Time Has Come Today

Did you hear the bad news? It’s really sad; Warren Buffet is no longer the richest American. Apparently he lost some 20 or 30 billion bucks last year. His friend Bill Gates took over the title again. He lost it to Buffet a year earlier; just two buddies in a rip roaring fun race. I guess Gates was a little more careful with his billions, he only lost so many, so it’s his turn to pay the bar tab.

I wonder what affect this down turn will have on these mega billionaires. Certainly they will drive their cars less. Maybe even take the Toyota instead of the Rolls; maybe go to McDonalds instead of Che’ Italiano. Well, I don’t feel the least sorry for them; everybody must do their bit in a crisis.

Perhaps they are considering a little less philanthropy for the Bill and Linda Gates Foundation, of which Warren is a heavy contributor. The foundation sends billions in charity to Africa every year, medicine for AIDs, food, water purification systems, just the entire package; right on down to toe nail clippers. One and all must admit that this activity is righteous. I could never consider deriding this aid to those in need.

So if they are considering a smaller donation this year to foreign aid I say stop right there. I do have a few qualifications though; a biggie is that we are having a few small problems right here, in the country that has blessed them with riches beyond my comprehension. You see I think it would be good to help out some U.S. citizens that lost their homes and have no money for food or other bare necessities.

I know all the arguments, ‘they should not have borrowed more than they could afford’, they should of never given their money to Madoff, blah, blah, blah. What about the folks that had jobs and got offed. Just maybe they had a regular loan. You self righteous bastards out there make me chuck up. None of that makes any difference anymore; we are going down and dragging our children and grandchildren with us. Our fearless dumb ass leaders spend all our money on crap instead of addressing problems that will turn the world back to warring for survival. Global warming is real ladies and gentlemen, and we are rebuilding New Orleans, unbelievable. We don’t have time or money to waste.

So, Misters Gates and Buffet, why don’t you do something for humanity as a whole. Help Africa all you want but start spending some of the extra gazillions you got in the U.S.A. Help us get on our feet because, as a nation, we are the only ones that has always helped the rest of the earth.

Time Has Come Today
The Chambers Brothers

Scientists call for speedy reductions in greenhouse gases, saying the United Nations has sharply underestimated how much sea levels will rise because of global warming. The U.N. has projected that climate change will add from 7 to 23 inches to the world's sea levels, but scientists at a conference in Europe say the oceans will surge by more than 3 feet.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (March 11) - The U.N.'s climate change panel may be severely underestimating the sea-level rise caused by global warming, climate scientists said on Monday, calling for swift cuts in greenhouse emissions. Rising seas could cause devastation to coastal areas around the world.
"The sea-level rise may well exceed one meter (3.28 feet) by 2100 if we continue on our path of increasing emissions," said Stefan Rahmstorf, professor at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. "Even for a low emission scenario, the best estimate is about one meter."

Rahmstorf spoke at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change in Copenhagen. The U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007 predicted global warming would cause sea levels to rise by between 7 inches and 23 inches this century. The IPCC said at the time the estimate could not accurately take into account factors such as the melting of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. Many scientists criticized the number as too conservative.
"The ice loss in Greenland shows acceleration during the last decade," said veteran Greenland researcher Konrad Steffen, director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

"The upper range of sea-level rise by 2100 might be above one meter or more on a global average, with large regional differences depending where the source of ice loss occurs," he said.
John Church, a researcher at the Center for Australian Weather and Climate Research in Hobart, said rising oceans will lead to more frequent devastating floods in coastal areas.

The faster humans limit carbon dioxide emissions, the greater the chance to avoid the most extreme scenarios, he said.
"We could pass a threshold during the 21st century that can commit the world to meters of sea-level rise," he said. "Short-term emission goals are critical."
Early reductions of emissions are much more effective than actions later in the century, the scientists said.
"With stiff reductions in 2050 you can end the temperature curve (rise) quite quickly, but there's not much you can do to the sea-level rise anymore," Rahmstorf said. "We are setting in motion processes that will lead to sea levels rising for centuries to come."


I'm just telling you to go away. I don't feel like saying 'goodbye, have a nice day.'