Posted by
Michael on Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:45:39 PM
I've found a rather bizarre paradox present since moving to California
from Washington. The government as well as businesses in California
seem to be absolutely obsessed with global warming, and just about
every new product that is marketed is marketed as somehow fighting the
phantom menace of global warming.
Unfortunately, it appears
that this conscientious attitude isn't being shared when it comes to
other humans. Many outlying areas, such as in parts of Oakland and
Fruitvale, are filled with sketchy neighborhoods that look like they've
been abandoned by the rest of the population. There are homeless
throughout the entire Bay Area, to a degree much more depressing than
in Seattle. Whereas alot of homeless in Seattle were talking to
themselves and looked like they were a little crazy, many of the
homeless in SF seem disturbingly normal.
Global warming to me
still seems like another menacing call of destruction by the mainstream
media, and none of it has affected me. I find it much more concerning
that alot of people in such a proudly liberal and progressive area are
living in filth.