Scientists often go all anthropomorphic on your ass when talking about nature. For example, it is not unusual for them to discuss disease pathogens, like bacteria or the AIDS virus, in terms of producing symptoms in order to spread themselves more effectively, in the same way botanists may talk about flowering plants making themselves attractive to bees so that the bees will spread their pollen for them. Either viruses, bacteria, and flowering plants think and plan or not, and if the former is true, heaven help us, the movie THE HAPPENING may turn out to be prophetic one day.

Another good example arises when scientists talk about human life span. Here , they get into giving Nature "herself" intentionality, and talk about nature wanting humans to live long enough to procreate, and then, fixing cell processes so that they start acting inefficiently, leading to the loss of effective functioning and ultimately to death, because, once you reproduce, it's more effective to have you die and all those juicy amino acids and nitrogenous compounds, to get recycled into worms or birds or something else. NATURE herself must shake her invisible fist at those who insist on being cremated, and thus, all those good recyclable organic building blocks going down the drain (or up in smoke, to allude to a marijuana influenced movie).

Let's face it, humans are meddlers, and in the broad look at our efforts, we are pretty much parasites on the earth. N ow, I know that if you are a human (and chances are, if you are reading this blog, you either are human, or a damn interesting extra-terrestrial) you probably don't like that parasitic characterization, but man up, belly up to the bar and face facts, we are.

What is needed in the world, from Nature's standpoint, is less ozone hole punching, less methane from ill placed farts, and MORE oxygen release. Let's face it, trees and plants are doing their part to provide us with life giving oxygen, and what do we do but blow a little CO2 their way, and then cut them off at the knees to make paper. Nature must like large creatures with slow metabolisms (except for brontosauruses, because she 86ed them a long time ago) because they get to live a longer time than us Homo sapiens.

Redwoods in California can live for centuries, and even the lowly giant sea turtle can live to be a 150 years or even more. The smaller creatures with high metabolisms seem like they must annoy Nature, because she kills them off rather quickly (see "mayfly ").

Some people such as the Vikings, say that when you are born, there is already a day on the calendar that you will not live beyond, that the skein of your life is already laid out, and you cannot do anything to change that (so even suicide may be part of that plan).

Perhaps this is true because we all know people who survive accidents that SHOULD have killed them, but they live, and there are also people who die from things that they should have lived through.

Sometimes, life deals you a rotten hand. Take Dr. Michael Crichton. He was educated, a medical doctor, a writer of renown with many movies made from his books like Jurassic Park and many more. Given all that, one might envy this tall, handsome doctor who seemed to have it all.
He died at age 60 from cancer. But, then you have ne'er do wells who are not attractive, not educated, and who lived to be a 100. Where's the sense in it. Perhaps the good DO die young.

There are so many imponderables in life. Who knows when a forgotten strand of your DNA will hold an oncogenic bit of code just waiting for the right age or right conditions to do you in .

Every day, driving in traffic, you are tempting the Fates. Just ONE drunk driver, coming from the other direction, can have your obituary written on the undersurface of their bumper. Just one disgruntled, fired worker can come back two years after being fired and open fire where you work, even if you never knew him, he could be your executioner, your assassin. The road less traveled may have been the fork in the road that would have saved your life.

So, look at the redwood trees. They live, they grow, they breath out life giving oxygen for you, and as long as some asshole doesn't decide to cut them down, chances are they will outlive you.
They have no blog, no myspace page, no facebook, but isn't living in the sunshine and growing, more of an intelligent victory than all our digital accoutrements ?

Perhaps there is no grand scheme. Perhaps the question "Why am I here" is as nonsensical as
"where is 12"? Honestly, you are here because your parents met, had sex, and didn't abort you, and that is as honest as any answer about why you are here can be. If you are looking for some grand purpose for your existence, in some neo-platonian self musing, you can allude to God and Jesus and all kinds of grandiose religious speculation, but in the end, when you do that, what separates you from the schizophrenic with their conspiracy theories ?

No, the focus should no be on how LONG you will live, because if a long lifespan were your goal, you made a big mistake being born into this species. You SHOULD have squeezed your soul into an acorn or something. No, the real question is not how LONG, but how well you life, and in this, I am not talking about the idiotic bullshit bumper sticker that the boy who dies with the most toys wins. That kind of sophomoric fraternity inspired bullshit marks you as profoundly retarded in the soul enhancing ranking. And, I am not talking about making grandiose changes in the political arena. I am talking about how well you lived in a more meaningful, and yes, harder, more time consuming way.

I am talking about living your life in kindness, in generosity, in helping others, especially the animals we share the planet with. I would rather that my epitaph read that I loved and was kind to animals, than that I was a good writer, good artist, president, or anything else. My joy, my satisfaction, is being able to do something good for my fellow creatures, and yes, including other humans as well. A smile or a purr is more of a reward than all the gold that may lurk in Fort Knox. Doing good is a reward. Being a decent creature on earth is a reward. I sound a bit pollyanish, but, I am 100 percent being authentic in that ultimately, this is what I want to achieve in whatever time my corporeal body has on this plane of existence. Since I don't know what lies beyond death, I KNOW I can do good here and know, and by God, I intend to do that, no matter what obstacles lie in my path. This is not preaching, but the most simple statement of what my life is all about that I can make, and the most honest statement of why life is worth living at all.

Peace, love, and light to all who love animals and our planet.

~CodeWarriorz Thoughts

Labels: human lifespan, living, reason for being, years

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/12/web-site-says-doj-demanded-secretly-turn-readers-information/

Web Site Says Justice Department Demanded It Secretly Turn Over Reader's Information

by Diane Macedo

, FOXNews.com

Indymedia.us says the Department of Justice ordered it to release information on its readers -- then directed the news Web site to keep quiet about the demand.

I THINK I LOOK THE SAME AND HAVEN'T AGED, BUT I COULD BE BIASED.

:)

Labels: BOYCOTT-RIAA, codewarrior, codewarriorz thoughts, DMUSIC, musician

I broke down and went to see This Is It. I was a bit on the fence because, although I liked Michael Jackson's music, I wasn't a giant fan, and this was going to be just footage of the rehearsals for the THIS IS IT Tour. But, my wife wanted to go, and I thought it would be ok.

Well, it was more than OK. It was really good...not so much for any NEW music, because the tunes that he seemed to shine on, were the old ones like Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal, and his usual repertoire. And, really, from what I can see, the tour was more about a multimedia presentation with a bit of "WOW" thrown in, and equally about dance as it was music.

The movie starts with teary eyed dancers and singers telling how they had long been fans of
MJ and that actually being part of his show was a dream come true. It was kind of heavy because you realized that MJ was more than just a favorite star of theirs, more than their own inspiration, this tour could take relative unknowns and become a major boost of their careers.

For me, one person stood out. When television was showing shots of the rehearsals, the one
scene that took my attention was the one in which a fan or wind machine was blowing,
there was MJ and a gorgeous blond female guitarist, almost pixie like face, was wailing
on the guitar. I had no clue who she was, but decided I would find out. I found out
her name was Orianthi Panagaris, and then later, found that she was being praised
by my all time favorite guitarist, Carlos Santana who said that if he had a baton to
pass, it would go to Orianthi. He placed her on the level with himself and the late , great,
Stevie Ray Vaughn. So, her work on the tour got my attention and now I am a giant
fan of Orianthi. But, there were many dancers and singers who, if the tour had gone
forward, would probably get the kind of exposure that would only help their careers.

Besides the singing, there was background video, special effects, pyrotechnics, and more.
There were guys being shot out of below the floor, there were fireworks, and overall,
it would have been a great show.

Jackson comes off as a healthy 50 year old who seemed to be invigorated and excited
at the prospect of this tour. It's a damn shame he died as he did, and if anything,
this movie does a great job of highlighting how much life and exuberance for
the earth and for love / agape, there was in Michael.

He was interested in being involved in every aspect of the show, and was equally
as at home performing in front of the professional dancers, as he was in singing
Billie Jean.

Michael "made his bones" as an artist and has his place in the Hall of Fame, made,
as the "King of Pop". Orianthi is an artist who has a great career in front of her,
so, both of these artists, because of their talent and stage presence, will be in the
public mind for a long long time. It is all the other folks who were on the cusp of
being "discovered" that I wonder how they will recover from this tragedy.

At least, someone had the presence of mind to record this for posterity.

God Rest Your Soul Michael. You truly are the King of Pop.

My rating- two thumbs up. If you are an MJ fan, or Orianthi Panagaris fan, a must see.
~Code

Labels: michael jackson, ORIANTHI PANAGARIS, THIS IS IT

Rod the Mod, the Rooster of Rock has turned 64,
and this recent picture shows his left of mouth mole, and yes, he looks like an old Englishman on holiday.

Where's da spandex now Rod?
:)

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RAMMELL: ANYTIME YOU FEEL LIKE BEING MAN ENOUGH TO PUT YOUR FISTS WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS, HOW ABOUT COMING TO TEXSA WHERE WE LOVE WOLVES. YOU'RE A PUSSY AND A COWARD RAMMELL!

Recently, President Jimmy Carter drew a lot of flack for alleging the outburst of trailer trash Joe Wilson in his infamous "You Lie" outburst during a presidential address (perhaps Wilson went to one too many "Town Hall" meetings and thought it was ok to holler out anything you think at any time, but NO JOE SCHMOO , it is not"). While I am convinced that one Southerner can see a racist outburst in another Southerner (Wilson is from SOUTH Carolina), and I believe Jimmy was right,
the hateful feelings coming from the South are not ALL just because he is black. Mr. Obama is almost a "Perfect Storm" of things that Southerners at this point in time, have almost been programmed to fear and hate (or hate and loathing if this were in Rolling Stone). Sure, he is black, but, even WORSE, he is HALF-black , and Southerners for years, for decades have looked down on interracial dating, interracial marriages, and yes, on the product of such unions, so in a way, being half black to them, represents one of the reasons our country is going to hell in a handbasket as they would put it. So, there's part of it. Number two, he is a Yankee. Now, I KNOW that the civil war was around a century and a half ago, but old prejudices die hard, even today we see folks sporting the Stars and Bars banner of the Confederacy. So he is a half breed Yankee (shudder). Now, on top of that, he is very well educated, which to the white sheets with eyeholes crowd, makes him guilty of being "uppity".

Now, ON TOP of him being an uppity, half breed educated Yankee, he's a LAWYER, and people in the South, distrust lawyers. But, since we're on a roll, let's not stop there. His tolerance of abortion and the rhetoric used by the right wing nutjobs is telling people he is trying to prevent them from practicing their religion, even acting as the devil's right hand man in furthering as they would put it, "the murder of millions of innocent babies". He's almost the anti-Christ at this point. Now comes the charge he is trying to take us into socialism. And, also, they see him as not defending America like Bush did. Some whites in the South actually claim HE is prejudiced.

So, an uppitym, half breed Yankee lawyer is enforcing his will on the South to end their religion, kill millions of their unborn babies, and the best is next to come. Alex Jones says he is a puppet of the New World Order, and is leading us down the road to total enslavement.

Oh yeah, did I mention he smokes too ?

Well, from the standpoint of the Old Confederacy in the South, this uppity half-breed Yankee lawyer is spewing the fumes of hell, laughing as he facilitates the murder of millions of unborn babies, and delivering us into the hands of our enemies, the "Death Panel" folks.

Barack, ya gotta love him.

And, the above thinking and ideas you heard, well that's what you get when you get uneducated groups living in trailers, not getting an education, taking too much dope, drinking too much alcohol, marrying their cousin, watching CHEATERS and JERRY SPRINGER, eating Big Macs,
and listening to Limbaugh.
~CodeWarriorZ Thoughts, born and raised i the South, and living there.

And so it goes. (-Kurt Vonnegut, RIP)

Labels: barack, carter, half black lawyer, hatred, prejudice, southerm confederacy, teabaggers, yankee

A friend was telling me about listening to right wing religious radio...you know, that's like Rush Limbaugh if he was really really high on oxycontin and LSD and suddenly thought like God was talking to him directly and telling him that he needed to tell everyone how to live.

So, I listened to a station that carries that bullshit all fucking day. I have
to tell you that MOST of these assholes sound so gay that I could envision them
dancing around in a tutu and wearing hot pink flamingo feathers. I guess part of
it is that many of them (perhaps ALL) were not like me, born and raised in Texas.

If any of these fuckers talked that way where the old CodeWarrior went to school,
they would have had the shit kicked out of them each and every day. Of course,
the irony is that they all TALK gay, but are homophobic and are constantly whining
like a bitch about the "homosexual agenda". It reminds me of comic Jeff Altman's great sketch about Jerry Falwell claiming Jim Bakker of Heritage USA, had given men a "homosexual look".
Put the marker to timelime mark 2:40 on the viddy my droogs. The homosexual look comes at timeline marker 3:02.

This sketch breaks me up. Altman rules. Anyway, all day , day after day, these fuckers harp on the same lies over and over. They call bloody, mucousy blobs of goo in women's bellies, "babies". These fuckers would call anything a baby if it helped bring in a donated dollar. They would call a snot ball a baby, because, a fertilized egg, which they will claim IS a person and IS a baby, looks like a glorified snot ball. I looked up the proper term for the stuff in a woman's womb from conception to birth and that term is "conceptus". A baby is a post-parturitional thing, not pre-parturitional.

But, you see, they want you to think about the cuddly baby in a commercial, or YOUR child when it was a baby. Hell, when you were still in the womb, early on, you were a glorified tadpole with tail and vestigial gill slits and all that shit.
See what they are calling a fucking "BABY".
You know, the old CodeWarrior has pictures of himself
as a baby, and I damn sure didn't look like this. I wonder
if these right wing arseholes , when someone asks to see their "Baby pictures" pulls out these transluscent,
alien creature pictures.

Labels: ECONOMIC SUMMIT, G20, PITTSBURGH, RIOTS, SOUND CANNONS

HEY SMARTASS...WHERE 'S YOUR GREAT VACCINES AND PROPHYLACTIC MEASURES.
DUMBASS MUTHAFUCKA!

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