There's a lookout in the tower and his name is David Walker.  He is touring the country to raise the alarm that every citizen needs to understand what is coming.  Who is Mr. Walker?  He's the head bean counter who works for Congress (head of the GAO).  Government spending, debt, and accouting are this guy's specialty, and he is speaking out about a Titanic style crisis looming on the horizon.

If he works for Congress, isn't he supposed to report to them?  Well yes, and I have the feeling that he has been for several years with little effect.  I get the impression he is so frustrated with the lack of honest lawmakers, he is taking his case directly to the people.

What is the GAO?  They are an orgainization founded by Congress in 1921 to monitor and report on government spending.  They are based out of DC and maintain 11 additional offices around the country employing approxsimately 3,000 people.  They have made recommendations to Congress that have saved American taxpayers over $50 Billion to date.

and more ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS TO USE....

The United Nations is poised to release a report on climate change so grim and so vast in scope that scientists involved in the six-year study say it will end the debate on global warming.

The report will say that global warming caused by human activity is no longer a theory. It is a fact.

... U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th Dist.), a physicist who has long followed the issue, said he is anxious to move on it.

"The debate over the existence of global warming is over, and science has won," Holt said. "The question now is whether we will take the steps necessary to reverse the damage that has been done. We must support clean and sustainable energy technologies, cap greenhouse gas emissions, and conserve. Failure to do so risks our economy, our environment and our children's future." - The Star Ledger