tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post6775673312711449731..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: One Thing Climate Change Is Not - BoringThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-51975774794884829732018-01-03T08:26:16.034-08:002018-01-03T08:26:16.034-08:00Hey, Sal. As I wrote this I had in mind the last &...<br />Hey, Sal. As I wrote this I had in mind the last "once in a hundred years" flood that struck Calgary seven years after the previous Biblical inundation and how Harper and his Alberta provincial counterparts all chimed in how "no one could have seen it coming" to absolve themselves all down the line of the slightest accountability. <br /><br />Recall the 2007-2008 Great Recession. The same refrain, no one could have seen it coming. Except that, like the Calgary floods, there were plenty who saw it coming and shouted their warnings from the rooftops (Rabini, Krugman, Stiglitz among others) but were simply ignored.<br /><br />Given the potential enormity of the current conditions one ought to expect the political caste to be mobilizing their resources NOW, pre-positioning personnel and supplies in the highest risk areas. The army convoys ought to be loaded, even rolling, if this hellishness is but a day or two away.<br /><br />From now on any politico who utters the words "no one saw it coming" for any climate change related disaster should be driven from office at the point of the tines of a pitchfork. They're gambling with peoples' lives, usually the poorest and most vulnerable. If our society is to have any cohesive integrity these, the weakest, are those we most need to protect.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-13851428558489786872018-01-03T08:16:27.798-08:002018-01-03T08:16:27.798-08:00I had that same thought in mind when I wrote this,...I had that same thought in mind when I wrote this, NPoV. We're not merely living in interesting times. We're trapped in them. This is the early onset stuff, the beginning. We've already loaded more warming into the system with our existing GHG emissions. Now nature is chipping in, adding its own once safely sequestered greenhouse gases.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-77239807453358307862018-01-03T07:17:36.354-08:002018-01-03T07:17:36.354-08:00.. here in the somewhat central flatlands
of Ontar..... here in the somewhat central flatlands<br />of Ontari ario oh!<br />I have been thinking about the blast<br />that is enroute toute suite<br />to Nova Scotia..<br /><br />Of course the beast will hammer<br />PEI New Brunswick..<br />and vent its rage upon Newfie Labrador<br />Hell, it always does..<br />but mainstream cares not<br /><br />Right now its all about Andrew Scheer<br />the crucifying of Rachael Notely<br />(for the crime of trying.. & with grace)<br />speculations on Iran & el bankrupto de tRumpto<br />he of the big dick nuklear button..<br /><br />I left off the unfortunate Justin<br />who dandled a truly unfortunate child<br />progeny of some a hole who vacationed<br />his entire family in Iran..<br />and Justin was was duly photographed doing so..<br /><br />Meanwhile in Alberta.. or his Toronto head office<br />Ezra stands accused by his besty Sheila-Gunn-Reid<br />as not only jewish.. but a 'journalist' (the horror)<br /><br />Its one of those days, Mound..<br />when maybe one should be carefree<br />avoid contact with the real world..<br />and ingest old Disney cartoons<br />or Cheers re-runs.. and suck our thumbs..<br /><br />No.. I wish I owned Post Media<br />and could headslap other main media<br />to get their ass in gear..<br />and venture into the deep waters..<br />of journalism.. .. <br />you know..<br />uh, the concept of informing Canadians<br />re the 'good night and good luck' aspects...<br /><br /><br />the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com