Depressing News Item of the Day

[Cubbie]

That's hilarious. Your own links refute you. No one even has to argue with you, you shot yourself down. Good work.

Opinion does not have the same weight as fact. You are in a tiny minority of ill-informed goobers, dying off quickly thank goodness. You are fighting a dead debate. Waste all the time you want, the world will forget you fast.

Another lie of yours exposed. You are terrible at this. Appears global warming denial is the highest it's been in 6 years! Only 47% of the people believe global warming is caused by humans! Guess that makes you the ill-informed goober! You might want to leave your parents basement on occasion, maybe get a job, go out in the real world and see how people really think.

This is game set match. You've been embarrassed. Your lies exposed for everyone to see!
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marb...public-opinion

[Alloutwar]

The US is not the entire world (thank goodness). In the world, you are in a minority. In this country (which is being ruined, per your assertion), congratulations, you're part of the problem.

If you would leave your area and see more of the world, maybe you would have known this. But I'm sure I've been abroad more in the past year than you have in your life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate...ion_by_country

Corporations and misinformation has been very successful here. Congrats on being duped. The US is right between Nambia and Vietnam in terms of seeing climate changed caused by human action - behind even Australia! At least we are decent in awareness, and even as seeing it as a threat (63%). The US is in the bottom portion of those studied (86 out of 128) in terms of concern, and below the average (49, average is 56).

If you spend time visiting Japan, Europe (outside the UK), and Latin America, the fact that this is still a question in the US is baffling. If you visit Russia and war-torn, impoverished sections of Africa, then you will find your opinion reinforced.

[MichelleWie]

The US is not the entire world (thank goodness). In the world, you are in a minority. In this country (which is being ruined, per your assertion), congratulations, you're part of the problem.

If you would leave your area and see more of the world, maybe you would have known this. But I'm sure I've been abroad more in the past year than you have in your life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate...ion_by_country

Corporations and misinformation has been very successful here. Congrats on being duped. The US is right between Nambia and Vietnam in terms of seeing climate changed caused by human action - behind even Australia! At least we are decent in awareness, and even as seeing it as a threat (63%). The US is in the bottom portion of those studied (86 out of 128) in terms of concern, and below the average (49, average is 56).

If you spend time visiting Japan, Europe (outside the UK), and Latin America, the fact that this is still a question in the US is baffling. If you visit Russia and war-torn, impoverished sections of Africa, then you will find your opinion reinforced.

What do you think is the reason for Latin America being so high in this study? I found that to be interesting. I was thinking pollution? It's hard to deny global warming being human caused when you go to Mexico City & your eyes and throat burn and you can't hardly breathe! I have never seen that level of air pollution in the US. Closest I have seen is LA, but that's not even close to what I have experienced in the big cities of Mexico/ Central America that I have been to.

[Alloutwar]

Honestly I don't know, but my gut guess is that it has to do with a different world view from birth. Latin America has stronger family ties at the micro level...and at the Macro level, they have to deal with other countries all the time. Not just in shared borders but in shared heritage - so many south american nations trace themselves to Simon Bolivar, its like a large shared experience. That makes them a bit more receptive and understanding to other nations' needs - moreso than isolationist, we-are-the-world US mindset, or a poor African nation struggling with war or starvation or other way more pressing issues. Heck in the US we have wars among class, wars among ethnicity, regional conflicts (bible belt vs. northerners)...even state to state we find sh*t to fight about or look down on each other for.

Since most of Latin America is developing, it has to look to the rest of the world for opportunities to improve itself. 3rd-world countries don't often do that, and 1st world countries like the US and Russia can sort of build their own reality, since most of their occupants will not visit other countries or know those ways of thinking and ways of life. Most of the people that think the US is the best country, or that our healthcare is the best, have never stepped foot outside our borders. Nationalism and pride in your country is great to some extent, but its kind of like class or religion; it's lottery of birth after all. I liked my country just fine as a kid, but until you go other places - or heck at least STUDY other places - what is national pride? How much can you love and appreciate something without knowing dick about its peers?

Anyway I think the latin trend towards the shared experience, rather than the individual one, fosters a better world view. Just my opinion though.

[Alloutwar]

today we have an oil spill in norway: http://t.co/5QvLkhJM9H

It points to overall safety issues, and the prioritization of profit over safety, according to the 4 groups pulling out of the industry sponsored safety group.

[Alloutwar]

ive missed a few days, so here's another.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/us...sign.html?_r=0

Florida freshman congressman resigns after cocaine purchase bust. He was also apparently an alcoholic. He went to rehab for a month but his party forced him to resign. Previously he was a TV anchor and then conservative talk show host. See, this is why Rush never ran for office...

[dickay]

today we have an oil spill in norway: http://t.co/5QvLkhJM9H

It points to overall safety issues, and the prioritization of profit over safety, according to the 4 groups pulling out of the industry sponsored safety group.

Where was the regulatory agencies to ensure safety was being prioritized and what was their involvement?

[Alloutwar]

today, my favorite news organization tackles a pet peeve:

http://www.npr.org/2014/04/01/282496...e-irs-says-yes

Quick hits:
- some religious TV networks qualify as 'churches' for tax purposes - meaning they are tax exempt. Daystar is one, despite giving no services, having no congregation, etc. Skeevy
- Daystar has $233 million in assets. They collect $35MILLION a year in donations
- despite saying that those donations go to relief efforts, hospitals, and ministries, only $9.7million (5%) was directly given over a 6 year period to such causes
- they gave $433k to Oral Roberts university while the Lamb kids were there, and spent $97k to buy up copies of Mrs. Lamb's book and drive it to the bestseller list, and gave $430k to sponsor a Nascar driver.
- Daystar's board is entirely made up of the Lamb family, and their lawyer

In a time when we have to cut government services and rack up debt just to keep some going, the fact that televangelists can own $6.3million dollar homes tax free, and have luxury cars, private jets and even private airstrips all tax free is unbelievable. This is a royalty class built on our backs - both the goobers than call and donate, and then the rest of us that pay taxes while these yahoos don't.

The IRS hasn't investigated a single church in 5+ years, and muslim-socialist Obama gets lambasted for anything, even things he DOESN'T do (restricting gun rights), so having the IRS audit churches-that-aren't and start cracking down on this idiocy is politically dangerous. Faux news would loooove that. So instead we all just sit silently and keep paying the price, in poorer education and higher debt. Seems like religious ideals are not being satisfied here.

[Pete4256]

muslim-socialist Obama gets lambasted ... Seems like religious ideals are not being satisfied here.

Amen bro. I am sure the books that were purchased were donate to libraries and schools. What's the mailing address in case some of us want to donate to these helpers to spread God's words?

Keep the faith though and don't give up working hard. I am depending on you for my monthly check.

[Alloutwar]

I don't work hard, Pete. I just make tons of money.

The hardest work I do is putting up with poor grammar and misconceptions about the world from goobers like you.

[Pete4256]

I don't work hard

Sadly that's the way most Americans are today. They don't wanna work but they want big bucks. Lucky you found one of those government jobs I guess.
I see you're like Pres. Obama and are quick to name call anyone you don't agree with.

Peace bro,
Pete4256

[ARC_Troopa_Nate]

Rich people work smart more than they work hard.

[Alloutwar]

Often they work very hard for many years (say, a decade), rising to the top of their respective fields of expertise, to the point where their name is known in the industry. Then those people command large salaries and no longer have to work 12 hours a day, or overnight on New Years like they had previously. This is part of the capitalistic society we have. The Koch brothers don't work hard. Trump doesn't work hard. Yet Pete will worship them and their propaganda - a early-30s success story that grew up poor white trash, however, is apparently just no good.

[Pete4256]

Rich people work smart more than they work hard.

I believe it is more like:

Smart people work hard and become rich.

Now once you have about 10 times your annual income in stocks, your investments will out produce the income your laboring produces. Simply due to the fact it is taxed less.

I know a lot of people who think they are smart by getting out of work and they ain't rich.

[ARC_Troopa_Nate]

Correct, I was just trying to get the point across that working hard isn't enough, there are plenty of poor people who work very hard, there aren't very many people who WORK smart who aren't wealthy.