Global Warming: Real or Myth

[ photo source: zmescience.com ]

Extreme weather has become the new normal

But for a layman's point of view, it's paranormal

All across the land we suffer from Poseidon's wrath

Yet we ignore his warnings, and act like a spoiled brat

Make no mistake about global warming-- 

Science has given us unequivocal warning

It's for real--and happening faster than ever

Work on solutions; otherwise, it's now or never

The deep blue seas are beginning to rise
from the polar regions due to melting ice;
caused by the hotter sun and earth's reflectiveness,
as well as greenhouse gases from human activities

Human activities - burning of fossil fuels: coal and oil

Continuous actions causing greenhouse effect more severe

A few have attempted to raise awareness but failed to foil

Increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere

Makes the earth warmer causing erratic climate change

Deforestation for agriculture and community development

Threatens the biological diversity of the world that's why I lament

Together with half of all plant and animal species in the forests

Who would protect our unique ecosystems if we lay down to rest?

Increase in famines, earthquakes and other natural disasters:

              scorching wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes and record floods

The list could go on and on... as long and frequent as it gets

Are these signs of the end times as written by St. Matthew?

We know a whole lot more, we just pretend to ignore

"Warning: we are not to be deceived

These events are only the beginning of birth pains;

The end is still to come..."

Women: Are They In Binders?

Gentle is the touch of a woman's hand,
as she glides expertly in the abyss of perpetual darkness
emerging from the sea of tumultuous clouds,
and spraying the rows of thirsty palms
along the blazing desert of inferno
with a deep bass and chattered sound, stuttering...
like an old sewing machine, stitching to the ground.

If the hand that pulls a trigger and kills without empathy
belongs to a Woman...
Does it make any difference?
Women have greater compassion and sensitivity
according to some clinical study
Taking lives-- not giving, sustaining and nurturing;
is it a cultural shift not in the right direction?

Women in society, are they in binders?
    They give Life,
          sustain Life,
                 nurture Life...

Somebody claimed he had a binder full of women;
it makes me wonder what they can do...
For as long as they are just in binders,
in oblivion will remain, and voiceless forever.

Women who demand equal pay and equal rights          
send the unexpecting into a whirlwind of confusion;          
while those who are gender-biased and narcissistic,
may find it hard to swallow and comprehend.
       
Don't women deserve anything greater?
For sometimes they could led better,
either in combat or office settings, and many more...
Let's ask Lilly, for she knew--it's now or never.

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 (This is my tribute to Lilly Ledbetter* and to our women combat pilots)
                          Photo source: racialicious.com

                     copyright 2012 Engr. Victor P. Vizarra


* Note: (From Wikipedia)

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Pub.L. 111-2, S. 181) is a federal statute in the United States that was the first bill signed into law by President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009. The Act amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964stating that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay discrimination resets with each new paycheck affected by that discriminatory action. The law directly addressed Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., 550U.S. 618 (2007), a U.S. Supreme Court decision that the statute of limitations for presenting an equal-pay lawsuit begins on the date that the employer makes the initial discriminatory wage decision, not at the date of the most recent paycheck.