves

to our vast resource of emotions and passion,

and that we

give with feeling, from a soul

that has felt its depths

pushed out into

an infinite realm.

The glory of beauty is then crowned,

only

to be crowned again and again.

Your spirit sustains.

Feelings of you surface

to nourish

the glow in my heart

that is present

because

of

you.

I have once shared the wealth of your soul

and humbly

I hope,

you have felt

the warmth

of my soul

reaching out

to you.

And that

each one of us

has entered,

only,

to know again,

the richness to be known

in sharing

the wealth of two souls

giving

what

they have become . . . to become.

This then would be fulfillment

To have

life

meet

life

and to complement itself so.

To allow Life to become one

would

be

giving

harmony

to the quality of being.

Such union

would shake our senses

and

would be higher than reason.

The power of beauty we do not know.

Let me try.

I will affirm

your beauty,

I will be loving,

understanding,

forgiving.

Open to me

and

do not be afraid.

I must trust

the greatness

of your soul.

Dare I be so vulnerable

to trust

you will be fair

with the receiving of my giving?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ Yes.

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My poem above was written years ago. It resulted from an adventure in Rome when I met Stelios from Greece. We walked to the Colosseum one day. Then met up again in London a couple years later. Stelios is long gone from my life, but the poem still touches my heart. Memories are such a gift. Enjoy them. I dedicate this wonderful memory to my dad whose "memory" has robbed him of his being so fully human and fully alive, here on this planet, in his mortal body.

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I will not remember

what you are in the form of words

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