"HO HO HO..NO NO NO..: QUE PASA..DONDE ESTA?..DON'T "HABLA ESPANOL?. NO PROBLEMA". US SQUIRRELS " PICK UP " THINGS" FROM RADIO, T.V., BFF'S, & OTHERS. SURE, WE DON'T LIVE TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH..A MERE FEW WEEKS..TO ATTEND OR CONDUCT "SCHOOL LESSONS" FROM MA. TAKES GREAT EFFORT/LUCK JUST TO REMAIN SECURE IN "THE NEST"..SHUDDERING, RELIVING MY " FALL FROM MY HOME , A MERE 5 DAYS OLD, BLIND, FUR LESS, TOTALLY HELPLESS, ABOUT TO BE DEVOURED BY ANTS. NATURE & LADY LUCK CAME TOGETHER, ENABLING A "KIND HUMAN" TO RESCUE ME. SO BEGAN MY LONG JOURNEY TO THE PRESENT, PERCHED ATOP MY "PARROT CAGE", ABLE TO ENJOY FOOD, SHELTER, COMFORT, BFF'S, ALL IN SECURITY & RELATIVE SAFETY{ REMEMBER "THE HOUND DOG..ZOEY..& LADY SOPHIA, THE FELINE..ALL CERTIFIED, EXPERT HUNTERS.. THE NEW YEAR WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW EVE, AGAIN. SO , WHAT HAS " HUMANITY" DONE , BESIDES SATIATE THEIR APPETITES FOR MATERIAL THINGS, FOOD AND DRINK"? WORLD HUNGER AND WORLD PEACE NO NEARER TO BE SOLVED. WHETHER "CHRIS KRINGLE REALLY IS "SANTA CLAUSE", HAS NO " MEANING or MERIT, WHEN COMPARED TO THE "URGENCY" OF HELPING THE POOR, STARVING, OPPRESSED MAJORITY OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION, NOT TO MENTION THE " FISCAL PROBLEMS" STILL DRAGGING ON, WITH AN EVER GROWING " WALL" BETWEEN THE "RULING MINORITY CLASS, HOVERING OVER THE MAJORITY,{MOST OF WHOM ARE STILL TRYING TO HOLD THEIR HEADS UP ECONOMICALLY}, YES, ALL SUFFERING CITIZENS". WHILE US SQUIRRELS STILL " GATHER AND STORE OUR WINTER CACHE OF NUTS, FOR NEXT SEASON< THIS IS NOT AN OPTION FOR "THE MAJORITY" OF CITIZENS. WILL PEOPLE EVER " WAKE UP TO SMELL THE COFFEE", NOT THE ESPRESSO, AND OPEN THEIR EYES,IN SIMILAR FASHION AS WE " WILD CREATURES" DO EVERY DAY, TO ENABLE OUR SURVIVAL FOR THAT DAY/NITE. DON'T ASK ME FOR AN ANSWER..WHY DON'T YOU{COLLECTIVE OR SINGULAR}. RESEARCH HISTORY,AND EXAMINE YOUR " CONSCIOUS, TO TRY T FAVORABLY SOLVE THE TOTAL DILEMMA. STAYING OUT LATE, DRINKING TO EXCESS, GIFT GIVING,WATCHING THE "BALL DROP", & TRADITIONAL FOOTBALL GAMES,ALL FUN AND/OR COMFORTING}..DO "NOTHING CONSTRUCTIVE" TO FIND A "GLOBAL SOLUTION"..JUST PERPETUATE THE CONTINUING JOY RIDE OF GREED, AVARICE, INDIFFERENCE AND WIDESPREAD SUFFERING. HAPPY "NEW YEAR"{ POSSIBLY SOLY AN EXTENSION OF THE THE PREVIOUS YEARS ACTIVITIES, WITH NOTHING "NEW WORTH WHILE " BEING DONE. SOUND LIKE "POLITICS" AT IT'S BEST/WORST?. HMMMM...HO. HO. HO. SEE YOU NEXT XMAS EVE, CHRIS..MAYBE????