Yes indeed there has been change. Even with the economic collapse included, the last ten years the networth of the 400 wealthiest Americans more than doubled from one trillion to over two trillion. During that same time period the working class vast majority suffered with, joblessness, wage freezes, pension theft, benefit cuts, union busting, wage cuts, part time employment, you name it. The rich with the help of the Tea Party looted working class America. We all need to express our outrage by a purging of the House Teabaggers in 2014.

We've been to say the least defrauded by the rich with their republican/teabag.....don't tax or regulate us, no government, no unions.... trickle down scheme. Isn't it about time to dump the House Teabaggers in the harbor and reclaim our democracy? In fact I think I'll dress up as a Mohawk when I go to vote in the midterms. With the Democrats we can force progressive change, with the Republicans the concentration of wealth will only continue......forcing a violent end to our empire.

A leaked report today from a very the respected the UN's Intergovernmental panel on climate change that was going to be released on Sept 27. Is suggesting that the problem isn't as bad as we thought. I guess that explains why the trillions of dollars we have spent on wind, solar and battery power hasn't changed a thing.

Quote Carol R:According to The Economist, the Greenland ice sheet is retreating. “The permafrost is shrinking: Alien plants, birds, fish and animals are creeping north: Atlantic mackerel, haddock and cod are coming up in Arctic nets…

Carol R ~ All too true. However, you didn't mention all the methane trapped in the Greenland permafrost. When eventually released it is expected that it will cause a drastic acceleration of global warming. Thom estimates that in past global extinctions it was the sudden release of methane that brought about 90% of all extinctions in a short period of time. There is much more to global warming and mass extinctions than current climate scientists are considering or even aware of. Geologists have a better understanding of the full dangers of global warming from their study of ancient glacial samplings of ancient atmospheres. The sudden release of methane is the major threat that the "Mainstream Media" and the government is not telling us. When that methane hits the fan these modern day weather catastrophes will pale in comparison to what we are in store for.

" Regardless of why the flooding occurred, most Americans say our nation must respond to those in need in Colorado, and we must become better prepared for events like this in the future."

"Regardless of why", implies that we have no scientific reason for believing in global warming. Most scientists are warning of more disasters and that we might have gone past the time that the damage can be reversed. There are disruptions in weather all around the world...not just Colorado.

Science shows rising atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide is causing global fluctuations in temperatures and storms.

According to The Economist, the Greenland ice sheet is retreating. “The permafrost is shrinking: Alien plants, birds, fish and animals are creeping north: Atlantic mackerel, haddock and cod are coming up in Arctic nets…The Arctic is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the planet…If the warming continues, it could eventually disintegrate, raising the sea level by seven meters. Many of the worlds biggest cities would be inundated long before that happened.”

How high is the cost of inaction?

DAnneMarc: Yes, I agree! But I'd also like to add that most who think they are Christians, who call themselves Christians, are not really Christians. They are hypocrites. But then, I speak as an outsider.

Fire storms, biblical "1,000 year" floods, super tornadoes, killer hurricanes and we're fixated on securing, controlling and profiting off the energy source that is causing it all. What is wrong with this picture? Mass myopia! As a wise man once said, "You get what you pay for."

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David Abbot ~ I wish I could disagree; but, I can't. Patrolling Syrian borders with US jet fighters would just make it that much easier to parachute in any nasty contraband the CIA and Pentagon want the rebels to have. That hadn't occurred to me before. Thanks for snapping me out of that "the USA are the good guy" trance that I so want to believe. I guess you are right in that quiet, personal prayer may be all that we have in this matter. Hopefully, the presence of the Russians and Chinese will dissuade further mischief. Time will tell.

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DAnneMarc, I have to respectfully disagree with you on this one. If every country that has terrorist activity in it had their borders sealed, the borders of every country would be sealed, including America. And if we wouldn't like it if the UN or whoever sealed our borders...

It's kind of like that Biblical thing, where Jesus said, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone," and then big stone comes flying past his ear and hits the stonee, and Jesus yells, "Mom, dang-gone-it, would you quit throwing stones, I'm talking here."

No, wait, that's not how it went; Jesus' mom didn't throw stones. In fact she's kind of famous for her compassion for everyone. And other'n chasing the money lenders out of the temple, Jesus cut to the real issue and said to pray for peace within ourselves and in the world. (Which means that my- and possibly even Mr. Twain's- lengthy diatribes and sarcasm...)

Why, even Einstein said, "You can't create peace by cheating your wife out of credit for her contribution to your mathematical theories."

No, wait, I meant to say that Einstein said, "You can't prepare for peace by preparing for war." Yes, that's what I meant to say.

This whole thing in Syria is going on simply and solely because other countries want to steal something from Syria. Everything else is political fairy princesses posing for photo ops. Sure, there's human suffering going on in Syria, and it's probably caused in about equal measures by Assad's government, the military, and the rebels, because that's how it virtually always works. But there is suffering going on right here in America, and I don't see any of those armchair chicken____ hawks saying that America should spend literally half of all of its money on feeding our own hungry people, providing education for our own children, and giving healthcare to our own sick people. So the plain fact is that our hawks like McCain and Mini-McCain (Obama) are not at all concerned about the suffering in Syria. In point of fact, they want to INCREASE the suffering in Syria by bombing innocent people, but only because Syria has something that we want to steal. Well, that's not entirely fair because to tell the truth, McCain just likes bombing stuff. Have any of you seen that youtube video of McCain when he was ten years old and his mom yells out the back door, "Johnny-sweetie, stop bombing the neighbors and come in here and wash your hands, it's time for dinner."

But McCain is an anomaly in that way. Obama doesn't get a thrill out of bombing innocent people, he's just betraying the people who voted him into office and obeying the munitions manufacturers.

I don't see America, Russia, China, and the other heavyweight sociopathic bullies on this ball of mud going after Darfur; unlike their attitude toward Syria, they are not pretending to care about the suffering in Darfur, BECAUSE it has nothing they want to steal.

When a country's government behaves in a sociopathic manner, that country- as a group of people- has a clinically-diagnosable group mental disease. Which describes at least half of the efforts of pretty much every government that I have ever heard of. And when those thieving, homicidal maniacs are voted or kicked out of office, they are replaced by other thieving, homicidal maniacs. Why is this? Well, the transcendental meditation folks say that crime- and I would extend the concept to include crimes committed by governments- is reduced when a significant number of people meditate. And I would say that meditation includes prayer, as long as it's not prayer that God will send "those people" to hell, but rather actual prayer for peace.

That is my half a cent.