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The root cause of piracy in Somalia

Paraphrased:
Illegal fishing is happening off the coast of Somalia. Fishing boats from France, Spain, Greece, UK, Norway, Russia, Taiwan - it's a free-for-all. And those countries' navies and warships are there, protecting their own illegal fishing vessels. A tremendous injustice.

Toxic dumping, industrial waste dumping, nuclear dumping has also been going on for the last 30 years. To avoid strict environmental rules in their own countries, where else to take it, but to countries in conflict or weak countries who could not prevent them or who could be bought.

When the marine resources of Somalia were pillaged, when the waters were poisoned, when the fish was stolen, and in a poverty situation in the whole country, the fishermen felt that they had no other possibilities or other recourse but to fight the properties and the shipping of the same countries that have been carrying on the fishing piracy and toxic dumping.

Mohamed Abshir Waldo, interviewed by Amy Goodman on DemocracyNow

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/14/analysis_somalia_piracy_began_in_response

Nature as property

Quote:
Our environmental movement has always been based on nature as property. In other words, owning ten acres of ground in the United States, carries with it the legal ability to destroy the ecosystems on that ten-acre piece of property. What is increasingly growing is a realization that for a real environmental movement to occur, ecosystems must have legally enforceable rights of their own.

Thirteen municipalities in the United States now have passed local laws that say that nature and ecosystems are no longer property, but actually have legally enforceable rights of their own. And Ecuador became the first country in the world to take that concept of moving to a rights-based environmental protection system and ensconce it into their national constitution. It’s now law.

Thomas Linzey, interview by Amy Goodman on DemocracyNow
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/21/envision_spokane_coalition_works_to_get

it will be forever

http://www.last.fm/music/Nat+King+Cole/_/When+I+Fall+in+Love?autostart=1

When I fall in love it will be forever
Or Ill never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before its begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When I give my heart it will be completely
Or Ill never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you.

Change the world

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGnMC5mlsLU

If I could reach the stars I'd pull one down for you
Shine it on my heart so you could see the truth
That this love I have inside is everything it seems
But for now I find it's only in my dreams

CHORUS:
That I can change the world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You will think my love was really something good
Baby if I could change the world

If I could be king even for a day
I'd take you as my queen I'd have it no other way
And our love will rule in this kingdom we have made
Till then I'd be a fool wishin' for the day

CHORUS:
That I can change the world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You will think my love was really something good
Baby if I could change the world
Baby if I could change the world

- GUITAR SOLO -

CHORUS:
That I can change the world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You will think my love was really something good
Baby if I could change the world
Baby if I could change the world
Baby if I could change the world

Breath in, breath out

Picture a tree. The top of the tree sways as it blows back and forth in the wind.
If you look at the top of the tree you might think it unstable.
When you look at the trunk of the tree you see it is very stable.

We are like that.
When the emotions are running through us
we can remember that is not all we are.
We are also the trunk.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

new music discoveries

Gogol Bordello
Gypsy Punk
http://www.slacker.com/?sid=stations/2157741/1214002584

Avett Brothers
Bluegrass Punk
http://www.slacker.com/?sid=stations/2157741/1213908042

slave mentality

... if we could cure ourselves of the slave mentality...
Malcolm X