Last night I was in a hotel in DC watching the news and saw that large portions of the Midwest were under water. Not to be an a**hole, but my first thought was, "Man I am happy that Milwaukee isn't flooding." (Yes I live in Milwaukee)
Karma is a mufu**a. This morning I jumped on plane to go back home only to have my flight redirected to Green Bay because of a blizzard. While the great state (ok not that great) of Wisconsin is use to a lot of snow and frigid cold, this year has been the worst winter on record.
And the sad thing is that it's not just Wisconsin....every part of the earth is facing extreme environmental reactions to globaal warming. Not to be all doom and gloom, but I really really want to start hearing some comprehensive plans about how we are going to heal the environment. Because right now what we are doing isn't working.
And for those that care I am on a bus in a blizzard going from Green Bay to Milwaukee (about 120 miles). I had to write this blog on my Treo. Please pray for me Oh yeah if you want to learn more about ways that people of color are organizing around the environment please go to dreamreborn.org.
Oh yeah you forgot to mention Coo Coo Cal as one of your famous residents. All jokes aside it is a serious threat and I think sh*t is going to get bad a whole lot sooner than people imagine. All it takes is a couple of degrees.
Saying 1st is gay.
Global warming is a fraud. It is set up to create a global warming tax. To tax us even more. Gotta love our government. But we got retards to believe everything they say so we are all doomed. Do you have any evidence to global warming besides environmental changes??? The earth does change you know. Just like everything else. Its all good. Don't need to trip
Global warming is easy to determine whether it's real or not? Is the average temperature steadily climbing? Is the poles melting on a steady basis?
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Those seem like pretty easy tests to apply. Now, past that I can't really speak on it because I have not taken it up as a personal cause so I don't know the answer to those questions. I will say this though, I know when I was growing up I NEVER heard on the news constantly about all the kind of mess that is going on now. So it's something. And I think it's bigger than but I won't get all spiritual.
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Although today is the day that our Savior Jesus Christ went to the wood on our behalf. Accept the gift.
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CHRIST BLESS!
PZ
yeah well we've been warned about these ecological conditions getting to this point as far back as my pre-teens and i'm 28 now...... what you expect??? We take so much shit for granted it's literally an abuse of nature, and the climate instabilities is just one of the side effects, imagine what we are actually breathing that we consider "fresh air"..........Peace!
If Jesus died for any of us he made a mistake cause the world is full of too many dumb ass ignorant fools.
ahh damn, i just watched that day after tommorow movie today,now i kno dat shits gon happen to us for real bcuz dumbass ppl like the above gon say "this shit a fake it aint gon happen,nom sayin'"
Yeah man this winter has been real crazy! I am from Milwaukee myself..and had to come to work in this weather..I think we got hit harder than most of the Midwest cities..a brotha is really gettin' his workout on with all the shoveling..they talking about 14inches But the GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL this weather ain't for the WEAK..SHOUTS TO Northside and Northwest side!
note from biko...northside stand up
I live in milwaukee too. And ummm to muvaphknmega...Don't forget about Rico Love, Devin Harris, Tank, Lamont Bentley, ummm damn not a lot LOL...but yea
today was terrible. I swear we got at least 15 inches of snow SO FAR! it's still coming down hard. Man it's April, where's the spring break?
So now niggas is worried about Global Warming? Why muthafuckas always wanna wait until some shit happen to start giving a damn? People have been saying this shit for years havent they? Now you scared? That's like being told about aids going around and then worrying about it after you catch it. As soon as you learned about the shit you should've been taking precautions, not after it started happening. Niggas is funny, they aint gone give a fuck about the environment until there's no environment to give a fuck about.
"George Carlin's "The Planet Is Fine"
We're so self-important. So self-important. Everybody's going to save something now. "Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails." And the greatest arrogance of all: save the planet. What? Are these f***ing people kidding me? Save the planet, we don't even know how to take care of ourselves yet. We haven't learned how to care for one another, we're gonna save the f***ing planet?
I'm getting tired of that s***. Tired of that s***. I'm tired of f***ing Earth Day, I'm tired of these self-righteous environmentalists, these white, bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bicycle paths. People trying to make the world safe for their Volvos. Besides, environmentalists don't give a s*** about the planet. They don't care about the planet. Not in the abstract they don't. Not in the abstract they don't. You know what they're interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat. They're worried that some day in the future, they might be personally inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn't impress me.
Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are f***ed. Difference. Difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We've been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we're a threat? That somehow we're gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin' around the sun?
The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles...hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages...And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet...the planet...the planet isn't going anywhere. WE ARE!
We're going away. Pack your s***, folks. We're going away. And we won't leave much of a trace, either. Thank God for that. Maybe a little styrofoam. Maybe. A little styrofoam. The planet'll be here and we'll be long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet'll shake us off like a bad case of fleas. A surface nuisance.
You wanna know how the planet's doing? Ask those people at Pompeii, who are frozen into position from volcanic ash, how the planet's doing. You wanna know if the planet's all right, ask those people in Mexico City or Armenia or a hundred other places buried under thousands of tons of earthquake rubble, if they feel like a threat to the planet this week. Or how about those people in Kilowaia, Hawaii, who built their homes right next to an active volcano, and then wonder why they have lava in the living room.
The planet will be here for a long, long, LONG time after we're gone, and it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, 'cause that's what it does. It's a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the earth will be renewed, and if it's true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new pardigm: the earth plus plastic. The earth doesn't share our prejudice towards plastic. Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees plastic as just another one of its children. Could be the only reason the earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself. Didn't know how to make it. Needed us. Could be the answer to our age-old egocentric philosophical question, "Why are we here?" Plastic...a******.
So, the plastic is here, our job is done, we can be phased out now. And I think that's begun. Don't you think that's already started? I think, to be fair, the planet sees us as a mild threat. Something to be dealt with. And the planet can defend itself in an organized, collective way, the way a beehive or an ant colony can. A collective defense mechanism. The planet will think of something. What would you do if you were the planet? How would you defend yourself against this troublesome, pesky species? Let's see... Viruses. Viruses might be good. They seem vulnerable to viruses. And, uh...viruses are tricky, always mutating and forming new strains whenever a vaccine is developed. Perhaps, this first virus could be one that compromises the immune system of these creatures. Perhaps a human immunodeficiency virus, making them vulnerable to all sorts of other diseases and infections that might come along. And maybe it could be spread sexually, making them a little reluctant to engage in the act of reproduction.
Well, that's a poetic note. And it's a start. And I can dream, can't I? See I don't worry about the little things: bees, trees, whales, snails. I think we're part of a greater wisdom than we will ever understand. A higher order. Call it what you want. Know what I call it? The Big Electron. The Big Electron...whoooa. Whoooa. Whoooa. It doesn't punish, it doesn't reward, it doesn't judge at all. It just is. And so are we. For a little while."
The blizzard you are experiencing is part of global cooling, which is being triggered by changing activity on the sun...
I'm still not sure whether global warming is caused by us or it's just a sign of changes to the Earth. Like someone already said up above this comment, the planet DOES change on its own, and there's nothing we can do to reverse it.
In other news, Gov. Bill Richardson endorsed Sen. Obama. You gonna make a post on that? I think having the only Hispanic governor in the United States in your corner is gonna have a pretty good-sized impact in the Hispanic community, if not for votes, then to help bridge the divide between Black and Hispanic.
Biko said, "This morning I jumped on plane to go back home only to have my flight redirected to Green Bay because of a blizzard. While the great state (ok not that great) of Wisconsin is use to a lot of snow and frigid cold, this year has been the worst winter on record."
First of all, you just shot down your own argument about GLOBAL WARMING by saying what you said. In fact, this is/was one of the harshest winters on record. We are talking about GLOBAL WARMING yes?
Oh I'm sorry. I see you tried to CYA by also saying, "every part of the earth is facing extreme environmental reactions to globaal warming." So what is it? GLOBAL WARMING or this CLIMATE CHANGE? Why is Greenland called Greenland? Why were remains and artifacts of early settlers found there? It's because it was GREEN and WARM there long ago. Oh I know, we fucked up the enviroment so bad, we affected the earth hundreds and thousands of years ago. Wait. What?
Nobody wants to talk about John Coleman. (the creator of the weather channel). Who said that GLOBAL WARMING is the biggest hoax in U.S. history. (next to the moon landing hoax). LOOK IT UP for yourselves folks. Don't just take my words for it. Do some actual research and STOP it with these blind accusations.
You want the real deal on GLOBAL WARMING? Go to the following link:http://schnittshow.newsradio610.com/globalwarming.html
And anyway, why in the hell are you Neo-soul Niggas worried about that shit? BLACK men in this country are being hunted like animals everyday and you're, "Like, I'm worried about the enviroment and stuff. Cause like, if we don't do something now, like, the trees and spotted owls are gonna like, be gone and stuff. Cause humans are bad." Get the hell outta here with that crap. Crooked cops, HOODRAT niggas, ABORTION, no-good whores all target working-class BLACK men. And we choose to talk about this? NICE. You neo-soul niggas trying to be like Marvin Gaye. The only nigga I liken y'all to is that black nerd from those TRUTH cigerette ads.
Now, I don't ad
sheeeitt I'm enjoyin the weather here in cali but I do have relatives in Milwaukee so I keep in touch with them. Global Warming could be real or not, bottom line is that we are taking things for granted and if shit aint got worse now then sooner or later its gonna get worse if we keep it up.
milwaukee, yes yes thats where my head rests, up on locust!
as far as global warming goes, yeah it's nerve wrecking and we have to do something and now. i know i have done my part in small ways. and even if it was a "fraud", what's wrong with not taking care of the enviroment. we ARE a major part of our enviroment, so if we would like to be taken care of like we do as individuals, why wouldn't you take care of it, as without your enviroment being in check, believe it or not, WILL have an impact on you.
If not now, or on you, then your bloodline. So...why not?
at least i can get my girl a mink half off
Its a well known fact dat niggas don't care about tha environment...go to ya local hood...trash everywhere..niggas throwin mcdonalds bags out tha car n shit...so I don't think that last sentence you stated mattered
Global warming is fake you retard. There are changes that are happening but it is not because of humans.
It seems that a lot of people posting don't actually understand climate change. Climate and weather are different. A cold winter in some of the country does not mean that climate hasn't changed. Climate averages are constructed through weather PATTERNS not weather on any given day or season. It is taken over decades. And it is clear that the world has progressively gotten warmer.
There isn't much argument about whether climate change exists or doesn't. It's really just right-wingers who refuse to admit it, and for good reason, with their financial interests. People can argue that it may be regular global changes and not influenced by people but that seems highly unlikely.
If we take a serious look at all of the destruction industrialization has caused it would be almost delusional to think that it has had no effect. What I think is: 1) If global warming isn't man made then we have little to worry about since we can't control it at all. 2) But if it is man made and we do nothing about it then we are consciously ruining the planet for future generations to appease our own greed.
Which is worse?
"EARTH!"
"FIRE!"
"WIND!"
"WATER!"
"HEART!"
"Go Planet!"
"By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!"
Captain Planet, he's our hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero
He's our powers magnified
And he's fighting on the planet's side
Captain Planet, he's our hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero
Gonna help him put asunder
Bad guys who like to loot and plunder
"You'll pay for this Captain Planet!"
We're the Planeteers
You can be one too
'Cause saving our planet is the thing to do!
Looting and polluting is not the way
Hear what Captain Planet has to say!
"The Power is Yours!"
lol
yes the world changes on it's own, but not things like Global Warming which is the breaking down of the Atmosphere via various types of pollution and natural decaying.........
you dumb fucks do understand that the suns light has magnetic capabilities...... the same light that causes the moisture to rise to the atmosphere in the water cycle..... smh@you lost infantile thinkin folk
i wont even get too in-depth because if you too dumb to understand that we've been abusing the purpose of the atmosphere, theres no need in getting into the other 6 layers of the Universe and how they contribute to the warming of the planet................