http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:50:46 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:50:46 Lost both of my parents to smoking caused disease. F those buggers. Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/226 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:10:19 Never have, never will, tho I don't think Playboy is evil Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/225 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:07:39 even if one were to rub the noses of those "in power" - those barons of political and economic power - anyhow, rub those folks noses in declining crude, they would STILL not acknowledge this looming reality?????? Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/224 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:20:25 of the "developed" world....."Don't do as I did, do as I say!" Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/223 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:45:22 about, at least in some small part, the fate of the thermohaline current..... Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/222 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:05:11 boy is THIS the biggest one! I've been worried, worried that the above is indeed the actual case, and find it real interesting that someone at the IEA is acknowledging it. Interesting and terrifying, that is. Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/221 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:47:00 and the Great Unwashed is willfully ignorant of.....geophysical limits. Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/220 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:13:47 to be able to read some GOOD NEWS with Sunday AM coffee! Thanks for this post. Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/219 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:38:03 kind of dangerous, what with me being one of those unstable, Marine, Viet vet types.

I gently pointed out that we sent a total of 3 million soldiers and Marines there over the years, sometimes 500,000 were in the country at the same time. We had control of the air, helicopters, tanks, unlimite... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/215 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:45:37 that nothing will make me satisfied unless some of them are in jail. Fraud is fraud, goddamit!

Jail, or they could be like some Japanese execs and take the "honorable" way out. The up-and-down cut as well as the side-to-side.

Bastards may have killed this country. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/218 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:24:07 NO! This CAN'T be happening HERE!!!! This is where I live. Global climate change, and all the wretchedness accompanying it, is happening where THEY live. Aaaaaggggg. It's over. Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/214 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:13:21 in the concluding paragraph to this NYT's piece that I'm missing? With two unemployed, and one underemployed kids(s), today's (quaintly described) "predicament" seems pretty damned serious to this chile - Ms Bigmack

"However severe, our current predicament seems mild compared to the calamitou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/213 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:58:37 I always play the race card on any of this stuff.

People in certain areas (that will go unnamed) would vote to have their state opt-out simply because they can't stand the idea of their "hard earned tax dollars" (puke!) going to provide health care to brown/black people. They'll vote against ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/216 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:38:44 If you have a homogenious and cohesive group, rational national boundaries, and a relatively modern society, a modern, western country like the US can "build" a nation. We "rebuilt" Japan and Germany after WWII, for example.

Afghanistan has none of those things.

Attempting to nation-build... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/217 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:23:18 James Howard Kunstler ranks REAL close to one! Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/212 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:45:06 I'm NOT surprised, but I AM appalled. Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/211 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:40:34 if there war any "justice" in this strange world, that would/should read "....WE have brewing." Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/210 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:52:24 the freshwater, Greenland ice mean a significant shift southward for the thermohaline current? But then I live on the west coast, so no problemo. Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/209 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:33:57 And MANY thanks for posting this - Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/208 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:52:03 Well....there's the new grandchild that we adore.....and now a tangible connection to this dubious future..... Scary. We'd do almost ANYTHING to protect her future. Alas, why do we feel SO alone..... Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/207 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:29:24 as in CORRECT! Roubini's sure my choice......tho they usually don't consult with those of us out here in the Great Unwashed...... Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/206 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:36:18 How about Elizabeth Warren? Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/205 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:32:14 also exacerbates this problem/possibility. Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/204 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:04:31 IS a VERY SERIOUS problem, but as George Monbiot recently pointed out in an article, that as best I recall, can be found on Alternet, the rich are FAR more costly to the environment, in terms of energy consumption and resource depletion, than are entire villages of the poorest. Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/203 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:29:16 and admire her courage. Incredible woman. RIP Ms Bigmack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bigmack/202 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:15:23