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- Another snow near-miss looks likely today. Here comes the cold, but there goes the water, and simultaneity is but a wispy phantasm.
- Finish Christmas shopping this week; Christmas lights this weekend; Christmas cards next week; relax.
- Sheesh, what can you even say about the Illinois governor scandal? Might this be beyond parody? I’d call Blagojevich Machiavellian, but I think that connotes too much intelligence.
- $11,800 is spent at Wal-Mart every second, 24/7.
- Drought remains a big problem in the U.S., and may get worse. Now this may be worthy of mention on its own merits; however, I chose to highlight it for another reason. It is a story from the “mainstream” media documenting an undesirable, large-scale environmental phenomenon that, as of this writing, actually contains the phrase “it’s not global warming.”
- OK, I hate to be all everybody-out-of-the-pool with you, but the whole LOLcat thing is over. I never played, finding the whole thing perilously close to an obnoxious “hang in there!” kitten poster, such as might have been found in the middle of Dynamite 30 years ago. However, many did, and if you are among those still finding comedic currency in this: come on, folks. It was only ever so funny in the first place, and its expiration date is long past. We’re a better species than this.
- Yay, unity! Hooray, post-racial society! Oh, and here’s a browser for black people.
- I just received email from Lands’ End with the subject “Fleece Navidad!” I think that might be enough reason all by itself to cross them off my list of Christmas merchants.
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I wish my last name was Walton. 🙁
“It’s not global warming some climatologists say.” Some? Who are they? Who do they get their money from? Are they the “elite” of climatology? Are they the majority of climatologists?
I’m not arguing that drought conditions are the result of man-caused global warming, but I see nothing in this article which persuades me to the contrary. I am not a scientist, and have no means of making an informed judgment. Interesting rhetorical technique by this writer, but quite common in today’s “journalism.” Set up a straw man (global warming), then knock him down (some climatologists . . .).
I do not think excessive water use by individuals is off the table as this article says. In my own case, I am required to have a St. Augustine grass lawn. These lawns are water-intensive,not drought-resistant (and subject to all manner of pests). Many homeowners’ associations have this requirement. I hate wasting the water to maintain my lawn, but I have no choice.
I never thought that cat stuff was cute or funny.
Gerry: You have as much choice as the SUV driver you regularly deride.
I’m not begrudging you the choice you’ve made, but a choice it indeed is. It’s hardly compulsory for you to live in a controlled community.
No, of course I don’t have to live here. The point I’m making is that there are a lot of individuals who live like this, and (last I saw) the “Associations” are not paying the water bills. The larger point is that it is foolish to say that individual water use is not part of the larger water issue.
As for SUV drivers, I hold no enmity for them. If I sound as though I deride them, that’s just poor choice of words on my part. We all make choices at times based on other things than practicality and physical reality. We could all doubtless do better.
Judging by the state of the auto industry, however, I’d say the SUV chickens are coming home to roost.
“Judging by the state of the auto industry, however, I’d say the SUV chickens are coming home to roost.”
Maybe. My understanding is that Detroit built cars they thought they could make money on taking into account factors such as high wages and government regulation. I doubt they built SUV’s just to “build” SUV’s. Could be that UAW’s chickens are coming home to roost.
Takes two to contract, don’t it?
Unions extort with the blessing of the US Government. In order to have a real negotiation business has to have the power to fire striking workers. They don’t which makes the entire process a farce. Is that subtle nuance lost on you?