The state of Florida continues in its long tradition of raping Mother Earth wherever and whenever it gets the chance: read Carl Hiaasen's article about the manatee's new status as threatened, no longer endangered. This opens the door for development to proceed as usual.http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/14782935.htm
I recently finished reading The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise by Michael Grunwald. It is a thorough, gut-wrenching chronicle of powerful men driven by greed and a twisted version of "for the greater good" that, like no other book I have read illustrates the misdirected values of our present economic system. Read a the New York Times review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/books/review/09martin.html?ex=1302235200&en=305f880b59bad761&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Just the quality of life and its continuance on Earth are at stake.
Sobered,
Susan
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