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FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JUL 27, 2009 05:38 PM

Years from now, as we look back in time, one glaring stance of the Bush administration will stand tall over the others. Bush's assault on the environment will forever be the worst that was done by his White House. As someone who went to college to study the earth and learn about its complexities, I believe the majority of men will not live through this century. The impact of global warming obviously goes far beyond shit just heatin’ up. We're already seeing very dangerous symptoms.

Global warming will hamper plants and animals ability to fight off infection and disease. Early warning signs are coming in the form of a massive bee die off, a massive bat die off, and an impending wheat fungus that is poised to sweep across the planet, possibly killing 80% of wheat crops.

Crop scientists fear the Ug99 fungus could wipe out more than 80% of worldwide wheat crops as it spreads from eastern Africa. It has already jumped the Red Sea and traveled as far as Iran. Experts say it is poised to enter the breadbasket of northern India and Pakistan, and the wind will inevitably carry it to Russia, China and even North America -- if it doesn't hitch a ride with people first.

"It's a time bomb," said Jim Peterson, a professor of wheat breeding and genetics at Oregon State University in Corvallis. "It moves in the air, it can move in clothing on an airplane. We know it's going to be here. It's a matter of how long it's going to take."



Bats, bees and plants are fragile, much more so than man. The threat of global warming does not come from man getting a little hotter; it comes from a breakdown in the food supply, floods, a lack of water and dying crops. All of those things are already happening. We are already dying, just very slowly.

The few global warming deniers are wrong and shockingly stupid. Even if they were right, their argument is to keep polluting, which makes them serious idiots. My father is one of them. He sends me email after email from his right wing leaders, who simply cherry pick data and pass it off as proof that global warming is not occurring. They believe carbon dioxide levels have been rising for the past ten years and temperatures have gone down. Whatever argument they can make, consistency be damned. As I said, they are idiots and they are wrong.

Seven of the eight warmest years on record have occurred since 2001 and the 10 warmest years have all occurred since 1995.



The scary thing is that scientists are discovering their models are not at all what they predicted -- because as time passes, the results are turning out to be far worse.

The research, conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and published this month in Journal of Climate, predicts a 90 percent probability that worldwide surface temperatures will rise more than 9 degrees (F) by 2100, compared to a previous 2003 MIT study that forecast a rise of just more than 4 degrees.



Scientists are alarmed.

The climate is heating up far faster than scientists had predicted, spurred by sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions from developing countries like China and India, a top climate scientist said on Saturday.

"The consequence of that is we are basically looking now at a future climate that is beyond anything that we've considered seriously," Chris Field, a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, told the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Chicago.

Field said "the actual trajectory of climate change is more serious" than any of the climate predictions in the IPCC's fourth assessment report called "Climate Change 2007."



And the fear is now that a quick change will occur.

The worst-case scenarios on climate change envisaged by the UN two years ago are already being realized, say scientists at an international meeting.

In a statement in Copenhagen on their six key messages to political leaders, they say there is an increasing risk of abrupt or irreversible climate shifts.



This is, quite simply, far worse than the worst-case scenario. All the doom and gloom predictions were actually rosy predictions. The suffering humans will endure this century is unimaginable.

This week, the Obama administration released satellite photos that detail what we are dealing with. These photos were “classified” by the Bush administration. They are photos of disappearing ice. The only reason to classify them is because they are damaging evidence against global warming deniers. Enjoy the horror.





The Bush administration released the photos to scientists, but would not allow them to be released for public use. Maybe they thought terrorists would get a hold of the photos of less sea ice and make non-sea iceboats to attack Alaska. Or, maybe they just wanted to keep the lie of no global warming alive because they only served big business, not the people. Either way, this is very, very bad. Overall, 1,000 photos were released by Obama, who seems to actually believe in science.

The results of human created gases will be extreme. Our forests will die. The ice caps will melt, causing massive flooding. Larger storms will kill more people. Islands will disappear. Diseases will spread. Crops will fail. Large animals will die off. Allergies will worsen exponentially. Tropical insects will die off, while temperate insects will flourish. Water wars will be common. They've already begun.

And there is no stopping it. That time has passed.

Climate change is "largely irreversible" for the next 1,000 years even if carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be abruptly halted, according to a new study led by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The study's authors said there was "no going back" after the report showed that changes in surface temperature, rainfall and sea level are "largely irreversible for more than 1,000 years after CO2 emissions are completely stopped."



Besides the war and destroying the world economy, George Bush will be known as the man who did nothing while the dam was breaking. It’s his legacy. It’s also the legacy of idiots who deny global warming, who cherry pick evidence to prove their lies while mankind slowly drives off a cliff.

Is there hope? I seriously doubt it. The only remote hope we have is that the the sun is cooling. So, you can hang your hat on that. But, I think we’re toast. We are parasites and we are being removed through the old classic: A fever. You are about to live through the most horrifying century man has ever known.

FearTheReaper is a writer, actor and stand up comedian. More from FearTheReaper can be found HERE. You may also enjoy his blog, Stop All Monsters.

Lufy

Lufy

Ithaca, NY
May 2004

JUL 28, 2009 06:14 AM

Well that settles it - Zagnuts and Tastykakes for breakfast.

I actually worked with a chemist who would teach his students that global warming was a myth, instead of teaching them....you know....chemistry.

My only comforting thought is that when there are no more polar bears or elephants or coastal cities anymore - these deniers will be the first ones up against the wall.

Weatherpunk

Weatherpunk

Japan
June 2008

JUL 28, 2009 06:19 AM

This is why I'm getting into ecological landscaping & urban hydroponics. The massive agribusiness farms will begin to draw more & more water, which will up the prices of produce as well as the price of raw materials to grow crops with.

Meanwhile, a city boy will be producing enough fresh fruit & veg to feed his immediate neighbors for a modest price. My biggest overhead will be electricity to run the sunlamps, if I can't get a house with land to build a greenhouse.

I'm already learning to live with less & conserve my energy/water because I believe we're headed for hard times!

'punk

Azadeth

Azadeth

Fairport, NY
August 2006

JUL 28, 2009 06:23 AM

You know what, that's fine. It's high time we got killed off. I always expected that we'd go out via a massive worldwide nuclear war - and that's still possible and would be faster - but we've made our beds and we should sleep in them in any case.

spinhouse247

spinhouse247

Punta Gorda, FL
December 2003

JUL 28, 2009 07:27 AM

Damn those profiling, racist, white cops! Its all their fault!

proximityeffect

proximityeffect

USA
December 2008

JUL 28, 2009 07:39 AM

I'm going to party like it's 1999.

Skydrol

skydrol

Canada
February 2005

JUL 28, 2009 07:55 AM

So we are screwed....I'ts time I start building that bunker, with lots and lots of greenhouses.

1sailor

1sailor

Olympia, WA
July 2009

JUL 28, 2009 08:11 AM

I hope that you are wrong...but whatever happens, we are all in it together.

WyldeSage

WyldeSage

I'm lost
June 2008

JUL 28, 2009 08:21 AM

I actually believe that we are not fully responsible, there have always been periods of global warming, followed by periods of global cooling. I think we have certainly helped it along far quicker than it would have happened normally, and I do think we need to make A LOT of changes. Things cannot be reversed, but some changes can be made to help. I used to think one person cant make a difference, but i dont beleive that anymore, we can all make changes, even small ones that will help.

Gringo

Gringo

Spokane, WA
May 2006

JUL 28, 2009 08:24 AM

1sailor said:
I hope that you are wrong...but whatever happens, we are all in it together.


When stating, "I hope that you are wrong," is the "you" the author of the SG article or all of the scientists, environmental experts, and various governments cited in the news stories that were referenced for the article?

Ryu

Ryu

HOPEFUL

Ottawa, ON

JUL 28, 2009 08:26 AM

One of the biggest problems with people who argue against global warming is that they don't understand the concept of climate change and what the models actually predict will happen. They say, how can there be global warming when we have had more rain this year than any other (this is happening in Eastern Canada this summer).
If you check out the model predictions this actually fits exactly with climate change models which predict that places that get rain will get more of it, and places that don't will get even less - so prepare for floods and drought, depending on what part of the planet you live on.

lawber499043

lawber499043

Tempe, AZ
February 2009

JUL 28, 2009 08:51 AM

Wow reaper, I would be interested in seeing some stories about Obama, Six months in and you are still holding on to the past,

Please tell me, at what point does the new administration take responsibility? Just curious, please let me know.

Meanwhile, in other new: Obama says do as I say, not as I do.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article6729772.ece

lawber499043

lawber499043

Tempe, AZ
February 2009

JUL 28, 2009 08:53 AM

More proof of liberal hypocrisy.

Hypocrisy alert!

A heretofore "unknown" 2004 interview with Barack Obama by leftwing radio host Randi Rhodes has just emerged. And basically, as you shall hear, Obama is saying do as I say, not as I do. In this case he was referring to quickly forcing legislation through congress. As you can hear in this interview, uncovered by Naked Emporer News, the hypocrisy seems so massive that it is destined to go viral on the Web. It features Randi Rhodes back during her Air America days interviewing then senator-elect Barack Obama on November 22, 2004. And despite the fact that Randi is currently pretty well hidden from public view, you can be sure she will soon be talked about again because of her inadvertent exposure of incredible hypocrisy on the part of Obama. And what was the hypocrisy? His complaint that the Bush administration was rushing legislation through congress without giving the legislators time to read the bills or allowing for much debate.

To get the full flavor of the Obama hypocrisy, be sure to listen to the YouTube clip which also includes a video of MSNBC's Chuck Todd discussing why Rahm Emanuel felt the need to Rahm, I mean ram, legislation through congress. Here is the transcript which picks up at the 55 second mark:

BARACK OBAMA: ...When you rush these budgets that are a foot high and nobody has any idea what's in them and nobody has read them.

RANDI RHODES: 14 pounds it was!

BARACK OBAMA: Yeah. And it gets rushed through without any clear deliberation or debate then these kinds of things happen. And I think that this is in some ways what happened to the Patriot Act. I mean you remember that there was no real debate about that. It was so quick after 9/11 that it was introduced that people felt very intimidated by the administration.

defaultx

defaultx

I'm lost
February 2006

JUL 28, 2009 09:10 AM

Listen to your Father FTR he is correct.

There are thousands of budgets ,careers and egos banking on global warming yea and wall street, al gores hedge fund trading scam.
blah blah whats the next boogeyman? skull

1sailor

1sailor

Olympia, WA
July 2009

JUL 28, 2009 09:21 AM

Gringo said:

1sailor said:
I hope that you are wrong...but whatever happens, we are all in it together.


When stating, "I hope that you are wrong," is the "you" the author of the SG article or all of the scientists, environmental experts, and various governments cited in the news stories that were referenced for the article?



Either one. Environmental / weather changes can and will occur due to natural events or influence by man. Whatever happens, we will still all have to deal with the results, no matter which side of an argument you are on.

Gringo

Gringo

Spokane, WA
May 2006

JUL 28, 2009 09:30 AM

1sailor said:

Gringo said:

1sailor said:
I hope that you are wrong...but whatever happens, we are all in it together.


When stating, "I hope that you are wrong," is the "you" the author of the SG article or all of the scientists, environmental experts, and various governments cited in the news stories that were referenced for the article?



Either one. Environmental / weather changes can and will occur due to natural events or influence by man. Whatever happens, we will still all have to deal with the results, no matter which side of an argument you are on.


I guess it's just strange to me that anyone would think for a second that we don't make a significant impact on our atmosphere and climate. I mean, look at what we did to the Ozone layer and how it was heading for an obvious doom before we corrected that particular problem.

Unfortunately, it seems like we were short-sighted in that we assumed the Ozone layer was the only part of our atmosphere that we were affecting and it's a bit idiotic when you realize that the same environmental experts didn't also address all of those countless tons of pollution that many nations spew into the air and how it could "somehow" affect our climate over time.

surreal

And now I am even more amazed at how many people claim that even though we have been polluting the fuck out of this planet and using up resources faster than it can replenish - that there is no way we are causing or at the very least pushing this serious change.

motorfirebox

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA
March 2004

JUL 28, 2009 09:35 AM

lawber499043 said:
More proof of liberal hypocrisy.

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

Hypocrisy alert!

A heretofore "unknown" 2004 interview with Barack Obama by leftwing radio host Randi Rhodes has just emerged. And basically, as you shall hear, Obama is saying do as I say, not as I do. In this case he was referring to quickly forcing legislation through congress. As you can hear in this interview, uncovered by Naked Emporer News, the hypocrisy seems so massive that it is destined to go viral on the Web. It features Randi Rhodes back during her Air America days interviewing then senator-elect Barack Obama on November 22, 2004. And despite the fact that Randi is currently pretty well hidden from public view, you can be sure she will soon be talked about again because of her inadvertent exposure of incredible hypocrisy on the part of Obama. And what was the hypocrisy? His complaint that the Bush administration was rushing legislation through congress without giving the legislators time to read the bills or allowing for much debate.

To get the full flavor of the Obama hypocrisy, be sure to listen to the YouTube clip which also includes a video of MSNBC's Chuck Todd discussing why Rahm Emanuel felt the need to Rahm, I mean ram, legislation through congress. Here is the transcript which picks up at the 55 second mark:

BARACK OBAMA: ...When you rush these budgets that are a foot high and nobody has any idea what's in them and nobody has read them.

RANDI RHODES: 14 pounds it was!

BARACK OBAMA: Yeah. And it gets rushed through without any clear deliberation or debate then these kinds of things happen. And I think that this is in some ways what happened to the Patriot Act. I mean you remember that there was no real debate about that. It was so quick after 9/11 that it was introduced that people felt very intimidated by the administration.


hahaha, wow, that's desperate.

"man, Bush really fucked up the environment."

"oh yeah!? well Obama isn't giving lawmakers enough time to deliberate over the bills he introduces! what's worse, huh!? oh, and it's not just Obama, it's TEH WHOLE LIBAREL CONSPIRESY DOENG IT"

mydogfarted

mydogfarted

Oakland, NJ
June 2003

JUL 28, 2009 10:01 AM

Weatherpunk said:
This is why I'm getting into ecological landscaping & urban hydroponics. The massive agribusiness farms will begin to draw more & more water, which will up the prices of produce as well as the price of raw materials to grow crops with.

Meanwhile, a city boy will be producing enough fresh fruit & veg to feed his immediate neighbors for a modest price. My biggest overhead will be electricity to run the sunlamps, if I can't get a house with land to build a greenhouse.

I'm already learning to live with less & conserve my energy/water because I believe we're headed for hard times!

'punk



Add solar panels and vertical wind turbines to your setup, and utilize the newer LED grow light technology, or even full spectrum fluorescents. You could almost be completely self sufficient.

Global warming is crap. Now if you excuse me, Jake Gyllenhaal and I are going to NYC to hang out in the library.

motorfirebox

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA
March 2004

JUL 28, 2009 10:03 AM

mydogfartedGlobal warming is crap. Now if you excuse me, Jake Gyllenhaal and I are going to NYC to hang out in the library.


look out! that cold air is right next to you!

mydogfarted

mydogfarted

Oakland, NJ
June 2003

JUL 28, 2009 10:08 AM

lawber499043 said:
Meanwhile, in other new: Obama says do as I say, not as I do.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article6729772.ece



I'm confused by what you're pointing at here.


No deal has yet been struck on the property, but the rental agreement being negotiated has reportedly been split into three separate leases: one to be held by the Obamas — and paid for out of their own pockets — one by the Secret Service, and a third by the White House, which will be sending a large entourage to Martha’s Vineyard to accompany the President.


{snip}


The Obamas are reported to be determined to pay their way — unlike the Clintons, who stayed at Martha’s Vineyard regularly during their years at the White House but who were always put up by other people and thus stayed rent-free



So, the president wants to rent a vacation home from some wealthy Republicans AND pay for part of it out of his own pocket? FOR SHAME!!!

OMG!!! Bi-partisan real estate deals! When will it end! surreal

Adroitbeing

Adroitbeing

I'm lost
September 2003

JUL 28, 2009 10:35 AM

mydogfarted said:

lawber499043 said:
Meanwhile, in other new: Obama says do as I say, not as I do.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article6729772.ece



I'm confused by what you're pointing at here.


No deal has yet been struck on the property, but the rental agreement being negotiated has reportedly been split into three separate leases: one to be held by the Obamas — and paid for out of their own pockets — one by the Secret Service, and a third by the White House, which will be sending a large entourage to Martha’s Vineyard to accompany the President.


{snip}


The Obamas are reported to be determined to pay their way — unlike the Clintons, who stayed at Martha’s Vineyard regularly during their years at the White House but who were always put up by other people and thus stayed rent-free



So, the president wants to rent a vacation home from some wealthy Republicans AND pay for part of it out of his own pocket? FOR SHAME!!!

OMG!!! Bi-partisan real estate deals! When will it end! surreal



The really funny irony here is, the deeper conservonuts dig to find these pathetically weak examples of bad behavior by Obama, the more ridiculous they look. This is turning into a delightfully predictable fracturing of conservonut idealism and a further unraveling of what has been a most ridiculous period of conservative American leadership.

meatpieboy

meatpieboy

Korea, D.P.R.
June 2004

JUL 28, 2009 10:58 AM

Those photos are horrifying.

SeanTPoindexter

SeanTPoindexter

Joplin, MO
February 2008

JUL 28, 2009 11:35 AM

lawber499043 said:
Wow reaper, I would be interested in seeing some stories about Obama, Six months in and you are still holding on to the past,

Please tell me, at what point does the new administration take responsibility? Just curious, please let me know.

Meanwhile, in other new: Obama says do as I say, not as I do.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article6729772.ece



I thought maybe you were being sarcastic, as FTR has written a number of blogs complaining about Obama and the Democrats.

Here...

...and here...

...oh, and here...

...especially here...

...oh, and here...

...and technically here.

You see, the difference between conservatives and liberals is the latter have an innate distrust of authority. Conservatives only distrust authority if it doesn't kind of agree with them...THEN they are lock step behind it, 100% and they label any and all criticism of it unpatriotic and wrong. Because conservatives (with a few notable exceptions) seem to be overpowered by this intellectual fault, they tend to project it onto others....in spite of evidence to the contrary. Yes, liberals overwhelmingly voted for Obama, because he was the best of the two realistic options. That doesn't mean we don't criticize him or agree with everything he says. However, when liberals DO criticize Obama...such objections tend to get ignored, as the conservatives and libertarians wait for the next attack on the previous administration so they can lob a false charge of slobbering devotion to Obama--facts and evidence be damned!

So, I have produced amble evidence to show that FTR has attacked Obama and the Democrats on a number of issues a number of times. This is objective proof that your charge against him is incorrect. However, if it's all the same to you, I'll not wait around for a concession of guilt. I've learned not to expect such things from a conservatives and libertarians.

s5

s5

STAFF

San Francisco, CA

JUL 28, 2009 12:02 PM

Global warming is obviously happening. The evidence is overwhelming, and the only "disagreement" is among the cable news chattering class. The effects are happening now, not in thousands of years from now, and we can see them getting worse with each passing year. Entire island nations of people are already having to evacuate and find new land to resettle. That's only a preview - what if it was all of America's east coast that needed to be resettled? That would be ... fun.

But let's say we're still just not sure about this global warming thing. What should we do?

Well, there are essentially two choices: do nothing, or take the recommended steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This gives us a simple decision matrix:

If we do nothing and global warming is false, then nothing changes.

If we do nothing and global warming is true, then civilization collapses. People die, coastal land becomes flooded, the food supply becomes decimated, countries go to war over dwindling resources, mass extinctions, etc.

If we do something and global warming is false, then we will have just spent the next few decades upgrading the world's energy and transportation sectors, creating new technologies, new investment opportunities, new employment, and all around creating one of the biggest periods of economic expansion in history as we go about the project of rethinking and rebuilding how civilization uses energy and land. In the process, we will put an end to our support of dictators of oil exporting nations, economies will no longer be tied to wildly erratic swings in oil prices, and we'll solve other broadly agreed on environmental problems, like deforestation, mountain top removal, water supply pollution, and so on.

If we do something and global warming is true, then we'll have done all of that and saved civilization from killing itself.

To me, this is a no-brainer, and it's very much a "what the fuck are we waiting for?" moment. Let's face it, America and the rest of the Western world isn't doing a single thing right now other than licking its wounds after the banking meltdown and dealing with the mess from Bush's pointless war. If we want a sustained economic recovery, then starting work on a broad, ambitious project would be exactly the right thing to do.

hoorayparade

hoorayparade

USA
May 2006

JUL 28, 2009 12:39 PM

s5 said:
If we do something and global warming is false, then we will have just spent the next few decades upgrading the world's energy and transportation sectors, creating new technologies, new investment opportunities, new employment, and all around creating one of the biggest periods of economic expansion in history as we go about the project of rethinking and rebuilding how civilization uses energy and land. In the process, we will put an end to our support of dictators of oil exporting nations, economies will no longer be tied to wildly erratic swings in oil prices, and we'll solve other broadly agreed on environmental problems, like deforestation, mountain top removal, water supply pollution, and so on.


this is the argument i always make to my dad who doesn't believe in global warming. (i also throw in that he could save a little money.)

i really don't understand why people are so against doing something. regardless of whether or not global warming is happening if we put policies in place like it is happening we will absolutely end of with a
much better quality of life.

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