When I am in a debate with those on the right who want to Deny, Delay and Do Nothing about Global Climate Change
When they spew “There is no proof…” “All scientists don’t agree..” “I don’t believe mankind can have any impact on the Climate” “Climate Change is a Natural Process” or other misleading talking points
I give them this quote:
"Even if there's just a one percent chance of the unimaginable coming due, act as if it is a certainty. It's not about analysis, it’s about our response. Justified or not, fact-based or not, our response is what matters."
For most, they react That’s a stupid reason How Idiotic to take unjustified actions and waste our money based on contrived evidence without facts to support the necessity
I merely reply
If that reason was good enough for VP Cheney to justify sinking billions of dollars and the lives of thousands of American Troops into the black hole of Iraq, to preserve, protect and defend His homeland
Then it should be good enough to justify actions that will
I will remember the last 8 years of financial destruction here in the US and the bloodshed of millions of civilians on a global scale. most honest political and financial experts consider him the worst leader america has ever had and this is why.
Worst fiscal crisis since the Great Depression
Lied about the war in Iraq
No WMD's found in Iraq
Vetoed health coverage for kids
Ignored law, allowed torture
Illegal wiretapping
Had enough info to stop 9/11 and didn't, hid that fact from the public
Lost Bin laden at Tora Bora
Crassly unconstitutional signing statements
Stripped resources from Afghanistan and sent them to Iraq
Didn't catch Bin Laden
Allowed Al Qaeda to regroup in Pakistan Afghan war out of control
Lied about reducing greenhouse emissions, ignored warming
Muzzled warming scientists in NASA and elsewhere
Political appointments to Department of Justice and political prosecutions
Cheney, Rove, and others in contempt of Congress -- refused to tell the American people the truth
Fooled public into believing Saddam was involved in 9/11 when he knew otherwise
Made light of inabilty to find WMD's
Please sign the petition to investigate Bush/Cheney for war crimes. Then pass it on to everyony you know that will sign it.
If American foreign policy had a gift shop, what would it sell? America the Gift Shop is an installation project that reflects the current foreign policy in the fun-house mirror of American Commerce. My palette is the vernacular of retail. Once the sugar coating of the ordinary dissolves, we are left with the hard and uncomfortable truth about where we've been as a nation. We buy souvenirs at the end of a trip, to remind ourselves of the experience. What do we have to remind us of the events of the last eight years?
I encourage you to visit it; it's worth eight years of your time.
John McCain continues to pound his chest about what a great commander-in-chief he would make. Just like his war loving Siamese twin brothers Bush/Cheney his only tool is the hammer of the military and every problem looks like the nail of a war. Now one of their favorite institutional friends the Rand Corporation(the folks who brought you the brilliant strategy of Vietnam) are saying that the "War on Terror" is a stupid concept because it doesn't work.
In a study released July 29th entitled How Terrorism Ends: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida Seth Jones,Ph.D. and Martin C. Libicki make the case that the "War on Terror" has failed to curb the world wide terrorist activities of al Qa'ida. They examined 648 terrorist groups that existed between 1968 and 2006 looking for how they eventually ended their activities. What their, dare I say it, scientific, study revealed is that the concept of a military solution to the problem of terrorist activity has never worked. Instead, "most terrorist groups end either because they join the political process, or because local police and intelligence efforts arrest or kill key members." Not that most of the readers of this site didn't already know it but they also found that the terrorist activities of al Qa'ida have only increased since 9-11 and that they also have expanded into Europe, Asia, Africa and of course the Middle East.
