Who Can We Trust? (poem) by E T Waldron on AuthorsDen

Reviewed on May 7, 2006

A good lesson. I wish more would heed it instead of inadvertantly supporting destruction.

Ron

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)

Reviewed on May 4, 2006

This is the reality. It is up to us. Good advice, they can't win if we don't buy from them :-)

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

Once again I'm going to avoid making any political statements that I'm not qualified to make. What I will say is that you have great talent Eileen and you are able to express it in so many different ways. You make a powerful and compelling statement here.
Chanti

Reviewed by SHERRY HEIM

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

I would love to believe that there is such a person to elect, Eileen but no one gets that high on the food chain by caring who they consume on their way up. Really, it is up to us, as individuals, to slam on the brakes and stop the madness. Conservation begins with each of us and is not an issue that can possibly be handled by governments or leaders...unless, of course, our government rations everything, which is not what any of us wishes. To be honest, I don't want "Big Brother" looking over my shoulder telling me I can't water my lawn or take a leisurely drive up in the mountains because it is considered to be a wasteful act. I am spoiled and I have no desire to change that fact, but if each of us doesn't start taking care of the environment, the environment will never be taken care of, period! Environmentally, we are each spending our children's inheritance and we are having a ball doing it. In this issue in which everyone must play their part of all is lost.
Take care,
Sherry

Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader)

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

You know, I really believe that we are about to see an unpesidented change, a paradigm shift-one could say- on how man views what really matters, so many are looking for happiness and so many now see that we've been tricked, deceived even, by the �$. Yet we are seeing long happines is not in things but in our relationships, values, and faith. But we've had to get to the brink of self destruction to finally start growing up..

Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

Eileen,

You have captured the heart of a callous nation. The majority are this way...thank God there are caring people like you who still believe and have faith things will get better. ((((extra HUGS)))) and prayer today. Powerfully written, this pulls no punches and makes no apologies. Good on you!

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

A sad reality sis!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Birgit and Roger Pratcher

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

Sadly it is very true. Wonderful penned.
Birgit and Roger

Reviewed by Jane Rodway (Reader)

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

This is very true, but being ever the optimist, I believe solutions are there and so are the minds to implement them. It is those original thinkers that can change the world, and this kind of wake-up call would get peope moving.

Reviewed by George Carroll

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

When they put the vote ahead of the welfare of the country our politicians are relegating us to obscurity.

Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

One only wonders. God help us...Powerful, thought provoker you have penned here, Eileen; very well done! BRAVA!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :(

Reviewed by E T Waldron

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

Perhaps the answer Jerry, is open borders allowing anyone to come in then when we become a third world nation no one will want to bomb us,anymore. Those with brains,new ideas, and imagination, can go look for a new america, and start all over again...That's about the only way our problems will be solved.Our wealth and success have made us the worlds enemy, sad though that may be, since we have always helped the world...

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

When America goes bottoms-up because of the over-burdened taxes and the insanity of so much of our welfare programs FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS, we'll be burning the forest for firewood because some equally insane idiot in the Middle East has nuked all the oil reserves, then we can truly say we have "gone back to nature." Right now the world is poised to blow incierate the world . . . by fire. Isn't THAT what the Bible says will happen next time? I truly believe, Eileen, that it is time for the thinkers and planners to sit down somewhere, take a sip of good aged bourbon, and think about the coming end of the world and how to stop it. I think it is time for the world, including America, to start trying to come to grips with what is happening. IRAN is about to acquire nukes! How scary is that?

Reviewed by A. Santo (Reader)

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

This is a bold and wise treatise Eileen. We do blame so many for our problems with out realising that we are just as responsible for our world as those who pollute and destroy it. If each of us made the change for ourselves - starting WITH OUR SELF - the face of the world would change so dramatically. It is our individual efforts that make or break us. This a powerful verse to consider; if we will.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

So true, but so hard as well...ed

Reviewed by Peter Paton

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

Eileen
You identify the crux of the matter, it is all about persoal responsibilty and a collective spirit, to get whats best and expedient, for the good of our world and its inhabitants..
Unfortunately the fault lines are fracturing even our nation, not to mention the world !!
There are some things outwith our grasp, and it looks like our world is going to hell in a handbasket !
Peter

Reviewed by William Bonilla

Reviewed on May 3, 2006

enjoyed this piece Eileen
it all has to start today
tomorrow will never arrive
when the sun rises in the morning
it won't be tomorrow,
it will be today.

Love & Peace
William