In These Times

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• • 05 Sep 07
  • 5:14 am

  Time to start stocking up on sunscreen. After reading this article and listening to a piece on NPR yesterday I am becoming more and more concerned that we are doomed. NPR played a piece yesterday concerning Russia, Canada, and the US all fighting to gain the mineral rights to parts of the Artic. See, these countries and big business think that 100 years from now there will be less ice in the Artic so it will be easier to get at certain minerals, one of them of course would be drilling for oil. They WANT it that way. The world is …

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• • 04 Jul 07
  • 7:10 am

  Joncehart - You have it exactly right! We are the problem. There are no "leaders" who are going to try and fix this or any other issue because it's the right thing to do or because a few people hold a protest or concert. The American people have to want to change and then the "leaders" will follow. I live in the Midwest, and trust me, 50% or more of the people here still do not believe that Global Warming is a real issue. They feel that Al Gore made it up and that it is a Dem scare tactic. This …

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