I Can't Stop Think'n About Crap That I Don't Wanna Think About...
By pure definition that makes me "Insane"!
I lost control of "Choice" or freedon of thought?
What happened to me?
Am I Alone?
Oddly enough...no
We live in remarkable times.
We are witnessing "Change" on a global scale
unparalleled in human history if one considers
or factors in the stakes at risk &
the greatest stake being of course...
protection of the "Status Quo" (as it was?)
Well there's the riddle!
That's why we are all quietly going insane!
It's a living breathing "Thing" like never before
all jumbled up & hidden somewhere internally
deep within each of one us...
a fearful battle of contradictions beyond anyones
ability to reason our way back to the "Other Thing"
that used to make sence & give us comfort
in having the knowledge of what it is to be an American!
I & or We don't really have a clue where we are going
in the "New Land of America"...
so we make a defencesive last stand on the
hill of "Lost Causes" silently hoping in our desperate fight
for bugles to sound just beyond our sight &
the "Cavalry of Logic" charges in to save the day
before we reached the "Point of No Return" to the "Staus Quo"
of yesturday when I woke up in the morning to...
Think About Crap That I Did Want To Think About!

Post Thanksgiving Reality Blues...
I think if I were to set the mood of many us to music
given the insanity running rampent down the Proposed & Imposed...
"Dead End Road" of "Main Street America"...
I'd have to go with Taj Mahal & "Ain't Nobody's Business"
for no particular reason other than ridiculous nonsence
makes for good bedfellows & reassuring perfect sence...
in a world gone absolutely mad!

Seeya Art


Champagne don't drive me crazy
Cocaine don't make me lazy
Ain't nobody's business but my own
Candy is dandy and liquor is quicker
You can drink all the liquor down in Costa Rica
Ain't nobody's business but my own

You can ride a great big pink Cadillac to church on Sunday
You can hang around the house with your old lady on Monday
Ain't nobody's business but your own
Man, I don't care what in the world that you do
As long as you do what you say you going to
Ain't nobody's business but your own

Now, I know some of you cuties
You real fine cuties, you go stepping downtown
Just to hang around
Standing on the corner
So the fellows will stare and say
"Oh, ain't she sweet?"

You can walk downtown in your birthday suit
I can see you coming out of the Bank Of America with a whole lotta loot
Ain't nobody's business but your own
Now, you know that cocaine's for horses now it ain't for men
The doctors said it'll kill me but they didn't say when
Ain't nobody's business but your own

Now, you know sometime I put on my straw hat
And my striped pants, my spats baby
You know I go trucking downtown
Standing on the corner so the fellas can stare and say
Hey man, ain't you the brother in the '57 mercury
With the turnpike skirts and the chrome reverse wheels
The white wall tires and lights running the skirts
Was painted lime green with reversible license plates
With windows that you can see out, can nobody see in
With four on the floor, 745 horsepower and a big stereo
Listening to Wolfman Jack say, "Ain't this X C I B, baby"

Chorus

Come on now let's try it,
here we go, one, two, three

Now, champagne don't drive me crazy
Cocaine don't make me lazy
Ain't nobody's business but my own
Sing it out
Candy is dandy and liquor is quicker
You can drink all the liquor down at Costa Rica
Ain't nobody's business but my own...

Now That's An America I can Sink My Teeth Into & Smile...Seeya Art

Washington -- Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month's Copenhagen climate summit. He will insist America is ready to tackle global warming despite resistance in Congress over higher costs for businesses and homeowners.

Obama will attend the start of the conference Dec. 9, a week from next Wednesday, before heading to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. He will "put on the table" a U.S. commitment to cut emissions by 17 percent over the next decade, on the way to reducing heat-trapping pollution by 80 percent by mid-century, the White House said.

Cutting U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by one-sixth in just a decade would be likely to hike energy bills. Carol Browner, Obama's assistant for energy and climate change, cited a $173-per-year estimated cost in a briefing Wednesday _ a figure for a family of four calculated by the Congressional Budget Office. Republicans say costs would be higher.

The White House said Obama's decision to attend the international conference in Denmark was "a sign of his continuing commitment and leadership to find a global solution to the global threat of climate change."

But Obama's stopover on the conference's second day (instead of later when negotiations will be most intense and when most other national leaders will take part) disappointed some European and U.N. climate officials, as well as some environmentalists.

Others said Obama's personal appeal will resonate with the delegates from more than 75 countries and help reset the U.S. image on the climate issue after eight years in which the Bush administration staunchly opposed mandatory reductions in greenhouse gases.

Yvo de Boer, the United Nations climate chief, said it is important for the United States to establish emissions reduction targets and a financial commitment to helping developing countries address climate change.

"If he comes in the first week to announce that, it would be a major boost to the conference," de Boer told The Associated Press. He said Obama's participation was critical because delegates "are looking to the United States to come forward."

Obama's participation had been in doubt since it became clear that the Dec. 7-18 conference was unlikely to produce a binding agreement, The original goal of the conference was to produce a new global climate change treaty to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. But in recent weeks it became clear that delegates were likely to produce at best an outline for an agreement to be considered late next year.

The White House said Obama's commitment to a 17 percent emissions cut from 2005 levels by 2020 would be the first step toward an 80 percent reduction outlined in legislation before Congress. It said Obama is expecting "robust mitigation contributions" from China and other emerging nations as part of any final agreement.

Obama pressed for cooperation on climate change in meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing last week, and with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during a state visit at the White House Tuesday.

China's top climate envoy said Wednesday his nation would seek binding pollution targets for developed countries but reject similar requirements for itself at the summit.

Yu Qingtai said it would be unfair for all countries to be required to combat global warming since most of the environmental damage has been caused by developed nations during their industrialization over the past 100 to 200 years.

"Developed countries should also earnestly ask themselves, 'In solving this problem that I have created, am I keeping my promises and honoring my commitments?'" he said.

The White House said it also will send a half-dozen Cabinet secretaries to the talks, including Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, as well as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, which is preparing regulations to cut greenhouse gases.

The high-profile delegation is intended to reinforce Obama's stance, despite the bitter debate in Congress. The House narrowly passed legislation requiring a cap on greenhouse gases from power plants and industry, but it's still unclear whether Senate Democrats will be able to muster the 60 votes needed to approve a similar bill.

Action in the Senate has been put off until next spring, although negotiators are continuing to seek a compromise to attract some Republicans and centrist Democrats who have criticized the House legislation. Opponents say they're worried about the legislation's effect on energy prices and the overall economy.

Administration officials don't want to repeat the mistake of Kyoto, when the U.S. agreed to emission reductions but never implemented them because of strong political opposition at home. The U.S. never ratified the Kyoto agreement.

Most environmentalists hailed Obama's decision to go to Copenhagen, even if it's early in the conference. They said it will help set the tone of the talks and reverse America's image internationally on climate change.

Said Michael Oppenheimer, a professor of geoscience and international affairs at Princeton University: "The U.S. has stood as the bad guy for so long that it's critically important for the U.S. president to set the tone for the meeting."

But Kyle Ash, climate policy adviser for Greenpeace USA, said Obama should be even more involved, and later in the conference. "The Copenhagen climate summit is not about a photo opportunity. It's about getting a global agreement to stop climate chaos. President Obama needs to be there at the same time as all the other world leaders," he said.

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Associated Press

As you have probably heard, our beloved and most trusted climate scientists have been caught red-handed fudging the data that they use to support their man made global warming theory. This should bring some rain to their climate parade coming right up December 12, at the Copenhagen Climate Council. They lie! The UN cannot be trusted!

morsecode7 wrote:

QUOTE:
As you have probably heard, our beloved and most trusted climate scientists have been caught red-handed fudging the data that they use to support their man made global warming theory. This should bring some rain to their climate parade coming right up December 12, at the Copenhagen Climate Council. They lie! The UN cannot be trusted!

Breaking News:

This Just In...............
Few Can Be Trusted!

Lineaweaver wrote:

QUOTE:
morsecode7 wrote:

QUOTE:
As you have probably heard, our beloved and most trusted climate scientists have been caught red-handed fudging the data that they use to support their man made global warming theory. This should bring some rain to their climate parade coming right up December 12, at the Copenhagen Climate Council. They lie! The UN cannot be trusted!

Breaking News:

This Just In...............
Few Can Be Trusted!

No shit?

Forgive me, I've once again stated what should be obvious.

Jeremy,

You might find the following interesting:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/dustbowl/

Another program that ties in with the dust bowl story:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/ccc/

Tor,

I just sat through that whole movie. What a horror flick! Full of gloom and doom, doubt and drought. Keyword: Drought.

Here is what I learned (that I already new); When it rains things grow and everybody is happy. When It doesn't rain, things don't grow and the government steps in and tries to convince people that they are the problem and that they need the government to tell them how to do things. Then it eventually starts raining again, and the government takes credit for making it rain.

All in all - that little flick scores a 9 out of a possible 10 on my built-in bullshit meter. Almost a 10 but there was a drought so at least that part was true.

Breaking news:

The air you exhale (CO2) is now, as of 12-7-09, considered by our beloved and trusted EPA (EnviroMENTAL Protection Agency) to be a polutant.

Now they can officially tax and regulate CO2.

Good thing plants (like trees) thrive in enviroments with higher CO2 levels. Maybe this will turn tree huggers against the EPA? Nah.

Thats some wierd stuff to get from those programs. "the government takes credit for making it rain"?? Didn't see that anywhere. I thought you might like some historical perspective. Gloom and doom? No, just history.

Tor wrote:

QUOTE:
Thats some wierd stuff to get from those programs. "the government takes credit for making it rain"?? Didn't see that anywhere. I thought you might like some historical perspective. Gloom and doom? No, just history.

I don't know what to tell you Tor. Watch it again maybe?

I guess all of us racers will have to start have to start thinking about lightweight electric motors and batteries 'cause we won't be able to afford the pollution tax the Feds will no doubt levy against us !!!

bulldog wrote:

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I guess all of us racers will have to start have to start thinking about lightweight electric motors and batteries 'cause we won't be able to afford the pollution tax the Feds will no doubt levy against us !!!

Green Race Bike

Green, but still dangerous.

Oh wait, even bicycles aren't green now that the air we exhale is considered a polutant by the EPA. Is all that hard breathing really necessary?

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This might be closer to what they
(those who know what's best for us)
have in mind for us.