China: Please Keep Nagin In Quarantine To Cure New Orleans

After having infected the people of New Orleans for the past seven years with the Nagin Flu, it is quite ironic that the Mayor of New Orleans may have been exposed to the Swine Flu on a flight to China. A passenger seated near Mayor Nagin exhibited symptoms of the Swine Flu and now the Mayor is under quarantine in Shanghai, China. This may disrupt Nagin’s plans to give the keynote address at a global warming summit in Australia.

This mayoral visit to China and Australia is another one of Nagin’s supposed “economic development” missions. This is his second journey to the Far East in the last year. As Mayor, Nagin has developed a fondness for crisscrossing the globe on “economic development” missions. Curiously, none of these trips have ever led to one job or one business moving to the City of New Orleans. However, it has sure allowed Mayor Nagin to see the world and develop nice pictures for his scrapbook!

Scientists should look at their own carbon footprint

In the June issue of Arctic, the journal of the University of Calgary's Arctic Institute of North America, postdoctoral fellow Ryan Brook calls on scientists to show leadership by examining and sharing ways to reduce the impact of working in polar regions.

"The importance of the research is not at question here. [Why not?] It is vital to our understanding of and adapting to climate change. But we need to think about better approaches," says Brook from the U of C's faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

"This is an issue for all scientists, though polar researchers often travel particularly long distances using commercial air travel. We also rely extensively on small aircraft, icebreakers, and snowmobiles, all of which produce large amounts of carbon. We know that carbon release by human activity is a key contributor to climate change."

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Global warming is our generation's biggest challenge, but our nation has found the courage to face great challenges in the past.

When we pushed back fascists in World War II and marched in the streets for civil rights, it wasn't easy. But we had true heroes willing to fight for what was right.