I often ponder what are they thinking when I reflect on the current state of modern culture and the environment. Clearly, so does Kwame Anthony Appiah, a philosophy professor at Princeton University, who published an inspiring editorial What will future generations condemn us for? in the September 26, 2010 Washington Post, below - see a poll on this subject at the Washington Post website, and participate in a poll on the same issue on realNEO here - When future generations look back on us, what will shock them most?

Matthew Harris works with a white widow marijuana plant at Marjyn Investments LLC in Oakland, Calif.
He is among 40 workers who joined the Teamsters this month. (Associated Press)

In states where medical marijuana is legal, there are a wide range of jobs created in diverse industries, including healthcare, food preparation, pharmaceutical research and development, retail, and agriculture.  In Ontario, Canada, there are over 100,000 jobs associated with marijuana cultivation alone - and most of the marijuana grown there is exported illegally to America.

A 2010 Pew poll found approximately 40% of Americans have tried Marijuana, about the same number believe marijuana should be legalized outright, and 73% of Americans - over 7 in 10 - believe medicinal marijuana should be legalized. Those polling numbers say the writing is on the wall - marijuana is becoming mainstream industry in America, as Americans get their way nationwide! Where marijuana is legal, it is a high-growth economic engine churning activity in many clusters.

Generation Blank, X, and Y (why?), meet Generation Hot. That is the term given by Mark Hertsgaard to every child on earth born after June 23, 1988 - "when humanity was put on notice that greenhouse gas emissions were raising the temperatures on this planet. The warning came from NASA scientist James Hansen's testimony to the U.S. Senate and, crucially, the decision by the New York Times to print the news on page 1, which in turn made global warming a household phrase in news bureaus, living rooms and government offices the world over."

Hertsgaard is author of the soon-to-be-released book Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth and has covered climate change, politics and the media for Vanity Fair, The Nation, Time, The New Yorker, NPR, L’espresso and other leading news outlets worldwide. In his Huffington Post article Meet Generation Hot, below, he states: "For Generation Hot, the brutal summer of 2010 is not an anomaly; it's the new normal."

Life is what we make of it. Fun is a matter of opinion. My friends used to say: "GO HAVE FUN!"

So, I'd go research, learn, and share as much as possible...

They said, "Go have fun!" I attended community forums, starting sharing the information, and working to unite our citizens about the issues at hand. 

As a firm, vocal supporter of Barack Obama - a blogger for Obama - I receive frequent emails from various democratic party affiliations... a recent barrage encourages me to order a free bumper sticker promoting my love for the Democratic Party - it seems they have decided they need to rebrand and reimagine themselves a bit, as "Democrats have launched the most ambitious voter-turnout effort we've ever seen for an election like the one this fall." "With this renewed focus, the Democrats have introduced a new website filled with innovations to better connect supporters with candidates, state parties, and each other -- and a new look to match that message." To me, the rebranding is poor and suggests a grade on a report-card... that grade being a "D".

What do you think - does the Democratic Party deserve a "D", since we elected Obama President... better... worse?

If you want to prove you are a true blue Democrat, the information to order your free "I got a D" bumper sticker is provided below....

Lot. 1559. In 1924, after the Hilldale Giants club from Darby, Pennsylvania captured the crown in the newly established Eastern Colored League and the western powerhouse Kansas City Monarchs won out in the four-year old Negro National League. The two teams met in what was scheduled to be a best of nine series for the World's Championship. However, a 13 inning tie in the pivotal game 4, with alternating wins throughout, forced a tenth and deciding game.

What fueled my campaign to reform Social Injustice across Cuyahoga County? 

In 1973, Edward M. Mangini MURDERED my brother Paulie who was 3 years old. He beat my brother so severely that the autopsy should only be viewed by those with the gumption to hold it in...

He was convicted in January 1974 via Cuyahoga County case number: CR 73009419-2A and his date of birth is September 19, 1947. Judge John J. McMahon allegedly gave him 1 year in the City workhouse....with weekends off for a brutal, hanous, and irreversible murder of an innocent child.

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