The Myth of Global Warming
In many parts of the world water is
Scarce and precious.
People sometimes have to walk
A great distance
Then carry heavy jugs upon their
Heads.
Because of our wisdom, we will travel
Far for love.
All movement is a sign of
Thirst.
Most speaking really says,
"I am hungry to know you."
Every desire of your body is holy;
Every desire of your body is
Holy.
Dear one,
Why wait until you are dying
To discover that divine
Truth?
(The Subject Tonight is Love - versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)
Angus Glashier has moved his blogging back to http://www.glashier.com/blog/, I think.
Fredrik K.R. Norman appears to be a kindred spirit. A Norwegian whose favorite holiday is the Fourth of July. Found his page via my referers page. ["fredrik"]
Will Cate - Casualties Of War - comments on the latest murder by government in Peru, another casualty of the war on freedom, er... some drugs.
John Taylor Gatto at the Wall Street Journal via baraka - I may be a teacher, but I'm not an educator: written in 1991, just after Mr. Gatto was named New York State Teacher of the Year and just before he dropped out of the government school system. [script]
David learns to read at age four; Rachel, at age nine: In normal development, when both are 13, you can't tell which one learned first -- the five-year spread means nothing at all. But in school I will label Rachel "learning disabled" and slow David down a bit, too.
For a paycheck, I adjust David to depend on me to tell him when to go and stop. He won,t outgrow that dependency. I identify Rachel as discount merchandise, "special education." After a few months she'll be locked into her place forever.
In 26 years of teaching rich kids and poor, I almost never met a "learning disabled" child; hardly every met a "gifted and talented" one, either. Like all school categories, these are sacred myths, created by the human imagination. They derive from questionable values we never examine because they preserve the temple of schooling.
Melanie Phillips at The Sunday Times - The myth of global warming endangers the planet - The Kyoto protocol is the real danger. ["fredrik"]
John Carlisle at National Policy Analysis - Carbon Dioxide is Good for the Environment - Not only does carbon dioxide NOT cause global warming. It is beneficial to plants. [market]
Indeed, far from being a poisonous gas that will wreak havoc on the planet's ecosystem, carbon dioxide is arguably the Earth's best friend in that trees, wheat, peanuts, flowers, cotton and numerous other plants significantly benefit from increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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Over 17,000 scientists signed an Oregon Institute of Science and Health petition which declares, "There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of... greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere." The signers include 2,100 climatologists, meteorologists and environmental scientists who are especially well-qualified to evaluate the effects of carbon dioxide on the Earth's climate.
John Carlisle at National Policy Analysis - The Perils of Success: Environmentalism at a Crossroads - the environmental movement has accomplished its goals. Time for it to disband. Hehe. [market]
It is sometimes said that a political movement, dedicated to ambitious plans to change society, has two things to fear: Failure to achieve its ideological agenda and actually achieving that agenda. After all, once the movement realizes its goals, it's not needed any more.
Declan McCullagh at Wired - Pot Backers Call for Reeferendum - coverage of the NORML 4/20 conference in D.C. last weekend. [grabbe]
[MA Rep. Barney] Frank, an outspoken Democrat, used the opportunity to criticize Republicans for supporting states' rights when convenient -- but ignoring them when creating new federal crimes and bureaucracies to fight the so-called drug war."They are for states' rights on Monday, Wednesday and Friday," Frank said. "They are for nationalizing on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. What they do on Sunday I don't know," Frank said.
"Ninety-five percent of the examples we have of police practices that violate privacy are because of the war on drugs," Frank said.
Stephen Lee at InfoWorld - High-grade DSL gains momentum - 2.3Mbps over a single copper pair. My local telephone company may finally offer 512Kbps service to my town (faster if you're willing to pay more). I called them today, and will likely know this afternoon. [wes]
