Carl Safina: The oil spill's unseen culprits, victims

This is a very good video, so I thought I would put it up. I don't eat fish, of course, but I can understand that people who have made fishing their livelihood are stranded, and having to figure out a different direction. As for the fish themselves, there is no other direction.

I like when Carl says that being conservative should mean telling huge corporations where to go, instead of trying to protect them so that profit can be made at all cost.

I don't know what to say. What do we do at this point? I'm getting so tired of trying to change the way people think. I get brief instances where I want to give up entirely, but then I pull myself together and remember why I am here (or at least why I think I'm here) - to spark just the slightest ember of hope in us all, that if we just make a small amount of effort we can create a better world.

It might sound Utopian, but it is not impossible. I refuse to believe that we can't help each other and stop fighting. So do something nice for yourself today, and then go do something nice for someone else. That's all it takes. Baby steps.