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Spitfire of ATJ

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29. I'm going to REVEAL what we're up against. Otherwise this place becomes a bubble.

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The language being used in the scientific community has shifted from prevention to mitigation. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #1

Yup. :( LiberalLoner Sep 2014 #3

Nothing wrong with mitigation . . . freedom fighter jh Sep 2014 #13

Exactly, and there are still those, even 'liberals,' who.... blackspade Sep 2014 #2

Like our big brain will get us out of this mess. CrispyQ Sep 2014 #20

"Like our big brain will get us out of this mess." Believe it or not, it can. AverageJoe90 Sep 2014 #42

Only thing is, the latter is actually factually true. AverageJoe90 Sep 2014 #44

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #4

The Fundies will only love this. PADemD Sep 2014 #5

There's gonna be more wailing an teeth-gnashing pscot Sep 2014 #76

K&R secondwind Sep 2014 #6

Imagine Hemingway writing "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" today marym625 Sep 2014 #7

Climbed Kilimanjaro in 1984. The snow and ice were beautiful. Not so much today. kairos12 Sep 2014 #11

so sad marym625 Sep 2014 #12

By the time he wrote it, the glacier Indydem Sep 2014 #24

I realize we started really killing our world marym625 Sep 2014 #28

Depends on how many millennia back you mean to go caraher Sep 2014 #72

hardly any Monarch butterflies on eastern Long Island. Haven't been many in last few years KittyWampus Sep 2014 #8

Same here. tecelote Sep 2014 #17

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Sep 2014 #9

Anyone who is still surprised GliderGuider Sep 2014 #10

Rachel Carson Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #14

Yep people poo pooed Rachael Carson newfie11 Sep 2014 #15

"We'll keep doing what we do until we can't... alterfurz Sep 2014 #16

Good cartoon and so true. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #77

Do something? freebrew Sep 2014 #18

A lot of 50+ types saying all the models predict disaster after they're dead so they don't care. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #19

broadbrush much? way to try to ignite intergenerational fighting magical thyme Sep 2014 #21

I'm part of the 50+ crowd and it's a FACT that many of them are products of the Reagan Era. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #26

well then speak for yourself and your friends magical thyme Sep 2014 #27

I'm going to REVEAL what we're up against. Otherwise this place becomes a bubble. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #29

So you think "we're" up against me and my friends? magical thyme Sep 2014 #30

"I live in an area surrounded by 60+ year old organic gardeners and small farmers." Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #31

you're the one in the bubble, and you are broad brushing "us" from your bubble. magical thyme Sep 2014 #34

Off topic, but I love your dressage horse .gif AllyCat Sep 2014 #37

lol, I am a dressage rider and trainer magical thyme Sep 2014 #38

That's awesome! AllyCat Sep 2014 #39

I had a chance to do a little driving when I was 20 or so magical thyme Sep 2014 #41

Oops, embedded response on wrong line. Too lazy to retype! AllyCat Sep 2014 #40

I said "a lot" and you ASSUMED that meant "all" or even "a majority". Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #56

and I said that was painting a lot of people with a "broad brush." You also didn't cite magical thyme Sep 2014 #60

You're damn right I'm painting them with a broad brush.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #64

Oh FFS, now you've changed the subject again. First it was over 50s. Now it's white males magical thyme Sep 2014 #65

I'm too busy laughing that you thought I was including you to the point that you got insulted. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #66

BTW: Keep in mind that a majority of White Males voted for RMoney in the last election. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #59

so now it's about race and gender instead of age? magical thyme Sep 2014 #61

LOL! You just can't accept that there are A LOT of RWers out there who don't care if earth fries. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #62

he does have a point BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #54

that's strictly anecdotal and doesn't match my experience at all magical thyme Sep 2014 #58

Well, to be fair to them BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #63

You hang out with a lot of older Republicans? hootinholler Sep 2014 #22

Americans as a whole care about it but not the ones who have the microphones.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #25

Look at what they've done to the economy. Similar story. nt Romulox Sep 2014 #23

I'm 52 and can only speak for myself. The unfolding climate disaster terrifies me. lady lib Sep 2014 #33

I'm mid 50s with no kids but I can visualize an extinction level event.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #55

51 tazkcmo Sep 2014 #43

I assume everyone HERE cares. Except the trolls. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #57

Oh. tazkcmo Sep 2014 #70

Not me. chervilant Sep 2014 #67

What gets me are the ones who think it's impossible for mere man to affect "God's creation". Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #81

As well as, chervilant Sep 2014 #89

K&R Tell it like it is Rude. nt raouldukelives Sep 2014 #32

the sad thing is BobbyBoring Sep 2014 #35

But Al Gore has a big house, and he flies in a plane! OnyxCollie Sep 2014 #36

The essential problem, SheilaT Sep 2014 #45

+1 progressoid Sep 2014 #46

Well, I'm sure that the Christian fundy efforts to close women's health and Cleita Sep 2014 #51

Even though I absolutely appreciate SheilaT Sep 2014 #73

I know that, but short of war, famine and pestilence, which is how we controlled populations in Cleita Sep 2014 #74

That's true. SheilaT Sep 2014 #75

My post 79 was meant for you. Cleita Sep 2014 #80

Well, there's still the war, famine and pestilence option. Cleita Sep 2014 #79

Yep. Just look at what's going on right now with Ebola, SheilaT Sep 2014 #88

Perhaps someone can provide some details here SnakeEyes Sep 2014 #47

K&fuckingR.... daleanime Sep 2014 #48

K and R! hifiguy Sep 2014 #49

It doesn't just rain here anymore. louis-t Sep 2014 #50

Phoenix had yearly floods like that back in the 70s mwrguy Sep 2014 #52

Not like this dbackjon Sep 2014 #69

The bible thumpers answer to everything: blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #53

a seriously depressed k and r niyad Sep 2014 #68

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #71

If something drastic isn't done global warming will mean the end of the world as we know it. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #78

Yes, because that's just what... ReRe Sep 2014 #82

If only there were something we could do, almost immediately flvegan Sep 2014 #83

We rarely hear about the "other" human sources of climate change defacto7 Sep 2014 #84

We affect those things that we can affect. Nihil Sep 2014 #87

K&R… MrMickeysMom Sep 2014 #85

Mahalo Rude.. meegbear! Cha Sep 2014 #86