http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/why-arent-politicians-listening-to-joe-romm-about-climate-change/263432/
Loving's comment: I'm sorry. Yes, that congress is not listening to 1 man, this is such a
break with US and world history history of massive change! Remember
how they listened to 1 woman and gave women the right to vote? Remember
how they listened to 1 man and passed civil rights legislation?
Remember how it was the voice of 1 man that ended the Vietnam War?
Remember how the voice of 1 man got rid of Mubarak in Egypt? Remember?
Oh. Never mind.
Romm is like Captain Ahab with this maniacal
quest to bring congress to heal, single handedly. Tragedy. He, and the
rest of the intelligencia on the left are vastly more valuable to the
fossil fuel industry than the industry's own lobbyists. The oil shills
deny the science. Romm and the the rest of the climate club deny not
one, but three things:
1. The true human suffering already underway
and impending. Oh, they write ad-nauseum of the impending horrors, but
you can see from their personal non-commitment, non-risk... that it is
all abstract for them, remote, removed, academic; with the possible
exception of Hansen who has put skin in the game. The rest of the
climate club, their own kids will be 'fine,' and you can see that in the
seemingly infinite lipservice spit-balls they hurl for decades now at
an industry after $20-80 trillion in fossil fuel reserves.
2. They
deny that there are only two means of bringing mass change - violence
and unviolent action, and that the core, the very stuff of unviolent
action is voluntary personal suffering. Oh yes, he, McKibben, and the
rest of the climate club say, NO, we can do this on the cheap; Few if
any need to suffer. As I said, the deniers on the right deny the Truth
of Science; the deniers on the left deny the Truth of unviolent
historical change. Gandhi, MLK Jr faced and embraced the essence of
unviolent action. Romm, McKibben, et al, make a tidy, self-righteous
living, denying it.
3. Romm and the rest of the climate club deny personal responsibility to meaningfully act.
Unlike
the fossil fuel lobby, Romm flies under the radar of well intended
folks, confuses the well intended as the right could never do, and costs
the fossil fuel industry not a cent.
That Romm's complicity is something he is in psychological denial about makes it no less deadly.
Hmmm.
Einstein too was a physicist. 'The test of insanity is doing the same
thing over and over [frenetic blogging, blaming of Washington,
free-lunch 'demonstrations' in Romm's case for decades now]
and
expecting different results.'
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nd 'Profound Depression. RomneyRyan should be low single digits. Reagan I, Reagan II, Bush I, Bush II, Bush III. We're the WMD.' Loving' Loving
nd 'Profound Depression. RomneyRyan should be low single digits. Reagan I, Reagan II, Bush I, Bush II, Bush III. We're the WMD.' Loving' Loving
Taliban says it shot 'infidel' Pakistani teen for advocating girls' rights Washington Post
Washington Post - 14 minutes ago |
PESHAWAR,
Pakistan— A 14-year-old Pakistani activist who won international
acclaim for speaking out for girls denied education under the Taliban
was shot Tuesday on her way home from school, authorities said.
10.08.2012
nd 'Only those Dying for a different Way can I reach or Help. For King, Gandhi, Jesus... it was and Is the same.' Loving
nd 'Only those Dying for a different Way can I reach or Help. For King, Gandhi, Jesus... it was and Is the same.' Loving
nd 'Satan, Evil: Head, Flesh Reigning, Denying Heart.' Loving
nd 'Satan, Evil: Head, Flesh Reigning, Denying Heart.' Loving
nd 'Evil: Entirely depends on Denying the Heart Reign.' Loving
nd 'Evil: Entirely depends on Denying the Heart Reign.' Loving
Gallup Poll: Obama leads Romney USA TODAY
USA TODAY - 1 hour ago |
***** Obama's Edge With Centenarians ABC News
WATCH: 106 Years Old and Voting for President Obama: "Red, White and Blue, Going Forward!"
READ!!! THIS!!! >>>
READ!!! THIS!!! >>>
ABC News - 1 hour ago |
They
form what is perhaps the smallest and least influential voting bloc in
the 2012 presidential race. But this campaign season, the nation's
oldest voters -- 100 years, plus -- are proving that they may have the
most grit, and an affinity for ...
10.07.2012
nd 'Deadly Denial is a failure of the Heart, NOT the Head.' Loving
nd 'Deadly Denial is a failure of the Heart, NOT the Head.' Loving
Axelrod: Obama 'taken aback by the brazenness' of Romney's debate performance Politico
Politico (blog) - 1 hour ago |
Obama
senior campaign adviser David Axelrod on Sunday said Republican Mitt
Romney delivered a “very good performance” at the first presidential
debate that was “completely un-rooted in fact” and the president was
“taken aback at the brazenness” of the ...
nd '"No one saw it as a Family matter." Ecocide's Epitaph.' Loving
nd '"No one saw it as a Family matter." Ecocide's Epitaph.' Loving
10.06.2012
nd 'Utter Failures at Saving Humanity 2012: Loving, King, Gandhi, Jesus....' Loving
nd 'Utter Failures at Saving Humanity 2012: Loving, King, Gandhi, Jesus....' Loving
UN's Mrs Robinson: "The public needs to urgently motivate political leaders to act on climate change."
Irish Independent - 8 hours ago |
10.05.2012
Pedophile Maffia: Activists Protest San Francisco's New Tipsy Archbishop SFist
SFist - 24 minutes ago |
Roman
Catholic rchbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone made his first
performance on Thursday at St. Mary's Cathedral as dozens of civil
rights advocates gathered outside the church to protest.
Compassionate GOPigs: Teen Scout Denied's 'Eagle' Because He's Gay NPR
NPR (blog) - 39 minutes ago |
Ryan
Andresen spent 12 years as a Boy Scout. Now that he's 17 and about to
graduate from high school, he completed the final requirement to receive
the Eagle Scout award, which signifies the highest rank in the
organization.
10.04.2012
nd 'You can't help those who don't DESPERATELY want help. My Dad's most important teaching.' Loving
nd 'You can't help those who don't DESPERATELY want help. My Dad's most important teaching.' Loving
10.03.2012
nd 'Sheeple flee me. That's so helpful. Truly.' Loving
nd 'Sheeple flee me. That's so helpful. Truly.' Loving
10.02.2012
"Steve Jobs was the first guy I found who would be regularly curled up under his desk in the morning after an all-nighter...."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/connieguglielmo/2012/10/02/untold-stories-about-steve-jobs-friends-and-colleagues-share-their-memories/
"A lot of people think that success is luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I think if you’re willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create an awful lot of your own luck."
"A lot of people think that success is luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I think if you’re willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create an awful lot of your own luck."
nd 'Paying the Personal Price: Mother of ALL Progress. Loving.' Loving
nd 'Paying the Personal Price: Mother of ALL Progress. Loving.' Loving
10.01.2012
Banks Attack Eliz Warren's Senate Candidacy
Banks Attack Eliz Warren's Senate Candidacy
Politico - 2 hours ago |
Wall
Street never wanted to see Elizabeth Warren sworn into the Senate, and
now it's flooding her opponent's campaign coffers in the final stretch
of one of the closest races in the country.
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