Mickey Z

Cool Observer

Monday, September 26, 2005

Global warming & hurricanes...plus: Filiberto Ojeda Rios, Lolita Lebrón & Puerto Rican independence

Sometimes a cigar-shaped wind swath path is just a cigar-shaped wind swath path…

Then again, that giant phallic symbol just might be nature’s way of saying we’re fucked.

Here’s a recent article:
“Studies link global warming with increased hurricane intensity”
http://tinyurl.com/amlv2

Of course, some will cite studies that downplay the human role in climate change. That leaves us, I’m afraid, with a basic question: Why not err on the side of caution?

The answer, my friends, is indeed blowing in the wind. Common sense and prudence dictates we play it safe and reduce fossil fuel emissions with or without “proof” this will help. However, while we can’t be 100% sure such a move would slow global warming...we can be 1000% certain it will expedite corporate cooling.

And there lies the proverbial rub…

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Tag: PBU39

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In memory of Filiberto Ojeda Rios
(http://tinyurl.com/8cfvk)

When early American revolutionaries chanted, “Give me liberty or give me death” and complained of having but one life to give for their country, they became the heroes of our history textbooks. But, thanks to the power of the U.S. media and education industries, the Puerto Rican nationalists who dedicated their lives to independence are known as criminals, fanatics, and assassins.

Lolita Lebron and Rafael Cancel Miranda in custody after they shot up the House of Representatives in 1954.