OPINION: 'To dream is fanciful. To actually see progress towards reformation is magical. Today I dream,' writes Tucson resident Robert Nordmeyer.
Perhaps one of the more profound admonitions given to the American people was pronounced 53 years ago by a possum. The highly popular Pogo, a comic strip character from the creative pen of cartoonist Walt Kelly, uttered the now famous phrase, “We have met the enemy and he is us!”
People are also reading… And now this month we observe another Earth Day. And in realizing this and in seeing the obvious disregard we humans have for this earth, I can’t help but wonder what makes us so derelict in our responsibilities and stewardship.
Consequently, as a result of these negative influences, a kind of awakening does come about, but it’s only talk and very little, if any, hard-core remedies. So why do we wait for tragedies to bring about reform? Why are we not proactive instead of being reactive? Why are we so hesitant and impotent? The more this world waits for effective measures to be taken, the more the earth will succumb to disaster.
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