Don Guizzetti's Blog – April 2009 Archive (2)

There is a calamity every bit as horrifying and hideous as any in the bloody history of genocide in the 20th, now 21st century. The events in the Darfur region of the Sudan continue only because too few join the outcry against the mutilation, rape, and murder of thousands upon thousands of human beings.



After World War II civilized people everywhere joined the cry or moral outrage, “Never Again!” Sadly, it is happening again. And maybe too far away for many to care. Further even than… Continue

In the US, we spend $43 Billion dollars a year on our pets. We also spend billions on cosmetics, clothing, and gas gulping cars built for style and flash more than value or efficiency. Many of us live in homes large enough to hold an entire clan in many other parts of the world. We are 5% of the world's population and we consume 25 to 35% of the world's resources. It's not to say we haven't earned it, but at what cost?



If a man has $5.00 in his pocket and is standing next to someone… Continue