They say:
They say that it is the United States responsibility to police the world. They say that it’s been our responsibility since after World War II.
They say that we are living in the greatest period in the history of the world.
They say that Mt. Saint Helens is growing again. Four feet a day. Pretty soon, once the eruptions stop that form the mountain, the peak will be where it was before it erupted more than 20 years ago.
They say that if you get an education you will be better off financially than if you don’t get an education. The key to being better off, though, is deciding that when the day is done it is time to move to a location where what you got a degree is in need of your services. Staying in the same place you went to school, unless it is a major world city, is stupid.
They say that all of the land masses on the planet were once a large body called Pangaea. They say it took millions of years for North and South American and Australia to push away from the Europe and Africa and Asia and that Antartica was once a garden paradise.
If your religious they say that Adam and Eve were the first man and woman.
They also say that man is descended from apes. Yet, there is no substantive evidence that connects man to apes. In the whole course of recorded human history there have been no significant genetic anomalies, no changes in appearance, nothing that would suggest that in thousands of years man is not evolving into another iteration.
They say that they’ve found elements of the missing link. They also say that they’ve found a race of hobbit like creatures living in some remote part of the world. They also say that those hobbit like creatures was really one creature and it was one man who suffered from a disease that is around today and was merely just short. No hobbits.
They say that movies and television and music are good for the soul.
They say that movies and television and music are bad for the soul.
They say that the sun shines. It rises in the east and sets in the west. They say that the light from the sun, not the visible light from the sun, causes cancer. They say that tomatoes cause cancer. They say that tobacco causes cancer. They say that eggs cause cancer. They say that marijuana does not have a direct connection to cancer – which was kind of surprising since the inhalation of smoke into the lungs breaks down the lining of the esophogal passages and the bronchial chambers which allows for a mutation in one cell which spreads to another cell which, in turn, eventually kills you because the cancer has then spread far enough that radiation won’t kill it.
They say that radiation will kill you.
They say that radiation can cure you, but that the cure is almost as bad as the disease. It’s kind of funny that cancer is considered a disease when, in truth, it is probably closer to the mutation that changed apes into mans.
They say that if we look hard enough that we will find the missing link between man and apes.
They say that the world was created in seven days. They also say that seven days means seven creative periods. They say that God’s time is not man’s time. They say that we are children of God. Children of Adam and Eve. Children of Noah and his crew, brood, clan, the remaining survivors when God determined the Earth was full of wickedness and decided to cause a flood.
They say the flood was a baptism.
They say that the flood was probably a regionalized event because people, at that time, lived in a very small area and that it was possible for God to send down rain for forty days and nights and kill everyone, sans eight people, because there was nowhere to go.
They say that entire herds of mastodons died simply because they became mired in the mud. Hard to become mired in mud when the instinct of many herds, regardless of where the herd is located or what kind of animals, is the protection of the herd. One mastodon gets stuck you might as well assume that the rest turn and leave. It’s the law of the wild.
They say that Adam lived in what is currently Missouri. They say it if you’re LDS or affiliate with that religion. They say that Noah floated in his ark for almost a year. They say that the ark looked like a modern ship. They also say that the ark was probably a large rectangular box. They say that he had two of every kind of animal, unless the animal was used as cattle and then he had seven. They say that he spent time after the flood in the ark. They say that the ark is now located on Mt. Ararat.
They say that it takes millions of years to build a mountain, let alone a mountain range.
They say that the last time there was major movement in the Wasatch range the mountains leaped in the air about 17 feet – plus or minus 3. They say that Utah is about 400 to 500 years overdue for another earthquake.
They say that Yellowstone National Park is sitting on top of one of the largest volcanoes in the world. They say that when it blows it will take most of the western United States with it.
They say that thirty minutes of sun in the morning is good for you. Conversely, they say that thirty minutes of sun in the evening ain’t so good for you.
They say that they’ve traced back all of human lineage back to a single woman in Africa. They say that they have what they believe to be an artist’s rendition of what she would’ve looked like. She doesn’t look all that good. Kind of ugly. Rather disgusting, not what I would’ve imagined my ancient ancestor to be. They say that’s where we all come from. That’s our Eve. Maybe it’s Noah’s wife… what’s her name? It doesn’t matter. They say it’s what we should be learning.
They say that evolution is the answer to so many things.
They say that war does little to curb the growth in humanity. They say that the 8.5 million Jews, the 20+ million Russians, and the lives lost with all of the fighting forces around the world didn’t even put a dent on the overall population of the world.
They say that the black plague destroyed a large percentage of the population. Disease kills more than people kill.
They say that we start wars when the population of young men exceeds a certain percentage. They say that the old send the young to war. They say that women run the world better than men. They say that peace is possible. They say that all religions ultimately want peace. They forget to say that some religions only want peace when all other religions are dead or converted. Forget that we have a right to decide.
They say that the world is not enough.
They say that we’re going to the moon.
They say that we are going to mars.
They say that 20 billions dollars is a reasonable cost for almost anything: space exploration, reclamation of river delta that people insist upon living in even though it lies beneath sea level and anything made by man is made to fail. They say that it is the federal government’s responsibility to come in and fix what was damaged or destroyed. They say that the President failed, congress failed, the system failed even though every hurricane has brought damage and destruction it is suddenly the nations problem when one small area, which should be uninhabitable, is proved to be uninhabitable.
They say party likes it’s 1999. I was there in 1999. Nothing happened. The lights stayed on. My computer booted up the next day. My credit cards still worked. There was no looting, no riots, no nothing to stop the peace and tranquility of the world at large.
They say that the Y2K problem had to do with the difference between 99 and 1999, 00 and 2000. They say that no one thought about it when computers were in their infancy, in the 80’s. In our homes.
They say a lot of things: the sky is blue; grass is green; roses are red; can’t you sing.
They say that poetry is one of the earliest forms of writing in any language. They say that I should like poetry.
They say a lot of things… and today, I say there will be more as more comes.
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