Social Justice News 11-24-06
Hey everybody,
Happy Turkey Day. I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday and got to their destinations safe and sound. There’s a lot of news this week. It was pointed out to me that I might be wrong about my statements on China last week. If so I apologize; I have never been to China and have no way of knowing what things there are like except for the stories that come out –which, as I’m sure everyone knows –are not entirely reliable. Someone also asked me about the Global Warming ideas I asked for a few weeks ago, and why I hadn’t sent them out as promised. Well, it was kind of hard to send them out since I didn’t get any. If you want to submit something, I’ll still take it.
Announcement: An Inconvenient Truth came out on Tuesday, and it includes an update from Mr. Gore which I sincerely recommend. There are rumors flying around again that the White House may be about to change its official position on climate change. It’s possible but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Even if it happens, I would bet it would only be for political reasons. I think George Bush has about as much chance of coming to believe in global warming as I do of ever going on a date! (I’d love to be wrong of course –if you think I am, send me your logic.)
GOOD NEWS
Hippies in the Woods: This long story, in the Washington Post no less, profiles the Earthhaven Ecovillage. It goes in depth into what these folks are doing. Below the article I’ve included the link to Earthhaven’s website.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR2006111400979.html
http://www.earthaven.org/
CLIMATE CHANGE
The Stakes: Human Civilization Al Gore himself responds to Viscount Mockton’s “scientific” debunking of global warming.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/19/nclim19.xml&page=1
Stop the Scare Stories: A newsweek editorial accuses Stern and others of publishing “scare stories” over global warming and wanting them to stop –so of course, they won’t affect economic growth. Um, let’s see, in the words of Al Gore, which do I prefer? Some bars of gold or the entire planet?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15563663/site/newsweek/from/RSS/
God will take care of it: Inhofe’s at it again. This time he’s saying not to worry about global warming, because even if its real, God is still up there and will take care of it and us. Ur, okay, I think I’m going to start building an ark now. It’ll be needed when both Greenland and Antarctica have melted.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/17/inhofe-hoax/
POLITICS
The Price of Protesting: The janitors who went on strike in Houston learned the hard way what the price of protesting in modern America is –being trampled and then arrested. So much for freedom of assembly.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/44532/
Obsessed with Gays: A comparison of the response of American and South African leaders to same-sex marriage.
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1119-27.htm
POLLUTION
Would you like the glow in the dark floor or walls? Or how about the whole package?: The U.S. government made no attempt to clean up the uranium mines in the U.S. Southwest once they were abandoned. This has led to soaring cancer rates among the Navaho who now drink contaminated water and even live in radioactive houses.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-navajo19nov19,1,3773810.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true
ENVIRONMENT
GM Crops May Cause Disease: So inserting fish genes into tomatoes and insect repellant into corn may not have been such a good idea. Gee, who knew?
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=SMI20061119&articleId=3912
OTHER
The Great Turning: Korten gives a talk to the citizens of Willits California describing his ideas on how to change (and save)our planet. If you haven’t read his book, The Great Turning, I recommend it. It is slightly repetitive but very good.
http://www.willitsnews.com/community/ci_4678772
Modern Day Heretic: A story of modern day heresy and its consequences. This is the tale of what happened to a Pentecostal Bishop after he asked himself one day “What if there is no hell?” It’s under last weeks story on the front page.
http://www.thislife.org/
Website of the Week: The Earth Policy Institue. http://www.earth-policy.org/
UU Joke of the Week: Do UU's ever pray?
Only when they think a Democrat is going to lose an election.
Have a good weekend everybody!
-Rebecca
Happy Turkey Day. I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday and got to their destinations safe and sound. There’s a lot of news this week. It was pointed out to me that I might be wrong about my statements on China last week. If so I apologize; I have never been to China and have no way of knowing what things there are like except for the stories that come out –which, as I’m sure everyone knows –are not entirely reliable. Someone also asked me about the Global Warming ideas I asked for a few weeks ago, and why I hadn’t sent them out as promised. Well, it was kind of hard to send them out since I didn’t get any. If you want to submit something, I’ll still take it.
Announcement: An Inconvenient Truth came out on Tuesday, and it includes an update from Mr. Gore which I sincerely recommend. There are rumors flying around again that the White House may be about to change its official position on climate change. It’s possible but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Even if it happens, I would bet it would only be for political reasons. I think George Bush has about as much chance of coming to believe in global warming as I do of ever going on a date! (I’d love to be wrong of course –if you think I am, send me your logic.)
GOOD NEWS
Hippies in the Woods: This long story, in the Washington Post no less, profiles the Earthhaven Ecovillage. It goes in depth into what these folks are doing. Below the article I’ve included the link to Earthhaven’s website.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR2006111400979.html
http://www.earthaven.org/
CLIMATE CHANGE
The Stakes: Human Civilization Al Gore himself responds to Viscount Mockton’s “scientific” debunking of global warming.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/19/nclim19.xml&page=1
Stop the Scare Stories: A newsweek editorial accuses Stern and others of publishing “scare stories” over global warming and wanting them to stop –so of course, they won’t affect economic growth. Um, let’s see, in the words of Al Gore, which do I prefer? Some bars of gold or the entire planet?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15563663/site/newsweek/from/RSS/
God will take care of it: Inhofe’s at it again. This time he’s saying not to worry about global warming, because even if its real, God is still up there and will take care of it and us. Ur, okay, I think I’m going to start building an ark now. It’ll be needed when both Greenland and Antarctica have melted.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/17/inhofe-hoax/
POLITICS
The Price of Protesting: The janitors who went on strike in Houston learned the hard way what the price of protesting in modern America is –being trampled and then arrested. So much for freedom of assembly.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/44532/
Obsessed with Gays: A comparison of the response of American and South African leaders to same-sex marriage.
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1119-27.htm
POLLUTION
Would you like the glow in the dark floor or walls? Or how about the whole package?: The U.S. government made no attempt to clean up the uranium mines in the U.S. Southwest once they were abandoned. This has led to soaring cancer rates among the Navaho who now drink contaminated water and even live in radioactive houses.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-navajo19nov19,1,3773810.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true
ENVIRONMENT
GM Crops May Cause Disease: So inserting fish genes into tomatoes and insect repellant into corn may not have been such a good idea. Gee, who knew?
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=SMI20061119&articleId=3912
OTHER
The Great Turning: Korten gives a talk to the citizens of Willits California describing his ideas on how to change (and save)our planet. If you haven’t read his book, The Great Turning, I recommend it. It is slightly repetitive but very good.
http://www.willitsnews.com/community/ci_4678772
Modern Day Heretic: A story of modern day heresy and its consequences. This is the tale of what happened to a Pentecostal Bishop after he asked himself one day “What if there is no hell?” It’s under last weeks story on the front page.
http://www.thislife.org/
Website of the Week: The Earth Policy Institue. http://www.earth-policy.org/
UU Joke of the Week: Do UU's ever pray?
Only when they think a Democrat is going to lose an election.
Have a good weekend everybody!
-Rebecca
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