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The Fort McMurry wild fires #1
My blog meanderingsabout are really sky rocketing up there. I believe it was possible, and sensed I have the creative juices that flow through an energetic mind. I haven't necessarily thought it could be me, but I imagined the coolest thing would be if the BIGGEST rock star GREATEST icon SMARTEST person globally EVER were to emerge?
Maybe it was from KARMA when I was driving home from a medical appointment I became jolted and glued to what was happening in northern Alberta.
People and friends wanted to understand where you were situated in relationship to the fire. The media and social media sights started to burn up for the cause (excuse any tastelessness but accept as a form of expression) of Fort McMurry.
You see, there was a story behind the story. The cast had players that were HUGE. What was the name of this live action thriller, controversial, not yet a movie fame?
Oil. Period.
I imagine that the world has been lambblasted watching all the drama cropping up everywhere, touching everything, whatever we read or whatever we watch, there is this massive debate going on. Which is better: oil or the environment?
Oil has been dancing around issues that until recently have been hidden in backrooms. Amassing millions then billions for (per Ernie Sanders) are the top 1%of the top 10% of all the wealth in the world.
They aren't always citizens, there are countries involved. Think of all the distractions with a little blip on our radar called the "Gulf War". Can you imagine the US United States of America was trying to protect its interest in foreign oil because their population rate was going so fast, they were worried that this big blog of consumers was going to far outweigh even food?
Unbeknownst to a greater part of the world's population and a fraction of the newscasters x viewers, there was this little province in the popular country of Canada. Think: the Beverly Hill Billies in Armani and Porsche instead (wink). This cast of cleverly smart people recognized that this black gold was going to turn them and whomever they compete with into a big big engine for the world. Causing wars, unrest, funding radicals, greed.
In a really really small city in the far north of that blip on the radar called Fort McMurry.
One can imagine when the first old gold rush, how it happened? I fella pans for a tooth that fell out after eating the bones off a bear, and his eyes catch on the glimmer of gold starting to appear.
How did that one guy, or was it a group of small guys, who decided to play hooky from the dangerous coal mines decide to say "to heck with it all ... I'm done!"
That in itself is what triggered the greatest stampede towards greed. Gold.
Fast forward 200 years at least, there is some experimentation and with certainty a discovery that could be larger than many of the countries in the middle east, combined, like Saudi Arabia, Qatar :: who were mildly amused by their bordering brethren, were engulfed in wars, violence, radicalism, greed, corruption. Such naivete to think that they were immune.
The United States tries to act heavy in the region. Getting involved merely as a distraction to gain control of the oil. Like the kid who's parent teaches him the oldest trick: "Which hand is it in?" A trick so timeless but fascinating until you figure out what the heck is really going on :: that person is passing the ball betweens his hands at his back, ease of being always ahead.
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| SOURCE: www.resiliance.org/stories/2015-01-13 http://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-01-13/tight-oil-boom-can-explain-only-part-of-drop-in-us-oil-product-imports |
It backfired. Apologies to reference to fires.
This little area imploded into a small northerly city where big big OIL companies were slithering around to see "thWAT is this best way to find" then hire migrant works, spread far away from their families across the country, made it a community.
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Then an almost unlikely retired actor named Robert Redford did a video on YouTube, long before it has the massive appeal it has today. YouTube who could make instant stars out of the virtual sky.
Sir RedfordNOT was expelling the evil virtues of the oil that was called back and forth: tar sands or oil sands. He may have caught wind of the small controversy around this soon-to-be-city. The indigenous crowd was speaking out loud, and getting louder, and then very quite noisy. Their plight of losing heritage impacting cultural pursuits like hunting would disappear.
In my fact finding mission, I will find out who is REALLY running the coup because it's not the employers, politicians, faith, fame we have long adopted to guide us.
Who are the greatest #INFLUENCES of our day? See, this is simply an outlet to create a strong voice. Those that climb up the #bestofeverything charts may become celebrities that all the other group belonged under :: actors, writers, bloggers, artists, musicians, directors, producers, media, television, radio, movies.
Whew, A three day weekend has sure been a treat. You'd think I'd wanna just lay around ... mostly right but only in the mornings.
I despise those people who can fall asleep so fast then immediately jump out of the bed so early, do you to?
With self-prognosis and a new Club I've introduced :: the Mental Energetics. That is going to be the people who boost me out to the top. The Mental Energetics attract information faster than any algorithms and dense with in with class, charisma, charm, cuteness and caring :: so genuine to who they are, they seem quite rocklike solidity one minute and exuberant by voice (oral, written, video'd, +Geoff De Weaver tweeted liked, clicked on
Once again, I drift on to another tangent that may have more insight than the rest of so many blogs. You see, there is one incredible, massive, borderless, bulliness-free, motivational, victimless or crook free, that attract those traits in others: not boastful merely gregarious, not mathematically, scientifically, or technically savvy.
This is simply crazy. People are writing pledges to being good dog-owner/adoptors like this!!! As if we were all to write a Dog Pledge, we can return to humanity and be humane again. If we can set aside our differences by just writing a New Dog pledge. In this pledge you will admit what needs to be worked on and what is well on its way beyond progression.
I will look for more pledges and continue to post them here too.
Pledge for New Dog Adopters
SUE STERNBERG
- I pledge to make a reasonable commitment of time and effort, and to affect scheduling and lifestyle changes in order to make this relationship work
Photo Credit: ThinkstockI pledge to make sure my dog is not exposed to the elements of weather without proper shelter, shade cover, dry ground, access to fresh water and at least 1 hour of loving companionship and play a day (I understand this is a minimum and will strive to keep the dog with me as much as possible and treat him/her as an important member of my family)- I pledge to provide appropriate and timely veterinary care for the life of my dog
- I pledge provide my dog with the proper nutrition for optimum health, and to keep my dog the proper weight, neither obese nor emaciated
- I pledge to keep this dog indoors at night, and to include him/her in the activities of the household while we are home, as much as possible
- I pledge to keep my dog groomed and free of external parasites and matting (particularly behind my dog’s ears, under his elbows, his tail and thighs)
- I pledge to spay or neuter my dog, if he/she is not already
- I pledge to give my dog ample aerobic exercise daily, and make sure that at least three times a week he gets to run and play and get tired out
- I pledge to provide my dog with mental stimulation in the form of either play, interactive toys, training, or off territory leash walks, DAILY
- I pledge to provide my dog with enough training and/or behavioral management so as to enable him to be a welcome part of my community, or managed safely
- I pledge to provide my dog ample outlets for his instincts (such as off territory leash walks/running, opportunities to sniff and explore the natural world, agility training, trick training, fun and rewarding obedience training, play with other dogs, etc.), so that he does not feel constantly frustrated, or develop behavioral problems because he is neglected or under stimulated
- I pledge to provide a home in which my dog clearly knows there are certain rules to which I will insist on and he can count on
- I pledge to provide my dog with enough toys to satisfy his urge to chew
- I pledge to get professional help if my dog has or develops behavior or temperament problems, and, if safe, to manage my dog carefully so as not ot endanger the people and other pets in my community
- I pledge to do everything I can to keep my dog from becoming a nuisance in my community
- I will not allow him to run free/out of my control, chase cars, bicycles, children, etc.
- I will seek professional help to get my dog to be quiet, or keep him quiet both when I am home and away, so as not to disturb my neighbors
- I pledge to “scoop poop” from my dog when off my property, so that my dog and other dogs will always be welcome in public
- I pledge that if I have to move residences for any reason, I am aware that finding housing that accepts pets can take longer than average, but that I will commit to moving with my dog, as I would move with a member of my family
- I pledge that if, for any reason, I can no longer keep this dog, I will not abandon this dog, and
- I will return the dog to the shelter (if required) or leave ample time to find a new, appropriate home, tell the new owners truthfully all the dog’s behaviors, good and bad, and follow up occasionally to make sure the dog is safe and content
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