I am so bloody sick and tired of deniers, delayers, and despairers. So sick of people, especially politicians, who claim to accept the reality of what scientists are telling us regarding the climate crisis but continue to counsel a go-slow approach to deal with it.
Drastic, radical, immediate action is required. Denying that fact, or delaying that action, or wallowing in despair in the belief there is nothing we humans can do to ameliorate the impacts of what we humans have been doing to our planet’s atmosphere and oceans are all prescriptions for the greatest disaster to face the world since our species emerged in Africa 200,000 years ago. The longer we allow the promoters of the three Ds to hold us hostage to their views, the more drastic and radical any response will have to be to make a difference in the severity of the catastrophe bearing down on us.
Every Democratic candidate, incumbent or challenger, whether running for dogcatcher or for president, should declare themselves as climate hawks and behave like it. Every one of them should point out in every campaign speech our need to move quickly and decisively to address the crisis. And to announce specifically what they plan to do in the offices they now hold or hope to win.
Any of them who fails to take the climate crisis seriously without any resort to a “yeah, but...” is unworthy of our money, time, and votes.
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“To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.”
~~Raymond Williams, Culture and Society 1780-1950 (1958)
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On this date at Daily Kos in 2003—Second UN resolution dead in water:
One of the Bush administration's mantras is "if we lead, people will follow". Hence, they refuse to work in consultation with allies (whether in the foreign or domestic arenas), fully expecting everyone to line up behind them once decisions are made.
This strategy is in full effect at the UN Security Council, where the administration is expressing confidence the US has the votes to pass a war-authorizing resolution.
"We are proceeding, we're pushing ahead," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters. "There is not metaphysical certainty about anything but our plan, everything we are doing, all our intentions and what we anticipate will indeed happen is this will be put to a vote in which the president remains confident in the outcome."
But as "boldly" as the administration may be pushing war, it seems the Security Council will have none of it, as Russia and France have both indicated they will veto the resolution.
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today’s Kagro in the Morning show:
Armando joins to discuss the Judiciary Committee's document requests, Rep. Omar, generational change in Dem leadership, and other topics of sweeping range and import. Plus, more on motions to recommit, and not ACORNing yourself.