Comments for Speaking Truth to Power

Comment on On The Acceptance Of Near-Term Extinction, By Gary Gripp by Martin

Martin — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:46:44 +0000

Have you been reading A Short History of Progress Mike? [I think so] it is a fine book and should be set high school or 1st year text.

Of late it seems the great unravelling is changing up a gear. I(n the west, that is. It feels like the worst we predicted is happening. No slow decline it seems. Rather a series of hard lurches.
Bookend Ovid with Shelley. both concern the same thing=
Ozymandius
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away”.
shelley

take care
Martin

Comment on On The Acceptance Of Near-Term Extinction, By Gary Gripp by Gary Gripp

Gary Gripp — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:04:35 +0000

Thank you Mike and Suzanne for commenting on my essay, and thank you, Carolyn, for publishing it.

Comment on At Long Last, A Safe Place To Cry: Mike Ruppert’s Comment On Guy Mc Pherson’s Documentary “Somewhere In New Mexico Before The End Of Time” by Brian Stroffolino

Brian Stroffolino — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:02:42 +0000

Hello Michael,

I just sent you an message via facebook about a possible showing in my town in VT. Is there a better way to contact you about this? I do not have internet at home so the best way to reach me is by my cell phone: (603) 252-1288.
Thank you for your time and your work.

Brian Stroffolino

Comment on Bye-Bye Baby Boomers, By Carolyn Baker by Terry P. Rizzuti

Terry P. Rizzuti — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:04:11 +0000

Or maybe they’re committing suicide because they finally looked in the mirror, recognized their own culpability in this mess our generation has created, and simply couldn’t accept further participation. Being one of the Vietnam Vets that learned a little resilience, I’m actually looking forward to the chaos. Maybe then my greed-driven peers will actually be worthy of meaningful comradeship.

Comment on Collapse Is The Transition Of Consciousness, By Gary Stamper by izzy

izzy — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:05:58 +0000

In keeping with the illustration at the top of the article, I’m offering a quote from that great Confucius of the Infield, Yogi Berra:

“When you come to a fork in the road, take it!”

Comment on On The Acceptance Of Near-Term Extinction, By Gary Gripp by mike k

mike k — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:18:52 +0000

Correction: Ovid was a Roman, born 43 BC. But his poem fits the tragedy of ancient Greece, and all “civilized empires” before and since.

Comment on On The Acceptance Of Near-Term Extinction, By Gary Gripp by mike k

mike k — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:43:46 +0000

Suzanne — Thanks for your intelligent comments. I like to point out that it is not just Western Empire that has brought us to this sorry pass. The story of empire goes back as far as history reaches. We in the West are just the latest chapter in this saga of domination, pillage, and destruction. Our failure to awaken to and follow spiritual principles extends to regions all over the globe, and throughout history. What needs to be fixed is deeper than the particular flaws of one group.

Comment on Global Extinction Within One Human Lifetime As A Result Of A Spreading Atmospheric Arctic Methane Heatwave And Surface Firestorm by risa bear

risa bear — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:18:56 +0000

Well, I might be hasty, there are a few petro/geo things in Scholar that might be him.

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%22malcolm+light%22&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C38&as_sdtp=

Correction, above: “I AM going out to the garden” Really.

Comment on Global Extinction Within One Human Lifetime As A Result Of A Spreading Atmospheric Arctic Methane Heatwave And Surface Firestorm by risa bear

risa bear — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:13:31 +0000

Here he is, seems a bit reclusive, I see references to a doctorate but not where from, is said to be a retired professor (where?) and consultant (to whom?) — does not appear to have published much, except about geoengineering with his radio transmitter (claimed to dissolve methane). Grain of salt until I know more, someone might friend him and ask. I going out to the garden.

https://www.facebook.com/malcolm.light.50

Comment on On The Acceptance Of Near-Term Extinction, By Gary Gripp by Suzanne Duarte

Suzanne Duarte — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:05:55 +0000

Thank you very much, Gary Gripp, for this very well reasoned and well written argument for waking up from our [Western] cultural trance of empire in time to prevent our own extinction and that of our entire life support system, which is the trajectory we are now on – as long as we live by the dictates of civilization. I appreciate very much all the refined distinctions you make in this article and hope that many people read and contemplate it. And thanks to Carolyn Baker, too, for publishing it. We may not make it as a planet and a species through this self-created crisis, but I believe that if we achieve and maintain the clarity that Mr. Gripp describes, we will all be better off through whatever occurs.