Things that make ya go hmmmm

Things we hear about:

*Texting  a code from your car with your $5 Starbucks in your hand that gives $10 to Haiti is going to make you a hero, you should tell everyone on facebook so they can see how much charity you do

*Rich celebrities flying to nice places and singing songs in productions that use alot of resources to put on, make them heroes

*We're saving the planet with Hybrid cars

*Swine Flu is deadly

*New Vaccines for the Swine Flu are here to save us

Things we DON'T hear about, (unless we look for it):

*John Travolta flew his plane with medics and supplies to Haiti

*Most of the money sent to corporations will help to fund them

*A seldom discussed alternative to hybrid-powered vehicles: walking

*The average # of people that die from the regular flu each year according to the CDC: approx 36,000
  The average # of people that die from the swine flue each year according to the CDC: ? they told the states to stop counting, but in the months before then it was in the hundreds, less than the amount that die in 10 days from the regular flu

*225,000 deaths due to what are known as iatrogenic causes (ie. mistakes in hospitals/doctors...106,000 of those deaths occur each year due to adverse effects to properly prescribed medications.) This would place them as the 3rd leading cause of death - just above cerebrovascular diseases at 137,119 deaths.

Things to remember:



*We have been surviving on our natural instincts for thousands of years
 
*Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it
 
 
MOST IMPORTANT:
 
* I just put these things out there to create awareness, not fear.  Rather than trying to fight the system, lets just support all the good things that surround us... ourselves, each other, locally owned businesses and good ole mother nature : )