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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 12:59:35 GMT
We are a group of like-minded people that gather to discuss a host of topics from weight loss, to current events. Our thread celebrates liberal diversity, welcomes new friends, and respects all opinions. We count everything from calories to points but, we never count our chickens before they are hatched.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 18:51:12 GMT
Dan Rather..........
The Russia investigation has the potential to be the biggest scandal in American political history. But even if it ends up bringing down a presidency in spectacular fashion (and I think we are still a long, long, way from that happening), historians may look back at it as a blip compared to to a scandal that has the ability to damage our planet irrevocably - a process that is already well underway.
Make no mistake, the inability of many of our nation's elected officials to take climate change seriously is a scandal of epic proportions. It is the equivalent of seeing hostile troops massing at our borders and saying "nevermind. No need for alarm. That's just fake news." We are in danger of being attacked, our cities flooded and hit by hurricanes, our crops parched by drought or swept away by floods, our forest fires intensified, our anger and exasperation rising with the temperatures.
Now it has emerged that the best of American scientists have prepared a terrifying report that rings the alarm bells once again. Climate change isn't something our grandchildren will have to worry about. It's already here. It would be great if we could dismiss these dire warnings as alarmist, except they are backed up by real hard data. That's what makes it so scary.
Now this report arrives in an administration that seems not only allergic to science, but to the truth (of course that's two symptoms of the same disease). This report has been leaked to the New York Times in fear that it would be buried. Let Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump rail against leakers all they want. Mr. Sessions complained that leakers and the press who report on them "cannot place lives at risk with impunity.” That's a charge that is far better suited for those who deny climate change and the need to act immediately.
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Post by birdgal on Aug 8, 2017 22:38:49 GMT
Joyce, I just now looked at your post from yesterday. I'm looking for words of comfort but nothing is good enough. You and your family have been through so much. You're a tough woman with a strong faith, a loving and supportive life partner, and a few women right here sending you and your family love, hugs, and Friendship.
I agree about dealing with the pain right now.
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Post by birdgal on Aug 9, 2017 0:01:24 GMT
"That's a charge that is far better suited for those who deny climate change and the need to act immediately."
People that deny climate change because they're too ignorant to learn the truth are a dangerous lot. However,evangelical far right religious zealots that are "watching and waiting" with gladness in their hearts for planet Earth to crash and burn, are a zillion times worse than the uneducated. These people are cheering on the end of planet Earth because it's all part of their god's perfect plan.
Attempting to fight climate change would be like arm wrestling with God.
Our levelheaded and brilliant Founding Fathers knew the dangers of religion and politics sharing a bed. How tragic their creation, their beloved country, which was a respected world leader and a beacon of Light, has been reduced to nothing more than a silly joke arrogantly giving the finger to all Living Things on Earth.
Tragic.
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