The Party of No. And no class.

What it is:
(And what they are:)

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An Absence of Class
 

Unbelievable

We'll see if anything further come to light about this story, but it's more evidence that this country is close-to-insane when it comes to guns. Too many of the unreasonably paranoid and/or gun-packin' maniacs... getting their way:

Link to 3/14/10 AP "Pentagon gun" story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100314/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_pentagon_metro_shooting_guns


FWIW: From a recent forum post (re guns in Starbucks):
"Visiting a Starbucks (or similar) while carrying a gun, you are most likely one or more of these:

- An armed criminal. Criminal use of guns, including threatening and intimidating, is far more common in the U.S. than actual self-defense use of guns. (Supporting link) (A broader link.)

- Paranoid. Even in the gun-whacked U.S., the rate of aggravated assault is approx. three per 1000 inhabitants. That's three-tenths of one percent. (Link)

- A police officer, perhaps off-duty. (Link)

- What the originator of this oh-so-enlightening topic suggests. Put somewhat civilly: An insecure person and/or a gun-packing maniac. You're part of the problem, not the solution."

More bad climate news

Actually, scientists have been watching methane for awhile now, but the latest findings (linked below) are of concern.

It's human nature to deny or avoid facts that (likely) convey "bad news" (e.g., for planet dwellers), but please read and remember this one for your kids and grand-kids. And be aware that there are other heat-trapping gases - some man-made -  in the climate "mix", also. (I.e., beyond carbon dioxide and methane.)

Whether warming (or the amount of warming) is or isn't an absolute, locked-in certainty (yet), don't we all owe it to future inhabitants to do what is possible about ameliorating climate warming gasses and emissions...now? (Ethically?) It is also time to start seriously looking into man-made methods for removing heat-trapping gases from the earth's atmosphere - whether that sounds like science fiction or not.

Link to 3/4/10 AP story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100304/ap_on_sc/us_sci_climate_methane