An Inconvenient Truth

I've been working hard at overcoming printing problems....
which would probably be quickly solved
if I were able to have someone simply SHOW me
what I'm doing wrong...
which, I'm willing to bet, would be easily spotted by one of experience...
but, "one" is not near...
so, I'm battling through on my own.
I'll get it..
I'm just that stubborn....
so, sit tight...
postings will begin showing up once over this latest hurdle.

In the MEAN TIME....
I've pasted a posting from dailykos.com
that hits directly upon one of my main concerns.

I will never understand how such behavior can continue
when, the "house" we ALL live in is in such dire need of attention.
I do what I can do...
I'm in a community that is aware of the planetary situation
and does what it can do...
there are others,
but, we're just small specks in the global mass here.

I wish I could take all those with disagreements by the ear,
forcing them to leave all their religious beliefs at the door....
and sit down at one big round table as individuals having humanity in common...
having the wish to live healthy, happy lives in common...
wanting clean air, water, food in common....
and make them ALL stop fighting and arguing
to attend to the matter at hand...
the climate, the air, our resources, our energy, etc...
and after all is back on track
they can go right back to their arguments.

Yes, it would take a long time...
at least they would have that long time...
and chances are, by spending so much time
working together, towards a common goal...
their bickering would be forgotten...
and humans might just have a better, longer future on this planet.

This is a very real, big issue for me...
and I can easily go on....

Read what I picked up from the DailyKos...
track down the links...
find the movie...
do your part.


An Inconvenient Truth
by DarkSyde
Tue May 16, 2006 at 03:51:58 AM PDT
Crooks and Liars has posted the trailer for Vice-President Al Gore's movie debut in An Inconvenient Truth here The film is an in depth look at the case for global warming as well a graphic illustration of the devastating effects in store for mankind as a result of climate change.

An Inconvenient Truth: About the Film--Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb.
If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced ...
Gore also proves himself to be one of the most misunderstood characters in modern American public life. Here he is seen as never before in the media - funny, engaging, open and downright on fire about getting the surprisingly stirring truth about what he calls our "planetary emergency" out to ordinary citizens before it's too late.

DR Eric Steig at Realclimate had some observations about the quality of the science itself:
Realclimate--This isn't the "wooden" Gore of the 2000 campaign; he is clearly in his element here, talking about something he has cared deeply about for over 30 years.
How well does the film handle the science?
Admirably, I thought.
It is remarkably up to date, with reference to some of the very latest research.
Discussion of recent changes in Antarctica and Greenland are expertly laid out.
He also does a very good job in talking about the relationship between sea surface temperature and hurricane intensity.
As one might expect, he uses the Katrina disaster to underscore the point that climate change may have serious impacts on society, but he doesn't highlight the connection any more than is appropriate.
This is pretty slick:
There's also a blog and news site,
a real blog with comments where you can discuss the movie,
along with a schedule of locations and dates where it will be showing.
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