Saturday, September 19, 2009

[And then there were ten: For the tenth straight week, Obama gives a Weekly Address with no mention of the global warming scam]
[Sounds like he's talking about cap and tax here, doesn't it?] We cannot allow the thirst for reckless schemes that produce quick profits and fat executive bonuses to override the security of our entire financial system and leave taxpayers on the hook for cleaning up the mess...We cannot let the narrow interests of a few come before the interests of all of us.
Daily Herald | Will conservatives trust Kirk on cap and trade?
SPRINGFIELD - Senate candidate Mark Kirk's changing positions on a "cap and trade" environmental bill are inspiring angry boos from some fellow Republicans and accusations of flip-flopping from Democrats.

Democrats on Friday challenged Kirk, who's in his fifth term as 10th District congressman, to explain why he now opposes a measure that he said three months ago was good for national security.
[When the Masai migrate, is it the fault of your cell phone charger?]
When the Masai are forced to migrate with their cattle from the countryside to the city, the only thing we can be sure of is that we are in the terra incognita of rapid climate change. At the climate change conference in Copenhagen this December, it might help underline the urgency of reducing carbon emissions and bridge the huge divide between the west and the developing world if there was a satellite hook-up to the docudrama of drought unfolding across large parts of Africa. We are all Kenyans now – at least in our shared experience of having leaders who argue endlessly and indulge in a blame game while forests fall and temperatures rise.
Maasai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rains failed completely in 1897 and 1898.
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As a historically nomadic and then semi-nomadic people, the Maasai have traditionally relied on local, readily available materials and indigenous technology to construct their housing.
2008: BBC NEWS | Africa | Maasai 'can fight climate change'
Africa should make more use of the skills of its nomadic peoples to help combat the challenges of climate change, the aid agency Oxfam says.

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