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Let’s get this straight, the last 16 years have been the hottest
ever which is entirely consistent with global warming and climate change ~ a
fact that can no longer be ignored or ridiculed: Allen L Roland
We
can no longer ignore the obvious link between our on going severe weather
patterns and global warming climate change ~ which may very well be beyond
the point of no return.
Highly respected Amy Goodman of Democracy Now also adds that the forest fires,
droughts and deadly storms are just the beginning of more to come ~
Common Dreams reported on July 2nd ~ “ Scientists at the New Jersey-based Climate Central, the US National Center for Atmospheric Research, and the Center for Australian Weather and Climate Research in Melbourne claim that even if the most "aggressive" efforts are made to curb atmospheric global warming, ocean levels would continue to rise even as global surface temperatures stabilize.” See complete article ~ http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/07/02-1
But let’s talk about the oppressive heat ~ Even here in Sonoma Valley, California I’ve experienced over 110 degree heat at times over the past few years and believe me, it’s completely debilitating. No one is on the streets and most of us are heading for the coast and the cool breezes. I can not imagine days and weeks of the same ~ which is happening in the mid west.
Jeff
Masters, director of meteorology at the Weather Underground website, told
Democracy Now: "What we're seeing now is the future. We're
going to be seeing a lot more weather like this, a lot more impacts like we're
seeing from this series of heat waves, fires and storms” And
then, he added ~ "This is just the beginning."
So what is the largely oblivious Main Stream Media reporting? Not much but here
is Bill Nye, the science guy, explaining the recent record heat wave on MSNBC’s
The Ed Show ~ 5 Minute Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_C1pJGfF8t0
But perhaps Thom Hartman nails the real culprits of global
warming climate change when he wrote ~ “ Hundreds
of thousands of people are still without power around the nation's capital -
and left to deal with a record breaking heat wave alone. Fueled by all-time
temperature highs on Friday, a massive freak storm ripped across the
Mid-Atlantic Friday night - killing at least 15 people and knocking out power
to more than three million. West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, and
Washington, DC have all declared states of emergency… So here we have
massive wildfires, catastrophic storms, and rising oceans ~ welcome to the new
normal ~ brought to us by transnational oil barons
and the politicians they own. “
Amen, Thom ~ the summer storms, heat waves and droughts have also exposed
a crumbling U.S infrastructure ~ whereas we spent over 60 billion dollars in Iraq
on infrastructure and electricity between 2003 -2006 while our own
infrastructure has obviously crumbled.
In other words, we are destroying and rebuilding countries,
like Iraq, worldwide, as our own nation crumbles and no where else is this more
obvious than in our nation’s capital ~ Washington, DC.
5 minute Video:
In a
time of universal deceit ~ telling the truth is a revolutionary act: George Orwell
Allen L Roland
Freelance Alternative Press Online columnist
and psychotherapist Allen L Roland
is available for comments, interviews, speaking engagements
and private consultations ( allen@allenroland.com
)
Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer
who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog
and website allenroland.com
He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net
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