Sometimes history is cruel.

[truepenny]

Of our two major-party candidates for President of the United States in the year 2000, one is sharing a Nobel Peace Prize with the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Don't mind me, I'll be over here choking on my own bitter laughter.

Oh, yes, and happy Columbus Day, too. Celebrating 515 years of rape, murder, theft, oppression, and genocide.

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[wldhrsjen3.livejournal.com]

I'm laughing with you, and trying not to beat myself over the head with my own frying pan in frustration.

And the genocide...glad you mentioned it. Why was it so critical that Congress pass a resolution decrying the genocide of Armenians when we have barely confronted the genocide lurking in our own history?

As far as global warming... It still amazes me that people are so willing to stuff their heads in the sand and ignore scientific evidence by blathering political platitudes. The effects are obvious and pervasive. The global climate is an integrated phenomenon: when one factor changes - say, average oceanic temperature - it has worldwide consequences. And climate change has far-reaching impact on resources, land, health, and cultures. I am thrilled that peace is being recognized as vitally connected to global welfare.