Rants, Raves and Revolutions

Hello friends,

I am ready for a revolution.

I've been inspired this way and that way and every way lately. This world is not it was supposed to be. Look into your heart and you'll find love. You will. Everyone will. It's our God-intended right to be loved (which is tattooed on my back!)

Anyway, this BP oil spill is something else. Do we know how many lives are being ruined? How OUR lives our being ruined? How many animals are dying from this spill that just continues to spew. I knew it was bad news from day one. Day ONE I was unhappy with the spill. It is only getting worse. Please do not take the out of sight out of mind mentality like so many others do. Someday it will be in sight AND in mind, and what do we do then? When everyone else is having this same out of sight out of mind mentality?

There are things we can do. I registered to volunteer and I can't wait for a phone call. You can donate soap and hair (yes, hair... it soaks up the oil I was told!) You simply have to contact your barber or your salon or your pup pup's salon. They don't need it, but their earth does, so really..... they do.

As if the oil spill wasn't enough, another oceanic nightmare is brewing. On June 20, the International Whaling Commission is meeting in Morocco to vote on a proposal to lift the international whaling ban that has been in tact for 24 years. The ban would be lifted for Japan, Norway and Iceland -- the three countries that have hated the ban from.

The rest of this comes from PETA's blog, where I retrieved a lot of my information:

"Anyone who knows anything about the history of the ban—which has slashed the killing from somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 whales a year to between 1,200 and 1,700—is outraged that the president is going back on his election pledge to strengthen a ban and instead throwing the country's might behind lifting it.

We know some fascinating things about whales: Humpbacks create "bubble-netting" by blowing a stream of bubbles to surround their prey, and females form long-lasting friendships with each other. Many people know that sperm whales have the biggest brains of any living being, but did you know that they're able to dive more than a mile? Or that they communicate by clicking? Or that some scientists believe that sperm whales "are so self-aware that they might have begun to evolve a concept of religion."

We also know that if the whaling ban is lifted, whale families will be torn apart as more are slaughtered. Act now to help animals: Politely tell President Obama that you oppose the cruel slaughter of sentient beings." -Karin Bennett

As my dedicated readers and best of friends already know, whales are my absolute favorite animals in the whole world. They are fascinating, majestic, graceful and simply amazing. I constantly stare out into the ocean, thinking about it's vastness and how many whales are actually out there. The oil spill threatens them (as well as the world) enough. We don't need the deliberate slaughtering of them. Most importantly, it is simply inhumane. We as humans have to protect the vulnerable; as we do with our children or our pets. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace" -Jimi Hendrix

I want a revolution. I want a peaceful revolution. Another Woodstock would be amazing. I sign petitions left and right online but what's more powerful-- A million signatures or a million bodies standing for peace?

Love, Jessica of Stitches and Spools