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Reed on August 26, 2006 - 2:31pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
totoneila,
Appears that the issue of Dems vs. Repugs is of much greater interest than apocalyptic visions of global warming/climate change scenarios. Perhaps such cataclysms are too overwhelming to contemplate for most folks, sort of like the breaking apart of New Zealand prophesized at:

http://www.dailypost.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3698234&thesection=localnews&t hesubsection=&thesecondsubsection

But perhaps this warning, that anyone with basic understanding of botanical physiology can understand:  
Global warming alarmists aren't upset enough
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/wb/xp-79644

Or, simply can open their eyes to see:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/282497_forests25.html

Wiill finally awaken us to the reality that Lovelock has presented us with: that the point of no return has been passed.

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Kevembuangga on August 26, 2006 - 4:13pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Wiill finally awaken us ...

Awoke and kicking!
To do WHAT?

I am probably close to you in "doomerosity" but that does not mean I am not looking to DO something.
I don't like Lovelock anthropomorphisation of the ecosystem, things are complicated enough for us NOT to add the "will of Gaia" to punish the nasty humans.

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Reed on August 26, 2006 - 4:23pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Well, if about ninety percent of us would just drink the kool-aid, like now, maybe the other ten percent could muddle along longer. Care to lift a glass with me? No? I was afraid not. Ok, let's flail.
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totoneila on August 26, 2006 - 4:25pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hello Reed,

Thxs for responding.  Lovelock may be entirely correct, but I will continue my best to try and alert the masses.  I call myself a fast-crash doomer with a small shred of hope [stupidity?] that the masses can be aroused in time to save a few of us.  I call it trying to "optimize the Dieoff Bottleneck". Time will tell.

On another note, I have been regularly updating TODers on Mexico.  From this link:

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Mexico's Defense Secretariat has dispatched troops from the 36th Infantry Battallion, based at the 44th Military Zone headquarters in Minatitlan, Veracruz, to the Oaxaca City, which has been paralyzed by civil protests for weeks. The situation has promped the Popular People's Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) to declare a "maximum alert," fearing that a violent eviction of their protest encampments in the city center is imminent. (APRO, Aug. 23)
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The embedded APRO link is in Spanish.  My disclaimer: I have no idea if this info is true or not. I hope not, but Mexico has a sad history of its troops opening fire on its citizens.

Bob Shaw in Phx,Az  Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

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TrueKaiser on August 26, 2006 - 4:52pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
well all the tinder is there for a revolution. they just need a spark right now.
i don't know if this will lead to a spark or not but it certainly looks like it.
All it takes is one trigger happy sob.
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totoneila on August 26, 2006 - 9:51pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hello TrueKaiser,

Thxs for responding.  I am no expert at googling, but the MSM has this report that Oaxacan businesses will shut down for one day.

Then, another google brings up this mind-blowing headline:

"Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced the forthcoming Mexican revolution, on the front page of La Jornada of August 24, 2006."

Damn, I wish I was fluent in Spanish!  Babelfish translation is not very effective for me.

It's On!  If this website is legitimate and truthful--I cannot believe that our US MSM is not doing a better job of covering WTF is going on down South.

I am amazed at this hitlist website, even if it is 'purportedly' Govt. sponsored.  This truly takes a set of Huevos Grandes to post this on the WWWeb.

What is the truth?  Can any other TODer help determine if Mexico is going to erupt, and shutdown PEMEX's four million barrels/day of oil production?

Bob Shaw in Phx,Az  Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

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