If Osama bin Laden had really cared about Climate Change, then what the heck was he doing planning attacks on public transportation infrastructure? Didn't he realize that is a contradiction? Public Transportation is part of the SOLUTION, so if you recognize the PROBLEM, why would you attack something that is part of the SOLUTION. Good grief, or maybe not so good - ok then just grief!
In January, there was a flurry of talk about Osama Bin Laden's statements regarding global warming aka climate change. For example:
Daily Telegraph Article about Osama's Global Warming comments in January
He even quoted Chomsky (trying to sound intelligent). Bill Maher made fun of the fact that Republicans can't get something even a guy living in a cave understands. Of course now we know he wasn't living in a cave but in an upscale neighborhood. But I question whether Osama bin Laden actually did "get" it, in fact I think he missed the boat in a number of important ways. To wit:
I started thinking about this when it came out after they went through his stuff afterwards, that he was planning to blow up trains & such. This was not new of course, if we remember Spain, London metro attacks, etc... But if he got the message on climate change, couldn't he figure out that blowing up public transport would not help reduce the CO2 load ? Instead it would frighten commuters and more people would be driving and it would tend to make people avoid public transportation. And this would not be helpful in reducing harmful climate damaging emissions. Duuh...
In other words, exactly what Republicans and their corporate contributors want.
So Osama, it's a bit late for you to wake up on this point, but for any of Osama's erstwhile admirers out there, don't follow the footsteps of this misguided soul. (ok granted i don't expect you will be reading daily kos, but just in case this meme gets through to you directly or indirectly..).
The point is Osama was sadly mistaken if he thought that his actions would be helpful, and if he recognized the problem, why did he choose methods that would make things worse rather than better ? Instead he joined Republicans in attacking public transportation, even if his methods were cruder than the GOP's the result is the same.
Both Republicans and Osama bin Laden & his ilk, despite any statements to the contrary, both join together to fight against public transportation, this contributing to the climate change problem, rather than trying to help bring about creative solutions.
I am not necessarily equating all Republicans with terrorists, just pointing out that the two seem to share some common objectives even if the methods and means of some are more crude or more refined than those of the others.
May both groups of these misguided souls recognize the error of their ways, wake up and regain their sanity for their own benefit & for the benefit of everybody else.