I Wonder

[Riverwind (imported)]

If the right wing is right there is not global warming and none of this is really happening, in that case Florida will not be under water when all the ice caps melt, its just a figma of someones imagination. But realize the only areas that are truly safe are areas that are over 100 ft above sea level so kiss Florida good bye as it will be less then a swamp. But remember and believe, there is no such thing as global warming, all the models are one sided and wrong, and GOD is on our side.

River

[moi621 (imported)]

There they go again,

confusing Naturally Occurring Cycles of Global Warming

as opposed to Man Made Global Warming.

I thought the peninsula part of Florida involves considerable near sea level land fill.

On the Left Coast we do not have to worry as much because our oceanic basin is bigger

Moi

[Dave (imported)]

There they go again,

confusing Naturally Occurring Cycles of Global Warming

as opposed to Man Made Global Warming.

I thought the peninsula part of Florida involves considerable near sea level land fill.

On the Left Coast we do not have to worry as much because our oceanic basin is bigger

Moi

But you get Tsunamis from Japan and the occasional typhoon from Mexico.

As for Florida, Orlando in the middle is only about 100 feet above sea level.

Safe enough from tidal surges due to hurricanes but there's nothing to stop the really big storms like the Appalachians stopped stopped most of Hurricane Sandy. OF course the Jet Stream brought a Nor-Easter down from Canada to merge with Sandy and cause all sorts of grief so even the Appalachians at over 3000 feet above sea level didn't help much against snow (from a hurricane?) and rain (I'm getting rusty. Looks like a tan though.)

Many times before I've said that the response to global warming must be mitigation and adaptation:

That is, Mitigate the damages before they occur and Adapt to the changes before and after the disaster hits.

[Riverwind (imported)]

One thing about it Dave man is adaptable, it has made us the dominate species on the planet, so not to worry about global warming, build more A/C's. if the water starts claiming land, build a wall. Man will adapt so why worry, Dave no matter what man does to the environment we can not kill the planet, hell in 50 to 65 million years from now, it will be lush green planet ready to populate.

River

[Paolo]

It'll probably be so radioactive in a few more years that no one will want it in 60 million. It'll be junk property.

[moi621 (imported)]

NBC News reports the third second term president in a row.

Now known since, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe.

I Wonder

Has a new timid streak made Americans too meek.

Not enough courage to oppose an incumbent President.

More so then before.

Moi

Just wondering.

[bobover3 (imported)]

The incumbent always has an advantage. The average voter reasons that if nothing horrible has happened to him there's nothing to be gained by a change. That helped Clinton and Bush. It also helped Obama because even though millions are out of work, more millions have work. It comforts people to think that their neighbor's problem is their neighbor's doing.

[moi621 (imported)]

YES Bob3 DEAR Ex-BFF

The question relating to history back to Jefferson, Madison, Monroe

"The Era of Good Feeling"

Have we as Americans become so increasingly meek

that the power of the incumbency has gained weight. Huh?

If not for the two term limit, we might have Clinton, Bush, Obama like a life, term appointment.

Elections being a formality. American minds supporting der furhrer. Policies be damned.

Verstahen? Comprend? En Anglais, Get It?

Moi

Just Wondering.

[bobover3 (imported)]

Human beings always tend toward compliance with tyranny. This is because tyranny offers certainty and freedom from conflict and doubt. It also offers the seeming efficiency of direct action without compromise. A tyranny absolves most people of responsibility for what happens. Certainty, direct action, no responsibility - what's not to like?

The trouble, of course, is that all the people longing to be told what to do assume that the oligarchy or dictatorship will, like a good parent, adopt only those policies best for the people, and will carry out those policies competently. In reality, the policies are often wrong and the administration often inept and corrupt. Ultimately, tyrannies are only good at protecting their own power.

But people keep on hoping, like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football, that this time benevolent and intelligent rulers will do what's best. They long for Plato's Philosopher Kings, they get Kim Jong-un.

Democracy is kept only through continual struggle, and those who struggle for it will be resented by most people as trouble makers.

There's nothing unusual about many American's unspoken fondness for tyranny. It would be surprising if this were not so. Perhaps because America is freer than any other country, the irritations of democracy, such as our contentious elections, are felt more keenly here.

Who are those fighting for democracy in the US?

What can be done to institutionalize a preference for democracy?

[moi621 (imported)]

Bravo upload.