An optimistic thread...

[MonkeyFunk]

We will have elections next year.

A Democrat will win.

We will not invade Iran.

There will be lots of fear-mongering threads here, but the fact remains that the world is not gonna end, America will survive, and constitutional goverment will continue.


I can't prove it. But I will take bets on it. Even money... I'll put 1K against anybody who thinks we won't have elections next year. We can find an honest broker.

[Madspirit]

1. I will give you a k&r MonkeyFunk....n/t

[Turbineguy]

2. And on that note...

Good Night and Sleep Well. Tomorrow is another day and hopefully better.

[Skink]

3. The Republican response.

:hurts:

[Reterr]

4. I don't think we will invade Iran or cancel elections either, but the environment

that is a whole other ball game:


http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3223473&page=1



NASA: Danger Point Closer Than Thought From Warming
'Disastrous Effects' of Global Warming Tipping Points Near, According to New Study

Even "moderate additional" greenhouse emissions are likely to push Earth past "critical tipping points" with "dangerous consequences for the planet," according to research conducted by NASA and the Columbia University Earth Institute.

With just 10 more years of "business as usual" emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas, says the NASA/Columbia paper, "it becomes impractical" to avoid "disastrous effects."

The study appears in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Its lead author is James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York.

The forecast effects include "increasingly rapid sea-level rise, increased frequency of droughts and floods, and increased stress on wildlife and plants due to rapidly shifting climate zones," according to the NASA announcement.


Recent Climate Reports Underestimated How Soon
By heralding the new research paper, NASA is endorsing science that places considerably more urgency on the need to reduce emissions to avoid "disastrous effects" of global warming than was evident in the recent reports from the world's scientists coordinated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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I tend to trust scientists over politicians, maybe because I am an engineer.

[evlbstrd]

6. Just add the slide down the other slope of Peak Oil.

Then you've got a real doozy.

[Reterr]

13. huh?

I have no idea what you are saying.

[Cameron27]

5. I'll kick a little optimism!

:toast:

[emilyg]

7. K&R

[Journeyman]

8. No need to go so high, MonkeyFunk. . .

in the runup to 2004, there were a few who wagered as low as $100 -- the stakes set as donations to DU, so no need for a broker, either -- and yet, as I remember, not one of those who were so adamant that elections would be cancelled took any of the action.

[Wheezy]

9. I'm so sorry, MonkeyFunk...

we don't allow optimistic threads here...

;-)

[Spiffarino]

10. After 2004

...I'm not counting on anything working out on its own. I'm in for a fight.

[Usrename]

11. Fuckin' A right dude.

Who gives a shit about a bunch of Iraqi kids gettin' fried.

We'll get our Dems elected and everything is great.

Fuckin'A dude, thanks for keepin' it real.

[nam78_two]

14. I know right

Everything is like super awesome like. Stop making fun of like Monkeyfunk dude! He like totally has the right idea like.
Everything is like totally awesome like :woohoo: :bounce:.

[Big Pappa]

12. Agree on all.

Except that little Iran thingy.

[dave_p]

15. With you on the elections

I wish I was so confident about Iran. It could all be brinkmanship, but I think it's too dangerous to put hoping for the best over fearing the worst. I hope I think differently soon.