Hussein’s Death Not News
Other things, any other thing it seems draws our attention too easily away from global warming. Last night and this morning we will hear the details of Saddam Hussein’s death. He was hung for crimes against humanity. Is anyone enlightened by these facts? No, it’s really old news. We’ve witnessed his history over and over. His death is not a big revelation. Yet the entire day will be dedicated to him in the news. Oh wait, I’m watching Tom and Katie’s wedding again on CNN, and Pam and Kid Rock’s divorce. Now that’s important old news.
“Be Worried, Be Very Worried.” The April 3, 2006 issue of Time Magazine had this on its cover along with a picture of a polar bear standing on a small piece of floating ice. How many people read Time magazine or U.S. News and World Report? We have a great time on You Tube and My Space. We snatch up copies of Star and The Enquirer for entertainment. These are not the actions of people that should be very worried. It’s been 8 months since that cover on Time. Organizations are now feeding the polar bears who have lost acres of icy hunting ground into open pools of arctic water. The bears are skinny. But then again, we are used to watching people grow skinny without aid, without help, as long as it’s not us.
What should be news today is a 3000 year old shelf of ice in Canada that broke off last night and fell into the sea. The ice mass was equivalent to 11,000 football fields. It was 41 sq miles of ice attached to land. The vibration from this “chipping” off was that of an earthquake. The movement was picked up by earthquake monitors 150 miles away. Global warming is to blame. Scientists say global warming is accelerating faster and faster. Entire ecosystems and some of earth’s most exotic creatures are threatened. It doesn’t even make the headlines of the day.
Shouldn’t we hang someone for crimes against the earth? Or does that mean we would have to take a hard look at ourselves? We’re not worried, very worried, not nearly enough for me. Our number isn’t up yet, but it definitely looks like it’s on its way. Will God help us or is this the turning point where any good Father like a parent lets His children flounder in their mistakes as a lesson? We are like a spoiled and apathetic child that is not prepared for this lesson.
December 30th, 2006 at 5:43 pm
I watched “The Inconvenient Truth” the other night with my husband and mother. We were bored and there was really nothing on the TV for another hour, so we figured we watch this “documentary” by Al Gore for a few minutes until something good came on. OH MY GOD!!!! What an eye opener! All three of us sat glued to the tube continually saying things like, “I can’t believe it!”
We went to bed wondering what “WE” can do to begin to address this impending disaster. It is no longer and “IF” situation, but it is now a “WHEN” - and guess what?! The “WHEN” is NOW!!!!!
It’s December and the golf courses are open and full! There were tornadoes in Texas and Louisiana TODAY…. Our glaciers, which are needed to cool the earth and send the CO2 back out of our atmosphere, are drying up.
If you read this blog and really want to get the !@#$ scared out of yourself, watch this true documentary. I guarantee that you will go away knowing that it is time to make peace with God.
Ria, please do not give up the good fight about teaching everyone about global warming… Hopefully, everyone will realize that there are things we need to do and things we need to stop doing to save ourselves.
I certainly hope that when our government finally wakes up and implements laws and regulations that helps to stop global warming, there isn’t a big raucus about “rights”. The only way to stop the earth from ridding itself of us, is to accept change and know that it is for the betterment and preservation of mankind - not a violation of rights.
December 30th, 2006 at 7:34 pm
I think the world and everything in it should have rights to survival. Michigan has some things they are looking into like plastics recycling. Our new congress has some things on the agenda like incentives for thinking green. We’re slowly coming around. The way global warming is accelerating it may be too slowly.
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August 6th, 2007 at 1:27 am
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