Bob Seger's recent song about global climate change

[90-percent]

I'm not a rabid Bob Seger fan, but he is an artist that marks the decades of my life with his music since Rambling Gambling Man in the mid 60's.

I hears this song on little steven in sirius a few days ago and two things struck me;

1. His message in this song is strong and vibrant and urgent

2. He released a new album after a decade?


As a progressive liberal Democratic semi-activist, I strive to determine the ROOT CAUSE of why things are the way they are and why things are not the way they could be in a humanistic civilized cant we all get along planet.

I consider the ROOT CAUSE to be the accelerating manifestation of Oligarchy infesting our government and many parts of the planet.

And the future of the planet is being driven over a cliff by a very very small group of greedy sociopaths that are determined to extract every last drop of oil possible before we move on to clean renewable energy. These people are throwing the future of the entire planet under the bus in the name of merely becoming even more overly rich and powerful than they already are. The future of humanity vs. a few more private jets and car elevators - I'll take the bling please. Ending the world as we know it is a small price to pay for all my yachts and power and vacation mansions and servants.

And with somebody as established and mainstream as Seger singing about this I think is substantial - almost a tipping point. I think his music cuts across all socioeconomic barriers - conservatives and bikers and young and old and liberals and straights all like Bob. He's as unpolarizing as you can get.

I've heard recently the rate of species extinction in the present is greater than it was when the dinosaurs suffered mass extinction. That is mind blowing. It's also mind blowing that there is an urgent worldwide need to create a a worldwide environmental Manhattan project that enlists all the resources our entire planet can muster up to just say no to global climate change. I amazed that THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT is in full view of all of us and we chose collectively to ignore it. If there is any recorded history of humanity possible in a hundred years, I don't think what humanity is doing right now will be looked at kindly.

-90% Jimmy

[RoverSuswade]

1. It's an up-hill battle.

Even GEORGE WILL (supposedly respected intelligent American) did a hit piece on climate change in his column today. Ahhhrrrrrrg!

[cilla4progress]

2. You mean, denying it?

It's so freaking obvious to me that climate deniers are fraidy cats. They deny it, because they are afraid of it. They are descendants of those who imprisoned Galileo. They choose to live in the dark. They are bringing on a new Dark Ages. And we are their victims, sadly. But we can do something about it. But will we.

[handmade34]

3. "the earth is all we got...

so we should take care of it" good on Bob Seger

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Big Bob Seger fan here. Glad to see him doing something like this.

Here are the lyrics:

Let's talk about acid in the ocean
Let's look at all the dying coral reefs
Let's talk about shorter growing seasons
Let's talk about what we're gonna eat


Say a prayer for the victims of extinction
Say another for the redwood trees
Say another for arctic and the tundra
Let's talk about who we're tryin' to please


It's your world


The rich keep bitchin' and the rest keep wishin' it away
All these children have to face our mess someday


Let's talk about mining in Wisconsin
Let's talk about breathing in Beijing
Let's talk about chemicals in rivers
Let's talk about cash as king


Let's talk about runoff from the mountains
Check the levels on Lake Mead
Let's talk about mortgaging the future
We borrow and we borrow and we borrow, borrow, borrow


It's your world

I had the opportunity to see him in concert a few years ago and let me tell you, the man's still got it.