Okay, so I got caught on this bad assed History Channel show last night called, "Prophets of Doom". They gathered some of the smartest men on the subjects that fill all "end world" scenarios (sans Religion): Overpopulation, Economy, Water, Oil, Tenchnology, and Nuclear Terrorism. My favorite out of all of them was the Overpopulation dude, Michael Ruppert... he put the information right on the table, said he offered no "magic bullet" to the solution, just what we can do. He realizes that at the point we're at now, we cannot save everyone. And he also said this wasn't a "Save the Wales", lefty kinda speech- this **** was serious. For Democrat and Republican alike, seeing as how, AMAZINGLY, we both inhabit this Earth

Okay, Overpopultion: I totally agree. I really do think there are just WAY too many people on this Earth, and the numbers (and buildings we have to build to accomodate) keep growing. If you say the numbers on the population from Jesus' time to now, your eyes would spin. I suggest you go see, it's really quite amazing. I just do not understand how we're going to fit anymore people on this ship. Mr. Ruppert even referred to it as the "Titanic". That ship was supposed to be "unsinkable". And what was one of the major flaws on that piece? They didn't have enough lifeboats to supports everyone. And he ended it by saying, "we are on the Titanic, but some people don't want to believe until they're underwater". Deep stuff. He was, by far, the most collected and sagacious of the group. I was really impressed.

Next, the Economy: This is kinda a given. It really makes no sense to me at all, maybe it's my pot-adled mind, or I'll just never get it, but we're in debt. To who? China? I mean, who would CHina be in debt to? And isn't most of the **** we buy from China? So, where's the disconnect? I just don't understand how we are perpetually screwed, and now they're working out a global currency. I mean, paper money has only been around, I believe they said, 140 years? So this Federal currency we had was kind of still in it's test phase. The money thing will always be a mystery to me.... I get we should want it, we should work to get it, yadda yadda ya... but wtf?

After the Economy was the Water Douche: I only call him a douche because he kept swaying the argument towards the Water, and he was driving a damned SUV to the meeting! Mind you, the only one, erryone else took a cab, one dude took a train. He's rolling around talking about, "Water water nowhere and not a drop to drink", and he's got a baby eater! It was a mess! Anyways, I feel the water think. It's not that we're running out of water, it's just the amount of fresh, consumable water is greatly dupleted. Which basically means that we won't have water we can use. Already, some places (Singapore, Australia, California, Utah, to name a few) are recyling (or planning to) their sewer water. I mean, straight converting that piece to drinkable, nasty looking water. But it may be the reality. Already, it's illegal to take more than a five minute shower in Australia. Like my baby said, I don't understand how they gauge that, but I'm sure it's a law, seeing as how there's a bunch a dumb laws already no one can gauge (can I hear "sodomy", ok?). It just rocks my world... and pretty soon, Florida's gonna be screwed. They also made a mention that they've traced caffine in fish from the sewer water because they weren't equipped to filter the things like caffine and, more seriously, perscription drugs that we human consume everyday. Yikes. So, next time you have a glass of water, don't be surprised if you catch yourself a little buzz. I couldn't imagine a world without water... I never really thought of it, and I'll touch on this later. Lemme put an * here, next time you see it, I'll elaborate.

Now, to the Oil conundrum: we, America, have already reached what they call our "Peak Oil" spot. We reached this back in the 70's. We went from producing 10 million (holy **** barrels of Oil, A DAY, to now, a meezly 5 million barrels. And that's just here in America. Where are the 10th Country in the world to use the most Energy. Don't be too proud of that. They said people in Ireland (who ranked 33, I think), enjoyed life just as much as we did, and they don't use half of what you use to charge your iPod, Pads, and Phones. There is no substitue for Fossil Fuels, just inadequate alternatives. Also, he talked about Robert Hirsch. Robert Hirsch was the Senior Energy Advisory at MISI. He wrote a report properly named, "Hirsch's Report". In it, it spoke of how, where we are right now, at this very moment, we cannot continue. At all. It's too much. Instead, the government buried this report.... deep. They didn't want to threaten the way we, as a civilization. live with these astounding findings (Google it for full report... crazy isht).

So, the Technology: yeah, it's really Sci-Fi. It's crazy, it's a mess, but it is a possibility. Robots are advancing daily. Processors are getting more compact and efficient, and they have become a part of everyday life, for better or for worse. The guy representing Technology works on them, and says that he sees dramatic changes in them everyday. He said that North Korea said there would be a robot servent in every household (in Korea) by 2020. Bill Gates went even further to say that by 2030, Robotic servents would be a MULTI-BILLION dollar company. So, the Technology guys argument was that if they were to become self-aware, what would happen. They could house all of the worlds knowledge, so what would they do with it. What if they decided to, as he put it, "get rid of oxygen simply because it makes their circuits rust, and they don't need it like we do". He also said that our brains work on a chemical level, meaning we can't think things all the time. Of course, the robot has a brain that works at the speed of light. Scream. I mean, we'd have to solve our financial+oil problem to get to this point, thankfully, but it still was interesting to see. I just don't understand... if we think it could happen, and we have amazing scientific proof backing that it might, why wouldn't we just avoid it althogether?

And last but not least, Nuclear Terrorism: Obama, in 2010, said, "The threat of Nuclear War has gone down. The threat for Nuclear Terrorism has increased". The guy that was talking about this subject was very passoinate, and I felt he provided a very valid case. He said, "The hardest part of a Nuclear bomb isn't to get it to go off.... the hardest part is to keep it from going off". He broke it down in a way I'd never thought of it, it'd basically be a mini-star on this Earth. Like our Sun. A very small inkling of our Sun on this Earth. That's just **** crazy. It wraps my brain to think we just created this **** to end a war. I don't think it achieved what it set out to do. It may have won that battle, but as we can tell, there's still a war going on. He said that there was a sting in the U.S. were some feds went into a Nuclear waste place with nothing but a Home Dept. cart and started loading the Plutonium like it was nothing, then walked right out with it. That's howe easy, apparently, it is to obtain that **** It's bananas...

So, yeah, it was a great program. Oh, wait, someone wants to say "Hi" to you- it's Mr. *.

*- The Economy guy said something so profound to me. Something I know that I'm guilty. Something I definitely know everyone else is guilty of. You know, when you just know the truth, and it's sooooo bad, so you just put it way out of your mind. You think, "Oh, I'll just deal with it when I get to it". It's called "cognitive dissonance". We, as humans (or, hopefully, as just Americans), are walking around in this perpetual state of dissonance. We need to do something about it. I'm so sick of being scared of this **** I'm sick of people talking about they wanna kills us.

And lemme say this- DO NOT GET CAUGHT UP IN HOLLYWOOD **** I know this seems like it's coming from left field, but we, as Americans, are in love with our celebrities. My problem with it is that's how we're trying to live.... like the Kardashians, Gwyneth Dip****, and others. As you can tell, all of these problems all feed off each other, so it's just a matter of which house of cards will fall first.

If you can catch, "Prophets of Doom" on the History Channel, I suggest you watch. From what I've seen, though, they don't play it that much.... so, catch that lightining in a bottle when you can. I don't mean to come off as a pot smoking hippy. We're past that. It's not cute anymore, it's not valid anymore. Stop and look around you. EVERYONE is living outside of their means. If you have three kids, but only one person works, you're probably living outside of your means. It'll change, though... it's got to. They said History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. Remember that.

Much Boogie Love, ya'll.