Two reasons. First, a stinking hot stormy year focused people. When state parks close because the hot water is killing fish and the algae and water is so toxic it kills campers dogs, cattle, deer, and even landed Oklahoma Senator Inhofe in the ER, people start paying attention to the smoke through the shimmering heat. Second pollsters traced some of it to Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry, these two have spouted such stupid statements about the environment that many people, even a few of the GOP audience, were shaken to accept the opposite as more sensible. Who would have thought those two could have helped the tree huggers gain market share, amazing.
Well, part of this group will swing with the weather, come winter global warming will again make no sense. But while the mob is in the mood, we need to use the pitchforks and torches to advantage. Please take this opportunity to write or call the mayor or senator, your asshole brother-in-law, take action, join one of the most effective environmental groups, or at the least visit their web sites and pound on the "take action" tab.
I believe the groups most successful in impacting legislation and pressuring industry, and using their money wisely are:
NRDC, Union of Concerned Scientist, Sierra Club, Greenpeace. We also like Nature Conservancy, they do not lobby or protest but buy rare wild and beautiful properties to keep them from being developed, they also work with owners of interesting properties to set up a transition to make it a park or conservatory or open access, and they coop projects with Ducks Unlimited to buy and restore drained wet lands to benefit birds (and in some cases sportsmen).
You gotta love what President Clinton said a few days ago, I don't quote exactly, When we have one political party in which you cannot be the candidate for President if you believe in science, we are a laughing stock in the world.
Fuck Rick Perry
Fringe:
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, many Americans have trouble distinguishing between the weather and the climate.
Funny you should mention my brother-in-law. He is of the opinion that the Everglades should be drained and developed and that the Amazon is not in danger of de-forestation by development ...seriously.
ReplyDeleteHey, Sarge...that's a whole lot fucking going on there. But, I concur.
Left out Larry Bucshon - fuck him too.
ReplyDeleteDrain the Everglades? What will he do with the gators and pythons - feed his dog and kids to
them?
Sarge
Sarge & Jadedj:
ReplyDeleteLarry Bucshon and brother-in-law need to explain where all the water from Florida's many heavy rain storms will run to if the Eerglades are drained. By drained they never mean just let the water out, they mean re-purpose the land, use it for something else. So build nursing homes and strip malls and more Disneyland's in it, fill it with 50,000 miles of streets. Next time a week of tropical thunderstorms visit the state where does the water go? They'll need canals like the Amazon and the Rhine to carry it away if it can't pool up and meter it's own volume out to sea as it does now. Swamps are at once a sponge and a valve system that the army corps of engineers and a Cadillac full of developers can't fix with a martini for the commissioner or a backhoe.
Whit,
ReplyDeleteI think you are correct. How shall we explain it to them?
Which is why he is called the "idjit" brother-in-law.
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