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"PRELUDE" EVERYONE KNOWS THIS YEAR HAS HEEN FULL OF VERY UNUSUAL WEATHER EVENTS AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE ARE FAST APPROACHING THE MILLENNIUM., WHERE MOST, IF NOT ALL, THE PROPHETS SAY THAT THERE IS NOTHING BEYOND AND THAT ALL THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE ARE ALL BUT GONE. WE HAVE WASTED MOST OF EARTH'S RENEWABLES IN OUR INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR MORE, NEVER FULLY REALIZING WHAT THEY WERE REALLY FOR. AM I A FOOL TO FORE WARN, OPEN MYSELF UP TO SCORN AND THE "CHICKEN LITTLE" SYNDROME--SHOULD I NOT TOO PLAY MY LIFE AWAY, LISTEN NOT TO WHAT THE PROPHETS SAY. NATURE KEEPS POINTING OUT OUR MISTAKE WHILE PLANET EARTH SEES HOW MUCH IT CAN TAKE. AS THE PROBLEMS OF OUR TIMES BECOME MORE ACUTE I BECOME MORE AWARE OF HOW PRECIOUS LIFE REALLY IS AND AM ASTOUNDED BY HOW MANY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO IGNORE SAME. MOST ON A QUEST FOR INSTANT GRATIFICATION, FILLING THEIR LIVES WITH "FIXES" TILL THEY BECOME OBLIVIOUS TO THE SIMPLE TRUTHS OF LIFE--GETTING CAUGHT UP WITH KEEPING UP, THE NEWEST THIS THE LATEST THAT, GOING ALONG WITH ALL THAT "JIVE"---WHILE MOST OF THE WORLD IS IN A STRUGGLE JUST TO STAY ALIVE. MANY OF US ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT THE FUTURE AND ARE TIRED OF POLITICS AS USUAL, WEARY OF THE "WORK & SPEND" CYCLE, AND ARE HUNGARY FOR LEADERSHIP AND LIFE-STYLES CHARACTERIZED BY HUMAN-CENTERED VALUES WE MUST BUILD MORE HIPARTISON FOUNDATIONS, AND THIS BEING AN ELECTION YEAR I AM ASKING ALL VOTERS TO LOOK AT WHERE WE, AS A SOCIETY, AND OUR CHILDREN ARE AT. WE MUST THINK LESS OF A TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURE AND THINK MORE OF OUR CHILDREN, AND OUR ISLAND HOME, THINK MORE OF THE INTIMATE DETAILS OF OUR EVEY-DAY LIFE. WE MUST THINK STATE, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL---BUT BEING AN ISLAND, IN ITSELF, VERY REMOTE, WE MUST ACT LOCALLY TO ENHANCE SAID POSITION. 3~6 ~ ° CJomn+. No. F11e Ne. Ref Present~~L Rat. Date JU( 1