Yes, the IPCC report is the smoking gun that will bring the naysayers on-board
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Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
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From Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:
"Beneath the success and rise of American enterprise is an untold history that is antithetical to every value Americans hold dear. This is a seminal work, a godsend really, a clear message to every citizen about the need to reform our country, laws, and companies."
From Cracking the Code:
"No one communicates more thoughtfully or effectively on the radio airwaves than Thom Hartmann. He gets inside the arguments and helps people to think them through—to understand how to respond when they’re talking about public issues with coworkers, neighbors, and friends. This book explores some of the key perspectives behind his approach, teaching us not just how to find the facts, but to talk about what they mean in a way that people will hear."
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"Thom Hartmann is a creative thinker and committed small-d democrat. He has dealt with a wide range of topics throughout his life, and this book provides an excellent cross section. The Thom Hartmann Reader will make people both angry and motivated to act."
Republicans only do what their constituents want, unfortunately their constituents are not citizens, but oil barons.
No as long as Roger Ailes is in charge of propoganda and the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adleson bribe the teapublican'ts to insure their silent obidient consent nothing will change! Now if Thomas, Scalia and Alito are impeached from SCOTUS then maybe the new justices will vote to overturn Citizens United v FCC!
I agree with LibbyMN and I hadn't thought of that aspect before. When they talk about their constituents, even if that's who they are talking about, I have wondered how many actually sided with them and how many opposed them? If only 1 out of 40 sided with them, they'd still say they listened to them, but will neglect to mention that they only listened to the ones that agreed with their point of view. I've learned to "listen between the lines" when the GOP talks and discern the real meaning.
We buried a car on campus in Ann Arbor in the early 70's. We knew then, if we didn't bury these petrol-chemical autos they will bury us. Jimmy Carter knew it too. He instituted a plan using solar for energy independence. Reagan and Bush and the oil people took the solar panels down when they came to power. Big oil won. They extort 30 billion a year from us in subsidies with paid off politicians. These subsidies pays for the fines we give them for polluting and fouling our environment. The are buying the dismantlement of our EPA. This is our law enforcement agency that protects our health, environment, our future. People that would destroy our planet for greed and self interest are the most dangerous criminals to ever walk this earth. They are destroying our future. We must usher in the new green economy and make the petrol-chemical economy go the way of the dinosaur.