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Friday, November 05, 2004 ( 8:21 AM ) Melody Onward and Upward Like a lot of others, I've been feeling pretty hopeless in Indiana, the first state to be declared for Bush the other night. Then I was talking to a friend on the phone the other night who said something like this, "I know one thing. I can't wait another 4 years for a chance to fix the world's problems. I voted for Kerry, and things didn't get better; now I've got to stop being part of the problem." She's going to start voting with her money everywhere she goes. She's going to stop supporting the corporations who are the only ones really benefitting from where we are right now. No more Wal-Mart. No more McDonald's. She's going to do what she can to support companies developing alternative energy solutions and start carpooling, trying to make herself less dependent on oil. She's going to eat seasonally, support local farmers by joining collectives where she can obtain local produce and dairy, and stop eating and shopping at chains whenever possible. It gives me some small hope. I want to join her. We can't expect to be absolved of our responsibilities to the planet once we've voted. Voting is not a sacrament. As long as I live in the world, I feel I've got a responsibility to try to make it better, for myself and others who live in my time and for my children. I saw this on ZenChick's blog today: There is an expression in Judaism, from the Talmud (rabbinical commentary on the # |
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