In SKIL Note 11==> "Kerry and Bush have no plan for graceful survival," the emphasis is on "Graceful Survival" not "Kerry and Bush."

No leader or institution is addressing our worst problems which are contained in the future. They are today's problems made worse by today's behaviors. Procreative behaviors that fail to decrease the human footprint will increase individual disenfranchisement, social conflict, and environmental destruction.

Changing leaders of institutions, not chartered to manage footprint, will have no affect on our destination. Controlling changes in footprint remain determined by the procreative behaviors of six billion people, who presently don't see these behaviors as the determinant of these future problems.

In SKIL Note 11==> "Kerry and Bush have no plan for graceful survival," the emphasis is on "Graceful Survival" not "Kerry and Bush."

No leader or institution is addressing our worst problems which are contained in the future. They are today's problems made worse by today's behaviors. Procreative behaviors that fail to decrease the human footprint will increase individual disenfranchisement, social conflict, and environmental destruction.

Changing leaders of institutions, not chartered to manage footprint, will have no affect on our destination. Controlling changes in footprint remain determined by the procreative behaviors of six billion people, who presently don't see these behaviors as the determinant of these future problems.

They fail to see that people who aspire to be leaders in these institutions can not change these trends. Either the leader is as temporally my myopic as his or her constituents and sees no need, or they have more foresight and act --only to be shown at the ballot box that their constituents do not want to pay the cost of fixing trends that lead to unseen or under valued future problems.

I am not surprised the public is focused on the election. I am not surprised that the public fails to see, how meaningless the electoral process is in terms of addressing our biggest problems. However, I was surprised at the number of SKIL Note readers who hold these views.

It is time to rededicate ourselves to finding ways to get humanity back on track for a future "they would want" -- if only "they could see and value it."