http://www.getreallist.com/resistance-resilience-and-rebellion.html Deal With Reality or It Will Deal With You Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.getreallist.com/resistance-resilience-and-rebellion.html/comment-page-1#comment-1988 Shirley Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:38:02 +0000 http://www.getreallist.com/?p=1516#comment-1988 Excellent post, Chris. That line about "we value the present more than the future" struck me especially. If the official responses to the levee failures in New Orleans and to the Haiti earthquake should teach us anything, it's this: you're on your own when disaster strikes. (And forget just for the first 72 hours. As our resources become more stretched, the climate keeps changing and oil prices rise, you can expect to be on your own for 144 hours, 2 weeks, 2 months or indefinitely.) Excellent post, Chris. That line about “we value the present more than the future” struck me especially. If the official responses to the levee failures in New Orleans and to the Haiti earthquake should teach us anything, it’s this: you’re on your own when disaster strikes. (And forget just for the first 72 hours. As our resources become more stretched, the climate keeps changing and oil prices rise, you can expect to be on your own for 144 hours, 2 weeks, 2 months or indefinitely.)

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