tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post5500904270532568079..comments2024-01-09T15:03:54.986-05:00Comments on Wolf Howling: Undead Socialism & The Precautionary PrincipalGWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-29293928143685260802009-12-12T15:48:18.291-05:002009-12-12T15:48:18.291-05:00SueK:
Hockey moms and capital markets
It'...SueK:<br /><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JJ07Dj07.html" rel="nofollow">Hockey moms and capital markets</a><br /><br />It's a year old, but still relevant.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-6472593779192370012009-12-12T15:44:05.987-05:002009-12-12T15:44:05.987-05:00> If a possible conclusion of a scientific theo...> If a possible conclusion of a scientific theory is sufficiently catastrophic.<br /><br />Hmmm. An significant asteroid or comet strike would be a catastrophe the likes of which this planet has not all that often seen.<br /><br />Does this mean we need a vigorous space program to defend against such things?<br /><br />Because that's a much greater risk than the things that AGW can bring -- and it's at least as likely to bring them. <br /><br /><br />There's <i>a lot</i> of rocks out there with an intersecting pathway, and enough kinetic energy, to knock the earth into another full-on ice age, even IF it didn't knock off civilization directly.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-16567763127823983742009-12-12T11:49:53.032-05:002009-12-12T11:49:53.032-05:00"...enforcing a worldwide cap and trade regim..."...enforcing a worldwide cap and trade regime strong enough to compel obedience by China, India, Russia, and other potentially recalcitrant states might require a global authority with massive powers;"<br /><br />Think about that for a minute. Who has forces with enough force to compel such obedience? Would all people be willing to knuckle under to such foreign forces? Sounds like WWIII to me...<br /><br />"...even if these states formally agree to a cap and trade system, they might not enforce it aggressively against their own industries, unless compelled."<br /><br />But if they are the enforcers, who will compell them?<br /><br />"The vast powers necessary to impose compliance could easily be abused in a variety of ways. "<br /><br />And here we come to the last and most insidious problem - corruption. One of America's greatest strengths has been that no one was immune to prosecution under the law for doing that which was illegal. In most countries, the way "things are done" is through bribery and influence. That means that unless you are one of the powerful, you are in a position of losing it all to someone who simply wants what you have, and is more powerful than you. The powerful are not answerable to the law. I think we're approaching that in this country. Corruption is the ruin of any country.sueknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-22431278362964274252009-12-12T11:15:04.584-05:002009-12-12T11:15:04.584-05:00Ex-dissident. Typo - what typo?
I was so enthral...Ex-dissident. Typo - what typo?<br /><br />I was so enthralled reading your account of the meeting that I didn't even notice! ;^D<br /><br />And to your point, GW - I have long believed that liberalism is a mental illness.<br /><br />But that's just me...Dinah Lordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08851219705705635093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-7515043132173356182009-12-12T06:53:33.343-05:002009-12-12T06:53:33.343-05:00There should be a feature that allows the author t...There should be a feature that allows the author to correct the comment. Now I look silly because of a typo.Ex-Dissidenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837109472357860889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-54209839184897457882009-12-12T06:49:59.971-05:002009-12-12T06:49:59.971-05:00GW, I attended a meeting recently where directors ...GW, I attended a meeting recently where directors and other administrators came together from various branches of a very large government enterprise. Many were illiterate; when they spoke they used corrupted English grammar and mispronounced words. Some debated how to properly phrase a document because they were confused over how to interpret its meaning: it seemed strange to me as the document was perfectly clear. There were several who spoke simply for the purpose of hearing themselves speak. Some of the women administrators came in wearing flamboyant fur hats and kept wearing them in the conference room; they seemed very pleased with themselves. The men displayed equally poor manners by opening up their coats and sitting in them. <br /><br />When I first came to this country, I did not speak English. During the initial several years, I was in a very ordinary class in a public school. The other students there were ignorant and full of themselves. When I learned the language I was transferred to an advanced studies class where the students seemed interested in learning and could communicate clearly. At this meeting, I felt that I was surrounded once again by pompous morons. Then I thought to myself: Are there any large corporations which are not headed by idiots? The people who rise to the top are often those who play dirty office politics, but otherwise have little talent.<br /><br />The administration seems insane, but most of them are not psychotic - they just dumb. They are like a group of rats blindly following some insane pied piper.Ex-Dissidenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837109472357860889noreply@blogger.com