Na David Swanson, World BEYOND War, Ianuali 6, 2022
Noho au ma kahi ʻāina waiwai, ʻo ʻAmelika, a ma kahi kihi o ia wahi, kahi ʻāpana o Virginia, ʻaʻole i pā nui ʻia e nā ahi a i ʻole nā kahe a i ʻole nā puahi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a hiki i ka pō Sābati, Ianuali 2, ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka manawa like me ke kauwela i ka hapa nui o ka manawa mai ke kauwela. A laila, i ke kakahiaka o ka Pōʻakahi, loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau ʻīniha o ka hau mākū a nui.
ʻO ka Pōʻalima kēia, a ke iho mai nei nā kumulāʻau a me nā lālā ma nā wahi a pau. Hoʻoluliluli pinepine mākou i nā lālā i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka hau, e wehe i kekahi. He kumu lāʻau dogwood mākou e iho mai ana ma ka pā o hope, a me kekahi mau wahi o nā myrtles crepe ma ke alanui, a me nā lālā a me nā lālā ʻē aʻe a puni. Ua ʻohi mākou i ka hau mai ka hale a me nā pale ma luna o nā puka e like me ka hiki.
He nui nā hale a me nā ʻoihana a puni ʻaneʻi ʻaʻohe uila. Loaʻa i nā hale kūʻai meaʻai nā papa hakahaka. Noho ka poʻe ma nā kaʻa ma Interstate-95 no nā hola he 24. Ke hoʻolimalima nei nā kānaka i nā lumi hōkele, akā ʻaʻole hiki i nā limahana hōkele ke hele i laila no ke kūlana alanui. Ua wānana ʻia ka hau hou aʻe no kēia pō.
He aha ka hana inā ʻoi aku ke kaumaha o ka hau a i ka pō? Ua kiola ko makou hoalauna i ka pule aku nei i kekahi laau make e wawahi ana i ko makou hale ina ua hele hewa ia ma ka Poakahi - he laau i make no ka mea aole i hoonui ia ka mea hoololi uila mai ko'u wa i hanau ai. He aha ka hopena ke make ka nui o nā lāʻau a puni? I kakau iho la e pili ana i kēlā i ka makahiki 2014. He aha ka hopena ke nalowale mākou i ka mana? wela? he hale?
Hoʻokahi mea e hiki mai ana, kōkua nā kānaka i kekahi i kekahi. ʻOi aku ke kōkua ʻana o nā hoa noho i kekahi i kekahi ke ʻoi aku ka hemahema, ke loaʻa ka mana o kekahi a ʻaʻole ka poʻe ʻē aʻe. Hāʻawi ka poʻe i paʻa i nā ala hau hau i ka poʻe e puni ana iā lākou. Ma ka pae kūloko, koe kekahi mau hui liʻiliʻi, i lilo nā kula a me nā hale ʻē aʻe i mau kikowaena kōkua. E ulu ana ka pono o ke kōkua ʻana i kekahi i kekahi, ʻoiaʻiʻo.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka piʻi ʻana o ka mahana ma kahi o 0.53 degere F i kēlā me kēia ʻumi makahiki ma Piedmont. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia e wikiwiki, e wela ana ʻo Virginia e like me South Carolina ma 2050 a e like me ka ʻākau o Florida ma 2100, a e hoʻomau i ka wikiwiki a hoʻonui paha mai laila. He kanaono pākēneka o Virginia ka ululāʻau, a ʻaʻole hiki i nā ululāʻau ke hoʻololi a hoʻololi paha i nā ʻano ʻano mahana wela i kēlā me kēia ʻano wikiwiki. ʻAʻole nā pine a i ʻole nā lāʻau pāma ka mea e hiki mai ana akā ʻo ka ʻāina wao nahele. Ma ke ala i laila, e hāʻule ana nā lāʻau make ma nā laina mana a me nā hale.
Ma waena o 1948 a me 2006 ua hoʻonui ʻia ka 25% ma Virginia. E piʻi a emi nui paha ka ua ma Virginia, a e hoʻomau ʻia ke ʻano o ka hōʻea ʻana i nā ʻino ʻino e hoʻopau ana i nā maloʻo. E pōʻino kēia i ka mahiʻai. ʻO ka hoʻomehana ʻana e lawe mai i nā ʻano makika (ua hiki mai) a me nā maʻi. ʻO nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka maʻi malaria, ka maʻi Chagas, ka maʻi chikungunya, a me ka maʻi dengue.
Ua wānana mua ʻia kēia. ʻO kaʻu mea e kahaha ai, ʻo ka hele ʻana o nā kānaka e lokomaikaʻi kekahi i kekahi i ka wā e pāʻani ana ka pōʻino. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua like kēia mau mea homo sapiens i hana i keia. ʻO kēlā me kēia lālā o ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me kāna mau mea kaua pau ʻole ke kūʻai aku a me nā kōkua wahie fossil a me nā ʻauhau ʻauhau no nā billionaires he kanaka. Hoʻokahi senator Virginia i paʻa i loko o kēlā kaʻa kaʻa ma I-95 a, i nā hiʻohiʻona mua a pau, ua hoʻi pololei i ka luku lohi-e like me ka maʻamau i ka wā i puka ai ʻo ia. ʻO Joe 1 i loko o ka Hale Paʻa ua luhi kona mau kuli i mua o Joe 2 ma kāna moku moku ma Potomac.
Inā ʻo nā mea a pau āu i ʻike ai e pili ana i ka poʻe, ʻo ia ka mea a ke aupuni US e hoʻonui ai i ka nui o ka nuclear apocalypse a i ʻole ka hāʻule ʻana o ke aniau, a i ʻole ka mea i hānai ʻia e ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika ma o kāna kīwī, manaʻo ʻoe e hoʻonui ʻia nā pōʻino ma ka pae kūloko e ka liʻiliʻi. lokoino. Manaʻo wau ua hewa ʻoe. Manaʻo wau he nui nā hana lokomaikaʻi a me ke koa i nā manawa ma mua o mākou.
