Social Justice News 11-27-06
Hey everybody,
Another busy week. I’ve mostly got over my cold, but it decided to settle into my ears and sinuses. Now I have a nasty ear infection. If it isn’t one thing, it’s another, I swear. It’s been another big week in the news. President Bush is in Vietnam this week. Can you believe it? He finally went. Of course, he’s about thirty years too late, but better late than never!
GOOD NEWS
White House Sued: For not putting out a federally mandated report on climate change. It probably won’t go anywhere, but hey, it’s a start!
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1115-01.htm
CLIMATE CHANGE
Senate Panel Attacks Kids Book About Climate Change: The U.S. Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works issued a statement that outright ridicules a new UN book aimed at explaining global warming to kids. Not only do they ridicule the book, but the statement is riddled with “facts” that either aren’t facts, or are distorted beyond recognition. (For example, they are right when they state that the interior of Greenland is still gaining ice. At about 4 cubic kilometers a year. What they neglect to point out however, is that the exterior of the icecap is losing ice at 42 kilometers a year! But it shows how desperate global warming skeptics have become, that they are now stooping to ridiculing children’s books!
http://epw.senate.gov/fact.cfm?party=rep&id=265811
Environment Be Damned: Apparently India’s people know the consequences of putting economic growth ahead of the environment –and they don’t care. Economic growth must come first, they say. Somehow I think they’ll change their minds when Mumbai is flooded by rising sea levels, but hey, what do I know?
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1841660,0094.htm
Drought Hitting the Table: The long-running drought in Australia is causing further hikes in the price of food, making it even harder for families to put dinner on the table.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/scorchedearth/drought-to-hit-dinner-table/2006/11/12/1163266401232.html
POLITICS
Bush to China: Stop Hoarding Money!!!: Apparently the Chinese save too much money. Or so said our President this week, who is urging them to buy more and save less. I thought this was a joke, but it’s the real deal. He also said the reason the Chinese save so much is that they don’t have either a pension system or a real health care system. Um, Mr. Bush, I think you got your countries mixed up. China has state health care and good retirement systems, plus an extended family ethic that says take care of your elders. Which country doesn’t have any of these things? Oh wait, that’s us. Oh my. (As a side note, if the Chinese started spending more, then they wouldn’t be able to loan the U.S. government the $30 million dollars per hour it needs just to keep the doors open!
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Bush_Says_China_Saving_Too_Much_Money_999.html
Power to the People: Unless your in Mexico, that is. The Mexican government is finally taking steps to suppress the Oxaca protestors. And what do these nefarious criminals want? They’re corrupt governor removed.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111006H.shtml
Silent Killers: All those unexploded bombs we, among others, have deposited in various countries are still killing –mostly women and children. And this is supposed to be honorable warfare?
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1114-08.htm
POLLUTION
Dump it on the Poor: Ports cause a staggering amount of problems to the environment, especially among the poorest people. Asthma, chronic lung diseases, smog are all some of the side effects of these operations. Some say we can’t afford to clean them up. But we can pay for the consequences? Um yeah, right. I smell something off here –oh yeah, that’s the smell of greed. My mistake!
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_4657812
OTHER
Breed to Succeed: I tried to improve on this headline and couldn’t it. I don’t read many things that scare the bejeezus out of me, but this is one of them!
http://www.alternet.org/story/44254/
Vehicle Hyprocrisy: Apparently, a lot of people want to have their cake and eat it too –at least when it comes to cars. I was amazed by how many hybrid owners also have SUVs!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15658052/site/newsweek/
Rape Epidemic: Hundreds of thousands have been raped in the brutal war in the Congo.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/congo/story/0,,1947147,00.html
Website of the Week: The Farm, one of the groups that presented at last month’s Sustainability Expo at The Flying Monkey. http://www.thefarm.org/
UU Joke of the Week: UU Prayer: "Dear God, if there is a God, if you can, save my soul, if I have a soul."
Have a good weekend everybody!
Another busy week. I’ve mostly got over my cold, but it decided to settle into my ears and sinuses. Now I have a nasty ear infection. If it isn’t one thing, it’s another, I swear. It’s been another big week in the news. President Bush is in Vietnam this week. Can you believe it? He finally went. Of course, he’s about thirty years too late, but better late than never!
GOOD NEWS
White House Sued: For not putting out a federally mandated report on climate change. It probably won’t go anywhere, but hey, it’s a start!
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1115-01.htm
CLIMATE CHANGE
Senate Panel Attacks Kids Book About Climate Change: The U.S. Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works issued a statement that outright ridicules a new UN book aimed at explaining global warming to kids. Not only do they ridicule the book, but the statement is riddled with “facts” that either aren’t facts, or are distorted beyond recognition. (For example, they are right when they state that the interior of Greenland is still gaining ice. At about 4 cubic kilometers a year. What they neglect to point out however, is that the exterior of the icecap is losing ice at 42 kilometers a year! But it shows how desperate global warming skeptics have become, that they are now stooping to ridiculing children’s books!
http://epw.senate.gov/fact.cfm?party=rep&id=265811
Environment Be Damned: Apparently India’s people know the consequences of putting economic growth ahead of the environment –and they don’t care. Economic growth must come first, they say. Somehow I think they’ll change their minds when Mumbai is flooded by rising sea levels, but hey, what do I know?
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1841660,0094.htm
Drought Hitting the Table: The long-running drought in Australia is causing further hikes in the price of food, making it even harder for families to put dinner on the table.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/scorchedearth/drought-to-hit-dinner-table/2006/11/12/1163266401232.html
POLITICS
Bush to China: Stop Hoarding Money!!!: Apparently the Chinese save too much money. Or so said our President this week, who is urging them to buy more and save less. I thought this was a joke, but it’s the real deal. He also said the reason the Chinese save so much is that they don’t have either a pension system or a real health care system. Um, Mr. Bush, I think you got your countries mixed up. China has state health care and good retirement systems, plus an extended family ethic that says take care of your elders. Which country doesn’t have any of these things? Oh wait, that’s us. Oh my. (As a side note, if the Chinese started spending more, then they wouldn’t be able to loan the U.S. government the $30 million dollars per hour it needs just to keep the doors open!
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Bush_Says_China_Saving_Too_Much_Money_999.html
Power to the People: Unless your in Mexico, that is. The Mexican government is finally taking steps to suppress the Oxaca protestors. And what do these nefarious criminals want? They’re corrupt governor removed.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111006H.shtml
Silent Killers: All those unexploded bombs we, among others, have deposited in various countries are still killing –mostly women and children. And this is supposed to be honorable warfare?
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1114-08.htm
POLLUTION
Dump it on the Poor: Ports cause a staggering amount of problems to the environment, especially among the poorest people. Asthma, chronic lung diseases, smog are all some of the side effects of these operations. Some say we can’t afford to clean them up. But we can pay for the consequences? Um yeah, right. I smell something off here –oh yeah, that’s the smell of greed. My mistake!
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_4657812
OTHER
Breed to Succeed: I tried to improve on this headline and couldn’t it. I don’t read many things that scare the bejeezus out of me, but this is one of them!
http://www.alternet.org/story/44254/
Vehicle Hyprocrisy: Apparently, a lot of people want to have their cake and eat it too –at least when it comes to cars. I was amazed by how many hybrid owners also have SUVs!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15658052/site/newsweek/
Rape Epidemic: Hundreds of thousands have been raped in the brutal war in the Congo.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/congo/story/0,,1947147,00.html
Website of the Week: The Farm, one of the groups that presented at last month’s Sustainability Expo at The Flying Monkey. http://www.thefarm.org/
UU Joke of the Week: UU Prayer: "Dear God, if there is a God, if you can, save my soul, if I have a soul."
Have a good weekend everybody!
posted by RAS at 11/17/2006 05:57:00 PM
1 Comments:
He also said the reason the Chinese save so much is that they don’t have either a pension system or a real health care system. Um, Mr. Bush, I think you got your countries mixed up.
ROTFL!
The Mexican government is finally taking steps to suppress the Oxaca protestors.
What?? shit.
I was amazed by how many hybrid owners also have SUVs!
so sad! i guess till they outlaw petrol, alternative vehicles will be bought a ton as a guilt crutch.
Thanks for the headlines, Rebecca!
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