What would we do without the UN? Just this week we find that august body of thought and deliberation on the shores of Turtle Bay in beautiful New York City is readying itself to look out for the least among us.
Bolivia will this month table a draft United Nations treaty giving “Mother Earth” the same rights as humans — having just passed a domestic law that does the same for bugs, trees and all other natural things in the South American country.
Be still my throbbing heart. Mother Gaia can finally move away from the card table and piano bench and have a seat at the big-people table for Thanksgiving dinner.
That document speaks of the country’s natural resources as “blessings,” and grants the Earth a series of specific rights that include rights to life, water and clean air; the right to repair livelihoods affected by human activities; and the right to be free from pollution.
It also establishes a Ministry of Mother Earth, and provides the planet with an ombudsman whose job is to hear nature’s complaints as voiced by activist and other groups, including the state.
Who says “activist and other groups” are the sole voicers(?) of nature’s rights? Why can’t a mining company voice them?
“We’re not saying, for example, you cannot eat meat because you know you are going to go against the rights of a cow,” he said. “But when human activity develops at a certain scale that you (cause to) disappear a species, then you are really altering the vital cycles of nature or of Mother Earth.
I’m confused. Isn’t the noble cow part of that great tableau we call nature? Who will speak for the cow? If not us, who? Does not the stalk of grain enjoy these very same rights?
In other news of the UN, the Palestinians are ready to form a state of their own.
The Palestinian Authority is ready to run an independent state but will struggle to make further institutional progress due to the restrictions of the Israeli occupation, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
If they can only get those pesky Jews to stop occupying and oppressing them. It would also help if they would stand still so it would be easier to shoot them.
The United Nations said deep political divisions between the PA and the Islamist group Hamas, which runs Gaza, added another complication to the drive to Palestinian statehood.
However, the report said the main constraint to the creation and successful running of a Palestinian nation remained the Israeli occupation. Israel still controlled 62 percent of the West Bank, including major road links, it said.
“The current situation leaves Palestinians significantly constrained in terms of movement of people and goods and access to land,” the report said.
A spokesman from the Palestinian People’s Front said, “Those People’s Front of Palestine splitters in Gaza are messin’ it up for everybody.” He then added, “But it’s mostly those pesky Jews.”
Fortunately, the choir director was quite understanding about my recent absences, and didn’t kill me (even though only two tenors showed up Sunday morning.) The pre-rehearsal “milk and cookies” were good too. I helped launch a new tradition tonight. It’s not uncommon for a few folks to straggle in 10 or 20 minutes after the official start of rehearsal. The… Read more »
Who’s to say whether it’s a sphere or cube. Your paternalistic constructs no longer mean anything yet you continue to foist your prejudicial and outdated cis-shapism on an entire class of transgeometric models!
In Potruguese “eggs” is “ovos’. Similar to “Oval’. I’m sure there’s a common meaning somewhere down the linguistic tree.
It’s a government school, bob. A sphere is the same thing as a cube.
It’s frikkin Alice in Wonderland.
If you haven’t seen the video of Joe Biden dozing off during Obammy’s tax speech today, it’s worth watching. Tickled me to see a woman in the row behind Biden nodding off too.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/04/asleep-on-the-job-what-was-vice-president-joe-biden-doing-during-obamas-debt-speech.html
Hugh Hewitt tore Obama’s speech apart tonight. His budget speech tonght might as well be labelled as a “caca stew”.
bob #114;
Even though “Easter” is a [pagan] deity?
#104 No.
I’m appalled. First and foremost, eggs are not spheres, and nobody should be telling kids that they are. Also, I have no problem at all with an Easter egg hunt at a school. That’s just plain silly.
Ooooo thanks for the linky Texpat, I’m emailing them right now! I did live in France for two months last summer and liked it a lot, was actually at the Eiffel Tower one of the days there was a bomb threat (I left about four hours before that ruckus started). I got to travel England, Scotland and Poland but hope… Read more »
A pox on the horse thief, ST, sure hope this turns out well with your animal back in the fold.
Thanks for the update Adee. And the background on Ramses. ST and family are in our earnest prayers.
Bonecrusher #100;
Also add two upsidedown explanation marks before “EL”. alternatively you can say “centeno” which means “hundredth”.
De nada, amigo.
107
Don’t have a rope but I do have a 3/16″ cable. OOOH
105
That can be brutal. Sand encasement under clay the leak can travel a long way.
Hamous #18;
LOL. Who knows, Bane Investmentsprobably once owned Aquafresh.
The hue and cry is out for Southern Tragedy’s missing horse. A friend in her area has already made good flyers and distributed them, and ST has e-mailed them to her friends (moi included), so via the net the word should go far and wide. Ramses is a beautiful black Arabian gelding, very well bred, and successful at endurance competition.… Read more »
I’m ready for a chilled mixed greens salad with lots of fetta cheese, olives and a fine, strong balsamic vinegar dressing. Alas, I’m chasing down water pipeline leaks in Washington County at sundown.
The secular fascists are winning. Ain’t it great, bob?
Not me. I plan on hunting EASTER EGGS. Pagan, PC or not.
Sooooo. Who’s planning on a Spring Sphere Hunt in a couple of weeks?
TransamTrannyHammie
This is getting complicated.
#97 Hammyster42:
. . . . .along with Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, Roger Clemmons, and all the rest who cheated; period dot bingo.
WHOOOOO HOOOO EL CIENTO!!
#97
Yeah, imagine that, getting in trouble for lying to the biggest pack of liars in existence.
Hammy, on yesterdays subject on you Vert Bird check out camaros.net. Very good forums on first gens and applies to the Pontiac since they are close cousins.
Hi Meglet
You’ve been missed.
Have a blast in France. I hope you’re able to travel Europe while you’re there.
Looks like Sterry Bonds is gonna get his hand slapped. I have mixed emotions. He was obviously a juicer and deserves to have his records stripped but the idiots in congress have no authority to be investigating anything to do with baseball so there never should have been reason for him to lie to them.
#94 Perish the thought! One wife turned out to be one too many for me. (But I might speak to them about that sandwich.) Some time ago one of the sopranos and I weren’t sure if we wanted another beer, so I ordered one and poured half of it into her glass. I did a poor pouring job that resulted… Read more »
Somebody remind Meglet to leave her burka at home. They’re illegal in France now.
#93 Bob: You should just come right out and tell them that is what you wish; who knows you may wind up in a 3-way marriage.
I’ve ditched two Wednesday evening choir rehearsals in a row, and also ditched singing this past Sunday. So according to UU dogma, the choir director now has the option of passing the hat to hire a hit man. And she might just do it. Not only did I ditch practice last week, I attended the “milk and cookies quintet” pre-rehearsal… Read more »
#90 Hamous: The foul “O” promised that no family earning under $250K would see a tax increase of any kind. Since he made that promise, we have been experiencing big time inflation and the worst has not yet hit. In a short matter of time, $250K will have the same purchasing power as $100K. Soon everyone will have a huge… Read more »
#87 Pyro: Thanks, intro email sent.
The jig is up, folks. I think I just felt Atlas shrug.
#85 TT:
I now have new olympic sport: traffic blockin moooooslim jumping in one of these
Good afternoon Hamsters. Been spending this wonderful day getting outside stuff done. Off to a great start at 46 at 6 and light ground fog. Gotta cherish these cool mornings as their numbers are dwindling before Summer marches in and stays and stays. The front is long gone, clear blue sky left with it as the wind turned SE, and… Read more »
bonecrusher / gtotracker – you might have email.
#84 Southern Belle: If the gate was locked/latched and there was no hole in the fence; that means someone absconded with your horsey-thing don’t it? CALL THE WISSIN TEXAS RANGERS!!
Meg, just tell ’em about your oil wells and the cattle roaming the street. They’ll probably believe you. And don’t forget to pack some Texas phrases like “ya’ll” and “fixin’ to”. Then they’ll know how snobby to be.
And watch out for traffic jams at Muslim prayer times. I hear they block streets to make a point.
I know that for Italian speakers, there was a meetup group that meets to eat and talk Italian with their hands to each other in a social setting. I’ll bet there’s one for French, also. FIFY 😉 Hiya Meglet! You can borrow my lab for awhile. Just remember that he likes to be fed twice a day and he’ll be… Read more »
someone e-mail Goat Boy and direct him to my #76 above.
Vod Kanockers
#73 Bob: I just want to know which Hamoustonianites are battery powered.
#78 Yes. 😉 I purposefully phrased it like that to see which hamster would pick up the ball and roll the punch line. And it was you!
I figure I’m on double secret probation for sure now…
ok, let’s keep it clean. We’re trying to be at least marginally family-friendly.
Granny transhamous will show up and smite you.
Besides, I’m supposed to be the one who makes those kinds of remarks. 😉
boob boob boob boob
#75 Bob42
Okay, do you realize what you just said?
Happy birthday Thomas Jefferson!
From yesterday’s o/c thread:
GTO Dude: That player piano is still available, ya want it?
#74 🙂
Careful there, I think some of us hamsters are starting to rub off on you.
Bob42
Yes, I hear many women depend upon battery powered gizmos to get things turned on.
I tested my jump starter gizmo today. Since daughter’s car is pretty much fubar, she’s using my truck. My mom’s truck hasn’t been started in over a year, and the battery was seriously dead. I attached my old AC powered charger for an hour or so, and then it occurred to me that this would be a good opportunity to… Read more »
I know that for Italian speakers, there was a meetup group that meets to eat and talk Italian to each other in a social setting. I’ll bet there’s one for French, also.