That's how the saying goes. Today I feel it definitely comes in twos.
The US was making noises that sounded distinctly like war drums to me. Obama seemed to be doing a Bush. I had nightmarish, heart sinking feelings of déjà vu. I was worried, felt helpless, scared and angry. I felt sure the Brits were all set to do the US's bidding.
But, "British MPs have voted AGAINST military intervention in Syria", screamed the headlines. Thank goodness. I can't help feeling relieved.
Good on you Brits. I'm so glad you've decided to await the UN report on who used those chemical weapons before deciding on further action. I feel your moral authority, which had suffered tremendously during the past few years has managed to gain back some lost ground.
As for the second piece of good news, it is personal. With over a hundred people asking to review ten copies of "Never Mind Yaar" at Goodreads, I've made more available at Blogadda. So HURRY! Claim your copy now.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
People who deny Climate Change Are Indirectly Helped by Media
So says Al Gore.
He describes how natural events like, droughts, melting glaciers, heatwaves, storms of stronger ferocity and floods have increased in the past ten years. For example the floods in Australia and Pakistan and the fact that the last ten years have been the hottest on record.
In his own words, Here is the core of it: we are destroying the climate balance that is essential to the survival of our civilization. This is not a distant or abstract threat; it is happening now. The United States is the only nation that can rally a global effort to save our future. And the president is the only person who can rally the United States.
More important, the article outlines what we, the ordinary people could do. Here's the link: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-of-denial-20110622?print=true
A strange twist to Al Gore's article is the one I read before it at the following link:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/al-gore-president-obama-has-failed-on-climate-chnage.php#comment-233376582
To me this article seemed like nothing Al Gore had said. It led one to believe that most of Al Gore's article must be a rave and a rant against Barrack. This it certainly isn't. And Maggie519, one of the commentators after the article seems to agree. Part of her comment is that according to Al Gore:
They (the media) gave equal time/credence to the climate deniers:false equivalency. It's not hard to imagine how this was hijacked into an Obama hit piece by the MSM. He actually PRAISED the Presidents efforts on this front in spite of all the odds. The only criticism (one sentence by the way) was that Obama didn't use the "bully pulpit" to push back against the deniers harder.
Makes one wonder about the intentions of the author of that article, Benjy something or the other. Never mind, the important issues are
Here's the link again:
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He describes how natural events like, droughts, melting glaciers, heatwaves, storms of stronger ferocity and floods have increased in the past ten years. For example the floods in Australia and Pakistan and the fact that the last ten years have been the hottest on record.
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More important, the article outlines what we, the ordinary people could do. Here's the link: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-of-denial-20110622?print=true
A strange twist to Al Gore's article is the one I read before it at the following link:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/al-gore-president-obama-has-failed-on-climate-chnage.php#comment-233376582
To me this article seemed like nothing Al Gore had said. It led one to believe that most of Al Gore's article must be a rave and a rant against Barrack. This it certainly isn't. And Maggie519, one of the commentators after the article seems to agree. Part of her comment is that according to Al Gore:
They (the media) gave equal time/credence to the climate deniers:false equivalency. It's not hard to imagine how this was hijacked into an Obama hit piece by the MSM. He actually PRAISED the Presidents efforts on this front in spite of all the odds. The only criticism (one sentence by the way) was that Obama didn't use the "bully pulpit" to push back against the deniers harder.
Makes one wonder about the intentions of the author of that article, Benjy something or the other. Never mind, the important issues are
- how rapidly some of our life-giving activities like cooking, keeping warm, travelling, transportation, our very way of life, are threatening the air we breathe, the water we drink and the soil we grow our plants in,
- how we could make changes so that we continue making life easy for ourselves without polluting the atmosphere
- how innovations for this is where our research efforts should be; not only will it help the environment, it is what will make the nation from where these innovations originate, the nation that invests in this kind of research, very wealthy.
- how educating everyone about these issues is essential so that we have ordinary people's buy in
Here's the link again:
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
We Do Big Things - Barack Obama
Has anyone told you before, Obama speaks well? He proved it yet again on 26Jan2011 when he addressed both houses and the American people in a televised speech. Much of it was about what the Democrats were planning etc.
But two statements struck a chord with me. When he said nobody would want to be in any other nation, I thought he was quite mistaken – had to reject that notion. Ask the citizens of any other nation, is what came to mind.
But when he said “We do big things” I had to agree whole heartedly. They do. They have. And I like and admire them for that.
Still, today, there are other great economies to admire. Also, we have so many challenges of our own to occupy us. The people below the poverty line, the environment, corruption, bribery etc. Re the environment, whilst I hope our government has the will to address this issue, there is so much we, the ordinary people can do. Simple things like plant and nurture one tree, convert our organic garbage to a reusable resource like compost (it is easy, check it out here: http://nevermindyaar.com/reduce-reuse-recycle-ii/), cut down on our use of electricity, appliances, our cars and UNITE in action against corruption. After all, whose voice is stronger - a billion lone individuals or a billion strong force?
But two statements struck a chord with me. When he said nobody would want to be in any other nation, I thought he was quite mistaken – had to reject that notion. Ask the citizens of any other nation, is what came to mind.
But when he said “We do big things” I had to agree whole heartedly. They do. They have. And I like and admire them for that.
Still, today, there are other great economies to admire. Also, we have so many challenges of our own to occupy us. The people below the poverty line, the environment, corruption, bribery etc. Re the environment, whilst I hope our government has the will to address this issue, there is so much we, the ordinary people can do. Simple things like plant and nurture one tree, convert our organic garbage to a reusable resource like compost (it is easy, check it out here: http://nevermindyaar.com/reduce-reuse-recycle-ii/), cut down on our use of electricity, appliances, our cars and UNITE in action against corruption. After all, whose voice is stronger - a billion lone individuals or a billion strong force?
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