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San Diego big business and the city whistle past the greenhouse-gas graveyard
Don, the reality is that it will take a new version of Manhattan Project to end global warming's accelerating climate change threats to our future. Even though we experienced extraordinary droughts, hurricanes, quality water and food supply declines, etc. in 2012 there are too many special interests and their indentured politicians that are capable of producing propaganda to fool far too many voters. Right now the entire world is in the watch helplessly and do nothing mindset, hoping it will go away. Again, what we need is an internationally recognized and respected spokesperson to lead a worldwide environmental movement and there are none in sight, most sadly not even from universities like UC that like to call themselves "preeminent" but don't have a clue on how to make the right things happen or they would have acted decisively by now, especially with the Keeling Curve's continuing escalation with increasingly unacceptable consequences. Keep up the good fight Don, the READER has the most important audience there is, our younger generations who made a positive difference in the results of the 2012 elections. They will have to deal with our continuing failures to do the right things for their long-term future quality of life.— December 2, 2012 4:41 a.m.
San Diego big business and the city whistle past the greenhouse-gas graveyard
Note that Chu was responsible for the Berkeley sellout to BP, no wonder he failed at LBNL and he is still selling out our future quality of life as SecEnergy. Chu is a worst case consequence of our failure to heed Ike's "Power of Money" warning.— November 30, 2012 12:28 p.m.
San Diego big business and the city whistle past the greenhouse-gas graveyard
Don, the bottom line is that we need another Rachel Carson class leader, spokesperson, scientist and writer to represent and lead the international environmental movement to control global warming today, to make the right things happen with the overwhelming sense of urgency we are experiencing today. Do you know of any such person?— November 30, 2012 3:55 a.m.
San Diego big business and the city whistle past the greenhouse-gas graveyard
Don, by coincidence, the LATimes had an article on this subject yesterday: **EPA bans BP from new federal contracts** - The Obama administration cites the oil giant's 'lack of business integrity' in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la… To which I add a historical reference: **Big Oil buys Berkeley** - The BP-UC Berkeley research deal pushes academic integrity aside for profit. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la…— November 30, 2012 3:49 a.m.
San Diego big business and the city whistle past the greenhouse-gas graveyard
There is absolutely no excuse for Chu's failures, he has as much power, privilege and fame as any scientist in the world today. He has failed to be the leader that science and humanity need to protect quality of life for future generations. Charles Keeling had to fight as hard as any academic in history to produce his famous CO2 Keeling Curve in spite of the powers that be who had "other priorities" and were always trying to shut him down and steal his funding. Keeling's courage and integrity, and that of some of his colleagues were all that allowed him to produce some of the most important research in the history of our civilization. No other scientist comes close to Charles Keeling when it comes to fighting for quality of life for future generations. Unfortunately Chu is no Charles Keeling, so our youngest and future generations shall suffer increasingly unacceptable quality of life because of that.— November 29, 2012 11:48 a.m.
San Diego big business and the city whistle past the greenhouse-gas graveyard
Absolutely correct Don, and a worst case scenario is that Stephen Chu (Nobel Laureate, Cal professor and former head of LBNL that was supposed to build hybrid nuclear fusion plants to protect us from global warming) made a contract to let BP fund and control some of their research before he was appointed SecEnergy. Even worse, for 4 years as SecEnergy, Chu has not provided any leadership at all to stop the accelerating CO2 emissions that are accelerating climate changes that are already totally unacceptable in 2012 (arctic melting, midwest drought, east coast hurricane damages, failing water supplies for California in addition to increasing sea level rise and firestorm threats in San Diego, etc.). So academics share one dominant cultural value with politicians, total subservience to The Power of Money.— November 29, 2012 7:23 a.m.
San Diego big business and the city whistle past the greenhouse-gas graveyard
Excellent warning Don, it's now up to our political and academic institutions to protect future generations from unlivable drought, hurricane and other climate changes that are already out of control in 2012. We must inform and incite the public to demand that federal, state and local politicians and academics work together like we did in WWII with the Manhattan Project. So far Washington has totally failed to take actions to protect America from global warming, and congress is not allowing open discussions between politicians (especially those beholden to special interests) and voters at all. Unfortunately, scholars with the information we need to protect our civilization don’t exchange communications with the public either, they are isolated from us in their Ivory Towers. UC is great at giving information to students to memorize, but UC is a total failure at teaching students how to use that information. Ike warned us that the power of money dominates scholars and that culture must end now. Cal just spent $321 million on a football field and this week gave their new Chancellor (who is not from California because they couldn't find anyone in California qualified to do the job) a $50,000 raise making voters for Prop. 30 look like fools. Thankfully, Obama and our younger generations proved that the new age of social media is capable of taking power away from politicians who think more about the power of money than We The People. It's time for the younger generations to use their new powers again by demanding that politicians and academics save our future from unacceptable climate changes, or replace them immediately.— November 28, 2012 1:12 p.m.
Hispanic vote calls shots in San Diego
The 2012 republican campaign against hispanics, blacks, women, The 47% and voting rights is now historical fact no matter how much you deny it. But I also realize from 24/7 news coverage, including the U-T, that republicans are still using the same 2012 rhetoric of fear and hate as if you haven't lost or learned anything from the electorate that is increasingly voting against your culture.— November 27, 2012 1:52 p.m.
Hispanic vote calls shots in San Diego
You might try reading history books like the "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich." The full page "2016: Obama's America" aditorials that Manchester published against Obama used of the Dur Sturmer manual of style. The Jews have always been right to warn "it can happen again" and the 2012 fear and hate campaign against Obama is as close as we have gotten to date.— November 27, 2012 12:35 p.m.
Hispanic vote calls shots in San Diego
Sadly, Obama's success using younger generations and newest media technologies for campaigning proved that the metro daily editorial style of hate and fear is failing to influence increasing numbers of thinking voters. The best news was that the Manchester's Der Stürmer editorial policy failed with his attempts to demonize Obama and Filner, and that the number of voters who believe what republicans say with their rhetoric of hate and fear are becoming extinct. Now let's see if the younger generations can restore and protect American Democracy in Washington instead of allowing congressional republicans to follow in the goosesteps of the 3rd Reich in the 30s. However, we must all turn our attention to preventing the threats of ongoing climate changes ASAP, or else.— November 26, 2012 1:42 p.m.