I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long. - Walt Whitman, Song of Myself, 1855
Please vote for Ketsele
(Feb 11)
If you want, please vote for Ketsele at the Humane Society National Spay Day 2008 Contest. You can only vote once, so this won...
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Extinction is forever
(Aug 8)
Rescue comes too late as Yangtze River dolphin declared extinctA FRESHWATER dolphin species has been declared extinct after desperate e...
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Just letting you all know...
(Apr 21)
My laptop (only 6 months old) crashed yesterday and I am trying to get back online (I'm at work now) and get my system back, but th...
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DON'T FORGET THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE; ON WHOSE LAND THIS COUNTRY WAS CREATED. AS LONG AS THE AMERICAN INDIANS STILL SUFFER WITH AVERAGES 80% UNEMPLOYMENT, LACK OF NUTRITIONAL FOOD, HEALTH CARE, FREEZE IN WINTER, HAVE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF APPOX.50 YEARS, THEN CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY WITH GRATITUDE IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU DO, NO MATTER HOW HUMBLE YOUR LIFE IS. WRITE TO THOSE IN GOVT. TO DEMAND BETTER BY THIS NATION TOWARDS THE INDIANS. I FEEL THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO HONOR THE DAY TO BRING THIS TO OUR LEADERS ATTENTION, AGAIN. I HONOR THIS LAND AND THOSE WHO BRING OUT THE BEST IN AMERICA. THE GREED AND RAPE MUST STOP! WE MUST RIGHT THE WRONGS.
Today we know that corporations, for good or bad, are major influences on our lives. For example, of the 100 largest economies in the world, 51 are corporations while only 49 are countries, based on a comparison of corporate sales and country GDPs. In this era of globalization, marginalized people are becoming especially angry at the motives of multinational corporations, and corporate-led globalization is being met with increasing protest and resistance.