We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Factory Farmed Meat Can Trigger a Global Pandemic That Wipes Out Sixty Percent of Those Infected

By Kathy Freston, AlterNet


I find it very interesting that MSM has completely ignored the issue of factory farmed meat, and the fact that the common name of the virus was changed from "swine flu" virus to H1N1.  Can't offend the big agri-businesses, can we?