http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/forbidden-table-talk/2012/jan/28/global-warming-verses-affordable-inhalers-truth-ev/
Bob Siegal discuses agreements to ban substances that threaten the ozone layer that have caused the banning of over the counter inhalers. He points out the irony of this, the possible sacrifice of several lives for the good of the planet and it's inhabitants. There is also irony in that many of those in agreement with this latest action against global warming also support affordable health care programs. The inhalers left to asthma patients are more expensive than those banned. Siegal draws attention to the general hypocrisy of anti global warming movements.
While Siegal brings to the table many valid points, his argument is flawed. The government weighs its decisions every day and is not a perfect system. Putting a nation and a world before a few people with asthma actually is necessary if the threat to the world is measured to be up on the scale. Siegal is correct, however, in the fact that it is hypocritical to pass over things such as private jets for a few inhalers.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Global Warming: Who to Blame?
http://www.lfpress.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2011/11/30/19041586.html
On the global scale, we are now past whether or not global warming is a reality and a threat. We move on to a game plan, which naturally requires a scape goat.
Lorrie Goldstein argues that, at the "United Nations’ annual gabfests on global warming," Canada is unfairly picked on to reduce emissions while the two big carbon emission sources, the US and China are mostly ignored due to their key roles in any post-Kyoto agreements as leaders of the developed and developing worlds. Goldstein points out the flaws in argument, and claims these actions demonstrate cowardice.
The contemporary global warming debate has now shifted to revolve around the responsibilities of developed and developing countries.
On the global scale, we are now past whether or not global warming is a reality and a threat. We move on to a game plan, which naturally requires a scape goat.
Lorrie Goldstein argues that, at the "United Nations’ annual gabfests on global warming," Canada is unfairly picked on to reduce emissions while the two big carbon emission sources, the US and China are mostly ignored due to their key roles in any post-Kyoto agreements as leaders of the developed and developing worlds. Goldstein points out the flaws in argument, and claims these actions demonstrate cowardice.
The contemporary global warming debate has now shifted to revolve around the responsibilities of developed and developing countries.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
A Study of John Kass
When addressing national topics, Kass tends to adopt the tone of, "What has the world come to," noting how the life of a single baby deer tips the political scale and how the 'needs' of shoplifters have moved away from simple subsistence to luxury items such as fillet mignon. However, Kass is sensitive to the topics that individuals are concerned about, as demonstrated in his 12/9/11 post, when he sincerely answers fan mail and addresses a youtube video with good humor. Thus Kasso uses his point of view to widen his reader's eyes, but does it in a way as to make people think, not criticizing them for thinking differently than him. He views society as a work in progress, and knows that it hasn't failed yet because it isn't finished yet.
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