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Greta's Glasgow Gripe

I wanted to traipse in the desert But sand dunes were in the way I went to ski in the mountains But snow blocked the pass that day It seems Mother Earth has a game That she really loves to play Forget about YOUR calendar To Mother Earth, today is PAY DAY!

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Lindsay Laurie

Date: 11/17/2021 3:44:00 PM

G'day Rico ... gotta keep greedy mountain rising, and completely ignore the balance of nature - good one Rico - Lindsay

Gordon Mcconnell

Date: 11/13/2021 8:25:00 AM

good piece Rico with words of conviction to back you up. Blessings, Gordon

Nancy Kaufman

Date: 11/11/2021 10:28:00 AM

I applaud her activism at such a young age but if there is no honest accountability by nations, things look rather bleak...

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 11/9/2021 4:11:00 PM

Speaker Greta, blah, blah bleater, swears like a trouper too… Belle

Gershon Wolf

Date: 11/9/2021 1:48:00 PM

Did Greta sail to Glasgow, like she sailed to the 2019 conference? ~ Mayflower

Ilene Bauer

Date: 11/9/2021 12:38:00 PM

well said, rico! i like how greta keeps stating the obvious, no matter who listens or not...

Rico Leffanta
Date: 11/10/2021 5:52:00 PM

She gets upset that the uneducated do not understand her, and the educated ignore her. Yesterday, Hawai'i's Governor Ige bragged in Glasgow how Hawai'i supported international goals, but today's newspaper report the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki - erected on swamp land in a flood zone, with waves lapping at its doorstep - has just received approval to build another tower of 515 hotel rooms!

Tom Cunningham

Date: 11/9/2021 12:03:00 PM

She's a pain in politicians sides, that's what I like about her. Tom

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 11/9/2021 11:18:00 AM

Made me smile as we have gone thru so many run outs over time from running out of oil, water, lights, paper etc. I remember how the ice field was supposed to melt however in that 10 year period we had more ice than ever on it. You can't control mother nature. love phyl

Terry Flood

Date: 11/9/2021 10:54:00 AM

Aha! Good old Greta… she’s gonna look pretty silly when the temp’s gone up 2 degrees and we’re all still here. I was in school in the 70s and the experts said all the oil was gonna run out in twenty years. I wonder how that went. Good one, Rico. Terry