“If they can afford to pay for the high payout bonuses, they can afford to back the American people.”

Ever since I read an article back in the mid-90′s about the CEO of Aetna I believe, living down in Fairfield County, getting a 7 million dollar bonus, I thought, ok there’s something seriously wrong here. How can someone heading up a company who’s supposed to be helping people, but denying many basic coverage, be walking home with that much money. Really you need a 6,000 sq ft house? Since when, did people need 6,000 sq ft houses and multiple cars. Is it nice to have? sure. But how do you sleep at night? What have you done to improve humanity?

In the same thread of thought, banks and their upper management, just for a year be better humans. I’ve gone for over a year with a partial paycheck. They can’t go for a year without a bonus?

As we close a decade marked by war, help us usher in a decade focused on compassion.

The names of all affirmers on December 31 will be sent along with the Charter for Compassion to 5 world leaders whose countries are engaged in conflict.

What if more people went about their days with this view on the world and life? Check out the Charter for Compassion video and if you feel moved, add your name.

So I’m sure you’ve heard about the Russian professor who’s theorizing the breakup of the United States. This is the first time I’ve seen a proposed map. I’m mostly laughing at this. South Carolina with the original colonies and not the south? Really?

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/02/the-breakup-of-the-u.html

One thing did catch my attention and I’d like to research more…”no US president has ever died under the same flag that he was born under.”

I say we go colonize the Moon and it will be a win-win situation

On a serious note, any one have any thoughts on all this.

I want to wish everyone a very happy new years. Wishing everyone much prosperity, health and happiness.

May you look at the world through new eyes and be inspired by everything you see and encounter. There is always something new to learn, everyday.

Peace and Love for the new year, Diana

This does not surprise me.

The White House censored it’s own Centers for Disease Control and Prevention head person. What she presented to Congress was the findings of the effects of global warming on diseases and extinction.

The White House struck 6 pages of her 12 page report that didn’t “align” with what a report from the United Nations.

So let me get this straight… they bash the UN all the time for not doing enough, not seeing things right but now the UN has a report that is in their favor, so now they’ll back a UN report. Wasn’t it the UN who also said there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?

>British scientists, in a paper published this week, say that fossil >records show mass extinctions of species are linked to warming tropical >seas. And they say, based on Intergovernmental Panel projections, Earth >is on course to reach extinction-level warming in about 100 years. If >that level is reached, the panel says, “20 to 30 percent” of animal >species will be at risk of extinction.
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[From the Cincinnati Post](http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071029/EDIT/710290318/1003 “Mass Extinction Just Ignore It”)

I don’t get people, why are they self-centered and always on the defense. It seems like people are getting more and more snappy, impatient and rude.

Today Craig and I were at the natural food store, let me preface the parking lot is a little tight. So Craig backs up, and we start towards the exit. A woman is walking towards us on our side. So he slows down and gives her some room. Coming in the parking lot is a small panel truck. By the way we were positioned he’d have to move over a bit on his right and we’d all be happy. But does this happen, no he yells out his window at us, “Move over you god-damn moron”. People are just so friendly.

Then we come home to find a note on the windshield of my car. Again a little preface. Our apartment complex does not have enough spots in front of each building for all the people who live there. There’s 5 units in our building and 5 parking spots, well each of us in the units has 2 cars… you see the dilema. Last night I parked over in front of the building next door because they have several empty units. The reason I did this too was so my neighbors were not inconvenienced by us having a guest over for a short period of time. Back to the note, I find a hand written note by a woman saying, “If you don’t live here, then don’t park here”. I read the note, looked around in the building and ripped it up. My theory is this is from one of the new people who just moved into that building. It will be interesting come winter when we generally lose 2 spots due to the way the snow plow clears the lot.

An open statement to the world. Have some patience, think about why a person might be doing what they are doing, maybe there’s a reason. From the 7 Habts of Highly Effective People, “Seek first to understand, then to be understood“.

Today was a day where I was certainly uninspired by humanity. There are such great things we can do, when we drop the chip on our shoulders.