Two important editorials today, one on China, with this closer: China is no enemy, but inflating the challenge from China could be just as dangerous as underestimating it. The other from former Vice President Al Gore, who finally addresses the latest scandals and Rush Limbaugh induced hysteria on climate change.
I’ve also got something up at Huffington Post. Comments, tweets, always appreciated.
The above editorial cartoon from Paul Szep is a good one. As we’re continually reminded that if we had a Congress that actually did their jobs they wouldn’t have waited a year for Obama to sit down with Republicans last week. On the other hand, we wouldn’t have to wait for a president who has no intention of doing what the people want if Congress understood that Obama has long ago sold out to for profit insurance companies.
It’s no wonder everyone is genuflecting to the Tea Party, which has the only energy in the room these days. Even Speaker Pelosi got into the act today on “This Week.”
But, you know, we share some of the views of the Tea Partiers in terms of the role of special interest in Washington, D.C., as — it just has to stop. And that’s why I’ve fought the special interest, whether it’s on energy, whether it’s on health insurance, whether it’s on pharmaceuticals and the rest. – Speaker Pelosi
Pelosi’s fought special interest? I wonder what she thinks the Catholic church is? You know, the religious group invited into the room to help write the health care legislation that marginalizes women’s civil rights.
Give me Al Gore any day over the clowns we’ve now got running the Democratic party:
… Here is what scientists have found is happening to our climate: man-made global-warming pollution traps heat from the sun and increases atmospheric temperatures. These pollutants — especially carbon dioxide — have been increasing rapidly with the growth in the burning of coal, oil, natural gas and forests, and temperatures have increased over the same period. Almost all of the ice-covered regions of the Earth are melting — and seas are rising. Hurricanes are predicted to grow stronger and more destructive, though their number is expected to decrease. Droughts are getting longer and deeper in many mid-continent regions, even as the severity of flooding increases. The seasonal predictability of rainfall and temperatures is being disrupted, posing serious threats to agriculture. The rate of species extinction is accelerating to dangerous levels.
Though there have been impressive efforts by many business leaders, hundreds of millions of individuals and families throughout the world and many national, regional and local governments, our civilization is still failing miserably to slow the rate at which these emissions are increasing — much less reduce them.
And in spite of President Obama’s efforts at the Copenhagen climate summit meeting in December, global leaders failed to muster anything more than a decision to “take note” of an intention to act.
What are you reading or hearing on the Sunday shows today?
Just read the Gore piece before coming here. I like that in it, he explicitly addresses the climate change panel report’s “flaws.” Such a sensible way to have a real conversation — talk about actual facts.
Thought TM might like this:
Perspectives with Earl and Edna – Non Sequitur
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/
OMG That Non Sequiter is TOO freaking funny!!!!!
It is always a HOOT when MEN whine about just about anything as far as being a put upon group goes. ESPECIALLY old white UUUUberchristian guys!! BWAHAHAHA!
The people are clamoring for the head of Rahm Emanuel. Instead the WH throws the gnawed on skull of the social secretary to the crowd. That’s unacceptable. Rahm has been reduced to whining publically that the failure for Obama’s first year in office had nothing at all to do with him or his ideas. All of those ‘bad’ ideas and the failure to get legislation passed through the Congress are the fault of everyone else he grumbles. Rahm has now taken to cowering in the corners of his office and muttering that he had nothing to do with Greg Craig’s firing. Obama should fire this slug yesterday. Peace
I still love Al Gore.
It’s a great op-ed, and he’s right. My friends on the right–yes, I have friends who are wingnuts–get so riled up whenever I say I believe in global warming. Just yesterday one friend at lunch went off on a diatribe when I said it. I’m still annoyed at her even now. She started to get wound up for a debate; I cut her off. You can’t discuss politics with wingnut friends; they are irrational, and moreover, they’re often not well informed. Ha! 
Of course, none of them are as informed as me. 
I wouldn’t call it “genuflecting” so much IF she labels them AstroTurf, to begin with !
Why does the heading say “8 comments” received, but I only see 6?
Are offensive comments deleted on this site? I have no problem with that, but I do like to see a specific acknowledgement that a comment was received, then deleted at the moderator’s discretion.
guyski says:
28 February 2010 at 10:22 am
I clicked on your link earlier today, but this is the first chance I’ve had to say HILARIOUS! heh-heh… Loved it.
The comment count includes trackbacks, Moft, which are not logged publicly, as they’re grabbed from sites not controlled by TM.com, which happens w/ other sites like Huffington Post, too. It happens very regularly. Here are the trackbacks on this post:
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